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Thursday, April 24, 1 QSSTThe Battalion/Page 7 World and Nation Video tape may show journalist Group claims hostage killed !' BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — The Revolutionary Organization of So- Moslems said Wednesday that it has killed kidnapped British jour- sffijalist Alec Collett. The group re- (meased a video tape of a man who it i said was the New York-based writer | dangling from a scaffold. I The 4-minute tape was provided : to the independent Beirut newspa- ■: per An-Nahar with a typewritten Ar- 1 ahi( statement that the 64-year-old i?; Collett was “executed” April 16 in [^retaliation for Britain’s complicity in the U.S. air attack on Libya, li^l The hanged man bore a strong re semblance to photographs of Collett that were released by the United Na tions upon his abduction south of Beirut, March 25, 1985. The Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Moslems, believed to be affiliated with renegade Palestinian leader Abu Nidal, claimed to An-Na- har last Thursday that it had killed Collett and promised to provide photographs of his hanging later. An-Nahar’s editors said the video tape and statement were found Wednesday inside an envelope dropped by an unknown man at the ground floor reception desk of the newspaper’s nine-story offices. The video tape first showed an empty noose swaying over green grass and scattered rocks while a man’s voice read the text of the orga nization’s statement. When the recital ended, the life less body appeared on the screen dangling from a noose as a crowd could be heard but not seen chant ing “Allah Akbar” — God is Great. The statement that accompanied the video tape said: “In retaliation for the monstrous joint American-British raid, and for the scandalous role of the British government in participating in the murder of innocent' sons of our Arab and Islamic nation, our Orga- Office ability of the president questioned, defended Cf 'I WASHINGTON (AP) — Good-naturedly making light of the power of his office, the presi dent says that his aide is the most powerful man in the world. “There’s a fellow that puts a ’ piece of paper on my desk every [day that tells me what Pm going [to be doing every 15 minutes,” [President Ronald Reagan says. The jest, which Reagan occa- Isionally makes to visiting groups [to explain why he can’t stay with [them, touches on a fundamental Iquestion — what does he do all |day? Some critics suggest that the president, a whiz at public speak- Iing and an affable host, is a light- veight who is unwilling or unable Ito grapple with the intricacies of sovernment. David Stockman, in a forth- Icoming memoir of his years as “There’s a fellow that puts a piece of paper on my desk every day that tells me what Tm going to be doing every 15 minutes. ” — President Ronald Reagan. Reagan’s budget director, writes that the president “seemed as far above the detail work of supply side (economics) as a ceremonial monarch is above politics.” In “The Triumph of Politics,” Stockman says Reagan “simply listened, nodded and smiled” in pre-inaugral discussions of eco nomic policy. Others say Reagan is better or ganized than most think and has a better grasp than his recent pre decessors of over-all policy objec tives. R. Gordon Hoxie, president of the Center for the Study of the Presidency compares Reagan to President Eisenhower and pre dicts future scholars will raise Reagan’s marks as they have Ike’s. “Eisenhower is viewed now as a much more activist and in-charge president than he was at the time,” Hoxie says. Reagan prefers to focus on the big picture rather than details, Hoxie says. But Hoxie adds, “the president has a much better mind and a much better sense of orga nization than most people have in the past realized.” nization announces the execution of the death sentence of British spy Alec Collett in a mass rally.” It said Collett’s killing was a “pun ishment for criminal Thatcher and her Foreign Secretary (Sir Geoffry) Howe, and her backward reactio nary regime that transformed her country into an American protector ate.” The statement urged all other fac tions holding American or British hostages to “execute them because the blood of Americans and Britons is now permissible as a result of the criminal acts exercised by murderer Reagan and criminal Thatcher.” Congressmen reimpose old income limit WASHINGTON (AP) — The House, nervous about the political consequences of a move to boost the outside earnings capacity of its mem bers, reversed itself by an over whelming majority Wednesday and reimposed the old income limits. The lawmakers voted 333-68 to undo Tuesday’s quickie maneuver that had lifted the ceiling on income earned in addition to House salaries, far more than the two-thirds major ity needed to reimpose the previous limit. —— Photos show shuttle cabin intact during