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The Battalion
Piano Concert
by
Liu Ning
Wednesday, Sept. 25 8 p.m.
Rudder Theatre
$3 - tickets available at the MSC Box Office
Liu Ning is winner of the Golden Prize in Young Texas artist competition
- 1991, and Golden Prize in Tuesday Musical Club of Houston - 1990.
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Testing laws not needed, official says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health-care workers and
their hospital patients should be encouraged to un
dergo tests for the AIDS virus, but no mandatory
testing laws are necessary, the head of the federal
Centers for Disease Control told Congress Thursday.
"The risk of HIV transmission from an infected
health-care worker to a patient is very small, and
most medical procedures involve no risk at all of HIV
transmission," CDC Director Dr. William L. Roper
said, referring to the virus that causes AIDS.
Roper defended CDC's voluntary testing guide
lines under strong attack from conservative Rep.
William Dannemeyer, R-Calif., who said it was an
"absurdity" to rely on voluntary compliance.
"Aren't you placing the civil rights of the infected
above the civil rights of the uninfected?" Dannemey
er asked. "I think you are."
The exchange came as Roper and other health
care professionals testified before the House subcom
mittee on health and the environment, which is hold
ing hearings on how to deal with the threat of AIDS
transmission in health care.
Roper said federal testing laws would amount to
an intrusion into state regulation of medicine. He
said doctors could be expected "to do the right
thing" if they test positive for the AIDS virus.
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Noriega's attorneys negotiate deal
to get Castro's testimony on tape
MIAMI (AP) - A deal in
which Fidel Castro would testify
by videotape for Manuel Noriega
is close, a lawyer for a government
witness in the former Panamanian
leader's drug trial said Thursday.
Prosecutors and defense attor
neys have previously raised the
possibility of the Cuban presi
dent's testimony at Noriega's trial,
but did not provide details.
"It's definitely in the works,"
Sam Burstyn, attorney for former
Noriega military aide Luis del
Cid, told reporters.
Burstyn's client was on the
stand Thursday tracing Noriega's
rise to power. The trial was
abruptly adjourned until Monday
after prosecutor Myles Malman's
father suffered an apparent heart
attack.
Malman's father was hospital
ized in critical but stable condition
later Thursday, the U.S. Attor
ney's office said.
The prosecution says del Cid
accompanied Noriega to a 1984
meeting in which Castro mediated
a dispute between Noriega and
Colombia's Medellin drug cartel.
Outside court, Burstyn con
firmed his client was present at
that meeting, and said prosecutors
and defense attorneys were near a
deal to travel to Cuba to obtain
Castro's sworn statement on
videotape.
U.S. attorney's office
spokeswoman Diane Cossin said
she could not comment on any po
tential witnesses.
The indictment claims Noriega
and del Cid visited Castro in June
or July 1984 after a drug lab in
southern Panama's Darien
province was accidentally raided
by government troops. The cartel
had paid $4 million or $5 million
to protect the lab and demanded
compensation.
Castro negotiated a deal and
Noriega paid back the protection
money, as well as releasing every
one arrested in the raid, the gov
ernment claims.
Castro has denied that role
and said he would help Noriega's
defense.
On the stand, del Cid, 47, de
tailed Noriega's rise through 1983,
when he became Panama's
supreme military commander and
de facto ruler. Noriega coupled
loyalty and intrigue to control vir
tually all Panamanian life, he said.
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Dr. E. Dean Gage, A&M's
provost and senior vice president,
also reported a significant increase
in the number of National Merit
Scholars attending A&M.
"This year we have 156 new
incoming merit scholars," he said.
"This is the largest incoming
group of merit scholars at this in
stitution ever. This will probably
move us up to about number four
or five in the nation in this re
spect."
In other actions for A&M, the
board rejected construction bids
for the Companion Animal Geri
atric Center and the Medical Sci
ences Courtyard because of high
bids. The projects will be revised.
Peace
tober. He also met with three
Palestinians in Jerusalem on
Monday immediately after confer
ring with Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir.
The secretary of state plans to
fly to Damascus, Syria, on Friday
for a second meeting with Presi
dent Hafez Assad. He met Tues
day with Egyptian President Hos-
ni Mubarak.
At each stop Baker has circu
lated letters in which the United
States lays out positions on a
range of issues related to the peace
process. For example, the letter to
the Israelis said they would not be
required to sit at the negotiating
table with any delegation of which
they disapproved.
