The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, September 18, 990 - Page 3 Iraqi troops randomly seize Kuwaiti men Auto workers 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 UTHE What's happeningi r Meetings ,Michigan Daily - Mass Meeiing, 7 p.m., Student Publications Buil- ding, 420 Maynard. ecycle UM Mass meeting: t 1040 Dance. School of Natural Resources. 7 pm. Indian and Pakistani American Student's Council - Mass meeting. Michigan Union Pond Roo. 7p.m. IGearning Disabilities Society - Mass meeting: Welker Room Michigan Union. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday Global Village - A fellowship and support group especially for international students and interested American students. Ecumenical Campus Center Lounge, 921 Church St. 6-7:30 p.m. American Civil Liberties Union - Mass meeting. 150 Hutchings Hall, Law School. 7 p.m. Time & Relative Dimensions in AnnuArbor --Meeting at a place TBA. Call: 764-2901,'971-2072. "Crisis in the Persian Gulf: Myth and Reality" - Spark Revo- lutionary History Series. B 122 m-MLB. 7-8 p.m. U of M Women's Rugby - Practice: Mitchell Field. 6:45 p.m. 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 LIST in Ann Arbor today cated to maintaining and Streng- thening the cooperative and strategic relationship between the United States and Israel. HilleL: 7:30 p.m. Speakers Werner E. Bachmann Memorial Lecture for 199 - Prof. Clayton H. Heathcock of the University of California at Berkeley will be honored. 3:30 p.m. Room 1800 of Willard H. Dow Chemical Laboratories. "What it means to be pro-Israel today" - Founder and leader of Peace Now, Gary Brenner will speak. Hillel, 1429 Hill Street. 6 p.m. "Kuwait: Oil & Politics in the Persian Gulf" - Speaker: Dr. Jill Crystal, Asst. Prof. of Political Science. International Center: noon. Presentation by WISC, Rm. 9, International Center, 3:30 p.m. "Study Abroad in Europe and Asia" - Rm 9 International Center. 7 p.m. "Career Opportunities in U.S. Government Foreign Affairs" - Dr. Peter Bechtold will speak. MLB Lecture Room 2.7:30 p.m. "Fetal Protection Policy in the Courts: Fertility and Vulner- ability" - Brown Bag Lunch. 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. f,01 b 4,4,Michians Birketsfk "a lervice that brings you to your feet- Sandals, clogs, & shoes for all-weather comfort Repair Service 663-1644 209 N.4th Ave. By Kerryown) Mon-Sat 10-6 HlERE'S THE SMART UNIVERSITYC IS GOING WITH TJAA-CREF AS IF THIE FUTURE DEPENDED ON 1T. WHY, MONEY AT )F MICHIGAN Because it does. 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