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Walesa testifies on behalf
of three union activists
IN BRIEF
From United Press international
GDANSK, Poland (UPI) - Solidarity founder Lech
Walesa entered a courtroom wearing jeans and a T-shirt
yesterday and testified that three union activists on trial
for planning an illegal strike are innocent. One defendant
rose in the dock and shouted, "Lech, don't worry!
Solidarity will win!"
Walesa also sent a statement to the Polish parliament
saying the trial represents an "escalation of lawlessness"
in Poland akin to the brutal era of Soviet leader Josef
Stalin. Walesa signed the statement as a leader of the
Solidarity union, which is banned by the government.
WEARING jeans, a denim jacket and a T-
shirtemblazoned with a small Solidarity emblem and the
separate investigation to determine if the 1983 Nobel
Peace Prize winner should be charged with planning to
disturb the peace. No charges have yet been filed.
"I will tell the court that it was a legal meeting,"
Walesa said on his arrival. "We did not hide the fact we
were to meet together. That's the truth."
The moustachioed Walesa testified for an hour, saying
"three innocent men are in the dock," sources said.
After Walesa testified, the sources said Judge Krzysztof
Zieniuk followed routine procedure and asked if anyone
had questions for the witness.
Defendant Adam Michnik raised his hand and said he
had a statement.
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ifilm about Solidarity's 1980 formation - walesa drove shouted, "Lech, don't worry! Solidarity will win!"
ito the courthouse in his Volkswagen van. Mih
FtoregncourhousinalisbreoaenngMichnik, ejected from court three times last week for
Foreign journalists, barred from attending the trial of accusing the judge of being partial, was thrown out again
aderground Solidarity activists Adam Michnik, Bogdan for his outburst, the sources said.
as and Wladyslaw Frasyniuk, were allowed to stand
ose to the eitrance to the courthouse when Walesa en- In his testimony, Walesa dismissed the credibility of a
red the court. A moment later, security guards pushed tape-recorded conversation between Lis and two secret
em away. police agents, charging it was fake.
The three defendants were arrested at a Feb. 13 un- "Dictatorships resort to such methods," he said of the
erground Solidarity strategy meeting - which Walesa tape.
tended - in which a 15-minute strike was discussed to Walesa later told reporters the judge properly
rotest food price hikes. Police charged them with trying Wls ae odrprestejdepoel
organize an illegal strikei reprimanded him at one point during his testimony when
-upon being asked who else he and the defendants expec-
ted at the Feb. 13 meeting - he snapped: "It was not you
WALESA was not arrested but authorities opened a we were waiting for."
Von Bulow acquitted
PROVIDENCE, RI-Danish
jet-setter Claus von Bulow, 58,
weeping with relief and applauded
by spectators, was acquitted yes-
terday of two counts of trying to mur-
der his heiress wife with insulin in-
jections.
The debonair financier, whose
1982 conviction on the same
charges was overturned on appeal,'
said he was "very grateful to
everyone" and had "no feeling of
vindictiveness or any kind of hard
feelings."
He said he wanted to put the or-
deal behind him "by leading a
quiet life and ceasing to be in the
public eye."
American kidnapped
by Beirut gunmen
BEIRUT, Lebanon-Uniden-
tified gunmen kidnapped an
American University of Beirut
dean from a limousine minutes af-
ter he flew into Beirut airport from
a U.S. visit, officials said yester-
day. It was the third abduction of a
school employee in less than two
weeks.
No group immediately claimed
responsibility for the kidnapping,
which brought to seven the number
of Americans missing in Lebanon.
The pro-Iranian Islamic Jihad
terrorist group previously said it
was holding five of the abducted
Americans.
ThomasSutherland, 53, dean of
American University's School of
Agriculture in Beirut, was seized
Sunday night in mostly Moslem
west Beirut as he was being driven
on the Beirut International Airport
road upon his return from a trip to
his home in Fort Collins, Colo.
China buys German
atomic reactors
BONN, West Germany-Chinese
officials traveling with Premier
Zhaoziyang signed a letter of
intent yesterday to buy four atomic
reactors and said they wanted to
offset the cost by accepting highly
radioactive spent fuel from West
Germany.
The letter of intent was one of
several bilateral agreements
signed by aides to Chancellor
Helmut Kohl and Zhao. Others in-
cluded extending for 10 years a
bilateral economic cooperation
pact calling for development aid
and technology exchanges and
allieviating double taxation.
