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World Tuesday Page 9 October 1, 1996 Spor Aideast summit aims for peace ■fift/UpASHINGTON (AP) — Against a backdrop iep distrust and modest U.S. expectations, iin Ad((ll st ‘ n * an l ea der Yasser Arafat and Israel’s jCU Up Hgglf j am in Netanyahu headed for a White se summit aimed at ending an upsurge of ence in the Mideast and keep flagging :e hopes alive. umming up the situation on the eve of it for President Clinton was a politically y summit, Secretary of State Warren lonflstopher said Monday, “It’s clear to me the Middle East peace process is in a ack to ;xas A&M practice on Mom id shoulder pads, omore running:! royles and s ceiver Aaron doubtful for Satil sof crisis.” against Louisiana : ield. es had his risliti eacemaking is like riding a bicycle, he told irters: “You have to keep going forward.” [etanyahu, speaking with reporters on his Monday and 01,:Been route to Washington, offered to hold cy urology surgery, inuous negotiations with the Palestinians imore defensive bad 'the Washington summit and “until agree- d senior cornerbaC itisreached.” r were unable to dut a senior U.S. official described Arafat Netanyahu as so distrustful of each oth- lat simply getting them to “re-engage” is Jones suffered a ainst Colorado toe. 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Nike- M Bas- Iheyare not talking to each other in a way anything could be resolved,” said the offi- who spoke on condition of anonymity. . | -l. , Jesaid the summit agenda must include 131 UlympiC ran, the West Bank town where Israel has fulfilled a pledge to pull its troops away lArab residents, and safe passage for Pales- m workers entering and leaving Israel, lore than 5,000 Jewish settlers demonstrat- lear Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs on $7 membershipfc:I pressing for continued Israeli rule s 6-12 are eligible!! e ' Palestinians demand that Israel pull its letic clinics andiec 2d tickets to after: vents. pants wearing their s Club" T-shirt will t! e to Saturday's A® against Louisiana Is troops out of the biblical town, but Netanyahu says Hebron’s tiny Jewish minority wouldn’t be safe if he did. The official said the United States was not insisting the summit deal with Ne tanyahu’s decision to open a new entrance to a tourist tunnel that borders Muslim and Jewish holy sites in Jerusalem — an action that touched off Arab riots. However, the two sides could bring up any issue they wished, the official said. Clinton planned to meet separately Tuesday with Ne tanyahu and then Arafat be fore all parties sat down to gether. , A Wednesday meeting also was planned. In a setback for the White House, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak rejected Clinton’s telephone invita tion to join Jordan’s King Hussein as a summit participant. Hussein arrived in Washington on Monday night. Mubarak’s absence was unlikely to seriously affect chances of defusing tensions on the West Bank and in Gaza or U.S. efforts to launch Is- raeli-Palestinian negotiations on a permanent peace agreement. But the administration had looked on him as a steadying influence — Egypt was the first Arab country to agree to peace with Israel — and as a potential support er of whatever agreements might emerge from the talks. Mubarak was sending his foreign minister, Amr Moussa, to Washington, but State Depart- Arafat ment spokesman Nicholas Burns said Moussa would not participate in the talks. Arafat shook off Egyptian suggestions he seek a delay and advised American mediator Dennis Ross he would arrive Tuesday morning, after meeting with European foreign ministers in Luxembourg. The allies have uniformly stood behind the Palestinians in their latest conflict with Israel. Summits usually are scripted, with aides working out at least a measure of agreement. There have been exceptions, however. President Carter risked failure in summon ing Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin to Camp David in 1978 without any as surance they would agree, as they did, on a peace treaty. Clinton was embarking on a similarly un scripted diplomatic adventure. “It is rare in this process that we engage at this level, at the highest level, without a preor dained outcome,” White House spokesman Mike McCurry said. “I think the fact that President Clinton took the step to ... to invite the leaders here, reflects the seriousness and gravity of this moment,” McCurry said. "There was no alternative be cause the alternative was quite clearly funda mental grave risk to the process itself.” The talks are designed to defuse tensions and revive faltering peace negotiations be tween Israel and the Palestinian Authority over the future of Jerusalem and Palestinian aspira tions for a state with its capital in Jerusalem. Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole said the United States must demand an “un conditional end to the violence,” iov. Bush assigned o county jury pool Bush Barone AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. George Bush is on his way to court, Inot as a defendant or even ilaintiff. The Republican governor, and nof former sident sh, claimed be just an Jinary citi- iMonday as reported for lyduty. He,was as- to re- Oct. 8 Travis |iinty criminal court, where he Id be selected from a pool of intial jurors for a case. [I’m glad to serve,” Bush said. 