Page 2 • The Battalion Monday • July 10,1-' Nation "VC^o RTD protest ship enters French territory □ The against French nuclear testing in the South Pacific was a trag­ II closed in on a coral ic miscalculation, embarrassing France and making Greenpeace reef where France will the world’s leading environ­ conduct nuclear tests. mental group. France may have mishandled the issue again. President SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Jacques Chirac’s announcement French warships and the Green­ last month of the resumption of peace protest ship Rainbow War­ nuclear tests gave Greenpeace rior II closed in Sunday on a coral plenty of time to prepare for the reef in the South Pacific where 10th anniversary of the attack. the environmental group wants to France has already set off stop French nuclear tests. more than 130 atmospheric and The French navy has been au­ underground nuclear tests at thorized to fire on any ship that Mururoa Atoll, 650 miles east of gets within 12 miles of Mururoa Tahiti, since 1966. Former Atoll, where France has said it will French President Francois Mit­ terrand declared a nuclear test conduct eight underground nu­ * clear explosions between Septem­ moratorium in 1992. ber and May. On Sunday, a memorial ob­ The Rainbow Warrior II en­ servance was held for Pereira on tered the 12-mile zone at about the shore of Sydney Harbor. In 5 a.m. Sunday local time (10 Canberra, some 2,000 protesters - gathered outside Parliament - a.m. EDT), said Penelope i Komites, a Greenpeace spokes­ House to denounce the French woman in Paris. decision to resume tests. t The Rainbow Warrior Greenpeace has said there II and two companion ves­ sels are trying to reach "We are prepared to risk the the atoll for the 10th an­ niversary of France’s sink­ force of the French military Stew Milne, The for ing of the original Rain­ if we can stop the greater bow Warrior in Auckland Now we're having some fun Harbor, New Zealand, on danger of nuclear testing." July 10, 1985. —Stephanie Mills Jason Strickland, a senior Physics major, serves to Sandy Shidler, a senior Accounting major, during their Sunday afternoon gar That ship was on a sim­ Greenpeace spokeswoman of racquetball in the Read Building. ilar mission to protest French nuclear tests when will be no advance notice of how French scuba divers mined the or when the Rainbow Warrior II ship, drowning Greenpeace pho­ will conduct its protest. tographer . The French patrol boat “The safety of our ship and Railleuse was sent from Mu­ crew are paramount, but we are ruroa with commandos to inter­ Interest groups compete for tax break prepared to risk the force of the cept any inflatable boats Green­ French military if we can stop peace may use to try to get the greater danger of nuclear □ The House Ways and Means theless, hundreds of lobbyists were cheered For instance, a heart attack victim:-' ashore, said Adm. Philippe Eu- by the knowledge that their proposals had ported by fixed-wing air ambulance{?, testing at Mururoa and Fan- verte, commander of military gataufa,” Greenpeace spokes­ Committee is holding hearings cleared the first cut. 10 percent federal excise tax meant!"- forces in French Polynesia. If the process works as it has in the past, line passengers. The same patient ah' woman Stephanie Mills said Euverte told reporters in Mu­ from the Rainbow Warrior II. on proposed tax law changes. by late summer or early fall Archer will go to helicopter ambulance doesn’t. ruroa that the towboat Revi was each of the 20 other Republicans on his pan­ Rural lawmakers, led by Kep t Fangataufa is a nearby atoll also near the coast. It could be WASHINGTON (AP) — Tax relief could that is another potential test site. el and ask what provisions they must have Herger, R-Calif., are fighting to equal:: • used to drag the protest ships come for people who drink hard apple cider and what provisions they can live without. tax treatment. They argue the currerc • Armed French ships have away from the atoll. or ride in limousines if lobbyists can per­ Then the list of proposals will be cut to a tern discriminates against rural rear - been following the Rainbow The Rainbow Warrior II has suade the House Ways and Means Commit­ manageable and affordable length, perhaps Fixed-wing aircraft are used more of* Warrior II for at least three been joined by the 40-foot Green­ tee to choose their pet provisions among a few dozen. fly rural people to larger towns for tre:>' days. The French navy was peace sailboat Vega, and the hundreds of competing proposals. Some lobbying pitches are straightfor­ while helicopters, with their shorter ' tracking the vessel with three or Bifrost, a steel-and-fiberglass A special interest battle royale is devel­ ward appeals for lower taxes. The Northeast are more commonly used at accidents*' four warships as well as a heli­ replica of a Viking ship operated oping as the tax-writing committee, headed McIntosh Growers Association, based in in urban areas. copter, Komites said. She said by three Danish anti-nuclear pro­ by Rep. Bill Archer, holds hearings this Westfield, Mass., believes its members could The problem for lawmakers tryin? ' the crew on the Rainbow War­ testers, with two other crew. week on some 230 tax law changes pro­ sell more apples if hard apple cider were through the proposals is that plausft ' rior II said French navy com­ The Bifrost, which is indepen­ posed by its members. taxed like beer at 23 cents a gallon rather and con arguments can be mounted for ' mandos were in view of the ship. dent of Greenpeace, plans to The Texas Republican has warned its than $1.07 a gallon, like wine. And, if this week’s three hearings eadi* - The 1985 attempt to end the help distract the French vessels members that they’ll have to suggest a way Many of the proposals would fix anom­ day, the committee will only have abs environmental group’s protests rather than sail into Mururoa. to pay for any break they advocate. Never­ alies in the tax code. minutes to spend on each proposal.

