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Mon-Wed • Local Students Page QfThe BattalionAThursday, July 17, 1986 THEATRE GUIDE Plitt Information ; v 846-&7U f* With Current ID’s. •DENOTES DOLBY STEREO PLAZA 3 226 Southwest Pkwy 693-2457 * KARATE KID II * 2:40 7:20 5:00 0:40 *T0P GUN k 2:45 7:25 5:05 0:45 "RUTHLESS PEOPLE n 2:30 7:20 4:50 5:50 MANOR EAST 3 Manor East Mall 823-8300 "BACK TO SCHOOL Pa n 2:30 7:25 4:50 5:45 LABRINTH Pfl 2:40 7:20 5:00 0:40 "THE GREAT MOUSE 2:10 7:15 3:50 5:30 9:00 DETECTIVE B SCHULMAN 6 2002 E. 29th 775-2463 AMERICAN ANTHEM fs-is 2:20 7:25 4:40 9:50 TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL ra-is 2:35 7:30 4:95 5:45 COBRA a 2:30 7:35 4:50 5:65 SPACE CAMP n 2:25 7U0 4:49 5:35 "CLUB PARADISE ra ia . 1:40 7:30 9:00 5:55 "UNDER THE 2:15 Tie CHERRY MOON PQ-13 4:45 5:40 Cinema III , Skaggs Center 846-6714 Big Trouble/Little China 1:00,3:10,5:20,7:30,9:40 (PG13) Psycho 3 (R) 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 Running Scared (R) 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Post Oak III Post Oak Mall 764-0616 Ferris Bueller (PG13) 1:00 3:10 5:20 7:40 9:50 Legal Eagles (PG)tXl[“^™« 12:30, 2:45, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 About Last Night (R) 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 theatreTS GUIDE % NOW mmm- FIRST MATINK l SHOWING ONLY WALTER MATTHAU ROMAN POLANSKI'S PIRATES {yCAMMOM THEATRE § GUIDE SPEND AN EVENING WITH GRACE JONES AND HER FRIENDS A Frightening Comedy 43 V ^ NEW WORL D PICTURES r lTI SKAGGS CENTER M6-6714 Starts Friday 5:30 7:30 9:30 THEATRE $ GUIDE FlR^t KAAT1NK i. Showing only There Are Some Places In The Universe You Don’t Go Alone. H ENS The New Movie Wg»T»HCTSO gfcgg (mnit >7 AfOtHKSACCOMf Ainas AAWIIT flA »<H)IT BuAAttmt Piws k* ikimi ^3 fl w i SKA( SKAGGS CENTER M« 1714 Starts Friday 1:00 4:00 7:00 9:55 The Advantage is yours with a Battalion Classified Call 845-2611 World and Nation Robot photographs ship's interior Titanic explored by Jason Jr. WOODS HOLE. Mass. (AP)—Re searchers sent an underwater robot back inside the Titanic on Wednes- dav to take pictures of first-class staterooms where an Astor may have slept and passageways where a Gug genheim may have walked to the Turkish bath before the ship sank 74 \ ears ago. Expedition leader Robert Ballard, who also headed the French-Ameri- can team that discovered the “unsin- kable” steamship last September, said the robot, Jason Jr., would be guided to the first-class cabins that, in today’s values, cost about $50,000 to book one way from London to New York. He said the observations of the ship that sank with more than 1,000 people were being made “in a very respectful way.” Ballard said the little submersible and its television and still cameras, which had already photographed unbroken crystal chandeliers, also would be sent to inspect the bow, the forecastle crew quarters, the cap tain's bridge area and the mast and crow’s nest. It was foggy and mild on the ocean surface 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland where Ballard and the two other scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu tion have directed the lawnmower- size Jason Jr. from a small subma rine outside the sunken steamship, resting at a depth of more than two miles. The larger fixtures the research ers might see include a gymnasium Turkish bath, squash courts, a spe cial compartment for automobiles, several libraries and a Parisian cafe. There also was a swimming pool. Those facilities were intended for the likes of millionaires John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, and department store mogul Isidor Straus — all of whom perished on the Titanic. They were among 1,513 people who died when what was then the largest passenger liner ever built went down April 15, 1912, after hit ting an iceberg on its maiden voyage 31.82 from England to the United There were 704 survivors, n ff 1 , women and children. The greatest percentage oh WA SI was among passengers in thetcBron c lass or steerage section of the n the 1 1 here were numerous report pniise those passengers were not ttcJifirlen equitably during the evacuatiot .(1 law On T uesday, the men viewtojrstnii al ter row of chandeliers as thelJBniH 11., connected to the submarinea i 250-foot-long cable, floated iyers w the 1 itanic's grand staircase Tl [nec the In st glimpse of the interioi >de. the ship sank. Ballard said the researchers mil \<l used the (\pfllMU t , mem to look lor furniture. Weinberger: U.S, will not abandon freedom fighters WASHINGTON (AP) — Rebel leaders fighting communism in some of the world’s hot spots gath ered Wednesday at a “Contra Sum mit” and were told by Defense Secre tary Caspar Weinberger that the United States will not abandon them. Guerrillas representing the well- publicized insurgencies in Nicara gua, Afhanistan and Angola joined rebels from Ethiopia, Laos and Cam bodia at a conference sponsored by the American Security Council, a conservative organization dedicated to a strong defense. Weinberger, along with Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole, R- Kan., and Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., attended events at which the rebels, called freedom fighters by President Reagan, wore suits, ties and buttons stating: “I’m a Contra, too.” The word Contra is used to de scribe the U.S.