8A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 11, 1999 Protests curtail Clinton's visit to Greece U.N. finds . 2,100 in Kosovo WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton will delay and shorten a trip to Greece, officials said yesterday, in an extraordinary reaction to growing security concerns and the prospect of violent anti- Amercan demonstrations. Officials said there were fears not only for Clinton but also for members of his staff and the traveling press, who are not protected by the tight security bubble covering the president. The United States also expressed unhappiness about Greece's response to terrorism. A three-day visit to Athens was to lead off an I 1-day trip also taking Clinton to Turkey, Italy and Bulgaria - and perhaps Kosovo. Now, Greece will be wedged in between Turkey and Italy and Clinton's stay will be cut to about a day. The White House said Greece had recom- mended the changes. "Wehave some concern on security," presiden- tial spokesperson Joe Lockhart said. State Department spokesman James Rubin, discussing Greece's response to terrorism, said, "Obviously we are not satisfied. We think more needs to be done." "We have some concern on security." -Joe Lockhart Presidential spokesperson Security issues are always a major issue in presidential travels but rarely receive the prominence of this case or provoke such a pub- lic change in schedule. Rubin defended the han- dling of the situation. "It would be a grave error," he said, "to dismiss security concerns and then potentially have a dis- aster on our hands." In particular, the United States is unhappy about Greece's failure to crack down on the terrorist group November 17, which has killed 21 people including three American officials since 1975. The name refers to a Nov. 17, 1973, crackdown on pro- democracy students by the then-ruling military regime. Traditionally there are big demonstrations to denounce the United States, which many Greeks believe supported the seven-year junta that col- lapsed in 1974. Concerns about Clinton's trip were heightened after the government of Premier Costas Simitis said it would not block protesters from assembling outside the U.S. Embassy or the nearby concert hall where Clinton was scheduled to make an address. The president's truncated visit could be a politi- cal and diplomatic humiliation for Greece's Socialist government, which faces elections next year. The president still plans to spend five days in Turkey, Greece's regional rival, for a state visit and a summit of the 55-country Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Anti-American sentiment is strong in Greece. Many Greeks believe the United States, although a NATO partner, favors Turkey in territorial disputes and war-divided Cyprus. Thousands of Greeks i-t HILLSDALE 0 Continued from Page 1A Change trustees. "Hillsdale College isa ment to those beliefs." +7.71 But questions and rumor +7.59 swirled around Hillsdale, a t +6.78 some 7,400 about 60 miles so -11.63 of Ann Arbor, since Roche's +8 18 ter-in-law shot herself in the the campus arboretum on Oct Lissa Roche, 41, was manag ted 0.3 percent tor of the Hillsdale College Pres e markets early years and her husband, George positive day of IV, is a history professor at the 'ofit-taking and Shortly before her death rigs for the first Roche reportedly visited her fa higher. A very law in the hospital where he wa priced its offer- treated for diabetes. Roche tole Tuesday that his daughter-in-I she planned to kill herself, D 4ew York Stock Brad Martin told The Detroit N icks are widely Rumors that the elder Roch wd indicator in relationship with his son's wi been a hot topic on campus and focus of newspaper and br the U.S. due to accounts. also has almost City Public Safety Directo industry in the Gutowski yesterday confirm Roche had met with police but did not know details. He said 400 industri- probably would not need to ta the DJIA Roche again. YSE and "We feel comfortable we'rev it down with no foul play on an roin wiprerorts. part, period," Gutowski said. He declined to comment on about Roche's personal life. demonstrated in Athens on Monday demanding that Clinton cancel his visit. Clinton, talking about his scaled-down stop, said, "Whether the demonstrations had anything to do with it, I don't know. But they might have. But I'm not bothered about it. You know, it's going to happen (the demonstrations) and you all (the press) get to take pictures of it." The U.S.-led attacks on Yugoslavia significantly elevated Greek anger toward the United States. Most Greeks strongly opposed the bombings, fear- ing national borders in the Balkans could be at risk in future conflicts. Greeks also identify with fel- low Christian Orthodox Serbs. Clinton acknowledged that many Greeks dis- agreed with U.S. policy toward Kosovo and, before that, Bosnia. "And you know, I think we were right and I disagree with them," he told reporters. "But the fact that they have the right to free speech doesn't concern me." Explaining the delay, Clinton said the Greek government felt his visit "might be more relevant" if it occurred after the OSCE summit in Turkey, rather than before. "As far as I know, one way or anoth- er it won't have any relevant bearing on the case," he said. a monu- George