| Show 8A I 26 1989 a' in Review: Czech Protests Sweep Communist Leaders Out TVeek 0 Noember The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday 19 Sunday November RULE — Demonstrators DEMAND AN END TO CZECHS : demanding an end to Communist Party domination lighted candles and placed flowers on bloodstained sidewalks where police had beaten protesters in the largest such rally in 20 years Six theaters canceled shows as actors and students called for strikes to protest police brutality at the demonstration in which policemen clubbed hundreds of peaceful protesters Tens of thousands of students marched for hours to commemorate student 4 : Jan Opletal killed by Nazis 50 years ago IT 50000 MARCH IN BULGARIA FOR FREEDOM — More than 50000 people peacefully assembled in a church square here — the largest protest demonstration in Bulgarian history — to demand immediate free elections parliamentary rule and the trial of ousted Communist leader Todor Zhivkov for corruption As participants in an eruption of free speech that is without precedent in this Eastern European nation HALVE GIS IN EUROPE DEFENSE EXPERTS SAY — Two of Washington's most experienced defense experts believe half of America's 356000 troops in Europe should be brought home within live years We should work to get our forces down to half of what we have in Europe by around 1995" said retired Army Gen Andrew Goodpaster supreme allied commander of NATO forces from 1969 to 1974 Al SUGGESTS BASE CLOSINGS CUTS — Responding to the administration's call for major cuts in military spending the Air Force has proposed closing 15 bases stretching out purchase of the Stealth bomber and eliminating five fighter wings Bush administration officials The Air Force plan also bombers fighter retiring some proposes cuts in purchases of the that carry conventional weapons and retiring Minuteman II nuclear missile white-helmete- d i 8 2 November 20 Monday DEMAND LEADERS CZECHS 30000 QUIT—About 30000 demonstrators denounced police brutality and demanded that the government and top Communist officials resign Authorities arrested 10 dissidents but left the marchers alone The government denied reports that police killed a student in and attacked bloody clashes Friday when hundreds were beaten by dogs in the largest demonstration in 20 years SOVIET GEOltGIA CLAIMS RIGHT TO SECEDE — Georgia's legisla lure declared that the republic's incorporation into the Soviet Union nearly 70 years ago resulted from a military intervention and said it retains the right to secede The lawmakers also said they reserve the right to cancel Soviet laws that are not in the best interest of their southern republic Georgian nationalist activists at the price of imprisonment have maintained for decades that the republic was taken by force when the Soviet Red Army invaded in 1921 ending three years of independence US GIS SET UP SHELTERS KITCHENS IN W BERLIN — US troops are helping local authorities cope with an army of East Germans beseiging West Berlin by setting up soup kitchens and providing shelter for hundreds of families an American commander said Maj Gen Raymond Haddock the American commandant in West Berlin said the army has been running soup lines in recent days in the overcrowded Marienfelde refugee center on the city's outskirts Troops also are doling out blankets cots lockers and other items in buildings that have been converted to temporary housing for East German refugees GENETIC TESTS PROVE BABY SWAP Genetic tests on a controversy prove she is the girl who has been at the center of a child of the couple who claim her and not the man who raised her attorneys for both sides said John Blakely attorney for Ernest and Regina Twigg said the tests give a 99 9 percent certainty that Kimberly Michelle Mays is the daughter of the Twiggs and not of Robert Mays and his late wife The couple say Kimberly was switched with another child at a Florida maternity hospital shortly after birth The girl the Twiggs named Arlena and raised as their own died last year tear-gasse- d Tuesday November 21 200000 CZECHS FILL STREETS — More than 200000 people filled the streets of Prague demanding free elections and the resignation of the hardline leader in the largest protest ever in this Communist nation For the first time in decades major protests involving tens of thousands of citizens also broke out in other cities Czechoslovak TV said at least 200000 people took part in the march in the capital It also reported 20000 protesters in the city of Brno 10000 in Bratislava and 5000 in Liberec FIRST COMMUTE IS A BREEZE ON REOPENED BRIDGE — Far fewer motorists than expected eased