Kohl and Zhao watched as
Chinese nuclear officials and
representatives of the Siemens
electric concern's Kraftwerk
Union subsidiary signed a
memorandum on a major nuclear
project that could be worth almost
$2 billion to the West German com-
pany.
Kids drown in pool
GARY, Ind.-Five children
searching for frogs in a closed
public swimming pool waded into
dirty water at the deep end and
drowned as they tried in vain to
climb the pool's slimy walls and
floor, police said.
"I could see it myself where they
had scratched the pool with their
fingernails when they tried to get
out," said Gary Detective William
Burns.
One boy and four girls, who were
all related, climbed a 7-foot, chain
link fence Sunday night to get into
the pool, police said. The pool was
scheduled to open at the end of the
month and had not been cleaned
since last year.
Scout leaders get
maximum sentence
ST. JOHNS, Mich.-Twin
brothers convicted in connection
with a Boy Scout sex abuse scandal
yesterday received the maximum
penalty-life in prison--from a
judge who said his job is justice,
not mercy.
Donald Gowing, 47, appeared
shaken as his sentence was
pronounced by Clinton County Cir-
cuit Judge Randy Tohvonen, and
brother Delmar, sitting nearby,
wept. Delmar received a similar
sentence shortly thereafter.
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We Are the World'profits go to work
NEW YORK (UPI) - The first the plane in a warm, morning sun, Artists for Africa.
airlift of relief supplies for the star- Ross said, "We made music, and now
ving and sick in Africa financed by the we are talking about saving lives and When the jetliner makes its first
"We Are the World" record made by spreading love. This is a very impor- stop in Brussels early Tuesday mor-
45 top American musical stars left tant cause in my life. This is only the ning, more than 182,000 packages of
yesterday for Sudan and Ethiopia. beginning, but we all want to do high energy biscuits will also be taken
Singer-Actress Diana Ross saw off more." aboard, and singer Harry Belafonte
the supplies aboard a Flying Tigers Aboard the plane were more than and his wife will get on for the flight to
cargo jetliner and said, "We are 200,000 pounds of medical supplies, Africa.
beginning to make a difference." vitamins, blankets and tents under
Standing on a raised platform near the sponsorship of United Support of HALF THE cargo will be unloaded
in Khartoum Tuesday morning. Four
W fIJJ, to MIll I CAW I hours later, the plane will arrive in
to Addis Ababa with the other half.
(ContinuedfromPage 1) Among those leaving New York
asked about what role military on the plane was Marlon Jackson, one
research should play on campus, of the Jackson Five, who said he was
which has been a source of controver- representing the 45 artists who made
the recording. Jackson said he wanted
sy"t the Unotersoyook at research in -to thank all those who purchased the
ternis of its overall objective," Wilson records, albums, and other merchan-
said, adding that it would be "preten- sdise, including "We Are the World" T-
tious" of her to make a statement shirts.,
about such research at the University
right now. Rock stars such as Tina Turner,
"The term military research is sort Lionel Ritchie, Bruce Springsteen,
of undefinable," she said. "It's a long T . Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Huey Lewis
discussion, but an important one." -.and the News and others joined in
UNIVERSITY Prof. Arnold Monto, making the record.
who headed the 10-member commit-
tee that aided in the selection of can- A spokesman for the artists said
didates for the position, said Wilson 1 $6.5 million had so far been raised
was chosen for her wide range of ex- from sales of the recording and ad-
perience, which includes university ditional revenue, estimated at $40
research projects and consultation for million, is expected to be generated
national agencies and programs. from contributions, books and other
"The problem with the vice ...awaitsRegents' approval items and special programs.
president of research at the Univer- group of executive officers," Monto
sity of Michigan is you have to have a said. "This plane behind us is just the tip-
lot of breadth," Monto said, ex- Wilson will replace Alfred Sussman, top of a vast iceberg of help for the
plaining that the position requires ex- who is retiring after serving as the in- people of Africa," James Grant,
perience and knowledge of both the terim vice president for research and 'o
natural and social sciences. graduate studies since 1983. Susman executive director of the United
"I think she's going to be an ex- will resume teaching biology at the Emergn Indaid.
cellent addition to our already strong University. Emergency Fund, said.
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