4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Sunday, September 9, 1984 Canada QUEBEC (AP) - Pope John Paul II, walking in the traces of the missionaries who brought Christianity to New France, arrives today for a 12- day Canadian tour expected to em- phasize traditional doctrine on sex and church authority. He will find a Canadian population-almost half the country is Roman Catholic-that is enthusiastic about the pope's visit but resistant to his conservative message on birth con- trol, abortion, married priests and women clergy. IN QUEBEC, the first of 13 cities John Paul will visit, bunting in the papal colors of yellow and white decorates homes, and papal flags are posted on the route from the airport. But security also has been tightened following a bomb explosion last week at the Montreal train station. Three Fren- ph tourists were killed and a warning note seemed to threaten the pope. Police searched the sewers near the archbishop's residence in Quebec's old walled city,' where the pope will spend tonight, and then welded the manhole covers shut. CLOSE TO half a million people are expected to line the streets to watch the pope's processions or attend an outdoor Mass this afternoon. Gaston Plante, 58 showed his grand- children a spot where the pope will pass near the bluffs overlooking the St. Lawrence River, and said he would bring them back today for the big day. "When you see great men, you don't become great yourself, but you feel great," Plante said. "And this is the greatest of all men coming here." THE POPE will be greeted in Quebec City by outgoing Prime prepares Minister John Turner. He will be sent ne off from Ottawa on Sept. 20 by Turner's R successor, Brian Mulroney, the winner a s of last week's elections. Both Turner tre and Mulroney - as well as their last Th two predecessors - are among the 11.4 1,8 million Roman Catholics in the tel Canadian population of 25 million. spi New public opinion polls published wh yesterday show all but a tiny minority 1 welcoming the papal visit, but the polls tha also said Canadians are largely liberal say on some contentious issues, especially Le in the heavily Roman Catholic province soc of Quebec. Ne From the days of the missionary ex- mi plorers, Quebec was a bastion of - Roman Catholic influence, where education, health care-even unions-were under church control. But in the past two decades profound social change has forced the parish priest and diocesan bishop to surrender power to the bureaucrat and politician. Known as La Revolution Tranquille, the Quiet Revolution, it has left the Catholic church of Quebec in a quiet crisis. WHEN POPE John Paul II comes to Quebec City today, religious leaders and lay people say he will find churches beset by falling attendance, a shrinking, aging clergy unable to find recruits for the pulpits, and a less reverent, more questioning flock con - cerned more with social issues than with matters of the soul. "We're not any more in a typical Catholic religious mentality," says Louis Rousseau, a professor of religious history at the Universite du Quebec in Montreal. "People are saying 'If the pope wants to, let him speak and maybe I will consider it, but I won't for papal cessarily follow him.' " plorer Jacc Rousseau's comments are backed by Lawrence R urvey published yesterday in Mon- Some of t al's Devoir and Gazette newspapers. teachings h e poll found that 54 percent of the and one won 00 Catholics questioned in a bers to syml ephone poll consider the pope a great trine by ser ritual spokesman, but not the man to tificates to om they owe their obedience plans for m "It means you do not find a majority nounced. at considers the pope their leader," After Que ys Jean Pierre Proulx, a writer for an exhausti Devoir. The church's role in Quebec Trois Rivie ciety goes back to the founding of by plane ba w France, when Catholic east coast, ssionaries accompanied French ex- village's fis visit iues Cartier up the St. iver 449 years ago. hose opposed to the pope's have circulated petitions, men's group urged its mem- bolically reject church doc- rding their baptismal cer- church officials, but no ass protests have been an- bec City, John Paul begins ive odyssey, first by train to res and Montreal and then ck to Newfoundland off the where he will bless a small hing fleet. gobt bmwea o ue "i j'm kaw.. . c up' Keg+ecidgut W&. G. Bloomfield, D.D.S. 2301 S. Huron Parkway 971-2310 weekly, evenings, and Saturday appointments available. MIME PERRY PERRAULT (Director of U of M Mime Troupe) WILL PERFORM AT CAMPUS CHAPEL (1236 Washtenaw Ct., one block south of CCRB) Busted Associated Press Terry Miller of Kalamazoo surrendered his pet monkey, Joey, yesterday af- ter Kalamazoo County Animal Control officials ruled that Miller was in violation of a city animal control ordinance for harboring an undomesticated animal. Joey will be placed in an area zoo. Nation experiences record drop in crim-e IN BRIEF Complied from Associated Press and United Press international reports Iranian jet hijacked to Cairo CAIRO, Egypt - An Iran Air jetliner carrying more than 120 people was hijacked on a domestic flight Saturday and forced to land in Bahrain and then Cairo. Egypt's official news agency said 52 passengers dashed to freedom after a door was opened to remove a wounded person. The Middle East News Agency, in reporting the escape after the landing at Cairo airport, said that the escaped passengers, including 13 children, were taken to a passenger terminal "under tight security." The passengers escaped after a gangway was brought up to the plane so a wounded person could be taken off at the hijackers' request, the news agen- cy said. It was not clear if the wounded person was evacuated. The news agency said radio negotiations were under way between two unidentified hijackers and Gen. Omar Hamamd, commander of the Egyp- tian military zone where the plane landed. Earlier, Michael Gurdus, an Israeli radio monitor in Tel Aviv, reported he, heard the pilot tell control tower in the Iranian capital of Tehran that there - were seven hijackers. Peres sees problems in winninga support for Israel's unity pact TEL AVIV, Israel - Prime Minister-designate Shimon Peres said yester- day he foresees problems in gaining his Labor Party's approval, but that he still expects to install a bipartisan government with the rival Likud bloc within a week. One Labor criticism being leveled at Peres is his agreement to Likud's demand for a top Cabinet post for former Defense Minister Ariel Sharon. Caretaker Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir appointed Sharon as trade and commerce minister, even though Sharon was forced to resign as defense minister last year. An inquiry board had found Sharon negligent in failing to prevent the killing of Palestinian refugees by Israeli-allied militias in Lebanon. Legislator Yossi Sarid, who said he will quit the Labor Party over the proposed pact with Shamir's right-wing Likud bloc, said he would be "betraying the people who voted for us if I sit in the same government with Sharon. Peres told Israel radio'some members of his party's Central Committee were opposed to joint rule with the ideologically opposed Likud, and others were "displeased" with the results of the coalition negotiations. Twenty Arab members of the Central Committee said they would not vote for coalition unless Peres appointed an Arab deputy minister in the new Cabinet and promised to push through legislation outlawing racism, Israel radio reported. East coast chills, West roasts More than a dozen East Coast cities got a preview of fall yesterday as the mercury plunged to record lows, but California continued to roast ina heat wave whose triple-digit temperatures knocked soldiers out of war games and air conditioners out of action. Rain helped douse fires that raced across tinder-dry grass in Kansas and Oklahoma. One blaze shrouded a highway with smoke and caused a 10- vehicle pileup that killed three people. Yesterday was the third straight day for unseasonably cool temperatures along the Atlantic Coast from Connecticut to Florida, with record low readings for the date in at least 14 cities. The lowest of the region's record-breaking readings, 39 degrees at Har- tford, Conn., was one degree below a mark set in 1978, while the 68 degrees posted at Tampa Bay, Fla., was two degrees under a 27-year-old record. In Los Angeles, the National Weather Service said that 100-degree tem- peratures that have caused power outages, early school closings and at least one death would continue through Wednesday. Four people remain hospitalized for heat stroke, which killed one man Thursday. Backers say Mondale edging or leads Reagan in 20 states Walter Mondale's campaign manager, Robert Beckel, said yesterday the Democratic Presidential challenger is leading or even with President Reagan in 20 states and is moving up in the Midwest. Beckel's figures contradict those of most political estimates, which put Reagan ahead in all but five or six states, but he noted that polls often ~ change swiftly and have proved wrong in some past campaigns. In an