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Page 12 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1980 itraka ^BROOKS (*nike HconVERSE Men's & women s tennis apparel T-Shirts & custom-design transfers Complete selection of athletic clothing ~7h. Lwtkrr Koont ■ SPORTSHOES UNLIMITED'' 800 VILLA MARIA RD ACROSS FROM MANOR EAST MALL 779 9484 Cultist sentenced wo Court gives Peoples Temple follower 5 years A TOUCH OF CLASS United Press International GEORGETOWN, Guyana — An illiterate ex-Marine who once said he would do “anything” for Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones, was sentenced to five years for the attempted murder of a 9-year-old girl on the night of the Jonestown massacre. Charles Beikman, 47, a native of Indianapolis, stood impassively in the dock Tuesday as the judge deli vered the sentence. Guyanese de fense attorneys hope his plea of guil- fense attorneys hope his plea of guilty on one charge of attempted murder — and not guilty to four charges of murder — will spare his life. They will try the same approach in their defense of another cultist — Larry Layton of San Francisco — who faces five murder charges in connection with the deaths of Cali fornia Congressman Leo Ryan, three newsmen and a Temple defector. Layton’s trial begins May 5. However, Layton may also plead guilty to a lesser charge of attempted murder in return for promises from the prosecution they would drop the charges of murder, which carry a mandatory sentence of death by hanging under Guyanese law. The attorneys say both Beikman and Layton were brainwashed by Jones, who led more than 900 of his followers into mass murder-suicides at the Temple’s jungle commune in Guyana on Nov. 18, 1978. In Beikman’s statements to Guyanese police, the cultist said Temple spokesman Sharon Amos locked him in the bathroom with her, her three children and Jones’ adopted granddaughter Stephanie Jones, and asked him to help her kill herself and the rest of the assembled with an 18-inch butcher knife and a shorter kitchen knife she brought into the room. was charged with the four mu the Amos family and theal murder of Stephanie. Guyana High Court juajffe Kennard said the imposingoffc latively light five-year sentfjT in part due to the influenced! Amos in the situation, the if Beikman had used only the n kitchen knife on the girl, anil|. ^ had already spent almost ^ jail in Guyana. , shah of Ii hospital Besides Beikman, the Jones child was the only survivor and Beikman TTe An all girls free party O Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. MAIN - mixed drinks - BRYAN Mon.-Fri. Sat. 822-6105 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 8 a.m.-l p.m. Fighting in African nation ter surge breaks truce of factions Brazos Center April 11 7:30 p.m. presented by Moses Moore Crocker BILL’S AND JAY’S AUTO TUNE UP iw all cars , $Q 7C PLUS 57.# %J PARTS Oil change filter u !oil $4.00 Tune up & oil change PLUS OIL » PARTS $12 75 By appointment only 846-9086 3611 South College Ave. United Press International PARIS — Fresh fighting has shat tered the short-lived truce between feuding factions in the African nation of Chad, just hours after the cease fire went into effect, the French- controlled television network re ported Wednesday. The network said in a brief dis patch civil war broke out again with both sides shelling each other’s posi tions Tuesday night. It gave no in dication whether Tuesday’s truce was re-established Wednesday. Now you know 1 ST S X ANNUAL fJoofo Til KIidmiquT— " ■ FE&IyglMG: 0/y FROM AU5llNl,T)(. #D0\ZDS COUWTT PAVILIOMK SATURDAY, APRIL 12 ° &ELR bY H4e PlTCULR° conTesTs ° FUN AND GAMLS ' ^?2.oo aLLDAyI. ° GUYS ° FOOD and DRlMkS ' o girls CD United Press International A normal adult pulse rate is 70-72 beats per minute at rest for males, and 78-82 for females. it 3RD. ANNUAL LEDBETTER MARATHON’’ April 26, 1980-36 Total Trophies 10 Age Groups. Entry Forms: Write Marathon Dir., Ledbetter Marathon, Box 253, Ledbetter, Texas (78946) or Phone 278-3559. (Includes details). Eddie Dominguez 66 Joe Arciniega 74 Find it in Battalion Classified 845-2611 If you want the real thing, not frozen or canned ... We call It "Mexican Food Supreme.” Dallas location: 3071 Northwest Hwy 352-8570 VISA DISCOUNT CENTER COKE - SPRITE - TAB 6 pac 32 oz. 1.59 plus deposit OLD MILWAUKEE 12 OZ. 6 pac 1.49 cans 1420 TEXAS AVE. COLLEGE STA. SALE ENDS SAT. LONE STAR LONGNECKS a case plus deposit 5.49 BASEBALL GLOVES Entire Stock 20% OFF Both Chadian President Goukouni Weddeye and his rival for power, dissident Defense Minister Hissene Habre, signed the truce accord voicing the caution they doubted it would be respected. Both faction leaders had asserted only the destruction of the other side can put a definitive end to the civil strife in their country. Diplomats from four African na tions were helping enforce the truce between Weddeye and Habre after 16 days of fighting in which more than 1,500 civilians and combatants have been killed. A 500-man