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Skiers try sand
Schuss makes it
on the beaches
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REDONDO BEACH, Calif. — The sea lion cocked his head to one
side and stared. He dived beneath a wave and reappeared 25 yards
from shore. The spectacle on the beach was as new to him as it was
to the more than 150 onlookers.
About 35 cross-country skiers grunted, groaned and shuffled their
way along a 2-kilometer race course as 6-foot waves crashed at their
feet.
Known for its endless summer, palm trees and constant sunshine,
snow skiing is common to Southern California. From November to
April hundreds of thousands of snow buffs head into the nearby
mountains, some within 50 miles of Los Angeles, to ski in eight to 10
feet of snow.
But the race last weekend was held on the beach, with surfers,
bathers and curious marine life within a beach ball’s throw.
The first annual Cross Country Skiing Sand Race sponsored by the
Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and various ski associa
tions attracted the young and not-so-young. It brought a crowd to
witness the event because, even in this land of turtle races, and this
was truly unusual.
David Moe, publisher of Powder Magazine, a Western ski journal,
jumped into an early lead. The blond, 31-year-old journalist from
Dana Point, Calif., finished the course more than 400 yards ahead of
his nearest challenger.
Moe’s time was slightly more than 11 minutes. To better com
prehend how grueling the race was, try running on a deep-sand
beach — then strap two 7-foot long narrow boards to your feet and try
it again.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1978
Soviet Pentecostals seeking refuge,
charge Americans with failure to help
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Russian Pentecostals who have been
seeking sanctuary in the U.S. Em
bassy in Moscow have charged in a
secret letter to President Carter that
embassy officials are trying to expel
them,[UPI learned Wednesday.
However, the State Department’s
top human rights officer, Patricia
Derian, said the embassy has in
vited the group to go to the United
States, but cannot give them Ameri
can visas as long as the Soviet Union
refuses to grant exit visas.
The letter was sent through em
bassy mails to two American stu
dents in College Park, Md., who
spoke with the Pentecostals during a
visit to the embassy in August. UPI
obtained a copy of the letter.
The students took the letter to the
White House and then met with
Ms. Derian at the State Department
Tuesday.
Ms. Derian, assistant secretary of
state for human rights, said the Pen-
Soviets would do to the families.
"Officials are demanding that we
leave,” the letter said.
“Today (the 27th of August 1978)
and yesterday (the 26th) we were
read a message from Ambassador
Toon that we should leave the em
bassy immediately, with God.
“When we asked Mr. Combs (an
embassy official) what would happen
to us he replied. The embassy can
not help you and this is not a hotel.
We gave you all the necessary
things you needed while you were
here, but now you have to leave,
with God. We don’t know what will
happen to you.’”
The letter concluded: “We are
asking you, Mr. President, if it is
possible to help us at all. We are
ready to go to any country together
with our families. May God help
you make a wise decision.”
The dissidents are Peter Vas
hchenko, 51; his wife, Augustina;
their three daughters, Lidia, 27,
Liobov, 26, and Lilia, 21; Maria
Chymkhalov, 56, a family friend;
and Timofet, 17, her son. They are
from the Siberian town of Cher-
nogorsk.
“We are ashing you, Mr. Pres
ident, if it is possible to help us
at all. We are ready to go to any
country together with our families.
May God help you make a wise
decision.”
The Vashchenko family has been
trying to emigrate to the United
States for 17 years, but the Soviet
Union refuses to grant them an exit
visa. They have sought sanctuary in
the embassy since June 27 when
they rushed two militiamen guard
ing the front gate.
The students, James Switzer and
Ben Young, were in Moscow under
a program sponsored by the U.S.
Office of International Educational
Exchange. They told UPI they
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struck up an acquaintance with the
families.
According to Switzer and Young,
the Vashchenkos were victims of an
upsurge of antireligious propaganda
in the Chernogorsk area in the early
1960s which forced religious parents
to withdraw their children from
Soviet schools.
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In the letter, the Pentacostals
charged American Ambassador
to the Soviet Union Malcoom
Toon and other embassy aides,
are seeking to force them to
leave the embassy.
, tecostals are staying in the embas
sy’s visitors’ apartment, and acknow
ledged they were asked to leave.
But she said embassy officials
have not pressed for the group’s de-
, parture nor threatened to expel
them.
In the letter, the Pentecostals
charg ed that American Ambassador
f to the Soviet Union Malcolm Toon
and other embassy aides are seeking
to force them to leave the embassy
even though the officials acknow
ledge they do not know what the
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LOCKER ROOM, 1978
Summer Soccer League
champions, and the Sum
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Name
Robert Steele
Jose Molina
Jose Caballero
Bob Presley
Farhang Feshari
Steve Mayer
Yehuda Dror
Hector Lazaneo
Joel Simon
John Higgins
Team
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