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Wednesday, March 11. 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Soviets might begin to pull troops out of Afghanistan
United Press International
GENEVA — A U.N. mediator said yesterday that Afghan and Pakistani negotiators had made progress toward arranging withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, and there were predictions that some Soviet occupation forces would leave next week.
Diego Cordovez, an Ecuadorian diplomat mediating regional peace talks between the Soviet-backed Afghanistan government and Pakistan, said the two sides were less than a year apart on a timetable for the pullout of the Soviets.
A Pakistani official close to the talks said Islamabad was prepared to consider withdrawal over a six-to-eight-month period, while Kabul had dropped its time frame to about 18
months.
Cordova said the two sides made "considerable" and "significant" progress in their latest two-week-long round of negotiations, which ended Monday night.
The session ended amid predicts by Western diplomats in New Delhi that some of the Soviet occupation force, which invaded Afghanistan in 1979, would be withdrawn as early as next week.
Western analysts estimate that the Soviet Union has more than 110,000 troops in Afghanistan to help fight al-Qaeda, which is controlled by the United States, China and Iran.
The diplomats yesterday quoted "reliable sources" as saying that six battalions of the 201st Army is about 4,360 soldiers, would be deployed at Mazar I-Sharif.
z miles northwest of Kabul, and
kunduz, 175 miles north of the capital.
Both towns are located about 40
miles south of the Soviet border.
One envoy speculated that the announcement of the withdrawal would be made March 21.
The Afghan troopers will replace an unspecified number of Soviet troops who will return to the Soviet Union, the diplomats said.
The presence of the Soviets has been a major obstacle to an agreement between Pakistan and Afghanistan during their indirect talks in Geneva about ending the civil war and repatriating 5 million refugees living in Pakistan and Iran.
A timetable for the troop withdrawal is the final issue remaining in a four-point settlement.
Voter turnout at BOCO elections lower than predicted by official
By a Kansan reporter
Voter turnout on the first of two days of Board of Class Officer elections was lower than expected, an elections official said yesterday, although he did not know exactly how many people voted.
The elections continue from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today in the Strong Hall foyer, and election officials will tally the final vote tonight.
Jim Winne, election chairman and senior class vice president, said Monday that he expected about 500 students to vote in the
election.
But he said yesterday that he did not think the election would hit the 500 mark unless voter turnout was much higher today.
Only one coalition, Momentum. is running for the class offices.
Junior Momentum candidates for the senior class offices are Cliff Stubbs, Kansas City, Kan., for president; Jim Riggs, Leawood, for vice president; Elizabeth Mills, Dallas, for secretary; and Damian Hornick, Kansas City, Kan., for treasurer
for the junior class offices are Brook Menees, Prairie Village, for president; Krista Martin, Overland Park, for vice president; Jim Calderon, Prairie Village, for secretary; and Kathy Brennan, Lenaea, for treasurer.
Sophomore Momentum candidates
Freshmen Momentum candidates for the sophomore class offices are Tim Raynor, Overland Park, for president; Doug Borching, Overland Park, for vice president; Anne French, Prairie Village, for secretary; and Tom Cartmell, Mission Hills, for treasurer.
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Filipinos fear war and flee
BUTUAN, Philippines — Fear of battles between government troops and communist rebels has driven about 23,000 people from their homes since a cease-fire expired a month ago, an armed forces spokesman said yesterday.
United Press International
About 4,500 families, a total of 23,289 people, were evacuated from districts in Davao, the country's second largest city, and four neighboring areas since the 60-day cease-fire expired Feb. 8, Col. Isabelo Isleta said.
The evacuations were prompted by residents' fears for their safety should battles erupt between troops of the 24,000-member communist New People's Army, Isleta said.
Armed Forces Chief Gen. Fidel Ramos toured military camps on Mindanao yesterday. During a visit to the 34th Brigade headquarters on the outskirts of Butuan, 500 miles southwest of Manila, the U.S.-trained four-star general cautioned about 200 soldiers and police against drawing civilians into battles with rebels.
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A very Altman-esque film about Brewster (Bud Cort), a boy who wants to fly with man-made wings inside the Houston Astrodome. Extremely bizarre and funny. (1970)
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