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lion Wednesday, May 27, 1987 es l <> silll g proby loat. ‘ying an ' inmates. Texas. liner, hj livered :ouldbe! a formeti 1 Dallas. Id be ^ within i, U.S. officials in Egypt largeted in ambush gsdale sai H up ilia. MBA 1RO, Egypt (AP) — Gunmen < as a si ’n'M alongside a U.S. Embassy sta- crowdi i 0I l wagon Tuesday, tried to force it xnirt o 'fljthe road and tlien opened fire, n its pi dol ing out the windows and slightly ;| ( volnding two of the three Ameri- s almos :ans insi(le - lenaitillnH TI.S. official, speaking on condi- t( ; of anonymity, said the men es- 1IM aped because embassy security roomt^B ^ enn ‘ s Williams used “de- guidelrl n makitijMAf’.HDAD, Iraq (AP) — Ameri- ee weelifcn investigating the Iraqi attack on fivoral he USS Stark met with defense offi- itors, :ials l uesday, but there was no word laugl tnlvhethei they would be allowed to st ofthHthe pilot who fired the missiles. diplomatic source said “every- hilg seems to he going well” in the __flSee related stories, Pages 3, 4 — - oiilt investigation ol the May 17 at- :acL in the Pei sian (iulf, which killed 17 American sailors on the guided- (Ttissile frigate and wounded 2 1. ^■Jnconfirmetl reports in the Iraqi ^^Hital Tuesday said the pilot had H Hn beheaded, apparently for em- Bflrassing President Saddam Hus sein’s government. Information Ministry officials denied it. Hdic eight-man U.S. team led by RelrAdm. David Rogers, deputy di- ■ Bor of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spent several hours with senior Iraqi officials Tuesday. ^Afterward, (hey drove in a motor- T He to the fortified U.S. Embassy rmjmeetings with American officials Tensive driving measures” to get away from the other car. He did a sudden U-turn on the eight-lane highway along the Nile’s east bank. It was the first attack in memory on American officials in Egypt. Several hours afterward, an anon ymous telephone caller to a Western news agency said it was the work of Egypt’s Revolution, a shadowy group which has taken credit for and communication with Washing ton, diplomatic sources said. Several of the Navy, Army and Air Force specialists shuttled be tween the embassy compound and the Iraqi Defense Ministry during the afternoon. Neither the Ameri cans nor Iraqis would comment on the discussions. One U.S. official said privately that initial sessions with the Iraqis were “primarily technical meetings.” The official did not elaborate, but a central question is why the lone pi lot Iraq says attacked the Stark did not respond to two signals from the ship identif ying it as American. President Hussein has said the pi lot of the French-built Mirage F-l thought he was firing his Exocet mis siles at an Iranian target. Iraq and Iran have been at war since September 1980. Both attack commercial ships in the gulf in an ef fort to destroy the enemy’s economy. About 230 ships have been hit and more than 200 seamen killed. The attack on the Stark was the deadliest on a ship since the war began. three attacks on Israeli Embassy per sonnel that were responsible for the deaths of two people. Foreign Minister Esmat Abdel- Meguid’s office said he asked U.S. Ambassador Frank G. Wisner to in form Secretary of State George P. Shultz of Egypt’s regret and to as sure him “that authorities are doing their utmost to apprehend the cul prits.” A warning from the U.S. Embassy urged Americans “to exercise an ex treme degree of caution ’ in the next four or five days, avoiding crowds and “inappropriate gatherings” in the country. U.S. officials said “increased secu rity is in effect for the embassy.” The embassy identified the in jured men as Williams, the embassy’s acting security chief, and his deputy, John Hucke. The third American was John Ford, an administrative of ficial. Hucke and Williams were cut on the head by flying glass, and the American official who spoke on con dition of anonymity said it was possi ble both were creased by bullets in the shooting. Williams, who had small bandages on his head, told reporters at the embassy that the weapon was auto matic, but he did not know the exact type. “It was unbelievable,” he said of the attack, which occurred beside an overpass about 5 miles south of Cairo. Egyptian officials said three men were in the other vehicle, hut Wil liams said he did not know the num ber. About 15,000 Americans live in Egypt, according to embassy esti mates. Included are 500 embassy officials and employees, their 600 depen dents, and 700 contract workers en gaged in projects for the U.S. Agency for International Devel opment and their dependents. Most live in the Cairo area. , |.S. team meets Iraqis; ow, Ik 7 I ■ i I i :j pa ne I seeks i nte rvi ew im: it irl. ! with pilot about attack not iv-ls, _ _ Photo bv Robert W. Rizzo