www.ukrweekly.com VOL. LXXXVI. No. 205 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1979 25 CEN1 Tennis, swimming nationals held Щ Soyuzivka KERHONKSON, NY. - Andrew as fast as ever, challenging his younger Chaikovsky cannot quit now. Having adversary. Chaikovsky would have won the men's tennis crown for the none of it. He pressed for the service fourth consecutive time during the break, got it and ran out the set at 6-4. USCAK nationals at Soyuzivka during it was a fast-paced, hard-hitting set- the Labor Day weekend, August 31- to, with Durbak sensing that he can not September 3, the 21-year-old Harvard rely solely on his excellent ground graduate from Hartford, Conn., is one strokes, but that he would have to go to title short of tying John Durbak's the net, something that never stuck with record of five championships. Con– him in his heyday. To his credit it must sidering his current form, there are few be stated that he did make that adjust– Ukrainian tennis players on the scene ment which kept him in the match that who can stop him from tying the record was closer than the scores would indi– and possibly superceding it. cate. Of course, Andy, no w on a sabbatical Still Chaikovsky would not be de– from studies after graduating from nied. He moved about the court with Harvard with excellent marks, intends cat-like agility, demonstrating beautiful to enter law school -— and that's no racket control and hitting everything pushover — which may prevent him with depth and authority. He had as from devoting as much time to tennis as much touch in his volley as he had he would like to. But at 21 and with his power in his smash and penetration in talent and athletic ability, eveira his ground strokes. But most of all he prolonged break would not tarnish his had consistency which he demonstrated game. Be it as it may, the hundreds of in' his two-set victories against Kostia tennis buffs at Soyuzivka cannot im– Szwajkun ("Chernyk" Detroit), whom agine the nationals without Andy, as he eliminated in the quarters 6-2, 6-1, they made it clear last weekend by. and against Mike Kopach (Ukrainian applauding his crisp volleys, his power– Tennis. Club,. Chicago) in the semis, Tennis players and swimming meet participants face the flags during the opening ful overheads, his angled passing shots, downing the Washington University ceremonies. his powdering serves and his exemplary player 6-1, 6-4. As a matter of fact, this behavior on and off the court. consistency spans over the entire period was a tough, humid Sunday for John as Szwajkun defeated a somewhat dis– in what was the І977 repeat, Andy of Chaikovsky's four-year reign. he had to go all out to eliminate traught George Charuk (UTC), in the took the measure of the very Durbak The third-seeded Durbak had a Ferencewych, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, in the second round by a score of 6-7, 6-0, 6-3. who holds the record. This time it was harder road to the finals, encountering a morning and then putting away Falin– Charuk, the record-holding eight-time an even more convincing victory in the slightly off-form lhor Ferencewych sky in the afternoon in yet another champion in the various junior groups finals when . Chaikovsky breezed (KLK New York) in the quarters and three-setter, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. entered the men's field for the first time through the first set 6-1, only to let up a then an injured yet battling George it was in the 29-entry men's group despite the fact that he was eligible for bit in the second and see Durbak, at 32 Falinsky (KLK Utica) in the semis, it that the first upset occurred when K. (Continued on page 8) Ukrainian Baptist youth meet in third world congress ASHFORD. Conn. Hundreds of young people and other visitors ga– thered at the Evangelical Baptist camp here August 20-26 for the third World Congress of Ukrainian Baptist Youth. Seminars, lectures, choirs, musical performances and other aspects of the event were conducted under the theme "Youth lor Christ." Each day of seminars had a subtopic such as "Youth and the Family." "Youth and the Church." "Youth and the World" and "Christ and 1." The young people also held a business session and elected lvan Kovalchuk of Crum Lynne. Pa., to serve as president for three years until the next world congress. The remainder of the newly elected Participants of the third World Congress of Ukrainian Baptist Youth. slate is as follows: first vice president lvan Slobodian of Argentina: second Mclnyk of Winnipeg. Members of the urday evening concert. Argentina. Australia. Paraguay, Brazil, vice president Henry Jablonski of executive are Cathie Suk of Edmonton, The concert included participation by Canada, the United States and the Toronto; general secretary Alex lgor Domashovetz of Chicago and two orchestras, several choirs and an USSR. Harbu?iuk of Chicago; assistant secre– Leon Marushchak of Minneapolis. ensemble known as the Ukrainian The Rev. Georgi vins an'i his family tary - Andriy Спгірс?