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IAN the Angolan
government has agreed
to release two American
mercenaries in exchange
for two Soviets held cap
tive by the Angolan in
surgent ; movement
UNITA.' A ": third
"American imprisoned in
Angola, a pilot Captured
just one year'ago,' Will
probably not be included
in the swap, which after
several delays is now ex
pected to take place later
this month in Kinshasa,
Zaire. . ":-lr-If
successful, the deal
will give a boost to the
Reagan administration's
dual track Angola
policy, which. has com- :
bined hard-line talk and
a "public tilt toward
UNITA with ongoing
diplomatic interchanges
wiin lilt uudiiua itgiiuv..
The two mercenaries
are Gary Martin Acker
from Sacramento,
California, "' and
Argentine-born Gustavo
M. Grillo, a New Jersey
resident. They were cap
tured in February 1976 .
just days after entering
Angola to fight for the
'National Front for the
Liberation of Angola
FN LA), 'led -by Holden
Roberto, then loosely
tallied with UNITA. They
;had been hired by a .
t C !.
vamurnia recruuci,
David Bufkin, who said
in a March 1976 inter- -view
with Africa News
his money was coming
from the CIA through
the FNLA.
According to informa
tion that later became
public,- the U.S. commit-;
ted some $30 million in
covert aid to UNITA and
:the FNLA, before Con
igress blocked the in
tervention by adopting
jthe "Clark
.Amendment" in
December of 1976. With
'Soviet and Cuban back
ing, the Angolan govern
ment defeated the
FNLA, while UNITA
has waged a continued
;bush war in southern
'Angola assisted by South
Africa, . v .
uaniei uearnart were
tried along with ten
British mercenaries. (A
fourth American,
George.Bacon, was kill
ed in fighting.) Four of
the thirteen, including'
Gearhart, were executed..
Acker was given a
sixteen-year sentence,
Grillo thirty years.
The Angolans ap
parently agreed to the ex
change as a gesture to
both the Soviet and
American governments.;
Negotiations began a few
months after UNITA
shot down a Soviet air
transport in November
1980. Kolia Mollavey,
the pilot, and Ivan Cher- ;
nietsky, an engineer,
were captured virtually
unharmed. The Soviet
government is believed
to have asked Zaire
President Mobutu Sese
Seko to act as an in
termediary with UNITA.
Discussions followed, in
volving at various points
the governments of
Angola, Zaire, the U.S.,
the USSR, and South
Africa. ,
After tne South
African
another
Sergeant-Major Nikolai
Pest rctsov, during the in
vasion .of Angola .last
September, there was
thought " given to
broadening the ex
change. The U.S., for its
part, would like to free
the American pilot,
UNITA. , Early ' on, the
White House asked Con
gress to repeal the Clark
Amendment.
? Contacts ; between
Washington and Luan: ;
da, which ' do not have
official relations, began
.to develop as the U.S.
'"resumed the diplomatic
initiative on Namibia. In
September, Secretary Of
State Alexander Haig,
Jr., met ' with Angolan
Foreign Minister Paulo
. Jorge at the United Na
tions. In October, Assis
tant .Secretary of State
Chester Crocker visited
Luandar And .last
month, 'Crocker and
Jorge met in Paris.
, For fear of jeopardiz-.
ing these negotiations as
weUs the Clark Amend
menri: repeal drive, the
administration asked for
a delay in the U.S. visit
being organized " for
, UNITA President Jonas
Savimbi early last year.
Withrpro-UNITA senti
ment building among ad
ministration supporters,
however, Savimbi was
finally permitted to come
!tor; Washington h for.
meetings with both Haig
and Crocker hn
. December, the same
. month - Mobutu was in
.town.
States has
nels." -
'Wi have not made
; Cuban troop withdrawal
a .precondition of ; the
Narmbian settlement,"
i n
ill!
In f interviews""" laST v -Crocker Said in October,
month in Rabat, Moroc- -" "Bu the problems are;
co; wttb' several Por-; empirically related."
Huguese ;lpublicaitons,( ; The Cubans' presence ;
bavimoi -portrayed nis ne argued, Vis a major
Washington talks in the :
best possible light, The
U.S., he claimed, has put
two pre-conditions on aL
Namibian v settlement:!
withdrawal of Cuban
troops from Angola and
reconciliation V between
UNITA and the Ruling
party, the MPLA TV'
He also dismissed sug-;
gestions that UNITA
.suffered a setback when;
j Congress in " late
December did not repeal,
the Clark Amendment.!
