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f^0^$ ! 0^^^^^^^$WM, J%#£#pTOfe* ^ T' 4 sS> fe- SfT KB p - Couriersloumal —\Friday Feb. 21, 1969 Local Opinion Aroased Bishop ^^fe Mco/? s ffeftr Biafra tor of the overseas relief agency of American Catholics appealed by tele- grain to President Nixon to use his influence to stop bombing and straf- ing of relief planes flying into Biafra. Bishop Edward E Swanstrorrx, ex- ecutive director of Catholic Relief; Services, told the President unless there is a strafing halt, hundreds of thousands of innocent women and children, imperiled by hunger and diseases, wflTBe cutoff rromtheir 1 only regular source of relief supplies from the outside world. AtCRS headquarters here, Bishop Swanstrom condemned the bombing^ strafing by the Nigerian air force of relief planes, uied by church-«gen- cies of Europe and North America flying food and medical supplies for the starving and sick in blockaded Biafra The Embassy of Nigeria in Wash- ington- issued a statement denying charges that the Nigerian Air Force was bombing aircraft loaded with re- lief supplies for the Biafrans, Goodell also._ .described _how.t .he ._ watched from a trench while-the viU lage of Umuahia was bombed by what he said was a. Soviet-made Ni- f erian plane.' Two civilians Were/ illed in the attack. Criticizing U.N. Secretary General U Tharit for saying Nigerians were not interfering with' relief opera- tions to Biafra, Goodell said U Thant \should share a trench \wpfir-nw\ while this self-proclaimed 'Genocide' bomber drops his bombs.\ (Continued from Page 1) to round out %he Nigerians hi(Vfe_ been bombing isolated hospitals marked with large Red Crosses, marketplaces, schools and feeding stations in Biafra,' 1 the senator said, •^^*^g '\The airstrip itself, when used by planes carrying arms to the (Blafran) rebels, is a legitimate military tar- ~g©C\the statement said. \It is well known that such planes often come into the airstrip immediately behind or between planes bearing relief sup»- ¥us—endangering \Hie reUf planes. Indeed, there has been, for some time, a suspicious coincidence in the-slmultaneoua-arrlval of gun- running planes with other aircraft supposedly carrying relief supplies organized by the unauthorized pri- The statement added the Nigerian federal authorities \have always made every effort to facilitate relief flights.\ In Washington, the State D>epart- ment disclosed that a review of U.S. policy for supplying emergency re- lief to Biafra, ordered by President , Nixon, Is, nearing completion, . .. The State Department made it plain the Interest of the U.S. in the Nigeria-Biafra civil war was focused on efforts to afford humanitarian re- lief to thousands of the war victims. The day after the Nigerian- embassy \Statement was issued, \Scn.~Char$es E- GoodeD, K.-N.Y., reported incidents .that. ; contradicXed_ik.... .•-_=__- _-_ Arriving here after a 10-diy* tour -of-Nigeria and Blaf ra, Goodell spoke of a pilot identifying himself on (he radio as \Genocide Flyliur • Sovlet- made twin-cnglac bomber, the pilot osopMcal principles \fheir case. \~\ - Attorney Eugene R. Cusker of St. James parish, Rochester, cited legal precedentswhich^w^d^bw^child-- injured before childbirth legal re- course to \sue for damages. He added that a United Nations declaration on the Right of the Child (1959), stressed: ,. \The-childi by reason of-his-physi- cal—and—mental—unmaturityi--needs special safeguards and care, includ- ing appfopfiate^legatprotection, ne- fore as well as- after birth.\ \Most wom>n seek abortion on -psychiatric grounds,\ lie said blunt- ly^ vtsimpiy-because they do jff wan ^ to have a child.\ DiFrancesco, questioned the validity of therapeutic abortion for psychia- fine reasjBis. Citing \His\\own expert^ erice; he claimed mat good psychia- tric care during pregnancy can pre- vent mental illness from developing or being aggravated. -— —: Of the 12 speakers only one was a woman, Mrs. Gerahi Sullivan, a Koch- : ester^social \-woVlrerT^TOOt&Mr-yJlS spoke strongly against liberalizing the present laws. .•. tfhe hearing was one of three scheduled throughout the state- in preparation for the joint public fiealth~coTHmittee's report to the re- spectivelegislative bodies in the near future^ Speakers opposing change: Pr. Thomas— Br. —Sweeney—(Obs=- tr^;Gepiar(iterilyiO Sullivan, *K . cial worker, mother; ^ - A _;_^ a y T Jto))&xtJftmerZCSB., cyak- man. Phil6~sophyT5epl i ^JW~FisIF er College; \— - Dr. Joseph; 1. Rieotta (Obs.), CW1- Vdrent's Jtospital, BuffahK ...\ _.^ Drr-yferanaad-DiFrancesco, Buffalo psyciiiatrist\ those favoring change: ' . ~ • *v ., Rt. Rev, G. W. Barrett, Bishop^ Gyn) Rochester General Hospital (co- chairman, Rochester Right to Life Committee); Mr..Eugene Cusker, attorney, (co- chairman, Rochester Right to Life jeBBunitteei ———- Episcopal- Diocese of Rochester, Dr. Kenneth Niswander, {Obs- Gyn), Children's Hospital, Buffalo; Dr~ Curtis J .Lund (Oi)»Gyn), UR School of Medicine; -Mr; • Dermis iivadas,- attorney, Chairman, Mton. Co. Bar Association; Dr. Robert W. Atkins (Psych. UR School of Medicine. Two Southern Baptist mlssiMary famUles, the Herbert Caudills, lower ramp, and the David Kites, upper^teps, arrive in Matamoras, Mexico, on the first lap of their return to the U.S. after the men were released from a Cuban prison. Mr. Caudill, 65, has been out of prison for two years because of an eye ailment. He waited to- return home until Mr. Fites. 35. his son-in-law. Was released after four years imprisonment. Both were charged with illegal currency exchange by the Castro regime. The Caudills had been in Cuba as —^-missionaries for 40 years. (RNS) - No Disruptions - - ND Prexy waits nightly for planes to land with food for the starving Blaf rani, «nd then drops bis planeload of bombs on the airstrip, the senator mid. (Continued from Paget) stand has the \practically unani- mous\ support of the trustees, aca- demic council, the vice preside and deans, the Faculty Senate, the. Student Life Council, the councils of several of the schools and colleges, and the officers and directors of the Alumni Association. \This community,\ he said, \recog- nizes the validity of protest in our tinue to exist as an open society, dedicated to the discussion of all is- sues of importance, if-protests-wera. ~of -such—a- nature- that the -normal operations of the university were in any way impeded, or If the rights of any member of this community were abrogated, peacefully or non-peace- fully. — . — Alluding to what he called \the new politics of confrontation,\ Fath- ^hisHs^the Wle^aslit^ ;£ •$£ day — sometimes even the necessity — regarding the current burning is- sues of our society.\ But, he con- tinued, the university could not con- -er-Hesbufgli questioned wheffienffiF\ versitieS must permit themselves to be- sujbected to such intimidation and victimization. ^•O*' 1 m SALE. THINK OF IT! A SPAhlKlNCJvlEW- WINTER GOAT ONLY 34.00! Here's a once-in-a-bluc rrtnon __ By REV. 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