4 Page 2 -The Michigan Daily -Thursday, March 15, 1984 Troops cla From AP and UPI CERRO MIRACAPA, El Salvador - Government troops yesterday tried to drive leftist rebels deeper into their northern strongholds to prevent any ''This is guerrillas attempt to disrupt the Marchrs n 25 presidential elections. But the President' guerrillas blunted the offensive by tral Ameri launching several counterattacks. The guerrillas killed five soldiers and wounded 30 on Tuesday during heavy combat along a 10-mile front manned by 2,000etroops in northern San Miguel province, about 90 miles east of San Salvador near the Honduran border. expressed some doubts The army began operating in the area would be honored. eight days ago to cut off rebel supply The offensive was p and communications lines leading from sure there is no interf the headquarters of the People balloting. ,Revolutionary Army in Perquin, 127 In Washington t miles northeast of the capital. propriations Committ The rebels say they have no plans to day to give President Rea disrupt the nation's first presidential in emergency military a election since 1977, but the military has Salvador, and the $211 tsh in El Salvador an important part of the s program for democracy in Cen- - Larry Speakes White House Spokesman Last Thursday the committee refused to grant Reagan's request for $21 million for anti-Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua and it postponed a vote on the El Salvador aid. Reagan contends the money for El Salvador is needed to ensure that government military forces have enough equipment to forstall trouble during the national elections. The Appropriations Committee, tur- ning a $150 million African famine relief bill into a catchall foreign policy package, also approved an amendment barring permanent U.S. military con- struction in Honduras unless it is first authorized by Congress. The House Foreign Affairs Commit- tee later yesterday was to take up the administration's request for extra money for El Salvador this year and its request for money for Central America for fiscal 1985. s that the pledge planned to make ference with the he Senate Ap- ee voted vester- agan the $93 million id he wants for El million he asked for Nicaraguan rebels. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Reagan telephoned 10 members of the committee Tuesday to lobby for the measures and spoke by telephone with Sen. John Stennis (D- Miss.) shortly before the vote. The additional money was approved on a voice vote after a Democratic bid to delay action was narrowly rejected. University gays hope discrimination will end (Continued from Page 1) many homosexuals keep their sexual identity a secret, Aaron said. "It's discrimination to prevent people from being who they are" he said. THE POLICY statement will send the message that it's "okay to be gay," Aaron said. Although the policy statement does not have to be approved by University Regents, Shapiro wil submit the proposal to them for comments at their monthly meeting today. Shapiro would not have released the statement if he wasn't certain of the regents' support, Aaron said. "(Shapiro) is a politician," said Aaron, adding that he is confident the regents will approve the proposal. SHAPIRO'S decision to release the statement this week is probably a result of the recent demonstrations by the imp Queers Action Committee, (Quac), said Godre. Godre, a QuAC member, said the rally held on the Diag and a brief sit-in in Shapiro's office this month pushed Shapiro to act quickly. LaGROC initially asked the Univer- sity for protection 15 months ago. Overall, however, members of the gay and lesbian community are pleased with the policy statement, added Paula rust, a graduate student and QuAC member. Aaron said it is likely more gay and lesbian students and'faculty members will come out as a result of the statement. LaGROC is also requesting that: " Shapiro publicly announce that the University will not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation; " the statement be included in the University logo that appears on all University materials; " grievance procedures be clearly defined; and " an effort is made to educate students and faculty members about homosexuality. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports IRA's political leader wounded BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Gunmen firing from a car shot and wounded Irish Republican Army political leader Gerry Adams yesterday, and an outlawed Protestant group claimed responsibility, police said. Adams, 35, was hit in the neck and shoulder and underwent surgery to remove at least one bullet. He was in stable condition at Royal Victoria Hospital, officials said. A police squad car rammed the gunmen's brown sedan before it could speed away, and three Protestants were arrested. The Ulster Freedom Fighters claimed responsibility for the attack, said a police spokesman who requested anonymity. A senior police officer who asked not to be identified said security forces were preparing for "possible revenge attacks by the IRA." After the shooting, youths in Roman Catholic West Belfast set one bus on fire and stoned several others, said a police spokesman who also requested anonymity. He said the incidents were "minor" with no injuries or arrests. The shooting followed a surge of IRA attacks in the troubled British province in which at least six Protestants have been killed in the last 12 days. Farmers blockade banks, offices JAMESTOWN, N.D. - About 75 farmers, protesting what they call the "triple whammy" of high interest rates, high energy costs and low crop prices, yesterday blockaded banks and federal farm agencies a second day with trucks and tractors. They began the peaceful protest Tuesday morning, saying a similar demonstration in Thief River Falls, Minn., expedited loan processing by the Farmers Home Administration in Minnesota and attracted the federal government's attention. "Many are still waiting for word on their farm loan applications before they can make plans for this spring's planting," Gov. Allen Olson wrote Agriculture Secretary John Block. "It is a difficult situation at best." Many farmers have nothing left to use as collateral because land values are eroding, said Warren Rittenbach of Jamestown, one of the' protest organizers. The farmers vowed to maintain their blockade through the week unless they get action from Washington. FBI arrests armored car driver PORTAGE, Ind. - A "straight arrow" driver of a cash-filled armored car, who disappeared during a pickup at a Michigan grocery, was jailed with his brother yesterday and charged with interstate transportation of stolen property. The FBI recovered $400,000 in cash, plus food stamps and checks. John Murray, 39, was arrested Tuesday night in Portage and his brother, Floyd, 41, was arrested yesterday morning. The two River Rouge, Michigan, residents appeared late yesterday before a U.S. magistrate who set bond at $100,000 each. Both waived removal hearings and were turned over to the U.S. marshal to be returned to the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit where they were charged with inter- state transportation of stolen property. If convicted, the brothers could be sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined as much as $10,000. Church eondemns crucifix ban WARSAW, Poland - Poland's "crucifix war" heated up yesterday with the Roman Catholic Church condemning the communist regime for banning the crosses from classrooms and warning the move threatened to provoke national unrest. The church's highest executive body, the nine-member Church Council, chaired by Cardinal Jozef Glemp, said in a statement yesterday that previous attempts to ban crucifixes from classrooms "always sparked social unrest.'' "The crucifixes should remain in the classrooms to meet the desires of Catholic society - statements made by the authorities banning crucifixes from schools cause anxiety," the statement said. Glemp was expected to personally speak out against the crucifix ban in a sermon at St. John's Cathederal in downtown Warsaw last night. The statement opposing the ban that was first imposed a week ago amid angry student protest, further deepened the church-state conflict only two days before the Communist Party was to begin a major conference aimed at demonstrating the party's firm control of the country. Big Dan's rape defendant claims woman was willing FALL RIVER, Mass. - One of six men charged with gang rape testified yesterday that he tried and failed to have sex on a barroom pool table with a willing woman who hugged him afterwards and asked him to take her home. Daniel Silva, 27, is one of six Portuguese immigrants charged with raping and sexually'abusing a 22-year-old woman on March 6, 1983 at Big Dan's, a New Bedford bar that has since been closed. He was the first defendant to take the stand in three weeks of testimony. "She never said anything. She was, you know, willing," Silva said. He said she asked him for drugs and willingly attempted sex with him. But Silva said he saw the woman "get angry and run from the bar" then he refused to take her to his house. Silva and Joseph Vieira are being tried in an afternoon trial. Condeiro, Victor Raposo, Jose Medeiros and Virgilio Medeiros are being tried in a separate morning session. The Medeiros men are not related. rY Doily Photo by DOUG McMAHON Bruce Aaron, spokesman for LaGROC at Campus Meet the Press yesterday, talks