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Clinton: 'No nukes'
for North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — On the
eve of a trip into the tense Demili
tarized Zone, President Clinton
sternly warned North Korea on
Saturday to stay out of the nuclear
weapons business to avoid a major
confrontation with the West.
"We cannot let the expanding
threat of these deadly weapons
replace the Cold War nightmare
of nuclear annihilation," Clinton
said. "And today, that possibility
is too real."
If North Korea persists, Clin
ton said, "We are resolute to take
additional steps." Administration
officials said he was talking about
seeking U.N. economic sanctions.
The president issued his warn
ing before flying deep into the
heavily fortified DMZ separating
the two Koreas on Sunday to visit
frontline troops on the last fron
tier of the Cold War.
Summit offers aid
to promote growth
TOKYO — Summit leaders
welcomed Russian President
Boris Yeltsin as a quasi-partner
Thursday, promising him $3 bil
lion in Western aid. Wrapping
up a summit of modest expecta
tion, the leaders strained to make
their work seem larger.
The summit's economic com
munique — to be issued Friday
- offered bland restatements of
the need for economic coopera
tion to lift countries from reces
sion and stagnant growth and to
create new jobs. It was vague
about how to achieve prosperity.
The summit's only mystery
was whether Japan would re
verse itself and accept an Ameri
can plan to slash Tokyo's huge
trade surplus in half over the
next three years. "I don't want to
raise any false hopes," President
Clinton said before going to bed
Thursday.
Researchers create
cancer cell antibody
WASHINGTON- Researchers
experimenting with lab animals
say they have developed a med
ical "smart bomb" that seeks out
cancer and then unloads a chemi
cal to kill the tumor cells.
Pamela A. Trail, a scientist at
the Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma
ceutical Research Center in
Princeton, N.J., said Thursday
that the core of the so-called
"smart bomb" is an antibody that
has a natural tendency to find and
attach to human cancer cells.
The antibody has been chemi
cally linked, she said, to an anti
cancer drug called doxorubicin.
The antibody and the drug com
bine to make what is called an im-
munoconjugate that the re
searchers have named BR96-DOX.
Gunman wounds 2
at Utah university
OGDEN, Utah — A student
opened fire today at a university
grievance hearing and was shot
to death by a campus police of
fice who had been wounded in
the face, officials said.
Two other people were
wounded, including a student
who a school official said had ac
cused the gunman of harass
ment.
The shooting at Weber State
University occurred at the end of
a hearing on the harassment alle
gations, said Weber County Sher
iff Craig Dearden.
The gunman fired a semiauto
matic handgun at the other stu
dent, grazing him in the head and
striking police officer Kent Kier-
nan in the face, Dearden said.
Kiernan returned fire, wound
ing the gunman several times.
-The Associated Press
City council passes fire station resolution
Proposal calls for A&M to build facility, transfer ownership to city, pay for protection services
By REAGON CLAMON
The Battalion
College Station City Council members
unanimously passed a resolution Thurs
day asking Texas A&M to begin negotia
tions with the city for the construction of
a new fire station at Easterwood Airport
and a new agreement for the services cur
rently provided to the campus for free by
the College Station Fire Department.
The city approached A&M last spring
with a plan to build the new fire station
after the city determined that relocating
Fire Station No. 2, presently on Rio
Grande Drive, to west of Wellborn Road,
would better serve Bryan - College Sta
tion. A new facility located at Easter
wood Airport would also make it possi-
Iraq refuses
inspection
of test sites
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq barred U.N.
weapons inspectors from sealing two
missile test sites Sunday, escalating the
West's latest confrontation with Saddam
Hussein and touching off fears of mili
tary retaliation.
After the abrupt departure of a U.N.
inspection team, many Iraqis went home
early and most stores were emptied of
vegetable, fruit and meat in hours as resi
dents stocked up.
Baghdad hotels advised residents to
go to basement bomb shelters if air raid
sirens sound.
Vice President Gore said: "Saddam
should understand very clearly that he
cannot trifle with the. world community."
