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By The Associated Press hibitions and sports teams, but it was not known whether a document would be signed before the delegations leave scheduled GENEVA — President Reagan and Geneva. By The Associated Press Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev At a reception before dinner, Gor- found "broad areas of agreement" bachev confirmed he had been invited during two days of extraordinarily to visit the United States, but he did Funeral services are scheduled for personal summit talks and, after not say whether he had accepted. Friday in Lubbock for former U.S. receiving a report Wednesday night Reagan, Gorbachev and both their Rep. George Mahon, a personal from advisers on unresolved issues, wives all have indicated that a visit friend of Lyndon Johnson's who at- scheduled a joint ceremony for today. by the Soviet leader to the United tained the power of the nation's "The news is so good that we're go- States within the next year or so has pursestrings during his 44 years as a ing to hold it for tomorrow," Reagan been discussed. There are indications West Texas congressman. teased reporters. Gorbachev said on- that a reciprocal visit by Reagan to "He walked with kings, but kept the ly, "I hope there will be," when asked the Soviet Union the following year is common man's touch," said Kent if any joint agreements would be sign- likely. Hance, who followed Mahon in Con- ed today. The Soviet leader was said to be gress after he retired in 1978 as chair- The president's chief adviser on headed for Prague after leaving man of the House Appropriations arms control, Paul Nitze, was among Geneva to brief Warsaw Pact leaders. Committee. those who worked into the evening In assessing the summit, Soviet "He was the ideal public servant," Wednesday to finalize summit fin- spokesman Leonid Zamyatin was Hance said. "He acquired power, he dings — an indication that the sum- more cautious than Speakes, em- didn't abuse it, and he always knew mit's most contentious issue remain- phasizing to reporters, "Believe me, A critical eye Eric Votsvaahe University Daily how to use it. He always remembered ed unresolved as the leaders adjourn- in such a limited space of time the where he came from." ed for dinner. enormous amount of difficult issues Texas Tech employee Paul Castro has his carved likeness on the administration Mahon, 85, died at 5:50 p.m. Tues- White House spokesman Larry that have accumulated cannot work viewed with a stony glance from a building. day at Shannon West Texas Memorial Speakes, adhering to the news possibly be solved." Hospital in San Angelo, said nursing blackout even after formal talks had He added, "Of course there are supervisor Verna Morse. Funeral ser- concluded, declined late Wednesday disagreements. This doesn't mean the vices were set for Friday at First night to provide any details on the sides are not trying to come to terms United Methodist Church in Lubbock. summit talks, promising a briefing on joint problems." Regents to review short courses Burial will be in the Loraine following the ceremony set for 10 a.m. Speakes said both sides agreed on Cemetery in Mitchell County. Geneva time (3 a.m. CST). the content of his "good progress" Woman's University, North Texas By LINDA BURKE 58th Legislature, he said. Bryan Mahon, a nephew in San Speakes said neither Reagan nor report that said, "There are broad University Daily News Reporter State University and East Texas Payne said board members also are Angelo, said the former congressman Gorbachev would take questions at areas of agreement and other areas State University already offer the expected to accept a non-cash gift of died of a heart attack. Mahon had the ceremony. But he refused to say on which further discussions must The Texas Tech Board of Regents degree option, along with more than more than $130,000 from Apple Com- been hospitalized for the past week whether a joint statement or com- take place." He said the news will review a proposed policy today half the institutions nationwide that puters. He said Apple has donated 21 after undergoing surgery to replace a munique would be issued by the blackout on summit information kept which, if passed, will offer academic offer doctoral degrees in education. McIntosh computers, 25 Apple IIc knee joint and had a reaction to the leaders or whether they would sign him from explaining whether the courses in shortened formats as part If approved, the proposal would be computers and a laser printer. medication he was taking, the nephew specific agreements. "broad areas of agreement" were of the agenda of committee meetings forwarded to the Coordinating Board In other business, Tech regents will said. Speakes was asked if observers major, minor or merely guidelines for scheduled from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. for final approval. consider a lease agreement with the Mahon maintained a home in Col- would be able to clearly understand future negotiations. The board decided to split its agen- Tech regents will dedicate the new U.S. Department of Energy for 2,650 orado City throughout his career but the value of the summit based on