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SHOCKS 1' at OPEN ,« Perspective SHORTSIGHTED U.S. POSITION By RONALD REAGAN Dedicate Community Calendar With the apparent success of the Rhodesian elections, both hope and pressure will build in Southwest Africa (Namibia) for a similar "internal set­ tlement" for that Texas-and-a- half sized, mineral-rich land with its scattered population of fewer than a million persons. More than three years ago, South Africa, which has had Southwest Africa under trusteeship since the end of World--WsF-^^^rpmised the various tribal and political groups in the vast country that free elections leading to in­ dependence would be held by the end of 1978. In early 1976, United Nations Resolution 385 set down the basic requiremo&ts for Namibian independence. It called for free elections under U.N. supervision, release of political prisoners, creation of a unitary state (no tribal "homelands" as have been created in South Africa), removal of racially discriminatory laws and provision for Southwest Africans outside the borders to return home. This last was designed to allow participation by S.W.A.P.O., the self-styled Southwest Africa People's Orangization, a Marxist guerrilla group based in Angola and Zambia. Despite its record of terrorism, S.W.A.P.O. has enjoyed U.N. subsidies, offices and a staff at U.N. headquarters in New York. In fact, the U.N. more-or-less treats S.W.A.P.O. officials as the official representatives of the country. Ignoring the U.N. tilt toward the Marxist group. South Africa reached agreement (in March, 1978) with the five Western powers negotiating for the U.N. (the U.S., U.K., Canada, France, West Ger­ many). It agreed to all the conditions of Resolution 385. What was needed to bring off the free elections was agreement from S.W.A.P.O. to a ceasefire (it had recently assassinated the internal black leader who was generally agreed to be the most likely prime minister of a newly- independent Namibia). S.W.A.P.O.'s response to the negotiated settlement has been dilatory at best., It has issued ambiguous statements and not observed a ceasefire. In January this year, Martti Ahtissari, U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim's special envoy, visited S.W.A.P.O. chief Sam Njomo. On his return to New York the U.N. - by a strange coincidence - added two new conditions to the previous agreement. They were that S.W.A.P.O. would not be required to subject its bases in Angola and Zambia to U.N. monitoring; and that it would be given five bases within Southwest Africa, although it has never occupied any territory within the country. Because the U.N. has CONTRACTORS Job Held Up Because Of Concrete Delivery Delay? CALL ACCU CRETE, INC. Saturday Deliverys Available Phone: 338-4718 declared that its 7,500-man unit to be assigned to Southwest Africa would be there solely to monitor the elections and not to keep the peace, both the South Africans and internal South­ west African leaders fear that S.W.A.P.O. will use these new conditions to send well-armed detachments across the border, set up armed bases and harass and intimidate voters. It is widely believed within South­ west Africa that S.W.A.P.O. could not get enough votes in a free election to win, so that it must use other tactics to prevail. South African officials insist they want to complete the transition to independence for Sduthwest Africa and this last winter they supervised provisional internal elections. Pressure from the elected leaders has been growing to follow Rhodesia's lead and conduct the final elections without the U.N. -- and without S.W.A.P.O. South Africa may provide a sympathetic ear, for it considers it not only unfair, but potentially ruinous to the West to, in effect, rig U.N. - monitored elections in such a way as to turn the mineral-rich country over to a Marxist cadre. As one South African offical in the U.S. said the other day, "Why give S.W.A.P.O. something it hasn't been able to get in 12 years - internal bases in Southwest Africa? Would Israel give the P.L.O. bases on the West Bank?" As for the timing of that U.S. spy plane revelation by the South African- government recently, it was made oni the day U.N. had set as a deadline for South Africa to accept or reject the two new conditions. It was a U.N. "Catch-22"; if South Africa accepted the conditions, S.W.A.P.O. would no doubt emerge victorious in Namibia. If it rejected the conditions, the U.N. would almost cer­ tainly impose economic sanc­ tions on South Africa. South Africa's solution: a diver­ sionary action (the spy plane charges), plus an effort to keep on negotiating, at least until the British elections May 3 when the possibility of a Con­ servative Party victory might lead to a change in policy from at least one of the five Western powers negotiating over the future of Southwest Africa. Since it is widely believed that members of Andrew Young's staff are among those who crafted the pro-S.W.A.P.O. negotiating provisions, it is not likely there will be a change in the official American position, which remains as shortsighted as it was in Rhodesia. Whate'er's begun in anger ends in shame. -Benjamin Franklin. START LOSING WEIGHT TODAY The hardest part ot losing weight is getting started. 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Hundreds of items are being offered, all being donated by Lions and other interested citizens and businesses of the community. "The new sign was the idea of Lion Kenneth Sheridan of McHenry", reported Lions president, Dennis Swedo. "and we are excited at the prospect of having such an important community service every day of the year." The sign is another in the many community service activities sponsored by McHenry Lions, in keeping with their motto, "We Serve' . Anger makes a rich man hated, and a poor man scorned. -Thomas Fuller. mer ican V iewpo in ts "POSITIVE THINKING' -Esther Franch, Father Robert Balog, Madalyn Otto and Tom Breen are shown finalizing arrangement! for the McHenry Area Separated and Divorced Catholic groap meeting May 3. The 7:30 meeting at Montini Middle school will feature Richard Kirchner spekaing on "Positive Thinking". Offer CPR Class STAFF PHOTO- WAYNE GAYLORD The McHenry Lions club, with the cooperation of the City of McHenry and the McHenry Township Fire Protection district, have made a dream become a reality, as they dedicated their new Com­ munity Calendar sign on Station 1 property of the Fire district at 3610 W. Elm street, McHenry. FOCUS ON THE SOUNDS YOU WANT a* TO jp, HEAR The new sign will be made available to groups and organizations in the community to announce events of general public interest. Details of space arrangements on the sing will be forwarded to these organizations very shortly. This country will never be a good place for any of us to Hue in if it is not a reasonably good place for all of us to Hue in Theodore Roosevelt Interested members of the public will be taught how to resuscitate victims of heart attack and drowning during a three hour class in CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation > to be presented April 30 from (>:45 until 10 p.m at McHenry hospital Paramedic instructors certified by the Illnois Heart association will train a limited number of registrants and will evaluate each student's practical application of CRP, according to Mary Spraetz, CCRN nurse coordinator of the Mobile ICU program for McHenry county-Western Lake county. "In order to provide in­ dividualized practice, we must request pre-registration," Mrs. Spraetz said. Interested citizens may register by calling the Outreach office, McHenry Hospital. 385-2200, extension 623 The class is free. 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