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2The Daily Tar HeelMonday, January 26, 1987 Caleir claims tochers 9 MdmaiiJioimss Prom Asodatd Pits reports BEIRUT, Lebanon An anon ymous caller Sunday claimed the weekend abduction of three Amer ican teachers and an Indian profes sor in the name of an underground group linked to Iran and threatened to kill them if the United States helps Iraq. An earlier caller, also claiming to speak for the Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, said the edu cators were grabbed on Saturday to prevent the extradition from West Germany to the United States of Mohammed Ali Hamadi, a Leba nese man sought in a 1985 TWA hijacking. Twenty-three reporters now are reported missing and believed kid napped in Lebanon, including eight seized since Anglican Church envoy imclhsmaua dmppoiiife conservatives Dy MATTHEW J. BIVENS Staff Writer White House Communications Director Pat Buchanan announced 'Tuesday that he would not run in the 1988 presidential elections, disappointing members of the Con- - gressional Club and other conserva- 'tive groups who had hoped to ' convince him to run. "Buchanan would have been the candidate to get in there and get things done," said Calvin Kirven, a spokesman "for the Congressional Club. "Jesse Helms would be our Kuralt lantern. "Does it improve with age? I kept a quart jar of it for a week one time, and 1 couldn't tell if it was one bit better than if it was fresh from the still." After talking of moonshine Sat urday nights, Kuralt later talked of the church-going mornings. "One feature of North Carolina is the old white church," Kuralt said, "standing there looking like it has always been there. It hasn't been. "William Byrd, the old Virginia traveler in North Carolina in 1728, Clark effort. 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Model "D" is a trademark of Leading Edge ' Products Terry Waite arrived in Beirut on Jan. 12 on a mission to seek the release of hostages. The Christian Voice of Lebanon radio station said it received the two calls Sunday, but it was not clear. ' if they were made by the same man. The calls could not be authenti cated. The extremist Shiite Moslem group usually delivers statements to local newspapers or Western news agencies when it wants to publicize a claim, and the Voice of Lebanon has been known to be inaccurate on Moslem-related affairs. The first caller said the group would kill a hostage if Hamadi, 22, was extradited to the United States, where, he is wanted on charges of air piracy and murder in the June 1985 TWA hijacking to Beirut. In the second call, a man said a first choice, but of course he's not interested in running." Kirven said the Congressional Club supported Buchanan because he has been one of the few political figures who has not distanced him self from President Reagan during the Iran-Contra scandal. "(Buchanan) is the kind of con servative candidate who's not afraid to speak up for what he believes in," Kirven said. He said Buchanan's overall con servative philosophy agreed with from page 1 wrote: 'dne of the things that might be said of the inhabitants of this province is that they are not troubled with any religious view. They do not know Sunday any more than any other day . . .' When he reached the capital, Edenton, he said: '1 believe this is the only metropolis in the Christian or Mohammedan world where there is neither church, chapel, mosque, synagogue or any other place of holy worship of religion whatever.' "That was North Carolina, before the Baptists got here." from page 1 could make Serious contributions with faculty members to create academic and socially oriented dorm programs, he said. Clark is the governor of Morrison Residence Hall and chairman of RHA's finance committee. In his freshman year Clark was the fourth floor president of Morrison. tJMUi mm J HIUL W DM. mm r "v n n hostage would be killed if Hamadi was notreleased by midnight (5 p.m. EST). It was not clear if the caller referred to art American or to the other hostages. . . The second call also said the hostages would be killed if the United States provided support for Iraq, who has been at war with Iran since September 1980. "We ask U.S. President Reagan not to intervene in the Gulf War and not to provide assistance to the Iraqi authorities' the man said in Lebanese-accented Arabic. "The (American) hostages will be wasted if he fails to do so." The three Americans kidnapped from Beirut University College on Saturday night by gunmen disguised as police were Alann Steen, 48, a journalism professor who formerly that of the Congressional Club, and his ability to deal with the press has also impressed members. The Congressional Club is not sure who it will support but has other candidates in mind and willvdecide soon, Kirvin said. "Right now, we're just waiting for the dust to settle," he said. Kirven said no one could say why Buchanan chose not to run, and he declined to speculate on Buchanan's reasons. Keith Poston, chairman of Stu Jf-.-i - $5 4 DTH Charles Carriere John Turner, dean of the School of Social Work, at the benefit G4ROUNN thl Leading Edge' Scries" Modem 300-1200 Baud or 300-2400 Baud 12008 May Compute 2400B Fvl or Nail Dupm 0 4 1 Fitod mm For Loading Edo. and CompatJMas tt'ie4rft'lfc.Mta.tkHfcilit'iMtai.iiltiMk..W.