2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 19, 1996 NATION/WORLD octors: eukemia killed ~A~new Baltimore Sun , ALTIMORE - Former Vice resident Spiro Agnew's death was .caused by acute leukemia, a cancer af°the blood and blood-making organs that apparently went undiag- ;nosed until the end, his doctors said yesterday. Agnew died Tuesday evening after 'being rushed to a hospital in Berlin, a few miles west of his vacation home in Ocean City. Acquaintances said he had seen a doctor earlier in the day after complaining of feeling ill. Agnew's family said he had remained active, and some friends said he 'seemed well in the days before he was stricken. But others said he seemed thinner and had complained for months of waning energy and other problems. Weight loss and fatigue are two of the most common symptoms of leukemia. "Nothing was wrong with him. He looked 100-percent fit," said Fred ,Msiani, an Ocean City restaurateur Mna a close friend of Agnew. He said Ex-death squad head accused of knowing activiies 0 U.S. trade deficit balloons $11.7B WASHINGTON -The United States spent $11.7 billion more on foreign pqr- chases than it sold overseas in July, a sharp jump in the trade deficit that was blamed on increased demand for Japanese cars, Chinese toys and foreign oil.;, The Clinton administration insisted the 43 percent widening in the trade gap was only a temporary aberration. But the Dole campaign seized on the dramatic worsening of the deficit to highlight its attacks on White House trade policies. "This underlines why we have to have a new economic policy," said Robert Lighthizer, a Dole trade adviser. "The country has become less competitive. We are losing our manufacturing jobs. Wages are stagnant. This is why people are so anx- ious." Wall Street was initially jolted by the larger-than-expected deficit and renewed worries about rising interest rates. But by the close of trading yesterday, the Dow Jones industrial average had recouped some of its earlier losses, ending dovn 11.47 at 5,877.36. On the New York currency market the dollar suffered its biggest one-day drop against the yen in seven weeks. In late trading the dollar cost 109.15 yen, down AP PHOTO Former Vice President Spiro Agnew died Tuesday in a Maryland hospital. the pair had a golfing date planned on Tuesday, but it was washed out by rain. They had another tee time set for 9:44 a.m. today at the Ocean City Yacht and Golf Club. But H. W. "Woody" Hutchinson, superintendent of the Agnews' condo- minium tower in Ocean City, said Judy Agnew told him her husband had seen a doctor Tuesday morning and had blood drawn after complaining of not feeling well. Former Baltimore County Councilman Norman Lauenstein, an Essex lawyer, said Agnew telephoned him in July and said he had just returned from a business trip to Asia and felt terrible. The Washington Post JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Eugene de Kock, one of the apartheid era's most notorious assas- sins, accused former President Frederik de Klerk yesterday of delib- erately lying when he denied even knowing about government death squads operating in the run-up to the 1994 democratic elections. De Kock told a Pretoria court that his secret police hit squad carried out a pre-dawn raid on a house allegedly used to store arms in the former Transkei homeland in October 1993. Five youths were killed as they slept. De Klerk, then president, confirmed at the time that he had authorized the attack but indicated it was a purely mil- itary operation. He denied as recently as last month that he ever approved the use of a death squad or was even aware of such groups. "Surely he knew there were covert units with this ability" countered de Kock. "Who did he think was going to launch the attack?" The Pan Africanist Congress, a black militant group targeted in the attack, insisted the five victims were all schoolchildren. De Klerk's government, then in the twilight of the apartheid era, said they were terrorists. De Klerk last month told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which is investigating the political crimes of the apartheid era, that he never autho- rized "assassination, murder, torture, rape, assault or the like" during his years in government. He told a subse- quent news conference that he was "at no stage aware of any unit carrying out assassinations." He added, "I was never part of any decision to assassinate or murder anyone. De Klerk insisted that he closed illegal government operations as soon as he learned of them. De Kock's covert Vlakplaas unit, named for its base outside Pretoria, was publicly exposed in newspapers and court proceedings starting in 1989. But it was not formally disbanded until 1993. In a statement yesterday, de Klerk said he had approved the 1993 raid because intelligence reports indicated a "substantial hidden cache of arms" was present and it thus appeared a "legiti- mate military target." He said his autho- rization specifically excluded attacks on civilians. De Klerk, who heads the opposi- tion National Party, holds an odd public position here. Overseas, he is hailed as a bold politician who released Nelson Mandela from 27 years in prison in 1990, legalized anti-apartheid groups and helped negotiate the fragile transition from apartheid to democracy. from 110.24 on Tuesday. The dollar also pound. Lucid set to return to planet SPACE CENTER, Houston - Like a child longing to go home after a sum- mer away at camp, astronaut Shannon Lucid eagerly awaited last night's arrival of the space