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International national Wisconsin State Journal, Saturday, June 29, 1985 Section 1, Page hFk 'MMQB FGimevifS hnds ver FQmin TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) Eastern and Western bands of the Cherokee Nation renewed a ceremonial council fire Friday, the second such reunion since soldiers 150 years ago herded most of the tribe on a forced relocation march known as "The Trail of Tears." Tribal officials combined ceremony with discussions of political and social issues, among them the tribe's right to determine its citizenship. The tribe's membership regulation is "one of the most fundamental and important rights of a sovereign nation," Ross Swimmer, principal chief of the western Chero kees, said. Swimmer and Robert Youngdeer, principal chief of the Eastern Band, lit the council fire at the Cherokee National Historical Center among the wooded hills of a northeastern Oklahoma county that bears the tribe's name, kicking off the three-day "celebration of togetherness." Many of the Indians were descendants of the 14,000 Cherokees who made a six-month forced march from the Southeast beginning in October 1838. About 4,000 lost their lives in the journey, which came to be called "The Trail of Tears." Last year, the two bands met for the first time since the resettlement, at Red Clay, Tenn.

The meeting near Tahlequah marks a reciprocal visit by members of the Eastern band of the tribe. Many of the nearly 9,000 members of the Eastern Band live on the Qualla Reservation in North Carolina. The Western Band counts about 60,000 members, many of them living in northeastern Oklahoma. The Cherokees were among the first tribes to assimilate white culture and were sophisticated land owners at the time of their relocation. Swimmer, 41, an attorney and former banker who was elected chief in 1975, par ticipated in a traditional dance while wearing a tie and white shirt Youngdeer, 63, wore an embroidered shirt Cherokees do not wear feathered head dresses.

"Our Bible tells us a house divided cant stand. As long as we're apart, we cant progress," Morrell McLeymore, 85, said. From Murphy, N.C., he is a member of the Eastern band. The retired cabinet maker said his grandfather endured the march to the tribe's new home in the winter of 1838, but months later returned to his home in North Carolina, where he was a farmer. McLeymore said that during the 16-hour trip by air-conditioned bus from North Carolina to Tahlequah, he spent much of the time viewing the rough terrain and thinking of his grandfather and other members of his-, family who made the march west "I thought of that off and on all the way" through," he said.

"They turned them loose here with a little food just like they were ani- mals make your way or die." He said the reuniting of the Cherokees this weekend is more than symbolic. It is, he said, evidence of a renewed awareness of tribal identity and culture. Reagan hedges hostage bets Happy trails to Route 66 World digest til -1 120 years s-" -aiTH Shigechiyo IzumL recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's longest living man, celebrates his 120th birthday today, breaking his own record. He waved to a group of well-wishers earlier in the week from his home on Tokunoshima, a small island off Kagoshima, Japan. AP Laserphofo Monsoon rains hit Manila Thursday, forcing most government offices and private businesses to shot down and motorists on a Manila street to "get out and push" while a horse-drawn "calesa" passed by.

AP Laserphofo Bush says USSR not sincere BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) Vice President George Bush said Friday the Soviet Union is deploying more medium-range nuclear missiles, which indicates it is not serious about arms control. Bush would not specify the number of additional SS-20s, but a panel of senior NATO officials said the Soviets had added nine missiles to the 414 NATO counted two months ago. Bush's comment was the" latest exchange between the two nations during the current new round of arms talks. Bush held a news conference after attending a 75-minute meeting with representatives of the 16 nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at at NATO headquarters. He later flew to Geneva, Switzerland, the fifth stop on his seven-nation European tour.

White vote heavy in Zimbabwe HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) Ian Smith, who many thought had gone from hero to has-been, led his conservatives in a striking political comeback that won 15 of the 20 Parliament seats reserved for whites, election returns showed Friday. Smith, 66, was prime minister of the British colony of Rhodesia when his government declared it independent In 1965 to head off black rule. After a long guerrilla war, the country now known as Zimbabwe gained formal independence five years ago under black rule. Soviet says I.5. 'hysterical' MOSCOW (AP) A Soviet commentator said Friday the United States has reacted hysterically to the Beirut hostage situation and nurtures "the cult of force" that fosters international terrorism.

The official news agency Tass summarized a commentary by Stanislav Kondrashov, a news analyst for the government newspaper Izvestia. Amii-apcarGieid bans ex as -blacks' killings DULUTH, Minn. (AP) Route 66 the 200-mile highway immortal-1 ized in song, novel and television is officially history, having fallen victim to the nation's interstate highway sys-j tern. i The American Association of Stated Highway and Transportation Offl rials Thursday decertified the 55M year-old road, and also voted to re- move Route 66 highway signs. 4 "It's all in the interest' of pro-j gress," said Jack Freidenrich, a New i Jersey State transportation official and chairman of the group's route) and numbering committee.

