Wednesday, June 20, 1984/The Battalion/Page 5
:CuIIqi
LT5 LIKE T|
'UT ANDm
What’s up
CHI ALPHA: Bible centered teaching on "Slothfulness and
How to Overcome It” at 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder-
5
^ CHI ALPHA: study on "Humanism - what it is not, what it is’
at 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder.
CAMPUS CRUSAOE FOR CHRIST: weekly Bible study and
fellowship at 7 p.m. on the second floor of Rudder-
Beirut fighting flares
despite Syian accord
now and Os
red a spitiir
■ecitedalite
hallenged
ore this ms
ge as a foej
■agan sckti
ceremonj'
ilion settn
it four state
s that the tj
Iris greats
cl Wilderns
im Turnag
his statemea
a demago|i
dists.”
direction.#
r ;t reasonaif
said, addiitt
md expectt
“encourap
i the Month
o reach «
a meldinj
ng to seetk
i coming
Deo
ents were#
ity Police ft
sday.
IIEF:
i a 198401
nnex 23 »i
iUILDINC:
gency genes
ie of the We
HEFT:
speed bicyd
cFadden Hi
ok was t
itaining 0
the East fci
loom safe,
s
illege
)m
%
pp.
ird
United Press International
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Scattered
fighting flared in Beirut Tuesday
despite a new Syrian-mediated
accord on uniting Lebanon’s Chris
tian and Moslem factions and curb
ing the violence in the country.
Police sources said the fighting
was mostly sporadic clashes between
rival militiamen firing machine guns
and rocket-propelled grenades
along the Green Line separating the
Moslem west from the Christian east
of the capital.
Fighting also was reported be
tween Palestinian and Moslem fac
tions in west Beirut.
Moslem-controlled Mourabitoun
radio said sniper fire wounded a
young girl in the capital’s Moslem
sector.
The violence followed a visit Mon
day by Syrian Vice President Abdel
Halim Khaddam, who persuaded
feuding Christian and Moslem Cab
inet ministers to agree on a broad
outline for military and political re
forms aimed at improving security
in Beirut.
Khaddam’s visit apparently broke
a stalemate that had kept Prime Min
ister Rashid Karami’s Cabinet from
meeting since it won a vote of confi
dence in Parliament last Tuesday.
The official National News
Agency said Karami’s 7-week-old na
tional unity Cabinet would meet
Thursday to discuss the Syrian-me
diated accord, which some Beirut
newspapers said was merely an
“agreement in principle.”
The pact, named the “Bikfaya
Accord” for the mountain village
where Khaddam and government
leaders met Monday, granted some
of the Moslem majority’s key de
mands for reform of Lebanon’s
Christian-dominated army and po
litical system.
Christian Cabinet ministers are
known to strongly oppose any relax
ation of the Christian minority’s grip
on power, but Khaddam reportedly
pushed through the agreement by
persuading Moslems to moderate
some of their demands.
Army GIs may correct
dubious test records
United Press International
EL PASO — GIs who were disci
plined on the basis of questionable
urine tests for illicit drugs will re
ceive letters from the U.S. Army be
ginning next week, telling them how
to correct any injustices done them.
Soldiers now stationed at Fort
Bliss were told today they could be
among those receiving the letters if
they were in the service when the
tests were given in 1982 and 1983.
Maj. Donald Kerr, of the Army’s
drug and alcohol policy office in
Washington, D.C., said the Army de
cided to send the letters after study
ing the results of more than 100,000
urinalyses taken at Army and Air
Force laboratories between April 27,
1982 and Nov. 1, 1983.
Kerr said he could not identify all
the posts affected by the letter, nor
could he estimate the number of GIs
who were disciplined on the basis of
the tests.
Everyone who tested positive for
illicit drugs will be sent a letter with
information on how to correct the
record, Kerr said.
The soldier, or former soldier,
will also receive information on how
to get help in filing the petition to
correct the record, Kerr said.
The controversial urine analysis
program has been under fire since
the Army learned the urinalyses
could not be used as evidence in
courts martial, officials said. A blue
ribbon panel was ordered to make a
complete study of the problem.
After the panel’s report in Decem
ber, the Army instituted reforms in
the system to ensure the urine tests
would meet scientific and legal stan
dards, Kerr said.
Quarterback
testifies in
assault trial
United Press International
McKINNEY — Dallas Cowboys
quarterback Danny White Tuesday
testified he was “angry, upset” and
feared for his children’s lives when
he slapped a teenage motorist and
bloodied his nose.
“I was concerned with the safety
of myself and my three children,”
White testified in his criminal assault
trial.
“I feared bodily damage and
death for any one of us.”
Jon Michael Clark, a 205-pound
high school football player, alleges
that White forced his car off the
road, threatened his life and
punched him in the nose.
White, who faces a one-year jail
sentence if convicted, claims he
slapped, not punched Clark — and
that the blow was delivered in self-
defense.
He testified Clark was driving
recklessly and appeared intent on
following White home.
“I was angry, upset,” White said.
“I was getting pretty close to my
home. It was obvious to me that he
was going to follow me unless I did
something.”
White said he hopped out of his
family van at an intersection and
confronted Clark.
“I said to him ‘Do you have a
problem?’ He (Clark) just smiled and
replied ‘No, I haven’t got a prob
lem.’”
Then White said he made his
threat.
“I told him he almost got me and
my kids killed. I told him if he ever
threatens the lives of my kids (travel
ing in the van) again. I’ll kill him.”
