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the »flt( i; ;news t^e battalion 7A JOS ^psrs pushgQ:^ Tiitureand^ iNovemte ' Bush says Lott right to apologize for ‘offensive’ remark ised Hiuk report, fe i leasureoftu hirdquare-: a $127.61 : second qE ‘panment-i nt account" t only tk i xls and a mtries, ta )ws and uni jdins U.S.f( :rcas ■ PHILADELPHIA (AP) - President Bush raised his voice in a political controversy enveloping Trent Lott, saying the Senate Republican leader’s mments about the segregated were “offensive” and required the apology he gave. “Any suggestion that the seg- Igated past was acceptable or sitive is offensive and it is ong,” Bush said Thursday to a mixed-race audi ence here, drawing long applause. Lott’s office Ini m e d i a t e 1 y issued a statement embracing the president’s com ments. B “Senator Lott ■rees with jp-esident Bush that his words were wrong and he is sorry. He repu- mates segregation because it is ■moral,” Lott spokesman Ron JBonjean said. I Weighing into the controver sy for the first time, the presi- (k’n: said the recent comments Jk Lott “do not reflect the spirit of our country.” I “He has apologized and lightly so,” Bush said. “Every Jay our nation was segregated |ps a day that America was pifaithful to our founding leals.” After Bush’s speech. White lous press secretary Ari leischer said the president does jfeot think Lott needs to resign as tjority leader. Fleischer said that Bush decided to make the comments to “show what was in his heart”. Lott said neither the adminis tration nor any Republican col leagues have asked him to resign as the Senate GOP leader, as some top Democrats have sug gested. Lott ignited Any suggestion that the segregated past was acceptable or positive is offensive and it is wrong. — George W. Bush United States president Several school districts close because of flulike illnesses iiomey''' courtroom r Paul Eberi- [ from courifi erience will r penis-ski s televised.! at TV cam J An increase in student ell knowstla [bsences associated with a flu- 81 hadnool* ike illness sweeping through verage, bull fexas has prompted several dis- id based on|( nets to close their doors for the ice,” he » e st of the week, iackofafe In Stephenville, about 90 a it up." P'l es southwest of Dallas, Gelder of! ichool officials decided to sociationdisj 8 dose schools Thursday and is case and 5 'hday, giving students a four- irv matter.iw a y weekend. I I just think that the flulike Jidemic is at such a point that ,r the safety of our students, e need to find a way to stem e tide,” Superintendent arrell Floyd said in a story in bursday’s online edition of e Stephenville Empire- nbune. a te puDiio*** Other districts closed for the erstandabl^ Jfst of the week were Sulphur pnngs and Como-Pickton, ^nich both decided to shut oown after nearly 20 percent of e >r students were absent with illness. (Thursday) we were up 0Ve r 16 percent, but we’ve had ■several more go home since | at tendance was taken,” Sulphur Pnngs Superintendent Mark “ enr y said in Thursday’s ulphur Springs News- 5. e 8 rarn - “Right now it’s prob ycloser to 19 or 20 percent.” ihe Celina, Decatur, e Leon, Rains and Mineral ! c SC I 10 °1 districts are also it f or th 6 week, while the awkm^ Pewitt and Pittsburg , ncts In East Texas closed ear l*er this week. Rains Independent School s net spokeswoman Sandra a controversy with remarks last week at an event marking Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 100th birthday. Lott said Mississippians were proud to have voted for Thurmond in 1948. “And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years, either.” Thurmond in 1948 ran for president on a segregationist platform. Lott apologized Wednesday, saying his words were “terri ble” and “insensitive.” Bush was animated as he condemned Lott’s original remarks. Audience members, many of them minorities who work in religious groups and charities in inner-city communi ties across the mid-Atlantic, repeatedly cheered approval of Bush’s words. “Uh-huh ... Amen,” came the reply at several points, accom- s trial, tlie c( ® rights of® Parker said the district had about 22 percent absenteeism on Wednesday and students kept leaving. The district in Emory closed Wednesday and will reopen Monday. The Winona school district has canceled classes three times since Nov. 15. Alvord schools closed for three days last week when the percentage of sick students reached 20 to 25 percent, Superintendent John Trice said. The district reopened its schools on Monday. The Texas Department of Health has reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that there is “widespread influenza activity in the state.” Department spokesman Doug McBride said it’s possible that the Hong Kong strain of influenza type B, which has not been detected in the United States since 1991, is responsible for the increase in sick students. “There seem to be more cases in kids than normal,’ McBride said. “There’s not the natural immunity that comes over time from being exposed to that particular strain.” McBride said state health officials are recommending a flu shot for people who haven’t gotten one, noting that the peak of flu season in Texas is typi cally January and February. 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