q Page 4 - The Mirhigan Daily - Tuesday, June 12, 1984 Peace activists scale IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports B i Ben c o LONDON (UPI) - Two mountain- climbing peace protesters, who foiled police by emerging from the roof of a double-decker bus, scurried up the Big Ben clock tower yesterday and unfurled a banner reading- "Time to Stop Nuclear Testing." "This is an international clock, and it's time to set back the doomsday clock," said spokeswoman, Carrie Kruse, of the environmental group Greenpeace. "We are speaking to all nations for a comprehensive test ban treaty." The climbers, experienced moun- taineers Ron Taylor, of Britain, and Renato Ruf, of Switzerland, foiled security officers at the tower by coming through a hole int he roof of a specially adapted double-decker bus and then throwing grappling hooks onto the structure. Hundreds of sightseers gathered at the base of the tower to watch Taylor and Ruf relax in hammocks suspen- ded nearly 200 feet above the ground. They carried enough food to last four days, but came down after 10 hours because of cold and muscle cramps. ck tower Police arrested them when touched the ground. they Before their descent, a letter calling for a nuclear test ban treaty was delivered to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a spokesman for Greenpeace said. The letter called on Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union "to conclude a comprehensive test ban treaty as required by countless U.N. motions. "Until such time as the governments pay something more than lip service to. these issues protests will continue," the letter said. % Ruf and Taylor reached the clock face in only 10 minutes by climbing up scaffolding in place for restoration work on the tower, which is next to the tightly guarded Houses of Parliament. Another Greenpeace activist, Led Snellick, chained himself to an elevator inside the tower to prevent police from going up. The demonstrators trained for the climb by scaling catwalks in a factory in Hamburg, West Germany, Miss Kruse said. Shelling kills 44 in Beirut BEIRUT - Heavy artillery and rocket fire tore through Beirut yesterday, killing at least 44 people and wounding at least 227 others in the deadliest fighting since Moslem militiamen seized west Beirut in February. The five-hour onslaught of rocket, mortar and artillery fire erupted during a Parliament debate on a government peace plan and later engulfed residental areas in east and west Beirut and the suburbs. House considers immigration bill WASHINGTON - After years of delay, the House of Representatives voted yesterday to take up the emotional issue of illegal im- migration, with all sides agreeing that the country must regain control of its borders but disagreeing on how to do it. Before the chamber was a measure to discourage illegal aliens from sneaking into the country but accepting those who got here before 1982 and made a life for themselves. But the bill also would seek to curb the influx of more illegal aliens by threatening to fine employers who give them jobs. Heat wave claims 10 lives An unusual early June heat wave steamed the cities of the Northeast a fifth consecutive day yesterday, sending hundreds of people to hospitals, buckling highways and setting records for power consum- ption. At least 10 deaths have been at- tributed to the weather since tem- peratures began climbing Thursday, including five drowning deaths in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Weekly gross earnings rise WASHINGTON - Average weekly earnings of people with full- time jobs rose 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 1984 from a year earlier, eclip- sing the pace of inflation, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau reported that "usual weekly earnings" of individual job- holders averaged $325 in the first quarter. This reflected gross ear- nings, including overtime, tips, commissions and other income sup- plements, rather than take-home pay. U.N. arranges cease-fire in Persian Gulf ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Iran and Iraq battered each other's border cities yesterday only hours before the start of a limited cease-fire arranged by the United Nations to protect civilian targets in the Persian Gulf war. At least 30 people were reported killed, including 28 slain when four Iraqi missiles hit Dezful, Iran said. Kuwait, meanwhile, blamed Iran for the latest missile attack on a Kuwait tanker in the Persian Gulf, and foreign ministers of the six- nation gulf alliance agreed to meet in Saudi Arabia in another attempt to assure a steady supply of oil for world markets. 26 mutineers die in battle with Indian police CHANDIGARH, India - Indian security forces battled Sikh militan- ts yesterday, killing at least 26 rebels and arresting hundreds of others who mutinied during the weekend to protect the storming of the sect's sacred Golden Shrine, news reports and officials said. Troops deployed to hunt down about 500 militant Sikhs, including an unspecified number of mutineers, also shot and killed three uniden- tified people wio refused to stop at a roadblock in the Varanasi area of northern Uttar Pradesh state, of- ficials said. Sikh troops, considered among In- dia's finest soldiers, mutinied at three posts Sunday, killing at least five people and leaving many in- juried, the officials said. Swiss tighten security for Pope's visit VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II's pastoral visit to Swit- zerland, canceled after the attempt on his life three years ago, is finally getting under way teday. Be has stopped there briefly, but this week's trip is the first major papal visit since the 15th century. The Swiss appear to be taking no chances with the pope's safety. Planes will not be permitted to fly below 7,500 feet where the pope is touring, dogs will search buildings for explosives, soldiers will reinfor- ce police guard units, and metal- detector gates are being installed at the sites of outdoor Masses. 0 0 CAMPUS COMPUTER USERS Data Systems Design is offering 32% off on all DEC®-and MULTIBUS®-compatible storage subsystems and controllers. This offer is available to all University of Michigan personnel. For more details contact: Jim Ramberg, Sales Representative, Data Systems Design, (313) 557-6986. 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