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2 ♦ The Red and Black • Thursday, November 30, 1989
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■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): Eastern jet escapes disaster. An
Eastern Airlines jet with 50 people aboard landed safely Wednesday,
balancing on two of ita three sets of tires, at Hartsfleld Atlanta
International Airport. There were no injuries among the 43
passengers and seven crew members, said Eastern spokesman Jim
Ashlock. The right main landing gear on Eastern Flight 581 from
Albany, N.Y., failed to extend fully as the Boeing 727 jet approached
Atlanta, Ashlock said. The plane circled the airport as the pilot talked
to technicians on the ground, but it landed about 3:50 p.m.
Passengers were notified of the problem about 15 minutes after
takeoff, but the plane continued to Atlanta. The pilot tried twice to
shake the gear loose.
COLUMBUS (AP): School choice misses legislation, in
light of opposition from educators, the 1990 Georgia Legislature
probably will not seriously consider a proposal that would let parents
choose the schools their children attend, legislators say. Sen. John
Foster, D-Cornelia, and Rep. William Magnum, D-Decatur, chairmen
of the House and Senate education committees, said they favor the
idea but need time to convince other legislators that the plan is more
than just another gimmick. The two lawmakers will hold the last in a
series of public hearings on the matter next month in Savannah.
MACON (AP): Man gets 40 years for cruelty to child, a
55 year-old Macon man was convicted on child cruelty charges
Wednesday nnd sentenced to 40 years in prison for scalding his
girlfriend’s infant nephew and gagging another nephew while
carrying out “a vision from God" to “cure” them. Willie Dudley was
found guilty in Bibb County Superior Court on three counts of cruelty
to children. He was immediately sentenced to prison. Dudley told the
jury Tuesday that he wasn’t trying to hurt the children. He said he
prevented his girlfriend, 29-year-old Crystal Adams, from seeking
help because he was administering a cure to the children, which
required that no one leave the house for three days.
ATLANTA (AP): Tenth grade test scores up. Test scores
and passing rates were up across Georgia this fall for lOth-graders
taking a battery of basic skills tests required for graduation. State
eduction officials said 93 percent of the sophomores passed the
reafl^Lcortion of the test this year, while 87 percent passed the
math por%(^Both passing rates represented an increase of 3
percentage ^^R^pver 1988 and marked the highest passing
percentages sinc^^ie current minimum passing scores were set in
mac •
■ NATION
ATLANTA^M^); Cities want war on drugs stepped up.
Making the fig^Q|u?ainst illegal drugs its top priority, the National
League of Cities called on the federal government Wednesday to back
its tough talk with more money for local agencies to wage the battle.
The organization representing 1,400 municipalities wrapped up its
s five-day convention by also asking the federal government for more
help unsealing with AIDS, adopting a policy supporting a ban on the
manufacntre and sale of automatic assault-type weapons and calling
for U.S. san<A|pns against South Africa. The league called on cities to
adopt further anti-discrimination measures regarding people with
acquired immune deficiency syndrome, but said local governments
can do little concrete to help AIDS victims if the federal government
does not provide more financial support.
MAL!BU V Calif. (AP): Dick Clark turns 60 today. Dick
Clark, the boyish Pied Piper of rock ’n* roll known to generations as
America’s oldest teen-ager, turns 60 today secluded on another
continent far away from the enamored masses. The squeaky-clean
packager of pop will blow out the candles on a birthday cake with his
wife, Kari, ana another couple somewhere in Brazil, publicist Paul
Shefrin said. No fanfare. No party. No fuss. Whether because of
modesty or vanity, Clark turned down an interview request. In the
past, the multimillion-dollar entertainer-producer said he would
prefer to “age gracefully" without media attention.
MONROE, Conn. (AP): Treated trees stink if stolen.
Chopping down a Christmas tree from Monroe’s town parks is a foul
idea, and town officials plan to make sure everyone agrees. All the
evergreens in the town’s three parks are being sprayed with a foul
smelling mixture to dissuade people from robbing the parks for
Christmas trees. “You can’t smell it outdoors, but when you bring the
tree inside and it warms up, bang. You have a pungent, stinky odor,”
said park ranger David Solek. Solek said anyone caught stealing a
tree will be fined $25 to $30 per foot of tree.
■ WORLD
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia (AP): Constitution changed.
The Communist-controlled Parliament today ended the party’s 40-
year monopoly on power, and a member of the ruling Politburo said
free elections could be held within a year. The 309 deputies present
voted unanimously to scrap Article 4 of the constitution, which
mandated the leading role of the Communist Party, and Article 16,
which mandated that all education be based on Marxism-Leninism.
The changes were among historic concessions the opposition won
from the Communist government Tuesday when Premier Ladislav
Adamec also promised to form a new government, including non-
Communists, by Sunday. The deputies even approved a
constitutional change eliminating the Communists’ domination of the
National Front, an umbrella organization embracing all parties and
social groups allowed in Czechoslovakia.
EL SALVADOR (AP) Rebels Invade San Salvador. Rebels
invaded parts of the city’s most affluent neighborhoods before dawn
Wednesday and dug in after often-fierce combat. Heavy and
sustained fire was reported blocks from the residence of U.S.
