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Page 12/The Battalion/Wednesday, February 18, 1987 BEGINNING WORDSTAR FOR TAMU STUDENTS BYTE BACK! One-week classes for those who want to learn this popular work processing program. February 23 - February 27 4:00 - 6:00p.m. March 9 - March 13 5:00 - 7:00p.m. Make sense of computers at the library. Cost $35.00 Sterling C. Evans Library Learning Resources Department Room 604 845-2316 YES, CHINESE FAJITAS Three Different Knids Definitely the Best In Town ALL the Fajitas you can eat, plus soup & salad for $4. 25 Service daily in our International Rooms 5-10 Yes, we still serve gourmet Chinese Dishes in our Oriental Room Yes, you may eat both Fajitas & Chinese Buffet/or one price Pacific Garden Chinese Restaurant 701 University 846-0828 STUDY ABROAD Summer ’87 - Limited Space ITALY ENGLAND THE ORIENT For Information, contact The Study Abroad office 161 Bizzel West 845-0544 Workshop February 18th 4 p.m. 226 MSC PRE-LAW SOCIETY Dr. Hillary Jessup Will Discuss AH-You-Can-Eat Chicken Planks Dinner $ 3.99 Start with 3 tender, whitemeat Chicken Planks® thick-cut fryes & fresh cole slaw. Then go back for more as often as you like. Limited Time Only. Reagan officials nearing decision about Star Wars Job Placement After Law School For Info.-Katie Ferguson 260-6295 World Briefs At least 41 die in Brazilian train crasl * WASHINGTON (AP) — The Reagan administration told Con gress on Tuesday that it is moving to an early decision on whether to de ploy Star Wars technology in space and defended as legal a key part of its controversial research program. President Reagan, in a letter to congressional leaders, also at tempted to assure Congress that the United States is abiding by its arms control pacts amid Soviet charges of U.S. treaty violations. Reagan administration critics — and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorba chev — have assailed the administra tion’s move toward a so-called “broad” interpretation of the 1972 Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty. Such an interpretation of the pact, which limits the testing and deploy ment of missile defenses, would per mit a wider range of experiments under Reagan’s space-based Strate gic Defense Initiative, better known as Star Wars. Although Reagan has determined that his broad interpretation of the pact is legally sound, the administra tion has held to the more restrictive view of the treaty so far in its anti missile testing. The Reagan administration also said it had informed the Soviet Union that a broad interpretation of the treaty was “fully justified.” Defense Secretary Caspar Wein berger said Tuesday that the Penta gon is putting together a list of Star Wars experiments which could go ahead under the “broad” interpreta tion but which would be banned by the narrow view of the pact. He also defended Reagan’s right to interpret the treaty, despite what Congress thought it was approving when it adopted the pact more than a decade ago. Meantime, the Senate voted 93-2 approval of a resolution voicing the chamber’ full support” for Rea gan’s attempt to negotiate new arms control pacts with ego the Soviets. Witness recounts brutality of Nazi death camp at trial SAG PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Two commuter trains collided Tuesday on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, and the city’s hospital su perintendent said at least 4 1 peo ple were killed and 155 injured. TV Globo, the nation’s largest private television network, said 45 people were killed in the crash, but that report could not be confirmed. “The scene was horrible," Carlos Alberto GuglielmiEidiJ rector of city hospitals, Associated Press. He was in charge of mei, care at the scene and said 41 pet | pie were killed. “Unfortunately, many injured are in critical conditioi and the death toll could rise,' said. Vol. Tampering widespread for railroads | WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Railroad Ad ministration on Tuesday asked Congress for authority to punish railroad employees who tamper with safety equipment, com plaining that such tampering is widespread and the government now is unable to curb it. FRA Administrator John Riley said federal investigators have found at least 18 cases of tam pering with safety devices since a Jan. 4 collision involving an Am- trak passenger train. Enforce ment actions, with fines ranging from $250 to $2,500, have been taken against seven companies, he said. “I fear what we have discov ered may truly be the lip of the iceberg,” Riley told a Senate Commerce subcommittee looking JERUSALEM (AP) — A trial wit ness recounted the horrors of Treb- linka Tuesday and the brutal role played by “Ivan the Terrible,” the death camp guard who Israel says later became Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk. Yitzhak Arad said Ivan and an other Ukrainian-born Nazi guard named Nicolai “used to stand near the entrance (of the gas chambers), driving the Jews to their deaths un der a shower of blows and beat ings . . . using bayonets or metal bars or whatever was available.” Demjanuk, retired now and stripped of his U.S. citizenship, says he is not Ivan the Terrible and never was at Treblinka. Arad, whose entire family was killed in the Holocaust, wrote a book on Treblinka and is director of the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum. Demjanjuk is charged with “crimes against the Jewish people, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes against persecuted per sons.” He faces a possible death pen alty if convicted. Arad testified after the three- judge panel overruled an objection from the defense, which said there was no need to explain the Nazi pro gram to wipe out European Jewry. Yoram Sheftel, Demjanjuk’s Is raeli lawyer, said outlining Nazi atro cities was “a clear effort to turn this into a show trial for the mass media.” into rail safety. He So.J ment tampering is difficultloil tect by the relatively small fc| of