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Friday, October 31, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
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Two Florida men killed in clash with militant black Hebrew sect
OPA-LOCKA, Fla. — Two men who resisted eviction by a militant black religious sect were shot to death yesterday outside a drug-ridden apartment complex that had just been purchased by the group, authorities said.
The slain man, Anthony Brown and Rudolph Brossard, were fighting the evictions issued by the Yahwhs, or Hebrew Israelites, who assumed a $480.00 mortgage after buying the property Monday.
Metro-Dade Police refused to release details on the shootings, but John Riley, mayor of this predominately black community near Miami, said two carloads of men spotted Brown and Broussard sitting on the steps in front of the building. The men exchanged words and then the shooting began.
The sect had no comment on the events.
After the shootings, the Opa-locka City Commission voted unanimously in emergency session to condemn the five-building complex and ordered its residents evicted and relocated within 48 hours.
Soviets expected to visit Cuba
WASHINGTON — Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev plans to visit Latin America in a peaceful attempt to penetrate an area where the United States has been a dominant influence. U.S. administration of
The Soviet Communist Party General Secretary plans to visit Cuba and also is expected to become the first Soviet leader to travel to Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. The trip is tentatively set for the spring.
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze visited Mexico City three weeks ago and laid the groundwork for the Soviet-Mexican summit, said the
The officials said a long-term Soviet goal was to open consular offices in northern Mexico, which would enable the Soviets to expand their intelligence-gathering capacity in the southern United States.
officials, who insisted on anonymity.
The uneasiness of some officials over the planned Mexican visit by Gorbachev has been heightened by the recent strains in U.S.-Mexican relations.
The only Soviet leader to have visited Latin America was Leonid Brezhnev, who traveled to Cuba for a Communist Party congress in 1975.
Meese takes drug war to business
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Edwin Meese urged the nation's employers yesterday to control workers' drug use by keeping close watch on parking lots, locker rooms and even spying on nearby bars if necessary.
At a speech before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Meese said that since most Americans work, the workplace can be the chokepoint for halting drug abuse.
Meesel said that management had to insure a drug-free work environment for its workers.
Meese told the business group that each drug-use worker costs an employer more than $7,000 a year.
Meesan said that testing workers for drugs was controversial, but that he thought drug testing and imposing sanctions against drug users were an essential part of the message that drug abuse would not be tolerated.
Meese conceded, however, that such testing might not be appropriate in a number of situations and that it was rarely productive to use a drug test and fire the person on the basis of one test.
WASHINGTON — The United States gave Philippine President Corazon Aquino a vote of confidence on Wednesday, saying her government had made substantial progress on a strategy for dealing with the communist insurgency.
Aquino said that her government offered a strategy that would stabilize democracy in the Philippines.
U.S. praises Aquino's progress
A rift has developed in the Aquino government over her efforts to negotiate with communist rebels. Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enirre repeatedly has threatened to join the military in an action against the communist New People's Army.
But State Department spokesman Charles Redman, reading a written statement, said, "We believe that the Aquino government and the Filipino people have made substantial progress in developing an effective program for dealing with the threat of a communist insurgency."
Enrile, who was instrumental in the ouster of Ferdinand Marcos as president and the installation of Aquino as his successor Feb. 25, vowed on Tuesday to continue his anti-communist campaign.
Fans remember Houdini's death
But the faithful are no more likely than before to get an answer from Houdini, a man who did not believe in mummery, mediums or miracles, says the curator of the American Museum of Magic in Marshall. Mich. Houdini spent his later years exposing spiritualists and mediums by using conventional legerdemain to duplicate their feats.
DETROIT — On the 60th anniversary of the Halloween death of the great Harry Houdini, hopes are sure to rise once again for a word with the master magician from beyond the veil.
airplane stunt, but Bob Lund, the curator, said he knew of no special plans to commemorate the anniversary of Houdini's death.
Two Grand Rapids magicians plan a Halloween attempt to establish contact with Houdini's spirit in an
Holdini died at 52 at Grace Hospital on Halloween 1926. Lund said there was no evidence to show that the man barn as Ehrich Weiss in Budapest, Hungary, in 174, saw anything wry about a Halloween death. But he might have savored the publicity value.
SEOUL, South Korea — Riot police stormed five buildings at Kunkook University early today, batting about 800 student dissidents on the fourth day of a bitter demonstration against the government and the United States.
Seoul police raid student protest
Hundreds of riot police in combat gear charged into the five buildings and a police helicopter dropped tear gas bombs. Fire engines directed gushing water at the students.
The students fiercely resisted by throwing firebombs, rocks and broken pieces of desks, chairs and furniture at the policemen. The youths had barricaded most staircases in the buildings and delayed the police intrusion. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
The students rejected police orders yesterday to peacefully end their protest. They were discontent with President Chun Doo Hwan's military government and U.S. military occupation in Korea.
Chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau Lee Yongchang said that all student dissidents would be taken into custody and those who played leading roles in the disturbance would be prosecuted.
From Kansan wires.
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