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I Vol. 71,News No. 101 I Two Sections, 24 Pages I 61920 nators left dry by oate' s bar policies year-olds from drinking, we should also have him try to stop drug use and rape, " O'Mera added. dent Senate members said But, Executive Vice President Kim they disagreed with Swanson said she believed Choate was Mayor Murray Choate's trying to say that the period of change t that 18-year-olds were a per�on was going through had more control themselves under the affect than the age on their ability to f alcohol. handle alcohol. was invited by Student Body Freshmen have a lot of pressures Floyd Akins and Senate when they come to college, Swanson Joe O'Mera to address the said, adding that drinking was one of nesday on the recent bar those pressures. She said that the city s and home rule and to ordinance allowing only 19- and 20- y question senators might year-olds in bars may take away this pressure. "d he disagreed with Choate In addition, Akins said he did not year-olds are not able to believe Choate's comment that bar mselves under the influence owners would like to change the city and need a period of ad- · ordinance to only allow 21-year-olds during their first year of into bars. withou t other students "I'd like to hear one of them come them to go to the bars. up and say it, " Akins said. "It's like are intelligent and mature ·saying that they want to be out of attend college and socialize business." on campus, they should be He added that some of the bar raids, bars," he said. ta king place over tbe last three weeks at Dan McLean said the Choate's order, were aimed at Eastern nt was a "g ross students. on." Though he said he Although Choate said he was mainly Choate's concern, McLean concerned with high school students, e first-year pressures were Akins said the raids were on nights blem. when high school .students aren't was another senate member usually out. He said if Choate wanted not agree with Choate's high school students, he'd raid on a Fricray or Saturday night. "All of a sudden when you , ;..;.,.., you can't automatically Even though some senate members PAUL KLATT I Staff photographer oho I) better, " he said. did not agree with what Choate said, Watchful eye 'Mera did say that some 19- they believed it was a good idea to have Cameraman Rick Goodman (foreground) of WEVV, channel 44 in may handle alcohol better him speak at the meeting. Evansville, Ind., gets some help from an assistant as he sends pictures r-olds, he said that this "I think it's so easy to just see the home from Thursday night's basketball game in Lantz Gym. The Panthers making mistakes at 18. student's side, " Senator Deb Camren defeated the Evansville Purple Aces 84-72 in the televised game. The I was 18 , I could put down a said. By having Choate speak before game was preceded by Eastern's first annual intramural All-Star basketball era said. the senate, both sides were presented, ·game. For more information on the Panther win, see page 16A. ayor thinks he can stop 18- (See SENATORS, page 6A) ·nos cast votes Bar owners appear in court Friday By JIM ALLEN Choate has declined comment on what he plans to itter election City editor do, if anything, with the bar owners found guilty Eight bar owners are scheduled to appear in court with admitting or serving minors. , Philippines (AP)-Filipinos cast Friday on charges of admitting and/ or serving Mike Knoop, an owner of the Uptowner/Cellar, y to determine whether they will be mfnors stemming from the recent surprise walk said Thursday, "According to the mayor, he's left it inand E. Marcos, who has held throughs by Charleston police. all up to the judge-your guess is as good as mine. two decades, or Corazon Aquino, The charges are "quasi-criminal " and carry with "We're all supposed to appear at the same time, so band was the president's main them a potential $1 to $500 fine for each offense, city I don't really know what's going to happen, " Knoop until he was assassinated. attorney Tony Sunderman said. said. issued an election eve statement in No pre-trial negotiations had been made as of But according to two other bar owners, who spoke a prayer: "Deliver us from this evil, Thursday, Sunderman said, adding that he still was on the condition they not be identified, Choate has which 20 years of evil rule has unsure of what size fine the city would pursue . been reluctant to meet with them since the raids to • "She holds Marcos responsible for Associate Judge Ashton Waller will hear the cases discuss his plans for the underaged crackdown. uino's death. at 9 a.m. Friday in Coles County Circuit Court. Bar However, all the bar owners contacted this week sa id in his final statement that the owners of the following taverns were given notices to declined comment on the effect the crackdown has "not a battle between good and appear in court: had on business. accuses Mrs. Aquino of leading the •E.L. Kracker's, 140 5 S.Fourth St. Choate first announced that police would begin ard communism. •Ike's Little Campus, 407 E. Lincoln Ave. making surprise spot checks at a meeting with bar · campaigning ended by law at •Marty's, 1666 S. Fourth St. owners in November. ednesday. •Mother's, 506 E. Monroe St. While he misquoted Charleston's ordinance on the pporters predicted he would win •Pag� One Tavern, 410 S.Sixth St. legal entry age for the pubs, he-cautioned the bar cent of the vote. Aquino said she �Panther Lounge, 1421 S. Fourth St. owners that they would be held accountable for 65 percent to compensate for the •Thirsty's, 508 E. Monroe St. persons under 21 found drinking in their bars. cheating she expected from the •Uptowner/Cellar, 623 E. Monroe St. Choate had also errantly said at that November people. Sunderman said he would not know what penalties meeting that the entry age was 18 for taverns. But Jaime L. Sin, spiritual leader of the the city would seek for guilty bar owners until he met Charleston ordinance allows those 19 and 20 to enter oman Catholic community, urged with Charleston Mayor Murray Choate late Thur- the bars but' not drink. orderly and avoid violence. "One · sday. While police began spot-checking carding policies t, one single spark could ignite a In addition, Sunderman said that Choate, also the in December, Choate ordered on Jan. 16 the first ., he said. ·city's liquor commissioner, can further penalize the full-scale raid of bars popular with Eastern students. of soldiers and riot police guarded bar owners by suspending or revoking their liquor In that raid, 18police officers arrested 35 Eac;tern FILIPINOS, page SA) licenses. (See BAR, page 6A) Friday, February 7, t 986 J\ssociatedPress· Worried Mexican president ma State/Nation/World ask assistance for foreign debt Boy survives transplant surgery MEXICO CITY (AP)-President Miguel de la New York with representatives of the CHICAGO-A 3-year-old boy "taking some steps" Madrid says Mexico may need help from the creditQI banks Tuesday. Banking hursday is believed to be the first American child to survive T international financialco mmunity in handling its sources said Mexico might need $9 replacement of his own damaged liver with part of an adult huge foreign debt of $96.4 billion because of the outside financial aid this year-nearly organ-a transplant procedure that could save lives lost to sharp decrease in oil prices. it pays annually in interest on its current the shortage of young donors, doctors say. He urged Mexicans to work harder to over­ Mexican officials had expected to "We had to manipulate the organ to fit the patient since come their stricken economy's latest problems. billion this year from international b 'we couldn't manipulate the patient to fit the organ, " Dr. In a series of speeches in Queretaro, 135 miles financial organizations. Peter Whittington said at a news conference Thursday. northwest of the capital, marking Constitution Treasury Department spokesman Young John Genna's eight-hour transplant operation was Day, de la Madrid said the decline in oil earnings Contreras refused to comment on the performed Jan. 19 at Wyler Children's Hospital by a team "worries all us Mexicans. " New York meeting. He said de la of surgeons headed by Dr.