European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Be 4 the stars and stripes May divestment is goal of Bill a legislation to Force the nations second largest state government to sever All financial ties with companies doing business in South Africa was unveiled saturday by the Legislatures most powerful Assembly speaker Stanley Fink of Brooklyn said the measure is the most comprehensive legislation in the United states on divestment of economic involve ment in South while a total Dollar figure want Avail adoption of Finks legislation would Force the state to get rid of about billion Worth of investments held by just two huge pension Finks measure comes As College Stu dents across the nation have been Demon Strating against continued investments by their schools in companies that do business with the racially segregated african a thousands of people have been arrested in the a Hying Start democratic Mario Cuomo said he planned to propose a Bill similar to this gives us a flying Cuomo Gary a Cuomo said the governors dives Tuure plan would Dif Fer slightly from but he was confident that these differences can be negotiated in a separate Fryer con firmed saturday that the governor last year unwittingly bought Worth of Stock in a company that does business in South the Stock was a gift to his and Matilda Cuomo said she would sell the 100 shares in Grace after the Buffalo news reported the com Pany had several plants in South although Cuomo and Fink Back divestiture a spokesman for state sen ate majority Leader Warren new Yorks most powerful said such measures would face a Tough time in the go controlled guided by comptroller weve been taking our guidance on these matters from our state said Anderson spokesman Charles state comptroller Edward a re is opposed to the speakers Bill would require All state entities to eliminate Lon term investments by 1991 with any company doing business in South it also mandates the end of Short term investments by 1987 in companies or Banks that do business in South Africa and a halt to purchasing goods manufactured in that nation by july in the state would Stop purchasing supplies or services from any company that does business with the government of South a policeman uses his Baton to Ward off anti apartheid demonstrators from a barricade at an Entrance to the Law anti apartheid protesters at Berkeley up photo rence Hall of sciences at the Unive divestment of investments in the Stock of sity of California at the re companies doing business or gents were meeting to discuss racially segregated South time to make Oneill says Negolia Lions urged a House speaker Thomas Oneill urged the Reagan administration sunday to resume direct negotiations with Nicaragua leftist calling talks a better option than Covert efforts to make last the nicaraguan government asked for a resumption of direct talks with the United we should take them up on that offer the House speaker said in a commencement speech at Tufts University in in any our fundamental goal should be to make sure Thesa Dinis tas do not intervene in the internal affairs of their and their goal no doubt will be to make sure that the United states does not intervene in Oneill Oneill said since the United states is willing to negotiate with the soviet which he termed the United states greatest Reagan administration officials should be willing to talk with our weakest adversary in the it is time we eased our Covert efforts to make War in Central America and instead engaged in overt efforts to make peace Oneill and it is time that we realized that the greatest enemies of democracy in our hemisphere Are disease and Oneill said promoting Hitman rights and lowering interest rates would do More to help democracy in South America than would sending arms we can do More in Central America for the Security of Nicaragua neighbors by helping them grow economically than we can by holding joint military Maneu vers with Oneill Twentyfive nations in latin America have condemned our Trade embargo on one ills comments came As onteme plates reopening debate on the question of providing Aid to the Contra rebels seeking to overthrow the earlier this the House voted Down plans to provide humanitarian Aid to the just Days after the Nicara Guan president Daniel Ortega went to Moscow and received promises of Aid from soviet Leader Mikhail the trip has heightened the some congressmen and senators that a nonmilitary Aid package could now win a who met with Gorbachev last said the soviet Leader represents a dramatic change in but there Are no signs yet he also represents a change in sub Oneill said while it is impossible to predict whether the change in soviet leadership will mean a change in Viet it is unlikely that arms control talks in Geneva will break Bir calling contest began As a Lark up Piedmont High schools most celebrated event Drew a lot of and cackles and the occasion was the 22nd annual Leonard 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