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...Peter's Square was sealed off. On a nearby avenue, while police watched intently, dozens of demonstrators cried "Shame!" and "Assassin!" Soon the object of their fury, Austrian President Kurt Waldheim, emerged from the Basilica wearing a red-and-white sash and a large smile. He had just spent 35 minutes in private with Pope John Paul...
...announcing the visit, the Vatican said the meeting had been requested by the Austrian government and routinely granted. The Holy See noted its long- standing good relations with Austria and pointed to the Pope's record of condemning Nazi crimes. Many Jewish groups in the U.S. and Europe, however, felt differently. Some compared the meeting to one between the Pope and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat in 1982 and warned that the latest visit would set back Jewish-Roman Catholic relations...
NameSports Honor(s) Nina Anderson '90 Swimming All-Ivy Second Team Cyndi Austrian '88 Tennis All-Ivy First Team (doubles with K. Vigna) Rusty Ball '88 Squash All-Ivy First Team Tim Barakett '87 Hockey All-Ivy Second Team All-ECAC Second Team Gia Barresi '87 Field Hockey All-Ivy First Team Softball All-Ivy Honorable Mention Mark Benning '87 Hockey All-Ivy First Team All-ECAC First Team All-New England All-America First Team GTE Academic All-America Mike Bergmann '88 Lacrosse All-Ivy Second Team All-N.E. Second Team David Berkoff '88 Swimming All-Ivy First...
...story on the recent court cases against former Nazis ((WORLD, May 18)) mentions Austrian President Kurt Waldheim along with John Demjanjuk, who is | accused of being a sadistic guard at the Treblinka death camp, and Karl Linnas, who was "given the death penalty in absentia." It must be stressed that there is no proof that Waldheim has committed any war crimes. To put him in the company of men who are on trial as war criminals is unjustified and does not help clarify matters in an area where emotions are strong...
...Austrian Press and Information Service...