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Blacks arrested in protest JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Police arrested 14 blacks who gathered outside the U.S. consulate Wednesday to protest foreign investment, witnesses said. Elsewhere, authorities reported two new deaths in racial violence that has plagued the white-ruled nation since late August, and there were scattered reports of unrest in the country’s segregated black townships. Peter Jensen, the American in charge of security at the con sulate, said the demonstrators assembled on a busy sidewalk outside the office building whose 11th floor houses the consulate. “Most of them were carrying placards. I didn’t see much against the United States in dividually, but mostly against investments in South Africa,” he said. “The police came about 15 minutes afterward. The demonstrators were not chan NEW SPRING IMAGES... 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Earlier Wednesday, police ar rested 39 black union members for the second time in two days. They were marching from a Johannesburg court, where they had been freed on bail of 100 rands($52)each. Police said the new deaths, discovered before dawn, were in the riot-torn eastern Cape Province and in Sebokeng, a black township 48 miles south of Johannesburg. r~-.— -v The toughest job you’ll ever love We admit it. It takes a dif ferent kind of person to be a Peace Corps volunteer. We won’t mislead you with glowing pictures of exotic lands. The hours as a volunteer are long. The pay is modest. And the frustrations sometimes seem overwhelming. But the satisfaction and rewards are im mense. You’ll be immersed in a new culture, become fluent in a new language, and learn far more about the third world — and yourself — than you ever expected. 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PEACE CORPS SCHEDULED INTERVIEWS: Mon.-Tues., May 20-21 Career Planning & Placement Office, Hendricks Hall. I Pane 12 Sign up for your interview in advance, bring your completed application to the interview. J Continued from Page the situation,” said Annette Stewart, a sophomore majoring in drama. “I think it’s horrendous.” Jeff Reeder, a sophomore in journalism, said he did not know a lot of the details of the situation in South Africa before the rally. One speaker’s remarks about some South African blacks who work for 22 cents an hour particularly affected him, he said. “It’s the kind of facts like that that draw you out of apathy,” Reeder added. Although she said she oppos ed apartheid and believed the rally was ‘positive,’’ sophomore Ann Ramsey said she did not believe that divest ment is an effective means of dealing with South Africa. She said she was not sure what should be done. ”1 don't have the answer.” Ramsey said. "I don’t think anybody has the answer right now.” •; Robin Stalcup, a senior ma joring . in biology,, said she douhted that • economic and cultural boycotts of South Africa wil.1 have any significant effect, “but something should be done.” ’’They (the rally organizers) have a slogan saying ’boycott South Africa, not Nicaragua,’ and I agree with fhat totally,” Stalcup said.. (Plans for Presi dent Ronald Reagan’s trade em Annette Stewart bargo of Nicaragua ware an nounced Tuesday.) Graduate student Jerry Blair stressed the importance of mak ing a statement against injustice. “We live in a democracy, and we have to keep democracy ferry Blair alive. The only way to do that is to speak your mind.” Blair said. "If enough people in enough places make such a statement, it does have political weight.” Carol Knutson, a graduate student who attended the University in 1977 when students passed a referendum requesting the State Board of Higher Education to divest funds invested in South Africa, said she was “surprised that it’s taking this long to be able to divest.” In December, a Lane County Circuit Court judge ruled that divestment violated the state’s "prudent investor” provisions. Knutson said she did not believe today's college students are apathetic, but they have lacked an organized way of ex pressing their concerns. Wednesday’s rally provided a means of showing that concern, she said. “You can’t do it as an in dividual; it has to be a move ment,” she said. 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