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Foiled again The men's basketball team was defeated by Wake Forest for the seventh THE CHRONICLE straight time. See Sports, p. 25. HURSDAY. JANUARY 11. ONE COPY FREE DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15.000 University contends with 'Blizzard of '96' Snow By HARRIS HWANG said the recent snowstorm was ther's ever seen," he said. planned to arrive on campus As the nation witnessed a the heaviest in the region "This is ridiculous. The snow's at the beginning of the week, blankets pounding of snowstorms along since 1989. never going to melt.* After but her four Monday and Tues the East Coast in recent days, Many students returning to hearing that eight inches of day flights were all canceled. members of the University campus this week found their snow fell in North Carolina, he While about 20 percent of Durham community have begun to cope travel plans hampered by road said with a grin, "If people RDU International's Saturday with the aftermath of what closings and airport delays. [here] whine to me, I'm going flights were canceled, 50 per By ROGER WISTAR many are dubbing the "Bliz While waiting for his bags to laugh in their face." cent were canceled on Sunday, Salt, shovels and zard of '96." to appear at the Raleigh- Trinity sophomore Amanda 20 percent on Monday and snowplows remain the The campus received ap Durham International Airport Freeman, who was on the Tuesday and a few on Wednes weapons of choice for proximately eight inches of baggage claim Wednesday, same flight from Newark as day, said Rick Martinez, man North Carolinians as snowfall since Saturday, an Trinity junior Ranjit Ahluwalia, said that she was ager of RDU public affairs. they continue to recover amount that failed to reach Ahluwalia expressed disbelief relieved finally to return to the Nevertheless, in the past from last weekend's snow levels attained in states such at the amount of snow that his Raleigh-Durham area. week, Martinez said he was storm. as New York, New Jersey and home state of New Jersey re "I think it's good to be here impressed with the way the In what is widely re Virginia, where snow levels ceived. Ahluwalia's flights out and it's good to be back where airport has handled the nu garded as the worst bliz topped 30 inches. of Newark were canceled on there's a lot of people around merous delayed and canceled zard to hit the East Coast Yet Jeff Tart, a Duke Bar both Monday and Tuesday. you, and hopefully the weath flights. "Ironically enough, in 70 years, a massive ber Shop hair stylist who has "The snow was the most I've er [will] be better," Freeman we've had very few people storm system blanketed lived in Durham all his life, ever seen, most that my fa said. She said that she had See BLIZZARD on page 15 *• See STORM on page 13 • Bus service may be impeded by weather By MISTY ALLEN travel. Despite the onslaught of Majestic said that he and the Blizzard of'96, most Uni other transportation service versity services will be up and officials will be surveying the running this morning. road conditions throughout Eateries, libraries and the day and that if they deem housing management will be them safe, then the buses will operating on a regular sched resume regular routing. "If ule. Transportation services Mother Nature cooperates to some area locations, howev and melts some of the snow, er, could experience delays. then we will be able to resume David Majestic, director of bus service" at some point transportation services, said during the morning, he said. that because of icy road condi Majestic added that his de tions, his department antici partment will post messages pates not being able to pro in Central Campus bus stops vide bus service to Central by 7:30 a.m., informing stu and North campuses early dents of the division's sched BILL PIECH/THE CHRONICLE this morning. He also said ule. These messages will be Must be tiring that he does not currently be updated throughout the day Trinity Junior Brett Cascio changes a flat tire on Union Drive yesterday afternoon after lieve that the busing routes to as weather and road condi returning from Louisiana. Duke Manor and Chapel Tow tions change. ers will be safe enough for See SCHEDULE on page 12 • Nationally renowned doctor dies '95 graduate killed Inventor of child-proof safety cap deceased at 86 in crash on Dec. 24 By JED STREMEL "Dr. Arena was a tireless proof safety cap and reduced Dr. Jay Morris Arena, a pio champion of children both at recommended dosages. Aspirin By JUSTIN DILLON tionate bemusement, neer in poison prevention and a Duke and across the nation," poisoning soon dropped from Earl Williams will al- "You're 22 