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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. govern-
ient has informed Iceland that, contrary to a
lagazine report last week, U.S. nuclear
eapons were never deployed on the Nordic
Island during the Cold War.
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locations of nuclear weapons, the Clinton ad-
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published Oct. 20 was wrong in naming Ice
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ploying nuclear weapons in their territory.
The Bulletin article — written by military
storians Robert S. Norris, William Arkin and
/illiam Burr — was based on a newly de-
assified 1977 official Pentagon history of the
stody and deployment of U.S. nuclear
eapons.
Nine locations of weapons were listed in an
ppendix to the Pentagon report. Government
■ensors blacked out the names of 18 other lo-
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ments that Iceland was among the 18.
"We may be wrong, but
the evidence surrounding
the nuclear history of Ice
land continues to provide
suspicions/'
— William Arkin
Military historian
“While we will not fill in the names of
places that were redacted from the original
document, we want to make clear that the
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ conclusion that
the document indicated U.S. nuclear weapons
were deployed to Iceland is incorrect,” Robert
Sorenson, deputy chief of mission at the U.S.
Embassy in Reykjavik, said in a telephone in
terview yesterday.
Jon Hannibalsson, Iceland’s ambassador to
Washington, was given that assurance the day
the story appeared, Sorenson said.
“This is a dead issue” as far as the Iceland
government is concerned, Hjalmar Hannes-
son, the director of political affairs at the For
eign Ministry in Reykjavik, said in a telephone
interview yesterday. He said his government
was assured “the name of Iceland is definite
ly not there on the list.”
Arkin said yesterday: “We may be wrong, but
the evidence surrounding the nuclear history of
Iceland continues to provide suspicions.”
The Bulletin’s publisher, Steve Schwartz,
said the Clinton administration’s willingness
to publicly deny the Iceland story while keep
ing secret other information about nuclear de
ployments of decades ago “points up the prob
lems of the nuclear secrecy regime.”
Arkin initially asked the Pentagon for the nu
clear weapons deployment history in 1983, but
the still-censored version was not released until
May. “It’s been a 16-year ordeal,” he said.
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under investigation
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WASHINGTON (AP)
The
team to South Korea to begin the
field inquiry into allegations of a
Korean War massacre of civilians
by U.S. soldiers.
The investigators, headed by
the Army’s inspector general, Lt.
Gen. Michael Ackerman, plan
one day of talks with their South
ieways, a studycomiMj K 0rear j counterparts on Friday,
defense officials said. They left
for Seoul yesterday.
Kenneth Bacon, spokesman for
Defense Secretary William Cohen,
said the meeting will mark the start
of the information sharing that Co
hen promised President Kim Dae-
yi |jung in an Oct. 8 letter. Cohen told
m u a*JI Kim the U.S. investigation would
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400 civilians under a bridge at No
Gun Ri, South Korea, early in the
war. A subsequent AP report said
that in addition to the No Gun Ri
incident in late July 1950, the Army
a short time later destroyed two
strategic bridges as South Korean
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hundreds of civilians.
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Prior to publication of the AP
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examinations of military records
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NEW YORK (AP) — Consumer
confidence fell sharply in October
for the fourth straight monthly de
cline, suggesting that the Federal
Reserve is succeeding in cooling
off the economy by raising inter
est rates.
The Conference Board said yes
terday that its index of consumer
confidence, a measure of people’s
willingness to spend, fell to 130.1 in
October from 134.2 in September.
The drop was bigger than analysts
had expected.
The index is now nearly 9 points
below its peak of 139 in June, which
was its highest reading in more than
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Consumers “still are feeling good
about things, but they are not opti
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Gary Thayer, chief economist at
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Kathleen Stephansen, an econo
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Securities Corp. in New York, said:
“Yes, consumer confidence is down,
but it is not necessary the end of
Confidence down
Here is a look at the consumer
confidence index from a survey
of 5,000 U.S. households.
Seasonally adjusted
Current 130.1
One month ago 134.2
One year ago 119.3
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It’s almost hoops time. And it is time to start drawing
your tickets to the first games of the
1999-2000 season.
The good news is that when you get your ticket before
the game, you
know you have an excellent seat to watch
the Aggies.
Just take your sports card and your friends’ cards to
Reed Arena, the MSC Box Office in
Rudder Tower or
the Athletic Ticket Office in G. Rollie White to pull
your tickets for games. Reed Arena even has 30 minute
parking right
in front of the building for people buying
tickets to basketball games and other events. It’s quick
and easy.
At present, you can walk up to the North Entrance to
Reed Arena the night of the game, have your card
swiped and receive a pretty good ticket. But if you are a
little late getting to the game, there
might be a short
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will already have
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It’s like getting football tickets except you can get
tickets for everyone whose card you have. It works.
Save this schedule for ticket distribution. See you at the
games.
Game Date
Opponent
.Pickup Date
Women’s
Fri., Nov. 12
Exhibition
Now!
Wed., Nov. 18
Miss. All Stars
Now!
Tue., Nov. 23
Sam Houston
Now!
Sat.., Nov. 27
UT-Pan American
Now!
Fri.., Dec. 3
UT-San Antonio
Mon., Nov. 15
Wed., Dec. 8
Tulane
Mon., Nov. 15
Sat., Dec. 11
Jackson State
Mon., Nov. 15
Sun., Dec. 19
TAMU-Corpus Christi Mon., Nov. 15
Sat., Jan. 8
Oklahoma State
Mon., Nov. 29
Sat., Jan. 15
Kansas State
Mon., Nov. 29
Wed., Jan. 26
Oklahoma
Mon., Nov. 29
Sat., Jan. 29
Texas Tech
Mon., Nov. 29
Wed., Feb. 9
Baylor
Tues. Jan. 18
Wed., Feb. 16
Missouri
Tues. Jan. 18
Wed., Feb. 23
Iowa State
\ Tues. Jan. 18
Sat., Feb. 26
Texas
Tues. Jan. 18
Men’s
Thur.,Nov. 11
Exhibition
Now!
Tue., Nov. 16
Exhibition
Now!
Sat., Nov. 27
North Carolina A&T
Now!
Wed., Dec. 1
Stephen F. Austin
Mon., Nov. 15
Sun., Dec. 5
Va. Commonwealth
Mon., Nov. 15
Wed., Jan 5
Centenary
Mon., Nov. 15
Wed., Jan. 12
Texas
Mon., Nov. 29
Mon., Jan. 17
Kansas
Mon., Nov. 29
Sat., Jan. 22
Oklahoma State
Mon., Nov. 29
Wed., Feb. 2 •
Baylor
Tues., Jan. 18
Sat., Feb. 12
Colorado
Tues., Jan. 18
Sat., Feb. 19
Texas Tech
Tues., Jan. 18
Wed., Mar. 1
Oklahoma
Mon., Jan. 31
Sat., Mar. 4
Nebraska
Mon. Jan. 31