Southern Illinois University Carbondale OpenSIUC July 1987 Daily Egyptian 1987 7-8-1987 The aiD ly Egyptian, July 08, 1987 Daily Egyptian Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/de_July1987 Volume 73, Issue 167 Recommended Citation , . "The aiD ly Egyptian, July 08, 1987." (Jul 1987). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Daily Egyptian 1987 at OpenSIUC. It has been accepted for inclusion in July 1987 by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Daily Egyptian Southe rn Illinois Unive rsity at Carbondale Wednesday, July 8 , 1987, Vol. 73, No. 167 16 Pages North 'assumes' Reagan OK'd shifting of funds WASHINGTON (UPI) - foreign policy affair thai North truth " . the good, the bad and that deal. Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, engineered as an aide on the the ugly," said North, seated -The shredding of at last before Congress and the National Security Council. More on hearings significant documents relating nation to address his colossal '" never personally ~~b:'~:=~ to the arms sales and the role in the 'ran-Contra discussed the use" of the arms Reagan reaction " I am bere to accept diversion of the "resihals" scandal, said Tuesday he sale s profits for the responsibility for that which I began in earl)' October 1986, assumed President Reagan Nicaraguan Contras with - Page 14 did. I will not accept respon­ when CIA DIrector William approved the diversion of Iran Reagan, said North. sibility for that which I did not Casey told him the dealings arms sales profits to North also said he believes do." were on the brink of becoming Nicaraguan rebels although he shredded five memoranda had aPllroved the operation. In a dramatic six bours, public. they never discussed the that may have shown Reagan TensIon gripped the Senate North also said: -North denied he conducted scheme. knew ab~ut the Contra Caucus Room as North walked -He knew a chronology be a shredding party on Nov. 21 to '" assumed the p.·esident diversion. But North missed in with a ramrod gait to ex­ p...,~red in mid-November destroy any documents that knew what , was doing and one, which later was found by plain his actions in the scandal 1986 had fa~ data (rom were evidence of Reagan's had, through my superiors, Attorney General ' Edwin that has shaken Reagan's McFarlane about Israel's role knowledge of the diversion. He approved it," said North in his Meese's investigation in late credibility a nd could lead to in a November 1985 weapons said he shredded documents long-anticipated testimony to November. That memo did not the prosecution of North and sbipment to Iran, but North daily although the Nov. 21 the select House-Senate carry the traditim.al cover other administration officials. thought there WE're " good aoo committees investigating the page showing wh~ther Reagan '" came here to teU you the sufficient reasons" to lie ai>out Officals sign intent to build Japan campus By Michele Eskins Staff Writer SIU-C officials and Japanese delegates have signed a letter of intent that may make the Uni versity one of the first to open a branch campus over­ seas. Giving a slide show and reception Tuesday, Mayor Neal DiUard, Acting President Jobn C. Guyon and other ad­ min istrators welcomed Ja)~nese b:JSinessmen and political leaders from Kurobe, Nakajo and Tonami to the campus. The remainder of the day was spent in meetings and touring the campus. The meetings were utilized to draw up terms detailing a mutually satisfactory branch campus agreement. Lynz Brown, associate director of International Programs and Services, said the proposition was initiated by the U.S.A.-Japan Com· mittee for Promoting Trade Expansion. Brown said the committee was formed May 1986, with a n in terest in im· proving trade relations bet· ween the two countries prompting its formation. Cross-cultural and educational differences a re the sources of some trade friction, SIoII P_ by"" M. Kuln" Dillard saia. Branch campuses could promote Detter cultural Shady sippers understanding for Japanese and Americans. Mary Pellas and her 3-year-old daughter Tessa sip shakes while beating the h ..t on South illinois Ayenue Tuesday. Having a branch campus in Japan would be beneficial to students for many reasons, Brown said. Such a campus would City OKs permits for two eateries provide economic connections with the Japanese, as well as New drive-through will be located across from 710 traffic and pedestrian both intersections," Ed Bookstore near the in­ problems they said it would Reeder, direclor of Car· sits in a tight spot tersection of South Illinois and cause. The council did not take bondale Public Works said. By Catherine SImpson Mill