E Page 6 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 28, 1984 Chernenko gains power, named eornnan der-in-ehief I 4 MOSCOW (UPI) - Konstantin Cher- nenko has consolidated his grip on power quickly by adding the post of commander-in-chief of the Soviet ar- med forces to his leadership of the Communist Party, a Western diplomat said yesterday. The appointment was seen as a good indication Chernenko would be named to the largely ceremonial office of president, thus giving him all three positions of power in the Soviet hierar- chy held by his predecessor Yuri An- dropov. No official, announcement has been made, but the Western diplomat said Marshal Nikolai Ogarkov referred to Chernenko as chairman of the Defense Council at a reception to celebrate Ar- med Forces Day last Thursday. "It's been kept a secret, but it seems that Ogarkov definitely wanted us to know that Chernenko was head of the Defense Council," the diplomat said. Soviet sources said the Supreme Soviet would convene in a special session soon after elections Sunday and that the president would be announced then. "How or when that (the presidency) will happen is difficult to know," the diplomat said. But another Western diplomat said the military job did not guarantee Chernenko would become president and there had been speculation the office could go to Mikhail Gorbachev, 52, or Grigory Romanov, 61, both members of the ruling Politburo. The two had been Chernenko's rivals for party, chief following the death of Andropov on Feb. 9. Chernenko, 72, was unanimously elected general-secretary of the Com- munist Party Feb. 13. By becoming commander-in-chief, Chernenko holds two of the three powerful positions held by both Leonid Brezhnev and Andropov at the time of their deaths. The move indicated that Chernenko, a member of the old guard loyal to Brezhnev, could be consolidating power in the Politburo believed to be divided between the older members and new members whose careers surged during Andropov's 15 months in power. Andropov assumed the commander- in-chief mantle by May of last year, six months after being named secretary general. In June, he was named president. In an open letter Monday to all who sent him congratulations on becoming Communist Party leader, Chernenko pledged to implement economic and social programs drawn up. fE Cherncn ko - . consolidates his power Crippled tanker sinks in Gulf of Mexico waters 4 AP Photo Disaster rocks Brazil Survivors of a shantytown fire in Cubatao, Brazil search through the rubble of their homes yesterday for personal belongings. The blaze killed over 80 people Saturday. FBI ready for terrorist threats ",7 .wNEW ORLEANS (AP) - The 661-foot *ie tanker American Eagle, its side ripped " Copen by a fatal explosion Sunday, sank y C , 0yesterday with 24 crewmen aboard " while waiting for a tow in the gale- pr g whipped Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said. Two crewmen were lost but the other WHO AUTHORED THE PROPOSED STUDENT CODE OF NON-ACADEMIC CONDUCT? ? ? AND WHY?? WHO SUPPORTS IT? WHO OPPOSES IT? 22 were rescued when the American Eagle went down at 5:40 p.m. about 180 miles southwest of New Orleans, said Petty Officer Gary Starks at the Coast Guard's 8th District headquarters. THREE CREWMEN were killed and three others were injured Sunday in an unexplained explosion aboard the ship. The blast left the American Eagle dead in the water. The tanker went down as a sea-going tugboat was en route from Port Arthur, Texas, to tow the ship to Galveston, Texas, its original destination, Starks said. "The weather is pretty bad out there - there are 16-foot seas, 40 knot winds and low visibility," Starks said. "The ship broke up from the weather, tossing and turning out there.- He said the injured men, some suf- fering from hypothermia, would be airlifted to coastal hospitals. DETROIT (UPI) - FBI Director Silliam Webster said yesterday that agents are trained and ready to handle any terrorist threats at the summer Olympics or political conventions, although he considers them unlikely. "I think the United States is very in- fertile ground for terrorists," he said. "Having said that, it doesn't mean they won't try." HE SAID THE FBI had been working for months to identify and intercept any terrorist activity or deal with the taking of hostages, such as at the Munich Olympics. "Our hostage rescue team is trained and ready and will be on hand at the Olympics," he said. Webster told reporters concern about terrorism has grown in the United I think the United States is very