'Usee what the process yields.” [Travis County calls a mass ol of potential jurors and di- les the pool into smaller jaching Clinic willbel mps assigned to courts that rom 9 a.m. to6p« ndle municipal, county and (bate matters. Bush will go through jury se- 35 at the dooroi lion before Judge David Cain, a staff of three oU Ihesaid he would likely be dis- icludes lunch, hos|H ised because of his job as gov- e Clipboard and W lor, which includes the power e Aggie football! lardoncriminals, ansas State. “There could be a conflict,” he will include** d.“Generally, someone who agility and coi# ssuch well known opinions ;t break basketball|ywellbe struck.” m and answer ses* ne. tre information M Basketball n says Cof turn to Ast DN (AP) — Houston" 1 erry Collins ar of his contract in* television station [ht. of Houston ¥ saying Collins wo f( gh general r declined to # jre with the Astros, owner Drayton encouraging :urn. feel very positive is,” McLane said, Before getting his assignment, Bush joked with fellow Travis County residents and signed au tographs. He was warmly greeted and held up by court officials as an example of a busy and impor tant person serving his civic duty. “I just answered the sum mons,” he said, adding that it’s a “feeble excuse” for people to claim they are too busy or too im portant for jury duty. “If you’re going to live in a democracy, take advantage of a fantastic system, you need to par ticipate, whether it be showing up for jury duty, whether it be voting, whether it be helping someone who needs help,” he said. Katherine Jaimes, of Austin, agreed. “I’m happy that he’s willing to be able to work with our commu nity and to participate as a juror,” said Ms. Jaimes, who was as signed to a different court. “It sends out a very good message. Everybody’s busy.” While empfiasizing that he was just one of the more than 500 potential jurors, Bush did take ad vantage of his position. The gov ernor, also known Monday as ju ror No. 536, lined up for his assignment when the first 200 people were called forward. “I have to get to work,” he said, smiling. NASA privatizes Shuttle operations CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — In the biggest change in the history of the space shuttle pro gram, NASA is turning over day- to-day operations to private in dustry beginning Tuesday to save money. “Today is the first day of a new space program in America,” NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin said Monday in an nouncing the $7 billion, six-year contract with United Space Al liance, a joint venture of Rock well International Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. Officials promise the shift will be gradual, with shuttle flight safety the No. 1 priority. In the short term, not even NASA and its contract employ ees will see much difference. NASA still will give the final “go” for launch and make the important decisions during a shuttle flight, as it has for the past 15 years. It will retain ulti mate responsibility for shuttle safety and hire the astronauts. And it will still own the four space shuttles. But it will ease itself out of the routine, day-to-day work, such as preparing the shuttles for flight, training the astronauts and operating Mission Control. Those duties will belong to Unit ed Space Alliance. Don’t expect shuttle ads any time soon, though, or shuttle seats sold to the highest bidder. Maybe that will come later, said Kent Black, USA’s chief ex ecutive. Much, much later. The contract, which was an nounced Monday but was actu ally signed late last week, desig nates United Space Alliance as the single prime contractor for shuttle operations. It includes two two-year extension options that could bring the contract’s total estimated value to $12 bil lion over 10 years. USA was formed in August 1995 and chosen by NASA as the single prime contractor three months later. By compressing many con tracts into one — this first phase consolidates 12 previous con tracts — NASA hopes to improve shuttle safety, continue to fly shuttles seven or eight times a year, and reduce costs in the $3 billion-a-year shuttle program. Because Rockwell and Lock heed Martin already handled most of the shuttle work, the transition, while historic, won’t make much immediate difference. NASA and USA officials said they could not specify how much money would be saved. AAA Texas Defensive Driving & Drivers Training Lot-of-fun. Laugh-a-lot Ticket dismissal, insurance discount. M.-Tu. (6 p.m.-9 p.m.), W.-Th. (6 p.m.-9 p.m.), Fri. (6 p.m.-8 p.m.) & Sat. (10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.). Sat. (8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.) Next to Black Eyed Pea. Walk-ins welcome, with coupon only $25 cash Lowest price allowed by law. 111 Univ. Dr., Ste. 217 846-6117 Show up 30 minutes early. / Ovcv3 e- ' 817 Texas Ave. College Station, Tx. FREE U-LOCK ($21.00 value) with purchase of bike when you mention this ad. 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