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Writings on the wall
Messages like these have been appearing on many buildings on
campus recently. While no one has claimed responsibility for
them, the messages closely resemble the political ravings
British musical group Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
of the
Photo by WALTER SMITH
Nobel
Commune head’s arrest sought
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one minute it came lack with his
third law for planetary motion,” he
said.
Simon said that developing com
puters that think like humans will al
low better understanding of human
intelligence.
“We’ve gone through an indus
trial revolution,” he said. “We still
need to increase production. So now
human thinking power must be en
hanced.
“We can produce intelligent sys
tems to think with us. They can aug
ment our intelligence by giving us a
deeper understanding of how we
think."
Some people are worried that
thinking computers — such as those
used to make medical diagnoses —
eventually wdll force humans out of
jobs, but Simon said this is not true.
He said that most unemployment is
related to federal economic policy,
not increased production.
“A century ago, 85 percent of the
population had to work to raise food
to feed the whole population.,” he
said. “Now only about three percent
of the population raises food. Is 75
percent of our population unem
ployed? No. They have been freed
to do other things. Increased pro
duction in one area causes human
needs to expand.
“There is no logical or empirical-
historical relationship between pro
ductivity and employement. We
ought to worry about unemploy
ment, but not in connection with au
tomation.”
Simon also said some people fear
a takeover by computers that can
reason.
“Think about how many people
there are who are smarter than you,”
he said. “If you’re happy with the
birth of a child who may be smarter
than you, why not be happy with the
birth of another new intelligence?
“The human notion of worth is
related to uniqueness, which may be
a mistake. We don’t have to be the
only things in creation with minds. I
think our uniqueness shouldn’t be
derived from being apart from na
ture, but from our ability to live at
peace with nature and one another.”
United Press International
DALLAS, Ore. — An arrest war
rant has been issued for the leader
of a religious commune where chil
dren were dangled from a ceiling by
ropes and kept bound in sleeping
bags for days at a time, authorities
announced Wednesday.
Pastor Ariel Sherman was de
scribed by Polk County Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Dale Anderson as a
“Jim Jones-control-like leader who is
not questioned by his followers on
what he does or why he does it.”
United Press International
SAN ANTONIO — A scientist
working with rhesus monkeys has
developed a rapid, unequivocal
method for identifying B virus
herpes, a virus found in monkeys
which is similar to herpes simplex
but deadly when contracted by hu
mans.
Dr. Julia K. Hilliard, a molecular
virologist at the Southwest Founda- _
Sherman is sought on two counts
of physical abuse of children, Salem
Police Lt. Mike Runyon said.
Sherman, who disappeared Satur
day, was believed to have left the
state and was possibly in California,
Runyon said.
Tne reported abuses were de
scribed at a three-hour custody hear
ing Tuesday when a judge tempo
rarily upheld a decision by state
social workers to remove 14 children
from the commune.
The children, who ranged in age
tion for Biomedical Research, said
Wednesday she used known tech
niques of “fingerprinting” molecules
in the DNA of herpes strains found
in humans to identify the molecules
of the deadly B virus herpes.
She said a diagnostic test for the
microbe could be available by the
end of 1985, and that further re
search will concentrate on devel
oping a vaccine from virus proteins
from 4 to 12, were from seven dif
ferent families. Their parents at
tended the hearing but refused to
comment on the allegations.
Under court order, the children
were taken from the Good Shepherd
Tabernacle Commune, run by Sher
man, in West Salem, Ore., and put in
foster homes.
State Children’s Service Division
officials said the kids told them they
were tied in sleeping bags as long as
four days at a time, fed only water
and peanut butter sandwiches and
to help prevent ITie disease.
Hilliard said the important
change for the present is that scien
tists now have a way to identify the
virus unequivocally.
The B virus herpes, which is
usually found in the macaque species
of monkey, is deadly to humans, she
said. Since 1935, 25 of the 35 docu
mented human cases have been fa
tal.
not allowed to use the bathroom.
They said they were required to
kneel in an empty swimming pool
for 12 hours as punishment for such
things as bedwetting and eating
candy.
Norman Parks, another social
worker, said the children told him
they were taken to what was known
as “the dark room,” where their
hands were tied behind their backs
and they were hung by ropes from
the ceiling, with their feet barely
touching the floor.
The most notorious case, she said,
was that of Dr. Carl Habel, who lap
sed into a coma for almost 10 years
and eventually died of complications
from the disease. It was theroized
that Habel contracted B type herpes
from contaminated glass in his labo
ratory.
The B virus, identified in 1930,
has not been studied because it is so
deadly, Hilliard said.
Researcher develops test for herpes
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