December 7. 1984 Page 2
NATION AND WORLD
The University Daily
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U.S. corporations imperil Third World, Soviets say
MOSCOW — The Soviet media yesterday claimed the chemical disaster at a Union Carbide Corp. plant in India shows that it is the third World in a callous search for profits.
"The tragedy in Bhapal is an immediate outcome of the criminal policy of profit at all costs, pursued by Western big business and the press," the newspaper for Sovetkova Kava said.
Indian officials now believe more than 2,000 died and 50,000 were injured in the leak Monday of 25 tons of deadly methylium gas used in the Union Carbide Corp. plant in Bhopal.
It was the worst chemical disaster even recorded.
Flvnt savs ads were a joke
ROANOKE, Va. — Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt testified yesterday that he printed a bogus liquor ad portraying the Rev. Jerry Falwell as an incessant drunk because Falwell "makes good copy."
Flynt faced a federal court jury in the fourth day of a $45 million libi trial and said the ad that appeared in two issues of the magazine, "The Dig," did not infringe on it to take it seriously.
"If this stuff were true, it would be extremely inflammatory." Flytnt said. "But making it with his mother? That's so outrageous that no one could believe it."
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Milwaukee brevery goes flat
MILWAUKEE — Pubst Brewing Co. the last locally owned brewery in the city once billed as the beer capital of America, will be acquired by G. Heileman Brewing Co. of La Crosse, Wis., it was announced yesterday.
Heileman, which will sell some of the Panst assets to a California firm, jumps from fourth to third among the nation's beer makers.
Jackson says the song is his
CHICAGO — Superstar Michael Jackson sang, clapped and drummed a witness stand in court yesterday in a $5 million suit brought by a musician who says he — not Jackson — wrote the hit song "The Girl Is Mine."
res. 1 wrote "The Girl is Mine," Jackson told a jury hearing the copyright infringement suit against CBS Records by a lawyer in Hamburg, B. Jackson is not a defendant
Sanford said he wrote a song in 1981 called "Please Love Me Now" and gave a recording of a to CHS Records promoter John Kearney's album stolen and turned into "The Girl Is Mine."
Compiled from United Press International reports.
WASHINGTON — Douglas Kennedy, son of the late Sen. against South Africa's apartheid policy, Kennedy, 17, yester-Robert Kennedy, is handcuffed and placed under arrest for day was arrested along with his sister, Rory, 15. Similar picketing outside the South African embassy during a rally rallies took place in Chicago, New York and Boston.
Two Kennedys arrested at protest
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Twa teenage children of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, along with a high school friend, were arrested yesterday at the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C. during a protest against South Africa's anarchist policy.
Douglas Kennedy, 17, a student at Georgetown Preparatory School, his sister Rory Kennedy, 15, and Derek Evans, 17, a freshman from Boston College, stood door of the building. "We shall stand before they were handcuffed and taken away in patrol cars."
"This issue is one my father was very concerned with," Douglas Kennedy said.
before he was arrested. "My father's ideal for the world is very much alive."
The three youths were charged with intent to unlawfully protest in front of a foreign embassy, bringing to 28 the number of people arrested at the diplomatic compound since the demonstrations against South Africa began Nov. 21.
MOST OF THE 300 people who attended yesterday's rally were youths, many from colleges in the area, and they chanted such slogans as "Constructive engagement leads to enslavement," and "Freedom yes, apartheid no."
Also joining the demonstration was Sen. Gary Hart, D-Colo who said the protesters "were not only to raise our voices against the inhumane, inhumane" system of apartheid in
South Africa, but "to make our voices heard with our own government."
Other rallies were planned in Chicago, Mobile Ala., Houston, New York and Boston.
South African Bishop Desmond Tutu. Nobel Peace Prize winner, arranged to meet President Reagan today. President Reagan bowed to pressure and invited Tutu to the White House today to explain his policies toward South Africa.
PREVIOUSLY, THE WHITE House appeared reluctant to set up a meeting with Tutu, vocally critical of the Reagan administration policy of "constructive engagement," or quiet diplomacy in dealing with the apartheid question.
Tutu has condemned apartheid as "immoral evil and totally un-Christian."
Trial reveals Vietnam talks began in '67
By United Press International
NemAmara, a key architect of Vietnam War policy, broke his usual public silence on the war to testify on behalf of Westmoreland in the ninth week of the $120 million suit.
