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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 University creates panel to study apartheid Issue san Francisco not the regents of the University of California cast aside a proposal to divest the University billion holdings in companies doing Busi Ness with South Africa and instead voted to create an advisory committee to recommend a course of the vote against divestiture within two years touched off a protest by 50 demonstrators who were ejected from the three of the protesters were sixty other demonstrators were arrested later in a downtown protest at Union the police the Berkeley Campus of the University has been a Center of protest against South Africa policy of racial separa hundreds of protesters have been arrested in siting and other demonstrations since protesters want the University to use its huge investment portfolio to put pres sure on South Africa to halt its segregation the meeting was held behind a Phalanx of about 150 san Francisco police officers and 100 Campus police offi cers at the University Extension Center on upper Market a nine member advisory panel will be established under the plan that the regents adopted by a vote of 16 to the which was proposed by University president David will consist of two members named by the two students named by student an alumnus named by the University alumni a University staff the chairman of the University of California retirement system the University trea surer and an appointee of the University the regents control about much of which is in retirement funds that they in 1977 Mervyn then lieutenant proposed that the University divest its South Africa related but that was voted at that about million in securities was the committee will be advisory to it will re View the Quality of corporate citizenship of companies whose Stock is in the University portfolio or financial institutions where the University has the principles set Down by the Leon Sullivan of Philadelphia for judging corporate attitudes toward South Africa racial policies Are at the heart of the new invest ment sullivans criteria include integration in Comfort and work equal and fair Protection and pay policies for All training programs for non Whites for clerical and technical placing of nonwhites in supervisory and lobbying against the system of racial Gardners proposal would have the University Stop in vesting in companies whose South african operations fall below making Progress and making Good Progress categories As judged by the Sullivan the committee members arc instructed in the Resolution the regents adopted to withhold investment in companies whose South african record is or to sell off invest ments that May already have been the protesters were ejected from the meeting after the regents voted Down a proposal by state Assembly speaker Willie a san Francisco during the Rol Call vote the spectators stood and cried out shame to those regents who voted against Browns when the vote they left their seats and began to Advance on the table where the regents University police intercepted them and evicted them with out serious Browns proposal would have ended University invest ments within 12 months in any company doing business in South f16 Cost dropped to million each As firms escalate fighter Jet Price War Washington up general by faced with a Price busting bid by Northrop to sell the air Force its f20 has offered to provide tailored mod Els of its f16c Jet for about million the proposal was detailed by general dynamics officials at a news conference following a formal presentation to air Force Secretary Verne Orr and air Force chief of staff Charles Herbert a general dynamics vice said budget pressures and apparent government willingness to consider alter native fighter configurations gave the firm the incentive to offer a trimmed Down ver Sion of its f16c fighting Rogers said a tailored version of the f16c suitable for defense could Cost million with All its the Jet now costs the air Force million Northrup is offering the air Force its f20 Tiger shark Jet at million the serv ice already has earmarked funds for 126 f20s for fiscal years the House armed services committee has also asked the air Force to consider a mixed buy of the general dynamics and Northrop acknowledging Northrop offer spurred general dynamics to present a Lowe priced insisted his firms plan would save millions for the air Force even if the f20 went Northrop spokesman John Thorne said his company had to decipher general dynamics confusing Price comparisons and statistics before making any but he said the f20 Tiger shark selected facts 8 maximum Speed Mach 2 sea level Rathof comb sender aim Kyr or four Avert Csc d Takeoff it Airt surface missiles nine my 82 of orbs or Toter 59 seconds ii Unoji with 460 rounds Par gun Chicago trl Jne or Apoc sources Northrop Janes Al the world is disc jockey charged in fires at radio station lbs Iowa up arson investigators saturday arrested a Des monies radio disc jockey and charged her with setting fires at the station where she Renee the overnight announcer for pm station was charged with first degree arson after fires were set at the Kioa Kmak studios last Brown was arraigned and held in the Polk county jail in lieu of she has been working at the station for about three months since coming from an other local country music no motive was known As had changed its format from Rock v Roll to fires set on the third floor of the station last week blackened Walls and burned Large holes in the it looks like radio Beirut around said Kioa reporter Deb Des Moines detective Larry Brown said after two previous fires overnight wednes Day and thursday he and another Mark set up a stakeout at the studios Friday sometime Early Morgan observed Brown making repeated trips Between her radio Booth and the restroom and after one trip smoke began rolling from an Sands of time competitive situation has been created Only mainly because the United states has not because of the which Northrop devel bought any Orr said general dynamics offers a Northrop developed the f20 for Sale to healthy initiative that could result in the gov to c c countries seeking cheaper but fully capable Ern ment buying fighters at the Best Price for in i stars and by flies the foreign Market failed to Materia the posted at shelter for judge orders halt to eviction notices Washington up a Federal judge saturday ordered the govern ment to Stop hanging eviction notices at a shelter for the homeless it wants to saying it was unnecessarily disturbing the mentally ill shelter operator Mitch who filed suit in Federal court Over a renovation Dis sought a restraining order because the dispute is in District judge Gerhard Gesell stopped Short of issuing a temporary re straining but directed the govern ment not to announce the eviction until an other Federal judge ruled on the pending this is the most remarkable piece of disregard for the proprieties of court Ive Ever Gesell told a hastily called court youre telling mentally ill Para noid physically handicapped people that they have to get out when there Are still lawsuits and your notices have no Legal effect Gesell As the judge left the shelter residents attending the hearing applauded and Federal authorities entered the shelter saturday and Hung notices announcing All residents would have to be out by july 10 because the shelter would be health and human services attorney Edith Marshall argued the residents should not be kept in the dark about what the government planned to we have Only Given notice of govern ment decision making at this mar shall no extra harm is done by Post ing the and we thought people should not be Given Las minute Marshall said the notices were not an but a Courtesy measure to the Resi attorney Florence arguing for Snyders Community for creative non i said it would be extraordinary if the shelter closed As scheduled because of the massive litigation the announcement to close the shelter follows an impasse Between Snyder and Federal officials in negotiations Over How much to spend to renovate the Snyder ended a 51day hunger strike last november after president Reagan person ally intervened and pledged to provide fed eral funds to transform the rundown Shel Ter in Northwest Washington into a Model for the 40 years ago today june 1945 the japanese Garri son in Northern Luzon was trapped when 6th army units and filipino guerrillas Cap tured the escape port of last enemy held port on the 30 years ago today june 1955 the first Large scale air Man Euver with atomic weapons was under Way throughout with More than aircraft from 11 countries participating in exercise carte 20 years ago today june 1965 the House passed on a voice vote a Bill requiring cigarette manufacturers to include on every pack a warn ing that smoking May be a health 70 years ago today june 1975 the supreme court ruled it unconstitutional for a City to impose a Flat prohibition against the showing of movies with nude scenes at driven Thea  
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