their way across the San Francisco-Oaklan- d d Bay Bridge in the first workday commute since the end of the g again a spans historic closing With the bridge open gridlock had been feared with workers fleeing mass transit to get back into their cars even though approaches to the span on both sides of the bay remain closed by quake damage But East Bay residents either left home earlier than usual for thPir trek across the bridge into San Francisco stuck with mass transit or simply stayed home because of the holiday week COMMUNISTS LOSING GRIP W GERMAN TELLS KRENZ — An emissary from West Germany met with East German leaders and said the Communist Party may lose its constitutionally guaranteed monopoly on power as early as next year Rudolf Seiters Chancellor Helmut Kohl's chief of staff also said he expects a law on free elections to be approved In 1990 More than 400000 people demonstrated in several cities for rapid reform and free elections the official news agency ADN reported SALVADORAN FORCES ARREST 16 — Security forces arrested 16 social workers in a dawn raid on the Episcopal church Combat in a guerrilla offensive was reported continuing in only a few isolated areas Security forces raided at least seven churches or church schools in a backlash to the offensive that paralyzed the capital for a week Sheltered church workers and war refugees were questioned and the buildings were searched for arms ammunition and medicine said church officials workers and witnesses quake-cripple- wrOen since Beethoven traffic-chokin- 24 Friday November CZECH REGIME'S OUSTER — The 500000 RALLY DEMANDING people on throng of protesters in Wenreslas Sonare swelled to a the seventh day of mounting demonstrations and the army renewed fears of a crackdown by pledging to defend socialism from "anarchy" The crowd jammed into Wenceslas Square was the biggest gathering in seven days of demonstrations Many were drawn by reports former Communist leader Alexander Dubcek ousted after the Prague Spring crackdown would appear SOVIET PARLIAMENT PASSES LANDMARK LEGISLATION — The new Soviet Parliament passed a landmark law allowing leasing of factories to work collectives in a moved hailed as a major step in overcoming the economic stagnation plaguing the country Economic reformers maintain that allowing workers to lease enterprises is the only way to break the stranglehold of the approximately 60 industrial ministries that run the centrally planned socialist economy IBM WORKING TO CUT DOWN RADIATION FROM VDTS — International Business Machines Corp confirmed it has cut radiation emissions in its newest terminals and will make similar changes in future personal computers IBM said there was no evidence that electromagnetic radiation from video display terminals was a health hazard but said it took the step because of demand from customers particularly in Europe half-millio- n pro-refor- state-owne- November 22 Wednesday OF POWER —Under SUGGESTS SHARING CHIEF Saturday November 25 Communist REVOLT TOPPLES CZECH REGIME —The entire hard-linParty leadership resigned forced from power by a week of massive protests that surpassed even the "Prague Spring" of 1968 Party chief Milos lakes became the third Soviet bloc leader to be swept out of office in a stunning wave of political upheaval that has washed over the Communist world in Eastern Europe Karel Urbanek a Politburo member only since October 1988 was elected by the party Central Committee in a secret ballot to replace Jake& who resigned along with the rest of the ruling Politburo and Secretariat LEBANON'S NEW LEADER PLOTS PEACEFUL PATH — Parliament chose lawmaker Elias Hrawi as Lebanon's 10th president and he pledged to carry on the national unity programs of his predecessor Rene Mouawad who was assassinated after 17 days in office Hrassi a wealthy Maronite Catholic agricultural engineer also promised to abide by the peace plan worked out by civil Lebanese legislators last month aimed at ending his country's e five-wee- k Little-know- n n Thursday November 23 KILLS LEBANON PRESIDENT — President Rene Mouawad war CRIMINAL CASE — A federal judge case against a former CIA station chief two days after Attorney General Dick Thornburgh barred courtroom use of classified information On CIA facilities and programs in Central America US District Judge Claude Hilton said criminal charges against Joseph Fernandez focusing on his help to Oliver North's secret Contra resupply network must be dropped Classified material the government refuses to divulge "is essential to this defendant" said the judge AVOIDS a threw out the EX-SP- BLAST bomb that ripped through his motorwas assassinated