Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1988)
.JLC MSC Wiley Lecture Series Thought provoking panel discussion with leaders of global scope on an issue of importance to our generation... and generations to come. The Rt. Hon. Lord Callaghan Former British Prime Minister Robert S. McNamara Former Secretary of Defense NUCLEAR WAR: Thinking the Unthinkable April 26, 8:00 Rudder Auditorium Tickets on sale now at the Rudder Box Office 845-1234 and at Dillards Page 14/The Battalion/Thursday, March 31, 1988 Nationwide strike falters Panamanian stores ope PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) — Supermarkets, pharmacies and small shops opened for the first time in 10 days Wednesday as a nation wide strike aimed at toppling Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega began to fall apart. . Despite the defections, Alberto Boyd, president of the National Council of Private Enterprise, said he and other strike leaders were not ending their effort to get rid of No riega. In Washington, the Reagan ad ministration said it was considering new sanctions to force out Noriega, but it appeared no action was immi nent. The reopening of the capital’s Gago, Rey and Super 99 supermar kets signaled the first crack in a work stoppage that closed an estimated 90 percent of the nation’s business and industry. Later, the city’s leading pharma cies reopened, as did some small clothing and other dry goods stores in the central business district. Traffic, extremely light for days, began to build again on Panama City’s streets, with the usual jams of buses, taxis and private autos devel oping at major intersections. Grocery stores were doing a brisk but not extraordinarily heavy busi ness. Customers were required to pay in cash and appeared to be buy ing mostly essentials. The government said some of the nation’s banks, closed since March 3, would reopen Thursday, but only to process old checks. Even with a limited reopening of banks and some stores, there ap peared to be no hope of a quick infu sion of cash that would permit a re turn to normal commerce in the money-short nation. Owners of the reopened grocery stores could not be reached for com ment, but Angelica Guinard, a leader of the opposition National Civic Crusade leader, said they had been under strong government pressure to reopen. She said the pressure included threats of confiscation of their goods and personal threats against them selves and their families. However, an executive of the Gago supermarket chain, the city’s largest, said ^iis company’s stores opened “because we have to pay our employees, and if we didn’t open, we wouldn’t have anything to do it with.” He spoke on condition of ano nymity. Candidates speak against Jackson, compare credits Associated Press Michael Dukakis cautiously began speaking of differences between himself and Jesse Jackson on the Middle East and domestic policy Wednesday, signaling a delicate new phase in their struggle for suprem- udentu acy in the Democratic presidential race. Fellow presidential hopeful Paul Simon said he, too, has better cre dentials for the White House than Jackson, and spoke frankly about the dilemma that has plagued Dem ocrats since Jackson moved to the front ranks of the presidential con tenders. ’’You have to be careful. You don’t want to be perceived as anti-black,” he said. Jackson, an outsider if there ever was one, broke bread with the inner circle of the Democratic party estab lishment in Washington. He said it showed that “old wineskins are ex panding and making room for new wine.” But a congressional sup porter said he detected the begin nings of a “stop-Jackson” movement taking hold elsewhere. The Democrats who met with Jackson said they wanted no part of that. But Florida party chairman Charles Whitehead said, “I would be less than honest with you if I didn’t tell you there is absolutely an awful lot of apprehension out there among an awful lot of Democrats about the nomination of Jesse Jackson.” Jackson scored a landslide victory over Dukakis in the Michigan cau cuses last weekend that stunned some party leaders. Some of them say privately they fear that if nominated, the black, lib eral former civil rights leader would lead Democrats to an election-day loss that might jeopardize Demo cratic control of the Congress. On the other hand, party leaders are afraid of offending the millions of black voters Jackson brings to the polls, knowing that their support will be needed to produce a general elec tion victory. Dukakis regained his footing with a victory in Connecticut’s primary Panama’s cash shortage won last month when Noriega idem Eric Arturo Delvalle,ton off a panic run on the bank eventually forced their closure The