1\J P TAT C F) icTPQf Associated Press i. ^1 W FIf & Edited by Diana Johnson Minister meets detainee’s lawyers, 2 hunger strikers freed of jail JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A government minis ter met Tuesday with lawyers and parents of some of the nearly 300 black detainees who have vowed to starve themselves to death unless they are freed or charged with a crime. In support of the hunger strikers, Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu called on An glicans. to fast each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. After a two-hour evening meeting with Adriaan Vlok, minister of law and order, one member of the six-parent dele gation, Wallace Motsetsi, said he felt there was ‘‘a ray of hope.” But delegate Willie Bokala said the meeting ‘‘achieved nothing.” Bokala said he was guardian of Clive Radebe, 25, who he said has been in detention since November 1987 and entered his 21 st day of a hunger strike Tuesday. “We arc faced will) the difficult situation that children may die in detention,” Bokala said before the meeting. Lt. Peel Bothnia, spokesman for Vlok, said detainees are reviewed and released every day, and 17 were freed Tues day. But he warned it was dan gerous to free detainees who were on hunger strike “be cause they might go out and fill themselves up and they could die.” He said two were freed Monday, two days after they started eating again. He said they were not re leased because they broke their fast, but because of. the regular review of de tainees. Some strikers have not eaten for 22 days, and 21 re portedly have been hospital ized. Vlok says fewer than 1,000 people are being held under national emergency laws which allow indefinite detention without charge. Some have been held without charge since June 1986. Leaders urge strike end JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Anti apartheid church leaders Wednesday urged some of the 300 detainees on a hunger strike to suspend the fast while efforts are made to resolve the crisis. The detainees, some of whom have not eaten since Jan. 23, are demanding they be , released or put on trial. Twenty-one have | been hospitalized, and church leaders said they were worried about the health ol the ; men. “We urge the delamees, particularly those already in the danger zone, to suspend their action while church leaders, lawyers, com munity leadersand the public seek waysol re solving the problem,” the Rev. Frank Chikane told a news conference in Johan nesburg. Ortega agrees to changes, elections now moved up COSTA DEL SOL, El Salvador - President Daniel Ortega of N icaragua on Tuesday promised earlier elec tions and campaign reform, and lead ers at the Central American summit agreed to try to dismantle the Nicara guan rebel movement. But the five presidents did not resolve what was the major stum bling block during the two days ol talks - verification oi progress toward democracy under the Central Ameri can peace plan. Nicaragua’s leftist government committed itself to hosting U.N. observers to guarantee the integrity of presidential, legislative and mu nicipal elections to be held on or before Feb. 25, 1990, 10 months ear lier than scheduled. Ortega also promised to ensure that opposition parties have access equal to that of the Sandinistas to radio and television air time during the campaign. The leaders agreed to draft within 90 days a detailed program to effect “the demobilization, repatriation or voluntary relocation in third coun tries” of an estimated 20,000 Nicara guan rebels and their families in neighboring Honduras. The U.S. backed rebels, known as Contras, have been fighting Nicaragua’s gov ernment since 1981. The declaration signed by the presidents said Nicaragua’s electoral law would be reformed and opposi tion parties would be represented on the Supreme Electoral Council. Elections had been scheduled for November 1990. Ortega’s term is scheduled to end in January 1991. Ortega, asked if moving up elec tions implied he would hand over power before the end of his term, said: ‘ ‘Power resides in the people. In February of 1990, the people will again be voting, exercising their will, their decision, their power to say w ho will govern.” Nicaragua also comm itied itself to release of political prisoners, includ ing jai led Contras and former sold iers of the late President Anastasio So mo/a, whom the Sandinistas over threw' in July 1979. Paul Reichler, a U.S. lawyer and adviser to Nicaraguan, said up to 1,600 prisoners could be released. He said about 100 former Somo/a sol diers and Contras would not be re leased because they were jailed for heinous crimes. Study: Milk floats to top of saturated fats CAMBRIDGE-:, Mass. - Youngsters who love milk should slick to the fat-free variety, because dairy products have surpassed meat as the