4 Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Sunday, July 8, 1984 Jackson faces uphill battle to free Sakarliov IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports . MOSCOW (AP) - Jesse Jackson's hopes for a Kremlin audience to seek release of Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov put him into a battle that has been waged without success by the pope, presidents, human rights ac- tivists and scientists. Jackson says he has "a good track record" in obtaining the release of political prisoners, and he has referred to Sakharov in that context, without being more specific as to what he wants the Soviets to do in the Sakharov case. SAKHAROV has been in internal exile in the closed city of Gorky. He has not been charged with any crime but it is unclear where he is being held. He has asked that his wife, Yelena Bonner, be allowed to leave the country for medical treatment. So far there has been nothing in the Soviet reaction to previous pleas for Sakharov or to Jackson's other missions of mercy to suggest he might get a more sympathetic hearing than his predecessors - if he gets per- mission to visit at all. The official press has nearly ignored Jackson's missions to Syria and Cuba this year, and those countries' decisions to freeprisoners at his request. IN THE past two months there have been appeals on Sakharov's behalf by Pope John Paul II, Reagan, scientists from at least four Western nations and the Swedish committee that awarded Sakharov the Nobel Peace Price in 1975. But all those efforts have gotten either a cold shoulder form the Kremlin or a sharp rebuke for interfering in the internal affiars of a sovereign state. Although the White House has said there are "quiet diplomatic channels" open on Sakharsov's behalf, U.S. ap- peals have drawn especially hard fire. SAKHAROV IS still in Gorky, about 240 miles east of Moscow, according to the Soviets. His wife also is restricted to the city and reportedly is under criminal investigation for telling Jackson . . . cites previous success Western contacts that her husband had gone on a hunger strike in an attempt to gain permission for her trip abroad for medical treatment. Soviet officials have denied that Sakharov went on a hunger strike and have said he and his wife are healthy. But they have refused to allow Weater- ners to meet the physicist. "It is possible that the Soviets might allow Jackson to come here and give him some kind of official audience," a Western diplomat said yesterday. "But it's another question entirely whether the Soviets would consider releasing Sakharov. It doesn't seem likely." What could the Kremlin gain by releasing Sakharov? Perhaps a hit against Reagan, who for the Soviets seems to be the least popular president in American history. Perhaps a victory in world public opinion. Storm capsizes riverboat Stormy weather thundered over much of the eastern half of the nation yesterday blowing up wind that capsized a riverboat and killed 11 people. Storms also brought flash floods that caused a fatal train wreck, washed away cars and chased people into trees. During the night thunderstorms dumped 3 inches of rain in just an hour on a North Carolina com- munity and peppered an outdoor play in Arkansas with hail that slightly injured 18 people. Flood warnings were posted for parts of New York and New Jersey, and a flood watch was in effect for all of Vermont. Farrakhan suing newspapers for $110 million Indianapolis - Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, said yesterday he is suing newspapers that reported he called Judaism a gutter religion. "You newspapers will be asked to show cause and prove that I said such a thing," said Farrakhan. "I am asking $110 million in damages because I am suffering much from your lies." Farrakhan referred to a June 24 broadcast speech in which many news organizations reported he called Judaism a gutter religion. Philippine army announces military offensive BONTOC, Philippines - The army. has launched the largest military of- fensive against leftist guerrillas sin- ce rebel activity began in the moun- tains of the northern Philippines, a provincial military commander said yesterday. Parenthood clinic bombed ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A bomb ex- ploded outside a building which houses a Planned Parenthood office yesterday, one day after pro-choice groups called for federal help to end a "reign of terror" against such clinics. It was the second bombing of an abortion facility within a week. Debris was scattered for up to 450 feet and windows were shattered, but no injuries were reported. Pope denounces apartheid VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II yesterday condemned "every form of discrimination" in a ringing denunciation of racism that included a call for an end to apartheid in South Africa. "What is at stake is the dignity of the human person and the well-being of all mankind," the pope said in an audience at the Vatican with the U.N. Special Committee against Apartheid. Soviets say U.S. stalling on arms talks MOSCOW - The official news agency Tass said yesterday that the United States is still using tactics of confusion and delay in responding to the Soviet proposal to hold space. weapons talks this fall in Vienna, Austria. Reporting on the U.S. response to the latest Soviet statement on space weapons, Tass said U.S. officials were trying to reduce the Soviet of- fer to "a discussion of procedural details" rather than state outright that they are ready to open negotations limited to seeking a ban on space-based weapons. The Tass comments came in a commentary by its Washington bureau. On Friday, an official statement by Tass in Moscow said the Soviet government was prepared to "open formal talks on preventing the militarization of outer space." Peace advocates to rally at Democratic convention SAN FRANCISCO - Tens of thousands of peace advocates are planning rallies and expositions to bring their anti-war, nuclear freeze message to delegates, politicians and the public during the Democratic National Convention. With the convention only a week away, peace posters are being hung throughout the city. An exposition of events promoting world peace opens next Saturday and the National Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign is holding a reception for delegates and elected officials tomorrow. When the Democrats convene July 16, a massive "Vote Peace in '84" rally of an estimated 50,000 people will gather outside of the Moscone Center convention site. Angry gunmen kill bouncer at Fla. bar FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (UPI) - Two men, enraged because they were thrown out of an oceanside bar for fighting, sprayed the crowded nightspot with bullets yesterday, killing a boun- cer and injuring three customers. The gunfire - shot from a speeding car across two lanes of busy Highway AlA - panicked dozens of patrons at Penrod's bar, some of whom stam- SUMMER COPY SALE! a copy loose sheets, overnight Accu-Copy 402 MAYNARD peded, trampling those who ducked for cover, police said. "IT WAS crazy here," said an em- ployee at the bar, which is not far from Fort Lauderdale's popular oceanfront "strip" where college students flock annually for spring break. "There was screaming and running and people started running all over the place," she said. Ken Raab, 23, of Hellertown, Pa., a law student at Nova University near Fort Lauderdale, was killed. Raab had been working his way through college as a bouncer at the popular nightclub. He died at North Beach Medical Cen- ter about an hour after the shooting. Police said it was not clear whether he was one of the bouncers who ejected the gunmen. The injured included two vacationing British paratroopers stationed at Salmaca, Belize, in Central America, police said. They were identified as Keith Edwards, 19, and Andrew Powell, 20. Member of the Associated Press Vol. XCIV- No. 21 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967X) is published Tuesday through Sun- day during the fall and winter terms and Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday during the spring and summer terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscription rates: September through April-$16.50 in Ann Ar- bor, $29.00 outside the city; May through August-$4.50 in Ann Arbor, $6.00 outside the city. Second-class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. 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