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Page 14AThe Battalion/Monday, October 22, 1984 Slouch By Jim Earle U.S. is threatened with more attacks United Press International “I’m sorry, I thought you were wearing a backpack.' BEIRUT, Lebanon — The leader of an Islamic fundamentalist group who said he helped organize the Oc tober 1983 suicide bombing of the U.S. Marine headquarters in Beirut was reported Sunday as threatening further violence against the United States. “We will know how to avenge any possible American aggression against us that is aimed at getting credit for President Reagan,” Abu Haidar Moussawi, the head of the Shiite Moslem “Forces of Hussein,” was quoted in the respected An Na- har newspaper and other Lebanese newspapers. Moussawi, who calls the United States “the great Satan,” said in a re cent interview he supplied the truck for the suicide bomber who Oct. 23, 1983, crashed the explosive-packed vehicle into (he U.S. marine base at Beirut airport, killing 241 service men. His cousin, Hussein Moussawi, is a leader of the fundamentalist Shiite milita He/bollah, or God’s Party. Security has been stepped up at U.S. facilities in Beirut because offi cials fear an attack on Americans in Lebanon just before the Nov. 6 pres idential election to embarrass the Reagan administration. The State Department said Friday all dependents of U.S. officials in Lebanon had been evacuated be cause of continuing threats follow ing the Sept. 21 truck bombing of the embassy annex in East Beirut that killed 25 people, including two Americans. would use the United Nations! broker for talks. Although a political deadlock in the Lebanese Cabinet has effectively paralyzed the government, Prime Minister Rashid Karami confirmed Sunday that Lebanon is prepared to negotiate with Israel on withdrawing Israeli troops occupying southern Lebanon, where weekend violence claimed five lives. Lt. Gen. William Call mander of the United Natioi terim Force in Lebanon, broi) Israeli-Lebanese discussions in j cent shuttle between Israelandlj rut. 1 le suggested the talksbebtljJ top military levels and be limiioj security questions raised by an drawal. But he said Lebanese army nego tiators would not sit at the same table with their Israeli counterparts and Israel has set a number of «J tions for a withdrawal, includiiiij surance by Syria that it will no into territory vacated by troops. ‘New wave’ french director dies at 52 Vol. United Press International PARIS — French director Fran cois Truffaut, who led the revolu tion of France’s “new wave” in cin ema and influenced America’s best young moviemakers with Films such as “Day for Night” and “Jules and Jim,” died Sunday. He was 52. A spokeswoman for the American Hospital of Paris declined to reveal the cause of death, saying hospital doctors would release details Mon day. French television reports said Truffaut died of cancer and had been hospitalized in a coma for 10 days. Funeral arrangements were in complete. A Film critic turned director, the handsome, soft-spoken Truffaut was the leader of the French “new wave” film movement, the only school of French filmmaking to make a major mark on world cin ema. Truffaut took the camera out of the studio and into the street, cre ating a radically new way of shooting and editing film that became his trademark and influenced filmmak ers around the world. Typical of Truffaut’s “new wave,” such f ilms were low-budget and rea listic with a rapid-fire succession of images that caught audiences off guard. The editing style was choppy, with unexpected cutaways that lent a new dimension to the narration. The films, in a style later to be known as “author’s cinema,” were made on shoestring budgets in contrast with Hollywood’s extravaganzas. The “new wave” sparked similar movements in other countries, from Britain to Brazil. American directors such as Fran cis Coppola, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas paid homage to Truf faut’s pivotal role in their works, cit ing the French director as a major influence. Spielberg even put Truffaut in one of his blockbuster movies, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” in which the French director portrayed a scientist who arranged a meeting between humans and extra terrestrial l>eings. Truffaut began making movies shortly after his 1957 marriage to Madelaine Morgenstern, the daugh ter of film director Ignace Morgens tern, a main target for Truffaut’s critical attacks in film reviews. Ignace Morgenstern helped fi nance Fruffaut’s first movie,rt edlv in hope the young critic humiliate himself. Truffautn "TOO Blows” for a reported and gained instant fame. I he couple, who later diu* had two daughters,Lauraandfi French Prime Minister Lam Fabius sent Truffaut’sex-wifei gram, saying the director“pb his genius on French cinema It years and made a huge contriluj to us rebirth and internationals ence." "We have lost a great fig emu to whom I wish uf^aysp homage.” Fabius said. II uHaul's death cameonlvli alter lesser-known ‘new wan' re< tor Pierre Kast died ofamr; nal blockage while (lyinginaf— <•11 mute I ruin Rome to Paris ■aple tht Unit The Ion cui rent scl ■t strike: students 0 tMreatenec Genene Jones’ trial continues United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Genene Jones’ trial on child injury charges resumes Monday with testimony ex pected from doctors who worked with her in Medical Center Hospi tal’s pediatric intensive care unit. Jones, 34, has already been con victed of murder and sentenced to 99 years in prison for the drug injec tion death of a 15-month-old girl in Kerrville. The licensed vocational nurse is charged in San Antonio with injur ing 4-week-old Rolando