Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 14, 1989 0 Afghanistan says farewell to Soviets KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - the Red Army said farewell to Kabul in a ceremony at the frigid airport Monday, the paratroopers in fur hats and padded uniforms decorated with Afghan medals climbed into a jet transport and were flown away. Some Soviet soldiers remained but officials said they would be gone by tomorrow, the deadline for the Kremlin to have all its forces out of a civil war it entered more than nine years ago. A U.N. airlift has been suspended because a cargo plane loaded with food and medicine left Islamabad in neighboring Pakistan without clearance and another airline pulled out of the program, U.N. officials said. A Swedish airline said it was sending a plane to Islamabad and would carry the emergency cargo if there was no risk to the aircraft or crew, Sweden's national airline TT reported. In Islamabad, Afghan guerrillas briefly resumed a Moslem council yesterday that was called originally to choose an interim government, but two important leaders did not attend and spokespeople said factional quarrels about power sharing continued. The guerrillas, who began fighting after a communist coup in April 1978, predict the Marxist government in Kabul will fall soon after the Red Army completes its withdrawal under a U.N.-mediated agreement. Soviet soldiers entered the country in December 1979 and totaled an estimated 115,000 when the withdrawal began May 15. At an airport ceremony yesterday to which 150 foreign journalists were invited, Lt. Co.l. Pytor Sardarchuk praised 15 young paratroopers who stood in front of their Antonov-12 transport plane. "We have helped Afghanistan create order and provided economic supplies and other goods," he said. "Now you are leaving Afghan soil and I want to say thank you very much for your service and to wish you all the best, happiness and health and a safe return home." Capt. Alexander Zhadan said: "The medals on our chest - Afghan medals - bear witness to what we have accomplished. We would like to hope that there will be peace in Afghanistan and that the people of Afghanistan will remember us fondly." At least one departing soldier, a 20-year-old, questioned the accomplishments. "I think it could have been done peacefully," he said in answer to a question as he boarded the plane, which took off for Tashkent. He said he thought Soviet intervention "was all a big mistake." Paratroopers waved through the windows as the plane taxied down the runway and took off. It climbed in a tight spiral because of the surrounding mountains and spouted flares to deflect any heat-seeking missiles guerrillas in the mountains might fire. About 450 Soviet soldiers quietly left the besieged capital Sunday during a snowstorm. Sardarchuck would not say how many soldiers remained in Kabul after yesterday's ceremony, which had been billed as the departure of the last Red Army troopers. DAVID LUBLINER/Daily Errol Henderson delivers an impassioned speech, attracting the attention of many students passing through the diag. Rally Continued from Page 1 and University President James Duderstadt. According to Jones, the BSU first called for a Black student lounge in 1987. The proposal is currently be- ing discussed with the Michigan Union Board and it was informally proposed to the Regents at their last meeting on Jan. 18. Law student Lisa Crooms emphasized the importance of the Black struggle as a lifelong com- mitment. The first-year law student warned Blacks not to be lulled into a state of complacency and apathy and to 'combat the systematic [cultural] genocide of the African community." Urging Blacks to move from a reactionary to a pro-active stance, Crooms added, "It's time to set our own priorities and agendas." Between speeches, music from James Brown, Public Enemy, The Last Poets, and the African national hymn - "Nkosi Sielel'i Afrika," or "Prayer for Africa" - rang through the Diag. Black Law School Association President Barron Wallace said the methods of white male oppression have changed, but in 450 years the situation of Blacks has not changed. "We can't allow ourselves to be- come their 'Toms' - their boy or their girl," Wallace warned. United Coalition Against Racism member Kim Smith, a first-year medical student, stressed the impor- tance of unity in the Black commu- nity. "When they can divide, they can conquer," she said. Smith also emphasized the im- portance of education. "When we are denied an education, we are denied Black teacherswho will teach us our true history," she said. In an impassioned speech, Rack- ham graduate student Errol Hender- son, a member of Save Our Sons and Daughters (SOSAD), stressed that Black students can have an im- pact by remaining in touch with their communities. "If I'm in the gutter, you have to get dirty and nasty to get me out," he said. LSA sophomore Tanya Porter, among 200 students who attended the rally, said, "I thought [the speeches] were inspirational. They spoke the truth." Eric Keene, a senior in the School of Engineering, said, "I think it's a really positive thing they're kicking off here. Everyone spoke from their hearts and spoke from their own perspective." Rally coordinator Todd Shaw said he thought the event "was very suc- cessful considering the snow. I think people are hyped for the week." Jensen Continued from Page 1 Brazer said the city sales tax is barred by state law, and said there can be no revenue bond issue unless the money is earmarked for a specific project such as a sewer or parking structure. Brazer said a city income tax could be levied only if Ann Arbor voters approve it and a lowering of property taxes follow. Because of this, Brazer said Jensen's proposal would not increase city revenue and would "mean a bonanza for absentee landlords." Jensen said he would shift the spending priorities of city council away from human services toward public protection. "The people at child care, the homeless centers, drug rehabilita- tion, those people are money hun- gry, crazy," Jensen said. "Those ser- vices will come second to public safety." As for the city's landfill crisis, Jensen wants to close the Ann Arbor landfill to make a ski mountain and then open up a new landfill site on the northeast side of the city. He also endorses mandatory recycling for the immediate future. Jensen's proposal for the landfill may prove unworkable, however, since the