avenues. action on the issue at that time. The Snapps restaurant will Staff Writ.... Councilman Keith Tuxhorn At the July 6 meeting, no provide only walk-up and This Moming was the only council member residents chose to address the drive-up service. No seating Two new locations ior fast· to oppose the permit. council on tha tissue. will be provided. food hamburger!' soon will be " Please do not aUow this; "Anything we do in this area Firefighters get available for Carbondale because of the salely com· is going to change traffic familiar with SlU-C residents. plications it brings to the city," patterns," councilman John A Snapps restaurant and a Tuxhorn told the council. Mills, who motioned for ap­ Gus Bode McDonald's were granted He said the council was proval of the permit said. -Page6 permits at the City Council making this decision when the Council members discussed meeting Monday. majority of students are not in the possible effect of in· ' d~ New coach named A special use permit for a town. "Doesn't the council stalJation of traffic signals at I , )~ drive-in restaurant on South think the stu.Jents sbould be a the inte.... .ections of MiU and for diving team Illinois Avenue was granted major concern in this issue?" llIinois and Mill and Univer­ ------\/, -Sports 16 despite the possible traffic Several citizens came to the sity. The council approved the problems it may ""use. June 22 meeting to protest the traffic signal instalJation at Gus Mrs "ndlng f.st food In Snapps, owned by M '" L building of the restaurant the June 22 meeting. CertIondaIe t. 90"08 be • -''--',10. Investments of SI. Louis, because of th- inc,.....ased " It will in~rease the safety of Back-To-Campas AdYertising Newswrap DeadlIne: Wed. July 22 world/nation rGOLDENSCISSORS-l OF RICH'S Chernobyl trial begins charging 'breach of safety' ~ CHERNOBYL, U.S.S.R. (uP!) - The former director of the Chernobyl atomic plant, Viktor Brokhauov. and five aides went lOTANS-820 on trial Tuesday, charged with s;: ' ,ty vioiations that led to the with coupon world's worst nuclear accident in A rill986. The indictment also ..,,1,.. a..a.a7 charged that there had been a ri If·accident in 1985 at the station, 60 miles north 'l( Kiev. The six defendants were charged 529-59.9 with "a breach of safety regulations at explosion·prone plants." A conviction could send them to jail for up to 10 years. All the defendants, except Brukhanov, contested part of the charges, especially those blaming the accident on human error. Violence may intensify in wake of IRA killing BELFAST, Ireland (UP!) -Irish Republican Army gunmen killed a Protestant businessman Tuesday amid a new round of violence that authorities fear could escalate into the worst or. Trovel Agents confrontation between Northern Ireland's Protestants and or. e"FMtrienced. (IOIIH or. C"tholics since the 19705. The outlawed IRA claimed that the he>ld two evenings (T u.sday. I slain man was a paramilitary hit man, but area residents said he Thursdays) per week for 1. had no political connections a nd one said " he was just an or· Call now for information, dinary family man." Also Tuesday, Protestant youths hurled Murd ale Shopping' CARBONDALE' 549-nl1 or ".rsonal interview for acid bombs at police and a British army patrol was struck in an Mon-Sat 10-6 beginning July 21 , 1987 Mini",,,," of 10 S .......... alleged IRA bomb attack, injuring a soldier and two elderly women, authorities said. Annual Sidewalk Sale nlAVIL PUT... I. U_.M.RD Sikh extremists kill 34 in two bus attacks July 10& 11 761 S. Unl ...rslty Carf."ndal•• IL 62901 CHANDIGARH, India (uP !) - Sikh e,·tremist gunmen at­ 6 T.·529·1061 tacked two more buses late Tuesday, killing 34 people, less than **************** 24 hours after Sikhs massacred 40 peopi,' on a bus in the Punjab. -Up to % off 00 oar Best Power FOters officials said. Police said five Sikh extremists carried out the latest attacks at 9 p.m. along a main road in northern Haryana -AD Sizes of Tetra Mba Staple Flakes OIl Sale state outside the village of Daryabur, 110 miles southwest of Chandigarh. Most of the victims were Hindu . sa\eO~ ~ Whisper Air Pamps Grenades injure 5 near Spanish military base MADRID, Spain (UP!) - Four grenades launched from a II-:,u.... ,.-Cage Sale Saucony 11_Ii>r!",.,,, starting Bslow BS 'S." parked car by a timer exploded at the entrance of military Running Shoel headquarters in the Basque city of San Sebastian Tuesday, in­ Cleaning out our AYiary juring five people, authorities said. No group immediately reg. 70 claimed rp.<iponsibility for the attack. But authorities said it for 1987 Baby Birds now 530,00 appea'''<! to be the work of the separatist organization ETA .