2A --The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 4, 1995 /. . Palestinian police arrive in Bethlehem BEIT JALA, West Bank (AP)-The first Palestinian police who will take control of Bethlehem from Israeli troops by Christmas raised the Palestinian flag on a hill overlooking the biblical city yesterday. About 400 people turned out to wel- come the 12 officers who opened the Israel-Palestinian liaison office in this ,neighboring village. They raised the red, green, black and white Palestinian flag over the office. Residents clapped and chanted "We Swill sacrifice soul and blood for Pales- tine" when the officers marched in, carrying handguns, flags and pictures of PLO leader Yasser Arafat. ,'This is the sweetest moment in my life," Khalil Dakadeka said from the nearby village of Beit Fajjar. "We have waited for this moment for many years," said Bethlehem merchant Nader Hidweh. a As he raised the flag, Brig. Gen. Ziad Atrash, a senior police commander, an- nounced: "Christmas will be under the auspices of the Palestinian Authority, and Arafat will attend the ceremonies." Thirty thousand people are expected to attend Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem's Manger Square, the tradi- tional birthplace of Jesus, for the first Christmas under Palestinian control. In past years, visitors passed through Israeli metal detectors to reach Manger Square and the Church of the Nativity, and Israeli army snipers were posted on rooftops. Israeli troops are to leave Bethlehem on Dec. 18, but there has been talk of troops retaining control ofthe Bethlehem main road and military headquarters if a bypass road around the city for Jewish settlers has not been finished. Earlier yesterday, dozens of Pales- tinians tried in vain to block bulldozers clearing land for a bypass road around Hebron, 12 miles south of Bethlehem. The road cuts through cultivated olive groves and grape vineyards in Hal houl, a Palestinian village outside of Hebron. "This is my land, and it is the only thing I have," said Ali Akel. "I under- stand that this peace is a peace for land, but the Israeli government has both the peace and the land." Soldiers pushed the protesters back and kept them from blocking the bull- dozers. Underthe Israel-PLO agreement signed U.S. rison population grows 9 ercen WASHINGTON - The population of prisons in the United States grew by almost 9 percent in the 12 months that ended June 30, reflecting the effect of tough sentencing laws and prison building programs in many states, according to a Justice Department report released today. The one-year increase of 89,707 inmates in state and federal prisons was the largest on record. The rate of growth, 8.8 percent, exceeded the approximately 8- percent average for the last five years. The trend reflects stricter mandatory sentence laws in many states for drug- related and violent crimes as well as tougher sentencing practices, which have restricted the use of parole for letting inmates out early. Fear of crime and growing outrage about widely publicized acts ofviolencehave bolstered public support for strict sentences for many offenses, experts said. "This is part of general long emerging public view that there are no alternatives to prison," said Gerald Caplan, dean of McGeorge Law School in Sacramento, Calif., and a former Justice Department official. "Incarceration has increasjngly become the acceptable way of handling wrong-doers." The female prison population increased at a faster rate than the male prison population. The number of female prison inmates grew by 11.4 percent, compa ed to an 8.7-percent increase male prisoners. Palestinians from the West Bank town of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, cheer as contingent of 12 Palestinian police officers were to meet with their Israeli counterparts to discuss the future withdrawl of the Israeli army from the area. in September, Israel is supposed to be out West Bank will proceed on schedule, of six Palestinian cities by the end of the despite sorne security concerns. Two year, and out of Hebron in March. Israeli policemen were kidnapped last Israel's Cabinet said yesterday that week in the northern West Bank and the redeployment of Israeli troops in the gunmen fired at an Israeli army jeep. I I EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY & The Office of Campus Life present Call It's never 76-DAILY too late. TbrdjigaznhgIaU Two GOP sens. will not seek re-election Republican Sens. Alan Simpson of Wyoming and Mark Hatfield of Or- egon announced Friday that they will not seek another term in Congress. Hatfield, a moderate who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he has grown increasingly frustrated with hard-line conservatives. "Thirty years of voluntary separation from my state has been enough," he said. Hatfield, 73, miffed many Republi- cans last spring when he broke party lines to vote against a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Simpson said he wants to spend more time with his wife and wants to try something new when his term ends in January 1997. "We are very excited about that, about doing something else," Simpson said. Simpson is the third senator in the past month to announce plans not to seek re- election in 1996. Four Republicans, in- cluding Simpson and Hatfield, and eight Democrats are leaving the Senate when their terms end 13 months from now. The last time that many senators retired was a century ago - in 1896. Simpson, 64, won his first U;S: Sen- ate race in 1978 and easily defeted Democratic challengers in re-election bids in 1984 and 1990. - As a senator, Simpson became known for his quick wit and sharp criticism leveled at those in both parties hefelt were acting irrationally. Hayes makes switch to Republican Party LAFAYETTE, La. - Sa'ying Democratic leadership has silenced him, five-term Rep. Jimmy Hayes'said Friday he's switching to the Republi- can Party. Hayes said there is no longer room for conservatives in the Demo- cratic Party. "I cannot any longer sustain the thought that I can further the voice of south Louisiana in a Democratic:Party that has worked to silence them,' said Hayes, who has represented Louisia'na's Cajun country and the oil refinery city of Lake Charles since 1987.x H ayes' move will leave 235 Repub- licans, 197 Democrats and one-Inde- pendent. i Tracy Lawrence and ic Trevino Thursday, December 7, 1995 Bowen Field House 9 P.M. 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But the huge tanut was viewed as an overwhelming de- mand for peace in a nation where.an estimated 40,000 people have died in political violence, Earthquakes shake Russia yesterday YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - A strong earthquake with a prelimi- nary magnitude of 7.2 hit the Kuril Islands in the Russian Far East latelast night. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake was centered at a depth of about 31 miles undersea off the island of Iturup, according to Japan's Central Meteorological Agency. The quake followed one of magni- tude of 6.9 centered 60 miles east, of Iturup yesterday. No casualties. were reported, but the quake caused height- ened waves in the Pacific Ocean; the ITAR-Tass news agency said. A magnitude 7 earthquake is capable of causing considerable damage. in populated areas. - From Daily wire services MUSIC VIDEO a 71 . ez . . ; lit yJ, 1 r +t ... . ati.... 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