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Confiscated bomb explodes WIESBADEN, West Germany ? A bomb similar to the one that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 exploded while being examined Monday, killing an investigator in a case involving Palestinians suspected of terrorism. The federal prosecutor's office reported evidence contradicting U.S. media reports that a Lebanese-American passenger inadvertently carried the bomb onto the jet that exploded over Scotland on Dec. 21. All 259 people on the plane and 11 on the ground were killed. Another officer was critically wounded in the explosion Monday at federal police headquarters, said spokesman Arno Falk of Bundeskriminalamt, the police bureau. It was not clear whether the bomb was seized in connection with the Pan Am investigation, but the manner in which it was disguised was said to be similar. Fusion fiasco causes fallout ATLANTA ? A premature claim by Georgia Tech scientists that they created low-temperature fusion may dent the school's reputation in the short, run but should have few long-term effects, scientists and administrators said Monday. The experience has not prompted the school to put a tighter rein on what its scientists announce, said Thomas Stelson, Tech's executive vice president. "We are fundamentally an open institution," he said. "Academic freedom is a sort of a sacred issue. A faculty member can do whatever he wants. We do not centrally review the hundreds of papers that go out of here each year nor do we intend to." The "cold fusion" claim was retracted two days after the announcement when the researchers found there may have been problems with instruments. Chinese march for martyr BEIJING ? Hundreds of students in Beijing and Shanghai marched today to mourn the death of former Communist Party Chief Hu Yaobang, an outspoken reformist toppled by conservatives two years ago. "Long live Hu Yaobang, long live democracy, long live freedom, long live the rule of law!" chanted more than 600 students from Beijing's Political Science and Law College. Marching behind a huge red flag bearing their school's name, the students laid wreaths in Hu's honor at the base of a monument to Communist martyrs in Tiananmen Square, the symbolic seat of power in China. Hu, who died Saturday at age 73 after suffering a heart attack, was regarded by intellectuals as favoring greater artistic and scholarly freedoms than other Chinese leaders. i 1EI# 2 , I r JrH W* :: Ml M|||: New York City $99 roundtrip Denver $99 roundtrip Fort Lauderdale $99 roundtrip $99 roundtrip airfa A special ( only for Americar If you want to go places, it's time for the A r% (fi) n 1 txpress Lara. 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The hearings are in preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement and will be held at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. April 20 at the Sheraton at Bush River Road and 1-20. Preregistration is not required for the hearings and anyone may speak. The DOE asks that anyone planning to speak provide a written copy of their comments. Helen Hutson, president of Students Allied for a Greener Earth, said some of the group's members intend to testify at the hearings, but because of finals, some members' schedules won't allow them to attend. Last December, three environmental groups ? Greenpeace USA, Energy Research Foundation and the National Resources Defense Council ? filed a suit to force the DOE to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement prior to the restart of the SRS reactors. The DOE has said an Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared, but it is not a prerequisite to restarting the reactors. "The Department of Energy believes that the Fair Continued from page 1 Church in Greenville. legislators th; "There is no middle ground where He is not doir behavior on ethical and moral mat- sonal gain," ters are concerned. It's either good or been known i bad," he says. "The opposite of House Sp morality is not neutrality ? it's Rogers, D-M immorality." likeable persi Although Fair doesn't shy from quiet and talking about his religious convic- aggressive." tions, he doesn't try to convert Criticism c people. over the dorn was discovei "He doesn't wear his religion on would be atte his sleeve," says Rep. Jim Hodges, "It's accur D-Lancaster. dad, but it's "He is one of the most sincere say I'm doinj Seattle " Phoenix $99 roundtrip $99 round Chicago Boston $99 roundtrip $99 round San Francisco Los Angel