to- Nuclear arms control, regional da into two days, today and Friday, to feecimill/feedlot at the Texas Tech acres of Tech-owned land near the lived in Lubbock for many years. day's public remarks. He said they disputes, human rights and matters avoid falling behind schedule. Fri- University Agricultural Field Pantex nuclear weapon manufactur- Mahon represented the 19th District would. of mutual interest such as cultural ex- day's regular meeting will begin at Laboratories in New Deal today at ing plant. in West Texas, serving as the The ceremony was Reagan's final changes and boundary disputes were 9:15 am. 11:30 a.m. Regents also will consider Payne said the Department of district's first congressman until his announced event in Geneva before he the announced items on the summit Members of the board will be con- renaming the facility the Burnett Energy already has a 99-year lease on retirement. He first was elected in leaves for Brussels to brief NATO agenda. sidering a policy of guidelines for Center for Beef Cattle Research and 3,167 acres at Pantex and wants 1934. leaders on the summit and then short courses to be offered by Tech. Instruction. another 99-year lease for the addi- Mahon was succeeded by Hance, a returns to Washington to address a An hour before the formal discus- The board was asked by the state Also on the agenda is discussion to tional acreage. He said Tech still can Lubbock Democrat who turned joint session of Congress that will be sions were scheduled to conclude, the Coordinating Board to develop the award a two-year contract to provide use the land for agricultural purposes Republican this year and is running nationally televised. U.S. and Soviet advisers abruptly guidelines for courses offered which video games and service to the and that the Department of Energy for the GOP nomination for governor. Dinner was to have been a social af- recessed their talks to meet separate- are shorter than the usual semester in University Center. Eugene Payne, uses the land as a buffer and for House Majority Leader Jim Wright, fair, but like the formal negotiating ly with members of a group of lower- length. vice president for finance and ad- security purposes. D-Fort Worth, said of Mahon, "He sessions, the agenda didn't hold. level experts from both nations who In other discussion, regents will ministration, said the machines The lease generates $26,000 a year was a gentle man, and the word Speakes said the experts' final recom- had been meeting out of sight for two consider approval of proposed degree generate about $73,000 in income for for Tech, he said. honorable fit him like a tailored suit. mendations were delivered by days at the nearby U.S. mission. options for a Ph.D with a major in the University Center. "His lanky frame, quiet wisdom telephone at the dinner, and the education. Ten acres of land near Greek Circle Several construction and remodel- and gentle humor cast a long shadow leaders discussed them over coffee in Reagan and Gorbachev, who Currently, the College of Education will be given final approval by ing projects also will be considered, across the land. Those of us who the library of Reagan's mansion. already had spent more than three is authorized to award an Ed.D. regents for use in building fraternity including the cotton classing facility knew, loved and respected him have "The atmosphere at the dinner was hours in one-on-one talks with only degree in several fields of specializa- and sorority lodges. Final approval of at the East Campus, a College of lost a cherished friend," Wright said. a good atmosphere," Speakes said. their interpreters present, stood and tion. If the proposal is approved by use of the land, originally approved in Business Administration computer "He was the kind of statesman you He added: "The president's frame chatted in the Great Hall of the Soviet the board, the college will be able to 1982 for sale to the Interfraternity facility, library roof and column read about in the school books," said of mind is very good. He will sleep Mission as their advisers conferred offer the two degrees for specializa- Housing Corp. for $50,000, was depen- repair and residence halls U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas. well tonight." for "further discussion on a number tions in educational psychology, dent upon a zoning decision. renovations. "His was the level of public service A State Department negotiator, of major issues," Speakes said. He counseling, school psychology, Payne said the land would be divid- that should be the goal of every of- Raymond Benson, said the two sides said the leaders had spent more time rehabilitation counseling, higher ed- ed into 1.5-acre lots for sale to Greek The meeting will be conducted in ficeholder. He was a dear friend and had approved cultural exchange pro- man-to-man than in the meetings with cuation and special education. organizations with national charters the Board of Regents suite on the se- we will all miss him." visions that call for exchange of other officials present — a dramatic The University of Texas at Austin, at Tech. The original conveyance of cond floor of the administration Lady Bird Johnson called Mahon