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on/Page 12 5t 31,1982 foreign Battalion/Page 13 August 31, 1982 PLO’s Yasser Arafat leaves west Beirut arable build was in Mat rnment riot a dozen citi« smaller dups were nt and Wreck were reporiti ials issued i n the sale d United Press International Palestine Liberation Organi- adon chairman Yasser Arafat ailed from battered west Beirut londay aboard a white cruise ip, vowing to continue the ang march” towards his peo- jle's dream of a state. “lam very proud that I parti- ated in this heroic freedom fight,” Arafat said before leav ing, referring to the 2Vs month stand the PLO made against Israeli forces. With U.S. Marines on guard at the Beirut port, Arafat rode up the ramp into the Greek- registered AjJbitis in a bullet- E foof limousme belonging to ebanese Prime Minister Chefik Wazzan. A 60-man PLO honor guard stood at attention, waving the green, red, white and black Palestinian flag at the edge of port as their Lebanese militia allies fired anti-aircraft guns and artillery in salute. PLO spokesmen refused to give Arafat’s immediate destina tion, but in Athens, a spokesman for the owners of the Atlantis said the PLO guerrilla chief was expected to arrive in the Greek port of Piraeus Wednesday morning. A Greek government spokes man said Arafat would be mak ing a two-day visit. Arafat is ex pected to set up his permanent Mexican coup rumored orth Ametio o perform li i Franzen i> rmed one ilant in 19ii zed ISdaysif ty lung trau as lived is I ir patients i ford Media received cob ransplantsaii jest more tk ery. The Ci las only pei nbined t» United Press International MEXICO CITY — Mexican ifficials are trying to squelch ddespread rumors that the nilitary would attempt to oust teident Jose Lopez Portillo in coup this week. The pro-government El Dia eportea Sunday that youths been boarding buses in lowntown Mexico City showing flssengers circulars warning hem to stay off the streets Tues- lay because of an army akeover. Other unsubstantiated accounts say a coup will occur during Lopez Portillo’s final State of the Nation address Wednesday, where he promised a full explanation of the coun try’s current financial crisis. After several years of buoyant growth, Mexicans have been stunned by the recent turn of fortune — a devalued peso, 70 percent inflation, rising un employment and almost no re serves to pay off the $80 million foreign debt. In the effort to enc jovernmenfs First the rumors, which also surfaced during the turbu lent months before Lopez Portil lo took office in 1976, a former Supreme Court chief justice stated the army was not plotting a coup. The government-owned El Nacional newspaper quoted Guerrero state Gov. Alejandro Cervuntes as saying “all Mex icans are united and we will not echo these rumors.” The newspapers noted there have also been rumors that Lopez Portillo, who leaves office Dec. 1, and President-elect Miguel de la Madrid were critic ally wounded in attacks. Although Lopez Portillo has been keeping a low profile to prepare his address, recent appearances show both men are alive and well. The government appears to be taking steps to assure the gos sip does not spark violence. Travelers returning recently from traditionally conservative northwestern Mexican states and the oil-producing southeast reported their cars and buses were stopped numerous times by heavily armed police sear ching for weapons. French arrest four terrorists headquarters in the Tunisian capital of Tunis on the North African coast. The Atlantis sailed from Beirut, accompanied by three U.S. Navy vessels. On board the ship with Arafat were several aides and members of the PLO information office. Arafat left after more than 9,100 of his guerrilla fighters had been evacuated to various Arab nations under a U.S.- sponsored agreement that en ded a fierce Israeli bombing campaign against the PLO’s west Beirut stronghold. At the same time, an esti mated 1,500 members of the all- Syrian Arab Deterrent Force, which was sent to Lebanon to restore order after the 1975-76 civil war, left west Beirut in a convoy of about 275 vehicles. They hauled with them Soviet-made T-45 and T-52 tanks and numerous armored personnel carriers. Before proceeding to the port, Arafat held a farewell meeting with his Lebanese allies, many of whom were in tears, at the home of leftist leader Walid Jumblatt. Arafat wore his traditional black and white Arab headdress, the Kiffayeh, fatigues and a beaded chain in the colors of the Palestinian flag. Many of his bodyguards and members of the honor guard wept openly as they crowded around Arafat, chanting and waving their rifles in the air. Some 146 wounded Palesti nian fighters preceded Arafat at Piraeus today, landing amid cheering and singing by their supporters and the sound of Palestinian bagpipers. An esti mated 1,740 guerrillas