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Iraqi troops randomly
seize Kuwaiti men
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KHAFJI, Saudi Arabia (AP) -
Iraqi troops yesterday randomly
seized young men among the thou-
"sands of refugees fleeing Kuwait but
'Jet their sobbing wives, mothers and
-other women go, refugees said.
"My boy! My boy!" one woman
-shrieked, beating her hands on her
chest as she described watching her
'on disappear.
"We were just sitting in the car
and they put a gun to his face. The
"soldier said if he didn't come now
*'we will shoot him'," said the
Woman named Fatima tears stream-
ing down her face.
r Aziza Abdullah, cried for her
fusband, also grabbed at gunpoint
'rom their car. "I've only been mar-
ried a month." she sobbed.
Refugees said busloads of men
"between the ages of 17 and 40 were
r seen being shipped north, toward
Iraq. No explanation was given.
Other young men were allowed-to
pass through.
' Many refugees feared the detained
-would be killed, and they mentioned
the names of cousins or friends who
were shot on suspicion of resisting.
the Iraqi occupation.
"Every five minutes there is a
new rule. First the women and chil-
-'dren can leave, but no men. Five
*"minutes later, everyone can leave,:
,aid a member of the Kuwaiti gov-
4 rnment committee helping screen
- the refugees.
The soldiers manning Iraqi border
'posts confiscated passports and other
'documents, forcing some people to
' wait outside the border crossing for
more than 24 hours as their identifi-
cation was checked for entry into
Saudi Arabia.
State Department deputy
spokesman Richard Boucher said the
0confiscation of identity papers "is an
f
ominous sign that these citizens of
Kuwait may not be allowed to return
to their homes."
The refugees were barred from
immediately leaving the city of
Khafji. Parking lots, beaches and all
public buildings spilled over with
the Kuwaitis.
Since Iraq on Saturday unexpect-
edly opened the border for the first
time in more than a month, about
6,000 refugees have entered Saudi
Arabia, said the vice governor of the
Eastern Province, Prince Fahd bin
Salman.
It's just a slow process for secu-
rity reasons," Prince Fahd said dur-
ing an inspection tour of the border
post. Many arrived only with IDs is-
sued by Iraq, he said.
"We are trying to make sure that
nothing is smuggled into the coun-
try. They could use this opportunity
for anything," he said.
To get the refugees out of the
114-degree heat and swirling dust of
a major sandstorm, they were trans-
ported to air-conditioned schools
where they will be fed and housed
until they have all been processed,
the prince said.
Many refugees came up to the
prince to kiss his nose or cloak as a
show of respect. Some begged him
to intercede to get them into the
country more rapidly.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid,"
he assured them.
Refugees said the Iraqis turned
back all non-Kuwaitis except for a
few Western women married to
Kuwaiti citizens.
In Kuwait, the refugees said,
manhunts targeted police and mili-
tary officers, as well as any Western-
ers still left in Kuwait.
reach tentative
accord with GM
DETROIT (AP) - United Auto
Workers union members expressed
relief yesterday at news of a tentative
agreement with General Motors
Corp., but many were anxious to
learn if the union won more job se-
curity.
"They're elated," Roger Smith,
an alternate committee member at
Local 22 in Detroit, said of mem-
bers' reaction to the proposed three-
year contract reached early yesterday.
'They're hoping our president comes
back and tells us we've got a good
agreement "
Smith, a quality operator at
GM's Cadillac plant and a 26-year
union member, is one of about
300,000 UAW-covered workers who
worried over the weekend about the
negotiations. The 1987 agreement
expired at midnight Friday, while
bargainers worked on a new deal, de-
tails of which are to be announced
today.
UAW contracts at Ford Motor
Co. and Chrysler Corp. also expired
at midnight Friday. The union tar-
geted the No. 1 automaker to reach a
contract it could use as a pattern for
pacts with Ford and Chrysler, with
which talks were suspended while it
concentrated on GM.
After 41 straight hours of bar-
gaining, UAW President Owen
Bieber announced at 2:10 a.m. yes-
terday that negotiators had reached an
agreement.
The union's 300-member GM
bargaining council met in suburban
Dearborn yesterday, but Beiber
rescheduled the meeting for today be-
cause copies of the lengthy agree-
ment still were being printed.
If the contract is approved by the
council, it will be sent to rank-and-
file members for ratification, a pro-
cess expected to be completed by the
end of the month.
Details haven't been officially
announced, but the contract report-
edly includes a 3-percent increase in
the base wage during the first year,
3-percent lump-sum payments in the
next two years, no changes in
health-care benefits and retention of a
requirement that the company hire
one new worker for every two who
quit, retire, or die.