federal inspectors. Among the equipmenuhal lx? mg disconnected or otherJ made inoperable in train! lives are speed governors,sigt alerting equipment and autom train braking devices, as i so-called “dead-man pedals aid t guard against an engineerfalLer asleep or becoming incapaauiLriti officials said. Ewl Sen. J antes Exon, D-V p ( chairman of the subcorami jmeas said the railroads “have not conn as forthcoming’’ as they coilnlj t in dealing with equipment it ev {K-ring. T he panel’s rankinj lhe 1 publican. Sen. Bob Hastenot' i' “1 cousin, urged stronger c floor '•nforcement by the FRA presi that Vietnam dismisses officials as retort BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Vietnam said Tuesday it had dis missed 12 government ministers in what analysts saw as an effort to bring in specialists who can re vive the communist nation’s mori bund economy. One of the most sweeping po litical housecleanings in Viet nam’s history follows a tide of self-criticism and the resignations last December of three top party leaders. The official Voice of Vietnam radio announced the purge of the Council of Ministers and said elections will be held April 19 for members of the eighth National Assembly. Among the ministersdism of (h was Gen. Van Tien Duns,- Sena planned the final 1975 oto against South Vietnam. More leadership changesrl expected in conjunction wili elections, including choice: new premier to replace 80-\ old Pham Van Dong, alikl the assembly itself has power. “You can call it the 'GorkaBJ effect,’ ” a knowledgeable demit said privately, refernrilL Kremlin leader MikhailS.GonHT chev's streamlining of theSoiH^ hierarchy. Moscow is VietE closest ally- Success in life is easier than you think, Attend this free lecture dec His Holiness Maharisht Mahcsh Yogi, Founder of ihe Transcendental Meditation Program and learn why. Dear student. Psychologists say that most people use only a small fraction of their mental potential. Ever wonder what would happen if you could unlock the rest of your capabilities? Think what it would mean for your learning ability, your productivity, your future prosperity. There’d be almost no limit to what you could accomplish! BENEFITS TO STUDENTS BECOME A TOP PERFORMER Only at: 1808 Texas Ave., College Station & 3224 S. Texas Ave., Bryan / It out in The Battalion Classified Well, you can unfold your poten tial, and the technique is remarkably easy. You’ll learn about it soon at a free lecture on the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique. If you want the success in life you’ve been dreaming about, I urge you to at tend this lecture. My name is Fred Poneman. I’m regional vice president of a national investment brokerage firm and spend most of my time teaching people how to be more successful and productive. In my experience, the most success ful people are the ones who practice Transcendental Meditation. Why? Because, as you'll learn at the lecture, the simple, natural TM technique, practiced 15-20 minutes twice a day, brings a person greater clarity of mind, greater creativity, and greater organizing power. TM helps people to excel in a fast-chang ing, stressful environment. It’s proven itself to be the best thing in the world you can do to become a top performer. B y now, more than 1,000,000 students like yourself have experienced the benefits of TM. More than 350 scientific research studies over the last 15 years have doc umented these benefits, and many of the findings are directly related to your life as a student including: D increased intelligence and learning ability ■ improved comprehension, concentration, and memory ■ improved academic and job performance ■ reduced stress and anxiety ■ increased happiness ■ improved interpersonal relationships H improved athletic performance At the upcoming lecture, you’ll hear details of some of this research. You’ll also leam the reason why TM brings so many benefits to mind, body, and behavior at the same time. In brief, the explanation is this. At the basis of all of creation is the unified field of all of the laws of nature as described by modern physics and by ancient Vedic science. The TM technique allows you to experience the | unified field within your own con- j sciousness. Having this experience i twice a day brings you more and more support of the laws of nature. And this means it gets easier and easier to ful fill all your desires for greater success and achievement in life. TECHNIQUE FOR SUCCESS But there’s even more to it than that At the lecture, you’ll also hearabou! the “Super Radiance” effect. Whenas little as the square root of one perceni of the population of a city or a country practices the TM technique and its advanced aspects, the crime and acci dent rates go down, and society asa whole becomes more peaceful i productive. That’s how powerfulthe TM technique is! The benefits that TM hasbroughtto so many people throughout the world will grow in your life too, once you begin the technique (which I recom mend that you do). But for now, why not just attend the free lecture? It’s only about 45 minutes long, yet it could mark the beginning of a whole ne« level of personal satisfaction and performance that will continued grow for the rest of your life. The date and time of the free lecture are listed below. I hope you’ll betheie, and I guarantee you won’t be sorry! Wishing you all success, Fred Poneman Regional Vice President International Trading Group Fairfield, Iowa TM brings me inner peace, yet I’m more dynamic than ever before. Since starting TM, school work is easier and my grades are higher!” —Sam Boothby Ph.D Candidate, Education Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Transcendental Meditation Free Lecture Transcendental Meditation isaservict mark of the World Plan Executive Council—United States, a nonffufil educational organization. Wednesday, Feb. 18 Rudder Tower 12 Noon Rm 410 Wednesday, Feb. 18 Harrington Hall 7:00 pm Rm 207 Thursday, Feb.19 Harrington Hall 7:00 pm Rm 200 . - in