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Eastern Illinois University The Keep February 1988 2-19-1988 Daily Eastern News: February 19, 1988 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1988_feb Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: February 19, 1988" (1988). February. 14. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_1988_feb/14 This is brought to you for free and open access by the 1988 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in February by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Eastern Illinois University I Charleston, I No. Two�t;ons. Pages Ul 61-920 Vol 73, 104 / 24 200 bail posfour felonies andte each ared punishable by Wednesday. Hamerlinck brakes at the accident scene. "He with a maximum of one to three years Hamerlinck recorded a .18 alcohol (White) had cuts all over and hit his sophomore Timothy in prison. level. Johnson said the automatic head on the windshield. I'm sure a lot of erlinck, who was arrested Wed Novak said a preliminary appearance maximum allowable level is .10. If a the blood loss he suffered was from his ay morning in connection with a hearing has been set for Hamerlinck at person is arrested and presumed to be head injury." and run accident that injured two 8:30 a.m. Feb. 29 in the Coles County intoxicated, they could be charged with Victims of the accident are still .nts, posted $200 bail Thursday Jail's court room. driving under the influence even if attempting to recover both physically oon and was released from the Charleston Police Chief Maurice their blood alcohol level is below .10, and emotionally after they were hit by County JaiL Johnson said police officers in four Johnson added. the alleged hit and run driver Wed though formal charges are still patrol cars spotted the car Hamerlinck Police placed Hamerlinck into nesday in the 1700 block of Fourth · g, Coles County Assistant had allegedly been driving after the· custody after fragments of a turn Street, directly in front of McKinney 's Attorney Mark Novak said his accident early Wednesday morning. signal lens police found at the scene Hall. would probably file charges The officers searched various Eastern matched those of the broken lens found Eastern freshman Betty Jo Lotz was y of driving under the influence and Charleston parking lots for about on the red 1982 two-door Mustang. released from Sarah Bush Lincoln leaving the scene of an accident. two hours before finding the car. Johnson said dents were also found on Health Center at about 8:30 p.m. 's my understanding that the Johnson said Hamerlinck "wasn't the car that sustained more than $250 Wednesday and is back home in ges will filed as criminal given a breathalizer until about 7:26 damage. Mahomet recuperating. She said she is nies" and notbe as traffic offenses. a.m.-about six hours after the ac Johnson said there was no evidence planning to return to Eastern's campus charges are considered class cident," which happened at 1:22 a.m. that the driver of the vehicle applied its (See $200, Page 6) th enby recounts MATTicaragu HORTENSTINE abutn was stay acquited. He flatly denied any wrong Greeted by a room full of doing, communication with partisan supporters, the CIA and allegations that ict ames Denby, the Carlinville he was running guns for the sident who was shot down Contras. Nicaragua Dec. 6, "If there were any (guns), I ounted his 56-day ordeal at didn't see them," he said. p.m. Thursday at the However, he said that he harleston VFW. had helped wounded Contras ''I'll leave that stuff (policy and had given them <ues regarding the Contras) humanitrian aid on several the politicians," said the occassions. 7-year-old Denby. He added that the Contras just a simple farm do need aid and that if "I'm y." he said dodging "Congress hadn't been so CRAIG EDWARDS I Staff photographer estions from the media picky on the aid to the James Denby. the Carlinville farmer who was audience Thursday night at the Charleston ut Contra support and his Contras, the war would have held prisoner in Nicaragua for 56 days, shows VFW Hall. le in the Central American been over four years ago." on a map where he was held captive to an nflict. Denby was carrying Denby, whose release was documents and film regar that he shouldn't have had story." located about 20 mile ured Jan. 30 by U.S. ding the Contras which materials with him, but He added that other the Nicaraguan south of nate candidate Bill Press, aroused suspicion from the the film was in tended to "put documents includedthe maps and