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Soviet influence in Africa discussed PARIS (AP) — Experts from the United States and four European countries meet here Sunday to discuss a Western re sponse to alleged Soviet-inspired "de stabilization” in Africa and to organize back ing for a French-sponsored Pan-African peace force for Zaire. The representatives from the United States, France, Britain, Belgium and West Germany will conduct "an in-depth analysis of recent events in Africa” during their two-day meeting and make recom mendations to their governments, a spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry said. U.S. military planes already have begun transporting about 1,000 Moroccan troops from Agadir, on Morocco s Atlantic coast, to Zaire as the first contingent of the peace force, sources in Rabat reported. American C-141 Starlifters also are scheduled to fly out the 600 French Foreign Legion paratroopers who jumped into Kol wezi more than two weeks ago to drive out Zaire’s southern Shaba Province from bases in Angola. French sources, who declined to be iden tified. said most of the legionnaires will be replaced by midweek with 1,500 Moroc cans and eventually 500 other African troops. The most likely contributions are Gabon, Togo, Senegal, and possible Invory Coast, the sources said. The force will be led by French officers and armed by Fr ance, which already has 14,000 troops in and around Africa, the sources said. France took the lead in convening the meeting because President Valery Giscard d’Estaing believes Western interests by Soviet-inspired disruption of pro-Western African governments. The French sources said the main focus of the meeting will be on how to continue economic development in African countries threatened by military and political turmoil. Rene Journiac, Giscard d’Estaing’s top aide on African affairs, was in West Africa last week, reportedly lining up support for the peace force which first was proposed by President Omar Bongo of Gabon. Journiac and Jean Soutou, the Foreign Ministry’s No. 2 man, head the French delegation to the Paris talks. David D. Newsom, undersec retary of state for political affairs and former chief of the State Department’s Africa sec tion, leads a five-man American team. pWorld at a glance-^ F'om AMoetfd Pr«M report* Tokyo anti-smokers rally TOKYO — Anti-smoking groups held rallies in three cities Sunday to demand respect for the rights of non-smokers. About 300 members of an anti-smoking group met in Tokyo, adopted a resolution calling on smokers to observe the rights of non-smokers, and then took to the streets chanting anti-smoking slogans. Organizations said similar rallies were held in Sapporo in Northern Japan, and Nagoya in central Japan. The anti-smoking campaign was sponsored by the National Council of Smoking Prohibition. Well, excuse me! ANAHEIM, Calif — Comedian Steve Martin couldn’t make it to accept his Headliner of the Year award for entertainment from the Orange County Press Club, so he sent his parents to sub for him. “Steve appreciates this very much and would want my mother and me to thank you,” Steve’s dad said, smiling at his wife who cast him a dirty look. “Well, excuuuuuse me,” Dad said, in true Steve Martin style. Amin sends Queen greetings NAIROBI, Kenya—Pres. Idi Amin of Uganda, who often has proclaimed his affection for the British royal family, sent a mes sage to Queen Elizabeth II on the anniversary of her coronation. Uganda radio quoted Amin as saying he remembered with pride his attendance at the queen’s coronation parade in 1953 when he was a member of the British army. The queen marked her anniversary on the throne last week. Pauling backs vitamin C SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Chemist Linus Pauling says his theories on the medical value of vitamin C are ridiculed because they challenge myths that have dominated health sciences for decades. Pauling, a Nobel Prize winner, has championed vitamin C to help prevent and treat cancer, colds and ether ailments. Pauling said Saturday at a symposium on “Nutrition and Health: Myths and Realities” that many recognized authorities on nutrition have publicly derided the value on vitamin C, and many physicians and scientists have criticized his theories. EMU Cultural Forum ' Presents JIMMY BUFFETT and THE CORAL REEFER BAND with Special Guest TIM WEISBERG Tuesday • June 6. 1978 • 8PM MacArthur Court UO Students $5.50/$5.00/$4.00 General Public $7.00/*6.00/*5.00 Tickets available at the EMU Main Desk. Sun Shop and Everybody s Records Produced by Concerts West ...while officials say SALT unaffected by Soviet policy WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Carter administration officials said Sunday that negotiations for a new strategic arms limitation ag reement are continuing in earnest despite Soviet actions in Africa. Defense Secretary Harold Brown and Energy Secretary James Schlesinger, a former de fense secretary, said in separate interviews that a new SALT ag reement is too important to be sharply affected by transient events. "We should not look mainly at the last week’s or the last month’s events," Brown said. “We have to look at a series of years.” Brown noted that the long-term outlook is not necessarily en couraging, citing the Soviet milit ary buildup in Eatem Europe and along the Chinese border. That is a long-term trend which, if it con tinues, forces a response from the United States,” he added. But he said Soviet intervention in Africa, while important, should not by'itself be allowed to scuttle arms limitations negotiations. “SALT is in the common in terests of the Soviet Union and the United States,” the defense sec retary said. “I would not hold up a SALT agreement in order to ex press unhappiness with Soviet ac tions in Africa." Schlesinger agreed that SALT should not be linked with the Afri can intervention. Delta Law requires you to read this message before you leave town. O.K., this is goodbye! Go out and get drunk! Live it up! Have fun! The summer is yours! But some time this summer, like around August 4th, you’d better be ready to see the funniest college movie ever created. Don’t blow it! 9 — I . 'Mhit. 1_ This summer the movie to see will be NATIONAL LAMPiWV ANIMAL INUM A comedy from Universol Pictures THE MATTY SIMMONS - IVAN REITMAN PRODUCTION NATIONAL LAMPOON 5 ANIMAL HOUSE ^ JOHN BELUSHI TIM MATHESON JOHN VERNON VERNA BLOOM THOMAS HULCE ond DONALD SUTHERLAND os JENNINGS Produced by MATTY SIMMONS ond IVAN REITMAN Music by ELMER BERNSTEIN Written by HAROLD RAMIS, DOUGLAS KENNEY 6 CHRIS MILLER Directed by JOHN LANDIS | Qngtnioi sound trpchs on MCA Records G Tapes | A PICTURE TECHNICOLOR* R RESTRICTED ^ You’ll be talking about it all winter!