United Stales aggravate crisis by imposing a numbers nomic sanctions, includingtht: ing of millions of dollars in Pn nian government funds heldb banks. The Reagan administrate tinues to recognize Delvalle.i in hiding, as Panama's preside White House spokesmani Fitzwater told reporters in Wj ton on Wednesday that “other lions are being actively const to force Noriega’s ouster. Sen. Alfonse M. D’Amatol said Noriega’s troops have ha and beaten Panama Canal tn ees. “There is a continuing [i of escalation” in Panamanian! against the canal, hesaidinan view on ABC-TV’s “Gootfife America.” He did notelaborar On Tuesday, Noriegaconde the presence of the U.S. carrier Okinawa on the Pacii of the Panama Canal. It r through the canal Tuestb way to its home port, San Die;, Tuesday night by a margin of 2-1 over Jackson, and holds a narrow lead in convention delegates, 647 to 634. Gore trails with 364. It takes 2,082 delegates to win the nomi nation. The Democratic maneuverings in advance of Monday’s Colorado cau cuses and Tuesday’s Wisconsin pri mary contrasted sharply with the se renity on the Republican side. Bob Dole reassumed the mantle of Republican Senate leader follow ing his withdrawal from the presi dential race. He went to the White House and told President Reagan he was “reporting back for duty.” In an interview, he said he made serious tactical mistakes in his cam paign, but he added that the real problem was “you can’t beat Ronald Reagan.” “I was running against Ronald Reagan Jr. in the South,” he said in a reference to Vice President George Bush who campaigned as Reagan’s right-hand man. Bush campaigned in Wisconsin, but he hardly needed to. Former television evangelist Pat Robertson is his only remaining rival, and the only question left is when the vice president will garner the final dele gates needed to clinch the nomi nation. But there was enough twisting and turning on the Democratic side for both parties. Dukakis, under pressure from party officials to develop a more compelling campaign message, spoke for the first time of differ ences between himself and Jackson. “We have differences over the Middle East, we have differences about certain aspects of domestic policy, and how to build a strong economy, how to create good jobs and those will come out over time,” he said on “CBS This Morning.” He didn’t elaborate. Dukakis wasn’t the only one jab bing at Jackson. Sen. Simon clearly had Jackson in mind when he said, “I offer not only passion, but programs. I am here. ” Jackson set to meet wit party leaders Vc h J a > the S A&M Ha the i Body dent i defea 587 v “Pi knees noun the el that didn’i Bai for a Govei apply the 1 didn’i ment Ha work presic rest o the ac Hays, gove Wedr in a r sworn c WASHINGTON (AP)- Jackson will meet Wedim with the front rankofiVai ton’s Democratic establishmS a summit session onedavai:|| rival criticized him sharp! "complete and total lack’ d experience needed to bep dent. Sen. Albert Gore Jr. tool negative tack Tuesday inadt] ture from the general praffi! lackson opponents avoiding| lie criticism of him. Massachusetts Gov. Mid Dukakis, who shares the dele lead with Jackson, refused Tuesday to say anything neg about the civil rights leader, Jackson arrived inWasbii late Tuesday to beginaseri private meetings with leading tires in the party's establish — which has been in tw since his smashing victors' Dukakis in the Michigan can; over the weekend. Facing the possibility that son could win the presid; nominal ion and be the firsi ever to head the ticket, ft crats have been keeping phone lines busy within conversations about what tin ty’s course should be. The big meeting Wed# was, however, set up by White, a former party chain even before the Michigai cuses. “Jackson showed aninten meeting with the party ref and talking about the partsti political world he might nod miliar with,” White said. “This did not start on! summit,” said Ann Lewis,^ viser to Jackson. “The oii 1 idea was to get Jesse the Washington establishing to listen to them talkabonis ' a 101 and policies and thentoat any questions they about him.” Jackson’s victory in Mid put a new focus on the nitf on Wednesday. “The meeting has balloon size and importance,” Le« after Jackson’s Michigantk# H A R V E Y' S Liquor Beer Wine Th searcl leasee consic dency Coi Hiler, nomic on th< applit posith Th Miller of Ma T. Ri presic of Nis On Good comm Engin Allied Hi! list cc als. Th. niees ties, amon dropp a f SALE Jack Daniels Jim Bean Seagrams 7 Crown Bacardi White Label Quervo Gold Coors Lite bottles 750 ml 750 ml 750 ml 750 ml 750 ml 12 pk $10.99 7.39 7.19 7.19 11.19 5.89 Call Battalion Classified 845-261 T| 3601 E. 29th Free Delivery with $10 purchase 846-2505 Next to Dairy Queen