University Daily Kansan / Thursday, February 2, 1989
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Philippine Army battles Muslims
The Associated Press
MANILA. Philippines — Troops backed by helicopter gunships battled Muslim rebels in a southern province, and 43 people were killed, the military said Wednesday.
ruesday's battle in Zamboanga del Sur province, about 500 miles southeast of Manila, was the bloodiest clash with Muslim rebels since a ceasefire went into effect in 1986.
tire west We battle Tuesday between Philippine Army troops and Muslim rebels claimed the lives of 32 guerrillas, eight civilians, two government militiamen and one soldier.
Reports said fighting erupted after about 300 rebels from the Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front attacked the village of Kulasian to avenge the deaths of
some colleagues.
Both the Moro National Liberation Front and the rival Moro Islamic Liberation Front have been fighting for Muslim rule on Mindanao and other southern islands since 1972. But fighting has been reduced to sporadic skirmishes since the guerrillas agreed to a cease-fire in 1986.
some confections.
Gunboats were dispatched to the area to prevent the rebels from escaping by sea, reports said.
Troops then conducted an air and ground assault.
las agreed to a ceasefire in the mid-1970s. Officials estimate that more than 50,000 people were killed at the height of the Muslim rebellion in the mid-1970s.
The Aug. 28, 1987, coup attempt left more than 50 dead and was the most serious attempt to overthrow Aquino, who became president after a popular and military uprising ousted Marcos in 1986.
Also, a judge in Manila on Wednesday acquitted a former associate of ex-President Ferdinand Maros of rebellion charges in connection with an attempt to topple the government of President
Corazon Aquino.
In Manila, Judge Maximiano Asunción ruled that there was insufficient evidence to convict former provincial Gov. Orlando Dulay of rebellion charges in connection with his takeover of the provincial capital building in Qurino province north of Manila.
But the judge sentenced Dulay to 10 months in prison and fired him $50 for trying to strangle then-Qurin Gov. Renicolas Delizio and holding several employees during the takeover.
News Briefs
Members of the Air Force Accident Investigation Board began arriving late yesterday at Dyess.
Officials at Sawyer said the plane's maintenance files were aboard before it crashed, but bst Lt. John Armes, deputy chief of public affairs at Dyess, said he didn't know if a cockpit voice recorder was aboard.
TOWER CONTROVERSY:
Defense Secretary designate John Tower denied yesterday that he had a drinking problem or would
be hampered in his new job by past ties with military contractors.
The committee chairman, Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., said he expected the panel to leadods to recommend the Senate chairwoman's nomination.
The committee began yesterday with a closed session to discuss possible conflicts of interest involving Tower and to allow him to answer allegations made Tuesday by conservative activist Paul Weyrich that he had seen Tower on a number of occasions publicly
FLIGHT INVESTIGATION: Air Force personnel yesterday used numbered flags to map about two square miles of scorched grassland and woods where a fuel-laden tanker crashed, but the investigation may be hampered by the lack of a flight data recorder and the apparent loss of many maintenance records.
All 19 people aboard the KC-135A Stratotanker died when it crashed Tuesday during takeoff about a half-mile south of a Dyess Air Force Base runway.
**POISONED DOLPHINS:** At least half the population of East Coast bottlenose dolphins were poisoned by eating fish tainted by a toxin that occurs naturally in red tide algae, a team of federal scientists said yesterday.
inebriated and in the company of women other than his wife.
Another expert said the coastal herd of migratory dolphins might have been cut in half and could require a century to recover in numbers.
Wanted: Drug testers Study seeks to curb recreational use
The Associated Press
BOSTON — A recent newspaper advertisement, offering money to people for taking recreational drugs, is on the up and up.
rme ad stated, "Wanted: People aged 18 to 29 to take recreational drugs as part of a scientific study. Earn up to $400 in four afternoons."
It's part of the quiet battle waged by drug companies and the federal government to find ways to curb narcotic use of prescription drugs.
Scientists hire volunteers to learn what makes some drugs so pleasant that they are likely to be abused. They hope to use that knowledge to develop drugs that as are effective but not pleasurable enough for illicit
use.
Drug companies use the studies to decide whether to market a new drug and what dosages should be sold. Federal agencies use the data to decide whether to approve a drug for sale or impose certain restrictions on how it may be prescribed.
If the drug made subjects euphoric, they are asked if they would take it again for pleasure and how much they would pay for it on the street.
The four categories of drugs that are abused the most and that are most carefully tested are painkillers, diet pills, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs, said John Boren of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
8 in running for North jury
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Eight more potential jurors were picked yesterday for Oliver North's tran-contra trial in a laborious effort that was interrupted by the judge's threat to hold a TV reporter in contempt for making jury selection even tougher.
So far, there are 15 people in the pool of prospects from which 12 jurors and six alternates eventually will be chosen.
U. S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell angrily said he was considering holding ABC News correspondent Tim O'Brien in contempt of court. He said an ABC account Tuesday night appeared to be a deliberate effort to obstruct jury selection by airing congressional testimony North had given covering the same subjects on which he now faces charges.
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