fall ■ CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA released 10 pictures Wednesday showing Challenger’s nose section, with the crew cabin in side, breaking cleanly away from the exploding fuel tank and plunging apparently intact toward the ocean. B The pictures tend to support ear lier reports by investigators that the nose and crew compartment were together throughout the nine-mile fall but shattered on impact with the ocean. ■The crew of five men and two •men died after the shuttle ex- B)ded 73 seconds after launch on v- 28 - [NASA officials are uncertain at Syhat point the astronauts died, but ■)st feel they died almost at the mo ment of the explosion, either from shock or from a rapid decompres sion of the cabin. ‘There is not enough detail avail able to ascertain the integrity of the ■bin,” a NASA statement accompa nying the pictures read. “All avail able data sources, including these ■otographs, are being utilized in an attempt to understand the condition of the crew module following vehicle ^eakup. NASA will have no further comment until the analysis is com plete.” The first in the series of pictures released Wednesday shows the cone- shaped nose section and other un identified debris being blown away from the fireball created when the tank exploded. The tank was appar ently struck by the upper part of the right solid rocket booster. Investigators believe the accident was triggered when a plume of flame escaped from a ruptured rocket joint and severed a bottom at tach point, allowing the rocket to swivel into the tank, which contained Experts say AIDS rarely spreads in hospitals BOSTON (AP) — A study of needle punctures and other accidental exposure to the blood of AIDS patients has found that the spread of AIDS infections in hospi tals is extremely rare, even during direct blood-to-blood contact. Researchers at the Center for Disease Control found that just two of 983 health-care workers exposed to AIDS patients’ blood and other body fluids developed AIDS virus infections. Only one of the two clearly got the infection from the hospital exposure. The researchers described their findings as reassur ing. Compared to hepatitis B infection, they wrote, the risk of HTLV-III-LAV (AIDS virus) infection to health-care workers exposed to patients with AIDS ap pears to be extremely low. The one clear case of infection was a female health care worker in New York state who accidentally jabbed herself deeply with a contaminated needle during an emergency procedure on an AIDS patient. Two weeks later, she developed flu-like symptoms that can occur in the early stages of AIDS infection. Later blood tests re vealed that her body had begun to produce antibodies to the AIDS virus. Dr. Eugene McCray of CDC said this case and a simi lar one in Great Britain support the idea that a substan tial amount of contaminated blood is necessary to cause an AIDS infection and that a shallow skin puncture is not likely to be enough. McCray’s study followed 983 health workers for an average of 15 months after needle punctures and other accidents at 283 hospitals and state labs. Have you heard what Thursday Nights surprise is? The Place to be 303 W. UNIVERSITY • 846-1616 Dine-in, Drive-up • Open at 11 am daily featuring Deep Pan Pizza or Gourmet Stuffed Pizza, whole or by the Slice. 1219 Texas Ave. Bryan MS 1600 Texas Ave. S. College Station FOR 13 YRS. JJ’S GIVES YOU •Service 'Selection •“PRICE” SMIRNOFF 80 1 Liter TROPICANA OJ CHUGGER 10 oz. pkg. ONLY s 7.99 10 lb. Bag of ICE 29 c 2 liter COKE s 1.19 WEDNESDAY IS WINE DAY! 10% OFF ALL RACK WINES 750 ML "Member Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce" MPOCT The action came even as many members who voted to restore the limit agreed that the cost of living and maintaining two residences had outpaced the buying power of the $75,100 congressional salary. “They don’t give themselves the proper salary,’ House Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill Jr., D-Mass., had complained before Wednesday’s vote. “They don’t have the guts and the courage.” He said members of Congress should make a minimum of $ 100,000 a year. liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. The nine other pictures, snapped by a 70 mm ground tracking camera over a 26-second period, show the nose section and cabin continuing to fly upward for a few seconds before starting a downward plunge. It hit the water at about 180 mph between 3 and 4 minutes after the explosion. CROWD PLEASERS 8 at Holiday Inn of College Station in the Brazos Club HAPPY HOUR-Mon.-Fri.4:00-7:00 $1 00 off All Mixed Drinks $.50 Draught Beer *FREE Hors d’ Oeuvers* Mon.-Fri. 5:00-7:00 "These are not your everyday munchies* LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ^ DARREN & JOHN ■\fc£u£cujj SVmv: For Your Listening and Dancing Pleasure 1503 So. 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