Gunmen kill 35 in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) —
Gunmen believed to be leftist guer
rillas fired automatic weapons at a
gathering of political rivals early Sun
day, killing at least 35 people, author
ities said.
The massacre in the town of
Apartado, 300 miles northwest of
Bogota, was the bloodiest in Colom
bia in more than five years. Eight
more people were wounded.
After an emergency security coun
cil meeting, President Cesar Gaviria
ordered a 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew in
the Apartado region and prohibited
the sale of alcohol and the carrying of
weapons.
He promised to increase the mili
tary’s presence and set a $625,000
reward for information leading to the
arrests of guerrilla leaders.
No one immediately claimed re
sponsibility for the attack.
About 200 people have been killed
in political violence during the past
year in the Apartado region, a steamy
banana-growing area near the Pana
manian border where leftist factions
are vying for political control.
Ramon Gil, acting defense minis
ter, told reporters the attack occurred
after a rally by members of the Hope,
Peace and Freedom Party to gain sup
port for national elections in March.
The party, known by its Spanish ini
tials EPL, was formed by former guer
rillas.
Witnesses said about 20 gunmen
with camouflage paint smeared on
their faces appeared as the EPL mem
bers were celebrating at a street party.
The gunmen — some in civilian
clothes and others in rebel uniforms
— surrounded the celebrants and
opened fire with automatic weapons,
witnesses said.
Gil said some of the victims were
picked out according to a death list the
gunmen brought with them. Details
were not immediately clear.
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Actor Savalas dies at 70
LOS ANGELES (AP) —Telly
Savalas, the gruff, bald-headed
actor who became a television fa
vorite as the lollipop-loving New
York detective in the 1970s series
“Kojak,” died Saturday of prostate
cancer. He was 70.
Savalas died in his suite at the
Sheraton-Universal Hotel in Uni
versal City, said his spokesman,
Mike Mamakos.
“Who loves ya. baby?” which
Kojak muttered to fellow cops and
assorted hoodlums, grew into the
detective’s signature and a nation
al catch-phrase.
The series grew out of an ac
claimed TV movie, “The Marcus
Nelson Murders,” based on ihe real
life, brutal murders of two young,
career women in New York City.
“Kojak” broke into the top 10
rated shows in its firstseason, 1973
74, and Savalas won an Emmy as
best actor in a dramatic series. The
series lasted until 1978, setting the
standard for gritty, realistic police
shows such as “Hill Street Blues”
and “NYPD Blue.”
Savalas and his shaved head
became indelibly identified as Lt.
Thco Kojak, and he remained grate
ful for the recognition.
Abortion-rights advocates
rally, lobby state senators
By Matthew Waite
Senior Reporter
More than 100 abortion-rights ac
tivists gathered in the Nebraska State
Capitol Friday to lobby against sever
al measures before the senators.
The gathering marked the 21st
anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade de
cision that established abortion rights.
Leslie Wiseman, the president of
the Pro-Choice Coalition of Nebras
ka, said the theme of the day was
“Freedom of Choice: The Corner
stone of Human Rights.”
“We could not have imagined, 21
years ago... the freedom to determine
when and if to bear children would
come under such bitter, unprecedent
ed attack as it has today,” she said.
Wiseman said there were no hu
man rights if people could not main
tain privacy in their lives. And, she
said, the right to personal freedoms is
a cornerstone or human rights.
“Anti-choice terrorists have, in the
name of God, maimed, harassed, in
timidated and even murdered,”
Wiseman said. “These villians want
The bills that the group came to
lobby against deal with public funds
and the institution of a gag rule.
They are:
• LB 156, a bill which institutes a
gag rule in any public facility that
receives publ ic funds. It also states an
abortion cannot be performed in a
public facility, by a public employee
or using public funds unless the moth
er's life is threatened.
• LB660, which repeals part of the
parental notification law that requires
schools to provide information about
the law.
• LB1148, which makes prenatal
exposure to drugs and alcohol, evi
dent by symptoms of withdrawal at
birth, a crime.
Wiseman said LB 156 was an ex
ample of anti-abortion activists will
ingness to discard the freedom of
speech.
“This is an insult to women,” she
said. “LB 156 is even more insidious
than the (former President Ronald
Reagan’s) gag rule because it applies
to all public funds.”
Physicians could not discuss abor
tion with patients if they saw Medi
care or Medicaid patients, Wiseman
said. She said hospitals would be in
more danger of malpractice lawsuits
because the doctors could not give
full information on a medical proce
dure.
Wiseman said SI million of feder
al money would not be given to the
state ofNebraska i fLB 156 was passed.
“Do not be fooled,” she said. “This
is not a bill to prevent your tax money
from paying for abortions.
“It is a bill which uses the threat of
federal and state oversight to further
restrict women’s rights.”
The group also came to lobby for
LB 1225, a bill that would protect
patients at clinics performing abor
tions from harassment from protest
ers.
The bill would make it a crime for
any person within a 100-foot radius of
the clinic to be within eight feet with
out permission of any person entering
or exiting the building.
W iseman said Americans have tak
en for granted their freedoms of reli
gion, speech and choice. She said
attacks on those freedoms were evi
dence that those freedoms were frag
ile.
Wiseman said those who believe
the issue of reproductive freedom does
not affect them maybe the next target.
Rally
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Thomas said. He said because of this,.
Americans had problems with crime,
drugs and abortion.
“Our nation has not reached an
equilibrium; it has reached an im
passe,” he said.
Thomas told the audience not to
give up, because great social move
ments took time.
Quoting Abraham Lincoln when
he asked Congress for a day of fasting
and prayer after the Civil War, Tho
mas said Americans had responsibil
ities to God.
“It is the duty of nations, as well as
men, to owe theiroverruling power to
God,” Thomas quoted. “Those na
tions are blessed if their God is the
Lord.”
Thomas joined marchers as they
walked to the Federal Building, 100
Centennial Mall North, to hear re
marks from other speakers.
Along the route, about 15 protest
ers gathered from the Lincoln chapter
of the National Organization for
Women.
The group chanted, “Pro-life,
you’re a lie. You don’t care if women
die.”
Eldonna Rayburn, a member of
NOW, said the protest was organized
at the last minute to show support for
the abortion-rights side.
“We just wanted to bring attention
to the violence of the pro-life move
ment,” she said. “It’s very ironic when
they say they are pro-life when people
die from the things they do.”
Joe Wolfe and Scott Jobman, both
University of Nebraska-Lincoln stu
dents, were part of the anti-abortion
march. They said the march was the
first organized anti-abortion activity
they had attended.
Jobman, a freshman chemical en
gineering major, said he attended out
of social responsibility.
“I thought I should do something
because if we don’t, who will," he
said.
At the Federal Building, UNL foot
ball players David Seizys and Dave
Fiala and Dr. Walter Weaver, a Lin
coln physician, spoke to the crowd.
Seizys, who was adopted as a baby,
said he wanted unborn children to
have the same opportunities he had.
“Let freedom ring for these peo
ple,” he said. “Let Christ shine for
these people.”
Weaver, a representative of Physi
cians for Life, said anti-abortion ac
tivists that used violence were not part
of their ranks.
