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...Tucson, the tumultuous six-month "sanctuary" trial went to the jury last week. Lawyers defending the church workers pleaded with Federal Judge Earl Carroll to let them point out the inconsistency of the Government's asylum policy to the jurors. The judge ruled that this was irrelevant. Earlier, he had banned any testimony about persecution in the refugees' home country or about the religious and humanitarian motives of the defendants in providing sanctuary. Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Reno doggedly confined the prosecution's case to charges that the religious groups conspired to smuggle aliens into the U.S. and thus violated...
...twelve spots to a full-time tenure staff that now numbers 146. Other DePauw dollars are going into undergraduate centers that combine learning with professional training. Best known is the Center for Management and Entrepreneurship, which attracted Student John Curran, among others, to DePauw. Curran, 22, has completed a six-month ( internship with Eli Lilly & Co. in Indianapolis. At the same time, he says, "I've been able to take my history and philosophy, my Greek and Roman mythology. It's an ideal bridge between a liberal arts degree and a practical education...
...sources revealed on Tuesday the Coral Sea was preparing to leave port at Malaga, Spain, to conduct some routine operations in the western Mediterranean. After a brief period of operations, the sources said, the Coral Sea was supposed to set sail for the United States, having completed its normal six-month deployment...
...move is certain to please Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, who has been an outspoken critic of the revolutionary approach. But it does not answer other concerns of the military, which doubts the wisdom of Aquino's well- publicized scheme to declare a six-month cease-fire with the Communist insurgents. Indeed, late last week Enrile set back Aquino's plans when he ordered troops to hunt down the insurgents who killed a town mayor and 15 others in the northern province of Cagayan. Declared Enrile: "We cannot allow innocent civilians and our soldiers to be butchered...
Aquino's strategy in dealing with the Communists is to court the 16,000 to 20,000 rebels with offers of a six-month cease-fire and amnesty if they disarm. At least one regional N.P.A. command scoffed at that, demanding the ouster of Ramos and Enrile before talk of a cease-fire could begin. But the government is apparently considering at least one intriguing sweetener: paying the rebels above-market prices for turning in their guns. Under the plan, a guerrilla might receive, say, $1,750 for an automatic rifle worth $1,500 on the open market. He would...