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Teagarden, 35 the pi lot who ejected safely before Tues day s crash But he did the best he could,” Hall said. “An Force policy is to min imize the loss of life in a crash and as best we can detei mine that’s what he did Allan McArtoi, administrate! ol the Federal Aviation Administra tion, said Teagarden acted taihei courageously “This is a vet y n agic ao idem and it happened aftei a pilot ratlin ton rageously tried to hi mg in a t rippled jet under atheist weathtM tonth lions with a cleat attempt to try to avoid loss of life and nropeity and simply was not able to do so, Mt Ai tor said. "When he popped out ol the ovei tasi, whit h was only800feet,lit! that he v\as in a populated area, ejected at tin vety last mint) Mi At u»i said A six membei Air Force era! vestigation team spent Wedutst st mu mg the Ramuda Inn when jet hit I he last ol the nine victims- Ramada Inn employees - y ideilt ll led \\ ednesdav. 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Nicaragua (AP) A Roman Catholic priest said W ednes day that he and another clergyman held by the U A supported Contras for 11 days were iree, and that they had been threatened and treated poorly during then captivity In Miami, the rebels said Paul Alan Fisher an American being held since Saturday, would be treed as soon as there are secure circum statu es. Tire Rev. Enrique Blandon, a Ro man Catholic priest radioed the Witness lor Peace office from Was lala, 118 miles north of Managua and said he and the Rev . Adolfo Tif fer, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor had been released Wednesday. Contra spokesman Marta Sat asa sard in Miami the two were freed in Iront of sever al witnesses at a home it, Fi Ocotc, about 124 miles north of Managua, and near W'aslala, where Blandon and f ittei live. Blandon, in the radio call heard by several jour nalists, sard they were kidnapped by a rebel chief who called himself “Cantinflas.” "He threatened us with death and told us we would he in then power because we are dangerous people, he said , “1 hey did not treat us well he sard. 1 o walk between six and seven hours a day on roads and paths was u ue tor lur e. I hey did not accept any argu merit. They are people you cannot talk with.’ The Contra spokesman denied that the two and Fisher a member ol Witness for Peace, had been kidnap ped. “We have advised foreigners wht are cooperating with the Sandinista government . . that they have no reason to he in military zones she said. “It’s a dangerous situation lire U.S.-backed Contras origi nally denied that it was holding Blandon and Tiffer, who were with a local peace commission when they disappeared Oct ID The Sandinista government has declared a unilateial partial fne m four small areas of Nii.n including a region near Waslala The dozens of l«Hal peace coimssioiis it has set up m the zones have in strut tiotis to seek out anti thst uss trute terms with rel>el field com manders. Contras have rejected the cease- tire and rebel radio broadcasts have warned that the commissions would risk detention it they made contact with rebels Scientists find drug that spue cold defenses agi NEW YORK (AP) - A» slant e that appears to triggers mime defenses against soDitj the viruses that tausecoldsdtj onsttates the feasibility of a ttl vat tine says a report to appa today Researchers found that as: them t hemical constructed , iniuiu a pmi lion of a certaindi vn us induced rabbits to prodon anidu>du-s against theculam About till percent of 48col!, i uses tested were recognuedd attacked h\ the antibodies^ Joseph McCrav and Gud:,t \\ei net of the SaiidozScieiKeit stituie in \ ienna. Austria.Ait port of then research will appe; > Itritish sciei in N at iournai Company gives ‘miracle drug’ to Third World WASHING ION (AP)- Merck & Co. a New Jersey pharmaceutical giant, said Wednesday it will givt away what Sen. Edward M. Kennedy called a miracle drug’ to virtually’ rid the world of a disc a sc £h i < aniiing ie mind millions i< the i tm ti Wor id. I lit company s announcement on its discov cry, iveiuiecun was hailed by senators and drt heat! of tht World Health Oi gani/ation The drug was said to offei a vutc for rivei blind ness ’ spread bv blackilies, which thrivt near fast flowing rivets, to millions of people in more than 30 developing countries ' 1 his mil at Ic (hug . . >\ill restore and pre serve the joy of sight for million of human b< ings. Kennedy'said. The sickness causes inn use tubing weight loss, disfiguring skin irritations and blindness k Chairman P earing the nanu drug Wednesday fm Itutt cials. t leai mg the world w ide Km Yagelos said .Mit