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D The Battalion EBRIEFING Monday • October// 1 Scorer Campus College Station to present plan tonight A public hearing to consider the adoption of the new compre hensive plan for the city of Col lege Station will be at the College Station Conference Center tonight at 7. The plan will be used as a guide for land use and develop ment decisions. Copies of the plan’s draft text are available for public review in the Planning Office in City Hall. Por tions of the document may be pur chased at copying cost. other 20 minutes will afe special topics such as heal tics or business. Duiin{ evening, news updates will/ of hourlong “appointment' such as a nightly intervi gram anchored by Catherine!) In announcing his plans People anks coa mcmg ac 'JEW YORK (AP) 24-hour news channellastpnethings who p vember, Murdoch said tint Turner’s CNN had become! eral in recent years andrej to be challenged. Scientist discovi clues to illm s of the Wonders directorial debu Do, had to be cc e art of ’60s d dei Nation Fox to compete with news channels Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion Elizabeth Baum Gardner, a junior biomedical science major, and Mark Palialy, a senior biochemistry major, kiss Saturday after the Aggies scored a touchdown. The Aggies beat Louisiana Tech 63-1 3. For related stories, see Page 7. NEW YORK (AP) — Less than three months ago, MSNBC arrived to challenge Cable News Network. Now it’s Fox News Channel’s turn. With a scheduled 6 a.m. EOT sign-on Monday, FNC joins CNN and MSNBC in cable’s all-news alpha bet soup. Televising round-the-clock, the Manhattan-based network fulfills Rupert Murdoch’s dream of plug ging a TV-news operation into his global media empire. It also serves as the latest test of viewers’ capacity for news, as this ca ble upstart scrambles for its share of viewers. FNC’s audience initially will come from a cable-subscriber base of about 17 million homes served by TCI, Cablevision, Comcast, Continen tal and other providers. FNC’s programming plan calls for a 10-minute news segment every half-hour. During the day, the WASHINGTON (AP)-AG nia scientist says he has fa genetic material commontt War-era veterans that couldu a clue as to why so many I sick after serving in the 199: Microbiologist Dr. Hoi Urnovitz, in a study beingpf® today to a conference of W veterans in Tampa, Fla.,said9« netic marker could point totliei tence of a virus. The vims, ill could make veterans expose chemical agents or otherti more susceptible to illness,!*' The report came as the?! gon is under increased press from Congress and vetera groups to examine the exter! U.S. troop exposure tocb agents housed in a weapons arsenal blownui March 1991. The Pentagon denied unfei this year that evidence existed ing Americans were contamira Iraqi chemical or biological w It now acknowledges 15,000 could have been expose! the highly toxic nerve agentsai to mustard gas at the Khamisq arsenal in southern Iraq. fends cas lise from I This day in history Weather (AP) — Today is Monday, Oct. 7, the 281st day of 1996. There are 85 days left in the year. On this date: In 1765, the Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England. In 1777, the second Battle of Saratoga began during the American Revolution. (The British forces, under Gen eral John Burgoyne, surrendered 10 days later.) In 1849, author Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore, Md., at age 40. In 1949, the Republic of East Germany was formed. In 1960, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy and Republican opponent Richard M. Nixon held the second of their broadcast debates. In 1968, the Motion Picture Association of America adopted its film-rating system, ranging from “G” for “general” audiences to “X” for “adult” patrons only. In 1985, Palestinian gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship “Achille Lauro” in the Mediterranean with more than 400 people aboard. Five years ago: University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate com ments in her presence when she worked for him, and urged the U.S. Senate to investigate her claims. Thomas denied Hill’s allegations. One year ago: New York’s Central Park was trans formed into a giant open-air cathedral as Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass before a flock of 130,000. Today Tonight Tomorrow Highs & Lows Today's ExpeciedHi 85°F 61 °F Tomorrovv'j Expected Higli ► Today’s Birthdays Partly cloudy with light northeast winds. Fair with light northeast winds. Partly cloudy with light north winds. 86°F Tomorrow’s Retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is 65. Former National Security Council aide Oliver North is 53. Singer John Mellencamp is 45. Rock musician Tico Torres (Bon Jovi) is 43. Singer Toni Braxton is 28. Expected I 59°F Information courtesy of the TAMU Student Chapter of liif 2319 Texas Ave. S • Homemade Chicken Fried Steak (Its making us famous) • Homemade Hamburgers • Wings • Hot Legs • Shrimp • Oysters Happy Hour 5-7pm Daily Sat. Night $1.75 Well gg^ Margaritas Drinks on ,-Qg^g 693*7348 99# Longnecks Friday Nights Tues. Night $1.50 Imports & Specialities "Come See Us!" Aggie Owned and Operated Class of '95 the tmancta! Group Career Seminar For Financial Services Speaker Ron Mullen CLU,CFJFC from the Austin Agency Time: 6'7:30 pm When: Oct. 9,1996 Where: Wehner Rm. 131 CKMNTUAA COW TOTORlNG :2bO*coi NEW Y0RK ( Ap ) Unlv. Dr. next to CD Warehouse. 2-1 Opm Sun-Thu. 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