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Tuesday, November 12, 1985/The Battalion/Page 9' DEW LOOK t World and Nation Royal couple visits Arlington Cemetery Charles, Diana wind down U.S. visit Associated Press WASHINGTON “God Save the After smiling regally through three glittering days in Washington, Britain’s royal cou ple wound down their stay on a so bering note Monday. :s pla Na- British anthem, Queen.” He held the salute for die dona! Anthem that followed. In the color guard was the Union lack. Prince Charles placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Princess Diana took part with Nancy Reagan in a moving rap ses sion at a drug treatment centei for children. Dressed in his ceremonial Royal Navy uniform, with the rank of com mander, the Prince of Wales saluted the tomb as the hand played the prii dl-t given a 21-gun salute as they arrived and when they left. Accompanied by Maj. Gen. John Ballantyne, commander of die mili tary district of Washington, Charles climbed the broad steps to the tomb, where the unknown of four wars are buried and, as a bugler played taps, placed a wreath at the marble struc ture. Behind, stood the princess, eyes downcast. She wore a royal blue dress with a wide black sash, and a wide-brim med hat also trimmed in black. She was escorted by the British ambassador, Sir Oliver Wright. Afterward they proceeded to the cemetery’s memorial display room containing medals and other insig nia, including Britain’s Victoria Cross, that had been presented to the Unknown Soldier by the nations of the world. Charles also placed a wreath at the memorial for Field Marshal Sir John Dill, who was head of the British Joint Staff Commission in World War II. In the evening Charles and Diana were to be at a farewell reception at the National Gallery of Art. They leave Tuesday for a one-day stay in Palm Beach, Fla., and yet an other gala dinner. T he young couple’s afternoon ac tivities were far different from the morning’s when they sauntered through a J.C. Penney’s store, ad miring its display of British goods. UPI creditors seeking final decision on buyer Associated Press WASHINGTON — United Press International and its major creditors sought Monday to agree on a prospective buyer from among three final bidders f or the news agency. UPI spokesman William Adler said the three finalists were Mario Vazquez Rana, a Mexican news- E ' publisher; Joe Russo, a ton real estate developer; and a six-member consortium led by Financial News Network Inc. of New York, a cable TV com pany. Adler said late Monday it was not clear when the committee of creditors, in consultation with a nine-member UPI management team and the Wire Service Guild, might decide on a proposed new owner for the company. A news story that UPI trans mitted to its subscribers Monday and made available to The Asso ciated Press said the final bidders had made offers ranging from $36 million to $40 million in cash and working capital. UPI filed for creditors under Ghapter ! 1 of federal bankruptcy law on April 28. As of May 31, die news agency reported $40.2 million in debts and nearly $24 million in assets. UPI chairman Luis Nogales has said that once a prospective buyer is selected, a joint reorgani zation plan is expected to be filed with federal bankruptcy court here. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge George Francis Bason Jr. lias the creditors, UPI protection from empowered management and the Guild, which represents about 750 UPI editorial employ ees, to file plans to reorganize the company. Adler said the creditors’ com mittee met all day Monday at UPI’s Washington headquarters, hearing presentations from the three finalists bidding to pur chase UPI, the recommendations of UPI management and the Guild, and a report from a new group representing non-union UPI employees. When that is completed, Adler said, the creditors planned to cau cus to make a final selection. New Mormon leader expresses love for all Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Ezra Taft Benson, expressing love for every one of “every color, creed, and polit ical persuasion,” said Monday he had been appointed by God as the Mormon Church’s 13th prophet and president. Benson, 86, a former U.S. agricul ture secretary whose ultraconserva tive politics made him the most con troversial modern church apostle, said he planned no major changes as successor to President Spencer W. Kimball, who died last Tuesday at age 90. “T his is a day 1 have not antic ipated,” Benson said in a voice high with emotion. “Now that the Lord has spoken, we will do our best, un der his guiding direction, to move the work forward in the earth.” Benson was ordained as president Sunday afternoon during a meeting tnt ~ of the Council of the Twelve Apostles in the Salt Lake Temple. The announcement was not made until Monday, but it had been antic ipated because the prophetic mantle always has gone to the most senior church apostle and president of the Twelve. At a news conference at church headquarters, Benson announced appointment of two members of the Twelve to serve as his counselors in the governing First Presidency — Gordon B. Hinckley, 75, and T homas S. Monson, 58. Hinckley’s selection was expected because of his four years in the First Presidency under Kimball, during which he directed church af fairs for the frail and ailing leadei. The choice of Monson, known as a conservative in the church hier archy, elevated an apostle who is fourth in seniority to Benson. Marion G. Romney, 88, a coun selor under Kimball, will serve as president of the Twelve. He is heir to the presidency after Benson, but because Romney has been ill for years and confined to his home, Benson appointed Howard W. Hunter, 76, next to Romney in seniority, as acting president of the Twelve. Benson promised renewed em phasis on missionary work, “but only in those nations that permit it.” He reaffirmed a basic Mormon belief that Jesus Christ is the real head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. DONATE BLOOD Life's Most Precious Resource BLOOD CENTER at Wadley Sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, Student Government and Omega Phi Alpha Commons Fish Pond lOa.m. —8p.m. 10a.m.-6p.m. MSC Fountain 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Pavilion 10 a.m. — 3:15 p.m. November 12,13 & 14 Poster designed by lames Johnson, a student at H. 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