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. H . - AGQ IHF |j NKWS THE BATTALION Monday, September 23, 2002 iced ies am [Thousands evacuated as Isidore speeds along the tip of Mexico LOUKttSY ad Pitt am*? September 22: Show wr an' was horo r in a rowasojs music or cor-: ^vard lot inc,: :e m a vane, n went to t - All This Tr< Gathering fc- 5est TV moHei: vas honored*:- a mmiswes :r - aval of on a writing &i Linney was v- ress in a mrs or \rYild lm r r Michael I as suppo"-; Dean," anc j| her seconc* it, won best u for The f I Story, of Brothers i * far II epic,**r riiniseries tow host Opr i the inair. Humanitanr g philanttu:: resenter i:‘ an Hopespf ling U.S. tr: really is rxr it to me th^ ^ood hurra! said, acW ), and hiswSf BS, Fox andi with the d* or jointly suf# >t. II * i: A Tribute"" »ram also re? or variety, '• special. you on be ef u I America'* w York Cih Giuliani. nts ihner ■ MERIDA, Mexico (AP) — Powerful Hurricane Isidore dn ve tens of thousands of their homes as it raked the coast of th Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday, then veered inland toward the state capital. I The storm shredded trees, knocked out power, set roofs ■ncmg in the air and prompted the state oil company to evacuate 8HXX) oil workers from drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. I The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the Category 3 storm could grow stronger and veer to north in two days, put ting it on a possible course for the U.S. Gulf Coast. ■ At 8 p.m. EDT, Isidore was about 20 miles 30 east of Merida. It was heading west- southwest at about 8 mph — a path expected to continue for at least a day. I The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Isidore’s maximum sustained winds were down s|ghtly to 120 mph and could wi aken more until it re-emerges over water in the Gulf of Mexico eaily Monday. I It was then likely to gradually veer toward Louisiana or Texas. Yucatan state Gov. Patricio Patron said “the worst of sce narios” was happening as Isidore marched along the state’s coast with 125-mph winds, then edged slightly inland toward Merida. With many areas cut off by telephone or road, the governor told the Associated Press he had no confirmed reports of deaths and no estimate of damage. Some local radio stations earlier reported deaths from traffic acci dents, but details and their rela tion to the storm were unclear. The governor said some coastal residents had rejected the appeals of troops trying to enforce his mandatory evacua tion order aimed at 70,000 peo ple. Officials canceled classes Monday for 480.000 students to free classrooms for use as shelters. The storm blasted down power lines and forced authori ties to cut power in other areas because of the danger. Several television and radio stations were knocked off the air. Winds howled over piles of branches in Merida’s main plaza Sunday night as residents hud dled in darkened homes, hotels and public buildings. “I’m supposed to fly out at noon tomorrow, but I’m guess ing that’s not going to happen,” said Richard Syrop, a 22-year- old grocery manager at a health food store in Tucson, Ariz. The state oil monopoly, Petroleos Mexicanos, announced it was evacuating more than 8,000 workers from oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico as a precaution. Eight hundred others were left aboard pending developments. Heavy waves pounded the piers and washed onto coastal boulevards in Progreso, the peninsula’s main port city, 20 miles to the north. Reporters saw light poles uprooted and hurled to the ground as their lamp fixtures continued to twirl in the winds above. Hundreds of fishermen had returned to shore and secured small boats as the storm neared Progreso, said Capt. Alberto Ordaz Galindo, in charge of navigation for the port captain’s office. Isidore dumped 12 to 20 inches of rain on the sparsely populated northern coastline of the peninsula, knocking out phone and power services to small villages. Soldiers and police in all-ter rain vehicles scoured muddy roads and streets along the coast while the navy used small ves sels to cruise from village to vil lage enforcing the mandatory evacuations. Torrential rains associated with Isidore caused flooding that killed a 16-year-old boy and an 89-year-old man on Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast and authorities there bused hundreds of families to higher ground. Hurricane warnings were in effect from Campeche on the Gulf of Mexico to the Mayan ruins of Tulum on the Caribbean. Isidore hit western Cuba on Friday and Saturday with 100 mph winds and torrential rains. 