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k Page 8AThe Battalion/Tuesday, July 15, 1986 World and Nation Guerrilla targets bombed by Israelis AINAB, Lebanon (AP) — Twelve Israeli jets rocketed and bombed Palestinian guerrilla targets in hills southeast of Beirut on Monday in apparent retaliation for rocket at tacks on northern Israel. The raid killed four people and wounded 12, officials said. Police and the International Red Cross reported in separate commu niques that two Palestinian fighters died and 12 people were wounded during the 30-minute, late-morning raid on the hill towns of Aitat, Bays- sour, Shimlan and Ainab. Druse spokesmen said later that two Druse militiamen also were killed. The Druse, who dominate the Ainab region, are a secretive offshoot of Islam. Prime Minister Rashid Karami claimed the attack was aimed at sab otaging a Beirut security plan launched under Syrian auspices two weeks ago to reinstate government authority in the capital. Syria has sent about 500 troops to west Beirut to help enforce the plan, intended to end a 27-month reign of Moslem militias characterized by as sassinations, kidnappings, aircraft hijackings and bank robberies. The Israeli command in Tel Aviv said its pilots reported “accurate hits . . . (on an) area of terrorist concen trations.” It said all planes returned safely. The raid appeared aimed at Syr ian-backed Palestinian factions ac tive in the region. It followed overnight rocket at tacks on Israel’s northern Galilee re gion. Israeli military sources con firmed an Israel Radio report of the attacks but said no injuries or dam age resulted. The sources demanded anonym ity. Palestinian guerrillas periodically fire Soviet-made Katyusha rockets into Galilee from bases in Lebanon. One building destroyed in Ainab was an office of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine headed by Marxist physician George Habash. The three-story stone house was left flattened and smol dering. About 80 yards away, a four-story structure used by the Moscow- oriented Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine was now a heap of rubble. MacArthur fellows program awards 25 grants , GHIGAGO (AP) — Twenty-five Americans, recognized for outstand ing talent and promise, have been awarded between $164,000 and $300,000 to spend as they please in the latest batch of MacArthur Foun dation grants. Recipients of the so-called genius grants announced Monday range from composer to poet, from civil liberties activist to physicist. One recipient, James Randi, 57, of Rumson, N.J., has dedicated his professional life to protecting the ill from charlatans by exposing psychic hoaxes. “The MacArthur Fellows pro gram is designed to create an atmo sphere in which experimentation and, ultimately, discovery can take place,” said John E. Corbally, Mac Arthur Foundation president. He said the goal is to remove fi nancial constraints so fellows can fo cus their energies on the issues and problems they find important. The recipients did not know they were being considered until they were informed later last week that they had won. One of the unusual characteristics of the grant is that there are no stipulations. fellowships begin at $24,000 an nually for recipients age 21 or younger and increase by $800 per year up to $60,000 for those 66 or older. The latest group of recipients, 23 men and two women, range in age from 30 to 70. Gomposer Milton B. Babbitt, 70, says the award may not change his life much over the next year because he already has several commitments, including a teaching post at New York’s Juilliard School next year. Atmospheric scientist Richard Peter Turco, 43, said he values the independence the grant will allow him. Turco, a research scientist and program manager with R&D Asso ciates in Marina del Rey, Calif, was cited for his work in developing the theory of nuclear winter. The MacArthur Foundation was established by John D. and Cathe rine T. MacArthur to support, with out restrictions, the creative efforts of some of the nation’s most talented scientists, artists, humanists scholars, activists and professionals. MacArthur, sole owner of Bank er’s Life and Casualty Co., endowed it with the bulk of his fortune after his death in 1978, and since 1981 the foundation has named 191 fellows, committing more than $50 million. World Briefs NASA seeks all-new booster design LQ j* WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA said Monday it doesn’t ex pect the space shuttle to fly again until 1988 and that its engineers are working on a totally new de sign for the booster rockets which caused January’s crash of (Chal lenger. The new design will be devel oped as a contingency in cast othei approach is lound sun, foi the |oint seals on the boosi* (he space