The Ukrainian Weekly 1982

S (Я г- . ї. 1- - т ^ іл. і < І- 4 D Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association! О пі C a: ^ "n rainian Ї VoU No. 38 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 19.1982 25 cents ODVU conducts Industrial mishaps cause injuries, fatalities in Ukraine AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - military detachments had to be sent in indicate that Soviet authorities have 36th convention, Two separate industrial accidents in to fight the blaze. tried to keep details about the mishap Ukraine - one at a natural gas field and At first, reports filtering into Kiev, top secret, sources say that a serious the other at a nuclear reactor site - the Ukrainian capital, said that the fire accident did occur during the firing-up re-elects Shebunchak have left many people injured and an had occurred at Sheblynka, the largest operations of the third 440,000-kilowat undisclosed number dead, reported the natural gas center in Ukraine which reactor at the site. LEHIGHTON, Pa. - Dr. Bohdan Smoloskyp Ukrainian Information supplies a large part of the natural gas to Shebunchak was re-elected president of Service. Ukraine, Moldavia and Bulgaria. Reports circulating in the western the Organization for the Rebirth of Ukrainian city of Lviv said that in Ukraine (ODVU) at the organization's The first mishap, at a natural gas field Because casualty figures are rarely addition to many civilian casualties, the 36th convention held here at the Ukrai near the town of Viazo ve in the Kharkiv provided by Soviet officials, it has been accident seriously injured several local nian Homestead during the Labor Day oblast, occurred during a digging opera difficult to determine the exact number atomic energy officials, including the weekend; September 4-6. Sixty-two tion and resulted in a huge fire that of killed and injured, but unconfirmed director, a Mr. Hamreskel, his assistant, delegates representing 28 branches reportedly burned out of control reports from unofficial sources in Kiev, a Mr. Brunko, and the operations participated in the convention. between January and March. Viazove is Poltava and Kharkiv indicate that the foreman, a Mr. Chudinov. Also elected to two-year terms on the located between the cities of Poltava number is high. Damage estimates, and Kharkiv. including the loss of millions of cubic Construction of the huge nuclear executive committee were: Petro Stercbo facility began in 1973 on the Stryi River and Wolodymyr Pjqcyk, vice presi feet of natural gas and equipment, are According to reports, the gigantic said to run in the hundreds of millions some 100 kilometers northwest of dents; Wolodymyr Jaciw, secretary; Rivno. When finished, it is scheduled to George Soltys, organizing chairman; O. blaze created a huge cloud of noxious of dollars. hydrogen-sulphide gas which spread have five atomic reactors with a capa Sukhoversky, financial chairman; M. The second accident happened in the city of 440,000 kilowats, each. The first Andreyko, treasurer; B. Zuliak, econo over an area spanning scores of kilo spring at a massive nuclear facility not reactor was completed in 1980 and the mics chairman; Dr. Natalia Pazuniak, meters. Several outlying villages around the excavation site had to be evacuated far from the town of Rivno in the second, one year-later. The third, where cultural chairman; M. Nych, commu-, - .. ,,- (Continued on page 2) - - " nity liaison; Petro Baibak, press chair- isecauseof-the-idensesmolperaiHHpeciat -VoHrynia region. "Although reports man;and Stepan Seleshko, caretaker of the chapel and estate. Elected as mem bers at large were: Maria Serna, Yarc- 7,500 witness blessing of Ukrainian church in Lourdes slaw Stasyk and M. Yashko. The auditing committee consists of: LOURDES, France - Some 1,500 Roman Krupka, chairman, and Stepan Ukrainian pilgrims from various coun Bily, P. Voitovych, A. Geletkanych and tries, including Poland and Yugoslavia, I. Yaremchuk. Alternates are: L. Were- gathered here on Saturday, August 28, mienko and W. Marushchak. Members to witness the solemn blessing of the (Continued on per 4) recently built Assumption of the Bless ed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic .... Church. Patriarch Josyf Slipyj's coadjutor, Archbishop Myroslav Lubachivsky, Natalia Ivaniw voted conducted the ceremony. French Arch bishop Franz Heinrich and the pastor of new president of the Lourdes parish, the Rev. De Satre, a close friend of the Ukrainian commu Ukrainian Gold Cross nity here, were also present for the historic event. LEHIGHTON, Pa. - The Ukrai The Ukrainian Catholic church in nian Gold Cross, a charitable women's Lourdes, a town in southwestern France organization, held its 30th convention at the foot of the Pyrenees, was design here during the Labor Day weekend, ed by architect-engineer Miroslav D. September 4 - 6, at the Ukrainian Nimciv. It has five golden domes (the Homestead, an estate dedicated to Oleh Philadelphia Ukrainian community Kandyba Olzhych, a leader of the funded two of them), and although the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. interior is not yet finished, funds from Delegates from 15 Ukrainian Gold Ukrainians in