d*r\r\ tfOO MUMS) ailable fare, you can quality now | iwest flies Apply now Fly later | ** r 1-800-942-AMEX 00-942-AMEX. Current student Cardmembers automatically receive two $99 vouchers in an Express Travel Related Services Company. Inc. will testify nt to be subje restart is a continuation of previous operations," Savannah DOE spokesman Rick Ford said. "Once they are restarted, they are goinjf tc operate within the same parameters as they have operated in in the past. "Therefore, no new EIS would be required foi the restart." Ford also said the DOE acknowledges problems caused by past practices, but the hearings will deal in part with these issues. "The whole purpose of these scoping meetings is to raise any new issues that should be included in the strategy and implementation plan," Ford said. Local environmentalists disagree. Sue Jane Johnson of the Columbia office ol Greenpeace said they would like the EIS completed before the reactors at SRS are restarted. Johnson said Greenpeace hopes three main decisions come out of the hearings with the DOE: no new production reactor, no restart of SRS's reactors until the completion of an Environmental Impact Statement and immediate clean up of current wastes at SRS. She said the hearings are legal obligations of the DOE to listen to concerned citizens. "This is a chance for individuals to speak to representatives of the Department of Energy and to realize that the DOE is listening," Johnson said. Until SRS was closed last year for upgrading, the it I have run across. . . daughter," Fair says, lg it for publicity or per- His daughter, Meredi said Hodges, who has president of her senior i to disagree with Fair. High School in Greenv eaker Pro Tern Jack back him 100 perce larlboro, calls Fair "a because he's my dad . on. I find him sort of agree with him." not particularly Fair, who was born i says he was brought up )f Fair turned personal home, litory rules issue after it 'ed that his daughter "When it became tii mding USC next year. make a decision, it wa ate to say I think like a easy decision for me t absolutely incorrect to says. I something just for my In 1969, Fair married I jyy nmiuunp res on Northwest, )ffer for students, i Express Cardmei jnerican And, of course, you'll enjoy all the exceptio benefits and personal service you would expeci ew travel American Express. -time The only requirements for privileged travel md. must be a Cardmember, you must be a full-tin dent, and you must charge your Northwest Air to any of tickets with the Card * >y North- Getting the Card is easier than ever becaus< ted States, you can apply by phone. Just call 1-800-942-A1 2r six- We'll take your application and begin to proce right away. 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A plan to recycle existing tritium would be safer than continued production, they have said. I SRS' future is uncertain, but it is clear that the upcoming hearings in Columbia, Aiken and Savannah could play a serious role in deciding its fate. For anyone unable to attend the hearings, a written comment may be sent to: S. R. Wright, Director, Environmental Division, U.S. Department of Energy, Savannah River Operations Office, P.O. i Box A, Aiken, S.C. 29802. Envelopes should be marked "Reactor Operation EIS" and postmarked by May 8. whom he'd dated since junior high th, 18, who is school. class at Berea After playing football at the ille, says: "I University of South Carolina and nt. It's not professional ball with the San Diego . . I really do Chargers, Fair became an insurance agent. He worked his way up through in Greenville, the political ranks until he won his in a Christian legislative seat in 1985. With a smile, Fair ticks off the names he's been called: right-wing ne for me to zealot, religious fanatic and underts a relatively miner of the First Amendment, o make," he "When you are guilty, what can you say? It's better than being Judy Hodge, wrong," Fair said. A e Coop's Life Is A Joke" TUDENT SPECIAL JE MONTH FREE RENT ITH 3 MONTHS LEASE BIA MINI STORAGE DIRECTIONS )75 8 Vj/ il Rd. '"/(* Available | ,M wMMMSA njmm pr. 20 LETS fiCTIVE with | I The Lunatics - fi Surg Sell Out | . 21 LIQUID SOUND | I Grateful Dead Musk & More! . 22 BACHELORS OF ART I Columbia's Favorite Locals ipr. 23 FREE f!COaSTIC~^j I . 24 WUSC Benefit Show | 2 Gigantic Orange Question, Brainchil^PLU^^MORE^^^^^^^l amv% mm m an biia at Jtl UN UUK IVIAILinib Lid I =1 g in or mail to: Rockafellas ;vine St; Columbia, S.C. 29205 I ALL ABC REGULATIONS ENFORCED