Speaking on the NBC's "Meet the
Press," Gore said the United Nations
could now demand Saddam destroy the
sites. If he doesn't, U.N. forces may be
called in to destroy them. Gore said.
Secretary of State Warren Christopher
also has warned Western allies could re
sort to force if Iraq fails to comply with
Persian Gulf War cease-fire resolutions
requiring destruction of Iraq's weapons
of mass destruction.
The inspectors arrived Saturday to
seal the sites after Iraq refused to allow a
U.N. team to install surveillance cameras
at the two missile testings areas south of
Baghdad. The seals would have to be
broken in order to use the equipment.
Iraq charges the cameras infringe on
its sovereignty and has insisted on some
thing in return, such as an easing of U.N.
sanctions that have prevented Iraq from
selling oil or importing goods.
In New York, Rolf Ekeus, chairman of
the U.N. Special Commission charged
with dismantling Iraq's arsenal, told The
Associated Press he would consult Sun
day with Sir David Hannay of Britain,
head of the U.N. Security Council.
ble for the airport to comply with a new
Federal Aviation Administration law re
quiring airports to have crash, fire and
rescue certified personnel within three
minutes of an active runway.
The resolution calls for a proposal
from A&M to build and operate the fire
station and transfer all ownership of land,
building and equipment to the city. The
resolution also calls for an "appropriate
payment for fire protection services cur
rently received by TAMU."
If the University agrees to pay the
city for the basic fire service the fire de
partment provides, it would be the end
of a 12-year agreement between the Uni
versity and College Station for free fire
assistance.
Robert Smith, vice president of finance
and administration at A&M, said this
resolution changes the city's apparent
position from what was presented to
him at the initial meeting. Smith said no
mention was made of either transferring
title of University land, or the current
agreement A&M has with the city for
free fire service.
"It was at that meeting that it became
apparent to me that what they were seek
ing as a strategic location was somewhere
west of Wellborn road," he said. "It then
occurred to us that if there was some way
that the city and the University could co
operate in the provision of that land, then
it was something we ought to pursue."
Smith said one of the provisions of the
resolution that asks for the transfer of
University land to the city of College Sta
tion would be extremely difficult.
"We don't hand over land to anybody/'
he said. "It is my understanding that the
University could not convey state-owned
property without consideration."
Smith said he was unsure of the city's
justification of the resolution of "TAMU's
request for enhanced fire crash/rescue
service at Easterwood Airport."
"When there appeared in the presenta
tion (at the workshop meeting Wednes
day) a reference to a University request,
that was the first time I have ever heard
that," Smith said. "We have not made
any request of the city."
After the initial meeting with the city.
Smith drafted a resolution supporting the
idea of pursuing an agreement with the
See Resolution/Page 6
Buzzing rtie rugby fields
MARYMACMANUS/The Battalion
Carlos Pereira-Benza, a junior civil engineering major from owners get together and fly their toys at the rugby fields near
Paraguay, flies his model helicopter at the rugby field the Zachary parking lot.
Saturday afternoon. Every Saturday a group of model
Economy threatens life of Mosher Institute
By STEPHANIE PATTILLO
The Battalion
After a year of searching unsuccessful
ly for alternate sources of funding, the
Mosher Institute for International Policy
Studies at Texas A&M will all but shut
down at the end of August.
The institute, which provides educa
tion, research and counseling concerning
national security interests of the United
States, will be functioning in name and
will be recognized by the University but
will be involved in no major activities.
said Dr. E. Dean Gage, vice president and
provost for academic affairs.
Gage predicted it will take at least a
full year for the institute to raise the mini
mum $120,000 needed to reactivate it.
Dr. Frank Vandiver, chairman of the
board of advisers at the Mosher Institute,
said the institute will have a secretary
through August and hopes they keep
their volunteers for as long as possible.
"Our doors are still open," he said.
"The problem is how we are going to con
tinue with all of our obligations."
Vandiver said the institute will be
available for media and groups who call
for defense information. He also said the
institute hopes to hold one conference
this year, but it will be done with outside
funding.
Gage said the University will work
with Mosher's board of advisers to find
an alternative source of funds for the in
stitute while the institution is on hold.
