Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 28, 1990 GroupsL3H p celebrate Land x by Amy QuickN Daily Staff Writer Members of the Palestinian Soli- darity Committee, the General Union of Palestinian Students and other student groups rallied in the Diag yesterday at noon to celebrate the 14th anniversary of Land Day and the third anniversary of Land Day within the Intifada. Land Day commemorates the March 30, 1976 expropriation of land from Israel's Galilee region. Members of the General Union of Palestinian Students said they were celebrating Land Day despite the loss of the land because the land symbol- izes the unification of the Pales- tinian people. "We consider every day in the 29 months of the Intifada as Land Day," said LSA sophomore and General Union of Palestinian Students secre- tary Zeid Zalatimo. Zalatimo stressed the impor- tance of the unity of the people of Palestine, South Africa and Latin America in the struggle against op- pression. " Long live the struggle, glory to the Intifada, glory to the PLO!" Za- latimo said to cheers from support- ing students, and jeers from others Jonathon Scott, LSA senior and member of Palestine Solidarity Committee, celebrates the 14th anniversary of Land Day on the Diag yesterday with members of several student groups. They then marched to the Federal Building. observing the rally. United Coalition Against Racism member and LSA sophomore Max Gordon spoke about the oppression of people throughout the world. "This struggle has been going on since the first racist people took our land. It's all over... even in the United States." The students also performed a sarcastic skit depicting Israel's occu- pation of the Galilee region. Four students, representing the Israeli army and carrying stick-guns, pre- tended to enter the Galilee region, and claimed the land as their own de- spite Palestinian protest. "I believe the Palestinians have a real argument on their behalf, how- ever it's hard to take them seriously until they can criticize their own ac- tions as well as Israel's," LSA se- nior Alan Woronoff said. LSA junior Joseph Englander, who watched the rally noted, "It's in- teresting that they're talking about Galilee inside the green line (the pre- 1967 borders of Israel)." He and LSA senior and liaison of Christian Coalition for Israel Dan Van Manen said this suggests that the Palestini- ans' true intention is to liberate Galilee, then destroy Israel. The students ended their rally with a march from the Diag to the Federal Building. Nuts and Bolts by Judd winick ROUNDUP TM-E I4oaLD i5 BECOMING A FR~EE7 RACE,I HAD TO GROW OLD TO SEE? 17 HAPPEN. 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"They beat them with their fists," said a duty nurse at the hospital. The White House abruptly muted its criticism of Soviet actions against Lithuania but still reminded Moscow that a severe crackdown could damage superpower relations. "We do not want to inflame the situation," said White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater, declining to criticize the Kremlin for seizing the army deserters from two hospitals. While toning down its public rhetoric, the administration was pri- vately warning Moscow against taking a tough stand, officials said. Two sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said possible U.S. responses might be to postpone a superpower summit scheduled for June or to delay treaties on nuclear, chemical and conventional arms that both sides want to sign this year. However, one source said, "We don't want to do something that would punish us. as much as the Russians." A likely first step would be suspension of trade talks designed to give Moscow most favored nation status in commerce with the United States. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Supreme Court restricts corporate campaign spending LANSING - Attorney General Frank Kelley said a U.S. Supreme Court decision yesterday upholding a Michigan law restricting political campaign spending by corporations helps preserve fairness in elections. "Allowing corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to support or oppose candidates for public office would create gross unfairness in the political arena," Kelley said. "The political process would no longer belong to the people, it would belong to the corporations with the most money to contribute." The Supreme Court voted 6-3 in favor of states trying to prevent corruption or even its appearance by imposing restrictions like Michigan's, which prohibit corporations from spending in behalf of political candidates and carries a maximum $10,000 fine. U.S. broadcasts TV to Cuba WASHINGTON - The Bush administration began beaming American television to Cuba yesterday-MTV videos, a 1971 World Series tape and an old "Kate and Allie"-but the communist government jammed the transmissions and accused the United States of aggression. "We regret that Cuba has refused to permit the free flow of information and ideas," State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said. Testing of the long-planned TV Marti began on Channel 13 at 1:45 a.m. EST. In Havana, viewers saw a test pattern "strong and clear." Two hours later came videos from MTV dubbed in Spanish, the World Series tape-the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles in seven games-and an episode of "Kate and Allie," the long-running sitcom about two divorced women who share a Manhattan apartment with their children. After that, viewers saw "a report on the success of Hispanics in this country," said Jorge Mas Canosa, the chairman of the Miami-based organization that oversees TV Marti. Lawmakers vote down bill banning sobriety checkpoints LANSING - Some lawmakers are trying to prohibit drunken driving roadblocks in Michigan, in a back-up plan intended to protect civil liberties should the U.S. Supreme Court rule the checkpoints constitutional. The House Judiciary Committee yesterday narrowly defeated a bill banning checkpoints from being set up by police randomly searching for drunken drivers. The 9-7 vote fell one short of the 10 needed for passage, but the committee's chair, Rep. Perry Bullard, D-Ann Arbor, said a couple supporters were absent and it's likely to pass in a future vote. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last month in a Michigan case which questions a 1986 executive order by Gov. James Blanchard directing the Department of State Police to use roadblocks to combat drunken driving. At issue is whether that violates the Forth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. Prosecutors investigate owners of club where 87 died NEW YORK - Prosecutors yesterday investigated the tangled own- ership of the Happy Land Social Club to determine whether the landlords, including actress Kathleen Turner's husband, share responsibility for a fire that killed 87 people. The district attorney's office also said a grand jury had begun hearing evidence against Julio Gonzalez , a 36-year-old Cuban emigre who reportedly confessed to setting the fire at the illegal discotheque early Sunday. Gonzalez allegedly bought one dollar worth of gasoline and ignited it in the doorway to the two-story unlicensed club after a fight with his ex- girlfriend, who worked there. The building that housed the club was leased to Happy Land's operator by Miss Turner's husband, Jay Weiss, who in turn had leased it from one of New York's major real estate operators, Alex DiLorenzo III. Committee OK's Panama aid WASHINGTON - A House committee approved President Bush's urgent request for aid to Panama and Nicaragua yesterday, but not before nearly tripling to $2.4 billion the overall cost of the bill containing the aid. The Appropriations Committee approved the supplemental money bill on a voice vote after shaving $80-million from Bush's request for Panama and adding an array of domestic spending programs from disaster relief to veterans' benefits. That left the Panama figure at $420 million and the Nicaragua amount unchanged at $300 million. 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