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Universitv Daily Kansan. August 25, 1983
Dalai to home Return set for leader
By United Press International
DHARMSALA, India — The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, said he wanted to visit his Chinese-occupied homeland in 1985 to demand better treatment for a man who died of a possible assassination attempt.
His plans are expected to re-
piking because he wants to visit
areas the Chinese do not recognize.
In some places of Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai.
"The Chinese say the Tibetans are very happy," he said, laughing. "but we get every kind of information from them." I am all happy. So I want to go and see."
Tensin Gyatso, the 14th "reincarnation" of the Dalai Lama, is the self-elisted spiritual and political leader for Buddhist Tibetans. He was chosen for the first time his possible trip in 1865 in an interlest Tuesday.
"My conditions are my free movement, free speech and free expression to say six million people are human beings and they need maximum benefit" from whatever government rules them, he said.
He emphasized his trip would last "at least a few weeks" but would not be a permanent return.
Asked about Tibetan fears that the Chinese might assassinate or kidnap him during his visit, the Dalai Lama, 47, replied, "That also is a point to consider. You see what I said in Philippe's reference to the assassination Sunday of opposition leader Bengino Aquino.
"What precautions will I take?" I don't know. My own hand," he laughed raising his fist. "I think my friends are my own judgment and wisdom."
The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1969 after an abortive anti-Chinese uprising and settled in Dharsala, a tiny Himalayan mountain town 115 miles west of Tibet. He never returned to his homeland.
He leaves India Sunday to visit Switzerland, Austria, West Germany, Greece and Turkey before returning to Dharmasala on Sept. 29. He will attend "some international conferences" and described his European journey as spiritual and private but not political.
Describing his possible visit to Tibet, he said, "I've not yet worked out details, but the basic thing I knew was that I was in places. Of course my native place."
Man guilty in 13 slayings
By United Press International
SEATTLE - Benjamin Ng was found guilty of first degree murder yesterday for taking part in the brutal slayings of a 26-year-old woman at Chinatown gambling club in February.
Ng. 20, who faces a possible death sentence, stared straight ahead and showed no emotion when the eightman, four-woman jury returned with the guilty verdict after only $2 \frac{1}{2}$ hours of deliberation.
But outside the courtroom, Ng's older sister, Bessie, was pulled away screaming by guards when she tried to lift her brother as he was being led away.
Kennis Izumi, Ng's girlfriend and one of a handful of defense witnesses in the trial, moved to comfort the woman and shouted obscenities at nearby reporters. Izumi slapped a television camera in a hallway outside the courtroom.
The trial will move to the penalty phase today in which the same jurors who found him guilty will decide whether he is entitled to life term without possibility of parole.
Ng is one of three men charged with robbing and shooting 14 middle-aged Chinese-Americans who were inside the Wah Mee gambling hall in Tampa. The victims were found hogged lying facedown in pools of blood in the club.
The trial for Ng's co-defendant, Kwan Fai "Willie" Mak, 22, is scheduled to begin Sept. 12. A third man accused of the crime, Wai Chu "Tony" Ng, 26, who is no relation to Benjamin Ng, is still at large.
The lone survivor of the mass attack, Wai Chi, 62, was the key prosecution witness. The trail survivor testified he saw Benjamin Ng holding a long-barreled gun and heard more than one being fired when the carriage began.
Chin was badly wounded with bullet holes in his neck and jaw but managed to free himself and stagger out through the doorway, where he found help from a passerby.
King County Deputy Prosecutor William Downing said Chin was the key to the case. "(The verdict) is a tribute to the excellent work of the Seattle Police Department and the courage of Wai Chin."
Defense attorney John Henry Browne never disputed Ng was involved in the robbery but argued that his client wanted him in planning or executing the murders.
According to court documents, Mak told police shortly after he turned himself into police that, "I did all the shooting," but later refuted the statement, which was not allowed in Ng's trial.
Testimony from ballistics experts revealed that the 13 people killed in the club — 12 men and one woman — were shot 32 times with 22 caliber handguns. Twenty-six of the shots were fired from one gun, but it was unclear whether the other six shots came from one or two guns.
In a startling switch from earlier prosecution contentions. Downing told jurors in closing arguments that Ng was not guilty of the primary murder weapon 26 times.
The jury found Ng guilty of 13 counts of aggravated first-degree murder and one count of assault. The finding of aggravated first-degree murder is a prerequisite for consideration of a death penalty.