ик of Winnipeg: Dr. John O. Flis. Surperne President Gospel Singers which has recorded cancelled their scheduled participation treasurer Pavld Pasiecnik of Min– of the Ukrainian National Association, eight albums. because of a need to change their place neapoHs;'assistant treasurer - Anne greeted the congress during the Sat– Represented were the countries of of residence from Yermont to lndiana. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY.SEPTEMBER9.1979 No.'205 Baptists in Ukraine, Russia sentenced Chornovil faces harassment during eave KESTON, England. -Accordingto dent children. Both Nikitkov and Redin NEW YORK. N.Y. - Ukrainian that his wife was waiting for him at information received from "Glaube in are full-time Church workers supported journalist vyacheslav Chornovil' was Zvenyhorodka with flowers. der 2. Welt" Alexander Nikitov and by the Church. Popov has already recently harassed .by Soviet authorities While the police car whisked Chor– Nikolai Popov, the pastor and choir served a three-year sentence for religi– during several weeks of leave from his novil away from the airport directly to leader of the unregistered Baptist ous activities from 1966 to 1969. place of exile in Yakutia, reported the the bus station, Mrs, Chornovil. not church in Ryazan, near Moscow, were Four other Baptists have also been" press service of the Ukrainian Supreme seeing her husband among the pas– sentenced on July 20. reported Keston tried on charges ofslandering the Soviet Liberation Council (abroad). sengers disembarking from the air- plane, became worried and went to College. ; state under the equivalent article of the As an exile. Chornovil is entitled to police and airport offices to find out " 3 Nikitkov received a three-year labor Soviet Ukrainian Criminal Code. They such leaves — he can travel beyond the what had happened. Authorities told camp sentenced while Popov was sen– are the brothers Mykola and Alek– boundaries of the region of his, exile her that they knew nothing and sug– tenced to three years in a strict-regime sander Chekh, arrested on March 3 provided he receives the permission of gested that perhaps her husband had camp. They were charged with parasit– while delivering copies of the Bulletin of authorities and follows a previously become drunk and had missed his flight ism and slander of фе Soviet state (they the Council of Prisoners' Relatives in approved itinerary. і j to Kiev. had circulated copies of the Bulletin of their car, and Hryhoriy Dzhuryk and The Ukrainian political prisoner the Council of Evangelical Christian- v"alentyn Naprienko. both from decided to visit his family in Ukraine The entire episode was planned!so Baptist Prionsers' Relatives, which Donetske, who were arrested on April 2 during April and May. He was to travel that Chornovil would not have the reports on cases of .persecution of the following house searches in their from Yakutia through lrkutske to Kiev, opportunity to visit Kiev, although this Church). homes. Their trial began on June 25, but where he would stop over for'several was approved in hit prearranged itiner– ; A third -man, Anatoli Redin, also a the verdict is not yet known. hours from the time his airplane arrived ary. j pastor of the Ryazan church, is the Several other Baptists have also been to the time his bus for Zvenyhorodka, . Chornovil described the incident in subject of a separate investigation and arrested recently. Petro Rumachyk. Cherkaske oblast, would depart. His an open letter of protest to the minister Has not yet been brought to trial. Mykhailo Shaptala and a man named wife bought him a bus ticket lin ad– of internal affairs of the Ukrainian All three are married and havedepen– (Continued on page 4) vance. І SSR. ivan Holovchenko. However, when Chornovil arrived in in a second letter to the minister of Kiev on April 8. he was taken by the internal affairs, Chornovil again ' pro- authorities from the airplane to a police tested this incident and cited other car. Chornovil protested strongly instances of harassment he experienced Americans spent 34 days against the unwarranted arrest. during his leave. The second letter is dated May 18. m Czech prison The policemen told Chornovil that Both letters vyere received in the West his wife was not waiting for him at the by the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation KESTON. England. - Lenore Hunt, 7:5 steps long and four steps wide," Mr. airport as planned, but that she had Council (abroad). Albion Buckingham and Michael Birks. Hunt said.