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Newspaper Page TextPa If 2 Tfcf Red and Black Wednesday, October l>, HS4 Briefly fmn tuff end arire rayrtt Two assaults reported University police reported two acts of aggravated assaults on students Saturday night and Sunday morning Police are still investigating both cases, according to University police spokesman CpI Richard Haynes The first assault occurred near Russell Hall when a student was assaulted with a bos cutter and received minor cuts The student was treated for the cuts at the Gilbert Health Center and released The second assault occurred on Rogers Road when a man tried to force a female student into a car The woman managed to escape unharmed This incident occurred at around I a m Sunday morning, police reported Speakers plan visits Several prominent literary figures will lecture on campus this year, according to Coburn Freer, head of the Knglish department Freer said he is very pleased with the lecturers that are coming and is planning to invite a few more speakers Frederick Garber, professor of comparative literature at State University of New York at Binghamton, will lecture Wednesday on "Satire and the Making of Selves," in room 266 of Park Hall at 4 30 p m During winter quarter, the Knglish department will host a scholar in residence for one week Harvard’s Sacvan Bercovitch will speak about Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthornein two after mam lectures Peter Taylor, a well-known short story writer, will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in creative writing spring quarter as well as give readings from his work Reagan makes history Tl’SCAl.OOSA Ala — President Reagan's campaign appearance next Monday at the University of Alabama will be brief but historic, according to university officials University spokesman Mike Ellis said Tuesday that the school has no record of a sitting president speaking on campus in the last 20 years, and probably none before then He said he's still researching the records to deter mine whether any president has visited the campus while in office Nicaraguan leader Ortega met with protest in Atlanta ATLANTA IAP) - The civil rights organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr welcomed Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega to Atlanta Tuesday, while demonstrators carried signs reading. "Ortega in Atlanta brings shame to Martin's name " Ortega placed a wreath at King's tomb, met his widow. Coretta Scott King, and was escorted through the city by two former King lieutenants. Mayor Andrew Young and Joseph Lowery, president of the King founded Southern Christian Leadership Conference laiwery invited Ortega to include Atlanta on a today tour intended to state the Nicaraguan government's case to the American people "The struggle that was waged here by Martin Luther King was quite linked to the struggle of the Nicaraguan people." Ortega said through an interpreter at a news conference He said the successes of blacks in the United States were a source of inspiration for the Nicaraguan revolution Questioned about his statement to the United Nations that his country would be invaded by American-backed forces next Monday, Ortega said that was "the date eon- Mayor Young templated by the counter revolutionary "forces.” The Pentagon has labeled the invasion charges "ab solute nonsense” Ortega said the United States hopes to prevent "Nicaragua from holding scheduled elections Nov 4 The elections, the first since the Sandinistas seized power five years ago. are opposed by Nicaraguan opposition groups, who fear they will be controlled by the ruling junta About 30 pro-Ortega demonstrators chanted “U S hands off Nicaragua." when he arrived at the Mar tin Luther King Jr Center for Nonviolent Social Change for the ceremony at King's tomb But 75 protesters — in cluding former Gov Lester Maddox and Kathryn Mc Donald, the widow of U S Rep Larry McDonald — marched outside the Atlanta Civic Center, where Ortega attended a luncheon spon sored by the SCLC Referring to Lowery's statement that Ortega's visit was appropriate because Atlanta is the capital of the Third World." Maddox said, "I thought it was the capital of Georgia "The Stale Department is supposed to handle diplomacy with our enemies I consider him iOrtega) to be an enemy to this eoun try," Maddox said The Rm and Black Who ya gonna call? I)ina Saad rips th«* shirt off Dan Aykroyd and the rest of the (ihwtbu»ters' backs with her Fritibuslers T-shirt, promoting the Keagan-Bush ticket. Saad and other students involved in College Republicans and Young Democrats of C larke C ounty will periodically man booths at the Dean Tate Student C enter P'.aza until the Nov. 6 presidential election. Hey Dina, if Fritz ' wins the election, who sou gonna call? Man sets wife on fire after watching TV show MILWAUKEE IAP) — A 39-year-old man who wanted to "scare" his wife was held Tuesday on suspicion of setting fire to her shortly after he watched a TV movie about a woman who burned her abusive husband to death, police said Sharon Brandt. 37, was SALE Of THE YEAR ESS hospitalized in critical condition with burns over 95 percent of her body after she was splashed with gasoline and set afire with a cigarette ligher at her home Monday night, said Police Capt Dan Koprowski Assistant District At torney Gerald Falk said tier husband, wearing Army fatigues, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident and was being held in the city jail Falk said authorities would decide on formal charges by Wed nesday Under Wisconsin law, his name was not BEECHWOOd CINEMAS Phone 546 loll *2 50 until 6 p m PH nwjhs BRti «*» ■*“** $4098 Q EVENINGS 7:00. 9:25 MAT., SAT., SUN.. 2:00, 3:50. 5:40 EVENINGS 7:00, 9:25 MAT., SAT. SUN. 2:15, 4:35 released pending charges. Brandt's mother. Margaret Fuhrer of Milwaukee, said her daughter was not expected to live Police said the husband told them he had watched the NBC movie "The Bur ning Bed.' starring Farrah Fawcett in the true story of a battered Michigan wife who killed her husband by setting fire to his bed while he slept She was acquitted after a jury found her temporarily insane "He told us he watched the show and decided to scare his wife with fire.' an arrresting officer reported in a police complaint Wit nesses said they saw Mrs Brandt ablaze in her yard about 10 30 p m a half hour after the movie ended The woman's two sons said they had just gone to bed when they heard screams from the yard Christopher. 11. said he looked outside and saw a fire in his backyard He tried to call his mother at her job as a beautician, but received no answer, he said At first I thought it was some garbage on fire And then I saw Mom.” Christopher said Meanwhile, his brother, Daniel, 13, ran to get a fire extinguisher, but could not get the pin out of it I just couldn't waste any more time so I called the fire department." Daniel said He also called the police “The only thing I could see on her that oculd tell me anything that it was my mom was her shoes,' Daniel said One neighbor said she tried to douse the flames with water from a garden hose, while another neighbor ran out with a bucket and started to douse the flames with water from a backyard swimming pool ALL MWUII1L WllltWPhP)! 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The Red and Black (Athens, Ga.) 1893-current, October 10, 1984, Image 2