students, performing arts groups, ex- reversal in the agenda. Texas A&M University, Texas the land was granted in 1963 by the building. "one of the towering figures on the Washington scene in our lives and such a dear gentleman." He was named to the appropria- Report reviews tions committee in 1939. By 1949, after Student committee already gaining the reputation as champion of a strong defense, he higher education became chairman of the subcommit- tee that wrote the first combined By CARLA R. McKEOWN defense appropriations measure. University Daily News Reporter looks at grading In 1964, he was made chairman of Colleges and universities should that full panel and held the job longer pay more attention to the education of By JAN DILLEY "The purpose of these groups is to than any other representative. graduating students rather than in- University Daily News Reporter get input from students concerning One of the most popular members coming students, according to the problems and changes they would like of the House and a close friend of The possibility of switching to a chairman of a committee which to see, or ideas they might have," he Johnson, Mahon once displayed en- plus-minus grading system is one of issued a report on the state of higher said. joyment at being right in the middle the suggestions the Student Senate's education last year. The rules and administration com- of a 1967 budget battle between Con- academics committee is in- Kenneth Mortimer, vice president mittee has been studying problems gress and and the president. vestigating, according to Luann Mar- and vice provost at Pennsylvania that occurred in the 1985 Student "It's like being in the eye of a hur- tin, a senate member. State University, discussed the report Association election. ricane, so to speak," he said. "The Earlier this week, the committee and a few of its recommendations for president has his responsibilities and began telephone surveys to determine the improvement of higher education "The committee spoke with the 1985 I have mine. I don't mind a good fight. whether students would like to see the Wednesday in the University Center. Election Commission chairman and a I rather enjoy it." scheduling of "dead days" each candidate that ran for election in a Mortimer was one of seven profes- semester before final exams. sional educators commissioned by the race where there were some Dead days, or days when no classes discrepancies," Martin said. "They THURSDAY National Institute of Education to are scheduled prior to final examina- are currently working on a bill to study the state of higher education in tions, are currently practiced at other the United States. The group produc- revise the election code." In today's UD universities and he committee is in- ed a report, "Involvement in Learn- vestigating wether a similar system Intergovernmental relations ing: Realizing the Potential of Campus/City news 4 would be ppular at Tech. members are researching "the effec- American Higher Education," offer- Classified 7 The group also is considering pro- tiveness of Ron Givens as our district ing 27 recommendations for improv- Editorial 2 posals that teacher evaluations be representative to the state House." ing higher education. Lifestyles 6 made on a continual basis through the "One view is the admission- Committee members for student Sports 6 councils of each college. oriented view," Mortimer said. "The services are meeting with Campus World news 3 In other senate committee action, school is good if the students it admits Resource Center personnel to decide the budget and finance committee is are good. The expenditure-oriented whether that office is fulfilling its scheduling times for registered cam- view means if the school has money duties as a student information ser- Weather pus organizations to meet with SA and spends that money, it must be a vice. The senators also are working members to discuss the allocation of Today's weather calls for a good school. With the reputation- on proposals for decentralized com- funds for next year. warming trend, morning lows are oriented view, the school must be puter registration and separate add- University Life committee expected to be in the low 30s. good because everyone says it is. drop lines for pre-registered students. Afternoon highs will be in the low Candy Msthersahe University Deily members are developing "focus point "None of those views have anything Kenneth Mortimer groups" which will include represen- Although there are seven commit- 60s. Winds will be gusty from to say about what the students actual- Kenneth Mortimer, chairman of a committee which last year issued tatives of various interest groups and tees, the one for select alumni rela- the south at 10-20 mph. Skies ly learn. The view is 'garbage in, gar- a report on the status of higher education, was on the Tech campus organizations on campus, Martin tions is in the process of reorganiza- will be partly cloudy. bage out; excellence in, excellence Wednesday to speak about the report. said. tion, Martin said. out."'