Local officials said they were
anxious to hear what gains - if
any- had been made.
"We're all starving for informa-
tion over here," said Jose Garcia, fi-
nancial secretary for Local 645 in
Van Nuys, Calif. "We want to know
what kind of job security they have
to offer, what kind of wage in-
creases, what kind of pension in-
creases, what kind of incentives for
people that want to retire."
Because of the dearth of official
information about the proposed pact,
it was difficult to tell what kind of
effect the talks would have on the
U.S. economy or on pending con-
tract negotiations with Ford and
Chrysler Corp.
KRISSY GOODMAN/Daily
In a rush for rush
Jeff Bauer, an LSA sophomore and a member of the Chi Psi fraternity,
puts up a rush banner in the Diag yesterday with his fraternity brothers.
Residence hall councils hope to work on community relations
by Ashok Bhatia
. Instead of concentrating solely on
Social activities and resident life,
Jniversity residence hall councils
plan a more active role in the Ann
Arbor community this year, said
council leaders and a University offi-
The councils are planning pro-
aects such as volunteering time at
local shelters, sponsoring a
"volunteer fair," and participating in
big brother-big sister programs.
"While the basic mission of the
councils is to develop programs that
will assist students in becoming ac-
climated to the University, we would
also like to see the students develop
a sense of their community and to
become involved in it," said
Monique Washington, assistant di-
rector for Residence Education in the
Housing Division.
The reason for the change in the
council's focus is because students
are more socially conscious, Wash-
ington said.
"My guess is that students who
are coming to the University are
coming with increasing levels of
commitment to community service
and probably have experience and in-
volvement with it in the past," she
said.
Alice Lloyd Council President
Denise Bell, an LSA sophomore, at-
tributed the change to students' in-
creasing awareness that "although we
are part of the University commu-
nity, we are also part of the Ann
Arbor community."
Though most of the councils
have just started to meet, council
presidents are beginning to formulate
plans for the year.
Mary Markley Council President
and LSA sophomore Shelby Kibler
said their council will work more
with minority organizations. "I've
been discussing with the Minority
Affairs Council going in together to
shelters around here or doing a food
drive," he said.
Big brother-big sister programs
are being planned by the West Quad
and Alice Lloyd councils. West Quad
Council President Karen Habra, an
LSA sophomore, said interested stu-
dents would visit with area children
and also host them for one weekend
each month in the residence hall.
"We are starting to get more in-
volved, to reach out to other people.
We don't want to center everything
at West Quad," she said.
The officers of the Alice Lloyd
Council also discussed having their
council sponsor a "volunteer fair,"
said Bell. "We would put on a night
where people could have all the in-
formation about volunteering right
there," she said. "I really think we
could make it successful."
South Quad Council President
and Business School junior Kathy
Sattelmeier said the council plans to
continue to sponsor a Win, Lose, or
Draw game for charity. "We want to
continue to have it, but expand it
more so there is more competition
and more money for the charities,"
she said.
Sattelmeier also said the council
would like to host homeless and or-
phaned children for trick-or-treating
in South Quad lounges this
Halloween.
A leadership conference for those
involved in residence hall govern-
ment is planned for Oct. 7.
:Souter's confirmation looks
virtually assured, senators say
I
'M WASHINGTON (AP) -
"-Supreme Court nominee David H.
Souter said Monday at his confirma-
tion hearings that letting states out-
'law abortion might cast doubts on
'other privacy rights. Senators told
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Souter, testifying on his 51st birth-
day, that his confirmation was virtu-
ally assured.
During a third day of Senate
Judiciary Committee questioning on
controversial issues he would face as
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cated to maintaining and Streng-
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relationship between the United
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Speakers
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a justice, Souter said he opposes a
judicial ban on the death penalty.
He continued to dodge questions
concerning his views on abortion
but did address the privacy-rights is-
sue and said his personal feelings on
abortion would not keep him from
taking part in Supreme Court deci-
sions on the subject.
"A lot of people have the feeling
that your confirmation process is
over," Sen. Arlen specter, (R-Pa.),
told Souter at one point.
Sen. Dennis DeConcini, (D-
Ariz.), told the New Hampshire
judge, I believe you will be con-
furmed."
Sens. Orrin Hatch, (R-Utah), and
Charles Grassley, (R-Iowa), also
voiced confidence about Souter's
success. But committee chairman
Joseph Biden, (D-Del.), said some
senators, including himself, remain
undecided.
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