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2 • The Red and Black • Tuesday, May 1. 1990
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■ STATE
SAVANNAH (AP): Retarded man gets life sentence. An
Augusta man found guilty but mentally retarded by a Chatham
County jury was sentenced to five consecutive life terms for the 1988
shooting deaths of two Augusta women. Superior Court Judge
William M Fleming, who moved the tnal to Savannah from Augusta,
imposed the sentence on Mac Arthur Lawton Jr. over the weekend A
new Georgia law prohibits the execution of the mentally retarded.
Lawton, 21, was charged with murder in the death* of Allison Holley,
23, and Lee Shields, 19, both of whom worked at an Augusta store
Authorities said Lawton walked into the store with a gun, robbed the
business and forced the women to the back of the store, where he
made them lie face down and shot them.
ATLANTA (AP): Activists protest chlorine use. Two
Greenpeace activists were arrested Monday after descending from a
150-foot climb up the Georgia-Pacific headquarters building, where
they dangled for about five hours to protest the company's use of
chlorine in the manufacture of paper products. The two, identified by
Greenpeace as D J. LaChappelle, 24, of Washington, D C , and Laurel
Greenberg 31, of Boston, unfurled a 30-by-12-foot banner reading
Take The Poison Out of Pulp," after reaching the 13th floor of the 52-
s'.o’-y building. Greenpeace claims the use of chlorine to bleach paper
: roduces the dangerous chemical dioxin. Atlanta police Sgt. P J. Lynn
-aid they would be charged with criminal trespass and reckless
conduct.
ATLANTA (AP): Apathy marks Lt. governor race.
and.dates in Georgia’s lieutenant governors race are drawing little
attention from voters, even though four of them have been
campaigning for more than a year, a new poll shows. The Atlanta
Journal -Constitution poll found almost 80 percent of voters had no
jp.r.ion of any of the candidates in the race, although state Sen. Joe
Kennedy, D-Claxton, held a slight lead over his opponents with a 16
percent favorable rating. The poll of 621 likely voters was conducted
Apr.. 13-24 and had a margin of error of 4 percent, the newspaper
reported Monday The poll showed that Republicans in the lieutenant
governor’s race face an even tougher battle to gain name recognition
before the July 17 primary. About 90 percent of the voters polled said
they didn’t know the two Republican candidates who have been
campaigning since last year — former state Sen. Janice Horton of
McDonough and Cobb County lawyer Matt Towery.
JONESBORO (AP): Small plane rams living room. Teresa
P vers was in the kitchen with her teen-age son Sunday afternoon
when she looked out the window to see a white and red Cessna plane
c >m:r,g straight toward her house. “I saw the tip of the plane, and the
wing's shadow, and I heard the roar,” said Powers. “I said, The
plane’s f.xin’ to hit the house!” The plane’s nose went through the roof
and into the homes’ living room. Powers and her son ran out the front
door Four people were injured, one critically, in the crash, which
occurred when the pilot of the single-engine plane tried to land at
Jonesboro South Expressway Airport. Nobody on the ground was
hurt, and there was no fire.
ATLANTA (AP): CDC studies ’yuppie disease' cases. A
four-city study of chronic fatigue syndrome, the debilitating malady
sometimes dubbed “yuppie disease,” has turned up about 250 cases so
far, a Centers for Disease Control researcher said Monday. The CDC
last September launched a surveillance project in four cities —
Atlanta; Reno, Nev.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; and Wichita, Kansas — “to
determine the prevalence and incidence of this illness," said Dr.
Walter Gunn of the CDC. In the four survey cities, 350 physicians are
watching for possible cases of chronic fatigue syndrome to be reported
to the Atlanta-based CDC The cause of chronic fatigue syndrome is
not known. Symptoms include the debilitating fatigue that gives the
illness its name, fever, sore throat, muscle weakness and discomfort,
headaches and insomnia.
■ NATION
WASHINGTON (AP): Citizens can use anti trust laws.
The Supreme Court gave state governments and consumers a
potential pocketbook victory Monday, saying they may use federal
antitrust law to try to break up corporate mergers. The unanimous
decision empowers California officials to challenge a $2.5 billion
merger of the Lucky and Alpha Beta supermarket chains. If the state
wins its lawsuit and splits up the business deal, officials said
California consumers could save $440 million a year in grocery bills.
Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for the court, said any opponent of
a merger — not just the federal government — has the right to sue to
force divestiture of merged businesses. The decision sends the
supermarkets merger case back to lower courts where the state will
try to prove the merger is illegal.
■ WORLD
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP): 43-month hostage freed.
Syrian officials said today that kidnappers freed U.S. hostage Frank
Reed after 43 months of captivity in Lebanon. In Washington, the
State Department confirmed the release. “We’ve got confirmation
that he’s been released and is in Syrian hands in Lebanon,” said Kim
Hoggard, a State Department spokeswoman. The Syrian officials,
who refused to be identified further, said Reed, 57, was freed in
Beirut at 8:30 p.m. and arrived in the Syrian capital by car at 11:20
p m. Reed was being escorted by officers of the Syrian army
contingent that controls east and north Lebanon as well as Moslem
west Beirut, where Reed was kidnapped on Sept. 9, 1986.
MOSCOW (AP): Latvia agitates for independence, a
Latvian citizen’s group claiming to represent hundreds of thousands
of Latvians demanded Monday that the republic follow Lithuania’s
lead and declare independence from the Soviet Union. The Latvian
Citizens’ Congress, elected mainly from among ethnic Latvians,
convened Monday and called for restoration of Latvian independence.