-backed Nicaraguans battling Managua’s Sandinista gov ernment, but anti-communist rebels from Africa and Asia said they share goals and aspirations. “Contras are now all of us . . . ded icated to fighting Soviet expansion,” said Jeremias Chitunda, an associate of Jonas Savimbi, the head of troops lighting Angola’s government, which is propped up by Cuban troops and Soviet aid. “It is now per ceived that Washington cares about freedom fighters.” Describing the resistance groups, Weinberger said, “They have, as so many have in the past, come to America for aid and encourage ment. Our message must remain what it has always been: We shall not abandon you.” But Weinberger focused most of his remarks on criticism of the House Armed Services Committee for budget cuts he said reflect a “strategy of weakness.” The committee has so far ap proved a defense budget authoriza tion totaling $284.9 billion. Presi dent Reagan requested $320.3 billion in defense budget authority in fiscal 1987, up substantially from the $286.1 billion approved for the current fiscal year. By contrast. Dole discussed the Senate’s role in helping non-commu nist groups in the past year, and praised Reagan’s policies. “I believe the president is on the right course,” he said. “I’m willing to suggest Ronald Reagan is committed to peace, to arms control.. . .” Adolfo Calero, a senior leader of the United Nicaraguan Opposition, the Contra umbrella group, said his fighters will not need help from American troops if Congress ap proves $100 million in aid. World Briefs Pentagon suspends Litton indefinitely WASHINGTON (AP) — Lit ton Industries Inc., the nation’s 19th largest defense contractor, was suspended indefinitely Wednesday from receiving any new Pentagon contracts, a day af ter a guilty plea by a company subsidiary in a fraud case. The decision, announced in a brief Pentagon statement, fol lowed Litton’s decision to plead guilty to a 321-count fraud indict ment returned by a Philadelphia grand jury and to pay $15mi!li in criminal and civil fines andrc titution. The fraud charges were In eled at a subsidiary of Lino: known as the Clifton Precisiot Special Services Division n Springfield, Pa. The Pentago: said Wednesday that indictmer. and subsequent guilty plea just Tied a suspension pending fui ther review of the case. Jewish extremists suspected in killing afitni WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has identified Jewish extrem ist suspects in the bombing death of Alex Odeh, a prominent Arab- American, and has linked his kill ing to two other terrorist acts last year, an Official said Wednesday. Oliver Revell, the FBI’s exec utive assistant director, said no arrests have been made in the three cases because of the diffl cultv in obtaining evidence tk| will stand up in court. Revell identified thethreeco netted cases as the Odeh kiilii last Oct. 11, 1985 near Los An geles; the Sept. 6 bombing ofi house in Brentwood, N.Y.; accl the Aug. 15 bombing of a hou*| in Paterson, N.J. 7,000 Detroit city employees strike (AP) — Seven thousand De troit employees went on strike Wednesday, halting bus service for 200,000 riders. Three people were hospital ized in Detroit when they were hit Wednesday by cars while picket ing at a Department of Transpor tation bus garage, said a union spokeswoman who would give her name. Police spokesmen , said they had no immediate re I port of the incident. H, 1 ^ A judge in Philadelphia or* c ’ tiered 2,400 striking sanitatiorl workers hack to work to cleai| trash that has mounted duringi bitter strike in its third week. Senate committee skeptical of MIA evidence! WASHINGTON (AP) — Mem bers of a Senate committee voiced skepticism Wednesday over pictures and maps presented by a pair of for mer Army Green Berets appearing under subpoena to prove their claim that Americans still are being held in Southeast Asia. Maj. Mark A. Smith and Sgt. Mel vin C. Mclntire, both retired, of fered photographs of what they said were three Americans still in South east Asia and maps marking loca tions in the region where they con tend Americans have been held — one of them inside China. But the two men didn’t provide a videotape that they claim to have seen showing Americans held in forced labor in Laos. And the three pictures — photo copies of photographs — were indis tinct and showed only unidentified males standing, not visibly under guard or in any identifiable location. “I don’t see anything in these pa pers . . . any tangible evidence that POWs, folks in the military, are the subject of any evidence here,” said Sen. Jeremiah Denton, R-Alabama, who spent seven years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Smith and Mclntire appeared be fore the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee following months of public claims and sworn testimony that they have conclusive evidence of missing Americans. The Senate panel had