Vs- ktijiteAtOrrir Chic aril -. kr iv. 2—November 21, 1985 The University Daily LETTERS Soccer champions To the editor: viewpoint Did you know that Texas Tech has a Southwest Conference Cham- pionship Soccer Team? Well, we do. In fact, they've been a dominant force in the SWC for the last couple of years. Jones makes bad The problem is the limited press coverage of the SWC champs. They only earned a small paragraph: their main staple of coverage all call in Moore firing semester! We realize they are only a club The primary goal of a head coach is to win football games. If he sport as opposed to a varsity NCAA doesn't, he can expect pressure from fans, the media and his team. Even so, we believe they bosses. It isn't unusual for a head coach to lose his job because of a deserve at least a picture or two and more in-depth stories team's win/loss table. It is unusual for a man with the integrity of throughout their season. They do Jerry Moore to be unceremoniously booted out five days before the represent Texas Tech University end of the season. and should receive as much respect The argument of whether Moore was a good coach or a bad as any other athletic team. coach is a moot point. Everyone knew he was under pressure and —Val Martin that his job security was questionable. There is no argument, however, that the way in which he lost his job was undeserved. Firing coaches T. Jones, Tech's athletic director, made the decision that Moore was going to have to be replaced. Fine, that's his prerogative. To the editor: Blabbing it to the media five days before the season ended, What would the reasons be for fir- however, was like driving the final nail into a coffin before its oc- ing a coach? I ask myself this ques- cupant had taken his final breath. Geneva summit tion, and maybe those who are real- Jones, and therefore Tech, ran out on Moore and the '85 season. ly loyal Tech supporters should do His decision obviously has upset the football team. The only incen- the same. My own reasons would tive the team has when playing Houston Saturday is the fact that it be: is Moore's last game. Leaders enjoy fireside chats and tea parties • If the coach condones unethical The reasons given for Moore's dismissal perhaps are valid. or immoral conduct, reflecting a poor image on the university However, the reasons for the poor timing are not just. Waiting five leaders endlessly discussing the The meeting was the first between University Daily philosophies of their own countries superpower wives since June 1974, • If unable to recruit acceptable days would not affect Tech's recruiting much, assuming Editor people as athletes and students recruiters can find players who want to play for an athletic depart- while trying to reach the same goal when Pat Nixon went to tea with through different methods. Viktoria Petrovna Brezhnev at the • If a poor relationship existed bet- ment that treats its personnel so shabbily. ween players and the coach Kirsten In many ways, this summit already Kremlin. Even Moore's worst critics couldn't find fault with him other has proven to be different. Although Although many people might find • If the program continued to fail than that Tech didn't have a win/loss record they could swallow. Kling the outcome may be the same, the ap- the "meeting of the superpower in attracting enough fans to support Even in its criticism, the media was falling over itself to explain proach of both countries' leaders has wives" a frivolous and a required step it how dedicated, honest and hard-working Moore is. Football changed dramatically. of decorum, the influential roles of • If the Ex-Students, Red Raider players called him a player's coach. His refusal to resign showed The first superpower summit in six One difference this year is that both both women are almost as crucial as Club, or other campus organiza- what a gutsy commitment he had to the Raiders. years ended Wednesday, but the leaders have been quoted as express- those of their husbands. tions no longer lend their support to the program. Maybe Moore thought that by refusing to resign he would at results of the two-day Geneva ing optimism before and after the The messages relayed by Nancy I personally do not believe any of least be able to avoid finishing the season as a lameduck coach. meeting were not immediately an- deliberations. They had a 50-minute and Raisa are important to the nounced to the public. We heard that fireside chat to get to know each average person. Therefore, part of these conditions exist under Coach Most people would resign and cut their losses. (Jerry) Moore. If the criteria is on- Obviously, it wasn't enough. A losing record spells diminishing President Reagan and Soviet leader other, and they both agreed to a news completing a good deal of public rela- Mikhail Gorbachev made some pro- ly to win games, we have had some ticket receipts, which is not good for the athletic department cof- blackout. The news blackout was a tions work is talking about everyday gress in reaching agreements. Is the smart move. things in maybe more simplistic, near misses. Think of how many fers. Jones has made it equally obvious that college athletics no talk of progress superficial or another With only four men in the room — down-to-earth terms. games were lost by the thinnest of longer are a sport but a business. optimistic