Denby plans border.return to his alif., and was charged Nicaraguan government. some excitement in the other business document farm in Costato Rica around 'th anti-government crimes, explanation, Denby said reporters (from St. Louis) regarding his farm which is March 1. In tudents have chance to give gift from the heart Goal of 1 550 pints set for blood drive drive at 1500 pints, "we always like to recommends eating before giving blood set our goal a little higher." to reduce the chances of fainting. tern students and faculty will All blood collected by the Red Cross She said the actual donation only the opportunity to givea gift from at Eastern's blood drives is sent to St. takes about ten minutes, but nurses heart next week by donating blood Louis for processing, Knopf said. will check temperature, blood pressure, e annual spring blood drive. "Then, it is immediately sent back to iron content and pulse prior to dy Knopf, co-publicity chair for this area for distribution at Sarah collecting blood. · drive, said the theme for this Busch (Lincoln Health Center) and Blood Drive Chair Kelly Demmitt ester's blood drive is "Give a gift other hospitals within 100 miles," said volunteers have been signing up the heart: Give blood." Knopf said. potential donors all week. "So far, at theme basically says what Knopf added that the Red Cross has we've had 300 people sign up," Dem ting blood is all about," Knopf recently reported a shortage of types mitt said Thursday. and B. "The shortage occurred because0 "That's a pretty good amount of ganizers are hoping to collect 1550 bad weather last week cancelled a lot of people," she said, adding that although of blood during the four-day drive drives, but it's nothing major," Knopf donors can sign up ahead of time, it week. Donations can be made from said. really isn't necessary. until 5 p.m. Monday and from 11 Knopf said donors must be at least Demmitt encourages donors to come . to p.m. Tuesday through 17-years-old, weigh 105 lbs. or more on the first day because it's a more 4:15 sday m the University Ballroom. and have no history of hepatitis. heart relaxed atmosphere. "There's usually opf said although the American disease, chronic kidney or liver "'ot a lot of people and waiting on the Cross has set the goal for Eastern's disorders. She also said the Red Cross �irst day," she said. See fireworks of 'Fifth of July' in The Verge Friday, February 19, 1988 The Dally Eastern 2A N !AssociatedI militiamen search to free Press IV1oslem I State/Nation/World American Marine Wiiiiam.Higgins TYRE, Lebanon (AP) said a previously unknown group Revolutionary Woman shoots her retarded son Moslem militiamen searched carried out the abduction declared: rain-drenched citrus groves and Wednesday just south of Tyre. "William Higgins has WAUKEGAN (AP)- An ailing 81-year-old woman shot valley caves Thursday for Lt. Col. He claimed Higgins, who com the hostages. He will onl and wounded her retarded son because she was afraid to William R. Higgins, and their mands U .N. truce observers in out after he is tried on leave him "at mercy of strangers," her attorney said after Geralding Sapel was sentenced to leaders threatened to go after his south Lebanon, is a CIA agent. that he is one of the kidnappers unless the U.S. The abduction brings the the CIA in southdir Thursdayprobation. marine is freed soon. w s an act of love and compassion for her son. Being number of foreign hostages in Higgins is now out of Be" "We want Higgins back and we Lebanon to 25, including nine brought out the"It only a one who had ever, ever cared for him, she it he was felt fro her responsibililty to make sure he was at peace before she have no red line as far as his case Americans. Most are believed south." is concerned," said Daoud Daoud held by pro-Iranian Shiite ex Before hanging u , died." said Assistant Public Defender Laureen Cahill p he Casey. of the moderate Shiite militia tremists, whose main Hezbollah statement and photop "She had indicated that she wanted to take his life and Amal, the dominant force around militia has been challenging Higgins would be relea · then would 'take her own," said Ms. Casey, adding her this ancient port. Amal's dominance m south There was no way to auth client suffers from poor eyesight, emphysema, loss of U .N. peacekeeping troops and Lebanon. the claim. hearing and is losing her memory. about 1,500 Amal militiamen An Arabic-speaking man said Higgins, a 43-year-old" virtually sealed off a 300-square in the telephone call to a Western Danville, Ky., Ms.