top source of unhealthy saturated lal in teenagers’ diets, a researcher says. Studies by Dr. Curtis I-.Ilison at two elite New England prep schools found that per cent pf students' daily intake ol saturated fat comes from milk cheese, ice cream and other dairy food. Preppies are not unique in what they eat. according to Ellison, who said at least two other unpublished studies have reached similar conclusions. Elating too much saturated lal raises choles terol levels m the bloodstream. This clogs the arteries that feed the heart. Decades ol bad eating eventually can result in a heart attack, but many experts believe that the damage begins early in life. Ellison measured the sources of salt and saturated fat in the diets of students at Phillips I Exeter Academy m New Hampshire and Phil lips Academy in Andover, Mass., as part of a study of dietary changes. I He found that alter dairy products, meat, fish, poultry and eggs provided 28 percent of the students’ saturated fat: baked goods and cereals 16 percent; ketchup, gravy and other “food adjuncts” 7 percent; fruits and vege tables 7 percent, snacks 6 percent, and every thing else 1 percent. Ellison said that many people shy away from red meat because of its fat content, but they sometimes substitute kinds of cheese, such as chcddcr cheese, that contain far higher levels of saturated fat. “Kids love milk," he said. “Some of them drink two liters a day, and they grow up think ing dial it’s a good thing to have. We are not trying to lake their milk away. Just take the fat out of it." Ellison presented his data Tuesday at a program on school lunches held at Massachu setts Institute of Technology's Clinical Re search Center. Ellison is among health experts who believe youngsters should cut down on saturated lat and salt to establish gixxl eating habits and prevent coronary artery disease and high bhxxl pressure as they gel older. Ellison said the average cholesterol levels of U.S. youngsters is between 160 and 170. I he ideal is 110, although this is probably not obtainable if they follow a typical American diet. “Our target is to gel all children in the United States down around 140 over the next 10 years,” he said. Even widt cholesterol lev els this low, some of them will still have cholesterol over 200 alter they reach adult hood. Election day Terrorists kill Sri Lanka voters at ballot box Nebraskan Editor Cud Wagner 472-1766 Managing Editor Jane Hid Assoc News Editors Lae Rood Bob Nelson Editorial Pago Editor Amy Edwards Wire Editor Diana Johnson Copy Desk Editor Chuck Orean Sports Editor Jail Apal Arts 6 Entertain ment Editor Mlckl Haller Diversions Editor Joeth Zucco Graphics Editor Tim Hadmann Photo Chief Connie Sheehan Night News Editors Victoria Ayoft* Chris Carroll librarian Ann* Mohrl Art Directors John Bruce Andy Manhad Sower Editor Kirstln Swanson Supp ements Editor Deanna Nelaon General Manager Dan Shattll Production Manager Katherine Pollcky Advertising Manager Robed Bates Sales Manager David Thiemann Circulation Manager Eric Shanks The Daily Nebraskan(USPS 144 080) is published by the UNI Publications Board. Ne braska Union 34, 1400 R St. Lincoln, NE. 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The government announced a na tionwide overnight curfew beginning at 9 p.m. “in order to assist security forces to implement law and order.” Election officials said about 65 percent of the 9.3 million eligible voters cast ballots despite the vio lence and threats of intimidation from Sinhalese and Tamil extremists. Only 55 percent voted in the presi dential election in December. Nine political parties and 10 inde pendent groups competed for the 225 scats in the new Parliament. Results were expected Thursday. Police blamed terrorists of the Sinhalese majority for 47 killings, including that of Jayaniha Malli }*•! *« marachichi, whose jeep was am bushed in a Colombo suburb. His father Weerasinghe is fuel minister. Officials said police killed seven Sinhalese who attacked polling sta tions and two people were reported killed by Tamil terrorists in northern Sri Lanka, stronghold of the ethnic minority. Sinhalese extremists began an anti-government campaign in July 1987 and opposing the elections was part of iL They say the government has given too much to Tamil rebels, who seek an independent homeland in the north and east, in an attempt to end the ethnic civil war that has taken at least 8,500 lives since 1983. Tamils, who arc predominantly Hindu and make up 18 percent of Sri Lanka’s 16 million people, claim discrimination by the Sinhalese, most of whom are Buddhist. The Sin halese, 75 percent of the population, control the government and military. More than 1,500 have been killed in the backlash from extremists in the Sinhalese community, and elections had been postponed because of the ,t<.11m•