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THE CHRONICLE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1990 © DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 85, NO. 92 Thousands of chanting Soviets demand multi-party system By FRANCIS CLINES from our soft chairs — because this ple N.Y. Times News Service num tomorrow is our last hope to bring MOSCOW — Throngs of Soviet citizens about change," he said as he marched demonstrated their hunger for democrati with the crowd. zation on Sunday by parading 100,000 "It's a pity it took us all so long to come strong to the Kremlin walls to demand out because we are so passive. But today, that the Communist Party surrender its here, we can see a historic moment." power monopoly over the life of this trou In a land where the government long bled nation. ago gave a bad name to mass demonstra Delighting in its bold cry for the politi tions that did not salute its achievements, cal pluralism that has swept the Soviet people turned out without official prod satellites of Eastern Europe, the huge ding in surprising numbers on a sunny crowd shouted "Resign! Resign!" in chants day, moving with police cooperation as aimed at the party's governing Central they took over the main inner road of the Committee. city. The six-hour parade and rally in the Organizers said 300,000 people joined heart of the city, the biggest unofficial the rally. demonstration in Moscow in more than 60 That appears to be an exaggeration, but years, comes on the eve of a critical meet some older Muscovites said they could not ing of the Central Committee. recall a larger or more heartfelt turnout President Mikhail Gorbachev is ex since the funeral parade that the govern pected to use the session to take up a ment marshaled for Stalin 37 years ago. risky effort to persuade the entrenched "Long live the peaceful revolution of party apparatus to give up its monopoly February 1990 that is now under way," on power. cried Yuri Afanasyev, a member of the "We started the revolutionary events in Congress of People's Deputies. Eastern Europe, and now they are finally The crowd that packed into Marx having a reverse effect on us," exulted Prospekt at the end of the four-mile MATT SCLAFANI /THE CHRONICLE Solomon Dubovsky, a 67-year-old fuel en march cheered this reference to the Feb gineer, happy to march and to proclaim ruary 1917 revolutionaries, respected in Bush visits N.C. State an end to the Soviet public's widely ad hindsight as moderates who lost out nine President George Bush stopped in at North Carolina State University Friday in mitted political passivity in the streets. months later to the radical Bolsheviks. a trip designed to create support for his education proposals. He visited sci "Something in my soul exploded and I Speaker after speaker denounced the ence labs and facilities during his brief two-and-one-half hour visit. got up from my soft chair — we all got up See SOVIETS on page 12 • Freeman is Jailed baron stays mum; next hearing Friday picked Union By CHRIS O'BRIEN dressed in tan uniforms that once posed as the wealthy Baron left the room. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — matched the color of the room. Maurice Jeffrey Locke de The reporter went back to the The Pompano Prison deputy es The prisoner looked scared. Rothschild for two years at the lobby to ask for another phone, head again corted the prisoner from cell 6C His arms were folded across his University. Standing there but the desk sergeant informed to the visiting area at around 4 chest as if he were trying to fight timidly in his tan prisoners uni him that Cortez decided not to By CRAIG WHITLOCK p.m. Friday afternoon. off a chill. His eyes were fixed on form, he was merely Mauro Cor grant an interview. The prison's visiting room was the ground, he refused to look up tez, Jr., 37, from El Paso, Texas. Cortez was not ready to reveal Rodney Freeman was re a solid tan color with no frills. and face the reporter standing on Cortez picked up the telephone his many secrets: Why did he elected Thursday night by Five phones allowed visitors to the opposite side of the glass par to find out the identity of the pose as the baron for three years? members of the University talk to prisoners on the other tition. stranger who had come to visit. What led him to use multiple Union to an unprecedented side of a sound-proof glass par It was hard to believe that this But the phone was broken, so he identities over the years? What second term as president of tition. The prisoners were all man was the same one who had quickly replaced the receiver and See MAURICE on page 12 ^ the group. Freeman, an Engineering junior, has headed the 275- member