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)ecember1, and when they e«J e with them, the j| /er their questionsJ lie said. “It's hjJ what the dog is J he phone.” gs sends a repres its’ homes to solves ■ dogs. :eived Alexis, aCetj >t summer, with Alexis is ij i using a cane, ] me, I have contaoj and I can feel® lid. “With Alexis,t ound contact.” the area to get from] her safely, pie hold the miscots: blind person hasr - she can go annij ng lost, n said, “I havetol going. Alexis cademic Buildingd ilding.” ■rson and thedojjpjj is driver and a Thursday, December 1,1988 The Battalion Page 7 World/Nation U.N. denounces U.S. denial of Arafat’s visa UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The General Assembly on Wednesday liverwhelmingly deplored the U.S. genial of a visa for Yasser Arafat, the Tirst step towards a protest meeting n Geneva to hear the PLO chairman text month. The vote in the 159-member as- iembly was 151-2. The United States tnd Israel voted against the resolu- non. Britain abstained. Other na tions were absent. Arab diplomats, who sponsored [he resolution, said later that they ilanned to move swiftly to introduce mother resolution shifting the Cen tral Assembly to Geneva in mid-De- tember to hear Arafat speak on the leclaration of an independent Pales- Jinian state. The resolution adopted Wednes- lay requested U.N. Secretary-Cen tralJavier Perez de Cuellar to report lack on the U.S. response on Thnrs- Bay. when Felicia, id I were ran cl told me Felii uincl and did tree. Felicia i ij) the free ail then looked( h a ‘Oh no, full \ow' look. Rigden, a fel \nish major froj Mexico city (AP) — Carlos alinas de Cortari, a Mexican na- onalist with U.S. academic training, lecomes Mexico’s president Thurs- ay and immediately begins a race gainst time to restructure his coun- ly economically, politically and psy- ihologically. Six years of economic crisis and But Secretary of State George P. Shultz declared earlier Wednesday that the United States would not re verse its decision, that Arafat be bar red because he condones and en courages terrorism. U.S. Ambassador Herbert S. Okun, the acting U.N. representa tive, told the assembly that the U.S. government “does not agree with the tone or substance of the resolu tion and voted against it. . . “The denial of a visa to Mr. Arafat is fully consistent with the Head quarters Agreement between the United States and the United Na tions and this includes our right to protect our national security,” Okun said. The 1947 U.S.-U.N. Headquar ters Agreement requires visas to be granted to U.N. diplomats and peo ple invited on U.N. business. The adopted resolution “deplores the failure by the host country to ap prove granting of the requested en try visa,” and urges the United States to reconsider and reverse its deci sion. The U.S. decision to bar Arafat, who spoke to the General Assembly in 1974, caused an international storm. U ndersecretary-General J oseph Verner Reed said the U.N. Secretar iat was making plans to move to Ge neva in mid-December to hear Ar afat explain the Nov. 15 declaration of an independent Palestinian state and PLO plans for a Middle East peace settlement. Arafat has said he wants to ex plain the new position taken by the Palestine National Council, which acts as the PLO legislature, in implic itly recognizing Israel by accepting U.N. resolutions on the Arab-Israeli conflict. exico’s new president ‘aces challenging issues >us is out of control and around it isiniii the dog guide tod t part of making® ith the detg, he said p with Alexis’disap; lusterity have fed discontent and ditical opposition, and Salinas him- |elf has said that the “future of the ystem” — a system that has served lexico for almost 60 years — is at Itake. When he takes the oath in the leg- ladve palace for his six-year term, lalinas will look out at an example of I trust her whnBow times have changed. Out of 500 owswhatshe’sdointBongressmen, 263 belong to his In- id Alexis seems toBtitutional Revolutionary Party and insistent with her.i right when I lellliel md not chase sod nchpail.” • Alexis does somedl ndin praises her. se her, she’ll look if -traffic controller. Di tig, 1 felt Alexistunil d’ 1 id right, left andn; idered what she ' 'ver 50 percent of the vote was aid. “My instructors patching butterflies, i she wasayearold to Guide Dogs in reiver. ; instructors called reive a Guide Dog tiat she forgot herlei licia, I can n unprecedented 237 to the opposi- and the use of resources that now go abroad as payments on the foreign debt. He expects a sympathetic ear from President-elect George Bush, whom he met last week in Houston. Mexico will pay $9 billion in interest on the debt this year, and Salinas says creditors must be more under standing. The new Mexican president called Bush a man “with a positive atti tude.” Mexican sources at the meet ing said the Mexican leader, a Har vard graduate with a doctorate in economics, and Bush, a Yale alum nus, seemed to “hit it off.” They also discussed other irritants to U.S.