the diaspora will provide Cross branches and 10 districts attend for its completion. Due to the efforts of ed the convention that marked the dose many faithful Ukrainians, especially the of yearlong observances of the UGC's Rev. Deacon M. Pryjma of Strasbourg, golden anniversary. France and the Rev. Vasyl Pryjma of Natalia Ivaniw, secretary of UGC Toulouse, France, the thousands of Branch 12 in Chicago for nearly 22 Ukrainians, on pilgrimages with their years, was elected national president of parish priests, were able to witness this the organization. Her predecessor. Dr. triumphant occasion in the Ukrainian Maria Kwitkowsky, who had held the community. post of UGC president for almost 25 During the ceremonies, the Rev. years, was named honorary president. Mitred Ivan Hawryluk, the head of the Also elected were: Paula Riznykvfirst delegation from Rome, read a special vice, president and chairwoman of the pastoral letter from Patriarch Josyf. Committee for the Defense of Political the local French press also covered Prisoners; Daria Boydunyk, second this event; their news sources were vice president and public relations Ukrainians from Paris, including Profs. chairwoman; Dr. Natalia Pazuniak Arcadiy Zhukovsky, Vasyl Markus and third vice president and Ukrainian press Dr. Kyrylo Mytrovych. (CoBtaard on pap О , ,,. ,Stf Lourdes pho/q in centerfold. Assumption of the Bkssed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church. 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1982 No. 38 Dissident profile Four nationalists go on trial for undermining Polish state Vitaliy Kalynychenko: WARSAW - Four members of a The KPN members are accused of tried to flee to West Polish nationalist group, the Confe "setting up an illegal organization deration for an Independent Poland financed and inspired by foreign centers (KPN), went on trial on September 13, JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Vitaliy of political subversion hostile to Poland charged with sedition and undermining Kalynychenko, а 45-уеаг-оИ engineer to weaken the defense capability of this Poland's alliance with the USSR, from Dnipropetrovske, is one of the country, undermine the alliance with reported the Associated Press. lesser known Ukrainian political the USSR and topple Poland's political prisoners, if only because not much A military prosecutor has called for system," according to PAP, the Polish information about him has reached prison sentences of six to 10 years for press agency. the four, identified as Leszek Moczul- the West. Yet he was one of the first The agency said the military prosecu ski, Romuald Szeremietiew, Tadeusz to join the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, tor had asked for 10 years in prison for Stanski and Tadeusz Jandziszak. They and his attempt to escape from the Mr. Moczulski, nine years for Mr. were first arrested in September 1980, USSR through Finland has won him Szeremietiew and Mr. Stanski, and six and the opening of their first trial in July the admiration of several leading years for Mr. Jandziszak. dissidents. 1981 touched off a campaign of hunger strikes and protests by the independent Vitaliy Vasilovych Kalynychenko The four men were arrested two years trade union Solidarity, which demanded ago after Mr. Moczulski had told the was born in 1937 in the village of their release. Vasylivka in the Dnipropetrovske West German magazine Der Spiegel region of Ukraine. They were freed in September 1981, that Poland might withdraw from the but were rearrested shortly before the On July 30, 1966, he was arrested Warsaw Pact. imposition of martial law on December at the Finnish border and charged A court ordered them released after 13. with "preparing to commit a crime" last summer's protests, finding that and "treason against the fatherland" The report on their new trial here there "were no reasons that would - the latter charge for his attempt to came 10 days after martial-law authori justify temporary detention." But the cross the frontier and escape the ties announced the filing of sedition verdict was overturned on appeal, and Soviet Union while working as an charges against four leaders of another they were rearrested. engineer in Leningrad. dissident group, the Committee for Social Self-Defense (KOR). The KPN suspended its activities According to reports at the time, after Mr. Moczulski's 1980 arrest. Mr. Kalynychenko apparently con In a statement issued on September 5 ViUliy Kalynychenko and circulated on September 13, nine Although several of the group's plat fided his plans to escape to a Gha- form statements had right-wing nian student, Fityl Christofor, who members of the group said the charges against the four, including Jacek Kuron, overtones, it won the respect and then reported them to the KGB. nian Helsinki Group in November support of the Solidarity labor move 1977. the chairman, were "unfounded, artifi On January 12, 1967, he was cially concocted and devoid of sub ment for its staunch nationalist stance sentenced to 10 years in a labor On April 7, 1978, he was arrested stantive and legal basis." and its willingness to stand up to the camp.

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