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Grenada tries to return to normal Monday, October 31,1983/The Battalion/Page 7 Around town Nautical archaeology topic of series I Air Force Lt. Col. John Guilmartin will present a lecture tonight on “The Technological Historian and Nautical | Archaeologists: Disciplines in Symbiosis.” The free lecture is one of a series on nautical archaeology, and will begin at 7 p.m. in 301 Bolton. ■ Guilmartin currently is writing a history of the space shuttle, but has an interest in naval history. He is the author ofrGunpowder and Galleys,” a book about naval battles and armaments form the 15th century to the 18th century. ■ The lecture is open to anyone interested. Si. Joseph offers candy screening ■ St. Joseph Hospital will offer free fluoroscopy screening of Halloween candy for metal objects tonight from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The process can see through wrapped candy to find foreign metal objects, but cannot identify poison or chemic als. Anyone wishing to have the fluoroscopy done should check in at the radiology, or X-ray, department in the hos pital. thletes to sponsor haunted house The TAMU athletes living in Cain Hall invite all faculty staff to bring their children to their Haunted House ight, in the lobby of Cain Hall from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. > free of charge and promises to be a safe and fun time for who attend. Defensive driving course is offered I The Brazos Valley Safety Agency will present a defen sive driving course tonight and Tuesday, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Ramada Inn. Registration fee is $20, and partici- jnts can preregister by calling 693-8178, or can register at 5 at the Ramada Inn. \onfire hard hats on sale this week I Maroon and white A&M hardhats for Bonfire, a |y OSHA, will be sold by the Associated General Contrac- ■s organization for the benefit of a AGC scholarship. The Brdhats will be on sale in front of Sbisa Dining Hall and at Rudder Fountain Monday through Friday, Oct. 31-Nov. 11 fpom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Individual Aggieland photos taken Individual pictures for the 1984 Aggieland are being paken at the Yearbook Associates office at 1700 S. Kyle be hind Culpepper Plaza, and at the Pavilion on campus. [Dates to have photographs made are: [•Juniors — Nov. 7-11, Nov. 14-18 and Nov. 28-Dec. 2 at ok Assoociates; and Dec. 5-9 at the Pavilion •Seniors, graduate students, veterinary and medical chool students — Monday through Nov. 4 at the Pavilion. i submit an item for this column, come by The Battalion fice in 216 Reed McDonald. United Press International BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Grenada’s Governor-General Sir Paul Scoon asked Grena dians to reopen stores and businesses Sunday despite an in tensive search by G.S. troops searching for Cuban resisters hiding in the island’s rugged mountains. The Pentagon raised the American death toll from the 6- day-old invasion to 16 dead, three missing and 77 wounded. Jamaican Prime Minister Ed ward Seaga flew to Grenada, 1,900 miles south of Miami, to witness progress made by the seven-nation task force that in vaded the island to oust an ex treme leftist regime and restore democracy. Scoon, 49, who has survived two coups in Grenada, said he would appoint an interim gov ernment in the next few days. He was asked to form the new administration by leaders of the Organization of Eastern Carib bean States. “This interim administration will provide us with the neces sary breathing space to enable arrangements to be made for an early return to full constitution al government by way of general elections,” said Scoon in a radio broadcast to Grenadians. The OECS, which sought U.S. help for the intervention under a mutual defense pact in Article 8 of the group’s charter, expects that elections can be held within six months. U.S. Marines Saturday cap tured Grenadian Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard, a mili tant Marxist suspected of en gineering a bloody coup that preceded the U.S. invasion. Coard’s whereabouts were not known on Sunday. Marine Capt. David C. Kar- cher, whose patrol captured Coard, said the Grenadian lead er had been hiding in a house in the hamlet of Radex since the invasion. He surrendered peacefully. U.S. troops continued to en counter occasional sniper fire, much of it believed to be coming from Cubans fleeing north into the forested mountains that comprise much of Grenada’s 133-square-mile surface. Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf, commander of the U.S.- Caribbean task force, told re porters Saturday that the length of the stay of U.S. troops will be determined by how long the Cubans continue to resist. Lawrence Eagleburger, under secretary of state for poli tical affairs, said on ABC’s This Week with David Brinkley that the Reagan administration’s ob jective “is to get U.S. forces off the island as quickly as we can.” The Washington Post said the army had lowered its estimate of the number of Cubans on Gre nada from 1,100 to between 700 and 750, meaning the invasion forces were contending with only Cuban “snipers and strag glers.” Besides the United States, whose 5,900 troops comprise the bulk of the force, Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua, Dominica, St. Lucia and St. Vincent contri buted another 300 soldiers and policemen. Scoon flew to Barbados Satur day and broadcast a radio speech to Grenada, 150 miles west, asking owners of stores and businesses to open Sunday so residents could buy food and other necessities. Scoon asked Grenadians to observe an 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. cur few “until further notice,” saying this would insure the “safety and protection” of the is land’s 110,000 residents and facilitate the work of military patrols. All government offices and schools would open Monday, he said. He asked members of the Cuban-trained People’s Revolu tionary Army and the People’s Militia to lay down their arms, assuring them “every precau tion will be taken for your per sonal safety, like any other Gre nadian citizen.” NOW OPEN FOR DELIVERY! ** 764-8292 DELIVERY HOURS ARE: M.T.W. Sun. 10 p.m. 5 p.m. till 10 p.m. Thur, Fri, Sat, 5p.m. till 1a.m. open 7 days a week B.B.’s Chinese Now fjbitwMQ fHoom .Jfs. Serving Luncheon Buffet Sandwich and Soup Bar- Mezzanine Floor Sunday through Friday 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Delicious Food Beautiful View Open to the Public “Quality First” y-