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NEWS THE BATTALION 9 Tuesday, November 12, 2002 Ve niber 12, Continued from pg 8 PETS OFA Choc Lab pups both parents First shots, wormed, dew claws re ived $400. 220-3863 price must TeT leash-trained baby Sugargliders. )nal Possess,-.-Bll 696-2533. CD with book, doesn’t sell tirsnow^ That Purrs! 5-adorable if Vbrthe5 Biite kittens, 3-young adults for adoption, d early, B/gtSSO-OSOO, The Cat’s Cradle. T -^■eimaramer puppy silver Female 3mo ■otsand worms, $175 272-1223 MNTED j| REAL ESTATE Part-time-~Mee quick over- the- net market analysis Ji| able in to, I your property iignlngbanH lw.AndrewSmithOnline.com or call 693- 1 6 to be eiic'ij |53. Century 21 broker roommates Nd’h 1pr% Im/F needed, mid-December move in, le every tt«s; house, $325/mo. -t- 1/3 bills. es 'veuki nc4] K an @hlkn.tamu.edu wiping to $u- •; L erviong acctm 3.0 GPA » and resunetr University ft ion,TX77W ■ 2, or 3 roommates needed in January, 170 each plus 1/3 bills, great apartment damenities, call 694-3163. : needed asap. Beautiful 3bdrm/2bth, 10/mo+1/3bills. Great location, by park, shuttle, w/d, large bdrms. Peggy 696- 143/713-412-6238. F needed for Spring in 2bd/2bth, huge private bath, great location, W/D, iO/mo+1/2bills, 694-6459 F needed for Spring semester, idrm/2bth, furnished house, $350/mo. 1/3 bills. Carrie 694-6908 i bu, I f needed to sublease for Spring Semes- ills. aWityt/ fr. 3bdrm/3bth, $390/mo +1/3bills. 680 Wont 12-':' r13 00pm neec jed, a.s.a.p, spring semester, Sato". iBeautiful 3bdrm/2bth house, $375/mo.+1/3 |lls, great location, shuttle, w/d, 1413 laudill, 696-7462. f roommate, 3bdrm/2bth duplex, |l76/mo., pets ok, stables for horses, 5713. male needed asap for spring semester 2ba $325.75/mo +1/4bills, new house ”” I03 Azalea 696-0128 Appiy ■ - iied pefsor.rii art-time. Ftritf •female needed to sublease Ibdrm/lbth ila 3bdrm/2bth house, fenced yard, close o campus, $300/mo. 587-0265. NEWS IN BRIEF Police commissioner seeks money from federal government NEW YORK (AP) - The city’s police commissioner is seeking fed eral money for the police force, arguing that the department should be compensated for its contribu tions to national defense. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the department should be enti tled to federal aid because it assigned so many officers to coun terterrorism duties after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, The New York Times reported Monday. Pilot dies in plane crash in South Carolina air show COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A Korean War veteran flying his World War II- era fighter in an air show crashed in the woods and was killed. Joseph 0. Tobul, 68, was flying his F4U Corsair in formation with other aircraft Sunday when smoke began to trail from the fighter, witnesses said. The planes were going to fly over the Dorn VA Medical Center, a tribute Tobul thought up for the disabled vet erans who couldn't get to the Celebrate Freedom Festival air show. Tobul’s son, Jim, and two grand sons were piloting three of the other planes in the formation and wit nessed the crash. Jim Tobul could see his father was having engine trouble. Using his radio, he tried to help him. But it was too late. Veteran’s Day JP BEATO III • THE BATTALION Lt. Gen. John Van Alstyne (left), Texas A&M's new commandant of cadets, and former Commandant Maj. Gen. M.T. "Ted" Hopgood Jr. (right) present a wreath at the West Gate Memorial while an Aggie Band bugler plays Taps at Albritton Tower on Monday. The Corps of Cadets commemorated Veterans Day with patriotic observances on campus and around the community. m avaiiaSs ft >sary, fat*; th StotesC - ; & Drinks aid'S itee! Repste VIP treatre"! 1445 or sa ; sti oftefoMfertfi 1 begins 1/7 at College hru 1231)2. -Female roommate needed for bdrm/3bth Spring Semester, $400/mo IMelectric. 694-2635. Fun friendly room- nates. •Female roommate needed for spring se- nester, 4bd/2.5bth house, $300/mo. IMbills. Please call Alisa or Jessica at 79-7765-0381. Thanks. I-M needed to sublease Spring semester. 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Commander James Wetherbee had just strapped into his cockpit seat. “I’d like to welcome you aboard ... but tonight’s not our night,’’ NASA test director Steve Altemus said. “I know you guys are going to be disappointed, but I think we want to give you a healthy vehicle before we cut you loose from the cape here.” Wetherbee replied: “Absolutely.” The oxygen leak is believed to be somewhere deep in the midbody of Endeavour beneath the payload bay. It is in one of two systems that feed oxygen into the crew cabin for breathing and into the astronauts’ pressure suits during launch and landing. Launch controllers had just begun fueling Endeavour for an early Monday morning launch when they detect ed the leak. It was a stunning discovery since both oxy gen lines had passed all inspections back in the hangar. The concern was that the leak, while small, could worsen. It was the latest in a series of problems that have plagued NASA’s shuttles this year, most notably fuel line cracks that grounded the entire fleet all summer. “It’s like this leak just appeared out of the blue,” said shuttle program director Ron Dittemore. “For that alone and knowing that you still have the shake, rattle and roll to go through to get to orbit, caused us to pause and want us to understand it better.” Dittemore said the oxygen systems are redundant and NASA probably could have launched Endeavour without any issues. But he noted: “It’s the unknown, why this happened after it passed the checks. Did we have some collateral damage? Is it worse? ... We just couldn’t go and launch in the blind.” Endeavour was poised to carry up a fresh three-man