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LD AND NATION U.S. airline office, synagogue struck by bombs in Denmark "hold iteil tlie exaiff 000 objea e downtonl was scou[t:| nount H«fl| inal hometi I four Modi m at itsorifi own i nost earlier ai; nificant ttal i p the bat'l .e Christtiiil Associated Press I COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Bombs tore open a U.S. airline office nLnd damaged a synagogue, and Jew ish nursing home Monday in Copen- Biagen, a European capital tiiat had ■previously escaped the recent ter- Mrorist wave. Other suspected bombs f|were found before they could ex- ; plode. I Twenty-seven people were in- ■ured, at least three seriously, au thorities said. Three Americans ■were among those suffering minor ■injuries, the U.S. Embassy reported. | Police later announced they had ■taken six foreigners into custody for i the bombings, but lisclose the detainees’ questioning they did not identities. In Beirut, Lebanon, an anony mous telephone caller told The As sociated Press the attacks were car ried out by the Shiite Moslem terrorist organization Islamic Jihad to avenge an Israeli raid on a south ern Lebanese village Sunday. The claim could not be otherwise veri fied. One bomb gutted the quarters of Northwest Orient Airlines near Co penhagen's Tivoli amusement park. Northwest Orient is the only Ameri can airline with offices in the Dan ish capital. Another attack, which some bystanders said involved two bombs, damaged the Copenhagen Syna gogue and an adjacent Jewish home for the elderly, the Meyers Minne Nursing Home, on a narrow street near Copenhagen’s 17th-century Round Tower. Both attacks came within minutes of each other in mid-morning, as shoppers crowded nearby streets. MS. files suit against White Runoff date not cleared , at The l .50 for at encssof ►cussed, •ting for :30p.in. Rudder. ; for the attalioB. it to de- Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Justice Department, continuing a legal bat tle with Texas Democratic Gov. Mark White, asked a federal court Monday to order the state to seek “within five days” U.S. approval for a special congressional election. Assistant Attorney General Wil liam Bradford Reynolds, who heads the civil rights division, maintained that the failure of the state to get federal clearance for the scheduled Aug. 3 special election violates Sec tion 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. On Monday, the Justice Depart ment asked a U.S. District Court iu San Antonio to issue a temporary re straining order requiring submission of the plan for the election to fill Texas’ 1st Congressional District seat vacated May 27 by Rep. Sam B. Hall, a Democrat who resigned to become a federal judge. This followed the department’s tiling last Friday of a civil suit against White and Secretary of State Myra A. McDaniel, seeking a court order to require Texas to submit the elec tion plan for review. The civil suit filed earlier said that The Justice Department ( maintained that the |j|jj|i ure of the state to era! clearance A ug. 3 special fates Section 5 mg Rights Act. the Voting Rights Act requires pre clearance of the special election schedule to insure that the schedule does not discriminate against mi nority voters. White and McDaniel have taken the position that no advance appro val from the Justice Department is necessary under the Voting Rights Act. The department’s request Mon day also contained a motion for a preliminary injunction to force sub mission of the plan. But the Justice Department also said that it did not intend to seek postponement or cancellation of the Aug. 3 runoff election between Republican Edd Hargett and Democrat Jim Chap man “at this time.” agieemeni a fisheries 1 (fie ican watfl!) during hh )n on M® * visit I cfii. fcW'l ij ate Ge° r l> ( I tday MoH :ers in ^ nearly ® j Vice Pro 9 '' 5<K OFF/ 1 rvJy’ Tuesday July 23, 1985/The Battalion/Paqe 5 by Jeff MacNelly Impeachment hearings begin for Alaska gov. Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Legislature opened a historic hear ing Monday into whether Gov. Bill Sheffield should be impeached for allegedly steering a lucrative state lease to a political crony and lying to a grand jury. The governor said he was looking forward to telling his side. “The governor, very readily, is going to testify” later this week be fore the Senate Rules Committee, said Bob Miller, a Sheffield spokes man. The political drama, which began July 2 with the release of a grand jliry inquiry into the way a $9.1 mil lion state office lease was negotiated, is being carried live on television from the state’s biggest cities to Es kimo villages. It is the first impeachment pro ceeding in the state’s 26-year history. Both sides hired a battery of law yers, including several who played roles in the Watergate investigation and impeachment proceedings that led to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974. Hearings before the Senate Rules Committee are expected to last from three weeks to a month. The com mittee has five members, but all 20 senators are taking part and are f ree to question witnesses and examine evidence — as are members of Shef field’s legal