Roche III petitioned in August 1998 for a divorce from his s have wife of 44 years, citing incompatibility. own of The divorce was granted in April, and uthwest Roche remarried this fall. daugh- The Hillsdale trustees on yesterday head at appointed a search committee, includ- .17. ing former Education Secretary ing edi- William Bennett and William F. s for 14 Buckley, to help select a new president. Roche Bennett and Buckley are conservative school. icons who champion traditional morali- , Lissa ty. ather-in- Provost Robert Blackstock was as being named acting president. d police A convocation for students was aw said scheduled this morning. But the issue etective will not be addressed there, said Ron ews. Trowbridge, vice president for external e had a communications. fe have "The college is never going to dis- i the the cuss the situation with George Roche oadcast again," he said. "We are done. From here on out, we're starting over." r Chris Trowbridge said he worked with ed that Lissa Roche - her desk was eight feet said he from his - and he never saw signs that i police she was depressed. ilk with She was, he said, "an incredibly bril- liant woman, witty, sharp, fast, and with winding a dry sense of humor." ybody's On campus yesterday, students tried to sort through the news and rumors rumors while hoping the convocation would provide some answers. grave sites. Los Angeles Times UNITED NATIONS - U.N. war crimes investigators have unearthed, 2,108 bodies from grave sites in Kosovo and expect to find more in the coming months, the chief prosecutor told the U.N. Security Council yester- day. Investigative teams have examined 195 grave sites so far in their efforts to establish evidence of systematic killing this spring of Albanians by Serbian forces, chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte said. The teams intend to examine 529 sites thought to contain 11,334 bodies, starting first with areas named in charges against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and other Serbian leaders accused of crimes against humanity. Deputy chief prosecutor Graham ' Blewitt said that while most of the vic- tims appeared to be Albanian, there were some Serbian victims too. The investigation provides the first official figures for victims of the war in Kosovo, a separatist province of Serbia, the dominant Yugoslav republic. Soon after the I1-week NATO bombing campaign against Milosevic ended, local human rights groups estimated that at least 10,000 ethnic Albanians4 had died at Serbian hands. Del Ponte refused to speculate on final numbers, saying that more than 300 graves had yet to be opened. "The importance is not the numbers of the victims, but how they were killed"- and by whom, she said. The team is collecting evidence of methods that were organized, premeditated and particularly cruel, she added. Del Ponte noted that in their five months of work, the teams have found fewer mass graves than had been feared. "We do not, typically, find hun- dreds of people buried together," she said, but are discovering a large number of smaller sites instead. Of the 195 sites examined so far, only I 1 contained more than 50 corpses. In one of the places previously thought to have as many as 700 vic- tims, a mine at Trepca where soldiers reportedly dumped corpses down mine shafts or dissolved them in acid, the investigators did not find any bodies. MCCAIN Continued from Page IA Oakland counties today. Bush's calen- dar includes a Veterans Day ceremony this morning at the Clinton Grove Cemetery in Clinton Township and aO noon fundraiser at the Northfield Hilton in Troy. At his stop in Lansing, McCain dis- cussed several issues, including effi- cient military spending, simplifying the tax code and campaign finance reform. "When you ask Americans if they are concerned about campaign finance reform it doesn't register," he told reporters in Novi. "But if you say to Americans, 'Are you concerned about the influence of big money in Washington?' it's off the charts." McCain acknowledged that Bush has the advantage, both with his astro- nomical fundraising numbers and the support of state leaders, including state campaign chair Gov. John Engler. He spoke often of his military ser- vice, promoted his book and even made fun of himself, to the delight of the audience. McCain joked about a lack- luster performance at the Naval Academy, his much talked about tem- per and his lengthy imprisonment in Vietnam after his plane was shot down over Hanoi. "I was able to intercept a surface to air missile with my own airplane," he said after being introduced as a war hero. "This doesn't require a huge amount of talent." -The Associated Press contributed to this report ;?:i;i I:?: 1i-0;'i'ir-':;}i}?ie o poi & u i ::;: _: ment (:>.<;-r thJ^ I ':{'; o:: :.;.. ,..: :..drWhogetinohednwhy olpok muP i Ie d tsfom iarun *prrortwepans vip 'wt--- Think about it. Everyday University of Michigan faculty, stall and students produce over 17 tons of trash and 4 tons of recyclable paper. Help reduce waste by buying less, recycling more and purchasing products made from recycled materials. Make a pledge, make it happen. America Recycles Day, November 15 M I For America Recycles Day, I will: (check one or more) I Make a pledge by November 15.