shuttle to pick her up at Russia's orbiting station, where she has spent a record-breaking six months. The last time she saw Americans face-to-face was when space shuttle Atlantis left her there in March. While Lucid has said she enjoyed the orbital getaway aboard Mir, she planned to waste no time moving out. All her bags were packed and, within a few hours of the docking, she was to swap places with Atlantis astronaut John Blaha, who will stay for four months. "She's ready to leave, but I'm ready to get there and get on to work- ing with the Russians," Blaha said as Atlantis closed in on Mir, some 240 miles high. Lucid won't actually leave for home until next week. Atlantis will undock fell against the German mark and Brit from Mir on Monday after five days o linked flight and will return to Earth the following Thursday. Lucid's anticipation was magnified by the fact that her ride home was more than six weeks late. Mechanical and weather delays enabled her to break the record for the lon spaceflight by a woman - 188 days by the time she returns to Earth. She also holds the U.S. space endurance record. Jury selection opens in Simpson case SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Jury selection in the O.J. Simpson civil trial opened yesterday with a cl theme: It will be tough to find people willing to serve on a four-month trial, let alone people untainted by the overwhelming publicity that has drenched the case. Prospective panelists summoned t the Santa Monica Courthouse trie~ all kinds of excuses to knock them selves out of contention. Bobbi Qottschalk Executive Director of Seeds of Peace an organization which brings together Arab and Israeli youth will speak about her work Thursday, September 19 7:30 pm Vandenberg Room, Michigan League Sponsored by the International Institute Call 764-0350 for questions. great scores... VOTE Continued from Page:lA Republicans President Nicholas Kirk said his organization will not be taking part in the pro- gram. The GOP group will register students at College Republican meet- ings, he said. "Non-partisan groups only register liberals on this campus"Kirk said. Kirk said he re-registered in Ann Arbor through Voice Your Vote earlier this week. More registered voters can translate into greater legislative priority for stu- dent issues, Friedrichs said. "There's a direct correlation between your voting record and (the attention politiciansspay to) your issues," Friedrichs said. Friedrichs said he learned from visit- ing government offices that politicians protect issues of constituencies, such as the elderly, whose votes they need. "If the youth doesn't vote, their issues are not going to be important -- that was very, very obvious," Friedrichs said. As well as influencing the issues candidates talk about, University stu- dents can have a great impact on local races, Spoon said. The University's student body provides more than 35,000 potential voters for national and local elections. A presi- dential election, however attracts more students to the polls and the campaign volunteer sites. "Because there's a presidential race people get more into it' said LSA sophomore Karen Buck. "There's been more of a push.' - 0 . i~~X we* -rr. .. . .O R.:....+.. J" '. C ...r , : ' Law School Graduate School 'I Business School Medical School U ftf 01Y STYRACUR SE STUDY ABROAD Moderates win seats in Bosnian election SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - They didn't win many seats. In most races, their individual parties garnered less than 10 percent of the vote, far below their totals in the last election in 1990. But the moderate opposition forces in Bosnia's nationwide elections succeeded in their most important goal - they guaranteed themselves a place in Bosnia's halls of power. In any other country, a political ana- lyst would look at their returns and call it a disaster. In Bosnia, however, wracked by 3 1/2 years of war, opposi- tion leaders expressed satisfaction with the fact that after four years of being muzzled as Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalists destroyed their country, at least now they have a seat at the table. "You have to understand, until these elections, Bosnia was completely ripped apart. Now Bosnia has an alter- native," said Zlatko Lugumdzija, a Social Democrat who ran for a seat in Bosnia's national parliament. As of last night, his coalition's ticket, the United List, had garnered about 10 percent of the vote. "Of course, I have to swallov this defeat with a lot of mineral wate but at least it is not cyanide.' Ortega reinvents himself in bid MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Gone i, the old Sandinista anthem describin the Yankee as "the enemy of humanity' The new party hymn: Beethoven's "Od to Joy." No more is there talk of hanging "counterrevolutionary" businessmer from lampposts. Now the theme "unity between businessmen and w ers." Daniel Ortega has a new look for his quest to recapture the presidency .ol Nicaragua. And he's been rising rapidl) in the polls ahead of the Oct. 20 elec. tion. Ortega, governed Nicaragu throughout the tumultuous 19r0 before his leftist Sandinista Party los power in a 1990 upset to a loose coal i tion headed by Violeta Chamorro., - Compiled from Daily wire reports great teachers... Kaplan helps you focus your test rep study where you need it most. Our teachers will show you the proven skills and test-taking techniques to help you get a higher score. 1-800-KAP-TEST h... 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