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Tuesday, April 21, 1987/The Battalion/Page 11 ^jobsop#, 'J a!, 'ritio5 aila b | e," ji(L ! VSc,)l 'fertB (t ‘'cnue bul Stock market falls slightly ) light day Warped by Scott McCullar NEW YORK (AP) — The stock Mrket declined slightly Monday, iving up an early gain as interest fates resumed their recent rise. The Dow Jones average of 30 in- lustrials, up more than 12 points in be early going, closed with a 5.39- oint loss at 2,270.60. Volume on the New York Stock xchange came to 139.07 million ares, down from 189.57 million hursday and the lightest total since 1134.93 million-share day on March llve action i; |(i. Trading had been expected to be luiet after the long Easter holiday "eekend, and analysts said many in- lestors were cautious. A recent rise in interest rates rew a scare into the stock market, ising questions about the outlook |or the economy and Federal Re- rve policy. Nationwide turnover in NYSE- feted issues, including trades in lose stocks on regional exchanges rd in the over-the-counter market, Staled 162.85 million shares. i a ir «a tool s ’ he said hsaission Nispanits i lacks, ihusiIki e psydiolojj 1U P in atlili, [iheuplifc ’ °f such aili > Joe Louis' ax Schmeliui triumphal *36 Berlin oj] 's enin CAKE. X WAS SAVlWSr? YOUf Yov'KE. THE. ovlV ONE HOME, PIP YOU F-AT it^ K\E? A/0... NO i: WOULDN'T EAT A PERSONS SEOSORS DETECT: PULSE PiPsTE UP. BREftTHIDD RftTE tnCREftSE. PfiLFHS SUJEftTinQ. CDnCEDTRA- Tions of DPiEfun cheese mo GRAHftm CRftCHER tfl HtS STOmftCH. Waldo by Kevin Thomas tow their il and unjust se of Aiutiic ept them," leednotui WALE, THIS LADY FROM CHURCH WANTS TO HAVE A CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR MERMAID' ublished letter from former prisoner penly criticizes Soviet labor camps MOSCOW (AP) — A paper has published a letter from a former prisoner criticizing Soviet la- Tor camps and asking that more information stout them be released. Western diplomats said it may be the first let- f; ter published in official mass media criticizing ■te camps, about which almost no official infor- Htation is available. ■ The letter was signed by former convict V. I Javrovsky of Smolensk and said the camps, esti- Kiated to hold at least one million prisoners, turn people into hardened criminals. | | Tt is high time to say what is going on in the ifcrrective Tabor camps,” the weekly Literary Ga- lirtte, which published the letter in its current | edition, said in an accompanying commentary. I Publication of the letter appears to be part of a Jview of the criminal justice system. Soviet me- ia have published examples of miscarriages of |istice over the past year, and some high-ranking |ticials have called for better protection of citi- ns against false arrest and imprisonment. “It’s possible something like this appeared be fore in legal publications, but that something with a critical tone of the camps should show up in the Literary Gazette is astonishing,” a Western diplomat said privately. Literary Gazette is one of the country’s largest newspapers, with a circulation of 3 to 4 million. Its commentary said some readers probably would be upset by publication of a convict’s let ter, but “the rules of glasnost (openness) tolerate no exceptions.” The reference was to Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev’s program of publi cizing some social problems. Stavrovsky’s letter said little about camp condi tions, which have been described in detail by for mer political prisoners freed in a recent review of dissident cases, but he wrote of the inability of a common criminal to reform himself in the camps. “The development of vicious inclinations in the individual flourishes,” he said. “They say this is a formal re-education, but in reality it is a con tinuation of the! process in which one constantly feels suspicion and mistrust, either in himself or others. The so-called political and education work is just wretched. “Having served his term, the person is simply incapable of keeping to the norms of life com mon in society.” He did not say where he was imprisoned or for what offense. Stavrovsky said he had “several convictions” and believes repeat offenders are much more numerous than those serving first terms. “A letter like mine can’t be sent from the camps,” he said. “1 learned from my own experi ence. The rules say you must be sent to a punish ment cell for ‘illegal mailing of letters containing slanderous statements about the administra tion.’ ” According to Western estimates, there are more than 1,000 prisons and labor camps hold ing between one and two million inmates. il drilling light on refuge cord suggested - Paul Mi ig run will and scored uni, leadiif! to a 54 'is ’h lie Sox ami 1 e record of lingvictoris ho equals iv set by il« 2, can Mite Sox I« an Nieves. 