years of age and member of the University's said Dr. Ralph Snyderman, 25 percent of the nation's poi ways remember his son's your daddy's still following first graduating class of med chancellor for health affairs soning deaths to about 1 per smile. you around and ical students, died Jan. 5 at his and dean ofthe medical school. cent today. He tells of a watching you play home in Durham. He was 86. "His contributions to the field "Jay Arena was a wonderful time last summer soccer." Arena's lifelong efforts to of pediatrics and pharmacology ly gentle, thoughtful pediatri when he and Corey said noth promote children's health in were enormous. Thanks to his cian who considered the happi Corey, engineering ing. He simply cluded the invention of the efforts, hundreds of thousands ness and health of children his '95, were driving to looked at his father " child-proof safety cap. He also of lives have been saved." primary goal in life," said Dr. one of Corey's and smiled, with directed the University's Poi Following the introduction Samuel Katz, who served with semi-pro soccer an expression that son Control Center—one ofthe of "baby aspirin" in the 1940s, Arena in the University pedi games in the New the elder Williams first two such institutions es deaths by aspirin overdose atrics department. "His career York-New Jersey Corey Williams vividly recalls. tablished nationwide—from its soared. Arena's work with the carried him from the years area. He looked at "His smile and his inception in 1953 until his re aspirin manufacturer led to the when most of medicine was de- his son and said with affec- See WILLIAMS on page 8 • tirement in 1979. production of the first child See ARENA on page 14 <V THE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1996 World and National Newsfile Associated Press Divide over budget widens as talks continue Appeal denied: A federal judge By ALISON MITCHELL est tax cut. Then, he said, the political ance the budget literally in 15 minutes rejected Wednesday a motion to N.Y. Times News Service parties could make the November pres tomorrow afternoon." throw out the indictments and WASHINGTON — A day after Pres idential and congressional elections The president added/Then we could convictions of Sheik Omar Abdel- ident Clinton and Republican congres into a referendum on the ideological is have an election in 1996 about whether Rahman and nine others on sional leaders tentatively broke off sues about the role of government that the American people agree with their charges of waging a terror-bomb their budget talks, both sides sounded have divided the two sides. view of Medicare or mine, with their ing and assassination conspiracy pessimistic about reaching a deal and "This has nothing to do with balanc view of our obligations in the education in New York. talked more openly than ever about ing the budget, anymore, nothing," and training of our workforce and our fighting out their philosophical differ Clinton said, noting that both he and children, or mine, with their view of Soldiers remain: The United ences in the November elections. the Republicans had now submitted environmental protection or mine." States, the United Nations and The tone ofthe statements, far more competing visions of how to erase the . Clinton and the Republican Con- Haiti have agreed to retain a confrontational and downbeat than federal deficit by 2002. "We could bal See BUDGET on page 21 • small peacekeeping force of 1,000 those on Tuesday evening, was to some to 1,500 soldiers in Haiti after degree blamed for sending the Dow February, although U.S. govern Jones Industrial Average plunging ment officials said that no U.S. nearly 100 points. And they provided Christopher renews peace troops will be part ofthe force. an early glimpse ofthe political themes that are likely to be sounded in a high Feat foiled: The Blizzard of'96 ly ideological election. process with Israel, Syria has grounded Steve Fossett, an "I am for the first time in a year pes American commodities broker, simistic about the likelihood of our get By STEVEN ERLANGER ment, senior Israeli officials cautioned who had attempted to be the first ting an agreement," House Speaker N.Y. Times News Service that the talks with the Syrians need a balloonist to fly non-stop around Newt Gingrich said in Casper, Wyo., JERUSALEM — Israelis reacted new commitment from Damascus that the world. Snow forced Fossett to where he was attending a Republican with considerable excitement they hoped Christopher could secure land Wednesday in Canada. fund-raising event. "It may just be that Wednesday to a visit by King Hussein when he meets President Hafez Assad we need one more election," he said.