Page 2-Tuesday, April 5, 1983-The Michigan Daily Few turn out for 15th amuversary of King's death IN BRIEF ATLANTA (AP) - The political heirs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. yesterday called for a mass "coalition of conscience" to challenge Reagan administration policies, but attendance was thin at rallies in several cities marking the 15th anniversary of the civil rights leader's assassination. Leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference announced plans for a mass march on Washington Aug. 27, the 20th anniversary of King's famous "I have a dream" speech in the nation's capital. "We don't look like many, but we moved this nation once and we can do it again," the Rev. C.T. Vivian, an SCLC board member, said in a reference to the crowd of about 250 people at a "jobs and peace" rally at the Atlanta federal building. The size of the crowd in King's hometown of Atlanta was similar to 51 Cottage INN 10 PM to 1 AM Sunday thru Thursday HAPPY HOURS DRINKS 2 fori PITCHER "OLSON, AND 2.9S GLASSES MICH&LnO LIGHT7S DOMESTIC NINES .7S 00 idnight * Tue. - Sun,. that at rallies held yesterday in Mem- phis, Tenn., Anderson, Ind., and Little Rock, Ark., to mark the anniversary of King's assassination April 4, 1968, while leading Memphis garbage workers in a protest for better pay. About 250 union members, carrying placards demanding jobs, health care and a national holiday on King's birth- day, turned out in Memphis for a march from Clayborn Temple to the Lorraine Motel, where King was shot to death. Despite clear skies and good weather, the turnout was one of the smallest ever in Memphis for the annual tribute. Fewer than 1,000 people gathered in Anderson for a rally to mark the an- niversary and call attention to the plight of the unemployed. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a former King lieutenant who now heads Chicago- based Operation PUSH - People United to Serve Humanity - had predicted 10,000 people would turn out for the rally in recession-plagued An- derson. AT THE ATLANTA rally, which was to be followed by a five-hour prayer vigil at the federal building, the focus was on the Reagan administration's cutbacks in social welfare programs and record defense spending. Bunny power AP Photo President Reagan signs an Easter egg yesterday while Nancy hugs one of the thousands of children who gathered on the White House lawn for the an- nual Easter egg roll. U.S. doctors probe CHINA? Go with professional colleagues, instead of at herd of tourists. Health Care System Education and Schools Only $3095 from San Francisco, includes Xian, Guilin, major cities. June 22 -July 11, extensions in Hong Kong and/or Japan optional. Deadline near, PHONE TODAY! (313) 763-4355 Prof. Robert Hefner, 580 Union Dr. Rm 564 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Univ of Michigan Cert. Available N FREE INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS Tuesday LSAT Seminar GMAT Seminar GRE Seminar April 5, 1983 6:30pm 7:30 pm 8:30 pm Pa lestiniar TULKAREM, Occupied West Bank (AP) - Two American specialists in epidemic control began yesterday to investigate the recent wave of mysterious illness among Palestinian schoolchildren, which the Israelis blame on mass hysteria and the Arabs on poison. Drs. Philip Landrigan and Bess Miller, epidemiologists from the U.S., Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga.,rbegan an "independent in- vestigation" of the unexplained illness - characterized by dizziness, nausea. blurred vision and headaches suffered by more than 800 people since March 21 in the Jenin and Tulkarem areas of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. MOST OF the victims have been teen- age schoolgirls. The epidemic tapered off, then peaked again Sunday when at least 394 girls were hospitalized. The 'Geneva-based World Healthi Organization of the United Nations sent two doctors, an epidemiologist and a toxicologist, to look into the illnesses Meanwhile, the Israeli military command announced the arrest of two carloads of Palestinians who it said were driving around Nablus shouting through megaphones that the water had been poisoned. " ISRAELI troops carrying rifles and clubs kept Tulkarem and the center of Nablus under curfew, trying to prevent protest demonstrations. The military command said there was some stone- throwing in Nablus. Most shops in Arab East Jerusalem were closed by a commercial strike. C Campus Inn, 615 E. Huron Ave. Ann Arbor Shoemaker - Kusko Testing Preparation Services zepidemric Israel Radio reported a Palestinian was arrested near the Damascus Gate of the walled Old City for planning to set afire shops that did not close. Palestinian doctors repeatedly at- tribute the illness to "poison gas" though they acknowledge they have no idea what the gas is. They say the girls report they began to feel weak and diz- zy after smelling a foul odor in their schools. LONE DOCTOR who said he believes a poison is at work said he also agrees that psychological factors contribute to the symptoms. "But underground there is a triggering factor, and that's what we are searching for," he said. Dr. Baruch Modan, the director- general of the Health Ministry, says a physician from the International Com- mittee of the Red Cross, Dr. Frank Alter, investigated the epidemic and decided it was "a mass phenomenon without any organic basis.'' Israeli authorities arrested CBS cameramen Moshe Bendor and soun- dman Avishai Dekel, both Israelis, in Nablus for allegedly urging hospitalized girls to act ill for the camera. "It's outrageous," said Warren Lewis, the CBS bureau chief in Tel Aviv. "They did not fake or stage any event." HE SAID THE crew was filming with the hospital's permission when police came in and arrested them. The military command said the two were released after seven hours' deten- tion but Lewis said the charges had not been dropped. Israel radio claimed an NBC-TV crew also staged a sickbed scene for a report n the epidemic. NBC bureau chief Paul Miller in Tel Aviv said the crew was not arrested, and he denied the radio's allegation. Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports Thailand death toll rises to l00 ARANYAPRATHET, Thailand - Military sources said Thai warplanes bombed Vietnam's forces on the Thai-Cambodian frontier yesterday, and battle reports said Vietnamese gunners shelled Cambodian rebels, con- solidating their grip on guerrilla-held areas. Total casualties in the 5-day-old Vietnamese sweep are unknown, but one refugee agency official who declined to be identified estimated as many as 100 people dead and 400 wounded. Other relief sources said at least 42,000 Cambodians have fled Thailand. Thai military sources in Bangkok said the military ordered the strikes against Vietnamese positions just inside Thai territory north of Phnom Chat, a Cambodian rebel base overrun by the Vietnamese last Thursday. Official spokesmen for the air force and supreme military command would not comment, neither denying nor confirming the use of air power Reporters near the scene said they saw three Thai planes fly three sorties, dropping bombs that may have struck Cambodian soil. The border is ill- defined and recent fighting has spilled over into Thailand. The aircraft appeared to be U.S.-made F-5 jet fighter-bombers and recon- naissance aircraft converted for air strike missions, the reporters said. Earthquake victims don't get aid BOGOTA, Colombia - The Colombian Red Cross has received none of the 25 tons of U.S. medical aid left with the army for distribution to earthquake victims, a spokesman for the relief agency said yesterday. Military authorities fear the relief aid will fall into the hands of leftist guerrillas, said Lt. Carlos Ismael Meza, a retired army officer working with the Civil Defense Agency in the stricken city of Popayan, 235 miles south west of Bogota. U.S. Air Force planes delivered 6,000 tents and 25 tons of medicine and hospital equipment to Colombia last Friday, 24 hours after an earthquake devastated the southern city of 200,000 residents, killing at least 240 people, iniuring hundreds and leaving three-quarters of the residents homeless. The Red Cross has seen none of the medical aid, and the army has said nothing about delivering it to the Red Cross, a spokesman for Carlos Mar- tinez, the director of emergency relief for the agency said. * The army has delivered to the Red Cross only two dozen of the 6,000 tents, the spokesman said. He asked not to be identified because he feared retribution by military authorities. Jordan won't represent PLO AMMAN, Jordan - King Hussein will not offer to represent Palestinians in talks with Israel based on President's Reagan's peace plan, sources close to discussions between the Jordan monarch and PLO chief Yasser Arafat said yesterday. The sources, who spoke on condition that they not be identified, said the Palestine Liberation Organization chairman met with top aides in his 15- member executive committee, then told Hussein he could not allow him to negotiate on the PLO's behalf. Arafat has been in Amman since Thursday for talks with Hussein, who has been described by U.S. diplomats as willing to talk with Israel but not without permission from the PLO. The guerrilla organization claims it is the sole representative of the 1.3 million Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the Jordan River and Gaza strip. Thousand of Europeans for nuclear weapons freeze Police with riot gear and dogs blocked 14,500 demonstrators outside a U.S. airbase in West Berlin' yesterday at the close of four days of Easter anti- nuclear protests that drew hundreds of thousands of people across Europe. Huge rallies were staged in ten other West German cities and dozens of smaller actions were held to protest the deployment of new U.S. cruise and Pershing-2 missiles in Western Europe. No arrests were reported. Yesterday's demonstrations were the culmination of four days of protests in Britain, the Netherlands, Italy and West Germany against plans to deploy the missiles starting in December. "We want a completely nuclear-free Europe. The freezing and restriction of armaments both East and West would mean opportunities for a new life for all people," protest organizers in Frankfurt- said in a statement. oil barges crash into bridge, contaminate Mississippi river ST. LOUIS - As floodwaters threatened to overflow the banks of the Miss- issippi River, salvage workers struggled yesterday to pump the oil out of three damaged barges that have created a 15-mile slick on the river. Environmental officials said the oil should not pose a threat to drinking water supplies downstream, but that it could end up on low-lying fields. There was no estimate how much oil went into the river, but Dan Dewell, a spokesman for the Coast Guard,called it a major oil spill which could involve much more than 10,000 gallons. The spill occurred when a towboat pushing four barges containing an estimated 2.7 million gallons of crude oil downriver to Memphis, Tenn., Saturday night crashed into the Poplar Street and MacArthur bridges. The barges exploded into flames 100 feet high and burned some areas of the shoreline and two nearby grain barges. 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