by a cade 17 days after he was elected with a mandate to try to end Lebanon's civil war Twenty-threothers died in the thunderous explosion The murder dealt a crippling blow to an internationally acclaimed peace accord brokered by the Arab League last month in a bid to resolve the conflict that has killed more than 150000 people in 14 years remote-controlle- d large-comput- CZECH pressure by thousands of demonstrators for a fifth day Czechoslovakia's premier told in the governopposition leaders that he favored a role for ment Dissidents including banned playwright Vac lav Havel addressed a crowd of 150000 people jamming Wenceslas Square without police interference GORBACHEV ROOTING FOR REFORMERS — President Mikhail Gorbachev gave strong backing to the rapid changes in Eastern Europe including the new demands for reform in Czechoslovakia Gorbachev spoke to reporters after meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and signing a political declaration While supporting political reform joint Canadian-Sovie- t in Eastern Europe Gorbachev said the changes taking place there are a socialism renewal rather than the destruction of Soviet-styl- e SALVADOR REBELS TRAP US SOLDIERS—Armed guerrillas raided a luxury hotel before dawn trapping dozens of foreigners including eight U S Green Berets Both NBC and CBS television reported that all the Americans including military personnel were freed unharmed The reports were attributed to the US Embassy but the reports were later refuted by the Red Cross and sources from the scene p baby-swa- CZECH DISSIDENTS STILL PLAN TO STRIKE — Protest leaders vowed to go ahead with a general strike amid signs of growing worker support and 200000 people in Wenceslas Square chanted the name of Alexander Dubcek the ousted leader of the failed "Prague Spring" reforms The demonstrators who rallied for a sixth straight day roared their approval when a message was read from Dubeek SCHUMANN —TO TUNE OF $13 MILLION —An Oxford book dealer paid a record 13 million for a single musical work — the only known autographed manuscript of the only completed piano concerto by Robert Schumann the auction house Sotheby's said Albi Rosenthal paid the money for Schnmann's Piano Concerto in A Minor one of the greatest piano concertos IRAN-CONTR- Iran-Contr- d e Soldiering Pentagon Always Paints Soviet Weaponry as Superior But Can't Show Proof Today more on tanks and on the vexing question of whether the Soviets have any that really amount to anything alarming and whether the public will ever know In the Oct 9 issue of Inside The newsletter dealArmy a light-graiing with the Army's weapons and re lated matters I find a story saying that the Army fairly recently got from Iran at least one T72 tank a and allegedly very scary Russian vehicle The story is com pletely plausible One constantly hears that we have snaffled some piece of gear through the Israelis or the Egyptians or that the Indians have let us examine something The newsletter goes on to quote unnamed sources — the only kind who will talk about these things — as saying that these tanks have been kept secret partly because "Pentagon testing of the tanks has contra EN 11111::IN 11111111111101111en Fred 41' -1- n Reed ft dieted US intelligence reports that now are thought to have grossly overstated the Soviet armor capability" In particular the armor on the T72 turned out not to be nearly as good as it was thought to be: our missile penstandard TOW anti-tanetrated the tank says the newsletter This story fits a common pattern Every year the Pentagon puts out a glossy book called "Soviet Military Power" that paints a frightening picture of the USSR Soviet weapons are right up there with ours maybe k tOMPUTER COURSE Page Maker - WordPerfect - Word - Adobe illustrator - Excel Learn from professionals who earn their living with these programs ! Then word leaks out on the things and they turn out to be fairly dismal The Pentagon may not actually be lying but it is assuredly giving the Soviets the benefit of the doubt and it leaves out lots of little details For example that measured dispersion of Soviet tank ammunition — ie its inaccuracy — is considerable because of sloppy manufacturing that e penethey don't use the trators we use that their shaped charges are less efficient than ours despite their greater size because they can't machine the charge cones precisely I have talked to guys who actually high-grad- - Lltiat 9 hour course (Three 3hr Sessions) 6rm 91"" 1M3 1st 538-222- 01) V e it 4 Classes held on the 12th floor Beneficial Life Tower Building Free Parking in ZCMI Mall Parking NOVEMBER AT TV SPECIALISTS INC