Sunday, May 12, 1996

First lady hosts Chornobyl commemoration at White House
by Roma Hadzewycz


Gorbachev, Kravchuk recall early days of Chornobyl disaster
by Marta Kolomayets


Canada's first Ukrainian Catholic metropolitan dies
by Christopher Guly


Police arrest mass murder suspect


NEWSBRIEFS

Railroad union threatens deadbeats
Solana: no new NATO members in 1996
Tabachnyk nixes rock show
Mukhin wary of new Cold War blocs
Udovenko bullish on EU
Oil spill in Luhanske oblast
Justice minister comments on referendum


The life and times of Maxim Hermaniuk
by Christopher Guly


Artist Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn found dead; husband is charged


Winnipeg Archeparchy's vicar-general killed in automobile accident on April 29
by Christopher Guly


EDITORIAL
Our mothers, our protectresses


Turning the pages back...
May 13, 1865


CHORNOBYL ANNIVERSARY STATEMENTS

President Leonid Kuchma
Prime Minister Jean Chretien


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Ukrainian settlers in Brazil noted
Now is not the time to turn our backs
How do you spell "Zahorodniuk"?


FACES AND PLACES
by Myron B. Kuropas
The ghosts of communism


500 gather on Ottawa's Parliament Hill for Chornobyl decennial commemoration
by Christopher Guly


House of Commons marks disaster's 10th anniversary
by Christopher Guly


CHORNOBYL: THE FIRST DECADE

Chornobyl's impact on health, the environment and the economy
by David R. Marples
CONCLUSION

INTERVIEW: Alla Yaroshinska, revealer of Chornobyl's "Forbidden Truths"
CONCLUSION

On the medical front: Kyiv pediatric hospital helps Chornobyl's children
by Marta Kolomayets

Warren Christopher at Okhmadyt Hospital

IN CONGRESS: Statements in support of Chornobyl resolution
Sen. Robert Dole
Sen. Frank Lautenberg
Rep. Christopher Smith

AT THE WHITE HOUSE: Remarks by the first lady and the vice-president

COMMUNITY COMMEMORATIONS OF THE CHORNOBYL ANNIVERSARY
New Jersey
by Walter Bodnar

Boston
by Andrea Kulish


FOCUS ON THE ARTS: Yara Arts Group to present "Wayward Wind"


Ukrainian pavilion idea advances at Disney World's EPCOT Center
by Natalia Warren


Philly supports Ukraine's Olympians


New York offers Ukrainian exam


PREVIEW OF EVENTS
Tuesday, May 14 - Tuesday, May 28


Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 12, 1996, No. 19, Vol. LXIV


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