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i The Battalion >1 in the al mem- ipafeh I Govern- sin 221 , 'p.m.if p.(n. ai m. roup to JallKitr t5p.m onzata I ratio- in M2 m.Visi- Ctoaic ft the 1 "sUpi! are nr i. Ifyo. peer fond :fuW i andi aid in i heam rtois at g imenE p at li •t at ill , onl' part dot neri® :Nan® resi®^ WORLD & NATION 7 Wednesday, August 29,1990 Hussein makes second appearance; Texas families criticize propaganda Associated Press Texas families of hostages in Iraq were unim pressed Tuesday after watching President Sad- darn Hussein mingle with foreigners, but were comforted by his decree that women and chil dren held captive could leave. Families of the six Texans being held said they did not see their loved ones on Saddam’s second televised visit with foreigners since Iraq invaded Kuwait Aug. 2. The American hostage who died of a heart at tack in Iraq was not from Texas, the families said. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said the unidentified man in his mid-50s died in the Iraqi city of Basra and that his body would be turned over to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Saddam's second TV appearance with detai nees was apparently intended to convince West ern viewers that he is taking a reasonable stand in the crisis. But Texas families criticized it as a crude attempt to use the hostages for propa ganda. “My husband was not on television with Sad dam,” said Patricia Hale of her husband, Ed ward. “In another way, I wish they would quit showing them (American hostages) because it’s just propaganda and we’re playing into Hussein’s hands. “I would love to see my husband,” said Hale, of Spring. “But Hussein is just trying to play the benevolent uncle and really isn’t helping.” Edward Hale works for Houston-based OGE Drilling. The meeting was shown on Iraqi tele vision and broadcast by Cable News Network. The first televised meeting with foreigners was last week. The State Department, in a statement released Tuesday morning, said it could not confirm the cause of death or the identity of the American. “I don’t think it’s my husband,” said Marjorie Walterscheid of Jacksboro. “They said they had already notified the presumed next of kin. They didn’t call me.” She said her husband, Rainard, 52, is among a group of Americans being held in Iraq. He is an oilworker for Santa Fe Drilling Co. Hostage Gary Carr’s mother said she had heard her 46-year-old son was all right. Carr is believed to be in a group taken from a hotel to an industrial area near the Syrian border, but Edythe Carr said the family has been unable to confirm that. Carr is from North Richland Hills near Fort Worth. The wife of OGE employee John Henry Cole, 50, of Odessa said she was loaned a fax machine Monday to try to keep up with developments in the Middle East crisis, but has not heard from her husband since the day after the invasion. “That’s been over three weeks now, nearly a month ago,” said Donnita Cole. “Since then, I have been reading anything I can pore over. I decided if I were actively doing something, I wouldn’t be as frustrated, but all I can do is wait. “Johnny is still out there somewhere,” she said. Relatives of Bobby Parker, 48, a Kuwait Petro leum Co. worker from Vidor near Beaumont, said the Texan was not shown on television. YoxxrO You know just by looking what’s fun, and what’s not. So take a look at the new Honda r Elite 1 ' l 50 E. It’s easy to ride, with push-button starting and no shifting. It’s sleek and styl ish, without sacrificing performance. It meets most state moped requirements. There’s even a locking underseat storage compartment to stow your gear. 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The workers were taken by bus to the Altus Air Force Base on Monday morning, post spokeswo man Sheila Samples said. “They left late this afternoon on a DC-10, en route to Saudia Arabia," Samples said. “They’re going to the Persian Gulf.” Samples said military security reasons prevented her from re vealing the number of people sent or the nature of their assign ments. The 47th field hospital is part of the III Corps Artillery. Individuals with specialized skills, such as mechanics or advis ers, have been dispatched to Sau dia Arabia from Fort Sill before Monday, Samples said. ‘To preserve the image of the Arabs’ Iraqi leader orders release of detained women, children Associated Press President Saddam Hussein of Iraq mingled with for eign hostages Tuesday and then decreed that the women and children held captive in his country were free to leave. A statement from the Revolutionary Command Council said the decision was made “to preserve the image of Arabs,” the official Iraqi News agency said. The agency, monitored, in Nicosia, Cyprus, said the foreigners could leave starting Wednesday. It was not known how many women and children were among the hostages in Iraq or whether the decree also applies to foreigners in Kuwait. There are 500 Americans trapped in Iraq and 2,500 in Kuwait. The Iraqi news agency said Saddam made his deci sion after foreigners expressed concern about their children. During Tuesday’s televised encounter, a woman with a British accent asked Saddam why he was using foreign children “in something they can’t under stand.” At the same meeting, Saddam told the foreigners he “I It (Hussein’s offer for a television debate) is sick, and it doesn’t even deserve a response.” —Margaret Tutwiler, State Department spokeswoman was willing to talk to President Bush and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on television about ending the Per sian Gulf crisis. State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler, when asked about Saddam’s suggestion, said, “It’s sick, and it doesn’t even deserve a response.” Another department spokesman, Mark Dillen, said the U.S. government had received no official word of the planned release of women and rhildren. Also Tuesday, U.S. officials said an American civilian died of a heart attack in Iraq. 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