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Monday, April 23, 1984/The Battalion/Page 5 '(Warped by Scott McCullar Child abusers to be replaced at home for neglected kids United Press International CULLMAN, Ala. — The di- ous years irge was )l <gh e was low ulcahy m lx 1 raised o cover them utices tothfs in ess Stud! udent College i op tration.v langeforlk mt lodoisro nch are advtti and mailed it ^ericans asked to pray rectors of a haven for neglected children have agreed to a grand jury’s demand to replace the staff of a church-run facility where children were allegedly sexually and physically abused. “In accordance with the rec ommendation of the Cullman County grand jury, the person nel of the children’s home will be almost completely replaced within 90 days,” the directors of the Childhaven Home said after their meeting Saturday night. The Cullman County grand jury returned five indictments against three people who worked at the Church of Christ- run home and demanded the entire staff be dismissed. J.D. Alexander, 55, was ar rested Thursday on second-de gree sodomy charges and John Symonds, 27, was booked on charges of child abuse for alleg edly torturing a young girl. An unidentified third suspect was expected to be arrested when he returns to Alabama this week. “Of all the reports we had from all sources, we were run ning a satisfactory home,” Childhaven board chairman John E. Evans Jr. said Sunday. “When we learned (of the al leged abuses), I imagine the board was far more shocked than other people were. We were utterly shocked when we heard.” The grand jury recom mended that “all cottage par ents, social workers and the top admininstrative people at Childhaven” be dismissed and the home’s license revoked if suggested measures are not fol lowed in 90 days. Evans said the board’s first indication of problems at the home came during a Depart ment of Pensions and Security probe in early March. Reagan calls for end to war United Press International HONOLULU — President Reagan, standing at a cross- s of the Pacific at the mid- pac oint of “a long journey for eace,” issued an Easter holiday # ?I1 for an end to war Sunday TrQ id voiced hope his visit to 11 V hina will further this goal. “1 ask for the prayers of all "or curls and! mericans and the peoples of ie world for peace among en, for peace among nations,” leagan said in remarks pre- Jjared for the start of a two-day vation forll» slst0 P on l ^ e roa< J to China, assured ofiB Let the nations and peoples all nine Ns® the world renounce war,” he from tilus and Uii re availablt basis. Ttat the role of campaign-year peacemaker, said, “It is our fer vent hope that the events of the coming week will also bring us closer to that day.” “The United States is re solved to avoid war, pursue peace and to do so by remaining strong and remaining ready,” Reagan declared. In a somber reminder of the attack that drew the United States into war against Japan in 1941, Reagan said the people of Hawaii “have known first-hand the destruction wrought by na tions that take up arms against one another.” is in the Pacific.” Except for a private meeting with Adm. William Crowe, com mander in chief of the U.S. Pa cific Command, Reagan was to spend all of Monday reviewing China briefing materials and conferring with his foreign pol icy advisers. Crowe was to give Reagan a full briefing on the balance of power in the Pacific, including the movement and presence of Soviet warships in the region. i Emergency Pizza Number— & ^ tilable teeded weighttoom card. SiudtiB; >ring along 7 workoui od, Hunter jid. “Let us pledge ourselves to its permanent abolition. Let us Bbrsake its anguish and agony nd live in love with one an- Ither.” ■ The president and Mrs. Rea- began Easter Sunday by [rapping up three days of eace and solitude at their eights njonjapountaintop ranch and board- weightliften-% Air F()rcc ° ne Lor a 2,615- flight to Honolulu — the icond of three rest stops on a ,190-mile week-long trip to hina. With the White House deter- ined to keep the spotlight fo- sed on the China journey — I the three »i fte first by an American presi le Weight™ 6111 since 1975 — reagan /Inch offendF ni P ec * U ‘P ' n lofty goals htsforpeoplt® nn S an ari 'i va l ceremony at ibout niaiic» ickam Air Force Base, g their Mp wanl to say how thrilled lore thi lop their «| inter said, can work on d power lil i student ID. ;et in. Reagan, a long-time friend of Taiwan, displayed none of his previous animosity toward the normalization of relations with China undertaken by President Carter. Baring the more prag matic approach he has taken since assuming office, he called the evolution of U.S.-Sino rela tions over the last 12 years “one of the critical developments in our country’s postwar foreign relations.” “This week, we hope to con tinue that process of reconcilia tion,” he said. “I believe the mis sion we undertake is another careful, yet sure step towards peace and friendship between the Chinese and American peo ple.” iwever, f this weigh can get it ion about ji |ve are to begin this long jour ney for peace in this place of ■ s 0 f d/tif overpowering beauty and tran quility,” he said. “It is also ap propriate that this journey Itould begin on Easter Sunday -a day of peace proclaimed, a day of triumph over evil and ffering.” Voicing hope the day will ^|^/^W|otne “when mankind will re- r||U |) oun ce forever the use of 1^’ Reagan, whose political Bvisers are eager to cast him in >lani Reagan described the signifi cance of his two-week journey in terms broader than the im provement of bilateral relations with China. 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