- Mexico relations: drug trafficking, migration and free trade. Salinas is expected to continue austerity measures recommended by international financial institutions to Salinas’ victory July 6 with just pull Mexico out of its crisis and keep trying to make the economy more efficient. Indeed, the expectation that pre sent Salinas-directed policies will continue was so strong that the leftist newspaper La Jornada began refer ring to the Salinas presidency as “the second Salinas administration.” In a show of confidence, the United States offered a $3.5 billion credit. Mexico has not yet needed to draw on the money, but the psycho logical effect was positive. Another problem for Salinas is his effort to restructure the governing party, which suffered a blow in July with the defection of many leftists and union workers. The party has ruled Mexico since its founding in 1929, and many party leaders are suspicious of moves to democratize the party. arred by accusations of fraud, and he result still is being protested, gden, a freshmanSpi )ver the weekend, members of the >m Plano, had can® National Democratic Front occupied and her eyes rar itity halls in Michoacan state. Only last week, Democratic Front residential candidate Cuauhtemoc xeived Felida, a wl iardenas labeled Salinas an “illegiti- nate president” and said foreign eads of state such as Cuba’s Fidel lastro should not be attending the aauguration. Salinas needs a quick success to demonstrate his command of the Madrid claims retirement will instill normalcy do more things or.Bib, but he is taking over a country en said. “Felicia il®ith a foreign debt of $102 billion, ire independenttb an economy that has not grown in [ix years and an inflation rate of 40 lercent. Yet there are indications Salinas ay have a better ride than his pre- iecessor, Miguel de la Madrid, whose biggest accomplishment was to stop an economic donwslide and revent social unrest. | De la Madrid, with Salinas as bud- let director, reduced the govern ment’s control of the economy, sold off state-owned companies and pushed efforts to free Mexico of its i.” vith Felicia, Rigdeni ilfice, supermarket ,*s on campus. eems to know thepef | with," she said,"S iid dependableandki piirrels. en Felicia, a friendil ;. my friend toldwl uirrel and chased« sat looking up theW then looked overt Impendence on oil revenue by mak ing its industry more competitive on world markets. I “The difference between now and six years ago is that today people are no, I’m in trouble® es to watch feet, Ri( sually sits under s«L - r- catches feet, knee." | on ld ^t we can pull out of the cn- Hnetimes trips to 81s > saic * Ramon Alatorre, an official jmtii Howard Johnson of Mexico, a Jestaurant and motel franchiser. Salinas has said his biggest con- lern is “to get Mexico to grow ■gain,” and to do that, he said, the lountry needs both new investment ide Dog dies orren ge, a new dog is gi'* 1 erson after a two* ion. If the blind pti* og is returned to 1 iven to a new owner MEXICO CITY (AP) — Removed from the spotlight now focused on his successor, outgoing president Miguel de la Madrid retires to pri vate life Thursday after leading Mexico through six years of discon tent, frustration and change. At 53, after six years in power, de la Madrid becomes another citizen, albeit a distinguished one. Accord ing to tradition, he is supposed to re tire to a quiet life away from the po litical process, or go to the Mexican embassy of his choice. With Carlos Salinas de Cortari re ady to take over, de la Madrid leaves office with a much better image than that of his predecessor Jose Lopez Portillo, whose populist ideology and financial mismanagement al most led the country into bank ruptcy. “I took a country with great prob lems and leave it with problems,” de la Madrid said in a newspaper inter view this week. It is a measure of the depth of the 1982 crisis even de la Madrid’s critics agree his