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G The BG News Wednesday, September 9, 1992 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 75, Issue 11 Weather Mandela urges ruler's removal bvTInaSusmanbyTlnaSusman ^^ The Associated Press referendum on returning the the killings took place, kneeling return soon to stalled talks on and seizing power by force." nominally independent territory and praying between police ar- giving blacks the vote and ending The talks collapsed in June to South Africa. They said the mored vehicles. Hundreds of apartheid. ANC leaders said after 39 blacks were massacred BISHO, South Africa - An ruler, Brig. Gen. Oupa Gqozo, re- ANC members huddled around President F.W. de Klerk's in Boipatong township. The ANC angry Nelson Mandela called fused. campfires in an overnight vigil at government bore direct respon- has accused the white minority Tuesday for the removal of the South Africa controls most af- the site. sibility for the killings. government of encouraging black homeland ruler whose fairs in the homelands - estab- The normally quiet South Afri- The ruling National Party la- fighting between black factions. troops killed 24 protesters and lished under the apartheid ca-Ciskei border was sealed with shed out at the ANC in one of the wounded 196, sparking a major system as separate nations for barbed wire and guarded by Cis- harshest attacks in recent ANC leaders in Johannesburg confrontation between black and blacks - and the African National kean and South African troops. It months, saying the opposition called for the removal of two white leaders. Congress and other black groups was reopened after dusk. The group was trying to seize power. other homeland rulers who are Religious leaders, including consider most homelands puppet killings on Monday deepened The National Party called ANC major foes of the ANC - Presi- Anglican Archbishop Desmond states of Pretoria South Africa's political crisis, leaders "hard-liners hooked on dent Lucas Mangope of Bophuth- Tutu, tried to persuade the ruler Earlier, Tutu and other church making it unlikely Mandela's the Communist shortcut of trying atswana and Mangosuthu Buth- of the Ciskei homeland to hold a leaders went to the field where African National Congress will to force the country to its knees elezi, chief minister of KwaZulu. Viewers Unified To Fight Racism Chance of showers: Wednesday, mostly sunny may soon in the morning. Increasing cloudiness with a chance of showers in the afternoon. High in the upper 70s. get BET Southwest winds increasing to 10 to 20 mph. Chance of by Oaron McDonald rain SO percent. Wednesday contributing writer night, showers likely. Low near 60. Chance of rain 60 percent. Thursday, variable Black Entertainment Televi- cloudiness with a chance of sion (BET) may be coming to -« r showers. High 70 to 75. viewers of Wood Cable, said The People For Racial Justice com- fc- mittee members at its meeting Tuesday. 4M Divtrsit: is .^TTT Inside The News "Basically, Wood Cable has been bought out by another com- MElT us FIGHT pany and has made a verbal commitment towards the end of UAO crowns new home- October," said Chris Smither- CiW Devaluation coming coordinator: man, co-chairman of the PRJ In a last-minute search, committee. UAO found a new homecom- The PRJ committee has ing committee leader after worked for about a year to get the former coordinator re- BET on Wood Cable and started a signed. petition to enlist community and □ See page three student support. Smitherman commended the new cable com- pany for making BET available Students commended: and believes that a lot of black The BG Newt/Tim Norman Two University students students will be excited. were honored by Police "We have been working on this During an anti-racism march organized by Uu Unified Committee, terrace of the Student Services building. More than 70 people at- Chief Galen Ash at the city for a while, and I think it's great about SO people marched past the north side of the Jerome Library tended the rally, where students were given the opportunity to council meeting Tuesday. that BET is coming," committee Monday evening. The march began with more than 30 people speak about race relations at the University. Q See page four co-chairman Conrad Pritscher gathered behind the Offenhauer towers and ended In a rally on the said. Outside Campus Trial progresses in silence BG vs. Ohio State: Father knows best: Wood County sheriff's Gag order decided 'in best interest' of rape case deputies took a 17-year-old Upset in works? Luckey girl to the Wood by Christopher Miller County Juvenile Detention courts reporter The gag order prevents those championship football team -- a by Mitch Weiss Center Sunday morning connected with the case, includ- star linebacker on the team that The Associated Press after her father discovered The October 22 trial of former ing witnesses and attorneys, won the MAC championship and T-shirts have been selling out a half-dressed man in his University football star Michael from speaking with the media the California Raisin Bowl last fast. bedroom closet. Calcagno is shrouded in silence about the case. year. BOWLING GREEN - The 1992 "I think BG can beat them, but as a court-imposed gag order Calcagno allegedly raped a fe- presidential race? Forget about it I don't think they will," he said. The girl's father had been remains in effect. male University student in his Both the prosecuting and de- for now. This city's attention is This was like blasphemy to working until 4 a.m., when Judge Charles Kurfess signed apartment last February. In July, fending attorneys decided that a focused on Saturday's college Doyle, who said, "We're going to he returned home to check the gag order, which became ef- he was indicted by a Wood gag order would be In the best in- football game between Bowling beat them. on his children and found fective July 1, said John Calla- County Grand Jury on charges of terest of the case, Callahan said. Green and Ohio State. "It's like David and Goliath. the doors of his house open. han, Calcagno's attorney. rape, sexual battery and gross Although attorney Todd Knoll "I'm psyched," said Pam Ten- Ohio State is from the 'Big Bad "In cases where there's a sexual imposition. was representing Calcagno at the nyson, a 19-year-old sophomore. Big 10' (Conference), and we're After discovering an un- possibility of a great deal of pub- The case drew immediate at- time the gag was agreed upon, "I think we're going to surprise a from the lowly MAC (Mid- known man sleeping on the licity it's not uncommon for a gag tention when the accused student Callahan, who has since taken lot of people. It's going to be the American Conference). Their at- front-room couch, he said he order to be Issued," Callahan turned out to be a prominent over Calcagno's defense, said it upset of the century." titude is, 'Well, you guys should went upstairs and found his said. member of the University's has not hindered his work. Upset of the century? That be glad you're on the same field daughter making his bed might be a stretch. But a lot of with us,'" he said. and a half-dressed man hid- people here say they wouldn't be Bowling Green went 11-1 last ing in the closet. surprised if the Falcons upset year, winning the MAC title and No. 22 Ohio State in Columbus. the Raisin Bowl. He and a sheriffs deputy 2 French peacekeepers "Ohio State hasn't been good in Ohio State was 8-4 last year, In- reported they found a used years, and we've been coming on cluding a New Year's Day loss to condom on the front porch. strong," said Ron Doyle, 32, a se- Syracuse in the Hall of Fame The father also reported curity guard. Bowl. two chuck roasts had been killed in Bosnian fighting This is the first meeting be- The Buckeyes struggled to removed from the freezer tween the two schools, and foot- beat Louisville 20-19 last week in and left on the back porch. by John Pomlrel ball fever has captured this city's its opener. The Falcons beat According to a the deputy's attention. Western Michigan 29-19 in its The Associated Press Military officers, who spoke report, both the girl and a soon because governments The last time the Buckeyes on condition of anonymity, said providing planes wanted opening game. female friend who was also played another Ohio school in Ohio Stadium, which seats at the house stated they SARAJEVO, Bosnia- they thought the attack was de- stronger security guarantees. football was 1934, when they beat liberate because the gunfire 90,671 people, is sold out for Sat- knew nothing about the Herzegovina ~ Heavy machine Momcllo Krajinsik, head of Western Reserve 76-0.