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Paqe 8/The Battalion/Tuesday July 16, 1985 • VfJiSi '-Wmr:'|R% JmhmL# 4P%#i jPilp*F Jl jUTm JH * New security force to start work in Beirut SHOE HERE, 6MOE... TAKE A LCOK AT THIS 5TORV, AMP TELL M£ WWAT YOU LIKE by Jeff MacNelly Special army to dear rival militias from area Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Leb- government said a special anese army force would impose a Syrian sponsored security plan on Moslem west Beirut and the airport Tuesday morning, to clear rival militias from the area. 1 h** Russian spy given 18 year prison sentenc Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Svetlana Ogo rodnikov, a Russian emigre whose love affair witjh an FBI agent led to 'in p>cninn'.i or/a wnc «^»nf ^nr'^rl Funky Winkerbean by Tom Batiuk A prosecutor began legal action against the Shiite Moslem terrorists who hijacked TWA Flight 847 and held 39 Americans for 17 days, but they were still at large and the pros ecutor said their identities were not known. Kama! Hassan Aly, prime min ister of F^gypt, said before leaving Cairo for the United States “there is a chance” that seven Americans kid napped in Lebanon since March 1984 will be released if the United States lifts its boycott of the Beirut airport. A U.S. official said he had no in formation on the matter and reiter ated the American refusal to make deals with terrorists. Washington has suspended the U.S. landing rights of Lebanese commercial airlines and asked its allies, with little success, to join in isolating the airport until se curity is improved. Prime Minister Rashid Karami said an army force of 300 soldiers from rival Moslem communities would try to expel the militias from the Moslem sector of the capital and tighten security at the airport, which is on west Beirut’s seaside fringe, which has been the scene of several hijackings. But Walid Jumblatt, leader of the powerful Druse Moslem militia, said the plan was “not a solution” and he would not rest until President Amin Gemayel was driven from of fice. Maurice Khawam, . prosecutor- general of Mt. Lebanon County, which includes the airport, in structed presiding magistrate Sabah Haidar to open a judicial inquiry and prosecute the men, who seized the TWA jet and killed an American passenger, for murder, hijacking and smuggling weapons aboard. New bankruptcy laws face first judicial interpretation Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The first sig nificant interpretation of new bank ruptcy laws governing a company’s ability to dissolve its labor contracts is due Wednesday when a federal judge rules in the case of Wheeling- Pittsburgh Steel Gorp. ately upon entering Chapter 1 1 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Under Chapter II, a company is protected from creditors’ lawsuits while it tries to reorganize and work out plans to pay its bills. balance in favor of rejection . . . and if the court were persuaded that rea sonable efforts to negotiate were made or were to be made or were not likely to produce a satisfactory result.” an espionage 'case, was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to spy charges. Ogorodnikov, 35, stood silently with her attorneys and an inter preter as U.S. District Judge David Kenyon imposed the sentence. He asked if she wished to speak, and she indicated through her attorney that she did not. Ogorodnikov, who sometimes had wept during testimony at the trial, showed no reaction as the judge sen tenced her. Kenyon said she would become el igible for parole after having served one-third of that term. Kenyon sentenced Nikolay Ogo rodnikov, Ogorodnikov’s husband, to eight years in prison after the So viet emigre entered his plea to con spiracy with fired FBI agent Richard, W. Miller, 48. Miller is the first FBI agent ever indicted on espionage charges. Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Kendall told the court last week that he wanted Ogorodnikov sentenced before Miller’s trial began. No date has been set for Miller’s trial. The guilty pleas came after 31 days of testimony in a federal trial marked by testimony about Ogord- nikov’s love affair with Miller. Ogorodnikov admitted toconsj; acy to commit espionage inahjl statement read by her attoruf Brad Brian. Her statement alsoc demned Miller as a willing spy. “Miller told her he wanted work for the Soviet governments told her he would sell themwhatei they wanted,” Brian said, read;] the statement. It also said she knew Millert going to take FBI documents Q _ give them to a Soviet agent. ol- ^ Her husband told the courtj acted only to help his wife andasls the judge to sentence him jnujji ately. He accused the FBI of usinglj wife. “They took my wife and usedli like a prostitute,” he said. “I wask outside like a dog.” Testimony in the trial thatbep April 24 showed that ateamofabi 20 FBI agents tracked MillerrK Ogorodnikov before theirarrestr® secreth recorded conversationsbW 1 /,: tween the couple that becameillp 1 ' key government evidence in iin f 1 r . ' (vithtrai I Mesq Videotapes also were showntoiiptiplai jury, w hich was dismissed alter antes to Ogorodnikovs pleaded guilty, wlary Her husband will be eligible(iimOny c parole after serving one-thirde' jTextboc eight-year prison term. He hast in prison since his arrest. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Warren W. Bentz could help deter mine how much ground organized labor has recovered since it received a major blow from the Supreme Court’s 1983 decision in the case of a New Jersey building supply com pany named Bildisco. “Bildisco held that, in effect, the employer could reject the contract without w'aiting for court approval, which seemed flat in the face of the bankruptcy reforms of 1978, which said contracts can be rejected subject to court approval,” said Harvard Law School professor Vern Coun tryman, who is representing unions in another case. The fine points were complex, but the broad implications were clear to ibor, and the decision Live Aid organized labor, and sent union lobbyists scrambling to Capitol Hill for changes in the law. (continued from page 1) Congress responded by amending the federal Bankruptcy Code a year ago this month to include new condi tions for rejecting contracts. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Bildisco did not vio late labor laws when it dissolved its Teamsters union contract immedi- But Sheldon Lowe, a New York bankruptcy law specialist, said the high court approved rejection of the “if tn< contract “if the contract is burden some to the estate and the equities In his first case as a bankruptcy judge, Bentz is being asked to decide the largest bankruptcy filing by an American steelmaker in modern times. “The mood is likely to be pretty euphoric,” Goldsmith said. “We ll set up a meeting with all the (relief) agencies. “They’ll tell us what is most pressing, then we’ll set aside an amount of money to create a for estry program and proper irriga tion. In the longer term it’s the in frastructure that’s needed.” He said the response to Live Aid “shamed the governments of the world.” Geldof says tour Ethiopia Chad. ep icu .Sudan, Mai coiimnu H) to th whjich i ■lion _jea li' assl1 fcipplen B*Z S v ■‘■nav 1 "Bts a ysis I "t .l< v Money and tributes kept C0Bi^“ ce - British Prime Minister MarraK, ^ Thatcher told the AmericanBarlll| ()I sociation meeting in London H i. i Monday, “That was humanity4l litaI tion. ... I hat was the young peoa • p ur1 of Britain and America ... usingiiM | c magic of technology to restate in cK { | language of pop the age-old met . ‘ Ji of the brotherhood of man.” '■j e j king J able bn Skhe t referen referen foi lawl I Text , carter m jv McDonald's DRIVE-THRU WINDOW MCDONALD’S INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS At University Drive At Texas and S.W. Parkway At Manor East Mall At 2930 E. Highway 21 McDonalds m | BHEAKFAST EVERY MORNING criucisi saying, helped |I am a i The vides t racial i quality crimin; SUMMER SESSION II INTRAMURAL ENTRIES CLOSE TODAY! The following intramural activities will be offered for the second summer session. Entries will be taken in the Intramural-Recreational Sports Office, Room 159Read Building (East Kyle). Skill levels will be offered as fol lows: A-highly skilled, B-moderately skilled, C-novice, and D-recreation. All currently enrolled students and faculty/staff and spouses with a recreational ID are eligi ble to participate. SPORT OPEN CLOSE FEE Slowpitch Softball July 11 July 16 $25.00 Volleyball Triples July 11 July 16 $15.00 Basketball Triples July 11 July 16 $15.00 Racquetball Singles July 11 July 16 NONE Handball Doubles July 11 July 16 NONE Tennis Doubles July 11 July 16 NONE Golf Doubles July 11 July 16 GREEN FEES THE HOTTEST RUGBY IN TEXAS The Texas A&M Rugby Team will be sponsoring a Sevens Tournament on Saturday , July 20, 1985 from 8a.m.-5p.m. at the East Campus Fields. This tourna ment is the largest tournament held in the state and has attracted 40 men’s teams and 5 women’s teams from Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. According to Joel Hickerson, a rugby team member, a sevens tournament is played like regular rugby with some changes. Instead of the usual 15 players, each team plays with only 7 players to a side. The game time is also reduced from 40 minute halves to 7 minute halves. For more information on the tournament call Tim Cone, 846-9772. Come on out to the East Campus Fields on Satur day and see the “Hottest Rugby in Texas”. Las; ing th; chang going to be and tl for be tTue _P . renew testimi com pi; oflerei Grant Gothic fannei FITNESS CLASSES Women’s Volleyball Triples winners for the first summer ses sion are the Spunky Spikers. Second Summer Session dead line is TODAY!! For more information on any intramural activity, please call 845-7826. LOCKERS FOR RENT Lockers are now available for rent in DeWare Field- house and Read Building (East Kyle). Lockers rent for $10.00 for the entire summer while clothing service is availabe for $10.00 for each summer session. All lock ers may be rented in Room 159 Read Building. RECREATIONAL AND POOL PASSES Passes for the recreational facilities and the pool are available in the Intramural Office, 159 Read Bldg (East Kyle). Recreational passes are $5.00 for faculty and staff and $10.00 for spouses and dependents. Locker and clothing service is available at an additional cost. Pool passes are also available in the Intramural Office. These passes may be bought in addition to the recreational pass. A pool pass costs an individual faculty or staff member $30.00 for the summer, a faculty/staff famuily $45.00 for the summer and a student family $30.00 for the summer. Rates are also available for individual summer sessions. The Intramural-Recreational Sports department is offering fitness classes for the summer, the classes, de signed for men and women, are offered for beginners and intermediates. Beginners classes are offered Mon day, Wednesday, Friday, noon-1 P.M. and Tuesday, thurasay, 5:30-6:30. Classes will run through the second summer ses sion and are now offered at half price. Beginning July! these prices will be reduced to $12.50 for 3 day a week classes and $10.00 for 2 day a week classes. All class participants must have a student ID, or recreational ID. Registration for the classes is in Room 159 Read Build ing. u : w: Versai atom! proje' “Star work! Inlea I u.: burnt: Pi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS McDonald’s Intramural Highlights is sponsored each Monday in The Bat talion 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. I M< Bbun for t Swan to in and tingu Bona n Dr prize Jibe Bniu Pi th didn' Cans cause | land. nice e Be a sp