Lebanese factions begin peace talks in Geneva The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 1, 1983 - Page 3 U.S. moves some marines to ships off Lebanon From AP and UPI GENEVA, Switzerland - President Amin Gemayel opened Lebanon's long- delayed national reconciliation con- ference yesterday with an appeal to warring factions to save the nation from "this long night" of civil strife. The talks, involving the nation's 10 major religious and political figures, began late in the afternoon under strict security provided by 300 Swiss police but were recessed within 50 minutes. GEMAYEL WAS the only one of nine delegates to address the opening session, Lebanese officials said. The conference, expected to last four to seven days, adjourned until today after he spoke. "If the Lebanese fire is not put out now, before it is too late, only God knows where this fire will spread and how much it will threaten the Arab world and the world as a whole,'' Gemayel said. "This conference is a unique oppor- tunity to snatch Lebanon, the region and the world from this dangerous dilemma and dark tunnel," he said. "This opportunity might not present it- self again." U.S. DIPLOMATS said they did not ex- pect any breakthroughs in the talks but hoped the delegates can succeed in en- ding Lebanon's eight years of civil strife and enable the U.S., French, Italian and British governments to withdraw the 5,600-man peacekeeping force to which they have contributed. But members of the Syrian-backed opposition Front for National Salvation, which includes Druse, Moslem and Christian delegates, appeared skeptical about prospects for success. "All we have heard tonight are speeches," said Suleiman Franjieh, a former president who leads the pro- Syrian National Salvaton Front with Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and Sunni Moslem leader Rashid Karami. "We want action, not words." Asked if he thought the talks could succeed, Franjieh said, "I doubt it." Moslem leaders demanded an end to the 40-year-old system of government that requires the president to be a G(mavel ... opens peace conference Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Moslem and the speaker of parliament a Shiite. Despite the efforts in Geneva, Druze rebels opened fire with machine guns and mortars at a key army base guar- ding the southeast approach to Beirut only hours before peace talks began. -HAPPENINGS Highlight Economics Prof. Gardner Ackley begins the Eighth LSA Distinguished Senior Faculty Lecture Series tonight with a speech on "The Growth of Economic Knowledge" at 8 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Films Cinema Guild - The Maltese Falcon, 7 & 10:20 p.m.; City Streets, 8.:50 p.m., Lorch Hall. German - Der Schinderhannes, 8 p.m., Max Kade German House. Performances Second Chance - Hard Ensemble, 516 E. Liberty. The Ark - Jim Ringer and Mary McCaslin, 8 p.m., 1421 Hill Street. School of Music - String Recital, 8 p.m., Recital Hall; Piano Recital, Deborah Kucharsky, 6 p.m., Recital Hall; Chamber Winds, 8 p.m., Hill; Clarinet Recital, 8 p.m., Recital Hall; Cello Recital, 8 p.m., Rackham. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra -8 p.m., Hill. Union Cultural Program - Woon-Kin Tong, the Chinese zither, 12:15 p.m.; Norma Gentile soprano, and Marianne Ploger, fortepiano, 8 p.m., Pendleton Room. Speakers Bioengineering - Jack Deller, 4 p.m., 1042 E. Engin. Free University -Frithjoff Bergmann, "The Future of Work," 4 p.m., 332 S. State. Law - Jochen Frowen, "European Integration through the Protection of Fundamental Rights," 4 p.m., 420 Hutchins. ISR - Lerita Coleman, "Understanding 'Affect & Cognition," 7:30 p.m., 6050 ISR. Psychobiology - Karen Luh, "Orientation Behavior by Monkeys with Superior Temporal Sulcus Lesions," 12:30 p.m., 1057 MHRI. Chemistry - Stephen Berry, "Melting of Clusters and the Nature of Melting," 4 p.m., 1300 Chem. Judiac Studies - Jerrold Green, "The Changing Trends in American Mid- dle East Politics," noon, League. Computing Center - "Record Handling with COMBINE," 12:10 p.m., 1011 NUBS; Chitra Ramanujan, "Advanced Topics in Pascal: Simple I/O," 3:30 p.m., 165 BSAD. _jalogy - Donald Cummings,"Maternal Inheritance of Senesence in Podospora