conclusion? Reagan, Gorbachev and two inter- margins. Coach Moore has never come up So Moore is left to fade out of the Raider pack. His qualities as a As much as the public may want it preters — it just might be fair to It is not for the wives to become with alibis, nor has he criticized football coach can be argued indefinitely. The near misses and the to be true, it seems doubtful the two speculate that more was accomplish- deeply involved in international players or officials, even though he final scores are liable to be haggled over for years. countries have resolved many dif- ed without advisers butting into the politics on the technical level. They must have been hurting inside. The ups and downs of the Raider team under Moore have been ferences in two days. conversation. are just as political, but rather from Instead, he has maintained an op- unbelievable. The team had the consistency of a yo-yo. It always As it has been pointed out through At the end of the blackout, Reagan the purely humanistic angle. timistic outlook and the quality of seemed to be just inches from breaking away from mediocrity and various media, this summit is dif- and Gorbachev met with six advisers ferent from past summits. Both from each country to begin formal recruits has improved every year. becoming a real contender. It is understandable, considering Even in the pro ranks, mistakes Reagan and Gorbachev are regarded talks focused on a review of U.S- T. Jones, who obviously after two months on the job knew the the current roles played by Nancy happen every week. Texas Tech has as nice, pleasant human beings. Their Soviet relations. Raider program with all its complexities inside and out, wasn't and Raisa, why Donald Regan so had enough turnovers in coaches. personalities have an enormous effect According to White House carelessly put his foot in his mouth Other schools use this against us in about to give Moore another chance. Maybe Jones thought Moore on the attitudes of their countries' spokesman Larry Speakes, the talks when he said most women wouldn't recruiting. If a change does take had a losing stigma. If he did, maybe it was a fair judgment to people. produced "broad areas of agree- understand summit issues. Reagan place, someone is going to inherit make. Kicking him out like he was disposable was not. Although most of us continue to be ment," and "good progress was covered for Regan by saying Regan the best group of freshmen and Perhaps Moore's critics are right. After all, the primary goal of wary of high summit expectations made" between the two superpowers. meant women are interested in sum- sophomores we have had in years. a head football coach is to win football games, and Moore certainly between two countries who con- Now Reagan and Gorbachev must mit topics as well as other issues, I deeply resent negative remarks hadn't been doing that to the satisfaction of most Raider fans. sistently are at each other's throats, deliver the word to their countries. such as children and a "human by some of my friends who com- the effects of the summit could prove After the word has been spread and Moore's dismissal could be argued logically to be a perfectly touch." plain of losing, yet never buy a to determine both countries percep- pragmatic step on the part of T. Jones, who obviously would like to the public is left to judge the success ticket or contribute any support. have a winning football team in his department. Maybe bringing tions for a long time. of the Geneva meeting, only time will On the other hand, the problem with in a new coach will inspire the black attack to sweep over the con- The leaders are supposed to have tell whether the summit resulted in Regan's statement was that it encom- come to important agreements and progress. passed all women as being inept at Players make mistakes, coaches ference during the next season. are supposed to fulfill their promises make mistakes, but who is perfect? The method of Moore's dismissal, however, requires no argu- handling summit issues. The real to each other. Unfortunately, as we While Reagan and Gorbachev were message should be that women are as I have never seen a game under ment. The editorial board of The University Daily would like to of- all know, an underlying feeling of getting to know each other and able as any man to understand sum- Coach Moore when I felt that fer Jerry Moore its sympathies and an apology on behalf of Texas distrust will continue to be felt by both discussing the directions of their mit proceedings; currently, women players were not giving their best Tech concerning the way he has been treated. countries' people. respective countries, Nancy Reagan — at least Nancy and Raisa — are not effort. They were superb against Whatever else is said about Moore, there is no denying the man Thus, the summit meeting's suc- and Raisa Gorbachev were drinking encouraged to become involved in the SMU, where the roster is loaded is a class act, which is more than can be said of T. Jones. cess also has been predicted to be no tea and seeking their own great technicalities of international with seniors. —The University Daily Editorial Board different than past summits. Both understanding. politics. —Clayton Lawrence Bloom County By Berke Breathed
