Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1985)
;,r Page 8AThe BattalionAVednesday, November 13,1985 World and Nation NEW LOOK SHOE by Jeff MacNelly HEY, WWAT HAPPENEP TOO)# FLAG?WEALW^$ PUYIHE flag. THI5 1$ A RWWIC OUTFIT. I'/A SETTIMG A MEW ONE... -«r~wElt,WHEPE ] TUEH66KI9IT? ITTAKE9 THREE WEEl^ T&<S£T A FLAS Car bomb in Lebanon kills 4, injures 26 at monastery Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon — A suicide bomber crashed a pickup truck loaded with explosives into a monas tery where six senior Christian poli ticians were meeting Tuesday. The bomber, two army guards and a woman were killed and 26 other people were injured, police said. They said a 2'A-foot-thick stone wall shielded the politicians from the main force of the blast, which gouged out a 20-foot-wide crater. Three bombs exploded overnight in various parts of Moslem west Bei rut, killing four civilians and wound ing eight, police reported earlier in the day. The meeting in the Christian sub urb of Aukar in east Beirut was to discuss opposition to a draft Syrian- sponsored armistice agreement reached last month by Lebanon’s three strongest militias in an effort to end the 10-year-old civil war. The six politicians gathered at the monastery belonging to the Leb anese Front, a Christian political co alition which was excluded from the negotiations. An anonymous caller claiming to speak for the previously unknown “Vanguard of Arab Christians” told a Western news agency in Beirut: “We have staged this bombing and we shall carry out more sacrifices.” Speaking in Lebanese-accented Arabic, the caller accused Christian leaders of seeking to align Lebanon’s Christian community with Israel and said “This (the bombing) is the end of everyone who is in Israel’s lap.” All six senior members of the Leb anese Front were injured, but only one, former Defense Minister Ceorge Skaff, 55, was hurt seriously, police said. They said those slightly hurt in cluded former President Camille Chamoun, 85, and his son, Dany, 51, leader of the National Liberal Party. Others wounded included body guards, passersby and four soldiers, police said. In the attack on the Christian leaders, the driver of the red and blue Dodge pickup was blown to pieces in the explosion. Police said all they could find was a toe. Officers said tne pickup truck carried 660 pounds of explosives, The Lebanese Forces, a Christian militia once allied with Israel, called for a 24-hour general strike Wednesday in all Christian areas to protest what a militia communique called “this criminal attempt to get rid of historical leaders” of Lebanon. At least 17 dead, dozens stranded after onslaught of winter storms Associated Press Up to two feet of snow fell Tues day over northern Arizona and Utah as a storm turned eastward after pil ing up huge drifts in the Sierra Ne vada, stranding hunters and hikers and breaking records for cold tem peratures. At least 17 deaths had been blamed on a series of winter-like storms since last week, but most hikers and hunters reported missing in Northern California had been found as of Tuesday. Trucks slid off roads and power lines tell in Utah, and schools were closed in northern Arizona. “We’re projecting significant win ter weather across the mountains at fairly low elevations for this early in the season, and significant show - should remain over the mountains” into today, Jack Hales of the Na tional Severe Storms Forecast Cen ter in Kansas City, Mo., said early Tuesday. Winnemucca, Nev., posted a re cord low of 8 degrees below zero Tuesday, and Yakima, Wash., had a record low of 7 degrees. Eureka, Calif., on the northern coast, had a record low of 31 for the second day in a row. The heaviest snow Tuesday moved into northern Arizona and Utah. Ten inches of snow fell during the night in northern Utah at the Alta ski resort. In northern Arizona the city of Flagstaff, at an elevation of about 7,000 feet, got 10 inches in five hours. Grand Canyon had 14 inches and 24 inches of snow was on the ground at Jacob Lake, on the sparsely populated Kaibab Plateau between tne Grand Canyon and the Utah border. One woman was found dead Tuesday in a pickup, apparently a victim of carbon monoxide