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tember13, & NATION ereral meeting al?: irmore information d Panjandrum at 8 Thursday, September 13,1990 ii Paga at 8 p.m. in general public and Bush videotapes message leCenter production in Bryan. For mote omas at 5:30 p.m ristian organization 7928 for more into' ents to Friday nigh i be turned into Ka- ar 5th. Call Vicki at in on study abroad ray of MSC. m at noon. Call Ilia an observatory trip er at 845-4179 for 696-7313 for more g at 7 p.m. in 40a neeting at noon in TAMU Baskeltial 776-2053 for res. aqi them and hardship WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- ent Bush videotaped a message Wednesday telling the Iraqi people ie has “no quarrel” with hey should blame any [rom the Mideast crisis on their own pvernment, the White House said. On the eight-minute tape, which be White House hopes will be iroadcast unedited in Iraq, Bush ays the U.S. military is in the Per- ian Gulf only to defend Saudi Ara- ia from Iraqi aggression. “We want a peaceful resolution,” lush says on the tape, according to pokesman Marlin Fitzwater. “We rant peaceful coexistence with the >eople of Iraq.” The White House held off releas- ng a transcript, but Fitzwater gave n overview of Bush’s comments. The president’s address was in- ended to create internal problems or Hussein by emphasizing Iraq’s solation in the world community as result of the invasion of Kuwait, lush has said previously he would lot be unhappy if the people of Iraq emoved Hussein from power, and he address stressed that Iraqis are laying a heavy price for his actions. The president consulted with Arab specialists, and met twice with to attend a lecture ource- Patents for ormation call 845- icer of the Cange- ire information call i Reed McDonald e We publish the oso. What's Up is bmissions are run ntry will run. II you cks : was very hurtle: in asked to be i grew more id. “She was s friends, Liz Mi like I was in alii unreal State Department and National Se curity Council officials to come up with the wording, Fitzwater said. The Arab specialists were asked to look at the wording “to make sure that the tone of it translates well into Arabic,” said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity. “You can write a speech that sounds perfectly good to Western ears,” but might “We want a peaceful resolution. We want peaceful coexistence with the people of Iraq.” — President Bush not convey the right impression in Arabic, the official said. Fitzwater described the message as “a very candid but personal de scription of our goals and our objec tives in the region.” “The president was forthright and didn’t stage anything, just gave a direct message,” said Sig Rogich, Bush’s assistant for media consulta tion who produced the tape for the president. The White House worked Wednesday on adding Arab subtitles and audio translation to the tape be fore sending it to the Iraqi ambassa dor via Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger. The Voice of America said in a statement that it was doing the trans lating before the tape is handed over “to forestall any excuses for not us ing the tape.” Fitzwater said although there had been no direct contact between the two governments regarding the vi deotape, “We expect that Iraq will honor its invitation to allow this to be addressed to the Iraqi people, and we will ask them to provide us an air time within the next five days.” He told reporters that the White House will release the tape to the media after it is aired, or after five days if the Iraqis do not show it. Bush made the tape after the Iraq government offerea to send a TV crew to interview him and broadcast the interview on national television. Oil companies react to appeal for more domestic exploration NEW YORK (AP) — Oil companies are pleased to lear President Bush calling for more domestic explora- ion, but they said Wednesday it’s going take more than /ords from Washington before they step up their dril- "g- The American Petroleum Institute said Bush’s sup- >ort for increased exploration and oil company tax ireaks echoes some of what the industry has been isking for. But it remains to be seen whether Congress ill go along. In a televised speech Tuesday night, Bush asked law- nakers to speed the development of oil reserves in ly face telling! ^ as ^ a an ^ increase incentives for oil and gas explora- tas a joke at firs.' 10n t ' , , . , ■ In general, he was saying what we would like to tear, because our industry is in the doldrums,” said antes Merna, spokesman for the Independent Petro- :um Association of America. “But he just didn’t come med “direct coi 1 P r withthes P eci f ,ts ' Environmental groups did not wait lor specifics to •last Bush’s call for more oil wells, including the Arctic 'lational Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, believed to contain he nation’s largest untapped, on-shore reserve of rude oil. “He’s an old oil man, and all he can think of in terms of the shortage is to drill more,” said Dru Schmidt-Per- kins, conservation analyst for the Energy Conservation Coalition in Washington. Bush shows few signs of supporting the conservation measures that are touted by environmentalists as the so lution to cutting U.S. dependence on foreign oil, Schmidt-Perkins said. The oil industry says more exploration is part of the answer to reducing America’s addiction to overseas crude. But despite the rapid rise in oil prices that fol lowed Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2 and the sub sequent boycott of their oil, there has been no rush to find more oil. The major oil companies say they would need to see higher oil prices in a more stable market for a sustained period before they would bolster their drilling plans. Majors account for a small proportion of the wells that are drilled domestically, but they tend to go after larger pools of oil in more expensive projects. “We’ll have to look at prices today, plus what is a rea sonable outlook for prices in two to five years and even longer,” said Michael E. Thompson, a spokesman for Amoco Corp. “Many of these projects are five- or ten-or 20-year projects.” N Ttira N. Robbih shman Chris Ter for Satur- yv For itment! 39°° (Reg. $59ltsi $20 pretreaM cash discountl nv Accepted LISn^ -enters allege Station ».n Lawson, DDS “I2S. WParkwaj 696-9578 for the Aggieland may be picked up in 011 and 230 Reed McDonald Due date is Sept. 14 (Late contracts will be received through Friday, September 28 with a late fee.) Federal courts permit cameras in civil trials WASHINGTON (AP) — The policy-making arm of the federal courts approved on Wednesday an experimental plan to permit television cameras to record and broadcast civil trials in a handful of federal courtrooms. The three-year experiment will begin in July and will be limited to two federal appeals courts and six trial courts. Judges who volun teer their courtrooms for the plan will have broad control over what the public sees. The U.S. Judicial Conference, headed by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, approved the idea overwhelmingly by voice vote, conference spokesman David Sellers said. Sellers indicated that Rehnqu ist spoke in favor of the experi ment. The conference, with 27 fed eral judges as its members, tradi tionally meets in private. Sellers said only a few judges spoke against the experiment and that “the pervasive view is this is inevitable.” He noted that some members of Congress have been lobbying hard for the idea. T.A.M.U. STUDY ABROAD 1991 INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR PROGRAMS TO: Germany TO STUDY History & Music Italy TO STUDY Music & Art England TO STUDY Geography England TO STUDY Theatre Scandinavia/ Europe TO STUDY Business Management England TO STUDY Grad, level Indus. Arts/ Tech. Educ. Dominica France TO STUDY Trop. Island Biology Germany Spain Russia TO STUDY Intermediate Language Studies Italy to study Humanities Semester Thursday, September 13, from 2:00 - 3:30 510 Rudder Tower Study Abroad Office, 161 West Bizzell Hall Phone: 845-0544 NEW FLU STUDIES We Are Taking Blood Samples ($5.00 compensation) to Determine Eligibility for Hew Flu Vaccine Studies One of them, Rep. Robert W. Kastenmeier, D-Wis., promptly hailed the development in a statement distributed to reporters at the same time Sellers an nounced the Judicial Conference approval. “The time for federal courts to permit TV news coverage in courtrooms has come,” Kasten meier said. “Technology that per mits us access to world events also compels us to use that access to make our own government avail able to our citizens.” Forty-five states have approved the use of television cameras and, supporters say, there have been no adverse results. 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