infertile grounds for terrorists. Having said that, it doesn't mean they won't try.' William Webster- FBI Director Y, ..; States since the truck-bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut but the ac- tual number of incidents has not in- creased. MOST OF THE terrorist acts in the past year, he said, were related to American activity in Central America rather than the Middle East. In'his speech, Webster also said that no legitimate business is immune to takeover by organized crime lookiig' for places to launder profits of crimin hl activity. According to Webster, organized crime is more sophisticated than eves'' but the rate of conviction is also mubhi' higher. In the last two fiscal years,'he' said, there have been 3,800 indictmenii and 2,100 convictions. 614 G+ e CAMPUS MEET: THE Y:.j Ilk Ann Arborites awake to a blanket of snow PRESS PRESENTS WILLIAM COLBURN, Faculty Chair of the University Council MARY ROWLAND, President of the Michigan Student Assembly Hear a Panel Ask Questions and Ask Your Own WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1984 4 P.M. KUENZEL ROOM, MICHIGAN UNION ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND!! SPONSORED BY: and CANTERBURY FRIENDS (Continued from Page 1) Northeast as well," Sammler said. "The coastal sections are likely to get quite a bit of rain." ALTHOUGH THE storm fell short of blizzard dimensions, it dumped the heaviest snows to hit Indiana since the Ann Arbor Contact Lens Clinic A Full Contact Lens Service FEBRUARY SPECIAL EXTENDED WEAR LENSES $325 DR. PAUL C. USLAN 545 Church Street " Ann Arbor 769-1222 Blizzard of 1978, with foot-deep ac- cumulations expected by nightfall. It sent winter-smart residents scurrying to markets to stock up on such staples as milk. bread, cigarettes and toilet paper. "The blizzard in 1978 got everyone's attention," explained Mark Thompson, director of merchandising for the Kroger Co. at Indianapolis. "They're making runs on the essen- tials. They're reacting like they may be snowed in for days." THE STORM 'blasted Missouri, en- ding nearly a month of springlike weather. The heavy snow - 18 inches in the central part of the state - forced the Missouri Senate to cancel its Mon- day meeting when only one senator made it to the Capitol in Jefferson City. More than 4,500 residents of Oregon County, in the Missouri Ozarks, were without power yesterday when high winds knocked a tree into a power line. Southern Illinois was covered with nearly 7 inches of snow and hundreds of schools and businesses closed. Residen- ts of the state's southern tip had "100 percent slush and 100 percent wet or their highways," Illinois Department of Transportation spokesman Brent Emerson said. MOST OF the Upper Midwest snow belt escaped the heavy snows and win- ds, but the sotrm system brought an abrupt end to a stretch of unseasonably balmy weather. The chill was blamed for the death of month-old twin boys in Chicago, who died in a fire caused by an oven left on Sunday night to heat the family's South Side apartment, officials said. The storm system brewed heavy rains, high winds and tornadoes throughout the eastern Gulf Coast. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS and temperatures in the 30s hit northern Louisiana - a dramatic change from the sunny skies and 70-degree weather of only two days before. A tornado devastated four Lafayette County, Fla., homes and two men were reported drowned in high winds and rough seas as a line of squalls packing 80 mph gusts: swept northern and cen- tral Florida. An Eglin AFB airman drowned early yesterday after strong winds pushed over a guardrail at the end of a pier, the Okaloosa Sheriff's Department said. A sailor was reported drowned at Fort Walton Beach, Fla., after his 16-foot catamaran capsized yesterday. The Coast Guard said 40-mph winds stirred 5-to 7-foot seas. - In the storm's wake, warming tem- 1 peratures melted snow that stranded motorists and snapped power lines in the Texas Panhandle Sunday. The high winds early yesterday fan- Jned a five-alarm fire that caused $2 million damage to an apartment com- plex in Pleasant Grove, Texas. The blaze in 'the Dallas suburb engulfed 54 units and left at least 150 people homeless, officials said. * One volunteer firefighter was killed battling wind-whipped Texas grassfires. The fires were reported un- der control yesterday. PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN offers intermediate to advanced courses this summer in New York City. 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