Route 66 provided the setting for John Steinbeck's 1939 novel "The Grapes of Wrath," and also was the title for a 1940s song and a 1960s tele-! vision series. In its heyday, Route 66 stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica, crossing eight states and three time zones. Most of the road followed a wilderness path that was forged in 1857 by a caravan of camels commanded by U.S. Navy Lt Edward Beale. Wagon trains, then cattlemen and finally cars and trucks followed.

The route was designated U.S. 66 in 1926. Over the years, the federal inter- state highway system has replaced Route 66, making it difficult for states- to place signs indicating where the road goes. The New Mexico Highway ComO mission plans to designate a section of the road near Albuquerque as "Old U.S. 66" and Oklahoma officials will erect four plaques to-i commemorate its historical signifi- cance.

i and the Azanian People's Organiza- tion, a black consciousness group. The Citizen, a pro-government newspaper, said recent grenade at-1 tacks, including those that killed the black activists, were an ANC attempt to halt peaceful reform and force a rovnlutinn i .0 The Sowetan, a Johannesburg daily for black readers, reflected the doubts of many blacks over the gre- nade deaths, saying, "You can build aj solid case against the bland assertion that the people who had their arms blown off were We are. also surprised that terrorists' should-' blow themselves up so easily." The South African Council of? Churches, a multiracial Protestant group, also rejected the police ver-5 sion, declaring, "We share the belief of the people (in the townships) that the violence perpetrated came from the side of the authori-', ties." The church council also declared Western pressure for disinvestment 1 "has been most effective in white South Africans into a more seri- ous consideration of the cause of the 1 political conflict in this country." 5540RAYWOOD RD 222-9200 SOFA 1 69" LOVESEATM29" CHAIR 99 OR ALL 3 FOR 38900 Plush ROCKER RECLINER Many Colors sioooo Durable Nylon COFFEE TABLES SCQ00 WW curt tadi ee pand "train Hi i CHICAGO HEIGHTS, HL (AP) -President Reagan Friday linked the fate of the 39 U.S. hostages from the hijacked TWA jetliner with seven Americans kidnapped earlier in Lebanon, saying there was nothing wrong with trying to win the freedom of anyone "kidnapped by thugs and murderers and barbarians." While refusing to say there has been progress toward winning the Americans' release, Reagan crossed his fingers and, with a smile on his face, said, "You know me, I'm superstitious. I never talk about a no-hitter if you're pitching one." Answering reporters' questions during a luncheon with community leaders during a visit to this Chicago suburb, the president used strong language when he was asked if it was a mistake, as one of the TWA hostages suggested, to insist upon the simultaneous release of all 46 Americans held captive in Lebanon the 39 TWA hostages, taken June 14, and seven people kidnapped earlier, one as long ago as March 1984.

"I don't think anything that attempts to get people back who have been kidnapped by thugs and murderers and barbarians is wrong to do," Reagan said. In a taped telephone interview with CBS, hostage Allyn Conwell said earlier Friday he was distressed by the Reagan administration's demand for the release of all 46 Americans. He said the Amal militia holding the TWA hostages were not the same Lebanese as those holding the seven, elsewhere, in Beirut Reagan's national security affairs adviser, Robert McFarlane, told reporters aboard Air Force One there is "no fundamental change" in the hostage crisis. Reagan flew to this ethnic, industrial community south of Chicago to address several thousand people out: side Bloom Township High School on his plan for overhauling the tax system. The president also met privately at the high school for 33 minutes with families of nine of the hostages from Illinois and for the first time with relatives of one of seven Americans kidnapped in the Lebanese capital, the Rev.

Lawrence Jenco, a Roman Catholic priest who disappeared last January. Minerals found on ocean floor WASHINGTON (AP) Government scientists exploring the Atlantic sea floor have discovered potentially significant concentrations of min erals, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The minerals were discovered between five and 10 miles off the coasts of Georgia and Virginia by survey officials aboard the research vessel J.W. Powell First analyses of the deposits indicate concentrations of 3 percent to 10 percent heavy metals, including zircon and the titanium-rich mineral ilmenite, the survey said.

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The main exile guerrilla movement fighting apartheid, the African National Congress, called Thursday for a full-scale armed uprising by South Africa's blacks. The outlawed ANC accused police "assassins" of entrapping the young activists to "get rid of large numbers LOWEST author on stamp issued and its denomination have not yet been determined. The Great American Stamp series primarily honors "people not necessarily well known on a national level, but whose contributions have nonetheless been great" McGonigle said. Nearly 49 years since its publication on June 30, 1936, the sweeping Civil War novel sjill sells more than 10,000 hardback copies per year. 'Gone With Wind9 ATLANTA (AP) Margaret Mitchell, whose novel "Gone With The Wind" ranks behind only the Bible as the world's biggest hardcover seller, will be the subject of a postage stamp in 1986, the book's 50th anniversary.

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