Anserine," Noon, 3056 Nat. Sci. Chinese Studies - Harriet Mills, "Prison, Though Reform & Social Con- trol inn the early PRC," noon, Lane Hall. Engineering - Marian Majewski, "Microwave Integrated Circuits Tran- sistor Oscillator Design," 9 a.m., E. Engin. Christian Science - "The Science of the Possible," 8 p.m., 1833 Washtenaw. Afroamerican Studies - Omari Kakoli, "The Chadian Issue," noon, Inter- national Center. Meetings Pi Sigma Alpha - membership meeting, 6:30 p.m., Fishbowl. Ann Arbor Scrabble Club -7 p.m., 637 S. Main. International Relations Society - Model U.N. mass meeting, 7:30 p.m., 1412 Mason. Ann Arbor Go Club -7 p.m., 1433 Mason. Lutheran Campus Ministry - Women's Support Group, 7:30 p.m., S. Forest & Hill. Lesbian Network -7 p.m., Guild House. Baptist Student Union, 7 p.m., 2439 Mason. Miscellaneous CEW Job Hunt Club - Drop in for job seekers, noon, 350S. Thayer. His House Christian Fellowship - 7:30 p.m., 925 E. Ann. Fencing Club - practice, 8 p.m., Coliseum. Recreational Sports - "Injury Prevention & rehabilitation," 7:30 p.m., CCRB. Eclipse Jazz Lecture - Dr. Richard Crawford, "Duke Ellington," 7:30 p.m., 5th floor LSA. M-OSU Blood Donor Battle - noon -6 p.m., Union Ballroom. CRLT-TA Workshop, "Time Management," 3 p.m. Museum of Art - Rebecca Whitehouse, "Landscapes," noon. Student Wood & Crafts Shop - introduction to Woodworking, 7 p.m., 537 SAB. Young Peoples Theater - Auditions for Scrooge 7 p.m., 408 W. Washington. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Malicious Intent BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - All "non- essential" staff from the Marine con- tingent in Beirut will move to U.S. war- ships offshore because of the Oct. 23 terrorist bombing at the airport, Maj. Robert Jordan said yesterday. In announcing the new security measure, the Marines spokesman also said the latest casualty toll from the truck-bomb that destroyed a Marine in- stallation at the airport is "over 230 dead, over 70 wounded." He said search operations were nearly complete. Jordan said "non-essential person- nel" - clerks and maintenance crews - with the 1,600-man Marine con- tingent at the airport will withdraw to American 6th Fleet warships stationed off the coast. He did not disclose how many people were involved. "Some of the non-essentials will be on a commuting basis," he said. "When their services are needed, they'll come in, then they'll go back out." Since the bombing, several U.S. congressmen have demanded that the entire American force retreat to the ships, saying security conditions at their airport base made them highly vulnerable to terrorists. A simultaneous bombing at the headquarters of French forces killed at least 58 soldiers. The French and Americans are part of a multinational force deployed in Beirut for more than a year at the government's request to help keep the peace in Lebanon, wracked by years of civil war. The Reagan administration has ac- cused Iranian-backed terrorists of engineering the double blast and has vowed unspecified retaliation. Iran denies involvement, and Lebanese police say they have no clues about the identity of the terrorists and have made no arrests. Three-hundred Marines arrived last week to take over some duties of ser- vicemen killed in the airport blast. U. admits to bombing Grenadian institution (Continued from page 1) and Intelligence Committees to Grenada beginning Friday. Foley, the House Democratic Whip, or third-ranking leader in the House, said a congressional examination of what happened in Grenada is needed, in part, because the Reagan ad- ministration has sharply limited press coverage of the fighting and its after- math. Because reporters' movements are controlled by U.S. military officials, Foley said, "There is a certain absence of information that would normally be available on the ground." Among questions the group will want answered, Foley said, is "How long our presence on Grenada will continue." Foley said the inquiry also will cover whether the 1,100 Americans living in Grenada were actually in danger before the invasion and whether there was enough intelligence information available to support U.S. forces. 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