state Department of Natural Resources has told the city it cannot open a new landfill site unless it better monitors its groundwater-con- taminating waste emanating from the overflowing existing landfill. And even many proponents of mandatory recycling concede such a program could not get underway for at least two or three years because the city lacks the needed facilities for mandatory recycling. Jensen has a number of ideas that other candidates are ignoring. For example, Jensen wants to establish a sister-city program in South Africa, change Ann Arbor from a city run by a city administrator to one run by a mayor, and establish a market- ing/advertising strategy to encourage businesses to relocate in Ann Arbor. "If I do win the primary, I'm forcing the establishment to make a decision. It's them or me," Jensen said. "The Republican party will have no choice If I beat Jernigan by some weird chance." IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Central American summit begins peace plan review COSTA DEL SOL, El Salvador - Five Central American presidents began a summit yesterday with predictions their two-day meeting con- tribute to peace, democracy and progress in the troubled region. The leaders appeared buoyed by the mere fact of being under the same roof after six months of postponements, delay and dispute over the sum- mit's prospects, agenda and date. "I am sure that we, with optimism, will analyze efforts we've made according to Esquipulas II and search for favorable solutions that will promote peace and progress in Central America," said Salvadoran Presi- dent Jose Napoleon Duarte in brief comments inaugurating the meeting. The chief executives will analyze the successes and failures to date of the Esquipulas II peace plan, signed on Aug. 7, 1987. The plan, also known as the Arias plan for its principal architect, was designed to pro- mote peace and democracy. Profits are up at GM DETROIT - General Motors Acceptance Corporation, the nation's largest automaker's financing arm, announced yesterday a 9.5 percent increase in its fourth quarter profits over the year before. The earnings in the fourth quarter of 1987 were artificially low because of a surge in refinancing mortgages the General Motors Corp. subsidiary assumed with the purchase of two mortgage companies in 1985, the company said. GMAC's 1988 profits fell 18.3 percent, but still were high enough to be the second best in company history. The subsidiary said the year-end earnings decrease came in part because of a narrower profit margin on earnings rates and borrowing costs. General Motor's corporate earnings are expected to be announced today. General Motors Chair Roger Smith has been predicting a company record. Sec. of State tours Europe BONN, West Germany - Secretary of State James Baker III, on his first diplomatic tour of West European capitals, is finding it difficult to compete with the public relations blitz of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, a senior official said Monday. "There is just an attraction, an intriguing quality to Gorbachev that you have to answer to somehow," said the official, who has participated in most of the meetings Baker has held on his trip. The challenge Baker and the allies face "is not a question of an initia- tive," the official said. "People feel very comfortable that we have the initiative on substance. But it is undeniable that as you go around people can see that when it comes to capturing public attention the Western agenda has a hard time competing with Gorbachev's own ability to attract attention." Bush campaigns for budget WASHINGTON - President Bush opened a campaign for his "sensible ideals" federal budget Monday in New Hampshire, the state that revived his flagging campaign for the presidency one year earlier. Although Bush's fiscal 1990 budget is under attack among congres- sional Democrats for lacking specifics on spending cuts, Bush gave no hint in his speech to the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire that the plan might be in trouble. "Sensible ideas work," the president said. "We can do the job without taxes." "Our plan is a realistic one. It is a budget plan that will work, but not with business as usual. It will require a partnership with Congress," said Bush. The president said his appearance was only the first in a series of stops around the country on behalf of his $1.6 trillion spending plan. EXTRAS Chocolate arouses pleasure for the brain and heart LANSING - Giving chocolates to your sweetie for Valentine's Day could result in good chemistry. "A chemical in the chocolate hits a pleasure center in the brain," said George Higgins, a pastry chef instructor at one of the world's biggest cooking schools. "As a gift from a lover to a lover, it would certainly help do the trick." Chocolate contains phenylethylamine, or PEA, a natural mood-altering chemical also found in the human brain. "Win the lottery, get a promotion, fall in love, especially fall in love, and your PEA level shoots up. You're optimistic, sociable, and peppy," according to Chocolate, An Illustrated History by Marcia and Fredrick Morton. "The taste of chocolate is a sensual pleasure in itself, existing in the same world as sex," sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer wrote in her column, "Ask Dr. Ruth." The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter, terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscription rates: for fall and winter (2 semesters) $25.00 in-town and $35 out-of-town, for fall only $15.00 in-town and $20.00 out-of-town. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and the Student News Service. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. PHONE NUMBERS: News (313) 764-0552, Opinion 747-2814, Arts 763-0379, Sports,747-3336, Cir- culation 764-0558, Classified advertising 764-0557, Display advertising 764-0554, Billing 764-0550 k I!N3Eit2A ;D AO Cupi~d Continued from Page 1 Others take a less traditional ap- ________ I ----------- -- _I BSNS proach to St. Valentine's Day. "Valentine's Day? Who needs it? I have to study," said an LSA junior who did not want to reveal his name. But what about those whose loved ones are afar? Stacey Hill, a Business School senior, has a boyfriend in Lansing. "He came here this weekend so we could go out for Valentine's Day. I put an ad in a newspaper where he'll see it," she said. 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