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Information sought for no pass, no play IBM attempts to end apartheid By The Associated Press the steering committee of a 52-strong into South Africa's stormy political Africa (Pty) Ltd., but that share has group of U.S. corporate chiefs who the HOUSTON (AP) — A judge Wednesday halted the trial of a suit against sea. shrunk to one-half of 1 percent as bought space in a Johannesburg Sun- the no-pass, no-play rule and ordered that a special master be appointed "It is imperative," the company South African currency has sagged. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — day newspaper Oct. 27 to pledge they The company had revenues of $46 to gather information from Texas' 1,100 school districts. said in a statement from its head of- would "play an active role" in State District Judge Marsha Anthony said she would appoint an After years of operating quietly and fices in Armonk, N.Y., "that the billion last year. dismantling apartheid. The rand — which has fallen in overseer to gather such facts as failure and exclusionary rates. profitably here, IBM is wading into South African government address Last Friday, the group sent a Anthony Sheppard, the plaintiffs' attorney, had sought to prove that the the racial maelstrom of South Africa the problems of apartheid with the value from $1 in 1982 to 38 cents today message to President P.W. Botha, rule, which bars failing students from extracurricular activities, is with calls for reform of the apartheid compelling and urgent attention they — makes its more expensive for IBM urging him to be more conciliatory in discriminatory among minority and handicap students. system. deserve." to import and sell its information dealing with black students who are He said the math reason the appointment was being made was because The company, which operates in 130 IBM also hinted, for the first time systems, which are not manufactured boycotting their segregated classes. in South Africa. he could only get data from about 20 school districts. countries and has been under since it came to South Africa in 1952, Akers wrote a letter published in "The state has been like an ostrich and stuck its head in the ground," pressure from apartheid opponents in that it might pull out. IBM's threat to pull out has weight the International Herald Tribune in because the company did leave India, and has not gathered the needed information, he said. its home country, is not escaping The company statement said criticism even in South Africa. March in which he criticized apar- economic activity was a force for Indonesia and Nigeria — in those IBM executives are speaking out to theid while justifying IBM's presence good and that IBM was going to stay cases because of laws which would Ohio woman senator missing since July the South African government about in South Africa. in South Africa "as long as there is a have forced the company into part- white-minority rule, the persistent "Business people are not social chance that we, together with others, nerships with government. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A 23-year veteran of the state Senate has not black riots and the stifling recession reformers in disguise," he wrote. can contribute to peaceful change," The fear that IBM may leave, been seen in public since July, and when she failed to show up for this that many economists say is rooted in "But economic activity does have but it added: "The rapidly however, is bound to discourage week's legislative sessions some of her friends at the Ohio Statehouse got the system of racial separation. profound social effects, direct and in- deteriorating situation is having a potential customers. worried. These executives are doing even direct, that enhance the climate for significant impact on IBM's South Responding to its critics, IBM has Sen. Marigene Valiquette "has been missing from the Senate, and I more in private, say company change." African business." publicized projects aimed at improv- haven't seen her for months," said state Sen. Oliver Ocasek. "She's a spokesmen. In September, after some 700 peo- IBM once derived 1 percent of its ing race relations. very dear friend of mine and I wish she would come back. I don't have IBM Chairman John Akers, known ple had died in more than a year of world-wide revenues from Interna- Of the corporation's 2,0 0 0 any leads, and I'm getting a little bit concerned." for generally shunning politics, is on riots, IBM treaded further than ever tional Business Machines South employees, only 286 are black. Even the Toledo Democrat's secretary, Shari Josephs, claims not to know Valiquette's whereabouts. Josephs told The Blade of Toledo that she has no telephone number for the senator and does not know where she lives. Valiquette, 61, has no legislative aides. Volcano disaster recoveries continue Coronaries may be frequent in morning By The Associated Press Residents who had fled began retur- "The danger is not over," said detected a series of tremors inside the ning to Marquita, nine miles to the Haraound Tazzieff, French minister