organization since Duke cruises to 88-76 last spring. He beat out Trinity juniors Julie Brooks and Max Day in an election conducted Thursday by the win over Notre Dame Union's committee chairs and executive officers. By BRENT BELVIN was chiefly responsible for keep The Union is a group of stu Behind the strong inside play ing the Fighting Irish in the dents, employees, faculty and of senior center Alaa Abdelnaby game until he received his fifth administrators that oversees and sophomore forward Chris foul. Freshman point guard a wide variety of programs tian Laettner, the Duke basket Bobby Hurley also played solidly such as Broadway at Duke, ball team rolled to a relatively for Duke, adding 13 points and Cable 13, Freewater Films easy 88-76 victory over Notre 10 assists. and Oktoberfest. Its Major At Dame Sunday afternoon in swel "I thought it was a good game tractions and Major Speakers tering Cameron Indoor Stadium. for our team," said Duke head committees sponsor some of The fifth-ranked Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski. "With the most famous lecturers and improved their record to 18-3 on Ellis and Robinson inside, and See UNION on page 5 • the season, while the struggling Tower and Paddock coming off Fighting Irish dropped to 11-7. the bench, they've got a huge Abdelnaby led the way for the front line." Weather Blue Devils with 22 points After spotting Notre Dame a (including a perfect 10-for-lO quick 4-0 lead, Duke thoroughly from the line), nine rebounds and dominated the next nine mi Cold and clearer: Mr four assists. Laettner chipped in nutes, opening up a 26-11 lead Sun should start to peek out with 14 points and a team-high with 9:54 left in the half. Hur from behind Mr. Cloud this af 10 rebounds, and helped foul out ley's free throw completed an 11- ternoon, but Mr. Cold will LaPhonso Ellis. 0 run that had Notre Dame play beat him out anyways. Free Ellis was Notre Dame's main ing catch-up the rest of the after JIM JEFFERS/THE CHRONICLE zing tonight, with tomorrow's weapon, scoring 15 points and noon. Sophomore forward Christian Laettner pulled down a team-high highs in the lower 60s. pulling down 13 rebounds. He See IRISH in SPORTSWRAP pagel^ 10 rebounds to compliment his 14 scoring effort. PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1990 World & National Newsfile Baker will present Afghan solution to Soviets Associated Press NO Weapons CUtS: In Washington By THOMAS FRIEDMAN on Sunday, Defense Secretary Richard N.Y. Times News Service people," said an administration official in Cheney said it "makes no sense" to cut WASHINGTON — Secretary of State volved with Afghan policymaking. major weapons programs despite polit James Baker is expected to propose to the "What we are talking about here is a ical changes in communist countries Soviets this week an approach for ending slightly new strategy. In the past we said because "we have to deal with Soviet the Afghan conflict that would allow Pres to the Soviets that Najibullah has to go military capabilities and not just ident Najibullah to remain in power in —period — and that after he goes a intentions." Kabul for a transitional period before hav process of negotiations can begin." ing to step down, administration officials "Now we will be telling the Soviets that Hearings tO Continue: Congres said on Sunday. a process is possible that concludes with sional investigators have unearthed Up to now, the Bush administration Najibullah leaving, but not necessarily "additional information" in the HUD has insisted that the Soviet-installed Af begins with him leaving," the official said. scandal and plan to resume hearings ghan leader be removed as a condition for "For us to continue to insist on Najibul despite Attorney General Dick a negotiated settlement. lah leaving before anything can begin Thornburgh's request for a special In his talks in Moscow beginning on simply won't work anymore." prosecutor. Wednesday, Baker is expected to tell So The official added: viet leaders that the United States is "Baker will tell Shevardnadze that if he Buckey Speaks: Raymond Buckey, prepared to drop this condition in a subtle can accept the principle that there has to UPI PHOTO in his first extensive remarks since his but significant shift of U.S. policy. be a transfer of power in Afghanistan Secretary of State James Baker acquittal on dozens of child molest Baker will continue to insist unequivo away from Najibullah, then we will be ation counts, called the McMartin pres cally that the Soviets guarantee Najibul- ready to be flexible about the timing of chool trial a miscarriage of justice that lah's eventual departure, officials said, that transfer and the modalities.