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Thanksgiving '87 reviewed in Friday Magazine THE BG NEWS Vol.70 Issue58 Bowling Green, Ohio Friday, December 4,1987 Elimination of weapons anticipated WASHINGTON (AP) - conservative Republicans, in- President Reagan said last night cluding most GOP candidates there is a reasonably good for president — was "based on a chance the superpowers can lack of knowledge" about what agree in Moscow next year to is in the agreement. eliminate 50 percent of their "Some of the people who are strategic nuclear weapons, the objecting the most and just re- most dangerous arms on earth. fusing even to accede to the idea He made the evaluation of of ever getting any understand- prospects for such a far- ing, whether they realize it or reaching agreement in a televi- not, those people basically down sion interview four days before in their deepest thoughts have Soviet leader Mikhail Gorba- accepted that war is inevita- chev arrives for a summit and ble, Reagan said. the signing of a treaty to ban Despite the prospects of deep intermediate-range nuclear cuts in the superpowers' nuclear missiles, known as INF. arsenals, Reagan said he still Reagan was interviewed by sees the Soviet Union as "an evil the anchormen from four net- empire." works — ABC, CNN, CBS and But he spared Gorbachev NBC. from tough criticism. He said Gorbachev, in an NBC inter- Gorbachev "inherited" the view earlier this week that was stationing of 115,000 Soviet broadcast in the United States troops in Afghanistan and might and the Soviet Union, also not know that the government offered an optimistic assess- there was a puppet regime in- ment for a strategic arms ac- stalled by his predecessors. cord next year. Gorbachev arrives in Wash- "There are real prospects ington on Monday on his first ahead of us. We believe that it is visit to the United States. He and possible to do a lot of work with Reagan will sign the INF treaty BG News/Mark Thalman this present administration so... on Tuesday and hold meetings we could make headway on this through Thursday on a possible Theatrical trio major direction in the area of 50 percent cutback in strategic Michelle Meyer, junior theater major, (left) directs Laurie Scott, major, in a scene from "Little Footsteps." Students in Theatre 341 arms control," Gorbachev said. weapons and other subjects. freshman theater major, and Hal Warning, junior radio- television-film were given three weeks to prepare and direct a scene for final exams. Reagan said opposition to the INF treaty — centered among D See Reagan, page 5. Fla. pageant Response plan 'ahead' of time by Caroline Langer This planning process began in 1985, be- County will operate," according to its city editor fore the federal government's National Re- statement of purpose. sponse Team guidelines for counties were The plan even addresses restricting air Wood County is "a light year ahead" of set, he said. space in the case of a gaseous cloud which will be on TV most other counties, and even the federal "We started the plan because if we allow a could starve an aircraft's engine of oxygen government, in formulating a hazardous government entity to do it, it doesn't get and result in another problem, Houchins materials emergency response plan, accord- done." said. Student finishes in third place ing to the co-coordinator of the Wood County To assure an appropriate response in the The first draft of the hazardous materials Hazardous Materials Response Committee. event of a hazardous materials incident in- emergency response plan was completed on Rod Houchins said, after the committee volving the transportation, use, storage Sept. 11,1987 and though the plan is not re- met yesterday, that the team was formed to and/or processing of hazardous materials, quired to be finished until Oct. 1, 1988, the eants when she was very young. design a standard operating procedure and the plan will "be used to educate all repre- 45-member committee is already in the by Amy Bur kin "My first pageant was the resource directory for dealing with a hazar- sentative agencies as to the established process of fine-tuning it and making staff reporter 'White Glove and Party Manor' dous materials emergency. policies and procedures under which Wood C See Hazards, page 3. when I was six. I lost, but was Every little girl at one time or not discouraged. One thing leads another dreams of being Miss to another and I've been in many America, but it is a long hard pageants since," Warren said. process and comes true for only ''I lost quite a few before I ever a few. won.' Founders not getting Sat. mail However, Warren has placed in the fol- Tara Warren, lowing pageants: finalist in Miss senior BGSU r83, '84 and '85; 1st run- drop mail off and someone can get it out just to sit and wait for the mail would not be radio/televisio ner-up Miss Sandusky '86; Miss by Barb Weadock later," Hill said. "Where we put the mail at cost-effective, he said. n/film major, Bronze '85; Miss Greater Toledo reporter Founders is in a janitors' closet, and on Sat- "I haven't perceived it as a problem, so we recently fin- '86 and Miss Sunburst '87. urday the door is locked." This keeps the haven't done anything. I would be willing to ished third in "I enjoy all phases of compet- Mail carriers deliver through sleet, snow mail carriers from gaining access to the address that if students perceive it as a prob- the Miss ing, but my favorite is the talent or rain, just so long as it isn't a Saturday at closet. lem," Jones said. National competition," she said. "I love Founders Quadrangle. The other campus residence halls have Some students do perceive it as a problem. Black Amer- to sing and entertain people. I Mail is not delivered to the Founders Qua- locked boxes located outside of the halls or "I don't see why other residence halls get ica Pageant, Warren sang And I Am Telling You' drangle on Saturdays because no outside at a point that can be accessed, even if the it and we don't. What makes them so spe- held Nov. 13-15 in West Palm from the Broadway musical point of delivery is accessible to mail car- building is locked. These boxes can be un- cial? People need checks and stuff from Beach, Fla. The pageant will be 'Dream Girls.' riers, said Robert Hill, Bowling Green post- locked by the person responsible for distri- home. It's important that they get them," nationally televised Feb. 4. "The most grueling competi- master. buting the mail within the nail. Tonia Williams, freshman art therapy Out of 32 contestants, Warren tion I've participated in was the But some residents of Founders are upset major, said. finished fourth in swimwear and Miss National black America because other residence halls have Saturday Brian Jones, Founders complex coor- first in the evening gown compe- pageant. We rehearsed 18 hours delivery. dinator, said part of the problem is that Tony Kern, freshman undecided major, tition. Her gown was designed a day for the production num- "It's not fair to us that they get mail and maintenance workers are not on duty on agreed. by a University graduate, Lisa bers." we don't," Steve Novak, freshman seconda- weekends. "Why can't we just get a box? This is an Rice. Warren said the most impor- ry education major, said. "In Founders the custodians let in the mail outrage, actually. The rest of the country Warren said it cost $1,000 to tant thing for her is putting faith The problem of Saturday delivery stems carrier during the week. On Saturday the gets mail and we don't," he said. enter the pageant, but she did in God and herself, not only in from the way the mail is delivered at person at the desk could open the door, but Hill said the problem could be solved by not have to come up with all of pageants, but throughout life. different residence halls, according to the ci- it's not efficient," he said. installing an outside mail box. the money on her own. Area The next pageant she will ty'spostmaster. businesses sponsored her. compete in is the Model of the "There are different points of delivery at The desk clerk does not go on duty until 1 "Whether or not they have (loading) dock Warren's mother, a former Year Search held in Stamford, different dorms. There are containers (lo- E.m. on Saturday, and the mail is often (le- space, they (the University) could put it (the model, got her started in pag- Conn. cated at the residence halls) where we can vered before that time. Hiring someone box) on the dock," he said.