crew to replace the current space station occupants, who have been on board since June. The shuttle also holds a $390 million girder for the orbiting complex. Launch director Mike Leinbach said Endeavour’s payload bay doors will be opened and even though it will be a tight squeeze for workers to find and fix the leak, the 14-ton girder should not have to be removed. The problem could be a loose seal or tube fitting, he noted. The launch was rescheduled for no earlier than Nov. 18. Mission Control immediately notified the one American and two Russian space station residents about the delay in Endeavour’s launch — and their ride home. Sunday was their 158th day in orbit. ^ J Peggy Whitson and her cosmonaut crewmates were supposed to return to Earth last month. But their mission was extended because of the summerlong grounding of the shuttle fleet. Cracks in the fuel lines of all four shuttles resulted in a launch moratorium that did not end until last month. Then when Atlantis finally lifted off on Oct. 7, half of the explosive charges for releasing bolts that hold the shuttle onto the pad did not fire. Fortunately, only one set of explosives is needed for release; the other set serves as a backup. Even though engineers could not determine what caused the electrical failure, NASA pressed ahead with Endeavour’s launch, saying the problem was almost cer tainly an isolated event. Nevertheless, the wiring for Endeavour’s explosive charges were double-checked and, in some cases, replaced. Filipino-American veterans fighting for full benefits SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ernesto Cinco fought in the Philippine jungles alongside Americans and his fellow Filipinos during World War II. He spent 1 1 months in Japanese prison camps, and was awarded the Bronze Star medal. But Cinco, who was sent to war by President Roosevelt and is a U.S. citizen, is not eligible to receive the same benefits as the other veterans who were his com rades in arms. He and about 11,000 other Filipino- American soldiers who fought under General Douglas MacArthur during World War II have been lobbying for years for official recognition of their mil itary service and full veterans benefits. “It’s not just discrimination,” said Cinco, 82, who shares a tiny room in a San Francisco residential hotel with another Filipino-American veteran. “I consider ourselves as not being treated as human beings.” When the war broke out, the Philippines were a commonwealth of the United States and Roosevelt called about 200,000 Filipinos into military service. 4^ They joined American forces in fighting the Japanese on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island in the Philippines. But under an act passed by Congress in 1946, Filipino veterans were denied the same full benefits as other American veterans. Advocates for the Filipinos are now focusing on a bill that would allow veterans who are legal perma nent residents or U.S. citizens, and who live in the United States, to get the same Veterans Affairs health care as other American veterans. The bill has been passed by the House and is now awaiting approval in the Senate. The VA supports the bill, said Chris Allen, legislative affairs officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs. But in their quest for equal benefits, the Filipino veterans are seeking more than just VA health care. Faustino Baclig, 80, said it is a matter of pride. “We are not second-class citizens. We have proven that we know how to defend and fight for the United States,” Baclig said. “It boils down to discrimination to me, and that is what we are fighting. “You never expect that your ally, your friend, your protector would turn his back the moment that victory was won,” said Baclig, who fought in Bataan and survived the infa mous Death March. “We fought side-by- side with Americans, American whites and American blacks.” The veterans have made some progress. Between 1990 and 1995, about 17,000 Filipino veterans were naturalized as U.S. citizens in return for their military service. Under a law passed in 2000, Filipino veterans may be buried in national cemeteries. We fought side-by-side with AmericatiSy American whites and American blacks. -— Faustino Baclig Filipino-American veteran And some Filipino veterans who were injured, or had disabilities that were aggravated during U.S. military service, can receive the same VA health care as other American veterans. The bill in Congress attempts to get VA health care for eligible Filipino veterans even if they weren’t injured during military service — something needed by the aging veterans, who are mostly now in their 80s, said Eric Lachica, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based American Coalition for Filipino Veterans Inc. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, who tes tified before the House’s subcommittee on veterans affairs in support of recog nizing the Filipino veterans, said the situ ation is “a moment in our history that needed to be rectified.” The men, “who gave so much and sac rificed so much ... deserve to be consid ered a part of what is known as ’the Greatest Generation,”’ said Phillips, who is Filipino-American and said he was named after a World War II hero. Gunnery Sgt. Lew Diamond. “These men have felt slighted and overlooked for 60 years.” IN THE AFTERNOON! Radio News from the newsroom of THE BATTALION campus and community news 1:57 p.m. Monday through Friday on KAMU-FM 90.9 College Station / Bryan Zip ATTENTION SENIORS. Have your senior portrait made for the Aggielond yearbook. Free. Go by AR Photography at 404 University Drive E., Ste. F (in the shopping center with TCBY), Mon.-Thurs. 9-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-4 p.m., or call 693-8183.