Ambassador William Walker. Embassy spokesman Jeff Brown said
Walker was “fine ... working in his office at the embassy.” Brown did
not say when Walker went to the embassy. The ambassador has been
spending nights at his home. Many of the U.S. diplomats and
embassy employees who live in the comfortable neighborhoods of
western San Salvador did not make it to work Wednesday. The
embassy’s switchboard telephone was not answered. In Washington,
Secretary of State James A. Baker III said guerrillas “briefly overran”
at least one embassy officer’s home, and added: “We are taking steps
to assure the safety of embassy personnel.” Administration officials
said no Americans were ir\jured.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• A panel discussion on career
opportunities in management
consulting will be held today at
3:30 in Room 102 of Caldwell
Hall. The discussion will be
sponsored by Management
Advisory Services subcommittee
of the American Institute of
CPAs. An informal reception will
follow. Casual attire.
• Beta Alpha Psi will hold ita fall
initiation ceremony tonight at
7:15 in the law school
auditorium. A reception will
precede at 6:30. Following the
initiation, Paul Williams, IRS
Atlanta district director will
speak on “Return Selection and
the Audit Process.” Professional
attire.
• Circle K International will
meet tonight at 7 in Room 139 of
the Tate Student Center. All
interested in this service
organization are invited.
• The Student League for
Environmental and Animal
Protection will meet tonight at 8
in Room 140 of the Tate Student
Center.
Announcements
• The Ceramic Student
Organization will hold ita annual
Christmas sale today and Friday
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the
ceramic studio in the visual arts
building. The sale will benefit
the organization scholarship
fund and visiting artist program.
• The School of Music will
present “Celebration of
Christmas’ tonight and Friday
night at 8 in the fine arts
auditorium. The UGA Concert
Choir and the University
Festival Orchestra will perform
Mozart's Missa Brevis and the
Christmas protion of Handel’s
Mettiah. Regular admission is t5
and student admission is $2.
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I
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Americans less suspicious of Soviets
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Amer
picions of the Soviet Un
tives are fading rapid
majority of people now con
that the Soviets do not seek to
dominate the world, a national poll
has found.
As Presidents Bush and Mikhail
Gorbachev prepare for their
weekend summit off Malta, the poll
found overwhelming belief that the
Soviet leader seeks real reform in
his country, although opinion was
mixed on his prospects.
Both men were highly popular in
the Media General-Associated
Press poll, with Gorbachev out-
polling Bush among the most-edu
cated Americans. A plurality said
Gorbachev has done more than
Bush to ease East-West tensions.
Their meeting comes at a mo-
ent of great change in the Com-
L uni8t worlA While Gorbachev
ihes liberallreforms in the So-
Union, hi A Eastern European
allies have
toward democrat
Forty percent
surveyed Nov. 1
“too cautious” i
n dramatic steps
in recent weeks,
the 1,117 adults
5 rated Bush as
encouraging re
form in the Soviet Union and
Eastern Europe. Still, 46 percent
said he was doing enough; the rest
were unsure.
Respondents by a 2-1 margin fa
vored establishing normal trade re
lations with the Soviets, a step that
administration officials are ex
ploring. A far less likely move, U.S.
foreign aid to the Soviets, was
soundly opposed.
Despite good will toward Gorba
chev personally, the poll found lin-
gering doubt about Soviet
reliability, with 53 percent saying
CHILD CARE
From page 1
He said the center could be paid
for by University funds, student
activity fees and user fees.
That’s how the Lannette Suttles
Child Development Center at
Georgia State University operates.
Child-care at the center costs
$1.50 an hour for older children
and $2 an hour for younger chil
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the Soviets cannot be trusted to
live up to their arms control
agreements. The level of doubt was
down, though, from 61 percent in a
poll last year.
Reflecting the cautious view, 52
percent in the new poll said the
United States should not signifi
cantly reduce military spending
because of lessening East-West
tensions. The Bush administration
is contemplating sizable cute in ita
military budget.
Respondenta were divided on
whether the United States should
remove all of its troops from
Western Europe if the Soviets re
moved theirs from Eastern Europe.
Of those who had an opinion, 47
percent favored such a deal and 42
percent were opposed, a split
within the poll's 3-point error
margin.
On the hroadeBt East-West
issue, respondents by a 67-35 per
cent margin rejected the notion
that the Soviet Union is trying to
dominate the world, with the rest
unsure. Just last spring, 50 per
cent in a CBS News-New York
Times poll said they believed the
Soviets did seek world domination.
Despite the divided opinion on
Bush’s caution in encouraging the
Communist changes, 74 percent
approved of his handling of U.S.-
Soviet relations overall. And 70
percent had a favorable opinion of
Bush in general, the same high
level of popularity he enjoyed in a
Gallup poll in May.
Sixty-eight percent expressed a
favorable view of Gorbachev, vir
tually the same rating as Bush’s
and well up from 54 percent in a
Media General-AP poll in April
1988, before a summit between
Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan.
center said the school’s center is
necessary because many of the stu
dents there have children. The av
erage age of students at Georgia
State is 27.
Robb said 235 children are en
rolled in the program there.
Four years ago a committee
studied the possibility of estab
lishing more extensive day-care fa
cilities at the University, said
Emily Pou, dean of the college of
Home Economics. Pou said the
committee decided building a
child-care facility “did not appear
to be feasible” because of the lack
of funds and building space .
CORRECTION
An article In Tuesday's edition of The Red and Black incorrectly
Identified the winner of the Miss T.E.E.N. competition. The
winner Is Kimberly Sharp, a freshman business major.
It is the policy of The Red and Black to correct errors of fact
that appear in its news columns. Corrections usually appear
on Page 2.
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