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Black leadership summit
declared a success
HOUSTON (AP) — Declaring a
three-day conference "fruitful and
successful," the Rev. Benjamin
Chavis said Sunday the National
African American Leadership Summit
will reconvene this fall for a march
on Washington.
Chavis, the former head of the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, said his new
group adopted a constitution and by
laws at its second annual meeting.
"The NAALS has taken on more of
a sense of permanence in terms of
building our organizational infrastruc
ture that can help galvanize and focus
the vast energy and talent and re
sources (of blacks)," Chavis said.
Ft. Worth teen accused of
truck bomb threat
DALLAS (AP) — Peter Koh, the
teen-ager accused in a Fort Worth
truck-bomb hoax, is known among
classmates as a quiet, studious, arro
gant youth who sometimes showed
contempt for authority.
In interviews by The Dallas Morn
ing News, adults close to the Koh fam
ily expressed shock that the 18-year-
old might be behind a truck-bomb
hoax at a Fort Worth school district
building. But some teenage acquain
tances were less surprised.
More than 40 people were evacuat
ed twice on May 1 6 after someone
called and said an explosives-packed
truck was parked outside the building,
then called back and said a bomb was
inside the building.
Old jail to get renovations
for housing juveniles
HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — The
Waller County juvenile detention cen
ter does not meet state standards, even
though the state helped pay for the
conversion of the former county jail for
its use, officials say.
Authorities say the building, used
for juveniles since 1988, doesn't meet
the state fire code and other safety
standards for non-adult facilities and
will have to be abandoned or signifi
cantly remodeled.
County officials are seeking cost es
timates for such work as adding a fire
escape to the two-story, 18-bed build
ing and turning old, barred jail cells
into single-occupant rooms.
Music festival bomb kills
at least 28, injures 200
MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — A
bomb exploded at an outdoor music
festival, spraying shrapnel that killed at
least 28 people and wounded more
than 200 others, police said Sunday.
One suspect was arrested.
The blast in a downtown park Sat
urday night occurred one block away
from a police barracks. It recalled the
worst days of the northwestern city's
drug terrorism, which dwindled with
the 1 993 killing of cartel kingpin Pablo
Escobar.
A suspect carrying five cans of gun
powder was arrested, but the motive
for the attack was not immediately
known. A reward of $625,000 was of
fered for information leading to the
capture of other suspects.
Lotus accepts IBM buyout
offer at $64 per share
NEW YORK (AP) — Lotus Develop
ment Corp. agreed to be bought out by
IBM on Sunday after the two compa
nies arrived at a $64 per share price,
$4 higher than what IBM offered when
it began a hostile takeover attempt less
than a week ago.
The deal has the potential to re
order the personal computer software
industry by putting IBM in a strong po
sition to challenge Microsoft Corp.,
which has come to lead the industry
through its dominance in operating
system programs that run the basic
functions of a PC.
President, speaker debate Medicare, minimum wag
□ Clinton and Gin
grich answered ques
tions from the elderly
on Sunday.
CLAREMONT, N.H. (AP) — In
an unprecedented joint appear
ance, President Clinton and
House Speaker Newt Gingrich
sparred politely over Medicare
and a host of other issues Sunday
and shook hands on a deal to
launch a bipartisan commission
on lobbying and political reforms.
Sitting outdoors against a
backdrop of flags, the Democratic
president and Republican speaker
fielded questions for an hour from
a crowd of about 250 people at a
senior citizen’s picnic. Never be
fore, Gingrich said, had a presi
dent and speaker appeared to
gether at a town hall — never
mind leaders of different parties.
"This is a historic moment,”
Gingrich said. The two men end
ed the largely congenial discus
sion with a handshake.
Given the elderly audience,
Clinton wasted no time in ad
dressing Medicare. Clinton took
issue with GOP plans to find
roughly $300 billion in savings
in the health care program, say
ing it was being done to balance
the budget when the only re
sponsible way to find the money
was in the context of comprehen
sive health care reform.