interview on Cable News Network, Beckel said Reagan is ahead in 30 states "maybe" and is trailing or even with Mondale in 20. "I would say, if you were to say today, how many states is he leading in? Thirty maybe," he replied. "He's rather even or trailing in 20 states." Red Sea mine search fruitless CAIRO, Egypt - Mine hunters from the United States, three other Western countries, and Egypt and Saudi Arabia have failed to unravel the mystery of Red Sea explosions after nore than 40 days of fruitless search. Hopes are dwindling that any mines will be found. The search continues, but opinion is divided on when it will be called off. The Americans and Italians were reported forecasting an end in 10 or 15 days. The British, French and Egyptians were saying it will take longer. "No mines have been found," Commodore Ahmed Abdel-Bary, comman- der of Egypt's Adabiya naval base in the Gulf of Suez, told reporters on Thursday. The Gulf of Suez, the northwestern branch of the Red Sea, was where it all' began. Between July 9 and Aug. 15, at least 18 ships were damaged by un- derwater explosions, the first seven in the gulf and the rest in the southern part of the Red Sea, which is 1,450 miles long. UMe mirbiganIBaiIy Vol. XVC - No. 4 Member of the Associated Press The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967X) is published Tuesday through Sun- day during the fall and winter terms and Tuesday through Saturday during the spring and summer terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscription rates: September through April-$16.50 in Ann Arbor, $29.00 outside the city; May through August-$4.50 in Ann Arbor, $6.00 outside the city. Second-class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Postmaster: Send ad- dress changes to The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. A 4 4 4 A REFRESHMENTS SUNDAY, September 9 VOLLEYBALL 7:00 P.M. (Continued from Page 1) There were 12.07 million serious crimes reported across the nation last year, compared with the 12.9 million reported in 1982, the FBI said in its an- nual report, "Crime in the United States." The 1982 figure was 3 percent lower than the one reported for 1981. "THIS IS A double victory - the largest one-year decline in the history of the index and the first time the index has dropped two years in a row," At- torney General William French Smith said in a statement. "The numbers tell us we are turning back crime, not just holding our own against it." Patrick Murphy, a former New York City police commissioner and now head of the non-profit Police Foundation, said one major reason for the decrease is "the shrinking of the population in the crime-committing age, the late teens and early 20s." He also noted that the prison population has increased, "and ob- viously while they're in prison, the career criminals don't commit crimes." ALL MAJOR crimes except rape dropped last year, the FBI said. These included murder, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, car theft and arson. It was the first time since 1960 that the FBI had recorded two straight years of decreasing crime rates. The only previous decreases were in 1972 and 1977. The figures were compiled from reports submitted by nearly 16,000 law enforcement agencies covering 97 percent of the U.S. population. The FBI uses 1960 as its base year in computing the crime index because new reporting and tabulating methods were first put into effect that year. The bureau has maintained crime statistics for nearly 60 years, but those before 1960 are not compared with the current figures because of differences in how the index is computed. Handguns were the most frequently used weapons, involved in 44 percent of last year's slayings, or 9,000 deaths. Detroit replaced Gary, Ind., as the city with the largest per capita homicide rate. Miami dropped from second to third place behind Gary and New Orleans climbed from sixth to fourth place. Robberies also fell 8 per- cent to 500,221. About 60 percent of those were armed robberies and the most commonly used weapon in those instances was a gun, followed by a knife. There were 78,918 reported rapes, about the same number as the previous year. An estimated 66 of every 100,000 women reported they were rape vic- tims, the FBI said. 4 A exDands to Ann Arbor... 4 BACK TO SCHOOL SALE savings up to 50% off list complete selection of: art & drafting supplies & equipment picture frames & custom framing [a3jLj Ann Arbor Looking for a better place to Shop? Welcome to Arbor Farms. 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