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University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Friday, Feb. 14, 1986
News Briefs
Paris officials order 13 suspects to leave
PARIS — The Interior Ministry yesterday ordered the expulsion of 13 of 64 people of mainly Middle Eastern origin taken into custody for questioning in a series of bomb attacks in Paris.
The ministry said the 13 soon would leave for the country of their choice for posing trouble to the public. No evidence linking them to the three bomb blasts last week was produced.
JERUSALEM - Anatoly Shcharansky, the Jewish dissident released from a Soviet prison, said yesterday that he never was beaten during his nine years behind bars. He said he was tortured by hunger, cold, isolation and "the idea I might die."
Police had mounted a massive operation to track down terrorists who bombed a crowded bookstore and shopping center. Twenty people were wounded by the blasts.
Earlier, Shcharansky, who suffers from a heart ailment, was pronounced in good health after a medical examination.
Iacocca opposed plans
Dissident not beaten
DETROIT — Chrysler Corp.
Chairman Lee A. Iacocca said
yesterday that he was fired as
head of a commission to renovate
the Statue of Liberty because he
heposed plans to build a hotel and
conference center on part of Ellis Island.
Interior Secretary Donald Hodel fired Iacocca on Wednesday. Hodel said he wanted to avoid any possible conflict of interest stemming from Iacocca running both the commission and a companion fund-raising foundation.
Airline investigated
WASHINGTON - Justice Department officials were shocked yesterday by Drug Enforcement Administration statements which led to the exposure of an investigation into alleged cocaine smuggling by Eastern Airline baggage handlers in Miami, sources said.
A federal grand jury in Miami is receiving evidence, and the investigation is continuing, law enforcement sources said.
From Kansan wires.
FDA issues Tylenol warning
United Press International
YONKERS, N.Y. - The Food and Drug Administration yesterday warned consumers to stop using Extra-Strength and Regular-Strength Tylenol. Five more cyanidacapsules were discovered in the second tainted bottle of the painkiller within a week.
The poisoned capsules were found five days after Diane Elroth, 23, of Peekskill, N.Y., died of cyanide poisoning after taking two Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules bought from an A&P store in Bronxville, a northern New York suburb.
FDA Commissioner Frank Young said the five new cyanide-laced capsules were in a bottle from a Woolworth's department store less than a mile from the A&P store.
He said the FDA also was testing a
A preliminary analysis indicated that the five contaminated capsules contained 50-percent cyanide and 50-percent potassium cyanide, a lethal dose. Young said. The outside seal on the bottle was not broken, he said, and the aluminum foil over the top of the container was intact.
bottle of Regular-Strength Tylenol for noxible contamination.
Johnson & Johnson Co., the Brunswick, N.J.-based makers of Tyleneol, joined the FDA in warning consumers to stop using Extra-Strength and Regular-Strength Tyleneol.
"While the area of immediate concern is New York, we are issuing a nationwide warning in the interests of giving the public the widest possible protection," said James Burke, chairman of Johnson & Johnson.
Elsroth's death prompted stores in
34 states to pull *Tylenol* from their shelves. The toxicity of the cyanide that killed Elsroth was determined to be 40-percent sodium cyanide and 60-percent potassium cyanide.
The lot number on the contaminated bottle discovered yesterday was AHA090 with an expiration date of March 1887. It was manufactured in Puerto Rico, said Mary Russell, spokeswoman for Westchester County Police.
The capsules that were blamed in Elsroth's death were made in Pennsylvania.
Young said the FDA was testing for a very small trace of something that reacted like cyanide in a bottle of Regular-Strength Tylenol. Analysis had not yet shown whether the capsules contained cyanide.
That bottle was found in an A&P store in Yorktown, N.Y. and
manufactured in Round Rock, Texas. It carried the lot number of AJR358 with an expiration date of March 1987, Young said.
In 1982, seven people died after taking cyanide-laced capsules of Extra-Strength Tylonel that were purchased in Chicago-area markets. The deaths, which began Sept. 29, 1982, led Johnson & Johnson to pull Extra-Strength Tylonel capsules from stores countridaily and begin a testing program in which more than 1 million bottles were examined.
In the end, only eight tainted bottles were discovered, five taken from the victims, one from a store shelf and two turned in during the recall. A 130-member task force of federal, state and local authorities investigated the deaths. They found no suspects or motives.
McAuliffe's backup may get flight
WASHINGTON — NASA announced yesterday that backup space teacher Barbara Morgan would be offered a chance to fly aboard a shuttle.
The date of the next flight with a teacher onboard depends on the outcome of the investigation into the Jan. 28 Challenger disaster, which killed McAulife and her six crewmates, said William Graham, acting director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Morgan, of McCall, Idaho, did not attend the news conference at which Graham and two space teacher finalists appeared. She said she still wanted to fly in space.
"I've lost a lot of good friends, and I feel sad
about that. But we've got to push on," she said.
"There are always tragedies in life."
Graham said Morgan told him that her acceptance of a seat aboard a shuttle would depend on her circumstances when NASA decides it is ready to fly shuttles again. Graham met with Morgan earlier this week
Graham said the other eight finalists agreed that Morgan should get the first chance to fly. He said NASA had not yet decided whether another backup would be picked.