Up This sign, on the site of what were the Physical Plant buildings, shows the direction the construc tion eventually will go. From the rubble the build ings are shaped from will come a six-story parking garage. The garage is expected to be completed sometime next year. Saragosa buries dead, voices desire to rebuild HARAGOSA (AP) — Thousands of peo ple joined Tuesday with the residents of his little town as they buried 17 of the 29 vho died in the tornado that destroyed the .otnnmnity. H he disaster prompted a declaration of ederal aid Tuesday by President Reagan md an outpouring of almost half a million iollars in pledges of individual donations. Scores of pallbearers carried 16 caskets tnd set them in two neat rows for the fune- al Mass said by a Roman Catholic bishop. Dne by one, 12 caskets were lowered into he ground in the Saragosa cemetery; four vere buried later in nearby Balmorhea. ■Today we bid farewell to men and vornen who loved Jesus and his church and who loved their family and would die for their children . . . they will be missed,” said Bishop Raymond Pena of the El Paso di ocese, who said Mass from the back of a flatbed truck. Pena reminded the mourners that while their church had been destroyed in the storm, its foundation was intact. “The foundation of your faith is equally intact,” Pena said. “On that we will build the new community of Saragosa.” But the town has more to rebuild on than faith now. An American Red Cross spokesman said the tornado that killed 29, including six children, had prompted pledges of $470,000 from 12,700 people through the Red Cross’ toll-free telephone number. “I was just overwhelmed,” said Susan Clowe, an official at the Red Cross disaster relief station in Balmorhea. In addition, relief from other sources has continued to pour into the town, which suf fered an estimated $6.4 million in damage. Meanwhile Tuesday, President Reagan declared the Mexican-American farming community of 350 eligible for federal disas ter aid. That means some residents are eli gible for low-interest home loans and other housing assistance plus grants of up to $5,000 for those with low incomes, said Jack DeVore, an aide to Sen. Lloyd Bentsen. Gov. Bill Clements, who visited the town, said, “While it will be difficult and painful for the people of Saragosa to literally reb uild their lives, I hope news of this declara tion from the president will somehow com fort survivors.” With little warning the tornado swept through Friday night, destroying almost ev ery building. Officials said Tuesday an up dated injury list showed 162 were injured, with 35 still hospitalized. Damage to the community, which in cluded the destruction of four businesses, 70 homes and 10 mobile homes, was esti mated at $6.4 million by Reeves County Judge W.O. “Bill” Pigman in his request for disaster aid. Clowe said the Red Cross had inter viewed 43 families by Tuesday afternoon. and most said they want to rebuild. Meanwhile, private donations are grow- in s- Golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez donated $10,000 of his $37,500 first-place winnings from the Silver Pages Classic seniors’ tour nament in Oklahoma City this weekend, Dewanna Florez, the sheriff s wife, said. At a convention in Odessa on Saturday night, American Legionnaires auctioned a gold-plated eagle and raised $3,000 to send to the victims. Red Cross volunteer Margaret Burton said, “One little girl brought down her piggy bank and gave 89 cents. One man brought in pennies in a paper hag. People are digging deep and helping.” High court rules threats to safety need for bail ■ ■WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday thkt people accused of crimes mav be jailed without hail while awaiting trial if a judge decides they are a threat to public safety, ■in a 6-3 ruling hailed as a ma jor victory by law enforcement of ficials, the court said jailing some one deemed dangerous does not violate the person’s rights or the presumption that all are innocent umil proved guilty. ■Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia deny bail leased on a defendant’s danger ousness, but those laws are not as sweeping as the federal law upheld Tuesday. ■l'he justices used the case of ttyp reputed Mafia leaders in New York City to reinstate a 1984 fed eral preventive detention law backed by the Reagan administra tion and attacked by civil liberta rians. H‘We have repeatedly held that the government’s regulatory in terest in community safety can, in appropriate circumstances, outw eigh an individual’s liberty inter est,' Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote for the court. HRehnquist said holding some- ,one without bail is not unlawful punishment hut rather a legiti mate attempt to protect citizens. In a bitter dissent, Justice Thurgood Marshall