The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 14, 1984 - Page 3
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NEW DELHI, India (AP) - The
government yesterday called early
Parlimentary elections Dec. 24 that will
determine whether new Prime Minister
Rajiv Gandhi retains the office he took
after Indira Gandhi was assassinated.
Chief election commissioner Rama
Krishna Trivedi said, however, the
national elections would not be held in
Assam or Punjab states because of law
and order problems there, so neither
will be represented in the 542-seat
national Parliment.
THE DECISION to hold the national
elections two weeks before they were
expected plunged the country into hec-
tic political activity.
Leaders of India's splintered op-
position - holding unity talks -
acknowledged that the prospects for
unity appeared bleak now. But they
voiced hope that a loose coalition of
main groups could be established to
minimize a split in opposition votes.
India's Election Commission an-
nounced a schedule, fixing Nov. 27 as
the last date for filing candidacies -
leaving the feuding opposition groups
less than two weeks to come up with a
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Highlight
The Great American Smokeout
American Cancer Society are spons
sold today on the Diag from noon to
tificates from local merchants.
Films
MTF-Hair, 7 p.m., Alice's Restau
AAFC - Kiss me Deadly, 7 p.m.,
Hall.
4 Mediatrics - The Pope of Greenwi
Hill St. Cinema - Sugar Cane All
Soaring Club - Soaring Country, 8
Performances
English department - Poetry rea
ference Room, Rackham.
The Ark - Lady of the Lake, 8 p.m.
Theater and Drama department
e Theater.
School of Music - string departme
Ensemble Theater Company -pl
Chicken, and Whiskey.
U-Club - Laughtrack, Bill Thomas
Speakers
Ann Arbor Libertarian League -
p.m., room 439 Mason Hall.
Computer Center-Bob Brill, "Intr
room 177, Business Administration
p.m., room 3113, School of Education
Center for Russian and East Eur
"Utopian Thought in Soviet Science F
IOE - Al Drake, "A Measure of U
P p.m., room 241, JOE Building.
Science Research Society- Rane
room 117 Dow Building.
SChemistry department - Walter (
Ion-Selective Electrode Response, 4
Michael Stern, "Vitamin B-12 and
Organic Syntesis," 4 p.m., room 1300
Muslim Student Associtation - I
Michigan League.
Turner Geriatric Clinic-George C
Phobia,"1 p.m., 1010 Wa St.
Linguistics department/EnglishI
"Monosyllables Revisited: The B
Frieze Building.
NASW - Kathleen Faller, "Issues
Conference Room, Rackham.
« Economics department - Dan
Metaphor," 4:30 p.m., East Conferen
Division of Biological Sciences -
of Early Development," 4 p.m., lectu
ian leader
common elecion campaign.
TRIVEDI TOLD a news conference
that nationwide balloting for a new
Parliment woudl be held Dec 24, but
that it may be necessary to spread the
voting over three days in some of the
largest states.
He said that in states where voting is
staggered, the second round would be
held Dec. 27. Authorities did not have
adequate police and paramilitary for-
ces to ensure peaceful one-day polls,
and voting by stages would allow tropps
to be transferred, he added.
Assam also was kept out of the 1980
parliamentary elections, which retur-
ned Indira Gandhi to power, because of
a student-led movement demanding the
disenfranchisement and expulsion from
India of more than 1 million people
from neighboring Bangladesh.
Before Mrs. Gandhi was assassinated
oct. 31 by two gunmen identified as Sikh
members of her security guard, she and
her son Rajiv had pledged to hold elec-
tions in Punjab despite the army's
failure to and Sikh terrorism. Sikh
demands included greater religious and
political autonomy in Puniab.
:'JNINGS~
OAU head
says Africa
facing a
catastrophe
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The head
of the Organization of African Unity
said yesterday that the continent faces
catastrophe from a ravaging drought,
acute food shortages, mounting debts
and sharp declines in production.
