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Legal scholar to address convocation | The "unique American idea of constitutionalism" is perhaps the most important and most neglected aspect of the United States Constitution, ac cording to Stanley Katz, an emi nent legal scholar who will ad dress the University on Monday. Katz's appearance will be part of the University's Fall 1‘187 Convocation, set for 2 p.m. at the Erb Memorial Union Ballroom He will initiate the convocation's celebration of the Bicentennial of the US. Constitution. The convocation is open to the public and includes after noon seminars on relevant and controversial constitutional issues, a free performance of an original play on the framing of the constitution and an evening panel debate by prominent ex perts in law. history and philosophy. Katz is a specialist in American legal and constitu tional history and early American history Mis talk will explore the revolutionary in fluences on the creation of the original document that set the stage for the heated current debates among government leaders over the roles and respective powers of Congress, the president and U.S Supreme Court The Fall t!»87 Convocation is funded by the University and the University Forum through a grant from the National Endow ment for the Humanities. Free tickets to the evening performance of "A More Perfect Union," a production written by The Ukiah Players specifical ly for the Bicentennial of the Constitution, will bo Monday. Oct. 5. In the Silva Concert Mull at the Eugene Mult Center for the Performing Arts Free tickets are being distributed at the KMC ticket of fice and will be available the night of the show at the Mult Center ticket office. katz, 53. was invited to give the convocation address on the basis of his distinguished career. Me received his undergraduate degree in English history and literature in 1955 from Harvard University, and his master's and doctoral degrees in American history also from Harvard Katz has served as professor of law at Harvard, the Universi ty of Wisconsin and the l Jniver sity of Chicago. Me also at ted as a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania. j World Beat International Test-tube babies born JOHANESBURG. South Africa (AP) A 48-year-old South African woman nave birth to her daughter's test-tube triplets today, becoming the surrogate mother of her own grandchildren in what her hus band called "an act of love," It was believed to be the first birth of its kind in the history of surrogate motherhood. The triplets, delivered by Caesarian section at |ohan nesburg’s Bark Lane Clinic, in cluded two boys and a girl, said the South African Broadcasting Carp. The South African Press Association said the babies, delivered two weeks premature ly. weighed 4.0 pounds, 5 pounds and 2.8 pounds, respectively. Anthony agreed to bear the children of her 25-year-old daughter, Karen Ferreira-Jorge. whose uterus was removed after complications from the birth of her only son three years ago An unidentified obstetrician said the smallest baby was like ly to be placed in an incubator until its weight increased The doctor said Anthony remained conscious during the delivery after being given a local anesthetic. Gulf war escalates MANAMA. Bahrain (API Iraqi warplanes fired a missile Thursday at a shrimp ln>at in the in it inmnnnnnnnn Used Color Televisions $49°° ancj Up Free Estimate on TV Repair _ Deka. Electronics 390 W. 12th 342-2488 Persian C.ulf and k'lled its Australian captain after Iranian speedboats attacked at least three tankers in 24 hours, sources said. The 85-foot trawler Shenton Bluff was damaged but didn't sink, said salvage executives who spoke on condition of anonymity. The trawlers were on contract to the Iranian government, which charters foreign commer cial ships. The captain, identified as Robert Wellcock, was at the helm and died when the missile hit the trawler's vvheelhouse. the executives said They said the other six crewmen survived the attack. Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency, monitored in Cyprus, said it was the second fishing boa! at tacked this week by Iraq Earlier Thursday, two Iranian speedboats opened fire with machine guns and rockets on a Pakistani tanker less than 24 hours after attacking two lapanese supertankers, shipp ing sources said No casualties were reported in any of the at tacks, and damage was minimal Some shipping executives said the Iranian show of force appeared confined to areas where U S. attack helicopters were unlikely to be encountered. One shipping executive said the Iranians had "cleverly" waited for the U S warships to be out of the area before attack ing the Japanese tankers National Earthquake hits LOS ANGELES (AP) A sever® earthquake and 15 major aftershocks rumbled at ross the area Thursday, destroying buildings, closing freeways and setting off dozens of fires. At least five people were killed and more than too injured. The U.S Geological Survey said the quake registered 6. t on the Richter s<ale. making it the strongest to hit the Los Angeles area since the ti t Sylmar quake of MJ7I that killed t>4 people. The tremor sent thousands in to the streets as buildings were temporarily evacuated. Hun dreds of homes were damaged, along with some landmark buildings Shattered glass and other debris rained onto the street and a tall plume of smoke from a shopping center fire rose south of the downtown area The quake hit at 7:42 a m. local time and was centered about nine miles south southeast of Pasadena at the north end of the Whittier Klsinore fault At least 15 after shocks measuring :t or more on the Richter scale followed in the next three hours. Whittier Mayor Gene II. 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