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Tuesday, October 28, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
News Briefs U.S. maintains ties with Syria despite suspected terrorist acts
WASHINGTON — Ever since Syria went on the U.S. terrorist list as a charter member in 1979, the United States, in deciding whether to crack down on President Hafez Assad's government, has had to weigh the leverage the city of Damascus may have with anti-Western elements in the Middle East.
The dilemma was evident again yesterday as the State Department registered its "great displeasure" with Syrira's policies while also trying to publicly hold the state accountable in U.S. citizens listed as hostages in southern Lebanon.
Also, terrorist experts within and outside the U.S. government are convinced that Syria plays a double role - providing a safe haven for Abu Nidal, head of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, and others accused of terrorism, but also assisting American hostages, at least after they are released.
Private, State Department officials have no doubt that both Syria and Iran use terrorism to advance their political aims. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger blamed both governments three years ago for the bombing of the U.S. Marine headquarters in Beirut that killed 241 U.S. servicemen.
Countries ignore plea for truce
ASSISI, Italy — Pope John Paul II prayed for world peace with more than 150 religious leaders from around the world yesterday, but soldiers and guerrillas in many countries ignored the pontiff's plea for a 24-hour universal truce.
The pope called for a halt to warfare, insurgency and terrorism to coincide with an unprecedented meeting with 150 religious leaders he invited to the medieval town of Assisi, where St. Francis preached 700 years
The interdemonstrational conclave was urged by the pope to meet 'the dramatic challenge of our age' true
The pope told the other religious leaders, "We hope that arms have fallen silent, that attacks have ceased. This would be a first significant result of the spiritual efficacy of prayer."
ago, for nine hours of prayer for world peace.
But arms did not fall silent. In countries around the world, the fighting and dying continued.
Iran and Iraq, which have been at war for six years, ignored the truce call. Iraq planes flew over Iran, ignored the truce call.
President signs anti-drug law
WASHINGTON — President Reagan, setting the goal of "a drug-free generation," signed a $1.7 billion anti-drug law yesterday and handed the pen to first lady Nancy Reagan, who has challenged America's youth to "just say no" to drugs.
The measure, drafted and passed in the final weeks of Congress, stiffens penalties for almost all federal drug crimes, increases the ranks of drug-fighting law officers, adds money for more jail cells and places a new emphasis on decreasing the demand for drugs.
Reagan praised both his wife and Sen. Paula Hawkins, R-Fla. for their efforts against illegal drugs.
"The American people want their government to get tough and go on the offensive," he said. "Our goal in this crusade is nothing less than a drug-free generation."
The new law provides hundreds of millions of dollars for increased interdiction, eradication and enforcement efforts and for new hardware, such as planes, radar and helicopters. It also puts more personnel to work in the war against drugs.
The law stiffens jail terms and fines for almost every federal drug-related offense and doubles penalties for drug dealers who use children to assist their illegal business.
HANOVER, N.H. — Sherman Adams, the flinty Yankee who served as Dwight Eisenhower's counselor and wielded so much power in the White House that he was known as the "assistant president," died yesterday at age 87.
Former Eisenhower adviser dies
Adams took charge of the country's affairs during Eisenhower's hospitalization for a heart attack in 1955. A few years later, however, Adams fell from power when he resigned, after it was learned he had accepted expensive gifts, including a vicuna coat, from an industrialist.
Adams died at 8 a.m. yesterday at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital of respiratory arrest and renal failure, spokesman Annie Prouls said. He had been hospitalized since Sept. 29.
A former Republican speaker of the New Hampshire House and member of Congress, Adams was governor when he engineered Eisenhower's victories in the 1952 presidential primary and in the general election.
The wiry, granite-faced New Englander became embroiled in a scandal over several gifts from a friend. Boston textile industrialist Bernard Goldfine
Despite Eisenhower's saying "I need him," and Adams' insistence that he did no wrong, Adams resigned in 1958, citing "a campaign of vilification by those who seek my removal from public life."
Students protest Johns Hopkins
BALTIMORE — John Hopkins' trustees voted yesterday not to divest some $70 million in firms doing business with South Africa, prompting 35 students to launch a protest inside the university's administration building.
The students, members of the Coalition for a Free South Africa, gathered in the lobby of Garland Hall around 5 p.m., with sleeping gear, anti-apartheid signs and a list of demands for *Hopkins*'s officials.
Patrick Bond, a coalition spokesman, demanded the minutes of the trustees' meeting and a binding univer-
The trustees voted unanimously against divestment, but agreed to widen criteria in which Hopkins would rid itself of stock in companies doing business in South Africa.
The trustees vote followed a month of daily protest by coalition members, who built shanties, passed out leaflets and conducted vigils to publicize what they called the university's "outrageous moral stance."
Trustees chairman George Radcliffe said divestment would cost the school money and possibly corporate donations.
College divests from S. Africa
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — The board of trustees of Smith College has voted to totally divest its $39 million in stocks of companies doing business in South Africa, the school's president announced yesterday.
"The board voted to complete the process of divestment by Oct. 31, 1988." Mary Maples Dunn said, reading a statement from the steps of the building occupied six days last spring by students protesting South African investments by the 115-year-old women's college.
"In addition, effective immediately, the school will no longer purchase securities of companies with operations in South Africa," Dunn said.
The exact vote was not announced, and Dunn declined any comment about the deliberations. She only read the brief statement on the trustees' action. The action was taken last week.
About 14 percent of the school's $272 million stock portfolio is invested in companies doing business with South Africa, whose policy of apartheid has come under increasing international condemnation.
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