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Texas A&M Battalion md 3 WEATHER TOMORROW’S FORECAST: Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain HIGH: 71 LOW: 55 I.89 No.67 USPS 045360 10 Pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, December 6,1989 forces allow Americans o escape Manila district [MANILA, Philippines red a tern (AP) — Government and re forces declared a temporary cease-fire Wednesday and began evacuating Americans and other foreigners Ifrpm hotels in the financial district where they were for four days. aisHyicky Benito, a receptionist at the Manila Garden Hetel in the Makati district of this capital, said Wednes day inorning that the rebels trying to overthrow Presi- Bnt Corazon Aquino were freeing Americans. ^■“All Americans are safe,” she said. “The Americans , jfft all OK.” |M“l just want to report that we have successfully evac- ■ted the tourists and the guests here at the Manila duden,” said Narzalina Lim, an undersecretary of tou- rlm. “I hope the other hotels will follow suit.” ITC’BAbout 2,000 foreigners were believed trapped in ho- ' leb and apartments in the area, which the rebels seized Iturday on the second day of their uprising. Officials lliil that was an estimate and they had no solid figure. HMax Motschmann, a West German expatriate who helped in the negotiations, said rebel and loyalist forces I agreed to a truce until the evacuation is complete. He expected the operation to be over by noon. He said rebels were allowing two buses at a time to enter the battle zone, shuttling between the hotel dis trict and a staging area a short distance away. Manila radio stations said about nine busloads of for eigners were taken out of the fashionable Makati sub urb. Wednesday’s evacuation included not only foreign ers and Filipinos in the area’s three luxury hotels but also in conaominiums lining Ayala Avenue and other thoroughfares. Manila radio stations broadcast instructions to con dominium residents to stay in front of their buildings until the buses arrived for pickup. They were urged to carry only essentials and to leave most of their belong ings behind. Stations urged residents of areas outside the battle zone to offer accommodation to foreigners because other hotels in the Manila area were already jammed with Makati residents who had fled earlier. ast Germans arrest ex-leaders EAST BERLIN (AP) — Former Immunist Party chief Erich Hon ker and other members of his Bsted leadership were placed un house arrest Tuesday, and the Ivernment disarmed the Commu- ■t Party’s private army. [■Angry East Germans, swept up in Bifear-frenzy aimed at rooting.out past corruption, surrounded police '■adquarters in several cities to halt [w further destruction of secret po lice documents that could be used in prosecutions. Under Honecker’s hard-line rule, the secret police was the main instrument for keeping people under control. Communist Party leaders ap pealed for calm to avoid “anarchy and chaos” in East Germany, which in the past two months has seen the ouster of its long-time leaders, mass pro-democracy protests, the historic opening of its borders and promises of free elections and other reforms. On Tuesday, East Germany’s top lawyer, Wolfgang Vogel, was ar rested on suspicion of “criminal ex tortion,” the official ADN news agency said. Vogel for years handled spectac ular East-West spy and prisoner swaps, and was a confidant of Hon- ecker. He also represented a top- ranking fugitive East German offi cial. fficial final examinations schedule The final examinations sched ule for this semester is as follows. Friday, Dec. 8: 7:30 -9:30 a.m. • Classes meeting MWF 4 p.m. • Classes meeting MW 4-5:15 p.m. • Classes meeting MW 4:30 - 5:45 p.m. • Classesmeeting MW 5 -6:15 p.m. • Classes meeting MW 5:15 - 6:30 p.m. • Classes meeting MW 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. 10 a.m. -noon • Classes meeting MWF 8 a.m. 12:30 -2:30 p.m. • Classes meetingTR 12:30- 1:45 p.m. $—5 p.m. • Classes meeting TR 1 1 - 12:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11: 8-10 a.m, • Classes meeting MWF 9 a.m. 10:30-12:30 p.m. • Classes meeting MWF noon 1 -3 p.m. • Classes meeting TR 8 - 9:15 a.m. 3:30-5:30 p.m. • Classes meeting MWF 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12: 8-10 a.m. • Classes meeting MWF 10 a.m. 10:30 -12:30 p.m. • Classes meeting MWF 2 p.m. 1 -3 p.m. • Classes meeting TR 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. 3:30 -5:30 p.m. • Classes meeting MWF 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13: 8-10 a.m. • Classes meeting TR 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. 10:30-12:30 p.m. • Classes meeting MWF 11 a.m. 1 -3 p.m. • Classes meeting TR 2 - 3:15 p.m. 3:30 -5:30 p.m. • Classes meeting TR 5 - 6:15 p.m. • Classes meeting TR 5:15- 6:30 p.m. • Classes meeting TR 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. Any students having three ex ams scheduled for the same day may ask their dean to reschedule one of the exams. To make things more conve nient for those studying for fi nals, Sterling C. Evans Library will be open 24 hours until 7 p.m. Dec. 13. The 24-hour extended schedule began Saturday. Santa’s helper Two-and-a-half-year-old Shannon Smith finds out what she looks like as an elf. By peering through a hole, she can see her reflection in a Photo by Rich Owens round mirror surrounded by a white beard and red elf’s cap. The “elf hole” is set up in Post Oak Mall and will be on display until Christmas. American charged with terrorism SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A Connecticut woman in whose back yard police found buried ammunition and explosives was charged with terrorism late Tuesday by Salvadoran authorities. Jennifer Casolo, 28, spent more than four hours behind closed doors making a sworn deposition to mili tary Judge Guillermo Romero. “I’m being taken to the women’s prison,” she told reporters when she emerged from the judge’s chambers. “It’s a place I’ve taken many dele gations, a place where I’ve inter viewed many prisoners. I guess now I’ll be on the other side.” 1 The judge avoided contact with reporters waiting at the court, but Casolo and her lawyer, Salvador Ibarra, both said she had been charged under the terrorism law with possession of weapons of war. She faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Casolo, a native of Thomaston, Conn., and a former Seattle resi dent, has spent nearly five years here as the representative of Chris tian Educational Seminars, a San JPD tells students to safeguard belongings By Julie Myers Of The Battalion Staff PART 1 OF A 2-PART SERIES In the rush to escape for Christmas break, students some times forget common sense safety precautions that could safeguard their possessions. Vandalism and robbery increase over Christmas because people are distracted easily by the holiday atmo sphere. Lt. Bert Kretzschmar, University Police Department Crime Preven tion Unit supervisor, said students should lock up or hide what they want to protect whether they live in an apartment or a residence hall. Kretzschmar said students in dor mitories frequently are careless about their possessions because they think they are safer in a dorm. Thieves who burglarize residence halls frequently enter through un locked windows enticed by valuable computers and stereos left in plain view. At home: • Lock all doors and windows in dorms and apartments, especially ground-floor windows. If you have a deadbolt lock — use it. Double check it before leaving. Kretzschmar said ground floor windows are the most common method of entry in dorm- room robberies. • Engrave all valuables with a driver’s license number. Kretzsch mar recommends engraving the isplayec thief a £ laces: a pr er could c Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack ■he University Police Department encourages students on and off campus to lock up their valuables during Christmas Break. ier could discourage and an inconspicuous loca tion would further aid police in lo cating the merchandise. Engravers can be checked out for free from any resident director or the UPD. Kretzschmar said UPD detectives have found stolen items in pawn shops using these engravings as evi dence. • Keep an inventory of your valu able possessions, listing model num bers, serial numbers and brand names. Send a copy to parents or a relative. • Do not leave messages on an answering machine indicating you are away, especially during Christmas break. Instead, say you are unable to answer the phone. • Never leave notes in residence halls or apartments indicating you are not home. These invite theft and vandalism. • Before leaving offices for the holidays, faculty should engrave personal property with a driver’s li cense number and identify Texas A&M property with the mail stop number and department using in delible ink only. • Bicycles should be taken home or locked to a stationary object in a room or dorm. • Do not leave keys outside your apartment. If you can find them, so can an intruder. • Do not display gifts where they can be seen from a window or door way. • If you go away, leave lights and a radio or television on so the home looks occupied. • Automatic timers which turn lights on and off can be purchased at a hardware store for about $8. • Unplug TVs, stereos, micro- waves, computers and any small ap pliances. • Hide valuables in a closet, locked trunk or storage. Better yet — take these things home. Thieves cannot steal what is not there. • Close all blinds and curtains. • Let a friend or relative know where you’re going and when you will be back. • Replace all burned-out exterior lights. Criminals are attracted to dark houses. • Test burglar or smoke alarms before leaving. Replace batteries if necessary. • Secure sliding glass doors with a pin in the frame or a wooden rod in the track. • Forward or stop all mail and newspapers. • In case of emergency, leave a number where you can be reached. • Turn off all breakers except those to the heater, hot water heater and refrigerator. • Turn heater thermostat down to 55 degrees Fahrenheit to guard against freeze damage. • Report any suspicious activity to the police. • Don’t panic if your apartment or residence hall room has been en tered. Contact the police and the manager or resident advisor imme diately. Do not clean up anything.. The smallest detail could offer valu able information to a police investi gation. Antonio-based organization that ar ranges fact-finding tours for visiting Americans, including congressmen. Her house was raided Nov. 25 by police who found more than 20,000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition, explosives and detonator caps bur ied in her back yard. She has denied complicity with the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, which is waging a 10-year-old war against a succession of U.S.-backed governments. She has said she rented the house where the munitions were found only three months ago, and that she has been traveling much of that time. “I have faith in all the people who have written me letters, in their prayers,” she said before being driven off to prison. “I can’t say I have faith in the system to find me innocent. But I believe my inno cence will shine through.” She had spent the previous 10 “I I can’t say I have faith in the system to find me innocent. But 1 believe my innocence will shine through.” —Jennifer Casolo days under arrest at National Police headquarters. Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark traveled to El Salva dor to assist in Casolo’s defense. He said before leaving for the United States late Tuesday that he thought her prospects for acquittal were good. A&M computer centers remain open 24 hours The Academic Computing Center in the Blocker Building and the Remote Computing Cen ter in the Cushing Library base ment will be open 24 hours on Wednesday and Thursday. Campus Computing and In formation was alerted by Student Government and the eompurer User’s Group of a need for the Macintosh microcomputer labs to be open extra hours. John Dinkel, associate provost for computing and information, said Student Senate was asked to identify times when computers are needed so that more services could be available. Furthermore, Dinkel said CCI plans to add more Macintosh computers on campus in the near future because of their ease of use and good software. ACC regular hours will resume Friday. Tlie regular hours are weekdays from 8 a.m. to mid night, Saturday 9 a.m. to mid night and Sunday 1 p.m. to mid night. RCC regular hours are weekdays 8 a.m. to midnight, Sat urday 8 a.m. to midnight and Suncfay 1 p.m. to midnight.