University Daily Kansan / Thursday, October 20, 1988
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Nation/World
Anti-apartheid activists vow to renew opposition
The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—
three anti-apartheid activists who escaped from custody and fled to the U.S. Consulate five weeks ago resumed yesterday and pledged to resume their opposition to the government.
South African authorities say they have worked with the jail about充电 for more a year before they slipped away from police guards and fled to the consolant city.
The activists, all senior officials of
banned apart-aparted organizations, spent the next 36 nights in a consular meeting room on the 11th floor of a Johannesburg office building.
"Our experience with the government is that we must be very cautious and not accept anything at face value," said Murphy Morbe.
The three said they had little faith in the government's promise.
But they added they were influenced to leave their sanctuary on the advice of jailed African Congress leader Nelson Mandela.
U.S. physicists take Nobel Prize
The Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Three U.S. scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics yesterday for their work with subatomic particles, and three West Germans share the chemistry prize by finding a mystery of photosynthesis.
Leon Lederman, Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger of the United States shared the physics prize for capturing neutrons in a high energy beam to probe the structure of atomic particles.
Chemists Johann Deisehoven, Robert Huber and Hartmut Michel of West Germany were honored for discoveries that may be critical in harnessing the sun's energy. They were rewarded for work completed three years ago, indicating the importance to their breakthrough by the awarding committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Many recipients wait decades for recognition.
Committee chairman Bo
Malmstrom said their work was an essential step toward artificial photon synthesis, which scientists hope will help capture the sun's energy to man's needs.
"The only way in the long run to solve the energy problem of the world is to utilize solar energy," Malmstrom said.
Although it had no immediate practical application, the academy said the research had importance beyond teaching. It was also a test of conversing sunlight into heat.
energy.
It said the research could be used in understanding central biological functions, including the transport of oxygen from the blood to the hormone action and nerve impulses.
The physics award also was for basic research with no practical use as, yet, Bengt Nagel, secretary of the academy's physics committee.
"Some day, some kid who is now in high school will find out how to use this information to bring benefits to all," said Lederman.
Senate proposes limiting ads
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Senate senate to President Reagan yesterday a bit during time limits on advertisers requiring stations to provide informative training for children, but signs that Reagan mea- veto the message.
Supporters called the bill "a victory for America's children," but the administration has labeled it "imap the spirit of the First Amendment," which guarantees free speech. The Justice Department has recommitted itself to the bill on constitutional grounds.
News Roundup
The Senate approved the bill on a voice vote. The House had passed it June 8 on a vote of 328-78.
MARCOS IN CONTEMPT. A federal appeals court in New York yesterday uphold a previously undisclosed civil contempt finding against the couple and his wife, Imeda. The ruling uphold a civil contempt of court finding against the couple last month, subjecting them to subpenas, subjecting them to possible arrest.
VUOOSLAIAMIANS LEAVE POLITBURO: Four members of the ruling Politburo in Yugoslavia resigned yesterday rather than face a confidence vote in the Communist Party's Central Committee.
Committee, which met on the nation's ethics and economic crisis. Another offered to quit.
nine other soldiers and two Lebanese civilians, Israeli officials said. In Beirut, the Islamic resistance claimed responsibility for the explosion.
PALESTINIANS WOUNDED IN STRIKE: Six Palestinians were reported shot and seriously wounded yesterday as a general strike hit the city. The military said it had Jewish settlements in the occupied territories.
CAR BOMB EXPLODES IN LEANABOR: A suicide car bomb exploded yesterday near Israel's "Good Fence" border crossing in south Lebanon, killing seven Israeli soldiers and wounding
EUROPEANS QUESTION RADON DANGER:
Tens of thousands of European homes have high radon levels but officials say many people are exposed to the toxic gas, the colorless, odorless gas to fatal lung cancer. Some researchers feel the continent may be in developing programs to meet the threat.
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