The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, January 16, 1980-Page 200 protest Cambodia By BETH PERSKY Nearly 200 people stopped on the chilly Diag between noon and 1 p.m. yesterday to listen to several speakers from the Campus Crusade for *hrist denounce the mass starvation in Cambodia. Although 58,000 tons of food and medical supplies have been delivered to Cambodia since the world- wide campaign to provide food began, only a week's supply has actually reached the 21/2 million starving Cambodian people, according to Campus Crusade for Christ member Frank Dickerson. THE LIMITED cooperation of the Vietnamese- backed Kampuchia agency in distributing the goods occurs only because of world pressure, said Dicker- son, who added that many of the goods are either *tockpiled in Kampuchia or supplying a Vietnamese army of 200,000. The group hopes to impose pressure upon the Viet- namese government, which invaded Camboida early in 1979, by sending petitions to both the Vietnamese and Soviet Union missions to the United Nations. The petition calls for the "leaders of the world" to "allow food and medicine to flow unhindered to the starving masses in Camboida," and therefore "embrace the transforming power of the love of Christ." RAHTA YEM, a former Cambodian law student who hid in the jungle for four years before escaping to Thailand and was brought by the Campus Crusade for Christ to the United States last June, also spoke at the rally. Yem said the Soviets backed the Cambodian in- vasion, which he said also included many Cuban soldiers. According to Yem, the Soviets are "trying to get" the countries aligned with them "to control the whole world." Published statistics estimate that 4 million Cam- bodians have died as a result of war, disease, and starvation since 1975, when the Cambodian Com- munisty party, the Khmer Rouge, assumed power in Cambodia. The problem was intensified last January when the Vietnamese Communists invaded the coun- try. Approximately 21/2 million Cambodians now remain, many facing starvation. According to Dave French, a crusade member and University graduate, "Western media, political, and religious leaders have been silent" about the Cam- bodian problem. n hunger YEM SAID MANY Cambodians were forced to flee when the Cambodian Communists overtook the coun- try in 1975-and, put into the jungle, they had "nothing to eat, so they ate the leaves of trees." He added that the educated people were killed by the Communists, who said the "educated people were the enemy."I "THEY KILLED YOU for having glasses," said Yem. "They said you can't read or write." Cambodians now, he said, "have no choice but to escape to Thailand," because the Vietnamese have such low regard for Cambodian life. He said that the Vietnamese regime is "trying to replace Cambodians by Vietnamese," and that Vietnamese interest in Cambodia is encouraged because Cambodia can produce more rice than Vietnam, as well as fresh water fish. Yem is on a nationwide tour with the Campus Crusade for Christ, and other rallies are planned for Florida State University, Berkeley, the University of Virginia, Cornell, and the University of Minnesota. A top Vietnamese official said Thailand is aiding anti-government forces in Cambodia. See story, Page 7. ..,.... ...........:.... ...:.........~ .........:*. ........ .. . . . . . . . . . . . State probes radioactive waste site near ,Saginaw BRECKENRIDGE (UPI)-Velsicol Chemical Co. said yesterday it buried between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds of low- level radioactive waste at a dump site in a rural area 15 miles west of Saginaw. But David Graham, Velsicol deputy counsel in Chicago, said the dumping presents no hazard and was done with the approval and cooperation of the Atomic Energy Commission, now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "I'M SURE THEY wouldn't have done that if it wasn't safe," Graham said. However, state health officials are trying to determine whether there is a link between the waste dump and an unusually high cancer rate in the Breckenridge area. State and federal radiation experts and offcials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were scheduled to meet at the NRC's regional offices in Glen Ellyn, Ill., today to discuss the situation. GRAHAM SAID the radioactive materials dumped at the site were by- products from laboratory testing. He said their radioactive content was comparable to the waste hospitals produce with X-rays and radium treatments. Graham said even though the waste did not contain enough radioactive material to fall under federal guidelines, Velsicol sought and was granted a dumping permit. Daily Photo by PAUL ENGSTRO9 Rahta Yem, a Cambodian refugee who hid in the jungles of Thailand for four years before coming to this country, spoke at yesterday's Cambodian starvation rally on the diag. CLIP AND SAVE . ~ ~ . . . .......... . . ............ . . . --------------- ........ ............. ................ Oi spill seeps toward LakeManistee FILER CITY (UPI) - The Coast Guard was trying to determine yester- day who was responsible for a massive underground oil spill seeping toward Lake Manistee. Petty Officer Dennis Green, who has Seen investigating the incident since the Coast Guard began organizing a cleanup effort, said as much as 250,000 gallons of No. 2 diesel fu el is in a 250-by- 500 foot area adjacent to he lake. Test borings indicate the oil has seeped as far as 12 feet into the ground on land owned by Packaging Cor- poration of America. "RIGHT NOW, there is no danger of seepage into the lake," Green said. "We have contained the spill by inter- ceptor trenches." Green said, however, "a very small amount" of oil did work its way into the lake before the spill was discovered. "But it was an insignificant amount," Green said, "and didn't cause any en- vironmental damage." GREEN SAID it has not yet been determined how long the spill has been there or who was responsible. He noted No. 2 diesel fuel has been manufactured in the area since 1927. "It is very difficult to tell who was responsible because at this time we have no means of testing," Green said. "One thing we do know is that when oil is discharged into the ground it will retain its characteristics for quite some time. But if there is no longer a source of the oil, if it has been discontinued, we may never discover who dumped it." The spill was first discovered last August during a routine Department of Natural Resources survey of the area. The oil is seeping toward the lake, collecting in trenches and being pum- ped off. Initially, as much as 300 gallons were recovered from the- trenches two or three times a week. Green said the flow now has slowed to 50 or 60 gallons a week, but noted that when the weather warms up again, the flow will increase. join the race! prevent Birth Defects Mkiarch of Dim1es THISSPAC F COTIUE YT PJL>E-R _ Allergy Clinic..... Business Office ... Cashier ............ Dermatology Clinic ., Emergency Clinic .... Gyn/Contraception .. 764-8304 764-7380 .764-2426 .764-7383 .764-8347 . 764-$329' Infirmary'........... 764-7396 Main Medical Clinic . .764-8325 Medical Records .....764-7393 Nutrition Clinic ......763-0224 Opthalmology Clinic . 764-7384 Pharmacy ..........764-7387 Trapped teenage hunter commits suicide MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - A teenager trapped painfully in a tree in a forest probab ° wquld have been rescued had he not shot himself bet- ween the eyes because he feared dying of exposure or hunger, authorities said. A power saw was used to cut the body f Joseph Semala, 15, from the tree in a 'eeply wooded area near this northern Indiana City, about 50 miles from Chicago. "His leg became wedged in and he couldn't free himself," said deputy county coroner Robert Jackson, who ruled Monday that the death was a suicide. "He had fired his .22-caliber rifle, apparently to attract attention, but no one heard the shots. He probably called for help, but was too far into the woods to be heard. "HE HAD a pistol. with him and placed it to his forehead, apparently thinking he would never be found," Jackson said. He said a search party would have found Semala, a high school sophomore, had the youth just waited. "But there was no way the boy could have gotten out of there," Jackson said. "We had to cut away a portion of the tree to remove his body. X-rays show the leg was not broken, - but the com- pression on the flesh and bone was so great the pain must have been im- possible to stand." The youth had left his home Saturday FILMS Computing Center-Basic Use of the IBM 1029 Keypunch, Advanced Use of the IBM 029 Keypunch, 7-10 p.m., Multipurpose room, UGLI. Student United Jewish Appeal-Lies My Father Told Me, 9 p.m., Angell Hall, Aud. C. SPEAKERS WUOM-Prof. John Bowditch, Department of Histry, "The 'Peace Set- tlement," 10:15a.m. Academic Women's Caucus-Prof. Cecil Nesbitt, Department of Mathematics, "Possible Options for Retirement Benefit Changes," noon, 3050 Frieze Bldg. Center for Afro-American Studies-Dr. Glen Loury, Department of Economics, "The Economic Prospect for Black Americans in the 1980s," noon-2 p.m., Room 115, Old A&D (Lorch Hall). 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M1SA appoints 3 to'U Cellar board By TOM MIRGA The Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) narrowly approved the appoin- tment of three new members to the University Cellar board of directors last night after a move to postpone those appointments failed by one half vote. Elected to the board by a 13 to 9 margin with two assembly-members abstaining were ex-MSA member Richard Barr, former U Cellar director Matt Neumeir, engineering graduate student Steve Markovich. MSA MEMBERS opposed to the ap- pointments hoped to postpone any ac- tion on the subject for one week until discussions could be held with Barr, Neumeir and Markovich concerning their views on labor-management relations. That vote failed by an 11 to 112 margin. Assembly member Janice O'Neal also voiced reservations that all ap- pointees were men and indicated that members of MSA's Permanent Inter- viewing Committee (PIC) had not taken affirmative action into con- See MSA, Page 10 Attention All Hookworms: Now that your midterms are over, TAKE A 4:1tiIIj 00CI~A I [7 5th Avenue at Liberty St. 761-9700 Formerly Fifth Forum Theater The $1 50 BARGAIN! FINAL DAYS! Immunizations.......763-1418 Problem Pregnancy Counseling info...............764-7428 VD info........................................763-4511 For quickest service-schedule appointments by calling clinics DIRECT. Not sure which H P is right fo yu We are having a Hewlett-Packard Demonstration Thursday, Jan. 17, 10-1 and 2-5, A company representative will demonstrate all Hewlett-Packard calculators and the new HP-85 Personal Computer. MORE THAN A BOOKSTORE 549 E. University at the corner of East U. and South U. 662-3201