Ethnic Latvians make up just over half of Latvia’s population of 2.7
million, and a poll published Monday by the Soviet government
newspaper Izvestia said that 92 percent of those polled favor
secession. Non-Latvian residents make up 46 percent of the republic,
and 45 percent were for independence. Tne congress met three days
before the official Latvian Supreme Soviet parliament was to consider
whether to imitate Lithuania’s March 11 declaration of
independence.
UGA TODAY
Meetings
• The Graduate Student
Association will meet today at 5
p m. at the Tate Student Center
in Room 146. All graduate
students are invited.
• The Pre-veterinary Club will
meet tonight at 7:30 at the
Veterinary School in the
Microbiology Auditorium. The
public is invited.
• The Athens Stamp Club will
meet tonight at 7:30 at the First
Presbyterian Church in the
Fellowhip Hall, just west of the
comer of College Avenue and
Dougherty Street. The public is
invited.
Announcements
• A mock Israeli Shuk will be
held today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at the Tate Student Center
plaza. Israeli products such as
scarves, jewelry, pastries and
falafel will be available.
• The Visual Arts division of the
University Union will hold a
reception tonight for artist David
Mudrinich tonight at 7 p.m. at
the Tate Student Center Art
Gallery. The public is invited.
• The UGA Ad Club will present
the Addy Award winners tonight
at 7:30 at the journalism school
in Room 412. The public is
invited.
• The All-Campus Homecoming
Committe is looking for theme
ideas for Homecoming 1990.
Suggestions should be turned in
at the Tate Student Center at the
information desk and are due
May 4. Include namejphone
number and address. Tne winner
will receive $50.
Items for UGA Today must be
submitted in writing at least two
days before the date to be printed.
Include specific meeting location,
speakers title and topic, and a
contact person's day and evening
phone number. Items are printed
on a space available basis.
Because space is limited, long
announcements are shortened.
Officials monitor possible new measles case
Staff Writer
Officials at the Gilbert Health
Center are monitoring a possible
fifth case of measles at the Univer
sity.
An unidentified student, who
lives on Appleby Dnve, has shown
symptoms of a nigh fever, a cough
and a rash, said Gerry Glasenapp
of the health center. The results of
a blood test will determine if the
symptoms are caused by measles.
The case hasn’t been linked to
any of the previously reported
measles cases on campus, Glase
napp said Health service workers
are no longer attempting to trace
the origin of each case, unless the
individual has been out of town in
the last few weeks, she said
The first reported case at the
University is believed to have orig
inated with a West Point, Ga. stu
dent who lives in Lipscomb Hall,
said Ray Peterson of the Clark
County Health Department. It’s
unknown how that student con
tracted the virus.
He said no measles cases have
been reported in Clarke County
outside of the University.
Last week health services
workers gave about 5,000 vaccina
tions for rubeola, the ty pe of mea
sles virus reported on campus,
Glasenapp said. Rubella, the other
form of measles, has many of the
same symptoms but is less severe
than rubeola.
Dr. Florence Winship, assistant
director of Physical Health Serv
ices at the health center, said vac
cination against one type of virus
doesn’t protect against the other.
Vaccinations will be given at the
Tate Student Center and Gilbert
Health Center from 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. through Friday.
Health center officials urge
those who haven’t had at least two
measles shots to get vaccinations
by Friday. Anyone who hasn’t had
a vaccination since 1980 is also en
couraged to get a precautionary
shot.
Israel Week offers cultural education
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
The Georgia Israel Network of
University Students will sponsor
activities for Israel Week to edu
cate the students on issues and the
culture of the Israeli nation.
GINUS is a committee of Hillel,
a campus organization for Jewish
students, and part of a state-wide
network. The four-year-old pro
gram sponsors lectures throughout
the year and culminates annually
with Israel Week, which features
lectures, movies and cultural
events.
GINUS President Sam Barcus, a
senior English major, said the or
ganization has 40 members and is
growing.
Barcus said the major goal of Is
rael Week is to “educate the public
on all aspects of Israel, because
people have definite misconcep
tions.”
Linda Mann, president of Hillel,
said people have general miscon
ceptions because they lack infor
mation.
It has so much more to
offer than a 30-second
news clip.’
— Linda Mann
Hillel president
“You hear so much about politics
and not enough about the culture
and the people," Mann said.
The history of Israel is impor
tant, but the public doesn’t know
much about it, she said.
Barcus said the group decided to
sponsor a week of events because it
needed time to include all facets of
the country.
One event, an Israeli Shuk, will
be a mock marketplace featuring
authentic products from Israel
such as jewel™, belts and pot
pourri. Proceeds will cover the
costs of Israel Week events and the
merchandise for sale.
Mann said Israel Week will be
an opportunity for eve none to
learn about the culture and politics
of Israel.
"It has so much more to offer
than a 30-second news clip,” she
said.
Mann, who expects a good
turnout for Israel Week, said the
public is invited to attend each
event.
■ ISRAEL WEEK EVENTS
Events on the Israel Week cal
endar include:
• Tuesday: A mock Israeli
Shuk, an open-air marketplace,
will be set up at the Tate Student
Center plaza. Authentic jewelry,
belts and other items will be sold.
• Wednesday: Holocaust Re
membrance Day will be cele
brated with a museum of pictures
taken by liberators of concentra
tion camps at the Tate Center
plaza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ben
Hirsch, president of the Holo
caust Survivors Organization,
will speak at the Delta Phi Ep
silon sorority house at 1324 S.
Lumpkin St. The public is in
vited.
• Thursday: Peace Day will
be celebrated with information
on peace proposals and organiza
tions available at the Tate Center
plaza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Athens Mayor Dwain Chambers
and Evan Muney of the Atlanta
Israeli Consulate will participate
in a peace ceremony.
• Friday: Arab and Jewish
students will hold a "Babka
Bash" at 8 p.m. in Room 145 of
the Tate Center with music and
movies.
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