NEW YORK — Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara testified yesterday in Gen. William Westmoreland's libel suit against CBS that as early as 1967 Henry Kissinger, acting on behalf of the U.S. government, was in direct contact with North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh.
Westmoreland claims the 1982 "CBS Reports" documentary — "The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception" falsely accused him of lying to his superiors about the number of enemy troops during the Vietnam War.
McNamara, secretary of defense under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, also testified he never thought Westmoreland was a military leader. The number of enemy troops in South Vietnam.
Under cross-examination by CBS attorney David Bohes, McNamara said he believed as early as 1965 that the Vietnam War could not be won in a strictly military fashion, but could be won with a "two-track" military political approach.
"For example," he said, "at that time (October 1967) Kissinger, acting as a private citizen, along with two Frenchmen, were killed by a police bullet. That was the political track we were on."
Public statements at the time gave no indication of Kissinger's role in such secret talks. It wasn't until May 1968 that discussions in Paris began that led to the formal peace talks aimed at ending the war.
Kissinger became secretary of state under President Nixon in January 1969
McNamara was asked if he thought the war was at a stalemate in 1967.
He repeatedly refused to answer the question directly, saying he didn't think the answer was right.
"Look, we were in communication with Ho Chi Minh. It went from me to Kissinger, with the authority of the president, to Ho Chi Minh." he said.
McNamara's reason for saying the United States could not win the war militarily was that he believed the bombing of North Vietnam was keeping supplies from South Korea.
"I believed the present policy would not change Hanoi's mind and that it would likely get us into a serious confrontation — war with Russia and China." he testified.
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Matt and Janet — a breath of fresh air.
A NEW MATT DILLON...ON THE MOVE
OK, smart guy! What would you do if you were Jeffrey Willis? It's your last summer before choosing between college and jobless oblivion. Now comes a summer dream job at the ritzel El Flamingo Beach Club, a luxurious haunt of the New York rich absolutely dripping easy money and overrun with beautiful girls. You rub more than shoulders with a gorgeous blonde coed visiting from California, you are taken under the wing of the Club's resident "get-rich-quick" artist and, suddenly, college is coming in a very distant second.
So, in September, what will it be? For Matt Dillon as Jeffrey Willis in Twentieth Century Fox's "The Flamingo Kid," the decision won't be easy. Everyone has an idea about what he should do with his life—and they're ALL wrong.
Flair for comedy
As the bright but less than "Easy Street" smart Jeffrey, Matt Dillon takes on a role tailored to show the talented young actor in a new light.
Although he is only 20, Matt Dillon has starred in eight films since a casting director found
Matt Dillon is "The Flamingo Kid."
the actor at age 14 in junior high school and put Dillon in "Over the Edge" (1978) as a tough street kid. Several top flight roles followed, with Dillon becoming a new symbol of teenage rebellion in "My Bodyguard," "Little Darlings," "Tex," "The Outsiders," "Liar's Moon" and "Rumblefish." But in "The Flamingo Kid," there is a new Matt Dillon to be discovered. Sure, he's still a legend in his own neighborhood, but he's a rumblefish out of water with a flair for comedy and a crush on shapely newcomer Janet Jones.
"Dance Fever" star in major film role
The tall, sunny blonde shines in her first major film role after brief appearances in "One From the Heart" and "Grease II." A veteran at age 22 of five seasons on TV's "Dance Fever" team. Janet Jones will follow her role in "The Flamingo Kid" by starring in the eagerly awaited film version of "A Chorus Line."
Also starring is a seasoned trio of top performers. Richard Crenna (as slick sports car dealer Phil Brody) recently made his mark in "Body Heat" and "First Blood," and will soon reteam with Sylvester Stallone in a second "Blood" called "Rambo"; Hector Elizondo (as Jeffrey's concerned father) was last seen in the hilarious "Young Doctors
In Love," and Jessica Walter (as the status-president Mrs. Brody) is best remembered for asking Clint Eastwood to "Play Misty For Me."
Director Garry Marshall shoots for the stars
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Shapely newcomer Janet Jones.
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For a dash of summer in the dead of winter, here comes "The Flamingo Kid." Your last days before college were never this hot and bothered.