Graham also announced that the space agency's program to select a journalist to fly in space would be resumed soon. He said a journalist would fly aboard a shuttle after a teacher flew.
Mary Futrell, president of the National Education Association, said it was important that the
teacher-in-space program continue, particularly after the loss of the Challenger and its crew.
"We must kindle and rekindle the spirit of inquiry that Christa brought alive," Futrell said. "We must preserve her legacy — the legacy of inspiration.
"If, together, we honor our pledges, then we will be able to say that on January 28, 1986, tragedy and triumph were fused. We will truly be able to say that although Christa McAulife never reached her destination, her mission was accomplished."
Two space teacher finalists appeared with Graham and Futrell at the news conference. They said they still would fly aboard a shuttle once NASA corrected the problems.
France tells Duvalier he cannot stay
United Press International
PARIS — Former Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier said yesterday that he had asked the French government for permission to remain in the country permanently as a refugee. But French officials said he was not welcome.
"I am asking fondly that the French Office for the Protection of Refugees recognize the refugee status of myself as well as all the members of my family," the telegram said.
Duvalier's request came in a telegram to French officials. It was read to reporters by the proprietor of the Hotel de L'Abbaye in the resort town of Talloires where Duvalier has been at since fleeing his country Feb. 7.
Earlier in the day, the Foreign Ministry said Duvalier would not be allowed to remain permanently.
"France is doing the maximum to have Duvallier leave as soon as possible." said a Foreign Ministry spokesman. "There is no question that Duvallier will have to leave France. It is not Duvallier who will make the decision."
Duvalier owns a chateau and two apartments in France. News reports earlier said that he was not considering a permanent asylum in an African country. The French government originally said it would allow him to remain only eight days.
Marcos leading in vote tally
The Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines — After seven hours of vote tabulation, President Ferdinand E. Marcos was well ahead yesterday in the official vote count by the National Assembly, which his party controls. Corazon Aquino, who says she won the presidential election, said Marcos must resign to prevent violence.
Aquino's aides reported that another of her campaign workers was killed yesterday, bringing the total since the Feb. 7 election to more than 20.
The assembly had Marcos ahead with 6,408,785 votes to 5,584,581 for Aquino. This is an edge of about 53
percent to 46 percent. About 46 percent of the votes are tallied.
She said the resignation would defuse some of the anger of Filipinos who think they have been cheated and allow the question of who won the election to be settled in a manner acceptable to all. She did not say how that could be done.
Aquino maintains that the elections were fraudulent and that the Nation is not responsible.
The tally sheet delivered to the National Assembly from the president's home province of Iloocs Norte said the votes came from 761 precincts. The province has 624 registered precincts.
According to the tally sheet, the vote in Ilocos Norte was 189,897 for Marcos and 718 for Aquino.
The president deplored the violence and said he also had lost supporters, including a town mayor who, Marcos said, was killed by communist rebels encouraged by the opposition.
Aquino said Marcos should resign because "the failure of the electoral process to move swiftly to a fair conclusion has dangerously heightened tensions."
Marcos, who has governed the Philippines for 20 years, appeared on government television and pledged to "honor, without reservations, the people's verdict at the polls."
Dole wants U.S. bases out of the Philippines
United Press International
LOS ANGELES — Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole said yesterday that he would propose legislation requiring the Defense Department to study the possibility of moving two U.S. military bases out of the Philippines.
Dole said there were obvious irregularities in the Philippine election, which showed President Ferdinand Marcos ahead of opposition leader Corazon Aquino by nearly 1
million votes with about a third of the ballots counted.
"I assume that Marcos will be the winner," Dole said at a Los Angeles news conference.
"We need to know the extent of the fraud. If Marcos or his agents were directly involved, then I think we'd better take a look."
He said he would introduce legislation next week requiring the Pentagon to study the possibility of moving the two U.S. installations, Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Station.
THE ELKS CLUB
February 15, 1986
8:00 pm.
IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY AT HOUSE OF HUPEI!
What an idea! The wonderful friends at House of Hupei have teamed up to make this the tastiest Valentine's Day ever! Not only do you get the finest authentic Chinese food around for a great low price, but they are offering GIFT CERTIFICATES...what an exciting gift for your sweetheart! But don't stop yet, to top off your romantic evening, it's flowers for all the ladies! We'll see you on Valentine's Day at House of Hupei! Dinner includes: Eggrolls or Crab Rangoon, Seafood Delight Soup, and your choice of two main dishes;
- Mandarin Combination
- Pork Hupei Stule
- Sweet Paper Sage
- Sweet and Sour Triple Delight
- Seafood Combination
- Chicken Velvet and Crab Meat We'll be open 4:30-10:30 on Valentine's Daul!
- FREE PUNCH
- FREE FLOWERS
Open daily:
Lunch
11:30-2:30p.m.
Dinner
4:30-9:30p.m.
Frl. & Sat.
'til 10:30p.m.
Sunday Buffet 12-3 p.m.
Serving lunch daily
Carryout ready in 15 minutes or less
House of HuPEI
2907 W. 6th next to Econo Lodge 843-8070