European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 23, 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 3 Sakharov Calls for release of dissident Moscow Ati Ovissi Clcil Andrei Sakharov in sum Lay called for llu1  release from prison if f Ien Rikli Allu Jan. A founder if tint1 of the Tirol inde pendent soviet groups in human rights. Altu Naii was one if Ilic first people in ii la the world about violations of human rights from a mural Point of views Jyh irm mid Western reporters. This is everyone s  Altunyan. 53, was aiming the founders of the India live group Tor the in Laise of human rights one of the first soviet dissident networks. The group was broken up by Ilic arrest or is tic i f All of ils members with in six month of its Calion in a. Sentenced in 1969 to three years in a labor Camp for his activities in the group Altunyan was arrested again in 980 and sentenced to seven years in a labor Camp and five years of internal exile on charges of Ami son it agitation and propaganda. Both Sakharov the 1975 Nobel peace prize Lau reate and his wife fellow dissident pc Luna Donner called for Altunyan s release in a news conference at their Moscow apart men. Altunyan s son Alexander present a the news con Ference said his father had been transferred from a strict regime labor Camp to prison in his Home cily of Kharkov in he Ukraine one month ago. Bui the son said the local prosecutor had informed the family thut a statement sent by Altunyan to the supreme soviet which has pardoned about 150 dissidents this month was no enough to obtain his release. Alexander Altunyan quoted his father As saying hat he refused to pm Cage not to resume alleged anti Sovic activities became he did not consider his former actions lobe against the interests of society. In his statement to the supreme soviet the elder Altunyan said "1 Appeal to you to eliminate the contradictions Between Hie s ate policy of revolutionary democratic transformation which has already begun to be Cali cd. And rudimentary Phenomena of the  thousands of University Slu dunes rather in London s Llyde Park to demand it Whir Anvern men Grants. Students March through London London a thousands of students from around the country marched through Central London on saturday to demand higher government Grants for College students. The chanting demonstrators some carrying placards and banners marched two mites past he houses of parliament and prime minister Margaret thalcher s 10 Downing Street office to a rally in Hyde Park. Organizers from Etc National Union of students said More than 25,000 students arrived from colleges and universities located As far away As Northern ire land Scotland and Wales. Police however estimated the crowd at 11,000 and reported 14 arrests mostly for Public order violations. Many of the marchers wore red armbands or sashes to indicate that they were in debt or not receiving a Grant. The student voluntary organisation which has about 1 million numbers has complained about tic level of student Grants and plans by the conservative government to introduce repayable Loans similar to the . System. British universities and colleges arc funded by the slate and charge no Luis Ion. The government gives Stu a. Food books and Oiler expenses. Dents grand Money for housing. I Praise for Cuomo in Denver former sen. Gary Man l -c�lu., is hemmed in by members of Ilia Media it a pcs in Aifiti tick in Denver Kri Duy. Hart Pru Uva new York cot. Maria Cuomo us u k Udor and expressed sur prise it Immiti a dec Slun Noi to a to i he 1988 presidential Ninni nation. Hart is us Frobol runner it curly polls for the nomination. The government announced last Ninnah that it was increasing student Grants by 3.75 percent beginning this fall. That will raise Ilie Grant from 2.246 pounds about s3,.17l to 2,330 pounds 5.1,50 11 for undergraduates living in London and from  pounds 12,850 to 1.972 pounds $2,960 for those outside London. A general election must be held by next May. Inn it May be called at any time. Police said the marchers dispersed peacefully after the rally. Cia secretly bought arms paper says los Angeles Ai j the Cia secretly paid $1.2 million for a shipload of weapons from Poland and Portugal Origi Nally bound for Nicaragua Anli Sandi Nisla rebels according to a report published Sai Uritam. The arms Purchase was apparently an attempt to Hail out two key associates of Marine i. Cot. Oliver North the los Angeles times reported. Retired air Force maj. Jen. Kichard v. Secord and California businessman Albert a Hakim reportedly paid $2.2 million to buy 358 tons of assault rifles hand grenades and other munitions in id Lirk d sources Lold the times. But the plan somehow went sour and the pair found themselves in Possession of an arms Cache they could t unload the newspaper said. Some sources quoted by the paper said the arms merchants May have lost is million in the Deal. But other sources said in is unclear whether Sec third and Lla Kini risked their own capital or whether the Money might  come from Swiss Bank accounts dial Wen,1 under North s control last summer. North and see Ord have declined to discuss the franc omra arms Deal in con Gressional testimony citing their fifth amendment rights against Wolf incrimination under the Constitution. The times said the Cia arms Purchase completed last october Only weeks before the Iran Contra scandal erupted did not violate lie Law because the Agency can legally buy arms on the world Market