tried for months to gain that evidence, and in welcoming them before the commit tee, Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., told the pair: “Put up or shut up.” In a sometimes contentious ap- :ut | tl panel^jjjeir pearance before the said that tape was made at hisdu'upiv lion, but that his source —asH A owy British gold trader in Soutk Nt Asia — possessed the tape a "’. ' wouldn’t cooperate because his id foust tity had been exposed. Smith, in an interview after his* pearance, said he still hasothertn deuce including names of Ama® prisoners and more photogri* but that he isn’t willing to pres* them to the committee because* fears leaks. I Reagan repeats nuclear weapons warning to Pakistan WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi dent Reagan, while praising Paki stan's stand against the Soviet Union’s “brutal aggressiqn” in neighboring Afghanistan, warned anew on Wednesday that U.S. mili tary and economic aid will end if Pa kistan builds nuclear weapons. Reagan, welcoming Prime Min ister Mohammad Khan Junejo to the White House, commended him for his nation’s economic gains and the peaceful transition from martial law that was imposed in the late 1970s. The president pointed out that these advances had been made de spite the continuing strife along the border with Soviet-dominated Af ghanistan and the flood of 3 million Afghan war refugees, which has placed a severe strain on the re sources of the developing nation of 84 million. “Through it all the courageous people of Pakistan and their govern ment have remained stalwart in their opposition to the Soviet Union’s bru tal aggression,” Reagan said. “America deeply admires Paki stan’s steadfastness and bravery in this noble stand,” he said. As a sign of its support, the Rea gan administration has proposed a S4.02 billion economic and military aid package for the six years begin ning Oct. 1, 1987, when the current $3 billion program expires. The Southwest Asian nation has been a key U.S. ally since the 1979 Soviet incursion into Afghanistan and the establishment there of a pro- Soviet government. Nearly all U.S. covert assistance to the guerrillas battling the Soviet army flows through Pakistan. In their hour-long private dis cussions, the president and Junejo also engaged in “a very serious, sub stantive exhange” on the issue of nu clear weapons development, said a senior administration of ficial. The administration has been re quired by Congress to certify an nually that Pakistan does not possess an atomic bomb. “We made clear the need for re straint in this area and that our relationship presupposes such re straint,” said the official, who spoke on condition he not be identified. The official said the administra tion “underscored the continuing se rious U.S. concern with unsafe- C guarded nuclear facilities sa\ Pakistan.” Pakistan has refuseJ con! take part in an inspection prc. nl’s by the International AtomicEi' som Agency. win “There is good reason to bel*B that the government of PakistanHC derstands that their relation tjfv with us depends upon restrainipesi: that our assistance programsorsioi sei sed as a significant brakeonif c ei\ nuclear program,” the official sal jesi •isle Asked whether the primemir had off ered Reagan any new as# ment of the state of Pakistani clear program, the official re| that Pakistan “has both pi and privately assured us theykj neither the intention nor the On bility to develop nuclear explosi' f | pr.i Campaign (continued from pagel) Peru. The illegal drug trade has grown to such an extent that drug trafficking families in Colombia of fered to pay that nation's $12.5 bil lion foreign debt and repatriate their fortunes if the government would protect them from prosecu tion. fluence of the drug trade on their governments. U.S. officials have expressed con cern about the threat to stability of civilian governments and military in stitutions posed by the traffickers in cocaine, marijuana and heroin. Mam leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean have said they are worried bv the potential or real in- In Bolivia, cocaine dealers fi nanced the 1980 military coup, according to evidence presented by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Admin istration. Col. Luis Arce Gomez, who helped lead the takeover, is under indictment in Miami on cocaine traf ficking charges. Under the Bolivian government headed by Victor Paz Estenssoro, there have been unconfirmed re ports implicating top officials in drug-related corruption. There also is a great deal of police corruption, with little action taken. Bolivia’s cocaine exports are esti mated to be worth $2 billion, based on Miami prices, with an estimated S600 million dollars coming back to Bolivia. Legal exports for estimated at $400 million, dueifl drop in natural gas and tin ell prices. I There is little public conceal Bolivia with the money conii 11 !] f rom cocaine, but the risingni^l, of addicted children — no" , mated at 80,000 — is increasing issue. Many addicts acquire the while stomping on a mixtureoj| ( leaves and kerosene for $10to-H night, part of the cocaine proM process.