Santos with heparin, a powerful anti-coagulant, while the child was in her care in the MCH pediatric ICU. Although Jones is charged only with child injury — the Santos infant survived — testimony in the first week of her non-jury trial before state Judge Pat Priest showed that infants were 10 times more likely to suffer cardiac arrests and 10 times more likely to die when she was on duty. The study showed that Jones was assigned to 19 infants who died and 36 other infants who suffered car diac arrests but were revived with cardiopulmonary rcsusitation. In the first week of Jones’ trial, special prosecutor Nick Rothe called a numoer of current and former MCH nurses who testified that San tos remained in stable condition with pneumonia except when Jones was working. Santos suffered complete cardiac arrests on Dec. 29, 1982 and Jan. 6, 1983. Rothe claimed the child was in jected with heparin on those and other occasions. He said the anti-co agulant drug caused Santos to bleed excessively from the gums, eyes and ears, and from arterial lines and punctures on his scalp, arms, hands and feet. A former MCH doctor testified that he once stopped Genene from using an injection of heparin that was 300 times stronger than the dose needed to flush the arterial lines in an infant’s body. Dr. Larry Hooghuis, who cur rently practices in Florida, said also that his young patients often went on a “downhill course” after he ar gued with Jones about therapy and drug procedures. Senior is flying high after $250 propose ^■feachtTs turned to week strike students. A in Mattoon der,is retun ter teacher' United Press International IOWA CIT Y, Iowa — Linda Collins of 'Rockwell City had a feeling Si unething was up when her boyfriend Scott Clemens sud denly showed up from Dallas to attend a University of Iowa foot ball game with her. What was up turned out to be an airplane flying over Kinnick Stadium Saturday afternoon tow ing a banner reading “Linda will you marry me — Scott.” "Definitely I accepted,’’tk ciolog\ senior said. “After pulled myself together I told! dgc pi 1 he unusual marria L sal cost him S250 but it w it, said Clemens, a Fort Dodtn tive who graduated from low college of pharmacy. Collins said she was eneios in Iowa’s game with Micfc when she noticed her fiancei' other friends around her am st rantrelv. ■However striking in f sey :o Idalu nia have be weeks. In Chic, AA If McDonald's ■■■■■■■ DRIVE-THRU WINDOW MCDONALD’S INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS BREAKFAST EVERY At University Drive S'. Texes Ave. /ake c bien set sqphomo tnajiw fro died card accident s By ake : at 7 p.m. Chapel a Greens R Now at Manor East Mall MORNING IM GAMEPLAN ALL-U CHAMPS ENTRIES CLOSE BOWLING SINGLES - Strike out to the Intramural office before entries close! En tries close Tuesday, Oct. 23 for bowling singles. Participants must sign up for a day, time and lane for the qualifying round. A fee will be accessed for the first two games of bowling ($2.10) for classes A, B and C. A fee of $6.30 is required for class D round-robin tournament. RACQUETBALL DOUBLES-Get out of the gutter and into the IM-Rec office to sign up for racquetball doubles. Entries close Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. Sched ules will be posted after 3 p.m., Thurs day, Oct. 25 outside the IM office. IRA rules will be used. Matches consist of two games to 15 points. An 11-point tie breaker will be used if necessary. ENTRIES OPEN PICKLEBALL SINGLES - Try and figure this game out! Entries open Monday, Oct. 22 and close Tuesday, Oct. 30 for pickleball singles. Competition will be in classes A, B, C and D. Schedules will be posted after 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1. Play begins Monday, Nov. 5. Most matches will be scheduled between 5 and 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Congratulations to the All-Uni versity Champions for 16-inch Softball: Women’s Class A - Clements Crush Men’s: Class A - D-G Zips Class B - Law 4- Players CO-REC:Class A - Could Be Gravy Class B - Apathists SWIM MEET INFO Swim meet preliminaries have been changed from Sunday, Oct. 21 to Monday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. Please note these changes if you plan on participating in the swim meet preliminaries. All other times remain un changed. Late entries will not be accepted. Swim meet divisionals begin Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. T-SHIRT SALE Extramural Sport Clubs will be selling t-shirts this week in the MSC, the Intramural-Recreation Office and before the Rice game. The shirts are 100% cotton, long-sleeved, and available in fashion colors. The cost of the shirts is $10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS McDonald’s Intramural Highlights is sponsored each Monday in the Battalion by your local McDonald’s" Restaurants at University Drive, Manor East Mall and on Texas Avenue. Stories are written by members of the Intramural Staff, graphics are by Joel Hickerson, and photos are by Tom McDonnell and Marcy Basile. FENCING CLUB NEWS Take note all you armchair swashbucklers. The Texas Fencing Club is hosting a tournament on Nov. 3. Thei take place in Rm. 304 East Kyle, starting at 8 a.m. A beginner’s tournament has been tentatively sche Nov. 17. The A&M Fencing Club is an active part of the Gulf C(# vision. The club practices Monday - Thursday at 7 p.m. 267, East Kyle. Business meetings are conducted on Thuf Anyone interested is welcome to attend. Officers for this year are: Russell Smith, president;#1 Curry, vice-president; Curtis James, treasurer and LiaValkanff secretary. For more information about tournament or the clubingens®! contact Russell (693-6159) or Lia (260-8450).