The Battalion Page 7 issouri of the ion for [-Texas me niors - .18 n. ch day) L9 5— 22 23 v. 24 re still th season ran teed y at 4 p.m. rmation. E \lena Machann, a sophomore at A&M Consolidated High School, mdTomasz Styblinski, an A&M sophomore from Poland, perform itthe half-time of the A&M basketball game against Red Army. iolocaust museum asks guests to 'stay away' Kevin ivy/The Battalion Native Texan held captive in Iraq returns to America The Associated Press ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. — An American oil worker held captive in Iraq for nearly seven months returned Tuesday to the United States, saying he was used as a political pawn by the Iraqis to renew talks with the U.S. government. "They needed something to open a dialogue, something to gain recognition from the Western world, including, of course, the United States," said Kenneth Beaty, 45, of Mustang, Okla. "I will say I was not mistreated and was nothing more than a politi cal pawn," he told reporters on the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington. Beaty arrived on a military jet, accompanied by the U.S. senator who flew to Baghdad to negotiate the Texas native's release. He was freed Monday after Sen. David Boren, D-Okla., met with Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz. Boren stressed that his trip was for humanitarian purposes only, that his talks involved no negotiations with the Iraqi government on other issues and that no deals were made for Beaty's release. "We made it clear all along the United States would not make con cessions," Boren said. "I carried no message from the president of the United States on any other subject. I received no messages to bring back to him." Beaty's release was widely seen as a goodwill gesture by Saddam Hussein's regime to get crippling U.N. sanctions lifted so Iraq can re new oil exports. The U.N. Security Council is expected to review the sanctions next week. Aziz is scheduled to meet Nov. 22 with U.N. officials in New York. In Washington on Monday, White House spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers commended Boren's efforts, but added; "There's been nothing to indicate a change of attitude by Iraq and we expect them to fully comply with all the U.N. resolutions." Beaty, drilling superintendent for Dallas-based Santa Fe Oil Co., was apprehended April 25 when he strayed across the border into Iraq after checking an oil well in northern Kuwait. On May 3, a Baghdad court sentenced him to eight years in prison for trespassing. His release had been sought on humanitarian grounds because of his heart problems. Beaty, who had a heart attack in 1990 and requires medication, was pronounced in good health by an Oklahoma City car diologist who flew to Baghdad with Boren, the senator said. Beaty said he was hospitalized three times during his imprisonment, but was treated well. He said he was kept with other Westerners being held in Iraq, and was allowed to buy chicken, eggs and vegetables from a grocery store in the prison compound. "We did have radios. Trivial Pursuit cards; just read a lot mainly, said our prayers and hoped for the best," he said. The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Seven months after pening its doors, the U.S. Holocaust Memo- ial Museum is making an unusual request to visitors: Please, if you can, stay away. More than 750,000 people have been to the nuseum since April, and about 4,000 more irrive each day. Museum officials say both taffand building are feeling the wear and ear. Already, some parts of the brand-new uilding need repainting and new carpets, lottlenecks form daily in the exhibits. And ven after the end of the summer tourist sert- on ; crowds remain enormous. We certainly believe, as we said at our ipening, that this museum has unique essons for all Americans. We do invite veryone to visit — but not right now," Mu slim Director Jeshajahu Weinberg said at a lews conference Tuesday. The museum tells the story of the six mil lion Jews killed in the Holocaust and of many others who were victims of the Nazis. With such personal artifacts as tooth brushes and shoes of those who died, as well as films, photographs and eyewitness testi- mony, it brings the Holocaust chillingly to life. Recently, the museum has been surveying its visitors. About 72 percent of more than 3,000 peo ple polled as they waited in line for tickets in August and September came from o,ut of town. Of those, about 25 percent said they come to Washington primarily to see the mu seum. But nearly half of all visitors surveyed had the same complaint: too crowded. Many said that they didn't have time to read the labels and that they felt rushed, said Peter D. Hart, who conducted the poll. The museum already puts a cap on daily visits by requiring tickets to its permanent exhibition. About 4,000 tickets are used each day — half booked in advance and half handed out to those who wait in early morn ing lines. "The dilemma for us, of course, is that that's how many people can fit in the muse um, which is not the same as that's how many people can fit comfortably," said Elaine Heumann Gurian, the museum's deputy director. The extra staff and maintenance required to accommodate the crowds has put a strain : on the budget too, Gurian said. The museum expects at least a $12 million shortfall in basic operating funds this year. Weinberg Said he has spent a lot of time trying to explain the museum's great success. Ilis best explanation: It is a "hot museum" that affects its visitors emotionally. "Usually a museum is a cold place. It gives you aesthetic or informational input. But it does not drive up your blood pressure. This one does," said Weinberg. ; glasses w prices. den, ces. enses or iouse votes to ban smoking in federal buildings The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Smoking be banned in federal build- gs, except in areas equipped th separate ventilation systems, ider a bill passed by the House iMonday. The bill, sent to the Senate on a lice vote, was pushed by law- akers who cited an Environmen- IProtection Agency study this arthat said some 3,000 lung ncer deaths a year are caused by condhand smoke. Most air in office buildings is circulated, said Rep. James Traf- mt, D-Ohio, so the legislation is leded to protect government orkers and Americans who go ere on business. Traficant said the bill is still fair I i .50 e for office 34 •flee "It would be a complete ban, rather than a rea sonable compromise." - Rep. Tim Valentine to smokers because smoking would be legal in designated ar eas, as long as there is a separate ventilation system that doesn't re circulate the air through the rest of the building. But one tobacco state lawmak er, Rep. Tim Valentine, D-N.C., said the bill amounts to a prohibi tion, since it would cost $50 mil lion to put in special ventilation systems in the largest of federal buildings. "It would be a complete ban, rather than a reasonable compro mise," he said. And Valentine complained Congress would end up ignoring the law in the Capitol building and nearby office buildings. There are informal, designated smoking areas in the Capitol complex, but many smokers simply light up in whatever hallway they want. A lobby next to the House floor, for instance, is fair game for smokers and some lawmakers still discreetly carry lighted cigarettes onto the floor. 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