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Tuesday, April 21, 1987 Page 2 Daily Nebraskan mews umest By The Associated Press ArgeiaLtme president replaces army cMaeii oil sicsun BUENOS AIRES, Argentina President Raul Alfonsin dismissed the army chief Monday, after days of guiding his civilian government through two military mutinies, and put the defense min ister in charge temporarily. The rebellions were the most serious threat to Alfonsin's administration since his inauguration in December 1983 ended nearly eight years of military rule. At least 9,000 people vanished in the "dirty war" against leftists under military juntas and about 250 officers face charges. The army rebels demanded amnesty for those accused of human rights abuses and the resignation of the army chief of staff, Gen. Hector Rios Erenu I know I was scared, very scared, that the army would try to come to power if it saw an opportun ity, but I think Alfonsin ended the rebellion with courage. Concepcion The newspaper Diario Popular's headline About 400,000 people responded to urgings Monday said: "The People Triumph!" In an edi- from radio and television announcers Sunday to tonal, the Buenos Aires Herald referred to "the gather in the huge Plaza de Mayo and "defend end of the affair." our democracy." They were there when the pres- Roberto Iglesias Concepcion, a lawyer, said: "I ident flew to the rebel camp and persuaded the know I was scared, very scared, that the army 150 rebellious officers to surrender. wmilH trv in cnmp. tn nnwer if it saw an nnoortun- Hundreds of thousands of people went into ity, but I think Alfonsin ended the rebellion with Rios Erenu's dismissal appeared to be part of the streets to help Alfonsin through the crisis, courage. the deal. Defense Minister Horacio Jaunarena, a Civilian, is replacing mm icuipuauiy ana a senior army officer is expected to be chosen later. The chief of staff angered many officers because of his order that those wanted for ques tioning in human rights cases testify in civilian courts. In addition to the approximately 250 officers who face charges, five members of ruling military juntas have been convicted and sent to prison for terms ranging from 4 12 years to life. Although the government has not given a for mal reason for Rios Erenu's removal, his useful ness to Alfonsin appeared to end Saturday night when loyalist troops refused his order to take the infantry school at the Campo de Mayo military base, where the rebels had taken refuge. In Brief 'Skinheads' clash with Turkish youths NORTHE1M, West Germany Groups of right-wing "skinheads" cele brating Adolf Hitler's birthday fought running street battles with Turkish youths, police said Monday. The clashes, in which at least a dozen people were injured, started late Sunday and continued into the early hours Monday. About 35 of the right-wing extremists known as "skinheads" because they shave their heads gathered Sunday nights in the center of this Lower Saxony town to celebrate the late Nazi dictator's birthdate, April 20. After police chased them away from the center of town, the "skin heads" attacked a group of Turkish youths. Police said eight skinheads were arrested. Nobel prize money to be raised STOCKHOLM, Sweden The Nobel Foundation is raising the amount of its annual prizes by eight percent this year, Sweden's national news agency said Monday. The prizes for peace, medicine, chemistry, physics and literature will be raised to 2.175 million kroner, worth $345,000 at current exchange rates. The prizes are paid for with interest from an endowment left by dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896. The Swedish national bank said it was matching the award money for the sixth Nobel prize, in economics, which it established in 1965, said the news agency TT. Reagan returns from vacation, prepareds for U.S., Soviet talks SANTA BARBARA, Calif. President Reagan, ending a 10-day California vacation, headed back to Washington Monday to consult congressional leaders about what he believes are promising arms-control negotiations with the Soviet Union. Besides meeting with top Democratic and Republican leaders this week, Reagan is expected to give instructions to his arms negotiators, who will start a new round of U.S.