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In the occupied territories, at least 12 Arabs were shot Monday during clashes with Israeli troops, and the army said Palestinian protesters hurled a grenade at troops, wound ing one soldier slightly in the West Bank village of Idna. Also, more than 20 Arab tax col lectors in the Gaza Strip submitted mass resignations after under ground leaflets called for Palestin ians to quit working for Israel’s mili tary administration. An army official says the resignations are not final. Israeli analysts said escalating vio lence could harden the position of Shamir and the right-wing Likud Bloc, which has not accepted the peace initiatives of U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz. Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin told Israel’s Knesset, or parliament, that Monday’s bus victims “were killed for nothing else but for their being Jewish, residents of Israel.” In an anonymous telephone call to a Western news agency, a man claimed responsibility for the hijack ing in the name of Force 17, a Pales tinian commando group linked to Yasser Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization. It was the eighth infiltration into Israel from Egypt, Jordan or Leb anon since late November. In Washington, State Department spokesman Charles Redman con demned the hijacking and noted “with sadness that at a time when the majority . . . are looking for a peaceful solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict, terrorists emerge to attack the innocents.” Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, a leader of Israel’s doves, said the hi jacking was an indication of why Is rael refused to deal with Arafat. Lt. Gen. Dan Shomron, the armed forces chief of staff, said the guerril las crossed the lightly guarded bor der from Egypt, and he criticized Egyptian authorities for not doing more to stop such infiltrations. Army officials said the terrorists were armed with fragmentation gre nades, two Soviet Kalashnikov as sault rifles and a Swedish-made Karl Gustav submachine gun. The Arab gunmen first seized a small military vehicle at about 7 a.m. near the Nafha prison, a few miles from the Sinai Desert border with Egypt. The guerrillas, riding in the cap tured vehicle, went on a rampage along the highway, shooting at pass- who Ivors 7 as w< 1986 s four C |ve rece ing cars and trucks and woum one Israeli man, officials said Police chased the car and shot a tire, forcing the guerrillas toal don the vehicle, police said. T he guerrillas then seized - u , d hay red-and-white bus carrying wort® , to the nuclear plant. Police stopJL.^ the vehicle by barricading theroigl j File Arab trio was headed tow; j” Beersheva, away from the nudr’ ^ facility, when they seized the bus [ The guerrillas gave Israeliauthi ities one hour to produce an li national Red Cross official andfii Part of t jailed Palestinians. Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Mordechai. army’s southern commander, that moments later the guerrf leader f atally shot in the chest VicJ Ran, 39. The ensuing assault on the bus; anti-terror police lasted about minute, he said. Rina Shiratzky, 31, and Mils Ben Yair, 46, were fatally wont when soldiers stormed the bus Students protest selection of president who can hear WASHINGTON (AP) — Angry students forced the closing of Gal- laudet University and demanded a meeting with the board of trustees Monday in response to the selection of a hearing president to head the world’s only liberal arts university for the deaf. More than 300 students started blocking the school’s main entrance shortly before dawn, and at about 6:45 a.m. university officials decided against opening the school. Three hours later, the number of protes ters had swelled to around 750 while smaller groups blocked other gates to the campus. Two of the three announced