Acting OAU Secretary-General Peter
Onu, addressing delegates at the Pan-
African group's 20th summit meeting,
said, "a very grim situation faces the
OAU on all fronts, a .situation that
requires some form of radical solutions
by our member states."
IN A 70-PAGE report reviewing
Africa's problems over the past year,
Onu cited the drought, which he said
has contributed to food shortages in 27
African countries - more than half the
continent.
Onu said ever worsening ecological
degradation - deforestation, the
growth of deserts, the exhaustion of the
soil - requires urgent measures to
avert what he called a "continental
catastrophe."
One, a Nigerian, said, "During the
last two years the production output of
the non-oil ecporting African nations
fell from 1.8 percent growth in 1982 to
0.9 percent. An overview of our
economic situation during the past year
reaffirms the need of our countries to
restructure our economies to ensure
that they develop a self-sustaining
growth process."
The OAU chief said the continent's
massive debts to other nations is more
that $150 billion, and complained of high
interest rates required by lending in-
stitutions in industrialized countries.
"The current trend shows that by
only a 1 percent increase in interest
rates, Africa's debt automatically goes
up by several hundred million dollars,"
Onu said.
Associated Press
School rules
Female students from the Alesio Blandon school in Managua, Nicaragua learn how to advance under fire during militia
training. The Sandinista government has put the country on full alert against an invasion by U.S. forces.
Sharon-Time libel trial begins
is today. Health Services and the
oring a raffle for which tickets will be
5 p.m. The winner gets many gift cer-
From AP and UPI
Former Israeli Defense Minister
Arial Sharon's $50 million libel suit trial
against Time Magazine began yester-
day with his lawyer charging it made
"Accusations of mass murder" against
the Israeli war hero.
Sharon contends that a 1983 Time ar-
ticle implied he encouraged the
Lebanese Christian Phalangist militia
to murder hundreds of Palestinian
refugees in Beirut in September 1982.
THE ARTICLE stated that Sharon
"participated in a conversation,
rant, 9:15 p.m., Michigan Theater.
Night of the Hunter, 8:45 p.m., Lorch
ch Village, 7 & 9 p.m., Nat Sci. Aud.
ey, 7 & 9:15 p.m., 1429 Hill St. Soaring
p.m., room 296, Dennison Building.
which if...true, is an accusation of mass
murder," said the former cabinet
member's lawyer, Milton Gould, in
opening arguments. The copy conver-
sation in question occurred the day
before the massacre by Lebanese
Phalangist militiamen and a day after
the assassination of Lebanese
President-elect Bashir Gamayel.
Sharon met with the Gemayel family
that day, expressing condolences, and
Time, saying it was quoting from a
secret part of the Israeli investigation
report, reported: "Sharon also repor-
tedly discussed with the Gemayels the
need for the Phalangists to take
revenge for the assassination of Bashir,,
but the details are not known."
Sharon must prove not only that
Time's article was false and
defamatory, but that Time knew the
story was false in publishing it.
In his $50 million suit, Sharon denied
that the reports secret appendix con-
tains the information quoted by Time.
He also denied ever discussing the need
for revenge with the Gemayels.
The Kahan commission concluded in
its public report that Sharon bore "in-
direct responsibility" for the killings.
Sharon was forced to resign as defense
minister when the report was released.
The secret appendix to the report has
never been made public.
ding, Robert Pinsky, 8 p.m., West Con-
,637 S. Main.St.
- Play, Whiskey, 8 p.m., True blood
nt recital, 8 p.m., Recital Hall.
ays, A Resounding Tinkle, Charlie the
, 9p.m., U-Club.
More financial aid
available next year
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BENNY SCHWARTZ
SHALIACH of the Jewish Agency will be at Hillel to answer
questions about travel and study opportunities in Israel.
Brent Haynes, "Student Activism," 7
o to Base II & III, Part II," 3:30 p.m.
Building; 'Shopping for a Micro," 4
Building.
ropean Studies - Nadezhda Peterson,
Fiction," noon, Lane Hall Commons.
