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he Battalion WORLD & NATION 9 onday, September 18,1989 Ukrainian Catholics gather for mass, demand that church be made legal in Soviet Union i Jf MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands of Ukrainian Catholics gathered on Sunday for the biggest religious ervice since their church was outlawed four decades go and demanded that Mikhail S. Gorbachev grant :hem legal status. The two-hour outdoor Mass in the Ukrainian city of Lvov, which Western witnesses said drew up to 100,000 people, came on the 50th anniversary of the dictator Jo- >ef Stalin’s annexation of the western Ukraine from Po land. Ukrainian activists carrying candles planned to line up at dusk in the cobblestoned streets of the city of 350,000 to mourn the anniversary of the Soviet take over, said Anatoly Dotsenko, a Moscow-based member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group that monitors human rights abuses in the republic. The action was designed to mirror Aug. 23 demon- trations in the three Baltic republics in which more han 1 million Estonians, Lithuanians and Latvians oined hands to protest the annexation of their lands. The Baltics and the western Ukraine both became Soviet republics as a result of a secret pact between Sta in and Adolf Hitler. “Tonight let us all turn off the electricity and put a andle in the window to commemorate the millions who died under Stalinist repression,” Ukrainian Catholic ac- vist Ivan Gel told the worshipers in Lvov. “Those can dles will also symbolize the great hopes we have for our one, our dear Ukraine.” “The time has come for freedom for our church,” edared Gel, head of the Committee in Defense of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. The Ukrainians carried at least 300 blue-and-yellow [lags of their once independent homeland, along with :rosses, images of the Virgin Mary and banners reading ‘freedom for our church. The outdoor service under an overcast sky was only :he latest sign of reviving nationalist consciousness in he Soviet Union’s second-most populous republic, where a new grassroots pro-democracy group called Hukh held its founding congress last week. The Ukrainian Church, sometimes called the Uniate 5fr; a S3 Nciti ast German refugees pursue igher quality of life in West; lope to escape decay, shortages LEIPZIG, East Gerpiany (AP) — utside of East Berlin, the country's howcase capital, East Germans live n dreary and decaying cities where agging shortages and chronic pol lution aggravate a rigidly regulated life. “Everywhere you look outside the tty centers, where most foreigners ;o, the country is disintegrating,” aid Helmut Lange, a Leipzig stu- ent who recently joined an exodus jo the West. “It’s crumbling before your eyes,” ange said. Although East Germany’s stan- ard of living is the envy of its East- 01 %rn European neighbors, thousands are embarrassing the Communist eadership by fleeing shortly before ext month’s 40th anniversary cele- r j,,, Jhrations. ’ij', 7 Many of them come f rom the pro- linciai cities where life is the tough- I est, and the harsh crackdown on dis sent is a universal complaint. Travel to the West is severely re stricted, making the lure of f reedom that much greater. The appeal of West Germany is especially strong. Unlike most other refugees, East Germans are granted automatic citizenship and help in building new lives immediatelv after their arrival in West Germany. Most have left family and posses sions behind to flee their bleak homeland. In East Berlin, the Communist leadership has invested millions in modern, concrete housing blocks and launched an ambitious building and restoration program — part of an effort to compete with the West ern part of the city. But rural and regional capitals have withered and decayed. Provin cial residents face an awesome short age of building materials and con struction labor. Young singles in this nation of more than 16 million can expect to wait up to 10 years for an apartment of their own. “After I left home I ended up in a dormitory and had to share a room with two other women,” Renate Friese, 23, said. Friese recentlv joined three other young friends in the trek to the West. More than 15,000 East Germans have crossed Hungary’s border to the West in the week since Budapest suspended a treaty with East Berlin and allowed the refugees free sage. pas- World briefs reasl voiii Bank says China’s violence bad for economy WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s violent crackdown on demonstrators for democracy is sharply cutting tourism and pri vate investment and contributing to troubles that will keep the Chinese from matching last year’s 11.2 percent economic growth rate, World Bank officials say. China, the world’s most pop ulous country, will “need to deal with the economic consequences of political problems this (past) summer,” the Bank’s vice presi dent for Asia, Attila Karaosma- noglu, said. “These problems include a sharp downturn in tourism and a significant reduction in private investment,” he told reporters at a briefing on the Bank’s annual report released Sunday. China is enjoying a strong year in agriculture, “which will reduce the need for food imports,” but the growth rate can be expected to decline as Chinese leaders pur sue measures to cool the economy and reduce inflation, Karaosma- noglu said. Three earthquakes rock weekend in Mexico MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three moderately strong earthquakes followed by small aftershocks rocked the central and southern parts of Mexico on Friday and Saturday, but authorities