force from the Congo, which was too small and too lightly armed to be of use, was withdrawn last week at the height of the fighting — the latest episode in the 16-year- old civil war. French news media had reported from N’djamena that Weddeye and Habre have openly pledged to eli minate one another from the political scene of this poverty-stricken nation. French news media quoted the Li byan Foreign Ministry ns rgi “Libya will not remain inactiv| face of a dangerous internation threatening the Chadian p the African continent." £ Libya has long been atfTf' Un an hii Franee of supporting Habre, turn, keeps charging Wi being a mere puppet in the Libyan leader MoammarKl The Libyan statement conflict should have been!, tf sanctio the nations that participate]barter, ai Lagos conference. heir flow hey back Ayatolb ranian P: Africans get down ti American jazz band iadr said I he latest latlon to Reache Ion, an pokesma orts foe ationed 1 here will result ol In Wasl fupfnamha United Press International DAKAR, Senegal — A crowd of several thousand Africans gathered to hear a group of American jazz musicians play the music which is said to have its roots in their land. There was no place to sit. They stood, tightly packed, children in front, in Oblesik Square here. There was no pushing. If they wqre tired of standing or waiting, it didn’t show. When the Stan Getz^gfbup — Andy Laverne, piano; Chuck Loeb, guitar; Victor Jones, drums and Brian Bromberg, bass — arrived, the crowd was being entertained by local musicians playing African music. A group of youngsters standing near Victor Jones, the only black in the Getz band, grinned delightedly as the percussionist tuned up with a few test rolls and cymbal clashes. The audience erupted into ap plause and cheering when Getz was introduced although many in the crowd had had little or no exposure to jazz. Probably none had attended a live jazz concert before the series of free concerts in which the Getz group appeared. nent earl arrangement under whicliultwo ol group stays an average oftwj& and plays at a resort (Club llip! anee’s Les Almadies vi of Dakar. Under the agreii supported by Senegal’s pre Leopold Senghor, an entkj jazz buff, they also give freei! in the city. After each solo, the applause was duinderoit’S. The''rnusitlJns*^f‘ehnT'd' driven to greater effort. Guitarist Chuck Loeb, otm. y-y Trlp^o^Afrlea' called it, "an::| ! ■ ■ hie experience.” In addition to Getz, jazz greats appearing in Senegal over a six- month period include Dizzy Gilles pie, Lee Konitz, Buddy Rich, Frank Foster, Phil Woods, Clifford Jor- daan. Tommy Flanigan and Dexter Gordon. The appearances are part of an SUMMER JOBS Getz, who has traveled in’ and lived in Kenya, said heir Unit there will he a greater deBiPeru has jazz in Africa. He said he kt? die floe State Department will sei e Peruvi groups to perform in countne 1 * Lima st are too poor to bring theni am ing mi their own. 'mmunisl iead. The 10,0 nbassy gi 1 a hunge owed to 1 DALLAS/FT. WORTH • HOUSTON AUSTIN • SAN ANTONIO • LUBBOCK $6 SUBURBS OF ABOVE .65/hour Apply in person at LaQuinta Motor Motel April 9-10 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. - 12 noon - 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. (No phone Calls) W.E.A.I. Subsidiary of ALCOA Plane s hijack try r ench i nesday Represen Sectors he n t Carter states dei Reach Out and v Touch Someone It’s the Aggie Spirit BE A PEER ADVISOR AT NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION 1980 applications available in the Off Campus Center due april 11 SIGN UP FOR INTERVIEW AT THAT TIME. LOCATED IN PURYEAR LOUNGE (ACROSS FROM THE YMCA BUILDING) 845-1741 dr behalf United Press Internationi! ifn Havan NEW DELHI, Indiaf attempt to hijack an Indian.dn an effo jet was foiled Wednesday Cub; the aircraft developed a te*® 1 the / problem, officials said. The Bombay-bound pla»L rying nearly 100 passengi veloped engine trouble miiuft fore it was to take off from wj Ihi’s Palam International AW The passengers left the pN| were taken to the airport W After the trouble was corfl passengers went through t| security check before they h the plane. The second check reveal^ senger, identified as RajesEi was carrying a loaded pis® cealed beneath his pants. Singhal was questioned by and reportedly told thend planned to hijack the Karachi, Pakistan. Officials said Singhal so® managed to get through th security check before he boat« plane. The plane left for Bomb' Singhal was arrested. Soviets firt space ship United Press Internation* 1 MOSCOW — The Soviet Wednesday launched Soye space capsule carrying two nauts including Valery Ry llC last year set a space endi# cord, Soviet television annoj The special broadcast saP, ceship was launched at 4% Moscow time for a planned", with the orbiting Salyut-b 1 | laboratory. The ship was commanded ! Col. Leonid Popov, 34. Ryi>t| was one of the cosmonauts the world space endurance kl 175 days last year aboard the 32 and Soyuz-34 mission. S278.CK O’