Saying he has been
receiving U.S. aid, he'
told the conservative !
weekly " Tempo:
"Material help is not
dependent on, nor
limited by, the Clark
Amendment. A great
country like the .United
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This' Rogers-Herr Junior
HighjSchool Honor Roll list
for the second nine weeks
reporting period has been
announced by the prin
cipal;' R.L. Yokley.
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Honor roll students are:
Reginald Alston, Shannon
Alston; Warren Alston,
John Beatty, Lori Blake,
Melissa Brower, Tammy
CateSv Katherine Cheat
wood, Karen Crawtord,
Melissa Crawley, Paul
Crenshaw, My Dung Do,
Raymona Evans, Sonja Gib-
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impediment to progress ;
on Namibia." -r
f The major problem, as
; the Angolans see it, is the
' continuation of attacks
from South Africa,
whose ; forces launched
major v invasions in
September Wi'-- and
November. The South
African : actions hav
prevented the Angolai
government from plann
ing with the friendly
government of CUba the
end of the military aid I
that has been given us," i
MPLA Secretary1
General Lucio Lara sai4
last month. ; ,
The Angolans have,
been alarmed by what
they regard as
Washington's ac
quiescence in Pretoria's
aggression. Five 'weeks
ago, the Angolan news
agency ANGOP charged
,an escalation in the cam
paign "to try to over
throw the MPLA
government or force it to
negotiate."
A new insurgent
movement the
Military Committee for
Angolan Reisstance,.
with the Portuguese'
acronum COMIRA
was readying 2,00() arm
ed men in northern
Wilder. Treavesa Watson,, Angola, ANGOP said,
Dexter Watson, Jenny alleging that the move
Whitney, Kim Wilson, An- ment formed "in close
thony Williams, Steven i;aison" with
Zung. , 'Washington and "in
close collaboration"
with Savimbi, as a
replacement for the
defunct FNLA. ,
. "Washington likes lo
have a finger in.-every
pie," the dispatch con
cluded, expressing what
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CARROLLTON, ALA. A civil rights coalition comprised of the SCLC, NAACP and the Marti Lather
King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change kicked off a two-week march front here to protest the im
prisonment of two black women on vote fraud charges and to dramatize support of the Voting Rights Act.
Shown (l-r) are Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford, Walter Fauntroy, chairman of Che Congressional Black
Caucus and Board of SCLC, and the Rev. Joseph Lowery and his wife. Lowery is President of the" Atlanta
based SCLC. urmnM
A Woman's Guide To Social Security
son, Gail Hollowell, Tonia
Hopkins, Hdbert; Lewis,
Donna Mangum. Vickie
Mebane, Sarah Pernell,
Mark Pippen, Andre Pitt
man, Laura Quinn, Alonso
Salter, Preston Sandlin.
Deborah Smith,
Christopher Stevens,
Teneki Tate, Dwight
Thompson, Carlos Torian,
Cabell Townsend, Chrissy
, By Dr. Charles W. Faulkner
If you are a divorced
woman, and were mar
ried to your ex-husband
at least ten years, you
can receive social securi
ty retirement or disabili
ty benefits when you
turn 62 years of age.
This is according to a
free booklet put out by
the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Ser
vices called A Woman's
Guide to Social Security.
To get your free copy,
just send a postcard to
the Consumer Informa
tion Center, Dept. 513K,
Pueblo, Colorado,
81009.
Another important
fact women should know
is that all social security
records should show
your correct name. This
is especially true if you
are '.unemployed, since
your employer reports
a demanding situation is not a necessary component
of your life. As difficult as you may think that it is,
stress can be easily be eliminated. You need only to
apply the proper procedures for eliminating the
stress that you feel.
How do you- know when you are under stress?
Rapid heart- beat, trembling, increased blood
pressure, nervousness, irritability, quickness of
temper and rapid breathing are but a few of the
symptoms of stress. Most of the unexplained
physical problems that you have were probably
caused by stress. Untraceable aches and pains, brit
tle fingernails, skin rashes, constipation, hair
breakage and stomach pains are sometimes caused
by stress.
What can you do to control stress?
1) Use the breathing techniques, progressive
relaxation techniques and guided fantasies that I
have presented in previous columns, If you missed
those columns, you may send me a self
addressedstamped envelope to: P.O. Box 50016, '
Washington, DC 20004. 1 will forward them to you
' immediately.
2) Stop competing with other people unless you
are Involved in a well-defined,' structured contest.
Constant psychological competitiveness causes ten-
1 sion and physiological discomfort. Achieve the best
results of which you are capable and be satisfied
that you did your best regardless of what others do.
