Monday, October 29, 1984
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Student poll...
Wisre
When asked to rank writing
communication skills, reasoning
math skills, and sciencecompu
ter skills in order of importance
for obtaining a job after gradua
tion, writingcommunication skill
was the easy winner. More than
68 percent said that skill was the
most important in obtaining a
job.
Although students said science
computer skills were important,
these skills received little support
when compared to writingcom
munication skills. Only 17.7 per
cent rated sciencecomputer
skills first in importance.
Although the computer age is
here, thi3 poll indicates students
still place more importance in
the "old fashioned" skills of read
ing and writing.
National and international news
from the Reuter News Report
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More than 44 percent of those
polled rated sciencecomputer
skills as very important. Women
placed a much higher value on
sciencecomputer skills than men
did. Only 38.7 percent of the men
said sciencecomputer skills were
very important, while a 50.5 per
cent of the women said they were.
Senators...
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Boren, who is on the agricul
ture committee, said that al
though Exon is not on that com
mittee, "he might as well be. He
has co-sponsored amendments
to the farm bills over the last four
or five years that have made a
real difference."
Exon's challenger, Nancy Hocn,
has said that he has not accomp
lished much in his term. Boren
disagreed and said Exon just'
doesn't "blow his own horn."
"He's a workhorse, not a show
horse," he said.
Boren said he is leading his
opponent in Oklahoma by about
60 percentage points. Although
the Exon-Hoch race is much
closer, he said, Exon would win
even without help from outside
campaigners.
Exon prefers it that way.
"It's been my determination not
to bring in troops of people from
outside to try to tell people how
to vote," Exon said.
"He can run on his own merits,"
Boren said.
Thingsville disguises partiers
It's not too late to come up with
that costume to make you the
talk of the Halloween party or the
trick or treat route, according to
Dave Engberg of Thingsville, locat
ed in the Centrum and Gateway
shopping centers. Those people
still undecided about who to por
tray on Halloween need to begin
now, he said.
People come into the store,
look around and come up with an
idea, he said, or they want to
dress up like one of Thingsville's
employees, who also don cos
tumes. Once the type of costume has
been decided, he said, the rest is
easy. Thingsville employees help
customers decide what type of
makeup to use and which acces
sories to use.
Costs can range from under $5
to more than $80, he said, depend
ing on the costume's detail and if
a mask is included.
This Halloween, punk rocker
costumes are "hot," he said. Other
costumes, he said, are the peren
nial clowns, witches, vampires,
devils and harlots.
Engberg said business at Things
ville has been brisk for three weeks
with Halloween enthusiasts and
shouldn't die down until after
Halloween, he said.
WeVe had billions and billions
of people," he said, joking.
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Israel plans to remove
military from Lebanon
JERUSALEM Israel Sunday officially proclaimed its aim to
withdraw its troops from Lebanon within a short period
through U.S.-mediated negotiations with Syria and direct mil
itary talks with Lebanon.
A statement issued after a cabinet meeting devoted to
Lebanon said Israel would try to reach agreement with Syria
through the United States and with Lebanon through direct
talks on security arrangements. It did not elaborate on the
timing of the withdrawal and said this would be determined by
the government.
A senior official said U.S. Undersecretary of State Richard
Murphy was due in Israel this week as part of attempts by
Washington to see what role it could play as a mediator
between Israel and Syria. The United States has not been
enthusiastic about entering the Lebanese quagmire again
without a clear prospect of results.
Prime Minister Shimon Peres has said that for Israel to
withdraw its estimated 12,000 troops, Syria must agree not to
occupy positions vacated by Israel and must guarantee to stop
guerrilla infiltration from its lines. Syria has rejected these
demands saying Israel must withdraw unconditionally.
On talks with the Lebanese, the government repeated that
they could not be within the framework of the 1949 Israel
Lebanon Military Armistice Commission, as demanded by Bei
rut. Israeli cabinet spokesman Yossi Beilin said the cabinet did
not discuss a partial unilateral withdrawal, which Beirut fears
would lead to a sectarian bloodbath. But a senior official said
such a possibility still existed if no progress were made through
other means.
Another Israeli demand rejected by both Lebanon and Syria
is that the South Lebanon Army, a 2,000-man militia armed
and trained by Israel, should continue to function along the
international border. Beirut and Damascus demand that the
force be disbanded and replaced by U.N. troops and Lebanese
Army soldiers.
Jackson calls for Ethiopian relief
NEW YORK - The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sunday proposed a
National Citizens Committee to help relieve the famine in Ethi
opia and other African nations. He also announced that he will
visit Ethiopia in the next month to learn how bad the situation
is in the drought-hit country, and how his committee can help.
Too few Americans, he teld a news conference, had been
involved in ending the death and suffering in Africa. Jackson
said he will meet with Wolde Giorgis Dawit, chairman of the
Ethiopian Commission for Relief and Rehabilitation, at the
United Nations on Wednesday.
Dawit flew to New York Sunday to plead at the U.N. and with
U.S. officials for more aid to feed the estimated six million
people starving in his country. Dawit had earlier accepted an
offer from Britain of civiT and military aircraft to airlift food
into the coutnry "subject to the regulations within Ethiopia."
Sunday, however, he appeared to reject the offer, suggesting in
a radio interview that the offer was a propaganda stunt and
saying the proposed package of assistance was "undesirable."
British Defense Ministry officials were infuriated by Dawit's
change of mind, which came only hours after he provisionally
accepted the help.
"Either his people are bloody starving or they're not," one
official was quoted as saying.
Baker: Retaliation not automatic
WASHINGTON The United States would consider retalia
tion against new acts of terrorism in Lebanon, but such a strike
would not be an automatic response, a top Reagan administra
tion official said Sunday. James Baker said a speech by Secre-tary-of
State George Shultz last week on terrorism, which
sparked controversy, reflected U.S. policy. Shultz said the Uni
ted States should use force to stop terrorists. Baker said Shultz
raised the possibility of civilian deaths but did not say they
were inevitable.
Bush's wife apologizes for remark
WASHINGTON Vice President George Bush said his wife
"Barbara is sorry about her "rhymes with rich" remark about
Geraldine Ferraro, but he has no regrets about his use of a
vulgarity when talking about his Democratic rival
"My wife's a lady and she didn't think she was speaking for
the record," Bush said of his wife's remark. Barbara Bush
sparked controversy earlier this month by referring to Ferraro
as "that U miHion I cant say it, but it rhymes with rich." She
later telephoned Ferraro at home to apologize.
Speaking in an Interview taped last week and broadcast on
NEC television's "News Forum" program Sunday, Bush raid he
did not regret his own remark to a dockworker that he tried to
kick a little ass" during his Oct 1 1 debate with Ferraro.
Ferraro suggested Bush's comment was a sexual putdown.