agency said inartJ to President Reagan. The interim report isexpcol to help the ad ministration dnl what to do about building nj placement for Challenger. Lstii ■v conti Parents begin Christian textbook fig n exa 5 Htevol GREENEVILLE, Term. (AP) — Parents who say a school dis trict’s textbooks violate funda mental Christian beliefs opened their court battle for alternative texts Monday by charging that lessons drawn from the "Wizard of Oz” undermine religious edu cation at home. Vicki Frost testified thai wbefore children’s teachers use read itiee. books steeped in the occuli. me cai manism and the sujieinatural H edm She and members ol sixoikBugs ; families have sued to force iBn D. Hawkins Count) school boatd■Texas provide their children with,ii: ti|n, to natives i< > the set ies. ing Books. Stock market continues to suffer losses^ thai donu 1 NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market sustained another broad loss Monday, extending the slide that set in early this month. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 27.98 to 1,793.45, meaning a loss of 1 15.58 points since July 2. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange came to 123.17 million shares, against lib Blit M< million Friday. Bonk < IBM shares led the uciivtijBof e 1 and lell3 7 /8to 139 , /i. Bntiftc \mcmg othei technologicalBisiste sues, 1 lewlelt-Pat kard droppc. "ft’e ar to 38 1 Digital Equipments ielce be 86; Data General 'A to Sl^aBly as Fexas Instruments l'/zto 113k ly hoi Energy issues were weak as k pract prices remained under pressun e ‘ or’ a tionary Genetic tests predict risk of muscular dystrophy ■ike gple fo books ce teac BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — New genetic tests are helping doc tors predict whether mothers risk producing babies who will be af flicted with a form of muscular dystrophy that is among the most common lethal birth defects, a re searcher said Monday. Duchenne muscular dystrophy runs in families. But until recently, there was no way to accurately say whether mothers carried the deadly gene that causes the illness. In very rare instances, the disease afflicts girls. But almost always, its victims are boys whose mothers carry a defective gene. Now, labs using bits of genetic material called gene probes that may match up with the mother’s genetic material are helping these women learn the odds of whether they will have fatally diseased sons. “This is an incredibly powerful technology,” said Dr. C. Thomas Caskey of Baylor College of Medi cine. It is the latest in a quickly growing list of advances in doctors’ ability to spot the seeds of genetically con trolled illness before birth. Tests can now reveal more than a dozen dis eases this way, and experts believe they will Find the keys to finding hundreds of them in the years to come. The new-found ability to spot car riers of Duchenne muscular dystro phy was outlined by Caskey at a ge netics conference at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor. His lab and one operated by Dr. Samuel Latt of Boston’s Childrens Hospital are the only ones now per forming the muscular dystrophy tests in the United States. _ Duchenne muscular dystrophy strikes about one of every 5,()()() to 8,000 baby boys. It causes abnormal development of muscles, and victims gradually lose control of their movements. Typically, victims are confined to wheelchairs by age 12, and they often die in the late teens or early 20s. The mothers themselves are not harmed by the gene. But if they have boys, there is a 50 percent chance that they will pass it to them. They can also pass the gene to their . daughters but the girls will grow up to be carriers of the disease, not its When Duchenne muscular dystrophy strikes, there is a chance that tlie victim’s female relatives, such as his sisters and nieces, are si lent carriers of the gene who risk passing it to their own sons. •place sc •'iilt'' of the test on the firs Bn rel women his group had tested. fhev revealed that 19 n Hudso women did not carry the lethal^ vied at and eight were carriers. In lOlkirned t victims. The new tests are intended to tell them whether they face this risk. In the past, such women sometimes se lectively aborted all male fetuses and bore only girls. So far, the tests have been per formed on 45 pregnant women at Caskey’s lab and three at Latt’s. At the meeting, Caskey outlined the re sults were ambiguous and thei-3t natio between a 10 and 10 percentdiBne C that thev c art ied the gene. speal o Sometimes the disease is: ouisiau; from mothers to sons lot mar. kutiotu nations, while at other times ill "Whet deni) pops up in a familv. proBt yot because of some genetic mutam latcase Doctors perform the genetitBhe c on blood taken from die mothcjgs on : he as well as