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International Ship sinks off New Zealand coast; at least 8 missing WELLINGTON. New Zealand (AP) — A Soviet cruise ship carrying more than 700 passengers and crew struck rocks and sank in stormy seas Sunday night in New Zealand’s Cook Strait. Officials said eight people were not accounted for and there could be more. Earlier they said 34 people were missing. Les Goss, the cruise manager, said many of the approximately 400 passengers — mostly Australians and New Zealanders — were elderly. He also said there were no children on board, but a New Zealand of ficial said there were 25. Officials said today that 666 people who fled the sinking PROFESSOR RAIMUNDO PANIKKAR Univeristy of California at Santa Barbara Department of Religious Stuiiies Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, 1986 will present a series of lectures on: . HUMAN LIBERATION AND TECHNOLOGY Tuesday, February 18: THE COMPLEX MEANING OF HUMAN ! LIBERATION . \ ■ . “ Room 167 EMU,'7:30 P.M. ‘ ; " • Wednesday, February 16: RELIGION AS. 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Six people were hurt, in cluding one with a broken leg; they said. Passengers reported seeing a woman survivor who had a gashed head ; Rescue officials said they were checking the ship's manifest against known sur vivors. and 18 hours after the sinking it was still unclear how many people were missing. "At the last count, we believe that there only eight people who are unaccounted for at this moment.',’ Bruno Deliefsitf.’ board chairman of Marlborough" v Harbor near where the ship ment y$wh. 'told Radio -New Zealand this"morning.'.°'°.. r.. ° . But' he said 'that" "cannot be taken, a*. final , because''there were three ships.involved in the passage‘ of• survivors to Well-. . "ington. There Will be twime dif ficulty- ge.t.ting a :finalxpunt ’ ’ Australia's^ lCfacituarJe na-j tional radio;had sald 35 pe<>plo were.unaccounted for. . ■ . ■ . ^ ^".We’ haye / khsplutely no record of any lives being lost ; .r " - and w« have no concern about fatalities." Harry lames, head of the Wellington Rescue Coor dination Center, was quoted as saying in Monday's Dominion newspaper .Survivors said in Wellington that passengers and crew began fleeing the 20,000-ton liner in lifeboats about 1 Vi hours after it began taking on water and hours before it sank fust before 11 p.m. Sunday. " Efforts to rescue the people from the lifeboats whre hampered by darkness, driving rain and^lS'mph winds.*A New Zealand a-ir . force! recon naissance' plane and helicopter and police and navy patrol boa'ts: resumed 'the search for "siiry Ivors'Mondiay! . James .estimated there were . about 4t)0 pas'snngursoand some ; 300’ Sov let crew members The Wellington Evening Post had reporterT Saturday.. when the vessel was docked there on its T4rday .cruitfe,«that 340 ,crew and 40t) passengers wore abiiardr'^v’:.'•, But Deliessie. the Marlboro Harbor official, said there were -crew and passengers aboard. Bhagwan leaves Nepal, ’ might head for Europe KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. the controversial Indian guru misted from theUnlted States three months ago; secretly left Nepal for Thailand and is pro bably on-his way to Kurope, his disciples said Sunday kajneesh, whn’arrivod in this Himalayan kingdom Jan. 3. flew to Bangkok oh Saturday with five Western aides, his Nepalese devotees said “We knew hie would be going to visit his (disciples) in other countries but we did not know when.” Swami Anaiul . A run said. One Nepalese disciple. Swami Goyinda Uharati., claimed there was a conspiracy behi nd.Kajneesh's sudden departure "We are anxious the way they carried awnv our Bhagwan." he said. "Even hi* life is,in danger.'" Thai Airways International officials said Kajneesh was ItOoked only to Bangkok, but his disciples said he likely is headed for Europe. "We expect him to go to Rome or Greece," Swami Anand Aron said. "Bangkok may be only a transit point." Kajneesh returned to India on Nov. 17 after pleading guilty to charges of violating immigration laws in the. United States, where he set up a controversial community in Oregon He left for!Nepal after Indian authorities refused to ex tend the three-week tourist visas of his foreign aides. —UO Bookstore— Attention Freshmen! POSITION AVAILABLE: UO Bookstore Board of Directors, Freshman Representative There is an immediate opening on the Board of Directors of the U of O Bookstore for a Freshman Representative. To be eligible, you must be a Freshman at the U of O and maintain a course load of 12 units Student Board Members receive a stipend of $20 for each monthly meeting from October to June This term of office will run until May 1987. Applications are available at the Administrative Of fice of the U of O Bookstore, and will be accepted through Monday, February 17th, 5:30 p.m. For more In formation, contact UO Bookstore General Manager, Jim Williams at 686 4331.