about gay rights and the new presidential policy statement on discrimination. th m Petition drive falters on legality (Continued from Page 1) "This really doesn't upset us," he notices to TAs who had not paid dues; he fee voluntary. The group collected said. "We feel that we're the majority, warning them that they could lose their pore than a third of the signatures it not the minority. We get a dozen calls a jobs if they refused to pay. 4 When did you last challenge yourself? Or do something truly out of the ordinary? If it's been too long, go Outward Bound. this year. Climb a mountain. Captain a raft. Explore the canyons. While at the same time, learning. About nature. About people. About yourself. Colorado Outward Bound School ,Dept. C-17 945 Pennsylvania St. Denver, CO 80203 - ='J(303) 837-0880 would have needed to ask GEO to vote on a contract revision, said Vander- veen. Of the University's 1,700 TAs, about 600 would have needed to sign the petition to force GEO to vote on a con- tract change. DESPITE THE setback, Vanderveen says the group, called Graduate Students for an Open University, will continue to fight the mandatory fee. SHORT OR LONG Hairstyles for Men and Women DASCOLA STYLISTS Liberty off State . 668-9329 Maple Village ... 761 -2733 day concerning the petition. I talked to 50 or 60 people and only two wouldn't sign the petition." If enough signatures are collected, the group may still ask GEO to consider changing the contract, Vanderveen said. Last week, GEO began mailing Many TAs have paid their dues since the notices were sent, said GEO President Celeste Burke. Collecting fees from all TAs is vital to the union's survival in order to main- tain a strong bargaining position with the University, Burke said. PSN reporits (Continued from Page 1) and so afraid, and stoop so low," he said. But he added that incidents have caused some PSN members to lean towards concentrating on educational efforts, such as handing out leaflets, and holding teach-ins, whiile others are death threats still committed to acts of civil disobedience. "I think it's making people think a lit- tle more about what they're doing," added Steve Austina natural resource* sophomore. 4 I Code blasted at teach-in expands to Ann Arbor AC = Y > GRAND OPENING SALE! savings up to 70% off list complete selection of: art & drafting supplies & equipment picture frames & custom framing djnjAnn Arbor (Continued from Page 1) "IF OVER 600 people in the most conservative organization on campus can see fault (in the code), anyone should be able to see it," he said. The proposed code places fraternities, sororities, and cooperatives under its jurisdiction. Other student representatives on the panel included Michigan Student Assembly President Mary Rowland, members of the "No Code" group, and Cathy Godre, a member of the Queers Action Committee (QuAC). GODRE SAID she is concerned that the code might prevent some of the group's actions such as a silent vigil they held in President Harold Shapiro's office last week to ask for a policy to protect gays from discrimination on campus. "It's really important that we stick WOMEN'S LIVES Conversations on how women grow and change Fri., March 16 Noon Luncheon with KATHY MODIGLIANI, Coordinator, Home Childcore Project U of M at GUILD HOUSE 802 MONROE (home-made vegetarian soup available at $1.00) together and fight this code," Godre said. "We can't let ourselves be divided on single issues," she said. Godre ex- plained students should not support the code only on the basis of the sexual harassment provisions because other sections of the code are unacceptable. Under the code the University could punish students for committing arson, sexual harassment, assault, theft, van- dalism and some types of civil disobedience - acts that civil authorities currently enforce. Student offenders would be tried by a Univer- sity hearing officer, and in most cases, a hearing board. Mary Garrison, president of the "No Code" group which helped organize the teach-in, said "We will not allow someone else to control our lives. We want to determine for ourselves what type of educational environment we will have." Jonathan Rose, a lawyer 'in Student Legal Services, also criticized the code on the grounds that it will stifle dissent on campus. In the face of heated opposition to the code, Colburn contended that there is still a large sentiment for passing the proposal. "I've probably had more students in my office than are here in this room, saying how important and needed this particular code is." 4 .Jbr Sibigan ?Usiti Thursday, March 15, 1984 Vol. XCIV-No.130 (ISSN 0745-967X) The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan. 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