Uncertainty for Fault Tree Analysis," 4
Curl, "Some Cave Sciences," 7:45 p.m.,
Opdycke, "Some Theoretical Aspects of
p.m., room 1200, Chemistry Building;
B-12 model compounds as Catalysts in
, Chemistry Building.
slamic Lecture Series, noon, room D,
Curtis, "When Does Fear Become a
Language Institute - John Lawler,
R-Assonance in English," 4 p.m., 3050
of Child Sexual Abuse," 7:30 p.m., East
iel Fusfeld, "Theory as Myth and
ace Room Rackham.
Anthony Hahowald, "Genetic Analysis
re room 2, MLB.
"The increases are good," said Jeff
Baker of San Francisco State Univer-
sity. "But I'd like to see more of them
and more changes."
''WE HAVE a critical problem here,"~
Montana State University Financial
Aid Director Jim Craign said, hoping
the increases won't come too late.
"Lots of students apply and we have no
funds for them."
"The budget for financial aid has not
grown with the cost of living," he ad-
ded.
But while education experts are hap-
py about the increases, they note the
funding is not as substantial as it looks.
"THE BUDGET restores the erosion
of the last four years," said Dallas Mar-
tin of the National Association of
Student Financial Aid Administrators.
"Funding still doesn't equal the real
purchasing power of fiscal 1980."
The increases will cover inflation's
effect on college costs, he predicts, and
"maybe a little more."
Some aid directors maintain the in-
creases, particularly for Pell Grants
and GSLs, won't help new aid applican-
ts much.
"The increase in Pell funds will go
mostly to students already in the
program," Pat Smith of the American
Council on Education (ACE) stresses.
He will be accompanied by NADI ORMIAN the United Kibbutz
Movement Representative for Student Programs.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15
11 A.M. to 3 P.M.
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Meetings
Academic Alcoholics -1:30 p.m., Alano Club.
Ann Arbor Support Group for Farm Labor Organizing Committee - 5:30
p.m., room 5318 Michigan Union
Science Fiction Club-8:15 p.m., Michigan League.
Latin American Solidarity Committee -8 p.m., Union.
Council for Minority Concerns - 2 p.m., 5th floor, Fleming Administration
Building.
Center for West European Studies - Jr/Sr year at Aix-en-Provence, 7
p.m., room 3201 Angell Hall.
School of Education/Career Planning and Placement - Secondary
Teacher Certification meeting, 2:30 p.m., Whitney Aud., School of Education
Bulding.
Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship -8 p.m., room 225 Angell Hall.
Black Student Union- 7p.m., Trotter House.
ACLU student chapter - 7 p.m., Faculty Dining Room of Lawyers Club,
Law School.
Miscellaneous
Student Wood and Craft Shop - Power tool safety class, 6 p.m., room 537,
Student Activities Building.
CRLT - Workshop, Herb Hildebrandt, "Making the Class Lecture more
Effective," 7 p.m., 109 E. Madison St.
Tau Beta Phi - Tutoring in lower science, math, and engineering courses,
7 to ll p.m., room 307 UGLi, 8 to 10 p.m., room 2332 Bursley, Alice Lloyd 7 to 11
p.m.
Lutheran Campus Ministry/Christmas Ministry - Christmas Cantata
rehearsal, 8 p.m., Lord of Light, corner of Hill and Forest Sts.
Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies - Video, "Yol," part
2, noon, Lanuage Lab, MLB.
Microcomputer Education Center - "Introduction to Macintosh Personal
Computer," 9 a.m., room 3113, School of Education Building.
CRLT - TA workshop, "Time Management," 3:15, 109 E. Madison.
Committee Concerned with World Hunger - Film Journey for Survival;
speaker, Ann Lefond, Ann Arbor Committee for UNICEF.
Intruder scared
An intruder fled from a house in the
100 block of North Ingalls Monday af-
ternoon when confronted by a resident,
Ann Arbor Police Sgt. Jan Suomala
said. The break-in occurred through an
unlocked door and nothing was taken,
Suomala said.
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