Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 26, 1990 a Honorary degree recipient President George Bush receives an academic hood representing his honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Johns Hopkins president Steven Muller during ceremonies at the university in Baltimore. Mandela tells warring factions to fight for racial equality, not against each other DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - Nelson Mandela, seeking to end four years of fighting among Black fac- tions in Natal Province, appealed to the warring groups yesterday to put down their weapons and fight to- gether for racial equality. Mandela, released Feb. 11 after 27 years in prison, still supports the low level armed struggle waged by his African National Congress guerilla movement. But he said the Black-on-Black fighting in the southeastern province hindered the battle against apartheid, South Africa's policy of racial seg- regation. "Even now as we stand together on the threshold of a new South Africa, Natal is in flames," Mandela told an estimated 100,000 people who filled three adjacent soccer fields. "My message to those of you in- volved in this battle of brother against brother is this: take our guns, your knives, and your pangas and throw them into the sea," Man- dela said. Pangas are similar to ma- chetes. Mandela and his wife, Winnie, ar- rived by helicopter to rousing cheers. He spoke from 4-story-tall platform draped with huge flags of the ANC and its ally, the South African Communist Party. Many in the mostly Black crowd waved the green, black and gold ban- ner of the African National Congress and chanted "ANC! ANC!"' About 3,000 Blacks, mostly Zu- lus, have died since 1986 in the power struggle in Natal. The main combatants are the ANC-aligned United Democratic Front and Inkatha, a relatively conservative Zulu political group headed by Man- gosuthu Buthelezi. Buthelezi is a staunch opponent of apartheid, but he differs with the ANC over the best way to fight it. The ANC favors sanctions, boy- cotts, strikes and guerilla attacks to put pressure on the government. Buthelezi does not endorse any of these action and is a proponent of capitalism in contrast to the social- ist-oriented ANC. While the most intense battles have been in the townships around Durban and Pietermaritzburg, 50 miles inland, the fighting has spread throughout Natal. Several of Mandela's ANC col- leagues, including Walter Sisulu, have been in Natal since Thursday meeting with leaders of the Front, Inkatha and local clergy. Mandela made several concilia- tory remarks concerning Inkatha and Buthelezi, whom he praised for de- manding the ANC be legalized and political prisoners be released. Presi- dent F.W. de Klerk on Feb. 2 legal- ized the ANC, which had been banned since 1960. Mandela also praised the Zulu leader for refusing to negotiate with the white-led government while other Black groups were outlawed and their leaders imprisoned. "This stand of Inkatha has con- tributed in no small measure to mak- ing it difficult for the (white) regime to implement successive schemes designed to perpetuate minority rule," Mandela said. Inkatha leaders took the unusual step of urging their supporters to at- tend the rally to hear Mandela. CRIME Continued from Page 1 "we've recently tried to be more pro- active by installing more lights and having more programs like Safewalk (a free night-time walking service)." Yet others say that crime statis- tics may be misleading. Vice President of Government Relations and Secretary of the Uni- versity Richard Kennedy commented it would "be difficult to come up with uniform ways to report the statistics because there are so many different campus settings." Because some universities are more integrated into their host communities, Kennedy added, "It would be difficult to relate one university to another." Michigan Student Assembly Rackham Rep. Corey Dolgon said, however, that crime statistics are misleading only if taken out of con- text. "I would support the University opening up their books in all things because it limits the possibility of deception," Dolgon said. "It is to the University's advan- tage that people don't have accurate information," Dolgon added, "on the one hand they can downplay crime when they're recruiting or fundrais- ing, on the other hand they can up- play crime when they want to in- crease their security force." Executive Director of University Relations Walt Harrison said he agreed with the spirit of the bill but saw it as "yet another federal regula- tion the University will have to comply with. We're virtually re- quired to report whenever anyone sneezes, why not crime?" IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Bush-Kohl discuss German, reunification at Camp David THURMONT, Md. - President Bush and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl held talks Saturday to discuss the Polish border question and German reunification. Kohl spent the weekend with Bush at the president's snow-swept re- treat at Camp David. During three hours of talks Saturday afternoon, Kohl and Bush dis- cussed ways to approach the problem of Polish borders, West German spokesman Dieter Vogel told reporters. The two leaders were meeting again after dinner on Saturday and the resuming their talks after attending church yesterday, he said. Kohl reiterated his assertion that only a reunified Germany could give a final guarantee to Poland that the border question is closed, Vogel said. Poland is worried about demands by some German conservatives that Germany be allowed to retake territory that was within German borders until it was transferred to Poland by the Second World War victors. Sajudis defeats Communist Party in Lithuanian elections VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. - The leader of the Sajudis reform movement. said Sunday that independence for Lithuania could be achieved this year after his group claimed a landslide victory in the Soviet Union's first multiparty elections. In balloting for the Baltic republic's 141-seat parliament Saturday, voters appeared to have chosen the first legislature not dominated by the Communist Party. The main contenders were the Sajudis Popular Front, which has led the. drive for independence, and the reformed Lithuanian Communist Party. Unofficial returns showed that of the 90 races decided, Sajudis-endorsed candidates took 72 seats and non-Sajudis candidates took 18, said Rita Dapkus, head of the Sajudis information agency. Turnout around the 2.56 million eligible voters was about 75 percent, officials said. Governors call for education funding from peace dividend WASHINGTON - The nation's governors put their stamp yesterday on national education goals, but got no encouragement from the White House for the prospect of financial help from a "peace dividend." "Our aim is excellence in education," said Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas, as he offered the goals to the National Governor's Association for approval. The governors also adopted a resolution urging the president to allocate any defense budget savings toward education as well as reducing the federal budget deficit and other domestic needs. "We have to get this peace dividend," said Gov. Roy Romer of Colorado "or else we're going to have to make some other change in this country's policies or else we're never going to close the gap we that we've created (between American and foreign educational systems)." Forbes dies of heart attack NEW YORK - Malcolm Forbes, the multimillionaire magazine owner, motorcyclist, balloonist and self-proclaimed "capitalist tool" who reveled in life and free enterprise, has died of a heart attack at age 70. The owner of Forbes magazine died in his sleep Saturday afternoon at his 40-acre estate in Far Hills, New Jersey. "I don't know anyone who enjoyed life so much or gave so much back," said Barbara Walters. Walters was a guest along with billionaire developer Donald Trump, Chrysler Chair Lee Iacocca, Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and 1,000 others at Forbes' $2 million 70th birthday bash last fall in Tangier, Morocco. Various estimates placed the worth of Forbes, chair and chief shareholder of Forbes Inc., at anywhere from $400 million to $1 billion. "It's not how much money you have but what you do with it," Forbes once said. "The joy of living is incredible. We work hard at the things we have to do, so why not take time to enjoy the things we want to do?" Shuttle launch delayed again CAPE CANAVERAL - The countdown resumed yesterday for the nighttime launch of shuttle Atlantis after technicians fixed a computer problem that caused a fourth postponement of the secret military mission 31 seconds before liftoff. But forecasters said a cold front was expected to bring clouds and high winds, reducing to only 42 percent the chances that weather would be good enough to launch the shuttle with its spy satellite this morning. Bad weather and the illness of Atlantis' commander resulted in post- ponements Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The weather was perfect yester- day morning, before liftoff was halted by the computer problem with 31; seconds to go. The computer is one of two used by the Air Force to provide informa- tion on the shuttle's course after liftoff. 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