fi nalists for the position are deaf, but the board of trustees announced Sunday night they had selected the hearing candidate, Elizabeth Ann Zinser, an administrator at the Uni versity of North Carolina at Greens boro. The protest capped a week of campus demonstrations during which students called for the selec tion of the first deaf person to head Gallaudet, which was founded by an 1864 act of Congress. Student leader Jerry Coval, 23, said protests would continue until a deaf person was hired and board of trustees chairman Jane Bassett Spil- man was replaced. Nearly 1,000 students marched from the northeast Washington campus to the downtown hotel where the board was meeting, and then walked to Capitol Hill to con tinue their protest. On Monday, after students al lowed the board members to enter the campus, the trustees declared they would talk with students only if the campus was reopened. Coval said the campus would re main closed until the students’ de mands were met, and the board then backed down, agreeing to meet even though the campus remained closed. The board of trustees and a group of 10 students, two faculty members and two staff officials began meeting at noon. Spilman and the board of trustees were slated to meet with the entire student body in the school’s field house later. Student leaders said they would keep secret their official list of de mands, preferring to let the trustees see them first, but most left little doubt that a deaf president and the ouster of Spilman were at the top of the list. I. King Jordan, 45, dean of Gal- laudet’s college of arts and sciences, also was a finalist for the president’s position. The third candidate, Harvey J. Corson, 44, superintendent of the Louisiana School for the Deaf in Ba ton Rouge is a Gallaudet board member. Both he and Jordan are Gallaudet graduates. Zinser, vice chancellor for aca demic affairs at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, said she was sympathetic to the protes ters. Zinser, who is not fluent in sign language, said she would immedi ately accelerate her learning process. She is scheduled to assume her post in July. Farm families to be hit hard by vehicle mif m annu he sett familit tice. |Morton er of tl allengei the settl ment p; ‘If they’ m,” Kri t settlet But I wc pof aj level th They v ney if t resente hallenj (86, 73 nched f Center in F | Seven as accii he hus cher C h the w mder D list Ellisc ce Jar tice Dep WASHINGTON (AP)-Ur der new regulations taking effe. this summer, An Alexandria Me. farmer won’t be able to send hi teen-age son to get a pickup bi of fertilizer a mile away in K»| kuk, Iowa. L They are among the farmfarrBi ut ' ilies who will be affected by ,e ‘ ^ lations taking effect this summcBP ^ m( ; under the Commercial Vehici*"/ Kesm Safety Act, Stanley Hamilton c'H^ ate su . the Federal Hitrhway AdministnB , SU1 lion says. :ollrt ' but Beginning July 15, the agenfP rt 0 ^ der will require a commercial 1' ceiK >qi* ai t, of anyone who drives a trucigl“ u e v weighing at least 26,000 pounilitt^?5 nt ~ n< or any vehicle, regardless olB f a .. weight, carrying fuel, fertilizerowC 1 ’ e pesticide. ■ r ,as re f “It swoop>s in on the farraengr avt i a both ways,” Hamilton said. It 0 / “It’s a pretty big blow out henff,, an ^ t he family farm,” said jam eft Betl Wick, 57, who grows corn aniggr, ,, soybeans in McLean County,llRy fire 5 ! “To make them have a commctM ^‘ cial license to do this is a l m0Stw ^; r i SS om much to bear." r 1988 Spring Classes Register Now ^ A Register Now ARTS & CRAFTS Airbrushing: Mon, April 4. 11, 25, May 2 6-8pm $ 16/student $ 18/nonstudent SPECIAL INTEREST Auto Mechanic*: Tues, April 5. 12. 19, 26 May 3 7-9pm $ 19/student $21/ nonstudent Calligraphy: Mon, March 21, 28 April 4. 11, 18. 25 May 2 6:30-8:30pm $20/student $22/nonstudent Bike Maintenance: Tues, March 22, 29 April 5, 12, 19 7-9pm $16/student $ 18/nonstudent Appalachian Basket Weaving: Wed, March 23. 