team. Legislative leaders called a special impeachment session after the grand jury recommended that they consider removing the first-term Democrat from of fice. The 15-mem ber panel said the millionaire hotel owner “is unfit to fulfill the inherent duties of public of f ice.” The grand jury returned no in dictments but criticized Sheffield for his testimony, saying it “reflects a hick of candor and a disrespect for the laws of this state,” a characteriza tion Shef f ield has denied. George Frampton, who guided the grand jury through its deliber ations, said he told the panel in clos ing remarks he felt Sheffield had committed perjury during his testi mony, adding “the lying to you is really worse, more serious than the initial substantive offense.” The panel was investigating whether Shef field and John Shively, his former chief of staff, manipu lated lease requirements so only one company could f ulfill a state contract to provide 32,000 square feet of of fice space in Fairbanks. That company, McBirney and As sociates, won the non-competitive, 10-year lease in February. One of the partners in the company, labor leader Lenny Arsenault of Fairbanks, raised about $92,000 for Sheffield during his $2 million 1982 gubernatorial campaign, the grand jury said. Sheffield, 57, has defended the lease, contending it was designed to save the state money. It was voided earlier this month on the recommen- dation of former state Attorney Gen. Norman Gorsuch, who said it was “tainted by political favoritism.” MSC Cafeteria taking advantage of fate summer sales. Harald Ruetz, a Northwest Orient manager, said one employee and two customers were in the office at the time of the explosion, which ap peared to have been set off outside its plate-glass windows. "Otherwise, she would have died,” he said of the employee, who es caped with minor injuries. Ruetz said he did not know how badly in jured the customers were. An employee of the nursing home said about seven of its residents had been injured, none seriously. The other victims apparently were pass ers-by at the two sites. Police said about half the injured were Danes and half foreigners. Hargett, a former professional football player, and Chapman, a for mer Hopkins County district attor- ( ney, were the top two finishers in a June 29 special election for the seat vacated by Hall. No Republican has been elected to Congress from the district in over a century. The request said the Supreme Court as recently as last February had reaf firmed previous rulings that changes in an election schedule and in a candidate qualification period require preclearance under the Vot ing Rights Act. The department said that White’s establishment of schedule for the special election had resulted in a shortened candidate qualification period ending on May 29, selection of June 29 for the first special elec tion, and selection of Aug. 3 for the runoff. “Although the attorney general of the United States has 60 days to re view a complete submission of a vot ing change under Section 5, the at torney general would be prepared expeditiously to review Texas’ sub mission of the foregoing voting changes in light of the upcoming runoff election on Aug. 3,” the de partment said. 6425 SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1985 tr Alpha Phi Burger • Teriyaki Burger • MexiBurger • Alpha Phi Burger WOW The Best Burgers in Town Just Got Better Every night from 6-11 p.m. We’ll highlight a different burger off our menu Only $2.75 WOW! including iced tea or soft drink does not include tax not good with any other coupon or special KISA.Y • > O CD CD O 846-8741 * o Bigdiv • -laBjngjxeyM « ja6jng ^eAuej, « jaSjng jqd eqd|y • je6jng qouey 'zxmci Skin Care for Men S-’ Women GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE All Skin Care Products 40% off Glamour Line 80% off Some Selected Items 75% off Hurry! 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OR CALL CHRIS 693-9171 MONDAY EVENING TUESDAY EVENING WEDNESDAY SPECIAL SPECIAL EVENING Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy Whipped Potatoes Mexican Fiesta Dinner Two Cheese and Onion Enchiladas w/Chili Mexican Rice Patio Style Pinto Beans „ Tostadas Coffee or Tea SPECIAL Chicken Fried Steak w/ Cream Gravy Whipped Potatoes and Your Choice of One Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Choice of one other Vegetable Roll or Corn Bread and Butter Coffee or Tea Coffee or Tea One Corn Bread and Butter ’ THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE Parmesan Cheese-Tossed Green Salad Choice of Salad Dressing-Hot Garlic Bread Tea or Coffee YOU GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU DINE ON CAMPUS FRIDAY EVENING SATURDAY SUNDAY SPECIAL SPECIAL NOON and EVENING NOON and EVENING Fried Catfish Filet w/Tarta Sauce Cole Slaw Hush Puppies Choice of One Vegetable Tea or Coffee SPECIAL Yankee Pot Roast Texas Style (Tossed Salad) Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Tea or Coffee Roast Turkey Dinner Served with Cranberry Sauce Cornbread Dressing Roll or Corn Bread & Butter Coffee or Tea j Giblet Gravy And Your Choice of any One Vegetable ■■■“Quality First” ■■ ttrjrjrjrjr Battalion Classified 845-2611