That proviso effectively recog
nized an Israeli claim to veto pow
er over any Palestinian delegation
that contained members of the
Bonfire
two or three years.
"After all the evaluations had
been done, it was always decided
that Duncan Field was the best
site," McTasney said. "The first
reason was the permanence of the
site. We don't want to move it
again in a couple of years, and
then again after that.
"The second reason was the
site's accessibility to students, and
third was the feasibility of the site
for construction - the construction
concerns, the logistics. So a num
ber of sites were passed up for
those reasons."
McTasney said all off-campus
sites were deemed inaccessible
and the location on West campus
was inadequate as a permanent
site because of ongoing construc
tion.
The only other suitable site on
campus that came up was the polo
field, also called the East Mall or
the East Lawn.
McTasney said they are work
ing with the Physical Plant on en
gineering solutions to improve the
polo field.
"Compared to Duncan, the
polo fields are very slanted, and
without some preparation, it
would be difficult to construct
Friday, September 20,1991
Judge reduces
charges against
'imprisoning 1
parents
NEW YORK (AP) - Charge
were reduced Thursday againstttif
parents of a 15-year-old girl the
chained at home to keep herofftli
streets and away from drugs.
Eliezer and Maria Marrero non
face misdemeanor unlawful®
prisonment charges. Initially the;
were charged with felony impris
onment.
The case remains under invej
gation, but if their daughter, Linde
does not file a complaint in9(
days, the charges will be dropped
Linda was routinely chainedi;
the family's Bronx apartment,will
enough slack to reach the bath
room. Frequent crack coca®
binges and a nearly fatal attack^
dealers she had crossed led he
parents to take the drastic measurs
Her parents were arrested Sept
13 and briefly' held with bail sets 1
$100,000. After reviewing the cast
and the parents' explanation, the;
were freed without bail.
After staying in a city youft
home while her parents wen
jailed, Linda returned home Mori
day, the day they were freed.
Family and friends say Lindi
began skipping school and hang
ing out with drug users about foe
years ago. She would disappearfu
days or weeks, returning hew
bruised and emaciated.
Marrero has said she petitiona
the city child welfare agenciesfoi
help six times but received noas
sistance.
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and new bids sought.
The board also recommended
acceptance of bids for furnishing
for the state headquarters of tk
Texas A&M University Systeu
and the Sam Houston Sanders
Corps of Cadets Center.
Construction plans foranen
wastewater treatment plant wil
also be given closer looks at ths
behest or the board.
The design firm, KSA Engi
neers, Inc. of Longview, hasesti
mated the cost of the plant al
about $12 million. Planners said
the plant could eventually brand;
its service area, becoming are
gional treatment plant.
continued from Page 1
Palestine Liberation Organizatios
or residents of East Jerusalem.
On the other hand, the letter!;
Assad reaffirmed U.S. supportfl
Syria's demand for return of tk
Golan Heights, occupied by Israel
since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
In response to a report thattk
Palestinians he met with in
Jerusalem had refused under PLC
pressure to meet with him again!?
Amman, Baker said, "I would
very much like to meet withtk
Palestinians we've been meeting
with in Jerusalem, here or any
where else."
The Palestine National Council
is schedule to meet in Algiers on
Monday and there are conflicting
reports as to whether the Palestini
an legislative body will endorsi
sending representatives to tk
peace conference as part of a jot
danian delegation.
continued from Page 1
bonfire the way we construct it,
McTasney said. "It's not fla:
enough and the drainage is very
bad.
"What we're talking about!!
basically the way you'd prepare
an athletic field, raising it up and
doming it to provide good
runoff," he said. "That along wib
providing electricity and phone
lines and all the things we've had
out at Duncan."
Relocating bonfire to the pole
field would actually be placing!?
closer to the center of campus, K
bier said. The nearest building
would be more than 300 yard!
away, compared with the close
proximity of the University Prei!
building to Duncan Field.
The bonfire committee plans! 0
take into consideration feedbad
from College Station as well a!
any other opinions of the Texa;
Air Control Board, who willal
tend bonfire again this year, and
work them into the final proposa
to be reviewed by University Pres
ident William Mobley.
"We are proceeding in a fasti-
ion that we could make a decision
on it this fall, if needed," Kible?
said.
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