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H/e accept competitors coupons ■ 0 VISA ciuickserv johnny INSTORE PERFORMANCE jppr 4HL •r VL JHi MONDAV_AT MjPNIGHT STlSlGHWM: ra,imiitSMSfflG PDMMS ;2SK «EUV 4ES5e ILJP 8 • :;:^T i COUNTRY 3i»ec:ftAIL OS1KBCRSS AftAATAY^ W^i.OOIVie CLASSICAL THie** f2reOC>F?«> SSTOiSre * is* 05/0.25: Ta T* 009) ^4C»8S.«sa: <<jp9«Gte jr%^k««k’R «r«> 4BR *i<89-<<BSS» — «C» RD* *9* "3^ Panel makes air safety proposal WASHINGTON (AP) —Tighter airport secu rity, including profiles to single out passengers who may pose a threat, was recommended Wednesday by a White House commission formed after the TWA Flight 800 disaster. The commission urged that by the end of the year, airports implement a combination of passenger profiling, explosive-detecting equipment and bag matching to reduce the chances of a bomb being brought aboard an airliner. Bag matching is a system that makes sure luggage doesn’t stay on the plane if the passenger who checked it isn’t aboard. A variety of federal agencies, airlines and airport authorities will be responsible for act ing on more than 50 proposals included in the final report, which was deliv ered to President Clinton at the White House. The Federal Aviation Admin istration said it “will move quick ly to implement the recommen dations” of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. “The world is changing and so must our aviation policies and practices,” Vice President A1 Gore said at the commis sion’s final meeting. allowing Customs agents to inspect airmail as it leaves the country as well as incoming mail. Commission member Kathleen Flynn, who lost a child in the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103, said: “We have got to do passenger bag- gagematch, we have got to do passenger profil ing, we have got to do explosives detection... in a comprehensive program.” “We cannot allow terrorists to intimidate a free society,” added commission member George W. Williams. Under the commission plan, bag matching would be done for the luggage of any passenger who fits the danger profile, as well as randomly on other passengers, explained commission member Brian Michael Jenkins. “This has been a con tentious area,” he admitted. “Our objective is keeping bombs off airplanes.” While bag-matching wouldn’t be done for all luggage immediately, Gore said that is the even tual objective. The plan drew a quick complaint from the Amer ican Civil Liberties Union. The proposed profiling Air safety Highlights from Vice President Al Gore’s recommendations on aviation safety: was the : It Men’s Ba; as Tech Un “Our objective is keeping bombs off airplanes.” Brian Michael Jenkins Commission member rn • Reducing the Jjp' accident rate by percent over 10 years • Automated profiling, which scaos the travel history and possible crim* derso c utlasl pasts of passengers to identify K. Hn f -r. V, potential terrorists IreLTseu, ■Down or ggr • Modernization of air lints at traffic control systems Im overcar P'ge early h • Improved bomb-detecting Idhalftofoi technology and increased useo ; > 2 bomb-sniffing dogs And President Clinton pledged to use “all the tools of modem science” to make air travel safer. He urged Congress to approve the $100 million in added annual spending for air security recom mended by the commission. While the Flight 800 explosion last July, which killed 230 people, prompted formation of the commission, the report was wide-ranging and did not specifically address that disaster. That crash remains unsolved with investigators con sidering as possible causes a bomb, mechanical failure or a missile. Among the commission’s proposals are im proving the government’s inspection program for older airplanes; forming a panel to study whether antimissile technology should be in stalled on airliners; installating improved ground proximity warning systems to help pi lots avoid mountainside crashes; requiring that safety seats be used for infants on aircraft, in stead of letting them ride on parents’ laps; and system is invasive of privacy and likely to be dis criminatory,” said counsel Gregory Nojeim. Nojeim contended only full bag matching can prevent a terrorist from checking a bag with a bomb in it and then not boarding the plane. “The airlines have prevailed on this commission not to go to full luggage match be cause they don’t want to pay for it,” he said. The Air Transport Association, tlie trade group for the major airlines, said “the coupling of profiling and bag match appears to be a pru dent” proposal. “An effective security system is multifaceted — made up of many layers that, when taken to gether, offer a blanket of security to the aviation system,” said ATA president Carol Hallett. The commission plan calls for the FBI, CIA and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to research known terrorists, hijackers and bombers to develop the profiles. These would be most useful if they can be matched against automated passenger information the airlines • Better training of security officers But al jnissed free t ferh for war 3(loper, the A Round and 1 ■cored on a ■The Aggies ■ ensuing ■e-and-one maintain It also called for creation on- u and sory board on civ,11,berries quest.onsfe| tw0 rree from the development and useofprofi 1 J j<ech By Chf The B Gore also announced that the National! nautics and Space Administration willchai aviation programs to focus onsafetyre: NASA will devote $500 million overthe years to this effort, Gore said. A cost estimate for implementing all 1 committee’s recommendations was notioj ately available. I \ major cas The commission issued a set of prelimra!i ln)U gh g. Rol ommendations last September and GoreM,rinpsday n that action has already begin on mostoflbfflK^eJ Texas T eluding forming security teams at 41 aiip®§a iders defeat chasing of 54 explosive-detection macfe:m ( , n ' s Basket!); ing 114 dog teams to snilfexplosives andhr.pj As has beer safety inspectors : Most of these fell behind e ■ramble to ke Groups permitted to open Cuban burea CNN and Associated Press plan outlets in Hava WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move it said would focus more at tention on the shortcomings of Communist Cuba, the Clinton ad ministration gave the go-ahead Wednesday for 10 U.S. news orga nizations to open bureaus in Cuba. Of the 10, only CNN has permission from the Cuban government. The Cuban Foreign Ministry said the other media applications, including one from The Associat ed Press, would be reviewed. The administration acted after influential conservatives, includ ing Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee Chairman Jesse Helms, R- N.C., said they would have no objection to the presence of U.S. news bureaus in Havana. No U.S. news outlet has had a per manent bureau in Cuba since the AP was expelled from the island in 1969. White House spokesman Mike McCurry said the administration action was in keeping with a poli cy dating back to October 1995 “supporting an increased flow of accurate information to and from and within Cuba itself.” He said the administration be lieves reporting by U.S. news or ganizations “will keep interna tional attention focused on the situation in Cuba and on the real ities of economic and political conditions thereA'M lOBrn / ; “It also will bring greater public exposure to those who are advo cating a democratic change in Cuba,” he said. A Cuban Foreign Ministry official in Havana, contacted by telephone, said that CNN was the only U.S. news organization authorized by the Cubans. “We will con tinue analyzing the rest of the ap plications” and will make deci sions “when the Cuban govern ment considers it opportune,” said the official. Cuba approved CNN’s applica tion last August. Several for eign news out lets, including British and French “Our year-round Havana reporting will enable CNN viewers to be more informed about developments in Cuba.” CNN news agencies, have been allowed by the Cuban government to set up per manent bureaus. But Cuba frequently has grant ed American reporters visas — usually lasting about a week — for travel to the Caribbean island. Cuban officials have said that 90 percent of visa applications from American reporters have been ap proved oyer the years. Besides CNN and the AP, U.S. government permission to open bureaus was extended to ABC, CBS, Univision, The Miami Herald, Dow Jones News Services, tlie Chicago Tribune, die Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the School for Ad vanced Interna tional Studies at Johns Hopkins University, which publishes a Cuba news letter. CNN News Group President Tom Johnson said that he was pleased by the ad ministration deci sion, and that the network’s Havana bureau would open in March. "Our year-round slipping away, jumped out t( and then w; clawed its wa> Trailing by the first half, 1 12-5 run to ga before the ini Th Tom Johnson NewsGroup president Havana reporting will enable CNN viewers to be more informed about developments in Cuba,” Johnson said. Veteran CNN Latin America correspondent Lucia Newman was named Havana bureau chief. Louis D. Boccardi, AP president and chief executive officer, said: “We welcome theAmeric and continue, as we have free throv ing for several years, toprT sen ' or guard Cubans for their approval. I Cllt fr> e l eac ^ t(: CNN asked for to open a bureau in Noveml the administration heldbacii concern over a potential nfii reaction from conservative: Last week, Helms saidali CNN to open a bureauinL r could hasten the demise Castro’s government. Ear Cuban-American Nationals dation, an anti-Castro m based in Miami, said it had : jectipns to a permanent presence in Cuba. As for the possibility! news outlets being permitl crate in tlie United States, said that would beconditiot a representative sampling^ news organizations being#' to operate freely in Cuba. Castro said in Octobet that Cuba had no interestin ing news bureaus in States because of the such operations. In virtually all other cot U.S. news organizations do || U.S. government approval® an office. But tlie rules for C# d i ffe re n t beca use of the lb embargo against the island. FLYING TOWARD YOUR FUTURE CO-OP, INTERNSHIPS & SUMMER JOBS The TAMU Career Center invites you to attend a Panel Discussion on the “other” education. 601 Rudder Tuesday, February 18 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Simpson Continued from Pagel But he stopped short oW whether he would also be" 1 - to waive his attorney’s fees The attorney for Ms. Sinf estate did not return telf calls for comment. Loyola University Law Associate Dean Laurie Lev?' said Goldman’s offer was 1 ilarly in tod symbolic than realistic. “I think there is an tffll dashing thr frustration by Fred Goldman 1 through the OJ. to care,” Levenson said looking for satisfaction at money would never be sa tion. He is trying to get tit the denial and he’s willing t# millions of dollars for that.” If Simpson had accepted 1 man’s offer, he could not haT tried again for the killings bee® double jeopardy provisions. Presumably, Simpsonco® tried for perjury if he admits killings, Levenson said, too is unlikely. She noted that former De® 1 Mark Fuhrman received onlyp r ’ tion for pleading no contest!/ during the Simpson criminal about his past use of a racial sL T here i: workit matioi glamour an sible seems Russell Ni Team, can re Nuti was ther and thi brought up cess — a beli cus, shot pui “There’s r the farm,” At son said. “G days have sh Despite b competitor, sixth grade.