other familv memaxtbook "he fin _lov. 8 b MCDONALD’S ““ m "- INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS any eat mgs Iks to lau uei . .. lovenie McDonalds + b, ie so-c DRIVE-THRU window University Drive Hwy 21 Texas and S.W. Parkway Manor East Mall BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING ludsi ook nil |Inde ook p» ks h; lutii Intramural Sports Summer Session II hi fa ie rule All entries open July 10 and close July 17. Team Sports Individual and Dual Sports rmy t Leagues will be available for Men’s, Women’s and CoRec in classes A, B, and C. All currently enrolled students, faculty/staff and spouses with a rec reational ID and intramural validation are eligible to participate. Rules for all sports are available in the Intramural-Recreational Sports office. Room 159 Read. All schedules will be available Friday, July 18 after 2p.nt P re ftost it VOLLEYBALL TRIPLES ENTRY FEE; SCHEDULES AVAILABLE: PLAY BEGINS: PLAYOFFS POSTED: PLAYOFFS BEGIN: on the bulletin boards outside the Intramural-Recre ational Sports office. Room 159 Read. Single eliminafoll 01 '^ tournament will be offered in Classes A, B, & C. ClassdR^ 11 will play round robin tournament. Bts a $15.00 Friday, July 18 at noon Tuesday, July 22 Wednesday, July 30 at noon Thursday, July 31 BASKETBALL TRIPLES ENTRY FEE: SCHEDULES AVAILABLE: PLAY BEGINS: PLAYOFFS POSTED: PLAYOFFS BEGIN: $15.00 Friday, July 18 at noon \ Monday, July 21 Tuesday, July 29 at noon Wednesday, July 30 SLOWPITCH SOFTBALL ENTRY FEE: SCHEDULES AVAILABLE: PLAY BEGINS: PLAYOFFS POSTED: PLAYOFFS BEGIN: $25.00 Friday, July 18 at noon Monday, July 21 Wednesday, July 30 at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 31 Tennis Doubles - Matches consist of 2 out of 3 sets Games are played to 4 points (no deuce). Each team must bring an unopened can of balls to each match. Horseshoe Singles - Matches consist of 2 out of 2 games to 15 points. Horseshoes will be provided. Racquetball Singles - IRA rules will apply. Matchesarf 2 games to 15 points with an 11 point tie braker, if nec essary. Each participant must bring an unopened canolH n 2 balls to each match. I ls ce Golf Doubles - Green fees will be payed at thegolljjr Hoop it in the IM-Rec Basketball Triples Tournament, entries are open NOW! RAINOUT AND INFORMATION NUMBER - 845-2625. All-University Champions Congratulations to the All-University champions in these sports for Sum mer Session I. Horseshoes Doubles Class A; CoRec - Dwayne Thompson, Shawn Thompson Softball Class A: Class B: Class C: Women - Wm’s SB Team Men - C.C. Creation CoRec - Hogs Men - CC’s B Squad CoRec - Phed Up CoRec - The Coronas Racquetball Doubles Class A: Men - Mark Mills, Curtis Acheson CoRec - Todd Mummert, Jeanne Adams ClassB: Men - Doug Heidt, Todd Mummert CoRec - Richard Zimmerman, Julie Hrachoul Class C: Women - Liz Dillow, P.J. Moffett Men - Greg Smith, Craig Hooks Tennis Singles Class A: Women - Shelley Savage Men - Tray Dominguez ClassB: Women - Elena Garcia Men - K.C. Gan Class C: Women - Gladys Fernandez Men - Jason Hinchliffe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS McDonald’s Intramural Highlights is sponsored in the Battalion by your local McDonald’s Restaurants at University Drive, Manor East Mall on Hwy 21 and on Texas Avenue. Stories are written by Liz Dil low, graphics are by George Clendenin and photos are by Tom Mc- donnell and David Tatge. Excercise Classes All exercise classes are reduced to half price for the rest of the summer Cost for the classes is now $10.00 for classes meeting twice a week, $15.00 for classes meeting three times a week, and $20.00 for unlimited number ol classes. Individuals may sign up in the Intramural-Recreational Sports Of fice, Room 159 Read Building. Individuals must have a recreation ID or stu dent ID to participate. Classes will run through August 15. For more infor mation contact Paula Opal at 845-7826. Guadalupe River Canoeing Trip July 25-27. The cost for this trip is $25.00 and includes rental of group camp ing equipment, campground fees, instruction before and during the trip transportation costs and an experienced guide. This trip is limited to ^par ticipants who may sign up through Monday, July 21 in 159 Read Building.A pre-trip meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 21 at 7 p.m. in Room 202 MSC. A canoe clinic for trip participants is scheduled for Wednesday, 23, 7 p.m. in the Outdoor pool. For more information on these trips or 1/ Outdoors, call Patsy Greiner at 845-7826 vee co In a course. Classes A & B will play Best Ball while Class will play a Florida Scramble. Participants will be assignedia 1 ™ opponets based on skill level and must play within an as signed time period O , w form prep fortr told own habi Sow I “I the was ok sp m, ak MUl