30 April 6 6:30-9pm Decorative Key Baskets: Wed. April 13. 20. 27 6:30-9pm $ 15/student Home Landscaping: Thurs, March 24. 31 April 7, 14 7-9:30pm $ 13/student PHOTOGRAPHY Tues, March 22, 29 April 5,12 6-7:30pm $ 13/student $ 15/nonstudent BUSINESS Advertising and Marketing for Small Builntn Thurs, March 24, 31 April 7, 14, 21 6-8pm Sl5/studcnt S17/nonstu The Visual Art Of Photography: Thurs, March 24, 31 April 7, 14, 21, 28 7-8:30pm $ 15/student $ 17/nonstudent Interviewing: Mon, April 11 6-9pm $6/student $ 15/nonstudent $ 17/nonstudent The Potpourri of Herbs: Tues. April 5. 12. 19 7-9pm $ 14/student AEROBICS $20/ student Low - Impact exercise Beginning Black & White Darkroom: Tues, March 22, 29 April 5 6-9pm $25/student $27/ nonstudent Career Counseling: Wed. March 2. 9. 23, 30 6-8pm $ 14/student $22/nonstudent $ 16/nonstudent Ukrainian Eggs: Tues, April 19 6-9pm $12/student $ 14/no nstude nt Women's Personal Style: Mon. March 21, 28 7-9pm Tole Painted Easter Egg Baskets: Tues, March 29 6-9pm $ 18/student $20/nonstudent Mon, April 18. 25 7-9pm $32/student $34/nonstudent Flower Drying & Arranging: Tues, March 22, 29 April 5 6-9pm $20/student $22/nonstudent Wine Appreciation: Wed, March 23. 30 April 6, 13 7-8:30pm $25/student $27/nonstudent Bread Dough Refirigerator Magnets: Thurs, March 31 6-9pm 310/student $ 12/nonstudent Advanced Wine Appreciation: Wed. March 23, 30 April 6, 13 8:30-10pm $25/student B M/W, 5-6pm March 21 - May 4 D M/W. 6-7pm March 21 - May 4 Intermediate Aerobic Exercise F T/Th, 6-7pm March 22 - May 5 Beginning Aerobic Exercise H M/W, 7-8pm March 21 - May 4 J T/Th, 5-6pm March 22 - May 5 L T/Th, 7-8pm March 22 - May 5 Advanced Black Ac White Darkroom: Thurs, March 24, 31 April 7 6-9pm $25/student $27/nonstudent Basics of Investing: Tues. March 22, 29 April 5. 12, 7:30-9pm $15/student POTTERY Pottery - Wheel Throwing: Mon, March 21, 28 April 4. 11, 18, 25 5-7pm Resume Writing: Mon. April 4 6-9pm $6/student EW YC Dr. ^ pmia Johr Id not p to support claim that t” amor hen M tious m Idjustif ply belt same qi chose i ives.” On page y write: ning ra il commu The hoc havior ii de avail; rning. 1 siz/nonst^tents appea pXcerpt fre this week’s $8/nonstu< Sie/nonstu# Mon. March 21, 28 April 4, 11, 18, 25 7:30-9:30pm $25/student $27/nonstudent Improving Communication Skills: Tues, March 29 April 5, 12, 19, 26 7:30-9:30pm $ 16/student $8/non9t*l i: We doi the hetero Dr. Peter hjitor for t . ...da his does WOODWORKING LANGUAGES $27/nonstudent Decoy Carving: Thurs, March 24, 31 April 7, 14 6:30-9:30pm $25/student $27/nonstudent Conversational Italian: T/Th, March 22 - April 21 6-7:30pm $23/student Higl $25/nonsM Matting Ac Framing: Tues. March 22, 29 April 5, 12 7-9pm Modern Homebrewing Practices: Thurs. March 3, 10, 24. 31 April 7, 14 6-9pm $30/student $32/nonstudent Wed, March 23. 30 April 6, 13 7-9pm $20/student $22/nonstudent BALLROOM DANCE GUITAR Beginning Guitar: T/Th, March 22, 24, 29, 31 April 5. 7, 12. 14 8:30-10pm $23/student $25/nonstudent Picture Frames: Thurs, March 10 6-9pm Thurs, April 12 6-9pm $ 12/student Intermediate Spanish: M/W, Mar 28 - May 4 6-7:30pm $23/student $25/nonstu $ 14/nonstudent Stained Glass: Thurs, March 24, 31 April 7, 14, 21 6-8:30pm $25/student $27/ nonstudent Sunday April 10 6-9pm $ 12/student $ 14/nonstudent Intermediate Guitar: T/Th, March 22, 24, 29, 31 April 5. 7. 12. 14 7-8:30pm $23/student $25/nonstudent Cutting Boards: Tues & Wed. April 26 & 27 6-8pm $ 15/student $ 17/ nonstudent SPECIALTY DANCE Bellydance/ Exercise: T/Th, Mar 29 - May 5 6-7pm $18/student $20/nonsti» Etched Glass: Tues, March 8 6-9pm Tues. April 12 6-9pm $8/student $ 10/nonstudent Middle Eastern Bellydance: T/Th, Mar 29 - May 5 7:10-8: lOpm $18/student 845-1631 Beg. Hawaiian Dance / Exercise: Tues, Mar 29 - May 3 8:20-9:20pm $ 10/studcnt