The Michigan Daily - Saturday, March 17, 1984 - Page 3 'Cathy' creator Gunmen kidnap diplomat !'speaks to women Vr By CHERYL BAACKE Special to the Daily DETROIT-For women to improve themselves, they must "close the gap between who they want to be and who they actually were at 7:30 this mor- ning," cartoonist Cathy Guisewhite said yesterday.. The 33-year old University graduate who created the "Cathy" cartoon character spoke to about 500 people in Cobo Hall at Strategies '84, a career women's conference. "(THERE IS) a gap between how things are when everyone else does them and how they are when I do them," said Guisehite, who admits her life is quite a bit like her comic strip character's. To succeed, women must overcome that gap, she said, even though it seems like "everything always seems to fit everyone else better." Guisewhite has overcome that con- flict. Her comic strip is now syndicated in more than 400 newspapers nation- wide, and Cathy,the character who is always struggling to balance her career and personal life, now appears on bulletin boards, mugs, and pajamas. BEFORE Guisewhite started her I comic strip seven years ago, the Midland native received an English degree and was the vice president of a Detroit advertising firm. Guisewhite gave women attending the conference advice on how to suc- ceed in a career by sharing her own anecdotes. You must find ways you are unique, even if those ways aren't particularly favorable, Guisewhite said. "I not only expect my complexion to go when something big comes up, I've learned to plan by it," she quipped. IT'S important to accept who you are and keep a sense of humor about it, she added. Although women have problems balancing careers and relationships, Guisewhite warns that they don't have a monopoly on such confusion-men are struggling with changes too. And women still have a lot of progress to make, she said. "The future of women's rights is in the hands of a president with a bullet wound who won't change his mind on gun control," she said. Despite such obstacles, Guisewhite said women must be optimistic, and proud of the things they are going right. From AP and UPI BEIRUT, Lebanon-Three gunmen kidnapped an American diplomat in West Beirut yesterday, forcing him into a car at gun point and speeding off. There was no immediate ransom demand or claim of responsibility. William Buckley, 55, first secretary in the embassy's political section, was the third American kidnapped in the Lebanese capital in five weeks. His abduction came as heavy shelling in the capital violated the three-day old cease-fire. BUCKLEY WAS seized at about 7:30 a.m. by three gunmen as he left his apartment house in the Ras Beirut neighborhood of mostly Moslem west Beirut for the U.S. mission on nearby Eim Mreisseh boulevard, said embassy First Secretary Robert Pugh. "Eyewitnesses told us that the American diplomat was taken out of his diplomatic vehicle outside his apartment," a police spokesman said. "The kidnap was carried out by three men in civilian clothes. One of the three approached the diplomat, who was warming up his car engine, and forced him to get out at gun- point." BUCKLEY, A native of Medford, Mass., was forced into the assailants' white Renault and driven away, the witnesses told police. The kidnap car was seen later in the day near Khalde nine miles south of Beirut, an area controlled jointly by the Shiite Amal and Drize Moslem militias. The U.S. Embassy warned the more than 50 diplomats based in Beirut to take extra precautions and was considering moving all staff into the fortress-like British embassy com- pound, which houses the temporary U.S. Embassy offices. Plugh said there had been no threats or warnings of the kid- nap. Two other Americans, journalist Jeremy Levin and American University professor Frank Reiger, have been reported missing from Ras Beirut since Feb. 6 when Moslem militiamen took control of West Beirut from the Lebanese ar- my. No one has taken responsibility in any of the abductions. ipe gunp . .. kidnapped at gunpoint South Africa signs treaty with neighbor H1APPENINGS- Highlight There will be a conference on "Issues of Ethnicity in the Social Context of Northeast Africa," today in the School of Education's Whitney Auditorium. The conference, sponsored by the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, the Center for Research on Economic Development. and the Nor- theast Africa Studies Committee opens at 9:30 and concludes at 4 p.m. Films Cinema Guild - Ordinary People, 7& 9:15 p.m., Lorch. MED - An American Werewolf in London, 7:15 & 9 p.m., MLB 4. Cinema II- The White Rose, 7 & 9 p.m., Aud A. AAFC-Raiders of the Lost Ark; 7 & 9:15 p.m..MLB 3. Alt Act. - Montenegro, 7 & 9 p.m., Nat. Sci. Performances PTP - "Miss Julie," Trueblood Theatre, 8 p.m. Ark - Tony Bird, 8 p.m., 1421 Hill St. Union Arts - Bert Hornback reads from Yeats' poetry, 8 p.m., Inter- national Center. School of Music - University Dance Company, 8 p.m., Power Center. Per- cussion recital, David Kane, 4 p.m., Recital Hall. Trombone recital, Laurie Penpraze, 6 p.m., Recital Hall. Piano/violin sonatas, Tonie Marie Mon- tgomerv and Jacob Krackhmalnick, 8p.m. Recital Hall. Eclipse Jazz - tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman, 9 p.m., University Club. Young People's Theater - "When it All Began," 2 p.m., Performance Network. Meetings Ann Arbor Go-Club - 2-7 p.m., 1433 Mason Hall. Dentistry - oral biology, meeting of AADS-AADR, 4 p.m. 1033 Kellogg. Women's Aglow Fellowship of Ann Arbor - 9:30 a.m., Forsythe Inter- mediate School, 1655 Newport Road. Miscellaneous Muslim. Students Assoc: - Enlish Circle, two sessions on Quran inter- pretation & Islamic Theology/idology, 7:30 p.m., Muslim House, 407 N. Ingalls. Tae Kwon Do Club - practice, 9-11 p.m., CCRB Martial Arts Room. Women's Gymnastics - Michigan Invitational. Crisler Arena. Cont. Ed.: Medical School - "Advanced Cardiac Life Support" course, Towlsey Center, call 763-1400. Artist & Craftsmen Guild - Portfolio boxes workshop. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Ar-- tspace Rm., Union. Matthaei Botanical Gardents - photography course taught by Jeff Holcombe, 10:15 am.-12:15 p.m. Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship - Winter Retreat, Gordon Fee, "On Fin- ding a Christian Alternative," Fa-Ho-Lo Park, Grass Lake, call 769-4157. Bike Expo - displays, films, booths, racing, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Community High School. Free University - "Gentleness, Kindness, Concern, Peacefulness, Courage and Freedom: Six Qualities for Social Activism" workshop, 11 a.mn.-2p.m. Ann Arbor War Tax Dissidents - "Conscientious Objection to the Payment of War Taxes," workshop, noon to 4 p.m., Wesley Lounge, 602 E. Huron. The fund for Open Classrooms - Auction '84, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tappan In- termediate School, 2251 E. Stadium. Baha'i Faith - seminar, 3:30 p.m., Union. All-Campus Purim Party - 9:30 p.m. Hillel: Megillah readings at 8 p.m. 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 KOMATIPOORT, South Africa (AP)-South Africa and Mozambique, bitter foes for nearly a decade, signed a non-aggression treaty yesterday designed to foster peace and economic ties. President Samora Machel of Mozam- bique called the pact a step toward breaking "the cycle of violence that has been established in this region of the continent." THE AGREEMENT prohibits white- minority ruled South Africa and black- governed Mozambique from supporting guerrilla warfare against each other. It also sets up a joint security commission to monitor the application of the agreement. The text of the 11-page, 11-article ac- cord says both parties "undertake to respect each other's sovereignty and independence and, in fulfillment of this fundamental obligation, to refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of the other." In a display of cooperation that would have been inconceivable three months ago. military bands marched together in the scorching sun and played the two national anthems as South African Prime Minister P.W. Botha and Machel signed the treaty, exchanged pens and shook hands. PRESIDENT REAGAN. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl sent personal messages of congratulations to Machel and Botha. It was South Africa's firstnon- aggression pact with a black neighbor. Botha called the agreement "a major turning point" that could promote peace elsewhere'in the region. "I see a sub-continent in which coun- tries work together to rationalize and increase food production, develop regional trade, establish housing programs. . . and many other mutually beneficial activities," Botha said. "WE START off with a burden of mutual suspicion and bitter memories that, as we progress, must be shed by the wayside," he added. The pact, welcomed by the United States and other Western countries, capped more than a year of economic and military pressure by anti-Com- munist South Africa to force neigh- boring states to expel African National Congress (ANC) guerillas who are fighting to topple the South African government. South Africa contends that most ANC bombings in South Africa have been planned in Mozambique. South African commandos and warplanes, operating with virtual impunity, have raided ANC targets in Maputo. Mozambique's capital. MOZAMBIQUE IN turn gains South African assurance that aid will be with- drawn from Mozambique National Resistance guerrillas who have crip- pled transport systems and farms in much of the country. In Lusaka, Zambia, the African National Congress said it will continue waging its war against South Africa. Anti-Marxist Mozambican rebels also have said they will continue their fight against the Machel administration. Mozambican radio, however, said the rebel radio station that operated from South Africa since 1980 ceased broad- casting Thursday night. - - or aAP-hoto Ron Correnti of Otterbein, IL went for an unexpected joy ride Thursday in Gainsville, FL when his Funny Car exploded at the 15th annual National Hot Rod Association Gatornationals. The Chevrolet Camaro fiberglass frame flew approximately 75 feet into the air due to a supercharger explosion. Correnti was uninjured. JpflSe q par t ,v ruled in.valid By ERIC MATTSON Paul Jensen's candidacy for a seat on the City Council ended abruptly this week after receiving notice from a state election, office in Lansing that the party under which he's running is invalid. The American Independent Party (AIP) received less than 1 percent of the vote for Secretary of State in November 1982 making American In- dependent Party candidates ineligible to run for any position in Michigan this year, said Jim Chapman, an official at the Elections Division in Lansing. Jensen was able to run for mayor last year under the Independent Party only because the attorney general issued a special provision allowing AIP can- didates to participate in the April 1983 election. The only minority parties under which candidates in Michigan can run are the Libertarian and the Tisch par- ties, said City Clerk Winifred North- cross. Although Jensen received less than 1 percent of the vote in last year's mayoral election, he was set to try again this year for a Fifth Ward Council seat, and he has already announced his candidacy for governor in 1987. Jensen, who has already appeared at two debates this year with other council candidates, could not be reached for comment. Subscribe to the Michigan Daily Phone 764-0558 ,. .............. ............................................ ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................ :.: .."J h"'' A~NO D.7FU < p'4R. I J5 J - Hfi1 PJA/S111- #AtTIJN,4 L fE MI 1N s~tu "9".Na ' f " .; Pa O " \) a Profile of a wolverine before 9 a.m.... We can't guarantee a stop to early classes, but life is easier at University Towers. Only 5 minutes from the diag, your classes, favorite restaurants, shopping and recreation, a true blue wolverine can afford a little extra sleep. 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