a0 Page 2-Wednesday, January 28, 1981-The Michigan Daily Polish students WARSAW, Poland (AP)-Workers staged warning strikes in a dozen Polish cities yesterday to press their demands, while student strikers seeking an end to required courses in Marxism at the University of Lodz won support from other schools. Some 5,000 students continued for the eighth day to occupy university buildings in Lodz, 75 miles south of here, to demand a choice of courses in political scien- ce and economics, autonomy of some groups from the Ministry of education, barring of police from campus without university permission, and access to printing facilities. ONE SOURCE SAID that the protest had spread to buildings at the Lodz Polytechnic, but another said the polytechnic students had voted to support the protest but had not occupied buildings. A student leader said delegations were sent to War- saw and Krakow, Poland's major student centers, to seek support from their peers. As new strikes rippled across Poland, the possibility of a general strike loomed in southern in- dustrial and coal regions. Independent union leader Lech Walesa negotiated with angry farmers seeking their own union and calling for.worker support of a possible general strike today. WALESA MET WITH hundreds of angry farmers and workers in Rzeszow, 90 miles east of Krakow. In a related protest, 15 farmers pressed for an indepen- dent union by staging a hunger strike inside a Roman Catholic church at Swindnica, the union said. The strikes prompted the first comment in weeks protest from East Germany, whose news agency ADN cited letters to the Polish Communist Party daily Trybuna Ludu in its attack and said they showed "the growing concern over the future of Poland." Strikes were reported in Lodz, Poland's second largest city, and in Bielec, Jaroslaw, Bialystock, Katowice, Bielsko Biala and Zdunska Wola, Jastr- zebie, Radom, Sieradz and Swidnica, where workers demanded action on government promises made last year. The issues include demands for a 40-hour, five-day workweek, revised laws on censorship and unions and Solidarity access to the state-run media. Last week saw numerous protests over the government's refusal to abandon the current 46-hour, six-day workweek. Join ~t ie I tibian 1 a t News Staff Catch the thrill of the moment! Be there when news happens in your University Community Find out how at: MASS MEETINGS: Bursey-Wed., Jan. 28 7:30 p.m., East Lounge The Daily-Thurs., Jan. 29 7:30 p.m., 420 Maynard Vasectomies increase chances of artery disease in i TUCSON, Ariz. (UPI) - Two gover- nment-sponsored studies show that vasectomies increase the risk of artery disease in monkeys, but scientists said yesterday it will be at least a year before it can be seen if the same thing happens in sterilized men. "I think it's necessary to realize that the finding may not be applicable at all to men," said Ruth Crozier, project of- ficer of the vasectomy research spon- sored by the National Institute of Child Heath and Human Development, Bethesda, Md. Nevertheless, she and one of the scientists who came up with the monkey results said men contem- plating a vasectomy and who have a high risk of heart disease might be wise to wait until more is known. IT HAS BEEN estimated that a half million American men have been vasectomized annually'on the average during the past 10 years. Nancy Alexander of the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center at monkeys Beaverton told an American Heart Association meeting that experiments with two species of monkeys show those who were vasectomized developed high rates of artherosclerosis while those not vasectomized did not. Artherosclerosis, sometimes called hardening of the arteries, is marked by the buildup of fatty material on the in- side walls of arteries. It is a slow progressive disease that sets the stage for heart attack and stroke, the leading killers of Americans.- "I don't think there is any question about the validity of the findings in monkeys," Crozier said in a telephone interview. "The big question is whether this applies to man. It is potentially serious enough so we are trying to settle it." The institute is sponsoring studies in Milwaukee, Seattle, and Boston to look at large numbers of men who have been vasectomized to see if they have an in- creased rate of heart disease sym- ptoms. The first results are expected in a year. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports Reagan pushes Congress for tax cut WASHINGTON - The Reagan administration pressed its case in Con- gress yesterday for a swift tax reduction followed by cuts in the federal budget to turn the economy around. But the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board warned both Congress and the new administration that they would unleash new inflationary pressures by cutting taxes before taking the more difficult political step of cutting spending. Reagdn's comprehensive economic package is expected to be submitted to Congress by February 17 or 18. Agent Orange suit filed on behalf of Michigan veterans GRAND RAPIDS-A class action suit was filed in U.S. District Court yesterday seeking damages for 89 Vietnam veterans who claim they have suffered health problems and other injury through contact with Agent Orange. James Witzel, a Lansing-based attorney, filed the suit on behalf of the 89 veterans in western Michigan seeking damages. The suit names as defendants 12 companies which nfanufactured the defoliant which contains dioxin and was used extensively during the Viet- nam war to clear large areas of tropical growth. Many of the veterans named in the suit also contend that the chemical caused genetic disorders which were passed on to their children. Internal bickering in Iran-escalates BEIRUT, Lebanon-A power struggle between Iran's clergy-dominated hardliners and President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr's secular moderates escalaated yesterday, with the president charging opponents twice plotted to assassinate him in the past two months. The hardliners rallying behind Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Rajai claimed Bani-Sadr's supporters attacked and ransacked their Islamic Republican Party's headquarters in the northeastern city of Mashhad, chan- ting "close the nest of spies." Bani-Sadr recently stepped up criticism of the handling of the hostage crisis, claiming the agreement negotiated by Rjai and his associates will return to Iran only $3 billion of the $11 billion in funds frozen after the hostages were seized Nov. 4, 1979. 'Fear factor' contributes to old price drop LODON-Dea ers cited the "fear factor" as one of the main con- tributors to the recent drop in the price of gold. A rush of sell orders on bullion markets devoid of buyers caused the panic. The rush followed rumors that Iran might sell off the 1.6 million oun- ces of Iranian gold returned by the United States in partial exchange for the release of the American hostages. Sellers speculated that Iran might want the nearly $900 million in hard cash it would gain from the sale to buy more arms to fight its war with Iraq. Desertion charges against Vietnam veteran dismissed CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-A military judge, in a surprise decision yesterday, dismissed desertion charges against Marine PFc. Robert Gar- wood, the only Vietnam-era serviceman to be charged for his actions as a prisoner-of-war. But the judge, Col. R. E. Switzer, says he will let a court-martial jury decide on the government's key charge against Garwood-collaborating with the enemy. Switzer also let stand a charge that Garwood struck an American prisoner-of-war. A military jury of five Marine officers will begin deliberating those charges next week. If convicted, Garwood could still be sentenced to life im- prisonment, despite the other charge being dropped. The defense has maintained throughout the court-martial that Garwood was driven insane by Viet Cong torture and is not responsible for his actions in Vietnam. Woman accused of diet doctor's murder testifies WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Jean Harris unexpectedly took the witness stand yesterday to tell of her life with-and engagement to-Scarsdale Diet doctor Herman Tarnower, the man she is accused of murdering last Marach in a jealous rage over another woman. The court was packed with reporters and spectators who had no in- dication Harris would testify. A gag order has prevented attorneys from discussing thecase with reporters. Harris described meeting the millionaire heart specialist for the first time, their engagement five months later, and the hurt she felt when he broke the engagement. Oldest of former hostages hospitalized for pneumonia S, WASHINGTON (UPI)-Robert Ode,\ the oldest of .the freed American hostages and a native of Michigan, was hospitalized in satisfactory condition last night with pneumonia, hospital of- ficials said. State Department spokesman Jack Tuohey said Ode, 65,Awas taken to National Hospital in Arlington,- Va., "for rest and observation because of exhaustion, fever, and a cough." SUSAN STEIF, a spokesman for the hospital, said Ode was admitted at 7:15 p.m. EST for "just exhaustion" but "once they examined him, they discovered he had pneumonia." Tuohey said a nurse- acompanied Ode to the hospital fron -ie hotel near- by where the governmentJ9,ged the 52 freed hostages for their Washington visit. Ode's wife, Rita, also went along. Steif said Ode, who grew up in Manistee and has a sister in St. Louis, Mich., and a brother in Midland, was treated in the emergency room and was in "satisfactory condition." Native - m_ lose appeal against U' (Continued from Page 1 Although the treaty states that the tribes believed they "may wish some of their thildren hereafter educated," the appeals court said the land was uncon- ditionally donated and questioned the Native Americans' technical land title. "Certainly, the cost of higher education is subject to the rigors of in- flation as are all other things and the plaintiffs, like everyone else, could benefit by the financial assistance they seek," the court said. 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