Vandiver said he hopes the money
needed to fund Mosher for another year
is not beyond finding.
"It's not a lot of money, but right now
it seems like a gigantic amount," he said.
See Mosher/Page 6
Seven football scholarships not yet renewed
By JASON COX
The Battalion
Texas A&M University head football coach R. C.
Slocum said Thursday the decision not to renew the
scholarships of seven football players under investiga
tion by the NCAA was not an indictment, but a move in
tended to keep the University's options open until the
matter is resolved.
"We are not denying that if this thing comes out okay
then we will renew the scholarships," Slocum said. "We
have tried to demonstrate that we are not covering up
this problem."
The players under investigation for accepting improp
er payments from Dallas supporter Warren Gilbert in
clude Greg Hill, Jessie Cox, Brian Mitchell, Percy Single-
ton, James Brooks, Billy Mitchell and Darius Smith.
From a legal standpoint, a scholarship is similar to a
Slocum keeps options open
with players under inquiry
contract. On July 1, each school has to renew player
scholarships for the upcoming school year. If the schol
arship is renewed, it cannot be taken away until the fol
lowing year.
Slocurr said the players handled the news of their
scholarships "as well as can be expected," and called it a
sobering experience and a disappointment.
"I think all of them understand the seriousness of
their actions," said Slocum. "This affects a lot of people
- coaches, teammates, alumni and students. Once some
thing like this takes place, you might really regret it, but
you still have to deal with the consequences."
Slocum said he has talked at length with the team
about the "absolute necessity" of following the rules.
and says he detests having to deal with this issue.
"We've worked extremely hard to have a 12-1 sea
son," he said. "We should have been able to relax and
enjoy reflecting back on a successful season. Instead, a
big portion of my time has been spent dealing with this
investigation. Even the questions the other players have
been asked have centered around this subject. It's been
unfortunate for anyone involved. We're going to work it
through and see it get resolved."
Slocum said none of the players have appealed the
decision, and he doesn't anticipate any of them doing so.
"After all the information is in, and if we feel it is
proper, we'll give back the scholarships," he said.
Slocum said he thinks the NCAA is now focusing on
how helpful and straightforward the players have been
during the investigation.
"It has pretty well been substantiated that the amount
See Football/Page 6
Highway 6 construction causes detours
By MICHELE BRINKMANN
The Battalion
Bryan-College Station motorists should ex
pect delays due to detours in the main lanes of
Highway 6 this week as work progresses on the
new Southwest Parkway interchange.
Traffic will be temporarily routed off the East
Bypass mainlanes while crews are setting beams
across supporting columns. Area Engineer Pat
Williams said.
"We will be trying to control the negative im
pact on the morning and afternoon commuters
by limiting the weekday hours of the detours
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.," he said.
Denise Fisher, public affairs officer for the De
partment of Transportation, said, "No actual
stops in traffic are expected, but people will be
asked to slow down."
Today, Young Brothers, Inc. contractor 's
crews will detour all southbound traffic on
Highway 6 to the west frontage road. Traffic
will be detoured from south of Harvey Road to
just north of FM 2818. During this two-day de
tour, all traffic will be southbound only from
Holleman Drive to FM 2818.
Motorists will be able to access residences or
businesses along the west frontage road by ac
cessing the Harvey Road interchange and head
ing south. Tuesday and Wednesday north
bound traffic on Highway 6 will be detoured to
the east frontage road through the same road
way section.
Williams urges motorists to slow down in the
detour and construction zone and to be alert for
detour signs and flagmen.
The construction project is expected to be
completed before September.
Inside
Sports
*A&M atfiletes behind national
graduation average
►Weekend Wrapup,
scoreboard, Golf results
Page 3
Opinion
►Column: Razing buildings
demolishes our history
►Column: Minority women
qnd abusive relationships
Page 5
Weather
►Monday: mostly sunny,
highs in the mid to upper
90s
►Forecast for Tuesday:
mostly sunny, highs in the
mid to upper 90s
Texas Lotto
►Saturday's lotto numbers:
8, 25, 27, 32, 38, 45
►Estimated Lotto Texas
jackpot: $3 million