'U' loses ground *in battle for blood by Daniel Poux Daily Staff Writer "U of M is out for blood. Yours." Though the slogan is on class- room chalkboards and kiosks around campus, many people have neglected so far to take part in the annual Michigan-Ohio State blood battle. In fact, at this late stage of the game, Ohio State is beating Michi- gan. Debbie Corti, a member of Alpha Phi Omega, the organization spon- soring the Blood Battle, expressed concern that donations have stalled as the drive enters its home stretch. Corti said the drive started out well. "Last week in the dorms, we were right on quota, and ended up six pints over," she said. But since the collection center moved to the Michigan Union's Pendleton Room Monday, the num- ber of pints collected has fallen dra- matically. Corti said organizers had hoped to collect 180 pints Monday, but only got 150. A visit to the Union yesterday confirmed Corti's assessment: empty seats abounded, with volunteer workers waiting for students and Ann Arbor residents to come give blood. As of 4 p.m., only 95 pints " had been collected for the day, far be- low the expected total of 220. "In past years, there've been lines The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 15, 1989 - Page 3 Rebel fighting intensifies in El Salvador Artistic gifts DOUG USHER/Daily Jon Daller and Bob Brill practice origami yesterday during the "Gifts of Art" benefit art sale at University Hospital. Artists are donating part of the proceeds from the sale to the hospital in order to bring performance art to hospital patients. The benefit will continue today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Rebels yesterday claimed control of portions of eight of El Salvador's 14 provinces and declared they would intensify efforts to seize the entire country. Government aircraft rocketed and strafed rebel positions on the north- ern and eastern perimeters of San Salvador and thousands of residents fled the battle zones. At least 503 people have been killed and more than 1,000 wounded across El Salvador since the guerril- las launched their offensive Saturday night, according to military, hospital and morgue reports. The rebels' Farabundo Marti Na- tional Liberation Front (FMLN) is- sued a communique calling on its forces to "take control of the whole country,". but also said it was will- ing to pursue a "democratic solu- tion." It said local government would be established in areas held by the rebels. The FMLN ordered the offensive after announcing they would not par- ticipate in peace talks scheduled for Nov. 20-21 in Caracas, Venezuela. They said President Alfredo Cris- tiani's government was not negotiat- ing seriously and blamed it for 'the Oct. 31 bombing of a union head- quarters that killed 10 people and wounded 29. Two Americans were among the wounded. FMLN leaders have said they' hope to force the government to the bargaining table or make the country' ungovernable. El Salvador is under a rebel-dd- clared traffic ban, a state of siege and 6 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew. The army. ordered a 24-hour curfew on embat- tled districts in San Salvador. Neighborhoods isolated by the curfew were running short of food, water and medicine. Col. Arturo Lopex, an armed' forces spokesperson, said the curfew was to protect civilians from rebel, sharpshooters firing from high build; ings. He denied the guerrillas con- trolled any neighborhoods or that populated areas had been hit by ail' attacks. Reporters visiting northern and eastern districts disputed that report. U.S.-supplied Skymaster pro-' peller planes were seen firing rockets at residential areas in Zacamil and in, Soyapango, an eastern suburb of the, capital. out the door," Corti said. "I don't know what's wrong." The expected pint quota for the rest of the week is more than 700. While Michigan has collected only 48 percent of its quota, Ohio State has raced ahead and collected more than 55 percent of its goal. Michigan has won five of the last seven blood battles, but Corti said it will take a dramatic turn of events to pull out a victory this year. The blood drive continues through Friday, from noon to 6 p.m. Ex-CIA agent talks about agency 'S evils THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today Meetings UM Students of Objectivism - Business meeting at 7:30 at Dominick's Recycling in the residence halls - 7 p.m. in Dana Rm. 1040 AIESEC (International Students in Business and Economics)- ; 6 in Bus. Ad. Bldg. Rm. 1273 Womyn's Rites and Rhythms - 6-6:30 p.m. in the SAB base- ment UM Asian Student Coalition -7 p.m. in League Rm. B Mitzvah Project - 6:30 in Hillel's upper lecture hall Women's Lacrosse - practice from 9-11 p.m. at Tartan Turf Women Worshipping in the Christian Tradition - 7 p.m. at 218 N. Division; sponsored by Canterbury House Episcopal Stu- dents MSA Academic Affairs Commission - 6 p.m. in Union Rm. 3909 UM Outing Club - 6 p.m. in 219 Angell Hall; discussing Waterloo trip Asian Studies Student Associa- tion - 7 p.m. in the Lane Hall Commons Rm. Science Fiction and Fantasy Club (Stilyagi Air Corps)- 8 p.m. in the League Speakers "Relief vs. Self-reliance: Oxfam Projects in Primary Health Care" -. Tom Hammond, the executive director of Oxfam; 3:30 in School of Public Health Rm. 3001 Science Fiction Author Michael Kube-McDowell - 8 p.m. in the League "Abortion, Rights and Democracy" - Carl Cohen; noon in the South Lecture Hall of Med. Sci. II; brown-bag "Accurate Approximations to Observed Levels of Significance" - Nancy Reid of the U of Toronto; 4 in 451 Mason "Cardozo: A Study in Reputation" - Judge Richard Posner; 4 p.m. in Hutchins 100 "Puerto Rico and the United States: A Cultural Comparison" - James Ward; 7:30 in the Stockwell Blue Lounge "New Polymeric Archial and Chiral Fluorenyl Reagents..." T... T ...11 r.mil .4A Furthermore Central American Beans & Rice Dinner - a chance to sup- port groups which do direct aid in Central America; 6 p.m. at the Guild House German Tutoring - for all 100/200 level students; 7-9 p.m. in MLB 2006 Safewalk - the night-time walk- ing service is open seven days a week from 8-11:30 p.m.; 936- 1000 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion - dean of admissions will be available for information and interviews; call 769-0500 for appointments Northwalk - North campus night-time walking service, Rm. 2333 Bursley; 8 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. or call 763-WALK Blood Battle - 12-6 in the Union Ballroom Math Fair - career information for math students; 4-6 in 2231 Angell Hall Majors in the Chemical Sciences - a panel discussion with departmental representatives; 7:30 in Chem. Rm. 1800 "Freedom for Palestine" Rally - 4:15 beginning at the Union Tata Mia - a Spanish film; 7 p.m. in MLB Lecture #2 UM Arts Chorale - free concert at 8 p.m. in Hill Aud. ECB peer writing tutors - available at Angell-Haven and 611 Computing Centers from 7 to 11 p.m.; Sunday through Thursday Free Tutoring - for all lower- level math, science and engineer- ing courses; UGLi Rm. 307 7-11 p.m.; South Quad Dining Hall 8- 10 p.m.; Bursley's East Lounge 8-10 p.m. English Peer Counseling - 7-9 p.m. in Union 4000 A Color National Artists' Book Project - features artists' books of more than 200 American Women of Color; in the Slusser Gallery; 10a.m.-5 p.m. Women of Courage: An Exhibi- tion of Photographs by Judith Sedwick - portraits of 55 Black American women; Grad. Library North Lobby; 8am-5pm Arpilleras from Peru and Chile - distinctive fabric wall-hangings by women from Latin America; Residential College; 1-5 p.m. Store Front Churches in De- troit - Center for Afro-American and African Studies; 200 W. Engine.; 8am-5pm by Britt Isaly Daily Staff Writer The United States should have a government that does not need an in- telligence agency to run Latin American nations, ex-Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) opera- tions officer Philip Agee said last night. Speaking to a packed Natural Science Auditorium, Agee said, "I stand here before you as an example or as proof that solidarity really is a two-way street." The 54-year-old Agee, a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, was 25 years old when he first began his involvement with the CIA. Agee resigned in 1969 after seeing what he called countless anti-democratic ac- tions committed by the agency within the foreign governments of Ecuador, Uraguay, and Mexico, where he was based during the '60s. In his speech, Agee focused on President George Bush and ex- President Ronald Reagan, whom Agee said endorsed the anti-constitu- tional activities he witnessed in Latin America. "I'm sure that to some of you this will sound like a wild exaggera- tion, but the fact is we have a man in the White House right now who has every reason instead to be in a federal prison," Agee said. Although he didn't concentrate on specific CIA operations he was in- volved in within Latin America, Agee did encourage his audience to buy his many anti-CIA books. "I want to urge everyone to con- sider the reading material on the table here," he said. "I feel that I have done my job if I can encourage people to take something to begin . Agee reading on this subject. "It tells us an enormous amount about ourselves as a nation and a so- ciety." Agee had much to say about covert CIA actions by the U.S. gov- ernment in countries such as Vietnam, Korea, and Grenada. He said the CIA has committed major wrongs which led to war in these and other countries. "It was the CIA operations that led the United States into the Vietnam War," said Agee of the un- constitutional operations of the CIA in Vietnam. "Everything that I and my colleagues had been doing in Latin America in the '60s, others in the CIA had been doing in Vietnam." Agee seemed to hold his grudge not with the CIA, but rather with America's conservative government, which he says needs a "necessary evil" such as the CIA to enforce its ideals. HARRISBURG, Pa (AP) - The Senate approved a bill yesterday making Pennsylvania's abortion laws the toughest in the nation, as the first state to take advantage of greater authority allowed by the Supreme Court. The bill, approved on a 33-17 vote and passed three weeks ago by the House, goes to the House leadership today for a formal signature, then to Democratic Gov. Robert P. Casey, who has said he would sign it. Pro-choice forces introduced nine amendments in an attempt to delay its passage and soften its effects. But all the amendments were defeated within five hours and the legislation was approved about half an hour later. Approval of the bill came just two weeks after voters in New Jersey and Virginia elected governors who succeeded in winning their races partly because of their pro-choice positions. Both candidates made abortion a campaign issue. Last month, an attempt by Florida Gov. Bob Martinez to restrict abortion fell flat when the Legislature rejected a package of bills. Penn. passes tough abortion bill in U.S. td The Senate debate was suspended less than half an hour after it began when legislators voted 26-24 to" suspend rules and allow amendments. Republican and. Democratic caucuses held private meetings on the bill. Debate resumed two hours later. An amendment to make a technical. change and another to allow some exceptions to a proposed ban oW, abortions after the 24th week ot pregnancy were the first to be defeated. Other rejected amendments included proposals for a statewide' referendum on the bill, eliminating a requirement that wives notify husbands before ending a pregnancy and revising the waiting period so that women living at least 50 miles from a clinic would have to make only one trip. Had any of the amendments passed, the legislation would have been returned to the House, which would have had to agree to any changes. In a July decision upholding a Missouri law, the Supreme Court gave states more leeway to restrict abortions. d a CORRECTIONS The group Greeks for Choice was incorrectly identified in Monday's Daily. cb ICE 91i 1 Is an affirmative action emplojer. - ~v q- Let Them Know How You Feel! i DAILY PERSONALS 764-0557 THE ARMENIAN STUDENTS CLUB AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR Invites undergraduate and graduate students to a presentation on THE ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1989 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR R T.1 -1 1