poison ing as the engine was kept running for heat, said Yakima County emer gency service spokeswoman Karen Dean. “It’s probably going to take all week to get everybody out,” said Jack Bartley, Yakima County search and rescue coordinator, adding that 50 to 75 had walked to safety by early Tuesday and National Guard helicopters rescued 31 Monday. In Northern California’s moun tain counties, at least 45 people in cluding campers, hikers, hunters and others had been led to safety as of Tuesday by sheriffs deputies and rescue ski patrols, said Enk Holst, a forest spokesman. Man claiming to be Hudson’s lover files suit Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A man who says he was Rock Hudson’s lover in the last years of the actor’s life filed a $14 million lawsuit Tuesday, claim ing Hudson repeatedly had sex with him while concealing the fact he had AIDS. “He asked Rock, and Rock denied he had it,” attorney Marvin Mitchel- son told a news conference as 31- year-old plaintiff Marc Christian sat oy silently. The suit alleges bodily injury, mental suffering and damages for fraud and deceit against executor Wallace Sheft, secretary Mark Miller and an unspecified number of doc tors. It seeks $10 million from the es tate plus $Lmillion each from Sheft, Miller and two of the doctors, saying they all conspired to hide the actor’s affliction from Christian. A woman who identified herself as a secretary in Sheft’s New York City office said he was gone for the day Tuesday. Dale Olson, who had been Hudson’s spokesman before the actor died Oct. 2, said he would relay a request for comment to Miller about the Superior Court law suit. Mitchelson said Christian lived with Hudson for 2!/2 years and was flown to Paris for AIDS testing last summer while the dying 59-year-old actor was hospitalized there. But Mitchelson’s suit says: “It is probable that claimant has con tracted AIDS from Hudson.” Mitchelson, who said Christian has love letters from Hudson which would be brought to court as evi dence of their relationship, said the actor insisted to Christian that he was suffering from anorexia and purposely trying to lose weight but was not suffering from acquired im mune deficiency syndrome. “This is the most unpleasant law suit I’ve ever been involved in,” said the celebrity attorney. “There’s nothing glamorous about it. It’s a tragedy.” Hudson died at home Oct. 2 of complications from AIDS. Tne attorney called the suit the first in the nation to deal with the subject of AIDS. The key issue, he said, is whether Hudson’s doctors had a duty to tell Christian he was being exposed to the disease by eng aging in sex. dy, they 1 hide it,” said Mitchelson. He didn’t name the doctors ac cused in the lawsuit. The lawsuit said Hudson learned of his affliction in June 1984, but Mitchelson said the actor continued to have sex with Christian through February 1985. Airlines lower fares to promote holiday travel Associated Press FORT WORTH — Three of the biggest U.S. airlines have announced Thanksgiving fare cuts of up to 85 percent to lure impulse travelers w'ho otherwise would stay home dur ing the four-day holiday. The first to offer the reduced fares was American Airlines, which was quickly followed by United and Delta. Mike W. Gunn, American’s senior vice president for passenger market ing, on Monday said a 48-hour Thanksgiving special on the nation’s second largest carrier applies on flights from Thanksgiving dayth- rough noon Nov. 30. One-way coach fares will cost $29 for trips of 500 miles or less, $49 for flights of 501 to 1,500 miles, and $79 of flights of more than 1,500 miles. In response, Chuck Novak, a spokesman for No. 1 United Air lines, said United will match Ameri can in the markets in which it com petes with American. “Traditionally in the Thanksgiving holiday period, we have always been very light. The planes will be going anyway, the crews will be going anyway. This is just an opportunity to put the two together. ” — Mike Gunn, American Airlines COUPON COUPON COUPON Delta Air Lines announced later in a press statement that it would cut fares on flights to 100 U.S. cities by 70 percent in the Thanksgiving pe riod, and then added that the same fares would