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THE BG NEWS Vol. 68 Issue 94 Bowling Green, Ohio Thursday, March 13,1988 U.S. envoy Work to begin on travels to 911 line Emergency service Nicaragua sheduled to start WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- doing that." dent Reagan, trying to bolster After conferring with Habib, in October 1986 his case for military aid for Reagan met privately with Nicaraguan rebels, sent special about a half-dozen congressmen envoy Philip Habib to Central to try to win their votes for America yesterday and said sending $70 million in military by Zora Johnson critics who claim the United aid and $30 million worth of non- staff reporter States is not interested in a lethal assistance to the Nicara- negotiated settlement "are guan rebels. Work could begin on a 911 making ridiculous noises." At this point, the administra- emergency phone system in Habib's three-nation itinerary tion says it faces an uphill fight Bowling Green as early as Octo- does not include a stop in Nica- to win the money. The Demo- ber this year, according to a ragua. "You don't go where cratic-controlled House is sched- member of the 911 you're not invited, Reagan uled to vote March 19 on the committee. said. package, while the Republican- "I have been telling everyone The Nicaraguan embassy in controlled Senate is tentatively it should be started by October," Washington, however, said Ha- scheduled to vote the next day. said Leonard Stevens, president bib was welcome in Managua "if of the Wood County Board of the administration honestly THERE WAS renewed talk on Commissioners. "It could be wants to negotiate." Capitol Hill about a compromise moved farther back now be- Reagan said Habib has the on the package. However, presi- cause a lot is going on. but we're authority to visit Nicaragua for dential spokesman Larry aiming for that date." talks with the Sandinista regime Speakes said, "We're not inter- The 911 phone system will be a "if anything comes up that ested in anything short of get- computerized system which is would show that there might be ting the president's pacakge tied into the Sheriff's Depart- any prospect or any profit in approved, without restrictions." ment at the county courthouse. When a call is placed a screen will light up with the location from which the call is being placed. The call will then be Transcripts get transferred to the proper de- partment. "It is a way to get help quickly and easily which everyone wul know about," Stevens said. computerized "Once the plan starts working we'll even start teaching chil- by Julie Fauble transcripts for registered stu- dren in kindergarden just to dial staff reporter dents wul be sent out to campus 911." addresses in batches of 6,000, to A bill signed by Gov. Richard The Office of Registration and be verified by students, he said. Celeste in June of last year Records is converting all tran- The first 6,000 will be sent in provided legislation allowing for script files to a computer sys- the middle of March, the next the voluntary establishment of tem, but before they do, students 6,000 in the beginning of April 911 phone systems in Ohio. The will have a chance to verify the and the final batch toward the bill provides that the cost of records. end of April. implementation will be divided By the end of the semester the "Everyone who is registered BG News Joe Ph among local political subdivi- Office of Registration and Re- for spring 1966 should receive an sions, telephone users and the cords will have converted all unofficial transcript for self-ver- Forecast: Wet telephone company. transcript records from paper ification before the end of the Students make weekly weather observations at the station atop the breezeway between Hanna and "The phone company will get files to computer, said Duane semester," he said. University Halls as part of Geography 213. meteorology class. Kristen Seibert, senior production and some of its taxes abated to offset Whitmire, director of records. The Transcripts will be purchasing major, holds the umbrella as Donald Miholovich, junior history major, checks a station. the cost of putting the system The approximately 18,000 D See Transcripts, page 7. in " Stevens saidT "After the initial installation, everyone will share the cost." STEVENS SAID although the Spaniards vote to stay in NATO projected cost to users wul be 23 cents a month, he thinks it may MADRID, Spain (AP) - Spaniards Barrionuevo said with 38.4 percent of strongly pro-NATO conservative opposi- another four-year term if elections are fall more in the range of 75 cents voted yesterday to keep their country in the total vote counted, 38.6 percent of the tion called on Spaniards to abstain from held in October. a month. NATO in a surprise victory for the pro- ballots cast had gone against the referen- voting to protest holding the referendum. "That's fantastic. That's great," said The system will be available European policies of Socialist Prime dum, 6.8 percent of the ballots were blank White House deputy press secretary Ed- to all people residing in the Minister Felipe Gonzalez, official projec- and 1.2 percent of the vote had been AS RECENTLY as last week, public ward Dierejian in Washington. county, but Stevens said be tions showed. disqualified. opinion polls indicated voters would re- The United States leases four military doesn't think people should have He said the projections showed 58 per- ject NATO membership by a margin of 4 bases in Spain. to pay for the service if they Partial returns showed 53.4 percent of cent of the country's 28.8 million regis- to 7 percentage points. don't want to. the voters favored the government's de- tered voters had participated in Spain's The surprise vote results signaled Although the referendum was not bind- Mayor Bruce Bellard, a mem- cision to keep Spain in the North Atlantic third referendum since the return to strong rejection of the conservatives, and ing, Gonzalez had said he would respect ber of the 911 planning commit- Treaty Organization, Interior Minister democracy in 1977. indicated Gonzalez could defeat conser- the will of the people and pull Spain out of tee, said he thinks the phone Jose Barrionuevo said. During the 40-day campaign, the vative and communist opponents to win NATO if the voters demanded it. system will be a beneficial one. University prepares for '21 law' by Caroline Langer it is likely the drinking age will for alternatives to alcohol-re- segregation of upper and lower staff reporter be raised during the fall semes- lated entertainment, Krider class students, since most 21- ter, even though HB 779 has not said. year-olds are juniors and se- With Congress nearing a deci- yet been read in Congress. Edmonds said the committee niors. But the Committee is sion on raising the State's drink- Brad Krider, vice president of is studying universities in states looking into ways to deal with ing age to 21, University officials the Undergraduate Student Gov- where the legal drinking age is this problem. have already begun preparing ernment, said resident advisors 21 to deteniune alternatives for "We won't come up with a for the transition. would have to be stricter with entertainment. perfect solution, it will take Mary Edmonds, vice presi- drinking in the dorms to ensure some time and people will have dent of student affairs, said the the law is upheld. Since many social functions to be patient," he said. Universty's "Transition 21 Com- include alcohol, an attitude Edmonds said one reason be- mittee" wants the change to be The University may also have change would also be needed hind raising the age was to keep smooth. to reconsider offering alcohol at regarding what students do for young people from drinking and school-related events such as fun, Edmonds said. She said driving. University policy regarding Fall Fest, he added. students would probably come the change would follow the law, up with programs which interest "BG knows that better than she said. MOST STUDENTS are 19 and them. anybody, we lost a number of State Representative Randy older, but if the drinking age is Krider said raising the drink- good students to drinking acci- Gardner, R-Bowling Green, said raised, many will have to look ing age could cause a social dents," she said. Morthwest Ohio to see a 'new' WBGU-TV by Julie Wallace going to replace it with new state-of-the-art The present transmitter, purchased in reporter equipment, said Duane Tucker, General 1973. provides 30,000 watts of power. The Manager of WBGU-TV. newly-purchased transmitter will provide Several changes at the city's public tele- The total cost for the renovations is 60,000 watts. The installation of both the vision station will mean the beginning of a $887,000.