three-mile-high mountain Tuesday. BOSTON (AP) — People are three times more likely to suffer heart at- north, and other towns that escaped of natural disasters. "The activity of The burial and burning of bodies tacks at 9 a.m. than at 11 p.m., probably because the stress of waking up BOGOTA, Colombia — Rescuers major damage from the mud avalan- the volcano will continue for a long somehow triggers changes in the body that cause the attacks, resear- was ordered to combat typhoid fever still searched the remains of Armero che that flowed into the Andes valley time and the greatest danger is the and other diseases. chers report. Wednesday, but burial squads also Nov. 13 after the eruption of the melting and breaking up of the Health Ministry officials said The findings could improve understanding of what makes lethal blood moved in, gouging long trenches in Nevado del Ruiz volcano. clots lodge in the heart's arteries and provide clues for preventing them, glaciers." Wednesday that another problem is the volcanic mud with back hoes and A 15-foot-deep lake of mud buried Hundreds of thousands of tons of ice the possible spread of gaseous said Dr. James E. Muller. Armero and parts of other towns "This represents a big new area to research," he said. dumping truckloads of bodies into and snow remain on the mountain's gangrene, which is highly contagious below the volcano. At least 25,000 peo- cone, said Tazzieff, one of the world's The study found that heart attacks are more common between 6 a.m. them. and often fatal. ple were killed. leading experts on volcanos. About 20 and noon than at any other time of day. The incidence reaches a peak at 9 Soldiers acting on orders from A few cases have been detected in The mayor's office in Mariquita, percent of the snow cap melted in last people taken to hospitals after lying in a.m. and then declines to a low point at 11 p.m. health officials slogged through the where the small hospital became an week's eruption, creating the wall of the slime for days with open wounds. The researchers theorize that the important factor is when people wake muck with small cans of gasoline, up, not the time of day, so that those who work night shifts might have the dousing decaying bodies and setting emergency clinic, said about 15,000 mud that swept into the valley. Rescue workers continued looking people had returned. Scientists Scientists from France, the United highest risk of heart attacks in the evening. them afire, shooting animals that had for survivors, but hope of finding monitoring the volcano cautioned States, Switzerland and Colombia are more had nearly vanished a week The study, conducted by researchers at Boston's Brigham and been feeding off the corpses. The men against complacency. on the monitoring team. They after the disaster. Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, was based on an analysis wore masks against the stench. of 2,999 heart attack victims. It was published in last Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. Man guilty of castrating neighbor's dog Lawsuits filed after Mont Belvieu refinery blast PALO PINTO (AP) — A man convicted of cruelty to animals for By The Associated Press pany's plant that left two welders dent." Killed in the incident were accusing the company of "gross castrating a neighbor's dog was sentenced Wednesday to one year's pro- dead. James Hoffman, 41, of Cove, and negligence." The family alleges War- bation and ordered to pay $1,400 in fines and restitution. The Warren petitions to move both Richard Duncan, 25, of Baytown, both ren failed to adequately warn the Dale Scott was convicted Tuesday after a day-long trial that drew more ANAHUAC — Attorneys for Warren lawsuits say the federal court has welding company employees. workmen and also failed to deactivate 'people than a recent capital murder trial, Palo Pinto County Judge Nor- Petroleum Co. are asking a state original jurisdiction because the Malinak declined to comment Tues- all pipelines in the area. man Porter said. Seventeen witnessess were called to testify, he said. district judge to move two lawsuits involve people from different day on the motions. Scott testified Tuesday he castrated his neighbor's dog, but he said he multimillion dollar lawsuits against states and more than $10,000. "We feel it is inappropriate to com- But Malinak's court response said followed standard medical practice and denied torturing the dog. the company to a federal court in Robert Malinak, the attorney for ment about litigation," he said. the suit was prompted by "the failure The Mineral Wells businessman said the dog, a young Yorkshire terrier Galveston. Warren, on Monday also filed Relatives of Hoffman on Nov. 11 fil- of James Howard Hoffman Jr. to ex- named Cajun, had been bothering his female dog for more than a week The lawsuits were filed in the wake responses to the suits, saying the ex- ed a $115 million lawsuit against War- ercise ordinary care for his own before he decided to use his agriculture training to castrate the dog. of a Nov. 5 series of blasts at the com- plosion was "an unavoidable acci- ren, a subsidiary of Chevron U.S.A., safety."
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