be offered for the three days after Christmas. Northwest, Continental and Bra- niff airlines said they had no imme diate comment on the fare reduc tions. But Russell Marchetta, spokesman for People Express Air lines Inc., said the no-frills carrier had no plans to match the offers. “Most Thanksgiving travelers al ready have made plans for Wednes day through Sunday,” Marchetta COUPON COUPON COUPON said. “We don’t see this as hurting our flights.” Some airline-industry analysts saw the fare reduction as part of a pric ing strategy in which carriers offer discounts during specific dates when they know passenger traffic will be light. “It’s really not a gimmick. It’s an effort to induce people to fly,” said Timothy P. Pettee of L.F. Roths child, Unterberg, Towbin, a New York investment firm. “It’s some thing the airline industry has latched onto in the last year or so, looking at their forward bookings and seeing where the weak spots are.” km* Any complete oil change $3 off with student I.D. We'll change your oil & filter, lube your car and check all fluid levels. (Up to 5 qts.per vehicle.) 205 E. HOLLEMAN (Behind Pooh's park) 764-7992 Beat the Hell Outa Arkansas Greased Pig Chase Nov. 15,1985, 7:00 p.m. at the Lewis Pearce Animal Pavilion (Jersey St. Across from the new track complex) Team sign up sheets available: Common Desk, Corps Guard Room, Deans Office at Vet School Team Divisions: Men's (4 men), Women's (4 women), Men & Women (2 men & 2 women) $10 per team entry fee must be paid by Nov. 13 at 5:00 p.m. in the deans office of the Vet School Proceeds to benefit: Vet Class of '87 Brazos Valley United Way 1 BATTALION CLASSIFIED PULLS! Call 845-2611 STUDY III Recent injury with in flammation (swelling, pain, heat, tender ness)? Study of 5 day dura tion with only 2 visits required. Volunteers interested in participating in investigative drug studies will be paid for their time and cooperation. G&S Studies, inc. 846-5933 STUDY I Recent injury to wrist, knee or ankle? Severe enough pain to remain on study up to 10 days and 5 visits? STUDY II Recent injury with pain to any muscle or joint? One-dose (4 hours) in-house study. ac THE SHAPE OF THIflQS! Hair fetyling Salon for Men and Women Perm Special N€|US Coupon Good Until Dec. 14,1985 4417 Texas Ave. South 846-7614 next to Fapta Rita s) PRICE BOOY& RECORDS MAGAZINES from ^rt to ^oology WE HAVE BOOKS FOR EVERYONE! 5 times the selection of the average bookstore at half the publisher’s price. 3828 TEXAS AVENUE Bryan, Texas 846-2738 we buy and sell anything printed or recorded open 7 day. a week 10am-9pm Mon.-Sat • noon-9pm Sun. Gunn said the special fares apply anywhere in American’s system cov ering the 48 continental states and must be bought on a round-trip basis within three days of making a reser vation. Reservations must Be made by Nov. 26. “Traditionally in the Thanksgiv ing holiday period, we have always been very light,” Gunn said. “The planes will be going anyway, the crews will be going anyway. This is just an opportunity to put tne two to gether.” Gunn did not specify how many Thanksgiving bookings American has for its holiday-period schedule of 1,200 flights a day, but said most travelers normally fly on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and return on Sunday. “We really think with this level of discount, we’re playing to the im pulse market,” Gunn said. “We see it as an opportunity. We’re appealing to the people who said, ‘Gee, I really can’t afford to go.’” CA&H BACK FOR BUYING GROCERIES You can save up to $20 a month. Take a few minutes of your time and give us a call at 696-9522. YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU DID! Sponsored by ENVE Artificial Intelligence Week Nov. 13-20 Zachry Lobby Guest Speaker • Nov. 20 Harlow Russel from Texas Instrument, Austin 7 p.m. Zach 102 sponsored by ACM-IEEE/CS IT’S A SHOOT OUT!! MSC Camera Committee presents GARY FAYE of Houston directing A Studio Seminar Nov. 14 6-9:30 p.m. Nov. 15 5:30-9:00 p.m. Cost: $25 (including studio card) MSC Basement Camer Darkroom Gizl$A$k )(ouK Dfifc Mow-' -5 J(jJ{ d5. jJomlx r ^ Boutomuieres ot Sale /a* -fPEMSC tzsDifea* (TovEM&e ii Hv THR0O6H %r] i*K 5P0rtS«tB> &Y: 'TfeAPrtloUS Council