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Thursday Weather High 85° Vol.72 Issue 11 Low 65° September 7, 1989 Bowling Green, Ohio The BG News African riot K BRIEFLY caused by Campus exclusion OSEA communicates: Ruth Olscamp, assistant professor of JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — communication disorders, will be the Police with whips, tear gas and shot- guest speaker at the first meeting of guns dispersed blacks protesting their the Ohio Student Education exclusion from Wednesday's national Association Sept. 17. election, in which the governing party OSEA officers for this year include was expected to lose ground to the far Linda Sudlow, president; Nancy right. Gulick, vice president; Wendi Venick, Riot squads stopped anti-election ral- secretary and Jenny Bicknell, lies and broke up stone-throwing treasurer. crowds in more than 20 black town- ships. Family flag: University Anti-apartheid leaders, who called a President Paul Olscamp recently general strike, said 3 million blacks, instituted a new policy which requires Indians and people of mixed-race the University flag to be flown at stayed away from jobs and classes, half-mast for a 24-hour period period shutting many factories and schools in after the death of any member of the "the biggest-ever mass action" against community. the government. "The University is very much like a Police said more than 50 people were family — everybody makes a arrested, and there were unofficial re- contribution," he said. ports of numerous injuries. Voting stations around the country were heavily guarded. Armored vehi- State cles patrolled some mixed-race town- ships, which were enveloped in smoke from burning street barricades. Phobic: Twenty-eight-year-old State television expressed the gen- Dolores Roberts of Toledo used to be eral view that the election was among afraid to let her children out of their the most important in history for the 5 apartment or to go out herself. million whites who control South Roberts was afraid that drug addicts, Africa. It gives white voters the choice dealers and gangs would hurt her or of stating that they want to strengthen sell her children drugs. Because of a apartheid, eliminate it or take a middle new 24-hour hotline that gives police course. information about the dealers and the Large gains were predicted for the gangs, it has made her apartment far-right Conservative Party, which complex crime- and drug-free. favors stricter racial segregation and Crackdown Inc. works with the police hoped to increase its strength from 22 to make the city as crime- and of the 166 seats in Parliament to more drug-free as possible. Now Roberts than 50. can let her children go out and play. On the other end, the anti-apartheid Democratic Party hoped to grow from Celeb conspiracy: An 20 seats to at least 30. Akron, O. man was recently found The governing National Party, in guilty of tax fraud, mail fraud and power since 1948, was in danger of re- conspiracy when he cheated investors ceiving less than half the vote for the out of $12.6 million. Johnathan D'Orio, first tune since 1953, but party leaders 41, sold false tapes starring predicted it would retain a majority. celebrities Tommy Lasorda, Pat The amount of support for the other Boone and Vincent Price. parties was expected to influence the National Party in deciding whether to Lucky Lorain: One-year-old speed up or slow down its program of Tricia Hensley of Lorain, 0. is in fair limited political reform. condition after falling out of a third story building. Her mother said the Also at stake were seats in mixed- screen is torn in the child's bedroom race and Indian chambers, which were and the window is usually kept locked. established in 1984 and have little She said Tricia's older cousin or sister power. Blacks, who outnumber whites BG News 'John Grieshop must have opened it. more than 5-1, have no voice in national Grabbing for Greenery affairs. Sophomore Marcia Rauch selects a plant at the (JAOsponsored Plant Sale as sophomore Jennifer Simons looks on. The seventh Similiar surgery: Jenny Sosa Q See Elections, page 4. annual sale, featuring green foliage house plants, will continue in the CJnion Foyer from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday. Martinez of Honduras has been waiting 10 years to come to Cincinnati ... to receive surgery. The Honduran teen has a rare disease called fibrous dysplasia where she has an Film historian overgrowth of her facial bones, much like John Merrick, "The Elephant State reacts to Bush plan Man." Her surgery will take place vestment on fighting drugs over there in Latin Amer- next week. donates work by John Chalfant Associated Press writer ica, in interdicting them on their way here. Though by Scott Scarborough that is useful, the main thrust of our anti-drug effort reporter has to be focusing on schools and homes ana neigh- COLUMBUS — Gov. Richard Celeste on Wednes- borhoods right here. That is the front line in this Nation day applauded President Bush for deciding to wage battle," the governor said. A new collection of research material concerning war on drugs but objected to specific tactics that tar- "I don't believe we need to make more people cri- the motion picture, television and theater industries get foreign producers and casual drug users. minals in this process. We really need to catch and Revelation: Susan Jones, a is now available for use in the Popular Culture Li- "I don t want to appear simply as a critic, and so I convict those serious criminals who profit from the counselor, made a startling discovery brary. want to underscore the value I think of his decision to process every day," Celeste said, referring to Bush's when her son, who was undertaking The Anthony Slide Collection, donated by the film choose this subject as the subject of his first na- focus on casual drug use. pre-marriage counseling at the time, writer and historian of the same name, consists of o- tionwide address," Celeste said. came to her asking her and her riginal motion picture production materials, includ- "I have profound concerns about raising expec- In the Ohio Senate, there were calls from members husband to consider marriage ing shooting schedules, scripts, cast lists, and synop- tations of change on the part of our people without of both parties for drug legislation and studies. counseling after a 25th silver ses. really mobilizing the resources necessary to accom- anniversary party was cancelled. Slide was a former resident film historian for the plish that change," he told a news conference. Senate President Stanley Aronoff, R-Cincinnati, Jones found it ironic because she Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Bush on Tuesday night urged the country to de- said he had established a seven-member, bipartisan works with couples married 20 to 30 "The collection came to the University through the monstrate "zero tolerance for casual drug use." He committee to study the state's role in Bush's drug years, she said older couples run the efforts of Michael Marsden and Ralph Wolfe who also promised stronger efforts to attack drugs at war plan. The panel will explore which state agen- risk of marital troubles because of the worked with him (Slide) to get the donation," said their source, in South America and elsewhere. cies will coordinate Ohio's anti-drug efforts. generational changes constantly Brenda McCallum, head Popular Culture librarian. Celeste took exception to both proposals. taking place. D See Slides, page 6. "We must not put the main thrust of our in- G See Celeste, page 7. It's not the PTL: Robert Buford, chief executive of Buford Televison, Inc., owning cable systems in over 120 cities, is spending money instead of making it in his Park plans launched "Leadership Network." As his nameplate says, he is "On A Mission for God." Buford says his network by James A. Tinker project design, display the park and brings together pastors of churches to staff writer its environment's attributes and offer talk about running their large , Lj^ to construct facilities, Olscamp said. organizations. Mid-American National Bank and University President Paul Olscamp Trust Co.became the first of 15 pro- and the president of Vista Develop- jected tenants, June 28, when it began ment Inc. signed a five-year contract Friend or foe: For the first construction for its subsidiary, Bank *fe»'S|fes-. ;^t*» * ** ^*c. «* ftfiky' fcJBl Wednesday to develop 88 acres of Un- Site's Inc. time in network television history, iversity land just east of Interstate-75. Olscamp said the University has one network is producing a show to ■ • • - The research/enterprise park, lo- talked with eight firms from the run in a rival network. NBC asked the cated at the corner of East Wooster Midwest and the Northeast who have ABC-owned production company to Street and Dunbridge Road, has been expressed strong interest in the park.