Health Tips Serb tanks advance into ‘safe area’ Replacing water importanti □ Serb forces also seized 20 observation post seized by the Serbs. Ci Bosnian Serb Of the peacekeepers detained Saturday, Government-Croat peacekeepers in two days. seven from one observation post were taken imrisi'Fo federation avoid dehydration, heat stro- to the Bosnian Serb town of Bratunac, north U a It? m Serb-held Croatia of the Srebrenica enclave. The eight others By Heather Korb blunt it, so drink fluids SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) ~~ remained at their UiSf. post, which was occu­ Special to the Battalion you get dehydrated. : Bosnian Serb tanks and infantry drove to Be aware of the signs c%‘ the edge of Srebrenica on Sunday and fired pied by the Serbs, U.N. spokesmen said. exhaustion and heat str' shells into the town, a U.N.-designated U.N. spokesmen did not know if the During these hot summer : “safe area’ in which civilians are supposed peacekeepers had resisted Serb capture of months, stay hydrated by drink­ you feel extreme fatigue J to be spared from attack. the U.N. posts. The Dutch Defense Min­ ing plenty of water. Approximate­ my skin, experience diz:* The Serbs also seized five Dutch peace­ istry in Amsterdam denied Serb claims ly 60 percent of our bodies is and fainting, or your bod;’ keepers, bringing to 20 the number taken that the peacekeepers had voluntarily left made of water, and we can sur­ perspiring — get out of if' in two days of advancing toward the gov­ the observation post. vive only a few days without it. Drink fluids, cool off wil ernment-held eastern enclave. Bosnian government officials and state- Drinking eight 8-ounce glass­ packs and if symptoms p*'' In response to the Serbs’ move to within run news media warned of a civilian cata­ es of water a day is recommend­ seek medical attention. a half-mile of the Srebrenica town line, an strophe if Serb troops reached the town of ed. Water suppresses the ap­ Besides water, some ; elite team of Dutch peacekeepers deployed Srebrenica, a U.N.-declared "safe area” in the petite, helps the body metabolize good sources of water ir/' ; wire-guided anti-tank weapons. enclave of42,000 Bosnian Muslims. stored fat, maintains muscle fruit juice; vegetable juice'; U.N. officials had no word on casualties. "If Srebrenica falls, that will be the end tone, rids the body of wastes and soda; artificially sweetene*; But Osman Sulic, a Srebrenica city council­ of the U.N. mission in Bosnia-Herzegov­ decreases bloating. caffeinated soft drinks lor, told Sarajevo media that eight civilians ina,” said Mustafa Bijedic, Bosnian ambas­ Replacing fluids is especially sports drinks. had been killed and 27 wounded since sador to the United Nations. important when exercising. Avoid alcohol and cat;’ : Thursday, when the Serb assault began. Such an event would be a severe blow to Gl Bosnian Serbs overran two U.N. Drink two cups of water two which act as diuretics. Fre' Alexander Ivanko, a U.N. spokesman in the U.N. mission. No U.N. safe area has yet observation posts in the eastern enclave hours before strenuous activity, and clear urination indicatt' Sarajevo, said the five peacekeepers who fallen in Bosnia’s three-year war, although of Srebrenica, Saturday night. then 1 1/2 cups 10-15 minutes er water balance. Scanty, £" were seized Sunday and 15 others who Gorazde and Bihac came under similar in­ Associated Press before this activity and one-half colored urine indicates you ’ were taken Saturday night were not con­ tensive Serb assaults last year. to three-fourths cups every 15 more water in your diet. sidered hostages. Both those assaults tapered off after the wake of last month’s seizure of hun­ minutes during the activity. For information on the / Earlier Saturday, a Dutch peacekeeper NATO airstrikes. But NATO has always dreds of peacekeepers by the Bosnian After the activity, two cups of tance of water and other „ : died after being shot by Bosnian government been extremely cautious about taking air Serbs in retaliation for airstrikes near water for each pound lost will be issues, contact the Health f : forces while his unit was retreating from an action and is likely to be especially so in Serb headquarters in Pale. needed. The thirst mechanism is tion Center, Room 16 in tt often unreliable and exercise can Beutel Health Center.

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