biggest accomplishment must iw oman held responsible Ians for death related to alcohol We Buy Books Everyday at T exas A&M Bookstore Hours: 7:45-6:00 Weekdays 9:00-5:00 Saturdays was preventing total bankruptcy and social unrest. But de la Madrid himself looks with more satisfaction to the reforms that opened Mexico’s political sys tem to the opposition at the expense of his Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. De la Madrid also attacked some sacred political and economic dog mas by reducing the state’s control of the economy and protectionism; among other things he pushed Mex ico into the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT). “He had the courage to take un popular measures,” a close collabo rator said. It cost him and his party. The op position, especially on a political left that rallied around the populist call of Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, took 237 of 500 congressional seats, although only four of *64 in the Senate. The opposition still claims Salinas’July 6 presidential win was fraudulent. De la Madrid took over a govern ment with practically empty coffers and lots of past due bills. Not everyone is cut out to change the world. After all, it takes education, skills and a spare two years. 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To learn more about how your skills can change the world, plan to stop by or call: 1-800-527-9216 EXT 124 should make tl riid he looks for«[| h Bush, and that® traits are like-mindf' attempt to address® e some very enoi ch as the tr I GEORGETOWN (AP) — An An- dice woman, who said a party for her |een-age daughter got out of con trol, is the first person to be charged in a crackdown by Williamson taunty officials on parents Sus- ected of allowing youngsters to rink in their homes, fe Two teen-age boys who attended address it in a for the party were killed in an auto acci- way which co f lent after they left, stors of that, youln ■ ji m Shofner, a Texas Alcoholic interest rates ano Beverage Commission agent who in- von t, Bentsensaio Bestigated the accident, said he pur- Jlued the charges because private arties where parents condone alco- °l and drug use is a big problem in tors should movtj the county, issible to resolvetlitfl “We’re tired of looking at dead 1 crisis. i kids, that’s why we investigated it,” icr you do it, thes#he said. losses, Bentsensw ^ The crackdown may be the first of le cost of bailingo [ j: its kind in the state related to the vn the involvent I' j lei ving of alcohol in a private home, inimum $50 bilfo I Austin lawyer Charles “Lefty” Mor- up to $100 billion j rissaid. dustry should M Of the crackdown, Williamson cost as it can. ^-ranging news exas reporters. County Attorney Billy Ray Stubble field said, “We’re going to hammer it home that people who do this will be punished.” Bryanette M. “Bambi” Lane, 39, was indicted this week by a grand jury on five counts of making alco hol available to minors. The charges stem from an Aug. 6 party at her home, attended by be tween 300 and 400 people age 14 and older, Stubblefield said. He said prosecutors and defense lawyer Ed Walsh have worked out a plea bargain agreement in which Ms. Lane would plead no contest and pay a $200 fine for each misdemea nor count. The maximum penalty is $500 per count. That agreement will be presented to a judge, but a court date hasn’t been set, Stubblefield said. The charges followed the investi gation into the accident that killed Carlisle E. Bryan, 18, of Round Rock, and Larry E. Kepler Jr., 17, of Nebraska. The accident occured about 10:55 p.m. on Aug. 6 as the boys drove from the party toward Georgetown. A Department of Public Safety re port said the driver, Bryan, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.13. A level of 0.10 is considered legally drunk. Lane, contacted at her home, told the Austin American-Statesman that her 17-year-old daughter and four friends were throwing a going-away party before leaving for college. “I didn’t know there was beer out there until the next day,” she said. “There was supposed to be 75 peo ple, and we ended up with 400 and we didn’t know most of them.” Lane said she told eveyone who drank to spend the night. “There’s 400 people. What do you do? It w’as out of control,” she said. Lane said she didn't purchase any of the four 16-gallon kegs of beer, but an adult at the party bought it for members of a band scheduled to play. 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