called the ruling “an ominous exercise in demolition” of constitutional rights. Marshall said that the court, in the interest of expediency, sacri ficed the principle that all citizens are presumed innocent until proved otherwise. “At the end of the day the pre sumption of innocence protects the innocent,” Marshall said. “The shortcuts we take with those whom we believe to he guilty in jure only those wrongfully ac cused and, ultimately, ourselves.” Justices William J. Brennan and John Paul Stevens also dis sented. In other action, the court: • Ruled that federal judges should consider community safety before ordering the release of a defendant whose state court conviction they overturn. • Killed a lawsuit by federal employees challenging the presi dent’s power to order annual pay raises for them smaller than those recommended to keep pace with private businesses. New hospital will help expand services in B-CS, supporters say Opponents warn competition will foster facility duplication By Clark Miller Reporter When the new Humana Hospital opened in College Station on April 8, its supporters proclaimed the im portance of expanding the area medical facilities while others ar gued that the new hospital was a needless duplication of existing fa cilities. The new hospital is located in south College Station near the Southwood Athletic Complex and the Highway-6 bypass. Marsha Herring, public relations director at the Brazos Valley Hu mana Hospital, said the new hospital was built to provide service to more people and to make space for new programs, such as an expanded emergency room and an obstetrics department. The new hospital will attract peo ple from nearby communities and people who normally migrate to Houston, Austin or Temple for their medical needs, rather than rob pa tients from St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan, Herring said. The old Humana Hospital, which was located near St. Joseph, had 65 beds while the new Humana has 100 beds. However, Bonnie Browne, asso ciate professor of political science at Texas A&M, said she isn’t convinced that the area needs the additions the new hospital brings. “When it comes to health care, you have to have a certain level of demand to justify the facility,” Browne said. She also said that with two hospi tals in the area, neither one will at tain the top level of available re sources because they will split the demand for those resources. “It’s like having four McDonald’s in town or one very nice restaurant,” Browne said. But Dr. David Hackethorn, medi cal director at the Bryan-College Sta tion Scott & White Clinic, disagrees. Browne served on a committee of the Central Texas Health Systems Agency, an agency that was required by federal law to make recommen dations regarding the building of medical facilities. The committee was considering the proposal of the new Humana building when the agency was cut in 1978. Browne said she doesn’t think the new facility will attract people who usually go to another city for their medical care. “That would be true if they (Hu mana) were offering services that are not offered in Houston, but they aren’t,” she said. “With two hospitals you have com petition and hopefully, competition results in improvement,” Hacke thorn said. “Humana needed a larger and more attractive facility. They certainly have it now.” Donald Sweeney, interim dean of the College of Architecture and En vironmental Design at A&M, agrees with Hackethorn. “Competition will make both bet ter,” Sweeney said. Sweeney also served on the state agency committee that studied the building proposal of the new hospi tal. Alice Luttbeg, vice president of patient services at St. Joseph, also said the competion will improve both facilities. “I think that both will be trying to keep up with each other,” Luttbeg said. Sweeney said there are relatively few medical facilities in the area for a community the size of Bryan-Col- lege Station, which may be attrib uted to the many people who go to other communities for their medical needs, but he sees improvement in that area. “The medical community in this area has not had a good reputation in the past,” Sweeney said, “but that is changing quickly.” Hackethorn said that the Scott & White Clinic, which opened last Oc tober, has increased its number of clients every month, which is a fur- ther indication that the area medical services are improving. The Scott & White Clinic is an outpatient clinic that has several spe cialists as well as family practitioners and internists and does everything from surgery to physical checkups. Browne also agrees that service is becoming better in the area. “I think things have changed a lot in the past few years,” she said. “There are a lot more specialists. “I used to go to Houston to the See Hospital, page 6