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F^kf j(OXAF C "1 C2 ^ Associated Press ±\%Z W O L-/ lliv ^ l Edited by Bob Nelson Indians take over newspaper office to protest death LUMBERTON, N.C. — Two heavily armed American Indians who said they were protesting the death of a black jail inmate held at least nine hostages in a newspaper office Monday. The gunmen demanded to speak to Gov. Jim Martin, a released hostage said. One gunman “repeatedly told the hostages that he doesn’t want to hurt anybody,” said the former hostage, Eric Prevatte. “He said he was very sorry this had to come down to this.” Later, Police Chief A.L. Carroll said that contact with the governor’s office had been made, adding, “I feel things could be settled optimistically,” The governor’s office has re fused comment on its role in the incident. Seventeen people were in the offices of The Robesonian when the two men barged in about 9:30 a.m., Prevatte said. Carroll said eight hostages were released by midaftemoon, while George Fain, general manager of the newspaper, said his headcount indicated that seven of the 17 had been re leased. One hostage said two of those released had complained of heart trouble. The Rev. Joy Johnson, who was negotiating with the captors via telephone, said a captor identified by authorities as Eddie Hatcher was “very calm at this stage. He has released some people in good faith. 1 think that once he has talked to the governor that he’ll be ready to give himself up.” “We’re trying to get some justice in Robe son County among the minorities,” Timothy Jacobs, 19, identified as the other captor, said in a telephone conversation with The Associated Press. “We want to see (Sheriff) Hubert Stone out.” Stone, reached at his home, said he hadn’t been to the hostage scene and wouldn’t com ment on the situation. • -1 • Breast cancer hits new high WASHINGTON — Breast can cer has risen to the highest rate in history, while lung cancer has dropped to the lowest rale this dec ade, according to a new federal report. The report, compiled by the National Cancer Institute, shows that breastcancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer death among women and suggest that early diagnosis through screening has not reduced mortality “to the extent possible.” The report said the recen t trend of increasing rates of breast cancer “may be due in part to increased screening activities” but it said the effort is not as successful as it should be. Breast cancer rates among American women is between 104 and 107 per 100,000, “the highest incidence rates ever recorded,” the report stated. The rate increased by 17 percent from 1975 to 1985. Lung cancer, while still the lead ing cause of cancer deaths, de creased among males in 1985, the latest year in the study, but contin * ucs to increase in women. Cancer deaths, in general, the report said, are declining for most age groups, though there are in creases in death and incidence in specific types of cancer. Andy Manhart/Daily Nebraskan “The cancer mortality rales among Americans under the age of 55 have been decreasing during the time period... 1950 to 1985 (and) for all age groups up to the age of 85 when lung cancer, a largely prevent able disease, isexcluded,”the report said. Cancer among the young, under age 15, has shown the most im provement in mortality rates in re cent years, the report said. Cancer death among the young was alabout 3.5 per 100,000 population in 1985, a decrease of about 33 percent over 35 years, according to the report. Lung cancer continues to have a major impact on the general statis tics. The number of lung cancer deaths in 1985 totaled 122,395, about 90,898 more deaths than would be predicted by an extension of the 1950 rates, the report said. Reagan portrays aid as last-chance effort WASHINGTON — President Reagan portrayed his $36.2 million Contra aid package Monday as a last chance effort to make the leftist gov ernment of Nicaragua comply with the regional peace process. “One question must be answered. Sandimsta promises of the past have been broken. Can we believe them now?” Reagan asked in a speech before the National Religious Broad casters. But as Reagan spoke, the anti Contra lobbying intensified on Capi tol Hill with some Democratic leaders expressing confidence that the House will reject the president’s aid package in a vote Wednesday. Reagan, to the applause of his audience, argued that the steps the Nicaraguans have taken to comply with a regional peace process “can be reversed once the pressure from the freedom fighters is removed.” “The Sandinistas haven’t made one concession on their own without a threat hanging over them,” Reagan said. “It’s just this simple — the way to democracy and peace in Nicaragua is to keep the pressure on the Sandinis las, taking irreversible steps to com ply with the regional peace plan, and giving aid to the freedom fighters now,” Reagan said. Meese denies wrongdoing in Iraqi pipeline payoff WASHINGTON — Attorney General Edwin Mccsc III denied any wrongdoing Monday on his part in connection with possible payoffs to a high Israeli official to allow an Iraqi oil pipeline to be built without Israeli interference. Mccsc went before reporters at the Justice Department to read a lengthy statement in w hich he said he had only a slight role in the affair. He said he was convinced that “a thorough inquiry in a professional manner will inevitably result in a conclusion favorable to me.” He refused to answer questions. E. Robert Wallach, a close friend of Meesc, had a financial interest in the Iraqi project and sent the attorney general a memo citing a plan to pay off a top Israeli official in return for a guarantee that Israel would not bomb the pipeline, sources close to the in vcstigation have coniirmed. The sources spoke on condition they not be identified. “I can tell you that the language in Wallach’s memorandum that has given rise to this speculation consists of 10 words in one of two long docu ments that he provided to me,” Mccsc said. ‘‘I do not recall having read the specific words that have now mush roomed into importance ... but 1 did not gel the