European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday March 11,1987 South african politics changing Tutu says London a South african archbishop Desmond Tutu said dissent among afrikaner about he Pace of re forming apartheid has changed the nature of White politics and the govern ment must regret calling the latest Whites Only election. Tuu said on monday that the govern men s Hopes of uniting Whites in the face of . Sanction imposed last year had failed with splits among supporter of the governing National party. But addressing a London news con Ference the Nobel peace prize winning prelate renewed Calls for Lough economic sanctions against apartheid the system of racial separation in South Africa. He mid Whites should Boycott the May 6 election which he described As irrelevant to South Africa s Black majority. Tutu he anglican archbishop of Cape town is on a three Day visit to also is inc first Black South african to have his effigy displayed at Madame Tussaud s waxworks museum. At the news conference Tutu said he regarded he election Campaign by South Africa s former London ambassador Denis Worrall As part of the charade of White Worrall who Long sup ported the governing National party is running against one of its Cabinet ministers an grounds the Pace of Reform is Loo Tutu said he found very inter Esting signs of change in the resignation archbishop Desmond Tutu escorted by Commonwealth ump hoj Tett a attn Elizabeth in London. M pm to secret ? grand Sonny of a leading afrikaans language newspaper editor in protest at government inter Ference and a joint statement last week end by 27 afrikaner academics criticizing president . Botha s Stow . The academics from Stallc Bosch University intellectual Cradle of the nation Al parly urged immediate abolition of racially segregated residential areas and negotiations to include Blacks in a Cen trial legislature. I would think inc slate president had hoped. To us the fact of american sanctions to say to the South african voter Don t allow foreigners to interfere in our country they arc flip ogre " Tutu said. But he is now probably almost certainly regretting having called the elec Tion the archbishop said. He said How Ever that there is no possibility of Botha s government being ousted by the 3 million White voters. Renewing Calls for economic sanctions by Western countries. Tutu spoke of Black clerics and children being detained under emergency regulation and the violence of i Don t know what we have to say to you people to shake you out of your Apa thy said Tutu referring to the reluctance of Many major Western govern ments particularly Britain s conservative administration to impose Tough sanctions. Syrian troops storm University suspect sin Beirut arrest Beirut Lebanon up heavily armed syrian troops stormed the men s dormitories of the american University of Beirut at Dawn tuesday and arrested is students suspected of belonging to moslem militia groups witnesses said. They said the troops led by an officer entered the Penrose and Newman Campus dormitories an searched the premises for arms and ammunition. We have a list with the names of some 20 students who Are seeking to close Down the University and we intend to break their necks a student quoted a Syria officer As saying. The University administration had no immediate comment on the incident the latest in syrian Mili tary action against moslem militiamen in West Beirut. Some 7,000 syrian troops entered the moslem half of the lebanese capital More than two weeks ago to end militia Rule. The syrians have since closed All Mili Tia offices and arrested dozens of people in a crack Down designed to restore Law and order to the City. The students Are talking about he incident but iwas not officially informed about this said University spokesman Radwan Mawlawi. Witnesses however said the syrians arrived outside the two men s dormitories in three truck at Daw tuesday and searched the buildings for weapons. The syrians interrogated a number of students and arrested some is of them said a witness. The detainees Wen described As student militia leaders belonging to amal the lebanese communist party the progressive socialist party the pro iranian Hezbollah and other militant groups. Leaders of the syrian army in West Beirut had no immediate comment on the incident. The University the main teaching institution in Leb anon has been a hotbed of moslem militia agitators for the past several years and the syrian move was seen As an attempt to discourage students from involvement in politics analysts said. Lawyers plan Europe interviews in sex Marine guard s spy Case by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington four military attorneys As signed to the espionage Case of a former Marine Security guard will leave this week for Moscow and Vienna Austria to interview witnesses officials said monday. Michael v. Stuhff a civilian attorney on the defense team for set. Clayton Lon circe said the soviet govern ment had finally approved visas for the four military attorneys. The Marine corps confirmed stuffs statement saying the four lawyers would leave Washington either wednesday or thursday and would Likely be out of the country for the next two weeks the attorneys intend to interview employees on the embassy staffs in Moscow and Vienna who worked with Loci acc or who Are familiar with any of the events leading up 10 his arrest or the subsequent investigation of his activities. The four arc maj David Henderson and Dpi. An Drew Strotman assigned to the defense Ana maj Frank Short and maj. David Beck assigned to the prosecution. Lonc rec was arrested in mid december after Alleg edly acknowledging to military officials he had been passing information to soviet agents while posted in Moscow and Vienna. On Jan. 30, the Marine corps announced it would attempt to persuade a hearing officer to recommend court Marti Aling Lon circe on 19 violations of inc uni form code of military Justice including a single count of espionage and three counts of conspiracy to commit espionage. The charge of espionage carries a maximum sen tence of death. The Marine corps has charged that Lon Trec while working As a guard at the . Embassy in Moscow in 1985 and 1986, provided the soviet Union with the names and photographs of american intelligence agents attached to the embassy staff. The marines corps also has accused Lonc Trcic of passing to the soviets descriptions of the floor plans and office assignments for the embassies in Moscow and Vienna. Although it was not spelled out in the formal charges Pentagon sources have said Lon Ciree s espionage began after he became involved in an affair with a female soviet agent who worked at the embassy As a translator. World today saudis Honor 3 foreigners for their achievements Riyadh saudi Arabia a a briton anew Zea Tander and a nigerian have each been awarded the King Faisal prize the official saudi press Agency reported monday briton sir Michael Atiyah new calander Barrie Russell Jones and nigerian Sheik Abu Bakr Mahmoud Cumi were honoured for their contributions to science Medicine and islam respectively. Each received 350,000 rivals about $ 100,000 and a Gold medallion. Saudi and foreign scientists and scholars in this country commonly refer to the award As the saudi version of the Nobel prize. 6 Bangladesh students injured assembling bomb Dhaka Bangladesh a a bomb being assembled by six students opposed to the government exploded in their dormitory monday injuring All of them witnesses said. The witnesses who spoke on condition of anonymity said the bomb went off in Mohsin Hall at Dhaka University a Center of resistance to the government of president Hussain Muhammad Ershad an army general. Hospital sources said All six students were hospitalized and one seriously injured student was undergoing surgery. The six were making the bomb in preparation for a general strike called by students for tues Day. The students demand Ershad s resignation the dissolution of parliament and the scrapping of a bus fare increase. Soviet still waiting for to to be fixed after 10 years Moscow up Vladimir Sudarev s new television set broke Down and he sent it to the slate run repair shop. That was 10 years ago and Sudarev is is ill waiting for it to be fixed a decade and three soviet leaders later the excuse remains the same there is a shortage of spare pans please be patient. The Story of the Long delayed repair was old in a letter to the editor printed in monday s inv Celia newspaper la was signed by Sudarev s brother t. Varslavans