to an, wasappti KM by French drug begin iiiaking itauil fh. italldau M.tblei directoi geneial of tht World Health Organization, said It is no small problem.” M liiilt as a single oral dot an prevent the growthof lentists say tizan a year , nganisnis that foster i ivei blindness. Mettio iat 's s.ud ihe drug all but eliminatessevflt effects I t om earlier treatments gR/AN DRIVE TRAIN, INC 8 -tQTQliDieilt (Continued from page I GENERAL AUTO REPAIR •TRANSMISSION •CLUTCH • DRIVE SHAFT • DIFFERENTIAL • FRONT WHEEL * 4 WHEEL DRIVE DRIVE SPECIALISTS IN TERS TA TE BA TIER Y DEA L ER FOREIGN & DOMESTIC FREE ESTIMATES OPEN • MON FRI 7 30-5 00 • SAT 8:00- 00 268-2886 3605 C COLLEGE AV ACROSS FROM CHh hFN C‘i. i.O. Dr. Fri ed t age, associate dean of the vetcrirar y medicine college, said ail professional ever inary schools have seen a drop in enrollment over the past few years. He said reasons for (his include thinning out of stu dents caused by new schools that have opened up recently, the high cost ot eight years of school and a growing popularity in tht business and con ip, v ter science areas “Our professional reputation and quality standards bave kept us up in enrollment Gagt said. The College jf Fngineerurg also boasts a quality reputation. Enroll merit in the engineering college in creased 0.7 percent this year with 65 new students “The reasor t lot of students -ome to die engine:, ing :ollc.ge is because they think they can find good paying, stable jobs with our de grees,” said Dr Ken Hall, associate dean of the engineering college “And it s tt ue. 1 he engineering college had the University’s third highest amount in es« arch funding, $30.5 million, in 1986, and has the largest number of students. 9.336, eni oiled at A&M. Maybe not the largest college, out perhaps unique, is the College of Ai ihitecture and Environmental Dc sign which had an enrollment dc creast of 0.2 percent a loss of three students this yeai. Our college is the most unique on campus because of our mix of stu dents ’ saio Melynda Cloud, under graduate counselor foi the aichitec- ture and environmental design college "We have creative students and technical students. And we have the only majors, bar ring theater aus or journalism, where students are encouraged to show their creative abilities. of 0.7 I*- 43 stu had the funding “We’i e also unique because of fer the only undergraduate degree program in building construction in the whole state.” Surprisingly, one of A&M most renown colleges — the College of Agriculture — exprienced a de crease dents. fht agriculture college highest amount of research $61.3 million it 1986 Dr. Harriott Kunkcl dean ol the College of Agritnhuie said a delay in the dispersment of their icseanh funds caused a drop in graduate en rollmeni. Kunkei explained the direction many agriculture students are mov ing- “Production agriculture students ate dropping,” Kunkei said “while students interested in feeding peo ple and environmental care and beauty art increasing. Courses con cerning social issues are becoming more popular like horticulture, wild life and fisheries, recreation and parks and forest t y.” he plight of he fanner will turn around soon, Kunkei said. Another college affected by the downturn of an industry is the Col lege ol Geosciences, which had an enrollment decrease of 6.9 percent, or 47 students. "We vt downturn i ■ty said ih nf t he geosc lice-11 -fleeted bi n -in |ietroleum a Me in Friedman* -liege. "But« Held up a lot bt-tiei than somei schools. We-ie more thansimpk and gas. "Our outstanding faculn i large amount of competitive seal ih funding, $40.4 millioiiMl om total $412 million in fundi keeps atti acting students.” Geosciences piogratns coif ,r against othet progiainsfoi reseii- grants winning 98 percent of il* ■ ^ total research fund ing this wav The only college not to have: t rease or decrease in enrolliwf the College of Medicine, whidiU ^ ? fixed enrollment number. "We did start a graduateprtf ibis p,«st year, ^.lid William"' associate dean fdi tlte medidaf- lege. “We expect that to gro* stay at about 25-30 graduate dents. With the help of theseP uate students, we would likes pand our research potential. KAPPA SIGMA presents the 2nd Annual Thrash for Diabetes Bash 7 p.m. Thursday Oct. 22,1987 at the Parthenon with chances to win prizes from: BODY DESIGN POST OAK FLORIST NEIL’S DELI MAZZIO’S PIZZA TEXAS BODY ITS TOURS AND TRAVEL EL COMAL MEXICAN RESTAURANT MAMA’S PIZZA Tickets at MSC, from any Kappa Sig or at the door, $5 donation, all proceeds to benefiet A.D.A. i 2 *2 2 < c I- I < I - out readers ai curious peopf | tell the! about yourse 1 advertise at eai* 845-26 \ C i c C s- h» L