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Relatives of Nazi-fighters invited to rites at Bitburg BONN, West Germany (AF) — President Ronald Reagan and Chancellor Helmut Kohl tried Thursday to blunt criticism of their plans to lay a wreath at a German military cemetery by inviting relatives of Nazi resisters to join the ceremony. The three-week-old uproar over Reagan's planned journey to the Bitburg gravesites on Sunday raged on as the leaders of seven nations dined at Schloss Falkenlust. a castle built in 1733, on the eve of a two-day economic summit meeting. The leaders remained divided on sensitive issues, such as the starting date for new interna tional trade talks; what, if any, action to take to curb fluctua tions in the value erf the U.S. dollar; and European participa tion in Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense research program. The decision to bring relatives of Nazi resisters to Bit burg was announced by Peter Boenisch. spokesperson for the Bonn government, after a 50-minute meeting between Reagan and Kohl, the West Ger man chancellor West German leaders hailed Reagan’s courage in resisting pressure from the United States to cancel the visit. A West German official, speaking on condition a{ not be ing identified, said the idea was “to make Bitburg more popular.” bargo called 'act of war ’ ■ t n I __InLltll U/hl/'tl liffwl (Arj — Reactions to tne lmpenunifc u.a. trade embargo against Nicaragua continue to come bom around the globe. Nicaragua said Thursday that the trade embargo is an act of war and that it will lodge a protest with the World Court. And the Soviet Union said Thursday that President Ronald Reagan has a “pathological hatred” for the Sandinista government. Algeria predicted that the embargo will reinforce the determination of Nicaragua’s lef tist rulers to radicalize their revolution. President Chadli Benjedid of Algeria recently paid his first visit to Washington, a sign of warming relations between the United States and the north African nation. Venezuela said both the embargo and the current tour of Communist nations by Nicaragua’s president, Daniel Ortega, could harm regional peace efforts in Central America. “We lament that on both sides, actions or unwmiwun .. . (peace) process." Foreign Minister Simon Alberto Consalvl told reporter*. Nicaragua ha* appealed to the Soviet Union for economic aid, and Vice President Sergio Ramirez said he will seek help from all quarters in an effort to ease the embargo’s effect. In the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, of ficials and businessmen said the economic blockade might ruin the national airline, damage agriculture and cripple transportation and communication. Service to the United States by Aeronica, Nicaragua’s national airline, will be suspend ed as part of Reagan’s package of economic sanctions. The embargo also affects travel to the United States by Nicaraguan-flag ships. Ortega said Reagan's action would “most likely be accompanied by military action.” TheMetron Is not another new computer: Actually, the Metron has been helping busy people organize their busy lives since teachers wore togas and chariots were high-tech. Nothing complicated about the Metron. Just three simple steps: balance, harmony and moderation in all things, including alcohol. You call it common sense, this habit of making the best of your self and your abilities, we call it Metron. No matter what you call it.. .live it. It's programmed for success. ME? RON Quality excellence in life. Pace 4A 7fcu atenuani u bromghi u, yam by Cam Dutnbmtay ‘1985 Adolph Coots Company, Golden. CO 804C1 Brewer of fine quaMy beers snce 1873 3488 Eviction may kill many Ethiopians ADDIS ABABA. Ethiopia (AP) — Many of the 58.000 famine victims evicted from an emergency camp are sick or starving and may die in long marches through cold mountain weather to their home districts, international relief officials said Thursday. The Marxist government's relief director insisted that the people were healthy and left the Ibnet camp voluntarily Maj. Dawit Wolde Giogts. the government relief commis sioner, described the reports of mass eviction as groundless. But the Rev, Jack Finnucane. who helped run the camp, con tradicted Dawit, saying he saw people forced out in "a very harsh" manner. Finnucane add ed that when he flew in a small plane over the area he saw starv ing children and elderly people trudging along mountain paths below. For many of the people from Ibnet. in Ethiopia's north western Gondar region, the march home will take two weeks. r • • JO am 400 pm • 4*4*646 We Ship FREE To MOM For orders of one pound or more of our fine chocolates, we ll ship anywhere in the U S FREE, from now til Mothei's Day. Offer valid only at our retail shop Fenton & Lee 135 East 13th 141.7*70