UDK World News
By United Press International
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Chinese, Soviets clash
MOSCOW - A Soviet newspaper correspondent reported yesterday the Sino-Soviet border "knows no quiet" with Chinese forces bombarding Soviet troops with mortars and propaganda in the disputed Damansky Island area on the Ussuri River.
The island, which the Chinese call Chen Pao (Treasure Island), has been deserted since the clashes last month, Alexander Kolesnikov reported from the frontier.
At least 45 Soviet soldiers were killed and many more wounded in the clashes March 2, 14, and 15. The Chinese forces also suffered casualties but Peking has not given any specific figure.
"The island knows no quiet, especially now," Kolesnikov said, adding:
"The Maoists frequently risk poking their noses on the Ussuri bank and, impotent with fury, they strike at the island with
The shooting "is accompanied by salvins of Maoist citations from loud speakers mixing lies with threats," he said.
The dispatch was the latest in a series of reports in recent weeks of intermittent shootings across the border and indications of other incidents along the 5,000-mile line dividing the two feuding Communist giants.
"But our boys are not intimidated—they are quiet and vigilant and always ready to rebuff any new provocation."
Although here has been no official report of border
incidents before March 2, Kolesnikov confirmed rumors that the Chinese have been trying to seize Damansky Island for several years.
He said one effort was made on Jan. 23 when a detachment of Chinese troops crossed the ice on the river and "trespassed" on the island.
Czech journalists censored by Communist party leaders
PRAGUE Czechoslovak Communist party leaders, lamenting the "serious" situation in the country, indicated yesterday they would crack down harder on the press.
The CTK news agency said the party's presidium had approved "certain political organizational measures concerning strengthening the leading role of the party in the activities of the mass media."
A statement issued by the 21-member presidium and read over Prague television last night said the situation "continues to be serious because the sources of tension, activities of the anti-Soviet and anti-socialist forces, have not been removed."
News that censorship would increase came as journalists reported that Czechoslovakia's chief censor had quit under pressure from the government.
His successor immediately seized issues of two liberal magazines and notified 16 editors and writers they would be disciplined by the party, the journalists said.
Censorship was part of a clampdown ordered by the Communist party April 1 to appease Soviet anger over demonstrations against the Russians that mushroomed after Czechoslovakia beat the U.S.S.R. in hockey March 28.
Jesuit priests dismissed; urge repeal of celibacy laws
ROME — Two Dutch rebel priests who oppose the Catholic Church's celibacy laws have been dismissed from the Jesuits, the order's head said yesterday.
The Rev. Pedro Arrupe, Spanish leader of the powerful order, confirmed he had dismissed the Revs. Juub Osterhuis and Ton Van Der Stap.
He said they agreed with his decision and signed documents last Saturday separating them from the order.
Arrupe did not spell out his reasons for dismissing the priests but said it resulted from an
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Osterhuis threatened he and his colleagues would leave the "official church" if the celibacy law were not eased.
address given in Amsterdam Jan.
26 by Osterhuis.
Osterhuis, who serves the student parish at Amsterdam's Ignatius College, is one of Holland's best known priests and poets. He is a principal author of a revolution in Dutch liturgy that has been widely adopted in the Dutch Catholic church.
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Is this a familiar sight? It should be since you've probably been called it once or twice. But here is a bird's eye view from an animal who will probably be making quite a few people feel like one this weekend at the KU Rodeo. Ace Johnson, the flying body with his back to the camera and The Stables man with the plans, hangs in a prime position of examination after being tossed off this horse's back. Ace, to whom the rodeo is dedicated this year, will be trying to amaze the rodeo world, Stables' patrons and his enemies this weekend when he attempts to ride a bucking horse or brahma bull. Last rites are being held immediately before his ride by rodeo and religious officials.
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THIRD ANNUAL KU RODEO
Friday-April 11th-8 p.m.
Saturday - April 12th - 2 p.m.
★ Sunday - April 13th - 2 p.m.
Mark this coming Friday night, Saturday and Sunday afternoons down on your calendars as days filled with an unusual atmosphere seldom felt here on the KU campus. This exciting air will come in the form of the Third Annual KU Rodeo, which will host over 200 competing cowboys and cowgirls from seven states and a countless number of universities. It's an event any card carrying American shouldn't miss since rodeo is the United States first original sport. It offers a guaranteed evening or afternoon of pleasure, thrills and spills. And by attending this supreme sporting spectacular you will be helping the KU Rodeo Club to establish a scholarship fund earmarked for members interested in intercollegiate rodeo competition.
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