White said he then slapped Clark
across the bridge of his nose, and
drove off.
In earlier testimony, Clark said he
did not provoke White and did not
expect to be hit.
“It was a quick punch. I never saw
it coming,” said Clark.
“He (White) came up to me and
said ‘What the hell do you think
you’re doing?”’ Clark said. “White
said ‘If I see you on this road again
I’ll kill you. You understand, I will
kill you.’
“He (White) was very angry when
he made those statements. He was
red in the face and talking in a man
ner of speaking the words with
clenched teeth.
“He then proceeded to punch me
in the nose, punch me with his right
fist, a clenched fist.”
During cross-examination, Clark
admitted White had not injured his
jaw as earlier reported.
“The punch hurt me. I had a
trickle of blood. But that was it,”
Clark said.
The teenager said he did not ap
proach the White vehicle because he
did not know who was inside.
Breakdancing
Flashy new fad causes serious injuries
United Press International
CHICAGO — Doctors warned
Tuesday the flashy fad of break
dancing can push the body beyond
its endurance, causing torn liga
ments, broken bones and more se
rious injuries. One man broke his
neck and was left a quadriplegic.
Doctors said that if the dancers
are out of shape or lack the flexibil
ity of the young breakers, they could
end up with severe injuries.
In the worst injury reported, a
tourist, Efrain Arreola, 25, broke his
neck trying a difficult stunt with no
training, said Nadine Filipiak, a
spokeswoman for Chicago’s St. Mary
ofNazareth Hospital.
Arreola, an assistant accountant in
Mexico, was in Chicago visiting his
brother’s family for the summer.
During a June 10 picnic, he saw a
group of breakdancers performing
and decided to join in.
Arreola told doctors that he was
so happy to be with his family “he
felt like jumping for joy.” So he
joined the dancers, and started out
with a complicated move — a flip to
Doctors say they have seen
a rash of broken bones
and torn ligaments caused
by the fad.
a handstand, followed by a head-
spin.
“He didn’t execute it right,” Fil
ipiak said. “He came down on the
crown of his head, so his full body
weight came down on the vertebra
of his neck, and he cracked his spine.
“When he hit the ground, he be
came an instant quadriplegic,” she
said. “He will probably never walk
again.”
Arreola remains hospitalized in
the intensive care unit.
Because the spine was not severed
in the accident, there is some hope
for a partial recovery but the outlook
is not optimistic, St. Mary of Naza
reth neurosurgeon Leslie Schaffer
said.
Bicycle Parks
& Accessories
A-1 LOCK
& CYCLES
3811 E. 29th, Bryan
Town & Country Center
Sales, Service, Parts
260-9810
DOC
DOC
DOC
DOC
DOC
DOC
DOC
Behavior Modification Stress Diet Therapy
Pat Haberstroh, Consultant
R.D.-Registered ADA Dietician
L.D.-Licensed in Texas
Knowledge, Experienced, Results
For appointment
Phone: (409) 775-1878 All Ages
1
DOC
DOC
DOC
DOC
DOC
DOC
X
DOCK
Gallery Datsun
COOLING SYSTEM
PRESSURE TESTING
-Inspect all Belts & Hoses—
$-J goo
EHHIIZ]
parts and installation of parts extra
Ken Speaks-service manager
1214 Texas Ave. 775-1500
^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu
Welcome Back Aggies! |
This Wednesday Night, start your
summer night with our special |
I BUCK-A-RITAS. I
From
Buck-A-Ritas by the glass $1.00
Buck-A-Ritas by the pitcher $6.00
And when you buy a pitcher, we’ll
throw in an order of nachos for $1.00
| Culpepper Plaza 696-7773 j
iiiiiiiiimimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimrr
“It’s terrible, it’s heartbreaking to
see a kid that age,” he said.
The danger involved in break
dancing “really depends on who you
are,” Schaffer said. “There is no way
to tell who is poised for some type of
injury like this.”
He advised would-be breakers to
“take it slowly with something like
this. Approach it with a certain
amount of respect — work up to it.”
No statistics are kept on break
dancing injuries, so researchers are
not sure how many people are in
jured executing the tricky moves.
But doctors say they have seen a rash
of broken bones and torn ligaments
caused by the fad.
Dr. Herbert Schwartz, an ortho
pedic surgeon at the University of
Chicago Hospital, said he has
treated five breakdancers who broke
their arms trying to support their
body weight by standing on one
hand.
“The wrist is not used to bearing
that kind of load,” Schwartz said.
Your Wedding.
%
•Tuxedos
•Bridal
•Bride Maids
•Mother of the Bride Groom
900 Harvey Rd.
Post Oak Village
764-8289
Open Mon.-Sat. 10am-7pm or by appointment
College Station
DON’T RENT ANY APARTMENT
REFORE YOU SEE WALDEN POND
c~ v
WALDEN POND is an all new luxury
apartment community with extras you can’t
find anywhere else. Enjoy a fireplace,
vaulted ceiling and ceiling fan, large walk-in
closets, designer interiors, w/d conn., pri
vate balcony or terrace, and large arched
windows.
There’s room to explore at Walden Pond
with its private lake and wooded jogging tra
ils or enjoy the pool, 10’ hot tub spa, exercise
room and“Showcase” clubhouse!
Prices begin at $335. Available in one and
two bedroom floorplans. Also featuring a
Developed by
Guy King Enterprises
Incorporated
one bedroom/study with spiral staircase to
the loft!
Walden Pond
700 FM 2818
off FM 2818 at Holleman
696-5777