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Rams vs. Buccaneers $500 (>,) Cash Giveaway Plus tickets to Bocktoberfest in Shiner.TX on October 19"’ and a ride on the Fox and Hound Party Bus to be given away at the end of every quarter. Ask us about our Front Row Fan Club. Win a VIP Party for Monday Night Football. Register for our weekly giveaway. Call for details 846-021 I Lawmakers to deny request for 'regional' security in order to speed resolution ^WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers predict ed Sunday that President Bush's request for a mandate to restore regional security in the Mideast would be scaled down to address just Iraq, allowing congressional authoriza tion to take on Saddam Hussein. ifThere were also bipartisan pleas for Israeli restraint in the face of Iraqi provocation, although members of Congress said they would understand if Israel felt the need to respond to attacks. The White House has proposed a resolu tion that would authorize the president "to NEWS IN BRIEF use all means that he determines to be appropriate, including force, in order to defend the national security interests of the United States against the threat posed by Iraq, and restore international peace and security in the region." Mother in taped beating says she was having bad day TINLEY PARK, III. (AP) — Awoman caught on videotape beating her child in a depart ment store parking lot said Sunday she lost her temper because she was having a bad day. Madelyne Gorman Toogood, 25, told reporters Sunday she hit her 4-year-old daughter, Martha, in the head and back and pulled her hair — but did not punch her. On a surveillance videotape of the Sept. 13 incident, which has been televised national ly, Toogood appears to make punching motions toward her daughter, who is mostly hidden within the sport utility vehicle. "Martha didn't deserve what she got," Toogood said. "I just lost my temper." The girl, Martha Toogood, was placed in foster care when her mother turned herself in to authorities, who said the girl had no visible injuries. Authorities said Toogood left the Kohl's department store in northern Indiana angry because she was denied a cash refund for two pairs of jeans; she denied that the failed refund attempt was connected to the beating. ARRESTED? Driver’s License Suspended? DWI? DUI? Call a Board Certified Criminal Lawyer Lane D. Thibodeaux Attorney at Law L Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (979) 775-5700 ] Business Career Fair September 24-26 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday Accenture AIM Funds Allegiance Healthcare Banc of America Securities BP Energy / 1ST North America Bridgestone / Firestone Career Center Central Intelligence Agency Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Cintas Consolidated Graphics Dynegy Inc. E&J Gallo Winery' Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Ferguson Enterprises General Accounting Office Grainger H.E.B. Grocery Company Helzberg Diamonds Hershey Foods Hope Lumber & Supply Company Iconixx Internal Revenue Services International Paint International Study Abroad Program J.D. Edwards & Company JC Penney KPMG, LLP Kroger Co. Kroger Co. Luby’s, Inc. Marathon Oil National Instruments Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Office Depot Pricewaterhouse Coopers Randalls/ Tom Thumb Royce Homes, L.P. RSM McGladrey, Inc/ McGladrey & Pullen LLP Ryan & Company Sears, Roebuck and Company Sewell Automotive Company Sherwin-Williams Smith & Associates SourceNet Solutions Sprint PCS Standard & Poor's Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts The Expo Group TXU USAA Walgreens Wal-Mart Wednesday Allegis Group Amereda Hess American National Army & Air Force Bank One Corporation Black and Decker / Dewalt Career Center Cemex, Inc. Cintas Citigroup Compass Conoco Delloite & Touche DHL Worldwide Express Entergy-Koch Ferguson Enterprises GE Capital Services General Accounting Office General Services Administration Guaranty Bank Halliburton HEB Homecomings Financial Hope Lumber and Supply Job Gusher KBR Kohls Lucifer Lighting Mann Frankfort and Stein Maxim Healthcare Services McKesson Corporation Mervyn's California Northwestern Mutual Office Depot Pappas Restaraunts Payless ShoeSource PKF Texas Randalls Raytheon Royce Homes Sears, Roebuck & Company Shell Oil Company Smith & Associates SourceNet Solutions Study Abroad Texas Instruments Toys R Us UCS United States Gypsum US Army Recruiting Battalion Houston USAA Walgreens Wells Fanto Thursday Applied Materials Automatic Data Processing Boston Consulting Career Center Delloite Consulting Duke Energy Easley Endres Ernst & Young Exxon Mobile Corporation Farmers Insurance Fastenal General Services Administration Hertz Corporation Hewitt Associates Hewlitt Packard IMG Financial Group JP Morgan Chase Kinkos Neiman Marcus Newell Rubbermaid Pepsi Bottling Group Protiviti Saville, Dodgen & Company Southw'est Bank Sterling Bank Study Abroad Target Stores Texas Youth Commission Toys R Us UCS US Army Recruiting Battalion Houston Velocity VHA Wells Fargo Financial Receptions 7-9 p.m. @ (Sept 23) Cafe Eccell (Sept 24) Letterman Club (Sept 25) Clayton Williams