lath-DECEMBE- R DELIGHT 114 t - v 4' Douglas it E 4 tI --- - ' - kA This incomparable new ' ''"t"' 4 li Ili I 1 ' ( IL' : ' r' ' '' '1 Z 7 - i - '''' ' t4 ' i 1 : ' itI t' 7 i (" - - '''' ' i : I A A i ''- - 44 -- - P )11 17 It 1't tt1 t' - iC to' 1 1:i 41 i r: 11 s'vtgIf 1 tr 4-' f-1-- 'r 1 t- -- 21 al early it ' t - 14 4 (44:14 -t ) i if '1Ml 1 t'':ft ' ''- 'F i - F """salow ) ''':'''45- r000S'''"''' ahLt!1 011 ' ' z it it - - 4 - Tr a 1 i (''' '10 Holiday warmth in Solar Knit cotton inside nylon outside 110 i- - it ' a - C 10AznIeVM -1 kit 2o : ir ' a - A le ' 4 57 1:- 1ft off 801-486-57- f '' ' i Video Systems Division ': Ift f - a a PeCia 'ii‘ ‘ ":- i' -- A tig gi $25-$15- 0 : ' Ac - Idler and Mormon settlements itt i ''I: '':' -- t': ' founders t180E215tSsauth ti ) -- ' 300 photographs of church TV —21 ''''' Nelson 8 Wadsworth our everyday low prices o selected camcorders dunng our camcorder shoot out days and Also special savings on 5 year warranties carrying cases Register to win a 45 Project'on TV See It Exclusively At 1711 co 04 tIwo f N It ' s t t '411 40 : liltP' i 1 I ' 1 -- - A graphy of Mormon heritage in existence with Dyer an additional ' - '''''' let oldest and rarest photo- Save b 4 Included is some of the - Press Syndtc0e CtIdLCDhIdA Came the United States to Utah - 4989 Unsversol LIDRRNNE 1 work chronicles the - 11 OPENI ' church's founding and the Mormon journey across ri g x1' Presents Photographs and 1830 to the Present e side-by-sid- signal-processin- g I In accuracy auto-locu- s fire-contr- 1 " by-sid- e that a comparison of the Soviet's latest alleged supertank — the T80 I suppose — with its counterparts in the United States and Germany would show the Soviet tank to be badly inferior almost across the board: harder to repair more prone to failures slower less accurate slower at its rate of aimed fire far less able to fire at night and more tiring for its crew If the Army disagrees all it has to do is make public a T72 including schematics of its electronics and test results for its various systems And if they don't want to embarrass the nation that gave it to us they can tell me they bought it at Kmart They won't The reason I suspect is that it would not be scary enough Uh-hu- h 4 The History of the Mormons See the best "guns" of the camcorder world shoot it out in in value perlorcomparisons for the mance and cost See for yourself how the various camcorders white balance and compare in resolution signalto-nois- goitrously overpriced restaurant fire-contr- ol I 4 kaaaalat 2nd TO S ' I' COT OTI first part consists of unsupported assertions that Soviet gear is diabolically formidable The second consists of strained explanations of how the assertions might be true even though they don't make sense and the available evidence contradicts them For example the Pentagon asserts that a Soviet ship has extremely advanced systems Ah so? Well I say tell me about them Oh we can't: That's classified How I ask is it that a country that can't make a decent per sonal computer can make marvelous and equipment? Oh you see they do it in secret military factories where they have world-beatintechnology And why donl they use this wonderful technology in their general economy to get rich and buy more weapons? I'll bet lunch in Washington's most b 15 Annual Camcorder 4 tr 4 0 work on Soviet armor and they say Russian tanks are dogs: They break down a lot can't be easily fixed My own anecdotal experience supports an unadmiring view of their equipment For example in Angola Savimbi's troops told me they didn't like captured Russian trucks because they overheated and had to stop The Mercedes trucks bad no trouble The American military establishment always responds as it does inside the Army that the captured weapons are export versions ("monkey models" in the jargon of the trade) and therefore not as good as the "real" Soviet stuff or that the weapons being examined are old and the new Soviet equipment is just fantastic Somehow the new miraculous hardware is never captured The Pentagon's line on Soviet weaponry breaks into two parts The -3 (Limit 6 people per clacs) $135 veLE (true) and have higher muzzle velocities (perhaps true) We are in grave danger of falling behind Send mon- CLASSES NOW FORMING Macintosh and IBM PC 1:3 anti-tan- k ey 44 1 late-mod- better Soviet tanks always have new armor that will stop our weapons Their tank guns are bigger Deseret Book e ' TA- - thermals—pima L Blush I Long sleeve top $1650 sleeveless top $13 pants with stretch lace cuff $13 oliti'Auege:kt) R Cottonwood Mall Fashion Place Mail University 4 1 IF a Mall (orern)MI 1 Center Ogden City Mall t s |
