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Campus
PITS, UPD offer free
bicycle identification
There will be a bicycle identifica
tion and registration program from 9
a.m. to 6:30 p.m. today in the area
between Rudder Tower and the MSC.
Officers from the Department of
Parking, Traffic and Transportation
will complete all necessary paper
work on registration, and officers
from the University Police Depart
ment will engrave bicycles with
their owner’s driver's license num
ber. The service .is free.
► Nation
CBS pulls shows
to save its ratings
NEW YORK (AP) — Almost Per
fect apparently wasn’t.
The comedy was one of two put
on “hiatus” — meaning there’s no
immediate plans to reschedule them
— by CBS after a disastrous opening
night for its Wednesday lineup.
The network also temporarily
shelved the lauded drama EZ Streets,
and plans to show movies for the
rest of the month in the now-vacant
Wednesday night spots.
CBS had pledged patience for
its new programming, but moved
quickly because of the critical No
vember ratings “sweeps” period,
which began Thursday.
Public Morals, billeds
adult sitcom about a polii
partment vice squad, is go-
ter only one airing.
Almost Perfect, starring'
Travis as a writer on a TV
show, was in its second ye:
held the 9 p.m. time slot.
The network hasn’t quit;;
up on EZ Streets, a bleak,
and violent drama revolving
a police detective (Ken Olin).
Man shoots him?
in government oil
SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP)-A
an who had argued with Rep
Lantos’ staff over disability be
went into the congressman's of
Monday and shot himself to dea:
The 40-year-old gunman, w
name was not immediatel)
leased, shot himself once in
chest and died at a hospital.
Police spokesman Terry I!
said the man entered the (
around midday and talked b’
with a woman working in theta
“The gal said he had a
gun and said, ‘Don’t fire
Then he fired one round in
chest,” Reidy said.
Lantos, a native of Hungar,
represented a Northern Cal
district since 1981 and iscw
man of the congressional Hy
Rights Caucus.
► This day in history
Weather
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 6, the 311th day of
1996. There are 55 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1854, the king of American march music, John
Philip Sousa, was born in Washington, D.C.
In 1860, former Illinois Congressman Abraham Lin
coln defeated three other candidates for the presidency.
In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected to a six-year
term as president of the Confederacy.
In 1888, Benjamin Harrison of Indiana won the
presidential election, defeating incumbent Grover
Cleveland by gaining the required number of electoral
votes, even though Cleveland led in the popular vote.
In 1900, President McKinley was re-elected, beat
ing Democrat William Jennings Bryan.
In 1913, Mohandas K. Gandhi was arrested as he
led a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
In 1956, President Eisenhower and Vice President
Nixon won re-election, defeating Democrats Adlai E.
Stevenson and Estes Kefauver.
In 1976, Benjamin L. Hooks was chosen to be the
new executive director of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, succeeding Roy Wilkins.
In 1977, 39 people were killed when an earthen
dam burst, sending a wall of water through Toccoa
Falls Bible College in Georgia.
► Today's birthdays
Director Mike Nichols is 65. Country singer
Stonewall Jackson is 64. Country singer Guy Clark is
55. Actress Sally Field is 50. Pop singer-musician
Glenn Frey (The Eagles) is 48. NBC-TV newscaster
Maria Shriver is 41. Actor Lance Kerwin is 36. Ac
tress Lori Singer is 34. Rock singer Corey Glover (Liv
ing Colour) is 32. Actor Peter DeLuise is 30. Actor
Ethan Hawke is 26.
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Tomorrow
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Cloudy with a 70 percent
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thunderstorms.
Some early morning
showers. Clearing skies
in the afternoon.
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I o morrows
Expected High
70°F
Tomorrow’s
Expected Low
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