INi siafs i By the Associated Press Edited by Diana Johnson mu mreiwr-r—rn—wmim—MKiuMM—MM—Min———w"— Villagers: Mass grave holds Stalin’s victims BYKOVNIA, U.S.S.R, - Thou sands of skulls and skeletons found entwined with grass and bits of cloth ing testify to the years of murder concealed in a mass grave in a forest outside this Ukrainian village. The single bullet hole in each skull offers the most chilling evidence that these victims - up to 300,000 by one unofficial estimate - were killed by Josef Stalin’s secret police, not the Nazis as the Soviet government claims. Stalin’s men shot people in the back of the head. The Nazis usually lined up their victims on the side of a ravine and machine-gunned them, * said Mikola G. Lysenko, a retired economist who is crusading to end what he considers a conspiracy of lies. After 50 years of silence, elderly residents of this village near Kiev are speaking up, blaming their govern ment for the bodies buried in the forest. Petro Z. Kukovenko says he sum moned the courage to speak after a Soviet commission reburied the bones and erected a memorial in May IhHMMlu. - —III! mmmrnrn blaming the Nazis for the killing. On the spot where Soviet government trucks once dripped blood on the for est floor, the monument carved the official version in granite. “When they put up this monu ment, I became ashamed that they were blaming this on the wrong people, luucoveiuto, 74, said in an interview. “My father may be buried there ” said Kukovenko’s wife, Halyna. ’ “My father was a collective farmer, and they killed him for noth ing,” she sobbed. Western historians estimate 20 million Soviets were killed under Stalin, particularly during the Great Purge of the late 1930s. But it was only in 1987 the Soviet government, as part of the reforms instituted under President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, began to admit that Stalin was responsible for even thou sands of deaths. The monument blaming the Nazis for the victims at Bykovnia was built in May, Lysenko said. In December, he succeeded in forcing the govern ment to form a fourth commission to find the murderers. The last three commissions all blamed the German occupation army. Labor trounced in elections JERUSALEM - The right wing scored a decisive victory in Israel’s municipal elections and Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said Wednesday the voters had vindicated his re fusal to deal with the PLO. The elections Tuesday extended the power of his Likud bloc on the local level and gave major gains to Jewish and Moslem fundamen talists. Teddy Kollek, the moderate Labor Party’s best-known mayor, won a sixth term in Jerusa lem but lost control of the City Council. A preliminary count gave religious parties 12 of the 31 council seats, up from 10 in 1983. Kollek’s One Jerusalem slate got 11 or 12 seats, down from 17; four went to Likud and three or four to the secular Citizens Rights ► Movement More seats on the council will give religious parties greater power to enforce demands that restaurants and theaters close on the Jewish sabbath, but Kollek said he won’t make con cessions that “do not conform to the will of the majority.’’ Final results are not expected until later in the week, but Labor estimates it lost control of at least 10 towns councils, including several in traditional strongholds. Most were taken by Likud, including five of the largest cities. Shimon Peres, the Labor Party leader, said on army radio Wednesday: “We have defi nitely been dealt a blow, and I don’t want to underestimate its force. But five years ago, when we won a big victory in municipal elec tions, it didn’t mean anything for the Knesset (parliament) elections.’’ Food stores jammed after riot, at least 100 dead in Venezuela CARACAS, Venezuela — New riots broke out in the western slums Wednesday despite martial law imposed because of two days of disturbances, and at least one person was reported killed. Venezuelans jammed the few remaining food stores, guarded by soldiers, to stock up after two days of riots and looting over price increases in which more than 100 people have been reported killed and 800 injured. Witnesses in outlying areas of Caracas said police exchanged gunfire with snipers and drove mobs away from stores. Other witnesses said a woman had been killed by police early Wednesday in the town of Catia as she tried to loot a store. Radio reporters said delinquents tried to break into homes in Guatenas, 30 miles west of Caracas, while homeowners wme defending themselves with guns. President Carlos Andres Perez declared martial law late Tuesday, saying the 'in credible tragedy" of the violence threat ened Venezuela’s "consolidation of de mocracy." His spokesman said people must realize the rich years of the oil boom are over. The president also announced an agree ment between industry and labor for an immediate wage increase that would raise the pay of those earning the minimum wage by more than 50 percent. Bus fare increases of 30 percent to 50 percent, and price gouging by drivers, were the immediate cause of the riots, but oil accounts for 90 percent of Venezuela’s export income and the economy never re covered from the plunge in world prices several years ago. Inflation is expected to reach 70 percent this year, double the 1988 level, and the foreign debt is $33 bilikm. Perez, in office only four weeks, an nounced a sweeping reform package under pressure from international creditors. It includes freeing interest rates, doubling gasoline prices and letting the currency float, which means higher prices for im ports. Martial law prohibits public gatherings, suspends the right to privacy and freedom of the press and permits detention without charge. Perez also imposed a 6 pjn.-6 a.m. curf-w that government spokesman Pastor Heydra said would last 'until peace was restored. The I IBM Personal System/2 is Here! Armed forces call cease-fire Net?raskan Editor Managing Editor Assoc Newt Editors Editorial Page Editor \Mre Editor Copy Desk Editor Sports Editor Arts i Entertainment Editor Graphics Editor Diversions Editor Graphics Editor Photo Chief Night News Editors Librarian Art Directors Sowar Editor Supplements Editor General Manager Production Manager Advertising Manager Sales Manager Circulation Manager Publications Board Chairman Professional Adviser Curt w*o r.« 472- 1768 Jana Hlrt Laa Rood BobNalaon Amy Edward* Diana Johnaon Chuok Oraan Jeff ApaJ Mlckl Haller Tim Hartmann Joath Zucco Tim Hartmann Connie Shaahan Victoria Ayott* Chrta Carroll Anna Mohr! John Bruca Andy Manhart Klratln Swanaon Daanna Naiaon Dan ShattH Katharine Pollcky Hobart Batee David Thiemann ErteShanka TomMacy 476-6666 Don Walton 473- 7301 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The armed forces on Tuesday declared a unilateral halt to military operations involving offense and called on leftist rebels to reciprocate. The armed forces press office said in a statement that the cease-fire would begin at midnight Tuesday (1 a.m. Wednesday EST) and run through June 1, when President Jose Napoleon Duarte’s term in office ends. It asked the guerrillas to reciprocate “to comply with the Salvadoran people’s desire for peace.’ ’ Itdid not say whether the armed forces would abide by the cease-fire if the guerrillas kept up their military attacks. No immediate response to the announce ment came from the rebels’ Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN. The government had no comment on the announce ment. Political party leaders said late Tuesday they were still studying the move by the armed forces. Questions? Comments? _i Stop by The Computer Shop on Thursday, March 2 from 8:30 a.m. til 12:30 p.m. and meet Dealer Account Representative Holly M. Simon, 1 National Distribution Division. The gesture came after the five Farabundo Marti commanders said in a communique that they were willing to discuss peace with Duarte SunS^nTht* VCnUC agenda hc suggcsted But it also lamented Duarte’s “invariable design to obtain our surrender, which is unreal istic, illogical and impossible.” It was unclear Tuesday if the conflicting be reconciled. Both steS firom a Jan. 24 guerrilla peace overture that The Daily Nebratkan(U8PS 144-960) to published by the UNI Pubkcailons Board, Nebraska linion 34 J 400R St. Lincoln, NE, Monday trough Friday during &»*» demlc year; weekly during cummer seeslone. Readers are encou