Benjamin Ng, center, is led away from the King County courtroom in Seattle after being found guilty of aggravated first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of 13 people who were hog-tied and robbed at a gambling club in February.
United Press International
Space war decried by center
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — The United States will soon take its first step toward war in space by launching a sophisticated new satellite-killer from an F-15 jet fighter, a liberal research organization said yesterday.
The Center for Defense Information outlined policy decisions the Reagan administration had made in the past two years to achieve U.S. superiority in space and the launch of the new U.S. satellite-killer is imminent.
It urged the two superpowers to observe a moratorium on anti-satellite weapons as the first step toward a larger space arms control agreement
THE REPORT WAS published just days after Soviet President Yuri Andropov announced his country would not be the first to deploy anti-satellite weapons. He offered to end testing of these weapons and stated they also halted its satellite-killer tests.
Some experts believe Andropov's Aug. 18 offer came because of fears of the new U.S. weapon, which is expected to be tested within a few weeks.
The Soviet Union has been testing a primitive ground-launched "killer satellite" for more than a decade but the challenge in U.S. system is far more sophisticated.
"The superpowers are faced with a unique but fleeting arms control
opportunity," said retired Rear Adm. Gene La Roque, director of the center. "If we allow this opportunity to evaporate, war in space will become more likely, a war which will envisably enulf the earth."
THE ARTICLE, ENTITLED "Militarizing the Last Frontier: The Space Weapons Race," cited classified Defense Department policy statements as evidence of administration plans to exploit space for military advantage.
The 1984-88 "Five Year Defense Guidance," the official Pentagon blueprint for national military strategy leaked to United Press International and other news organizations earlier this year, says provisions should be made to "wage war effectively" from space.
"In pursuit of these goals, the DOD will vigorously pursue technology and systems develop to allow the launch and operation of space systems, both to orbit and from space, and to project force in and from space as needed," the strategy document said.
The Center for Defense Information report observed, "The American military's first step towards this goal is the new U.S. anti-satellite weapon."
"Because ASAT and ABM technology and missions are similar, future ASATs could be perceived as a violation of the ABM treaty and lead to heated international disputes," the report said.
IT ALSO CITED a shrinking budget at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, noting the Defense Department has assessed NASA's for the first time in 1982
In 1894, it said, the actual military space budget will be more than $14 billion, three times what NASA will spend on civilian programs.
The increase in military space activity is demonstrated by the Air Force's decision to establish a "Space Command" last year to coordinate its activities. This action was followed by formation of the "Naval Space Command" last June.
anti-ballistic missile defense, which is banned by a 1972 treaty, the report said.
The United States depends heavily on its satellites to monitor world developments, and satellites carry three-fourths of the world's communi-
Although killer-satellite testing is not banned by any treaty, much of the technology could be used to develop an
“A race to dominate space would be neither wise nor successful,” the report said. “The United States depends more satellites than does the Soviet Union.”
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"We don't want our neighborhood changed." Bell said after more than an hour of discussion by Breezeedal and employees of the Indian Center.
The Indian Center, which now operates at 3238 Louisiana St., wants to relocate to 101 E. 23 St., a private property. The city, however, wants to acquire the property through a Community Development Block Grant.
"We have no privacy for counseling where we are now," Thomas said. "Our offices are open. We only have a partition."
Linda Thomas, director of admissions at Haskell College, said the center offered counseling, food and house-holding services.
Thomas said the center was not going to try to enlarge its services.
"If the people who signed the petition understood the reasons why we need the space," she said. "I'm sure I couldn't have signed the petition."
Many residents of Breezedeal neighborhood, proposed site of the center, signed a petition opposing the development. Bill Bell, 2349 Massachusetts St., a spokesman for the group, said the residents did not want to move because their neighborhood because it would change its character.
"If the center doesn't last, who's going to buy a parking lot afterward?" Bell asked.
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission last night recommended approval of a request from the Lawrence Indian Center to establish a community services center.
The vote was 6-2. The recommendation will be sent to the Lawrence City Commission if the center meets parking requirements.
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Archie Hawkins, a spokesman for the Indian Center, said the 23rd Street location was convenient for the clients of the center, most of whom would come from nearby Haskell Indian Junior College.
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Because of its proximity to the campus, the center would receive a lot of walk-in traffic, eliminating the need for a large parking lot, he said.
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