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G The BG News Tuesday, December 7,1993 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 76, Issue 70 Briefs Arafat fails in gaining U.S. allies Weather The Associated Press What season is this?: JERUSALEM - PLO Chair- Today, partly sunny in the man Yasser Arafat failed morning. Clouding over in Monday to get the United the afternoon. High near 40. States to side with the Pales- Southwest winds S to 10 tinians in their dispute with mph. Tonight, cloudy with a Israel over implementation of chance of snow flurries. a groundbreaking peace ac- Low in the upper 20s. cord. Chance of snow 40 percent. "It's quite important that no Wednesday, partly cloudy. one try to interpose them- High around 40. Chance of selves in those discussions," rain 20 percent. said Secretary of State War- ren Christopher after a two- Inside The News hour meeting with the man the United States not so long ago Home cookin' from Food considered a terrorist leader. Op: Christopher promised only to pass on to Israeli Prime University Food Opera- Minister Yitzhak Rabin "the tions brings home cooking to concerns that chairman Ara- campus through a recipe fat has." contest. Check out the The difficulty of Christoph- recipes that won. er's mission in the Middle East was tragically highlighted a 3. when he returned to Israel to learn that a Jewish father and his son were shot and killed in Outside campus the West Bank city of Hebron, site of repeated clashes during Homeless hoax: the past week between Pales- tinians and Jewish settlers. COLUMBUS -- Three Ohio Three children in the same State University graduate family were wounded in the students said Monday they attack which came from a created a fictitious group speeding car. that said it wanted to pro- "It's a tragic incident," said vide guns to homeless peo- Christopher. "This killing ab- ple to make a point about solutely must stop." violence in society. Christopher and Arafat met "The project was con- for two hours in the U.S. em- ceived to draw attention to bassy in Amman, Jordan and the issues of guns and vio- discussed the economic as lence, homelessness and well as political problems con- media manipulation in our U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher arrives at the King David enemies of the peace process kill Ibis great opportunity that we fronting the Palestinian leader society," said a notarized Hotel In Jerusalem Monday. Upon arrival, Christopher called for a have." statement. Paul Badger, stop to the violence In the West Bank saying, "We must not let the See Arabt, page four. Douglas Lioyd and Eric Zimmerman swore to their identities in the statement, said the notary public, Nancy Althouse. The three students could Wave of letter bombings hits Austria not be reached for comment. No one returned messages left at the Arm the Home- The Associated Press The letter bombs have been the same size She was the fifth victim to date. morning after four hours of surgery and less number and telephone and carried the same kind of postage It was not clear why the office of law- began cracking jokes. Surgeon Vilmos listings for Badger and stamp. yer Guenther Dallinger was targeted, but Vecsei said the mayor might still lose his Zimmerman. A call placed VIENNA, Austria ~ A mysterious wave Peaceful and tidy Austria borders he is reported to have spoken out for the left hand. to a listing for Lloyd was not of letter bombs is worrying leaders of former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia integration of foreign children into Aus- The Jewish Community of Vienna ex- answered. this country struggling to absorb an in- and the Czech Republic. Tens of trian schools. pressed its "disgust and outrage." Days flux of immigrants from unstable eastern thousands of refugees from the Yugoslav The most prominent victim has been of complacency when Austrians seemed Kent Beitel, director of Europe. war have come to Austria, and thousands the Vienna mayor, Helmut Zilk. The to live on a prosperous "island of the the Open Shelter near down- The tenth such device since late last from eastern Europe and the Middle East 66-year-old Social Democrat has cham- blessed" are clearly over, it said. town, said the three ar- week injured a young secretary on Mon- have come for a better life. pioned minority rights and is a close There has been virtually no such vio- ranged a meeting with him day. Three more letter bombs were de- While most of the letter bombs have friend of Vienna's small but vibrant Jew- lence in Vienna since a pair of attacks Monday morning. He said tected before being opened and defused. been addressed to prominent person- ish community. against Jews in 1981 and a 1985 attack at they gave him the statement Police have made no arrests in the alities in politics, the media or relief Zilk lost at least two fingers when a Vienna airport by Palestinian terrorists. and talked with him for bombings, which began Friday. They said work, Monday's explosion occurred in a mail bomb blew up in his hands Sunday Austria's role as a haven for refugees about an hour. the attacks were the work of one or more downtown attorney's office. night, shortly after returning home from goes back for decades. The country ac- "We talked about the right-wing radicals, apparently angered Astrid Bielek, an 18-year-old legal sec- a trip to Zurich, Switzerland. damage their stunt did and by the thousands of refugees in Austria. retary, suffered face and hand injuries. He regained consciousness Monday Se* Bombings, page five. what those of us trying to be responsive to the homeless are trying to accomplish," he said. USG approves "I don't know what prompted the original Dismissal appealed thought on their part at all, but clearly it got bigger than three new bills Woman claims compliance, not consent they were able to comply by Larissa Hritsko The Associated Press with." four-year term as auditor, an- Local media reported on student government reporter The assembly passed a bill partment, who pulls all the proposing that students have ad- nounced in September he strings in that department." the group, which sent out a would not run for re-election or news release Friday claim- ditional time to change room CLEVELAND - Former state Ferguson's lawyer, Henry seek another office. ing it would raise money to The Undergraduate Student requests. employee Elisabeth Tschantz Hentemann, said there was no complied with state Auditor Cuyanoga County Common provide guns and firearms Government addressed student There are three main points of evidence Tschantz was unha- concerns by passing three bills at this piece of legislation, said Jim Thomas E. Ferguson's sexual Pleas Judge Lillian Greene ppy during the relationship. training to homeless people demands but never gave her dismissed the case in July to "give them self- their meeting Monday night, Osborne, sponsor of the bill. "She gave him birthday gifts which dealt with extending Uni- consent, her lawyer told an ap- 1992. Ms. Greene said Fergu- and Christmas cards," Hente- confidence." peals court Monday. A man identifying himself versity office hours, additional "First, many students line up son's conduct "might be immo- mann said, noting that the cou- Tschantz, 49, Is appealing the ral and perhaps unethical," but as Jack Kilmer told report- time for student room changes between 2-3 a.m. to ensure that ple had sex at least 30 times. and voting rights for student they get their rooms since the dismissal of a $1.25 million was not grounds for a lawsuit. "You will open up the flood ers that the group, called the lawsuit accusing Ferguson of John Duda, a lawyer for Ms. Arm the Homeless Coali- trustees. system is first come, first serve. gates if people have an affair coercing her into a sexual re- and when the affair breaks up tion, would solicit donations The legislation proposing that Second, the University tends to University offices stay open dur- overbook rooms," Osborne said. lationship and forcing her to Tschantz, told a three-judge they are allowed to sue for out- at two shopping centers. The solicit campaign contributions panel of the 8th Ohio District city Charitable Solicitations ing the hours of noon to 1 p.m. "And third, the University direc- rageous conduct," Hentemann from fellow employees. Court of Appeals on Monday said. "There wouldn't be Board on Friday sent a letter will hopefully be in effect by tor of housing is very supportive spring semester, according to of this legislation and student In the lawsuit, filed in June that Ms. Greene "confused enough courtrooms in the ordering the organization to 1987, Tschantz claims Fergu- consent with compliance." country." "cease and desist any fund- Bill Vogt, USG sponsor of the feedback." bill. son intentionally caused her Tschantz never complained raising activity immediate- "The bill can be quite feasible.