went by land or sea to Syria Sunday. The Lebanese militia Moura- bitoun has replaced Palestinian guerrillas in some parts of west Beirut and Israel Sunday charged the PLO violated the evacuation agreement by turn ing over its heavy weapons to the Mourabitoun. Join our winning team... Make money while gaining valuable work experience as a BATTALION ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Must be enrolled in TAMU Must have car Sales experience helpful - train. but we will For more information, call: 845-2611 trip lie the city-sun by helicoptei ind as hedofl 'isits a M imiry govern pope addrfr f San Marine 3ommmuni» n. He thfl a, cobblestort re the remain the repi United Press International PARIS — Special police com- nandos let loose in President rancois Mitterrand’s war on trrorism arrested at least four ilernational terrorists in a weep of the French capital, Burces said Monday. Three of the terrorists rrested in a weekend sweep lere members of the Irish Re- mblican Army plotting to attack Iritish citizens and institutions in France, a well-informed offi cial source said. The source, who asked not to be identified, said the two men and a woman apprehended in a suburban apartment house late Saturday were Irish nationals planning an attack against the British military attache in the French capital. Police spokesmen refused to comment on the suspects’ ter rorist affiliation. A total blackout on official information was imposed after a spokesman for Mitterrand Sun day announced the arrests by crack commandos known as the National Police Intervention Group, GIGN. The identification of the sus pects as IRA members con flicted with another report of their alleged terrorist affilia tions. Police in Italy identified Changes in enzymes may be key to aging United Press International LONDON — Many factors go ■ rjBnto the complex process known i" ld53 w t aging but one of the more ll (in ,' important of them —- the slow- ngdown of enzyme action with he years — is beginning to yield ts secrets. Scientists at the Weizmann tistitute of Science in Israel . uve found that in old rats re- >on t le p ) ucec | act ivity in the enzymes re- •onsible tor many key biologic- processes may be due to minor hemical changes rather than mything fundamental. “If these studies are found to ply to man as well,” said the institute’s magazine, “it may well )e possible to consider develop ing methods of preventing or even reversing such enzyme ilowdown and thereby ame- iorating some of the problems Mold age.” Enzymes are complex pro teins critical to life processes. They stimulate chemical reac- jorts stadim nippers tk ve traditiond zorkingtod lion in back into to lini, a thriviW tsort 12 mi ed his visit outdoor iw® eral hundrd tear the bead so large e sand almo* e tugboats ad whistles tosa tions in the body and many are required for the digestive pro cess. The magazine, reporting on the work of biophysicist Dr. Ari Gafni of the Department of Chemical Physics, said he was working with the enzyme known as GPDH, or glyceraldehyde-3- phosphate dehydrogenase, which helps the body rid itself of the products of the breakdown of glucose in physical exercise. “Some time ago,” Gafni said, “scientists began to realize that enzymes extracted from senes cent animals can exhibit signifi cantly lower biological activities than the same product obtained from their younger counter parts. “As a result researchers have begun looking for the reasons for this age-related deteriora tion of enzyme effectiveness, and thereby providing some clues to at least one aspect of the riddle of aging.” Gafni said that in advanced age, enzymes tend to remain longer inside cells before they are broken down and replaced. This longer residence may re sult in a type of chemical modifi cation of the cell involving ox ygen which can often be re versed. In his experiments, purified enzyme extracted from young animals was exposed in the laboratory to an oxidizing pro cess and the result showed re markable similarities to the en zyme samples obtained from old rats. “Of course, the study of a single enzyme can only add a small piece to the giant jigsaw puzzle of aging, the overall de sign of which will only become more apparent when many more pieces are put in place,” Gafni said. Gafni’s work is supported by the U.S.-Israel Binational Scien ce Foundation. another suspect arrested Sun day as an ultra-leftist with links to the Red Brigades. Police investigators in Rome said the latest suspect to be cap tured was Oreste Scalzone, an Italian ultra-leftist once linked to the Red Brigades and arms smuggling operations. The investigators said Italian police officials are in Paris help ing their French counterparts in the case. They would give no de tails of the operation in Paris. Ken’s Automotive 421 S. 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