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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.