11 WASHINGTON (AP) — Cit- |iirg benefits to national security Irom possibly vast pools of oil to be found, Interior Secretary Don- Id P. Hodel recommended Mon- ay that Congress open an Alas- an wildlife refuge to oil drilling. I The recommendation to open 15 million acres of the 19 mil lion-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on the Arctic Ocean along the Yukon border was no sur prise. Hodel, a former energy ^Secretary, has long sought ways to jjncrease domestic oil and gas pro- Nixux'f f duction. But he will likely face long ;odds in getting Congress to ap prove his recommendation. I Hodel said he firmly believed the successful development of the Prudhoe Bay field 100 miles to he west of the refuge showed hat “oil and gas activities can be onducted on the coastal plain of he arctic refuge in a manner con- istent with the need to conserve he area’s environmental and dldlife values.” The chief environmental hreat has been seen as distur- tarrce to preferred calving rounds of the 160,000-strong orcupine caribou herd. “If you’re sensitive in the way ou proceed, there doesn’t have o be any adverse impact,” Hodel laid in an interview before his an- ouncement. jubled to f d cantofij uts by er. A , Tn M ieves on Is iver fo r ^ (arkovice' 11 gee seven" ,alk ai' . took see" 1 * 1 ided'of! out befotj Toff"' j hen e m l came® 1 save. • Gifts ies Network says Army helped fund Contras through Swiss account WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army was involved in funneling money to the Nicaraguan Contra re bels through a secret Swiss bank ac count set up in 1983, CBS News re ported Monday. CBS said Marine Lt. Col Oliver North, then a White House aide, and retired Air Force Maj. General Richard Secord were among those authorized to make withdrawals from the account. Congress banned U.S. military aid to the Contras in 1984. The Swiss ac count was set up in 1983 by a secret Army unit operating out of a subur ban Washington office building, the network reported. “Two years later, $2.5 million was withdrawn from the Army secret ac count in just one day; $75,000 of that was used to charter (a) tramp steamer which carried arms to the Contras at a time when U.S. military aid was barred by law,” CBS said. The network quoted two unidenti fied sources as saying the account at a Geneva bank evidently was estab lished in anticipation of the congres sional aid cutoff. The Pentagon has said previously its only role in the Iran-Contra affair was to provide the weapons which were sold to Iran. CBS said the Army initially den ied knowledge of the account, but began an inquiry once the account number was provided. It said the in vestigation is now being conducted by the special prosecutor appointed to investigate the Iran-Contra affair. A Pentagon spokesman said late Monday that Defense Department officials were “looking into the issues that were raised in that report.” “The bottom line is that we were unaware of any such activities, but we are cooperating fully with the special prosecutor and congressional investigators,” said Lt. Col. Bob Tay lor. Two Army “intelligence opera tives” were named on the bank ac count in addition to North and Se cord, according to CBS. The network identified them as William Golden, an Army intelligence officer who worked for Business Security International, which the network said was a front company used by the Army to support secret opera tions; and Joel Patterson, a civilian who also worked for the firm. Patterson denied any knowledge of the account. Report seeks rights for some birth parents CHICAGO (AP) — Unfit parents are more likely to surrender their children for adoption if they can maintain some contact, says a task force report urging Illinois lawmak ers to give birth parents rights in some adoption cases. “This is no crusade . . . and it’s not as new as it sounds,” Wedgie Schultz, president of Illinois Action for Chil dren and one of a group of experts who helped draw up the recommen dation, said Monday. Contracts allowing birth parents rights ranging from awareness of their children’s whereabouts to reg ular visitation are “already arranged between consenting groups of adop tive parents, birth parents and the children themselves, when they are old enough.” “All we propose is that such (ar rangements) be given legal stand ing,” she said. Informal arrange ments for visitation, unlike a legal contract, can be terminated if things don’t go well, without the birth par ents’ having any recourse in the courts. But William Pierce, president of the National Committee for Adop tion, argued the proposal amounts to “kind of plea-bargaining with abusive and neglectful parents ... by offering the carrot of continued con tact. “The child would be told his par ent is not fit to be a parent, but so ciety and the court requires that this unfit parent would have access to him.” The report containing the propo sal for limited “open adoption” was prepared by the Illinois Task Force on Permanency Planning and dis tributed to state lawmakers begin ning Monday. J.L MSC Recreation SAND CASTLE BUILDING CONTEST i/Q PRIZES awarded for: Most Creative Best Detail Best Overall Fountains by Chemistry Bldg. Registration begins at 10:30 am Building begins at 11 a.m. - judging at 2 p.m. For more information: 845-1515 Max of 5 people per team Entry fee: $4 per team Sign up in the MSC. In Appreciation of your Support and contri jution o the Vet Olympics. 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