3) Siop being overly concerned with what others
think about you. Your positive opinion of yourself
is far, far more valuable than negative opinions
others may have of you. Be your own person. Be
the best judge of yourself.
4) Live and let live. Life is short and should be
lived and enioved to its fullest. St on criticizine
army captured others for their shortcomings. This consumes too
Soviet pilot miirh timp and enercv. Remember, onlv a few
things in life are really important, Concentrate your
energy and attention on those really important
things. Don't belabor trivialities. Be bigger and
stronger, than everything with which you come into
contact. .
5) Don't be afraid to try something new. You '
may be quite surprised at how successful you might
be if you just give it a try.
d Don't he afraid to fail. Do vou know of
Geoffrey Harrison anyone who has not failed at something? Everyone "
Tyler, who was captured ; has failed but vou will eventually triumph if you
continue to try your hand at something new. If you
do fail, learn from your failure and use your new
knowledge to do better the next time, But, first give
it a try. Fear is your greatest enemy. Your greatest
friend is your constant dedication to keep on trying
even if victory seems far, far away. ,
7) Daydream your way to the success that you
desire. Let your mind be your guide. Let your
dreams of success be the motivating force in your
life. Dream about the wonderful, almost impossi
ble, things that you want for yourself. They may'
not be as impossible as you think.. But, never, never
daydream about failure. Let your dreams Devour
friend. '-; 1 -:- r . ' -,-7 ,7 ,:i'
8) i Encourage someone else. Try to be a positive i,
and valuable force in the life of a relative, a friend
or a stranger, While you are saving your own life,
you may save the life of another person who needs
you desperately. - , -' .. '-. :. : -
9XForget the past and look ahead to a bright :
future for yourself and others. Then, make it hap- Y
pen., . ,''.
. 10) Stop trying to be perfect no one is perfects
But, you have all of the ingredients necessary for
success. Use them, i Dream , a lot and prepare ,
yourself for the success, that will be yours if youy
continue to figfit in spite of possible setbacks.
may be. official am
bivalence aboiitt f the
Reagan administrM ion's
approach If th'iail ?yo.ur farningS under the
"wk will mov 10 cenie'fl wliewer yptr chanrhfl
.stage.". '- , 1 name you use in employ-
ment, whether because
The Carolina Times of marriage, divorce, or
Call Today other reasons, you
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Security. Otherwise,
your earnings will not be
properly recorded
toward security credit.
: To report a name
change, just fill out an
Application for a Social
Security Number Card.
. You will have to show
proof of identity under
both the old name and
the new name. You can
pick up the form at any
social security office,
and find out there what
documents you will need
as proof of identity,
If. a woman becomes
disabled and can't work
for a year or more, she
can get disability checks,
provided she has worked
long enough under social
security. These benefits
start on the sixth full
month of disability and
continue as long as the
disability persists. After
24 months of disability
payments., a woman is"
?jtftf 'Wgftrie ffifr Medicare
protection.
While collecting
disability benefits,
payments are also given
to unmarried children
under 18 (or under 22, if
full-time students). This
includes stepchildren and
legally adopted children.
To get social security
benefits, you need credit
for a certain amount of
work, depending on your
age. The- credits are
measured in "quarters of
coverage." Starting in
1980, employees and
self-employed people
received one quarter of
coverage for each $290
of "covered" annual
earnings, with no more
than four quarters
credited in any one year.
If you interrupt your
career to raise children,
the amount of any mon
thly benefit you might
earn could be affected by
the years of no earnings.
If several years of no ear
nings have to be
counted, yoyjr .benefit
may , be lower than if
. your worked throughout
your life. If you stop
working .before you've
earned enough credit,
you can't get benefits.
But the credit you've
earned stavs on vonr
record, and your can add
to it by subsequently
returning to work under
social security. '
When you order A
Woman's Guide to
Social Security (free),
you'll also receive a free
copy of the Consumer
Information . Catalog.
Published quarterly by
the Consumer .informa
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the Catalog lists more
than 200 free oi low-cost
consumer publications.
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On many occasions it is literally the
lifeblooa that keeps us all at work.
last February when he
landed his plane on a
road in southern Angola.
In addition, Portugal is
seeking the release, of
'several of its citizens held
by Angola and by,
UNITA..
Last week, UNITA
leader Jonas Savimbi
was reported to be in
Kinshasa, where he has
not been welcome since
Mobutu worked out a'
, rapprochement with
Luanda in 1979." But it
appears that the ex
change, if it comes' off,
will be limited to the two
Americans and two
Soviets. '
. The Reagan ad-,
ministration took office
with leading figures, in
cluding the president, on
record favoring recogni
tion and support for
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