-Soviet talks in Geneva on Thursday. Reagan said over the weekend that while significant issues still divide the superpowers, "our negotiators will intensify their efforts t clear them away when talks resume in Geneva." The president sounded optimistic concerning the Soviet proposals for removal of entire categories of nuclear weapons from Europe made last week during Secretary of State George Shultz's three-day visit to Moscow. "When I return to Washington, I will meet with the bipartisan congressional leadership to review this week's progress," the president said in his radio address on Saturday. Aboard Air Force One on the flight back to Washington, Howard Baker, Reagan's chief of staff, told reporters he feels both Reagan and Gorbachev look forward to meeting at a new summit conference "if useful business can be conducted." WIS There has been talk of a meeting in September. Baker, asked under what conditions the two leaders might meet, said, "I think a summit, if one is held, will be more than a formality. I think the answer to many issues that divide us will finally have to be made by the two heads of government." ' VV U bVb d Take a good look Because after just a few weeks of workouts with the exciting new Professional Toning System by SunTana. a good look is just what you'll have. You'll firm up sagging muscles, lose inches and tone vour body quickly, without muscle strain or fatigue. 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He called the banishment "a deplorable epi sode," adding, "The allies did not always adhere to the values for which they were fighting." Fried said the suffering inflicted on Japanese Americans was based on a political judgment "a wrong judgment" that their loyalty to the United States could not be trusted. A federal appeals court rules that the govern ment must defend itself at trial against the property-loss claims, estimated in the billions of dollars. The Supreme Court's decisions is expected by July. Although its decision may center on questions of legal jurisdiction and a statute of limitations, the case represents the court's first opportunity to comment on its own 1944 decision condoning the internment. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the federal government forcibly removed from their homes Japanese-Americans and Japa nese citizens living in California and parts of Oregon, Washington and Arizona. Editor Managing Editor Assoc. News Editors Editorial Page Editor Wire Editor Copy Desk Chief Sports Editor Arts & Entertain ment Editor Photo Chief Night News Editors Night News Assistant Art Director Diversions Editor General Manager Production Manager Advertising Manager Student Advertising Manager Creative Director Publications Board Chairman Professional Adviser The Daily Nebraskan (USPS 144-080) is published by the UNL Publications Board Monday through Friday in the fall and spring semesters and Tuesdays and Fridays in the summer sessions, except during vacations. Postmaster: Send address changes to the Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska Union 34, 1400 R St.. Lincoln, Neb. 68588-0448. Second-class postage paid at Lincoln, NE. ALL MATERIAL COPYRIGHT 1987 DAILY NEBRASKA! Jeff Korbelik 472-1768 Gene Gentrup Tammy Kaup Linda Kallmann Lisa Olson James Rogers Scott Thlen Joan Rezac Chuck Green Scott Harrah Andrea Hoy Mike Rellley Jeanne Bourns Jody Beam Tom Lauder Chris RlcCubbin Daniel Shattil Katlierine Policky Lesley Larson Bryan Peterson Kelly Wirges Harrison Schultz. 474-7K0 Don Walton. 473-7301 Official says tariffs 4a matter of principle' OISO, Japan New U.S. tariffs on some Japanese pro ducts should not affect the over-all relationship between the two allies. American trade representative Clayton Yeut ter said Monday. He said imposition of the duties last Saturday was not a protectionist act and the U.S. trade deficit will not be eliminated by solving individual issues, but he urged Japan to increase imports and drop quotas on foreign goods "as a matter of principle." Yeutter said the new tariffs imposed by the Reagan admin istration represent "a relatively small blip ... on the screen of economic relationships between the two coun tries" and should not be permitted "to cloud the much more important economic and political relationship." He spoke at a privately organized meeting of Japanese and U.S. government and business leaders at Oiso, a seaside city southwest of Tokyo. Yeutter arived Sunday, a day after the United States imposed tariffs worth $300 million on selected Japanese goods in retaliation for Japan's alleged violation of a 7-month-old agreement on trade in semiconductors. Washington accused Japan of selling computer chips at unfairly low prices in third countries and of failing to open its semiconductor market sufficiently to American products. Japan denied the charges and has asked "the United States for consultations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. "The action that was taken on semiconductors last week is not protectionism," Yetter said.-