Ceding no ground, Gingrich
said Medicare’s financial situa
tion was nearing a crisis point
and action was needed fast. In
their overhaul, Gin
grich said Republi
cans propose to in
crease spending over
the next seven years
— just not by as much
publican legislation that he said
cuts too much from foreign aid
and contains unacceptable re
strictions on U.S. involvement in
Clinton
as most Democrats fa
vor. The spending is
“less than the current
projections. I’m not
trying to kid any
body,” Gingrich said.
As they debated that and oth
er issues — from the minimum
wage to American involvement
in Bosnia to Clinton’s prized na
tional service program — the
president and speaker covered
familiar ground and yielded lit
tle, but in a far more civil tone
than has been the case in Wash
ington of late.
Clinton took issue with Re
tire lower end of the income
scale. Gingrich said he was
against it, because he worried it
would cost “marginal employ
ees,” particularly mi
nority teen-agers, their
jobs. Clinton wants to
increase it from $4.25
an hour to $5.15.
Each applauded the
Gingrich
United Nations peacekeeping
operations. Gingrich defended
the bill but said it likely would
be changed in negotiations with
the administration. He also
said the U.N. peacekeeping
structure “is a nightmare” and
should be changed.
Clinton said he supported
raising the minimum wage, say
ing it was only fair to those on
other’s commitment to
welfare reform, but
Clinton said they were
far apart on the
Associated Press specifics. And Gingrich
said he hoped to give
the president the line-item veto
by this summer.
The polite back-and-forth was
perhaps most specific on a sub
ject near-and-dear to the elderly
audience: Medicare.
“There have to be some
changes but I think these (Re
publican) reductions ... are too
severe,” Clinton said. “What I fa
vor is having a smaller tax cut
and a smaller Medicare n
tion, Medicaid reduction,
then see how much we can
year by year.”
Gingrich wouldn’t signo
that, but he promised toi
with Clinton in the coi
months on the issue.
“In spirit, we’re nottha
apart,” Gingrich said.
Both men quickly signe
on a suggestion from the;
ence: name a special comm
to propose lobbying, campaii
nance and political reform
the end, the recommenda;
would have to voted up on
— much like Congress de
which military bases get do-
Gingrich said it wasaf
idea, and Clinton said:
heartbeat. I accept.” Th
shook hands, a moment of
in an very political event.
From the outset, Clink;
Gingrich were on their bf
havior — with just a few
tions. Gone was the
rhetoric that often sur
when the two political oppc
make their points solo.
Gingrich praised the;
dent for agreeing to the
appearance. President CIl
in turn, said it was exta
important for both Demo
and Republicans to calml;
honestly identify theirc
ences, “and then makeoic
effort, our dead level bee
fort, to work together to
this country forward.”
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Starting day with
breakfast will ensure
healthy mind, body
□ Losing weight and lack of
time are not good excuses for
missing a meal, experts say.
By Vanessa Park
Special to the Battalion
A recent Texas A&M Health Behavior
Survey found that 77 percent of A&M stu
dents surveyed do not eat breakfast.
If you have a busy schedule, even grab
bing toast and fruit is better than nothing
to start your day. Most times, your body has
not had any nutrients in eight hours (or
perhaps four during test weeks). Breakfast
provides energy to start a full day of long,
hot walks from class to class.
Research studies show that breakfast
helps Improve your mental and physical
performance. When skipping breakfast, you
are also skipping your body’s needed nutri
ents, such as carbohydrates, protein, iron
and calcium.
Excuses for skipping breakfast include,
“I am trying to lose weight,” and “Not
enough time.” Skipping breakfast does not
slow down weight gain, but slows your me
tabolism, which works against weight loss.
Cereal is the “breakfast of champions,”
especially for those in a hurry. Whole grain,
low-fat, high-fiber breakfast cereals are
packed with nutrients such as vitamins and
minerals. Fruit toppings add more taste
and vitamins. Some sugar-coated cereals
are low in fat, as well as low in nutrients
and are calorie-packed.
If breakfast has not been a regular part of
your day, make an effort to start the day with
nutritious foods before you run to class.
For further information on breakfast
ideas or any health-related issue, students
can contact the Health Education Center,
Room 16 in the Beutel Health Center.
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