(MM.. taught at three northern California colleges; Jesse Turner, an Idaho native, assistant instructor of mathe matics and computer sciences; and Robert Polhill, 53, assistant profes sor of business studies. The Indian was identified as Mithileshwar Singh, chairman of the business studies division and a legal resident alien of the United States. On Sunday, U.S. Ambassador John Kelly held crisis talks with senior aides in Christian east Beirut. Also, he had met with them late Saturday after the abductions. Waite, personal emissary of Arch bishop of Canterbury Robert Runc cie, remained out of sight for a sixth day Sunday. He was negotiating with Islamic Jihad, captors of two Amer icans held in Lebanon since 1985. dents For America at UNC, said he wasn't , surprised by Buchanan's decision. The investigations into the Iran-Contra affair and the political climate in Washington probably caused Buchanan to reconsider, he said. Poston said that, while he wasnt defending the Iran-Contra affair, he thought Buchanan's defense of the president was admirable. "feuchanan has been a true friend of conservatism and the president," he said. y . Performing Arts Committee v10i .- . -ANUARY 26 8:00 P.M. 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By SABRINA BOSWELL DARLEY Staff Writer Continental Airlines' takeover of People Express and New York Air will be complete by February, according to Mike Farrell, campus representative for Continental Eastern. And on Feb. 1, Continental will make its first flight out of Raleigh Durham Airport. Officials at RDU feel the takeover has been good for the them, said Eddy Pegram, assistant director of operations. "It's really helping us because we're getting an extra flight out of it," said Pegram. Flights are also scheduled to begin from Charlotte-Douglas Interna tional and Greensboro Regional Airports sometime next month. Continental and Eastern Airlines were purchased last year by Texas Air Corp. of Houston. Continental later bought the two smaller airlines People Express and New York Air, Farrell said. Although Continental and East ern will function as separate entities, combined they will offer more flights than any other airline in the U.S., Farrell said. "Eastern will continue to carry the luxury passengers while Continental will be more moderately priced overall," he said. "(Continental) will be less expensive than others but not bargain basement." Eastern had a few takeover prob lems last year, including computer errors, overbooking and excessive layovers, according to Stana Knez Dewhirst of AAA World Travel Agency in Durham. Some of her clients swore they would never fly Eastern again, she said. But since the holidays, most of those problems seem to have been taken care of, she said. "Eastern is being very helpful," Dewhirst said. "They are really bending over backwards for us. (The problems) have leveled off since the buy-out and we hope that Contin ental will deal better with us," she said. Continental is having some prob lems of its own, according to Janet Whitehead, group coordinator with Travel World of Sanford. CUBTdCUWiJiMPlfiCE, WAR "National Defense Without War"3 January 28, 1987 7:30 p.m. Hanes Art Center Auditorium Dr. Gene Sharp, one of the world's foremost experts on non-military defense techniques and presently at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, will speak on "National Defense Without War". Dr. Sharp is the aurthor of several books on non violent struggle, power, political problems, and defense policy. His latest book, MAKING EUROPE UNCONQUERABLE: THE POTENTIAL OF CIVILIAN BASED DETERRENCE AND DEFENCE was pub lished in 1985 along With NATIONAL SECURITY THROUGH CIVILIAN-BASED DEFENSE. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. James Leutze or Betty Gates Curriculum In Peace, War, and Defense 962-3093 Mows in Cricf be the first move against the press in China's anti-Westernization campaign. The official Xinhua News Agency said in a two-paragraph report that Lin Jie, a student of Tianjin University, was arrested for "His secret collusion with and providing intelligence to" Law rence MacDonald, reporter for the France-Presse. Judge refuses Britt recount RALEIGH - A Superior Court judge Friday refused to order a recount in the 6th District congressional race, upholding the State Board of Elections' decision to declare Rep. Howard Coble, R-N.C, the winner by 79 votes. out problems Air takeover While Continental is busy painting planes and ticket terminals at the airports, flights will continue under the name of New York Air and People Express, Whitehead said. "Continental is integrating the computer systems of People Express and New York Air with theirs," she said. "That's causing trouble for us because sometimes we pull up a blank (on the computer). "We can't quote the fares, and you can't get through on the phone to Continental for comfirmatiori," she said. During the takeover, some of New York Air's and People Express old fares were honored by Continental, but sometimes a new fare had to be given, Whitehead said. "For example, New York Air had a flight from Ft. Lauderdale to RDU with a change in Washington for $149," she said. "We tried to book it and no fare came up." "We had to quote a fare from Ft. Lauderdale to Dulles, and then a fare from Dulles to RDU," Whitehead said. "It cost as much as Delta or Piedmont, but there was nothing else we could do." Problems with overbooking and re-routing of flights have also been common, Dewhirst said. Travel agencies are hoping Con tinental will learn from the past experiences of Eastern and have the problems under control soon, said Dewhirst. Eastern Continental, American and United are the three largest airlines in the nation. American Airlines is equipped to compete with Continental, accord ing to area sales manager Rich Kruszka. "They (Continental) will be very formidable competitors, but our company (American) is ready to take them on." American has done some counter advertising and matched the Contin ental two-for-one flight deal offered in the New York area, Kruszka said, and they will do more as necessary. "Frank Lorenzo, Continental's chief executive officer, is very creative," said Kruszka, "but Amer ican intends to be just as creative." United Airlines representatives were unavailable for comment. BAUSCH & LOMD 20 off UNIVERSITY OPTICIANS o i i University Square 942-8711 Dr. Gene Sharp
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