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Battalion/Pagj February 17, II local/state First Presbyterian Church 1100 Carter Creek Parkway, Bryan 823-8073 Dr. Robert Leslie, Pastor Barbara Ridlen, DCE SUNDAY: Worship at 8:30AM & 11:00AM Church School at 9:30 AM College Class at 9:30 AM (Bus from TAMU Krueger Dunn - 9:10 AM Northgate - 9:15 AM Youth Meeting at 5:00PM Nursery: All Events SCONA guest discusses rights COULTER DRIVE iiin VILLA MARIA ROAD Activities Hot Line - 822-7063 Human rights are not a matter of governmental politics, the assistant secretary general of the Organization of American States said Wednesday at an in ternational student conference at Texas A&M. “In recent years we have wit nessed a dangerous tendency to attempt to play politics with the issue of human rights,” said Val T. McComie, keynote speaker for the 28th Student Confer ence on National Affairs (SCO NA), which continues through Saturday. McComie, former ambassa dor to the United States and Brazil from Barbados, said, “Human rights cannot be a mat ter of politics or concessions granted by a government. The role of the government is to guarantee the unfettered enjoy ment of those rights.” McComie also said that for one country to be critical of another country’s handling of human rights they both “must be signatories of some interna tional convention aimed at pro tecting human rights.” Scheduled to speak today are Harry W. Shlaudeman, U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, and Alfonso Quinonez Meza, presi dent of Compania Hotelera Savadorena and a former ambassador from El Salvador to the United Kingdom. Utility payers ready to march United Press International EL PASO — El Paso Electric Co. and Southern Union Gas Co. could get as many as 1,000 unfriendly visitors Thursday if rate payers, unhappy over recent increases, follow through on their threat to march to their offices behind a group of elderly people. Celia Espinoza, a march organizer and director of the Hilos de Plata Nutrition Cen ter at Washington Park, said a wide variety of groups ex pressed interest in the protest. “If politicans march, they’re going to have to do it in the back,” she said Tues day. “This is not their march. It was the seniors’ idea and they’re going to go first.” Although irritation was high over increases in all util ity bills, heating bills this win ter have caused the most an ger. Many people have seen their bills double, triple or even quadruple. “Either we eat or pay the (utility) bills,” stated a petition presented to the companies. Espinoza said so many organizations are planning to participate she is asking the groups to identify themselves with signs, as delegates do at a political conventions. “I’ve just had an over whelming response,” she said. “A lot more than just senior citizens will be there.” When she first announced the march two weeks ago, she anticipated only the elderly or about 500 people would be marching, Espinoza said. But responses have led her to predict the demonstration could draw 1,000 partici pants. Albert Coca, a business man, plans to bring a flatbed truck with special seats for senior citizens who cannot march the mile from the in tersection of San Antonio Avenue and St. Vrain Street. Local VFW members have agreed to push people in wheelchairs, Espinoza said. “You have to fight, you’ve got to keep trucking,” said Coca, owner of the Bronco Flea Market. George A. McAlmon, a lawyer who has a downtown office, gave money to Espino za for gasoline and to pay for supplies needed to make signs. “She asked me for a few bucks, so I gave herai bucks,” said McAlmon.'T! anything 1 can. 1 march myself.” McAlmon himselfhastj hit hard by utility month, he said he receivJ $440 gas bill, about triplelj typical winter bill. The march will 1:30 p.m. and theparlid] are to stop at the headqut of the El Paso ElectricCoi Southern Union CasCoJ Bud Quimbey, (lira community relations fotj gas company, said mostS heating bills are correal said people have been» more gas because of the!, winter, and that the | gas to the company kij creased. Iranian upset by politics There's always something happening at 'attl Hijacking motives uncleai :49 HAPPY HOUR ★ VIDEO GAMES MON.-FRI. 4:30-6:00 A GREAT LUNCHEON BUFFET (All You Can Eat) — Pizza, Spaghetti & Salad Bar Old Time and Current Movies (Three Stooges, etc.) Every Tuesday Night is Spaghetti Nite. To Go Pizza — you bet. All Stores have drive thru win dows. We also deliver. University Square 84G-3421 Shiloh Place 693-0036 Private Meeting Rooms for a cozy 12-15 or a 80 seat banquet. Please call for information. United Press International KILLEEN — The first officer of a Rio Airways flight said the Iranian man who tried to force the plane to Cuba was upset ab out the political situation in his homeland, but his demands and reasons were unclear. First officer Frank Flores said the hijacker, identified as Hus sein Shey Kholya, a native of Iran with U.S. citizenship, blamed the United States for problems in Iran. “Basically (his grievances were) the position his govern ment and his country (were in), what they were going through and his blame on us,” Flores said. “(His reasons were) political, and he was mentioning numbers of 26,000 people being killed for no reason and whatever,” he 1 NILE CHARITY CHASE This event is a race sponsored by the Student Y. All proceeds go to the Special Olympics for the Multiple Handicapped. DATE: SATURDAY, FEB. 26 10 A.M. FEE: $5 per runner AWARDS: T-shirts to all entrants. Trophies to 1st, 2nd & 3rd place male & female runners. Door prizes given during regis tration. Prizes donated by Wyatts, Athlete's Foot & Swenson’s. Registration forms available in 216 MSC said. Flight 252 from Killeen to Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Air port carried 17 passengers, a Rio employee and a crew 7 of four w r hen it was hijacked Tuesday morning by the man demanding to be taken to Cuba. Officials; however, convinced the man to allow the plane to fly to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, just across the Texas border, instead of going to Cuba. Six passengers were released shortly after landing in Nuevo Laredo, and the others were freed Tuesday afternoon w hen the hijacker surrendered his weapon to authorities. There were no injuries. Kholya was flown to Mexico City and held in custody by Mex ican officials. Flores said before leaving Mexico that the hijacking began almost as soon as the plane took "off on the half-hour flight to Dallas. “We were about 15b out of Killeen en route loll Fort Worth when ive 1 ruckus going on in theb the door slam,” Floress “He had the machi broken down into a | he said he had a bombonl saw it in his pants | said. Ted Connell, chain board of Rio Airways, s airline provided return! portation to the crew; sengers. “Some of the passengi Killeen this morning,; want to get home, so wj here and let those thais get off, then we’ll taketl on to Dallas,” he said. Connell identified tl*| members of the crew; Michael McNeil andfligM dants Katie Springeraiidtj Hallmark. They and f live in Killeen. GRAND OPENING 20% OFF ENTIRE SPRING STOCK Last 3 Days Sale Ends Saturday! 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