Monday, August 28,1989 The Battalion Page 15
—Colombian official
^ ea plans resignation
i s ’ after death threats
^BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) —
Boi bs exploded at seven bank of-
»g Enfoii® es Sunday in the cocaine traffick-
'. e ^ ina center of Medellin, and newspa-
■tliansnot reported the justice minister
!i ' ■ 1 plans to resign because of death
nigh on threats against her and her children.
" (i rug®|N ews reports also said an appeals
court has revoked an arrest order ac-
)le derival fusing a top drug lord of ordering
s an instai two assassinations,
ars offiiiBfhe bomb blasts occurred be-
I a lingcnii»en 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. at seven
■inches of the national Banco Caf-
ivided oioHro, owned by the state and coffee
at the dot exporters, a police spokesman in
they woi Medellin said.
cm. OtkfWe said the bombs did $100,000
id the honffii damage but caused no injuries,
has in tkHBombs were found at four other
' crime at bn nches of the same bank and were
ligher. deiused, the spokesman, who de-
olice hai nianded anonymity, said,
hey arenoMRe said two men were arrested in
h policei a'car near one of the explosions and
its use k wei being questioned by detectives.
The SmHPolice said they were uncertain
is in ISSt wlether the bombings were carried
eizednont oui by drug traffickers or leftist
Jerrillas of the National Liberation
■^-^yJWmv. which has attacked the bank’s
' offices in the past.
■Last week, the traffickers declared
Hr on the government after it be-
Hr a crackdown in response to the
I "assinations of a magistrate, a po-
K 1 colonel and a leading presi-
d|ntial candidate during a 48-hour
pei od ending Aug. 18.
“We don’t have any group in par
ticular that has taken responsibility
for the explosions,” the spokesman
said. Police may learn more after in
terrogating the two suspects, he said.
Medellin, 215 miles north of Bo
gota, is the base for the world’s big
gest cocaine trafficking cartel that is
believed to be responsible for 80
percent of the cocaine smuggled into
the United States.
The traffickers threatened to tar
get the government, judges, journal
ists and industrialists because of the
government’s offensive.
The crackdown by the military
has confiscated hundreds of luxu
rious homes, office buildings and
shops believed to belong to traffick
ers in addition to aircraft, cars and
trucks, yachts and other goods.
Authorities said the raids will con
tinue, but so far the cartel bosses
have eluded security forces.
Bogota newspapers on Sunday
carried unconfirmed reports that
Justice Minister Monica de Grieff
plans to resign.
She left Friday for Washington,
and the daily El Espectador said she
may remain in the United States.
Another Bogota daily, El Tiempo,
said Communications Minister Car
los Lemos Simmonds would fill in
for de Grieff on a special national
council that must decide on the pro
posed extradition of traffickers.
frotesters: Use of snakes
•r advertisement cruel
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tONDON (AP) — Hundreds of
vieo rental shops on Friday re
ived promotional kits for a horror
nfcvie with live snakes inside the
plckages, and outraged animal pro-
t&iion officials called the stunt
uel and irresponsible.”
The Royal Society for the Preven-
n of Cruelty to Animals called on
nema International Corp. to take
ck the 700 reptiles.
The snakes were in danger be-
ise instructions accompanying the
had incorrectly said they did not
ed to be feck for their planned
mth-long stay in the-'Jtores, the so-
ty said.
It said it was receiving dozens of
Is from unhappy shop owners.
BPaul Brett, CIC’s marketing man
ager, said the snakes were intended
to be kept in shops to promote a
Jriller about voodoo called “The
Irpent and The Rainbow.”
The snakes were bred domesti-
ly and the company began send
ing them out Thursday from its
■ndon headquarters, he said.
he snakes, silver with gray
[pes, are not poisonous but might
y harmful parasites if they came
n abroad, said RSPCA spokeswo-
toan Diana Jones. They needed to be
ed weekly, she said.
While admitting there’d been
‘spme confusion,” Cinema Interna-
al denied the snakes would harm
one or be harmed.
‘We’ve sent out 700 in clear, plas-
aerated boxes as conversation
ees,” Brett said. “Snakes make
inderful pets.”
he 18- to 24-inch snakes used in
the promotion came from a com-
panv called Animal Actors, which as-
s|red Cinema International they did
not have to be fed for three months,
/hjsaid.
Leadership
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■“The group clicked a little bit bet
s' than in past years,” he said.
Hhey seemed to interact better right
■ the bat — maybe it was because
of that crazy bus ride.”
■Throughout the conference, A&M
faculty and staff members and other
speakers lectured on such topics as
advertising and publicity, creative
and innovative thinking and relations
with advisers.
■The keynote speaker for the con-
lence was Robert Segner, class of
’6 l and the interim department head
for the Department of Construction
Spience. Segner, a former yell
leader, spoke about the qualities of
Mdership to the A&M student lead
ers.
gOther guest speakers included for
mer Aggie Parents of the Year John
id Peggy Erickson and Frank and
lanie Abbott, Vice-President for
dent Services Dr. John Koldus,
and Jane Mobley.
(Among the recreational activities
re a square dance, some intramu-
■ — type sports, and a theme
pee.
iKeith Powell, director of activities
Br the conference, described a
Jfoique quality of the conference:
■ou get to know people very well
BFLC, because once you’ve lived
for three days with a group of people
Lawrence Cane, Cinema Interna
tional’s marketing assistant, said,
“Whenever we launch a new video ti
tle we normally send to our distribu
tors posters, sleeves and cardboard
cut-outs. With this film, we decided
to send snakes. In marketing terms
it’s called live points of sale.”
Some
pressed.
recipients weren’t im-
npl
ido
ror,” said a London video shop man
ager, who refused to be identified to
e rotect his relations with the distri-
ution company.
Refresher course
may lower risk
of car accidents
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Cali
fornia study indicates that older peo
ple who take a driver training re
fresher courses may have fewer
traffic convictions and serious acci
dents than do non-participants.
The report cautioned that drivers
who took part in a voluntary pro
gram on which the study is based
were “a highly self-selected group
who would be expected ... to have
lower subsequent accident rates.”
Nevertheless, it said, there was
“suggestive evidence” that the driver
training course helped reduce acci
dent risk.
“We feel the results are quite sug
gestive and promising,” said Ray
Peck, director of research for the
California Department of Motor Ve
hicles.
Drivers over age 65 are second
only to those age 15 to 24 in traffic
accidents, and when the number of
miles driven is taken into account,
the two groups are almost equal.
and showered, eaten, slept and
laughed together, it’s a friendship
that can never be matched by meet
ing in a cubicle in the MSC.”
Holland said the conference is
funded by fees paid by those leaders
in attendance, and by fund raising,
consisting of contributions from for
mer students, many of whom at
tended the conference in past years,
and endowments from corporations.
Joe Holland, director of fund rais
ing for the FLC committee, said
M.D. Andersen Foundation and
Houston Endowment were two ma
jor contributors to the organization.
The attending student leaders had
many positive comments about the
conference. Kim Roberts, public re
lations executive for MSC Hospital
ity said the conference helped pre
pare her for the upcoming year. For
Roberts, the most important aspect
of the retreat was “to build that ‘Ag
gie network’ and have ‘FUN’ —
friendly unstructured networking.”
James Johnson, chairman of FLC
in 1987, commented on the change
in the caliber of student leaders at
tending the conference.
“The people here are more aware
of their relationship with the faculty
and what they expect of them,”
Johnson said.
Henry also commented on the suc
cess of the conference and the qual
ity of students.
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