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Page 6 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1979 the nation Order now for Wayne medal later United Press Internationa] WASHINGTON — The U S. Mint announced Tuesday it will now accept mail orders for congression- ally authorized bronze medals hon oring the late John Wayne, but they may not be available until the end of the year. On May 26, President Carter signed legislation authorizing the Mint to strike medals bearing the inscription “John Wayne, Ameri can.” They will be available in two diameters — 3 inches and 1 and 5-16th inches. The medals are replicas of a spe cial gold medal authorized by Con gress in recongition of Wayne’s dis tinguished career as an actor and his service to the nation. ISriariiHMMf tjAparimcvis The final design of the bronze replicas is still to be determined. They will cost between $1 and $8.30, depending on size and whether they are ordered from the Bureau of the Mint in San Francisco or bought in person. “The Mint will be pleased to ac cept mail orders for the John Wayne bronze medals at this time,” said Stella Hackel, director of the U.S. Mint. However, she cautioned, “It could take up to six months before the replicas are available to the pub lic.” The 3-inch medal will sell for $8 over the counter and $8.30 by mail order, the mint said. The l-and-5- 16-inch medal will sell for $1 over the counter and $1.10 by mail or der. The 3-inch medal is No. 666 on the mint’s medal list while the l-and-5-16-inch medal is No. 667. Mail order price includes postage and handling costs. A money order or check should be made payable to the Bureau of the Mint and should be addressed to the Bureau of the Mint, 55 Mint St., San Francisco, Calif. 94175. Pre-Leasing Program WE HAVE IT ALL! 11 For Summer and Fall” is, 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms 2 Swimming Pools Professional Tennis Courts Exercise Room With Sauna Zacharias Greenhouse Disco Game Parlor & Rehab redefindp" 11 court*; United Pre»j IntenutiJ j WASHINGTON-T® , ( ) , Court ruled 9-0 Tuesdaviu*! . » e ; federal law does not ^ fessional school to make&^ United jurope an uesday ovei j,S Feden )n’s mar may file liars in 1 d by Fr Ily critical ■he 21 n Irgency r changes in its program t date a physically disabled^ The court, in its 1973 Rehabilitation Act,] interpreted a key sectio-L exclusion from federallil programs of any "othenT ified handicapped indivijj by reason of his handicapT The law "does not coim tional institutions to disid disabilities of handicap^] viduals or to make sal) modifications in their pr« allow disabled persons !:K United pate,” Justice Lewis PovBASHIM for the court in a cast i olw Connall onr disabled applicant to B3 lu:se refu If I had a Hammer The loud rapping sounds coming from around the old library the past few days have been the result of Gene Harris and his jackhammer. The old steps leading into the south entrance are being demolished to make way for new ones. Battalion photo by Clay Cockrill Hijacker’s fate is unknown after flying, U.S. jet to Cuba Summer ’79 Specials Month to Month 1 Bedrooms $ 150 00 2 Bedrooms $ 200 00 3 Bedrooms *280°° EXTRA SPECIAL PRICES Summer, Fall, <&■ Spring! leases signed summer spring and fall only 693-2933 693-3014 1201 (HWY 30) HUNTSVILLE HWY COLLEGE STATION •<1^ kS ^VV United Press International MIAMI — The first American jet liner hijacked to Cuba in nearly seven years returned to the United States with 206 passengers and crewmen early Tuesday, but the Latin-looldng man” who comman deered the huge plane remained in Havana, his fate unknown. There was no immediate word on why the husky man, about 30- years-old, hijacked the Delta Air Lines L-lOll Monday on a flight from New York to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and forced the pilot to fly to Cuba. Nor was it known what he used to corpmandeer the wide-body jet. Sam Kass, a passenger from Boca Raton, Fla., said he first noticed the hijacker, a “Latin-looking man” about 5-foot-11 and 185 pounds, who sat across the aisle from him just behind the first-class section, when he stood up and opened an overhead compartment to retrieve a kind of Army jacket. ” He put it on and zipped it up, Kass said, adding he took note be cause he asked himself, “Why would anyone be wearing this kind of jacket going to Fort Lauderdale?” Then he got something out of the overhead compartment and rather determinedly walked forward. That was the last we saw of him,” said Kass. Shortly afterwards we were aware that something was seriously Jim Ewing, a Delta spokesman in Atlanta, said Delta Flight 1061 was taken over without warning Monday at 7 p.m. EDT over Wilmington, Del., when “a man entered the flight deck and demanded to be flown to Havana, Cuba.” The pilot notified the Federal Aviation Ad ministration he was flying to Cuba. Gary Gliboff, 25, of New York, making his first flight to visit friends in Florida, said, “The guy (hijacker) got on the horn and said, ‘I’m sorry ladies and gentlemen, I must do what I must do and I’m going to Cuba,he said. school. S jB Instead, it only savs,^ ^ t ' 1( session of a handicap is M koha " ia missible ground for assn #mg thei ability to function in a ■ ore . han context,” Powell declar#f m f ail t , ■r teet, h The justices reversediBally’s tir court ruling that a schooliB s an( l the required to take “affirmatikBies. steps to modify its prograit 'i lS t year to accommodate a disabledBjt no “Neither the language fetln: world nor history of (the law)iip|ib Com intent to impose an ail onlof the N tion obligation on all re^Sp en d er,t federal funds,’ Powellsaid|ii|fi admin the Department of HeallitB a l° n tion and Welfare "lacks aii®) billion do so" in regulations it gp* w 'lb Jaj interpreting the statute. J b et Powell said, however 1 ku ' f ,i U lu c.. IMper than may arise in the future don t v insistence on continuing quirements and practices*.^ ^ bitrarily deprive genuine*. , icapped persons of then; « )Iwe to prticipate in a coverediitJ j He said it will be HEW r F’ bility to identify such cases! Gliboff said the hijacker gave no reason. When the plane landed at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, it taxied to a remote part of the airport because the Cubans were apparently afraid there might be a bomb on board. Lewkowicz said buses came and took the occupants to the terminal. The airliner was allowed to leave Havana at 1:29 a.m. EDT, after some 5 hours on the ground, and landed a little over a half-hour later in Miami where anxious relatives and friends milled around outside the customs inspection area. Officials at the U.S. State De partment said the Cuban govern ment had no immediate word on the fate of the hijacker. Now you know f £H4i Chicken’n rolls 512 Villa Maria & 705 N. 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The Supreme Court rei decision Mrs. Davis wonio U.S. Circuit Court, which application must be com “without regard to herheari bility.” The 4th Circuit also school “could be requiredtj the nursing program so commodate the plaintiff hearing disability” under section of the law providin! ative relief for the handii Sati Sun Theatres 333 University 846 The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. IQ a.m.-3 a.m. Fri.-Sat. No one under 18 ’ Ladles Discount With This Coupon"' BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS ALTERATIONS IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS DON’T GIVE UP — WE LL MAKE IT FIT!" AT WELCH S CLEANE vIOT ONLY SERVE ASA .ENT DRY CLEANERS E. 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