The BG News March 2, 1989

Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 3-2-1989 The BG News March 2, 1989 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News March 2, 1989" (1989). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4912. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4912 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. THE BG NEWS Vol. 71 Issue 92 Bowling Green, Ohio Thursday, March 2,1989 Mass burials may implicate Stalin's police Petro Z. Kukovenko says he by Ann Imse summoned the courage to speak Associated Press writer after a Soviet commission re- buried the bones and erected a BYKOVNIA, U.S.S.R. — memorial in May blaming the Thousands of skulls and skele- Nazis for the killing. On the spot tons found entwined with grass where Soviet government trucks and bits of clothing testify to the once dripped blood on the forest years of murder concealed in a floor, the monument carved the mass grave in a forest outside official version in granite. this Ukrainian village. "When they put up this mon- The single bullet hole in each ument, I became ashamed that skull offers the most chilling they were blaming this on the evidence that these victims — wrong people," Kukovenko, 74, up to 300,000 by one unofficial es- said in an interview. timate — were killed by Josef "My father may be buried Stalin's secret police, not the there," said Kukovenko's wife, Nazis as the Soviet government Halyna. "My father was a col- claims. lective farmer, and they killed Stalin's men shotpeople in the him for nothing," she sobbed. back of the head. The Nazis us- ually lined up their victims on Western historians estimate the side of a ravine and 20 million Soviets were killed machine-gunned them, said Mi- under Stalin, particularly dur- kola G. Lysenko, a retired econ- ing the Great Purge of the late omist who is crusading to end 1930s. what he considers a conspiracy But it was only in 1987 the So- of lies. viet government, as part of the After 50 years of silence, el- reforms instituted under Presi- Change for Time BG News/John Grieshop derly residents of this village dent Mikhail S. Gorbachev, be- near Kiev are speaking up, gan to admit that Stalin was re- Dave Kessler, unclassified degree holder, inserts coins into a parking campus, said the off-campus parking facilities are inadequate so he is blaming their government for sponsible for even thousands of meter in Lot 17 behind the Student Union. Kessler. who resides off- sometimes forced to use the parking meters. the bodies buried in the forest. deaths. Plain Dealer ends local distribution by Scott R. Whitehead services at the University Union, man- immediate. Dealer. He said he may even travel to sell up to 115 copies of The Plain Dealer city editor ages the information desk where news- "My customers want it and I'm a the newspaper's main office in Cleve- every day. papers are sold. He said through nu- businessman," Young said. "I'm sup- land and demonstrate in front of the "It was a natural habit for many peo- merous phone calls to The Plain Dealer posed to supply the needs of my cus- building. ple to stop by here and pick a copy of As of March 1, 77ie Plain Dealer has office, he learned more specifics about tomers." The Plain Dealer on their way to class been discontinued for sale and delivery the decision. Young said he has been phoning the He said he hopes such a protest would or lunch," Treeger said. in the Bowling Green area. The Cleve- "The decision was made that their publisher and general manager of77ie appear on the local TV stations, where Treeger said he has also been calling land-based newspaper announced its distribution area was being cut back Plain Dealer in an attempt to convince both advertisers and viewers could newspaper officials in an effort to or- decision to local newsstands about and BG just happened to fall outside of them of their mistake, even though he hear his plea. ganize an alternative for delivery. three weeks ago. that distribution area," Treeger said. has little at stake in the decision. A Plain Dealer representative from Bryan Young, owner of Young's "I try to listen to my customers and "People have to get behind the adver- "I've been calling over there and the circulation department explained Newsstand, 178 S. Main St., had been meet their needs. I'll go out on a limb on tisers which advertise in 77ie Plain even though I expect that (the Universi- that financial reasons forced the stop in selling the newspaper and said the dis- this one. Dealerand get them to start supporting ty) has a very large contingent of delivery service. continuation of delivery "might be the "I only sell 10 copies of the paper a us. If people call advertisers and com- Cuyahoga County residents here, it "This is a business decision made by biggest mistake they (The Plain day so I'm not into this for money. I'm ?lain then I know things will change," made no impression on them," Treeger The Plain Dealerand I can't go into any Dealer) have made in a while." doing this for the principle," he said. oung said. said. more details at this point." The response of his regular cus- The main thrust of Young's plan is Jim Treeger, director of conference tomers, according to Young, has been appealing to advertisers in 77ie Plain At the Union, Treeger said he used to □ See Plain Dealer, page 5. Movement's Tower admits myths shown to infidelities policemen, and teachers were by Donna Cassata historically to the president of by Tracy Richards the people "who really made Associated Press writer the United States, who after all, staff reporter is responsible for the executive the movement go," he said. branch of this government." Williams said white students WASHINGTON - John Bush dispatched Quayle to There are many myths sur- have been cheated out of their Tower, his nomination as de- Capitol Hill to lobby for the rounding the civil rights history because many don't fense secretary in grave trouble, nomination. movement. know that close to one-half of made an extraordinary public "We hope the prospects im- One of them is that the the people who made signifi- admission of marital infidelity prove. We don't have 50 votes movement is over and another cant contributions to the Wednesday but vowed to keep yet. But we're moving in that is that Martin Luther King Jr. movement were white. fighting for Senate confirma- direction," Quayle told a White started the movement. The movement still affects tion. His prospects were dim- House photo session. Juan Williams, political re- the way in which people think med further, however, by the Tower showed flashes of grit ?liter for 77ie Washington and act today —whether they Senate majority leader's oppo- and humor as he fielded ques- osf,addressed several myths acknowledge it or not, he said. sition. tions at the National Press Club concerning the civil rights "If you think the civil rights President Bush continued to about allegations concerning movement at a program last movement is over today, you'- court Democrats in a last-ditch excessive drinking, womanizing night in the Business Adminis- re wrong," he said. "There is effort to save the appointment, and lucrative consulting fees he tration Building. even more of a need for it and spokesman Marlin Fitz- received from defense contrac- During the program, "Eyes now." water asserted, "We'll just keep tors. on the Prize: Civil Rights, The movement needs young people to stop ignoring racism up the good fight." Asked whether he would ask Right Now," Williams spoke to But Senate Majority Leader that his name be withdrawn, he over 40 students and faculty ana start fighting it, he said. George Mitchell further dam- replied by quoting from the last members and showed video "People iust sit on their pened Tower's chances by de- letter written by Col. William clips from his book enti- anger and their resentment — claring his opposition, even as Barrett Travis, the leader of the tled,"Eyes on The Prize." they don't try to talk to each Vice President Dan Quayle con- Texans who fought and died at The idea that King started other and form coalitions to ceded the administration still the Alamo: "I shall never sur- the movement is incorrect, work it out. lacks the votes needed for Sen- render or retreat." Williams said. It ignores the ate approval. The former Texas senator thousands of other people who "If I had to boil it down, you The president said his appeal paused briefly and said, "I am a BG News/John Porter fought for the cause. guys are the agents of social to senators has been, "LOOK, do little sorry I brought up the Juan Williams. Washington Post reporter and public television "The people who started the change... the history makers," what you've got to do, but re- Alamo analogy. It just occurred commentator, spoke to University students and faculty in the Busi- movement weren't necessarily he said.

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