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Sakharov's fate unknown to West By Brooks Dareff Of the Emerald It a man does not keep silent it does not mean that he hopes necessarily to achieve something ... In almost every specific case of repression we really have no hope, and almost always there is a tragic absence of positive results. — Andrei Sakharov, 1973 Andrei Sakharov, the detained Soviet nuclear physicist whose media attention seems to fade as his fate slips further into obscurity, can expect lit tle help from the outside, according to a Universi ty historian. According to sources close to Sakharov, the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate was taken from his home in Gorky on May 7, five days after he'd begun a hunger strike in an effort to compel the government to permit his wife, Yelena Bonner, to go abroad for medical treatment. The Soviet news agency Tass has said that Bonner — who suffers from glaucoma, an eye in fection and along with her husband, heart troubles — is treated by "the most experienced eye specialists." Where Sakharov is, and whether he has been hospitalized or is being force-fed, re mains undisclosed. "Sakharov's detention has its own internal Hey Springfield are you listening? WAHOO, Neb (AP) — There may not be seating for more than 300, and with a six-member police force, crowd control could be a bit of a pro blem. But that hasn't stopped this tiny southeast Nebraska town from inviting singer Michael Jackson for a visit. "It's a serious invitation," said Sherry Treptow of the Wahoo Chamber of Commerce. Well, maybe not so serious, she conceded. "But who knows? Maybe he'll decide he wants to come." To sweeten the invitation, she said the town of 3,555 will declare Michael Jackson Day on July 13, the day of the proposed concert. Local mer chants will offer presents such as sequins for his glove. causes. Do what we will, we won't be able to alter it too much,” says Alan Kimball, director of the Honors College. Attention has focused on the 63-year-old Sakharov, one of the fathers of the world's first hydrogen bomb, because of his sustained series of run-ins with four generations of Soviet leader ship. Once the pride of the Soviet nuclear military establishment, Sakharov has become its foremost critic, and the best-known spokesman of Soviet dissent. "It's obvious he has the support of a lot of Soviet intellectuals,” Kimball says. In 1953, at age 32, Sakharov became the youngest full member ever elected to the USSR Academy of Sciences, and his immense success reaped many material rewards. But four years later, he could no longer work in tacit and silent obedience. "Beginning in 1957,” he once wrote, "I felt myself responsible for the problem of radioactive contamination from nuclear explosions." Sakharov's futile attempts to impress his con cerns on then Premier Nikita Kruschev led him in to a series of campaigns for freedoms of thought, dissent, travel and expression that began first as analysis and led finally into activism on behalf of dissidents less in favor than he. Sakharov's activities also coincided with the turning of the screws — the systematic crackdown on the expression of dissent of the Soviet intelligentsia,” Kimball says. "However, they (the Soviet leadership) were slow to crack down on him (Sakharov),” Kimball says. Sakharov's detention from his home in the isolated city of Corky — where he was first exiled by Soviet authorities in 1980 — has elicited an ap peal by the Reagan Administration to allow Bon ner and Sakharov to emigrate, or at least let Bon ner receive medical treatment abroad. But the Soviets, at best, are minimally affected by public and world opinion, Kimball says. And the Reagan years, which have been characterized by a turning away from the U.S.-Soviet detente of the three previous administrations, are not the best of times, Kimball says. "The Soviets have no particular incentive to respond to opinion abroad," he says. "And peo ple like Sakharov suffer." BIG BUCKS QUICK Now hiring signature canvassers No experience necessary ... we train We pay 50* per valid signature Hurry, job ends July 1 Call Today -- collect If needed ... Fair Pay Committee 646-3346 11200 SW Allen Blvd. Beaverton, Or 97005 MAIL YOUR SURVEY TODAY! The traffic/parking survey of the West University Area must be in immediately. If you are one of the students who received a random survey, please fill it out and return it today. The survey takes just five minutes. The post-paid envelope makes it easy. Your input is needed so the study can reflect input from all groups. THANK YOU ' yQocd- Jduch uutlv fyuial Cxami,!" Study on a full stomach... FREE DELIVERY • 484-2799 COUPON i s2.00off Large /Giant Pizza Not valid with any other offer • Coupon good June 5th only COUPON s2.00 OFF Large/Giant Pizza Not valid with any other offer • Coupon good June 4th only