impression of illegality whatsoever,” Mcesc added. He said the Wallach memo con tained no reference to bribes or pay offs. He said his only role upon re ceiving the memo was to ask the Overseas Private Investment Corp., a government agency, for an opinion, and to refer the matter to the staff of the National Security Council. Violence slows Philippines’ elections; policemen killed MANILA, Philippines — Troops patrolled four central and southern provinces Monday as more than 1 million Filipinos began voting in regional elections delayed by fears of violence. Police said Communist rebels struck Sunday in the Manila suburb of Caloocan City, killing two Philippine Constabulary soldiers in an ambush. Polls opened Monday in the cen tral provinces of Leyte and Northern Samar and in the Mindanao island provinces of Lannao del Norte and Lanao del Sur. Voters will choose governors, vice governors, mayors and council members. Filipinos in 62 of the nation’s 73 provinces voted Jan. 18, but balloting was resc heduled in the others because of threats of violence. Elections were held Jan. 25 in five provinces. Col. Antonio Nale told reporters that six combat battalions, with a total of 2,000 troops, had been sent to the two Lanao provinces to provide addi tional security during Monday’s vot ing. There were no reports of trouble during the early hours of balloting. Both Communist and Moslem rebels operate in the two Lanao provinces, among the most lawless areas of the country. Communist rebels also oper ate in Leyte and Northern Samar. In Manila, police said four young men armed with .45-caliber pistols ambushed and killed Sgt. Carlos Pabon, 39, and Sgt. Renato Mangli got, 33, as they drove through a crowded neighborhood of Caloocan City Sunday. Police quoted witnesses as saying the assailants shouted that they were communist rebels. Nebraskan Editor Mike Reilley 472-1766 Managing Editor Jen Desalms Assoc NewsEditors Curt Wagner Chris Anderson Editorial Page Editor Diana Johnson Wire Editor Bob Nelson Copy Desk Chief Joan Rezac Sports Editor Jeff Apel Arts & Entertain ment Editor Charles Lieurance Asst Arts & Entertainment Editor Geoff McMurtry Graphics Editor Tom Lauder Asst Graphics Editor Jody Beem Photo Chief Mark Davis Night News Editors Joeth Zucco Scott Harrah Art Director Brian Barber General Manager Oaniel Shattil Production Manager Katherine Policky Advertising Manager Marcia Miller Asst Advertising Manager Bob Bates Publications Board Chairman Oon Johnson. 472 3611 1he Daily Nebraskan (USPS 144-080) is published 6y the UNL Publications Board, Nebraska Union 34. 1400 R St., Lincoln, Neb 68588-0448, weekdays during academic year 'except holidays); weekly during the summer session Subscription price is $35 for one year 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 1988 OAILY NEBRASKAN . j ii'iii •1 • i Two more killed in West Bank violence Israelis resume their use of live ammunition on protesters JERUSALEM — Israelis opened fire on Palestinians who blocked a road and stoned their bus in the West Bank Monday, and sol diers used live ammunition to quell protests elsewhere, the army said. Two Arabs were killed and seven wounded by gunfire. The upsurge of violence caused the first deaths from gunfire since Jan. 15 and brought to 41 the confirmed number of Arabs to die from Israeli fire since rioting began in the occupied territories Dec. 8. It came as the . United States was making new exploratory moves in an effort to start a Middle East peace process. The army imposed curfews on seven refugee camps and two towns, and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin said Israel would continue to use force and collective punishment to stop unrest. “The main aim is achieve calm by taking the initiative against the participants and the insti gators of violent acts,” he said on Israel radio after a debate on the issue in a parliament committee. The Palestine Press Service, an Arab-run news agency, said two Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers Monday during a demonstra tion in Anabta, a village 60 miles northwest of Jerusalem. The army said it was investigating and would not confirm that soldiers were re sponsible. The press service identified the two dead men as Mouayyad Al Shaar, 21, and Morad Al Hamdallah, 17. It said four people, including a woman who was shot in the head, were wounded. Israel radio said the deaths occurred when hundreds of protesters in Anabta blocked the mam highway and threw stones at Israeli ve hicles, including a bus carrying soldiers. It said the soldiers opened fire when they felt their lives were threatened. The army, however, said it had not been determined whether the Israelis involved were soldiers or civilians. A spokesman said if sol diers were involved they were not on a sched uled patrol. The military also reported that soldiers shot and wounded four Arabs in the West Bank towns of Jenin and Bani Naim near Hebron and three soldiers were injured alter they were hit ... ! ! 1 * ' l I f rf < .MM I * » I I I * » • • H by stones. In Nablus, the largest city in the West Bank with 1(X),(XX) residents, troops moved into the downtown central market area overnight and arrested dozens of Palestinians after two days in which protesters controlled the streets. An army spokesman attributed some of the West Bank violence to the return of 280,000 students to schools after a two-week mid-term j break. He said students gathered around schools, staging demonstrations instead of at tending classes. The violence surged as the United States began a new round of diplomacy focusing on a temporary, self-rule scheme for the 1.5 million residents ol the West Bank and Gaza Strip who have been living under Israeli military rule since 1967. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, speaking on Israel’s armed forces radio, said the U.S. pro posal “is talking about reaching a temporary agreement within a few weeks, an international conference within two or three months and in the th rd stage an attempt to reach a permanent arrangement.” \ i M I M IM U » ( | I u | I I H HI I II I I | 11 lit t M k I M M t jk H ) 10 ' ' 1 * ‘ '