said they had no reports of damage or injuries. Two tremors measuring 4.1 on the open-ended Richter scale hit the southern states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas at midday and in the evening on Friday. Both were also felt in the Mexico City area. measuring 5.2 rocked Guer- A third quake degrees Richter rero, Mexico City, and the central part of Veracruz state on Satur day evening. Police, fire departments and the Red Cross said they no re ports of damage or injuries. Solidarity logo creator becomes U.S. citizen COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The creator of the “Solidarnosc” banner of the Polish trade union Solidarity is adopting another flag- Kazimierz Bascik, 47, is to take the oath of U.S. citizenship Tues day in a ceremony at the Statehouse in Columbus. Bascik created the Solidarity logo — the word “Solidarnosc” in red with the white-and-red Polish flag flying from it — in 1980, when the organization became the first legalized trade union in the East bloc. The next year Bascik visited Columbus and Ohio State Uni versity', but while he was on his way home, Poland’s Communist government imposed martial law’. Bascik moved to West Germany, then returned to Columbus. In all, 25,000 have either fled or crossed legally through Hungary since May, the largest movement of East Germans to the West since the Berlin Wall was built in 1961. More than 100,000 East Germans are expected to resettle in West Ger- manv this year, including those with permission from their government. The refugees say thev have lost hope that their nation's aging lead ership will ever embrace democratic and economic reforms like those un derway in the Soviet Union. Hun gary and Poland. Although there is a fledgling op position movement, dissent is swiftly crushed bv state security forces. Dissidents and environmental ac tivists are routinely harassed and questioned by police and under ground publications are frequently seized. Dailv life in East Germanv is rou tinely filled with frustration and a tangle of bureaucracy. The wait for East Germany's much-ridiculed Trabant car — its design has changed little in three de cades — can be as long as 15 vears. Because of the intense demand and the long waiting period, used cars often fetch . more than the new asking price of 12.()()() East German marks, the equiv alent of an av erage worker's annual salarv. At the official conversion rate, that is 56,500. A trip to an auto supplv shop is of ten a dismal experience. "Thev've got plentv of seat covers and floor mats, but not the measly little part that will get the car run ning again." said a middle-aged man from Dresden, who asked not to be identified because he feared repri sal. Food stores, unlike those in neigh boring Poland, are generallv well stocked. But there are often shortages of fresh fruit, vegetables and specialtv foods. PRE-LAW SOCIETY PRE-LAW SOCIETY Meeting Mon., Sept. 18 7:00 p.m. 302 Rudder Guest Speakers Walter Odom “Co-op Opportunities’ and Atty. Steve Smith For Info. Fatima 693-8776 New members welcomed 1889^^ 1989 Bonfire Reload Crew Positions Open for Crew Assistants (6 positions Available) Applications in Room*208 Pavilion Application Deadline: FRIDAYSJEPT. 22 5; Church, has up to 5 million members by some Western estimates, and is said to be the largest banned religious organization in the world. In 1946, it was accused of widespread collaboration with the Nazis and forced to merge with the Lvov synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Ukrainian church’s property was confiscated and believers who re fused to accept “the reunion” were brutally repressed or driven underground. Despite greater official tolerance of religion since Gorbachev became Soviet leader in March 1985, the Ukrainian church is still officially banned. In May, about 200 church members including Gel held a hun ger strike on a Moscow street to demand legal recogni tion for their faith. In a statement, hunger strikers charged authorities in the western Ukraine with waging “administrative ter ror” against Catholic priests and believers who petition Moscow for legalization. They said some priests were being placed under administrative arrest for up to 15 days. The church’s fate has been a major obstacle to im proved relations between the Vatican and the Kremlin. In .June, Pope John Paul II, in a clear reference to Ukrainian believers, deplored state policies that deny Eastern Rite Catholics the freedom of worship. The Ukrainians’ status under Gorbachev’s reforms is likely to be a central issue at talks reportedy to be held between the pontiff and the Sov iet leader when thev meet for the first time during a November trip by Gor bachev to Italy. The Red Army moved into Poland along a broad front of what is now the western Sov iet republics of the Ukraine and Byelorussia. In 1940, Soviet tanks rolled into the Baltic republics. Armed bands held out against Soviet power in the forested hills of the western Ukraine until almost a de cade after the war’s end in 1945. reat place for Pizza at... £ VfZZk't At Northgate next to the Chicken! 72 ou Mon. 19 . * nee Pitchi Tues. 20 irs of Bee Wed. 21 „ ^ r...Only $1 Thurs. 1.50...4-8 Fri. 23 ~ p.m. —^ Sat. 24 Sun. Includes... AA/y Slice • Side Salad • 20 oz. Drink onl?o.29 •Except Super Size Ralph & Joe s f/CHEF SALAD With lotsa ham, chicken, swiss & Cheddar cheese, areen pepper, egg, Tomato, mushrooms & cucumber. ITS HUGE “'only $2.59 NEW This Fall... Collector Pitchers Buy a Pitcher (72 oz.) of beer or pop, and keep the pitcher for only... $l'<S2tfe' ,par,ies! 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