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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1996)
Boy's need for bone morrow prompts many to volunteer NOflTHWIST PORTLAND (APf — A four year old Talent. On*.. bny'a wunh for a bone mar row transplant ha* prompted mom people to neuter In hope* of tmzeasing hi* slim dhantja* of finding a donor Sam Mobley, who we* adopt* ed front Colombia, it battling the odd* a* hi* parent* search for a donor to help treat hi* leukemia Since blood teat* on two sib ling* la*t week failed to find a match, at least 75 more people have indicated they would be willing to *erve as donor*, «aid Kverette Ru e. manager of mar row donor service* with the American Red Cross in Portland Rice said 2.000 people a day wntrtii the pool of 2 million peo ple in the National Hone Marrow Program for a match in blood type and sis genetic marker* "The odds that someone will come in and provide a match for Sam aren't good," said Rice Research institute to move to Corvallis CORVAUJS IAP) - A famed research institute will become part of Oregon State University this year. Official* of the Linua Pauling Institute of Science and Medi cine in Palo Alto, Calif. have rec ommended that it be moved to CorvaHts, Pauling, a graduate of what is now Oregon State University, founded the institute as a non profit research organization in 1973, Lousiana governor tries to end affirmative action programs NATIONAL BATON ROUGE, U (API — In two of hi* first official Kit •• Kovnrnor. Mtko Foster moved to etui affirmative ml ton program* in Louisiana govern men! Thuruiav, and at the same time pn* burned n Marlin I other King, |r holiday Foster, a conservative whit* Republican who defeated a lib eral black Democrat, declared his belief that King himself would bale opposed affirmative action “I can't find anywhere in his writings that he wanted reverse niiimaln.ilFoster said lie lust wanted an end to all dis crimination based on color “ The exact effect of Foster s executive order on affirmative action was not immediately dear. A» a news conference. Foster acknowledged that his executive order cannot stop affirmative action in any program funded with federal money or in any state affirmative action program specifically protected by Louisiana law Almost half of loutsiana's $12 billion budget comes from the federal government, including most of the S i 2 billion Medic aid program. Proclaiming King's birthday as a holiday is optional for a gov ernor in Ixiuistana Die birthday lias bean dm lam I a holiday such year (or the past eight years under two governors. Russians close in on Chechen hostages after talks are stalled wonio FHVO MAYSKAYA. Ruftttt* (A»*> - Ruutun h«lt < tuiip r gun*hip* todty cinM menat mglv over • tonvov Of Chechen rebel* holding more than IDO hostage* and a lop Ru**ian commander tatd the guerrilla* must be annihilated Talk* failed to break (he dead lock between the rebel* who *av they will thool iheir captive* if they are not guaranteed wife pas sage and the Russian* who insist they release the hint age* before going home to Chechnya Ku»*tan troop* advanced In dozen* of armored vetik In* and truc k* towed In heavy artillery The rebel* were apparently rehn tant to give up the hint age*, fear • ing a Russian attack once their human tdiield was removed Confessed Rabin assassin's parents say he had accomplice JERUSALEM (API - The par ent* of Yitzhak Rabin's con fessed a*aa»*iu *av their son hail an accomplice who t* still free l.unman Yigei Amir i* on trial for murder and hi* brother Hagai ha* been c harged with conspira cy in Kabtn'* Nov -t owomi lion Hag.)i i* accused of prepar ing the hollow-point bullet* that kilted the prime minister Polic* have not ruled out oth er accompli) m, but have not made more arrest* Amir later (old reporter* that the whole truth had yet to come out. This Bud was not for them, students say FEDERAL WAY. Wash (AP) — CIaII i! the caw of the mistak mi ran* On a typically harried morn ing. Judy Densmore-Mallette was attempting to park school lunch es while trying to quiet her Ger man shepherd, which was bark mg -it the t*« » i! - i She reached into the refrigera tor. grabbed what she thought was a t an of pop and stink it insxfe heir daughter nun's hutch box But the pop tan was actually a beer And that mistake got her daughter and a friend suspended from school for five days. The cans — of Pepsi and Bud weiser Ice — look remarkably sim ilar and Densmure-Mallette has admitted to the oversight No one lias uiggesleii trial the Ghynof-oids took the beer to school intention ally. not even the principal But school officials at Sher wood Forest Elementary sty there are no exceptions to their "nodal eranee” stance on drugs, alcohol and beer That, in spite of the fact that the children didn't dnnk the beer, and took it immediately to the principal's office Both are mem bers of DARE — Drug Awareneea Rest stance Education — and get good grades and solid praise at school. The children want an apolo gy because, the way they see it. they didn't do anything wrung Thai Tuesday. |an Z, Ham Oenstnore-MaUeUe and Justin Williams had volunteered la help serve lunch lo others In Sher wood Forest % cafeteria When they were finished, they sal on an unused food carl inside ih« kitchen area, and began lo eat their own lunches Ham pulled out lhe can Justin who didn't have anything to drink, asked fur a sip Ham tianded the tan to fust in who sipped a bit of liquid, then quick I v spat It out "It was beer It was yucky,’’ Justin said Big fish takes its revenge on fisherman KQNAKOVO. Russia I AH) — One Russian fisherman has a sto ry about the big one that he wished had gotten away According to an ITAR Tas* news agency report Thursday, the man and some pah were k e-fish ing on the Ivankovo reservoir when he caught a 2A-inch pike Showing off for his buddies, he raised the fish high and kissed it on the mouth. The pike clamped down hard on the fisherman s nose The pike's laws remained tight ly locked on the fisherman's nose even after his companions beheaded it, notion M a lisal hospital final ly wt the roan free fT Aft Tom did not mv when the incident hap pened Smooch earns court spectator contempt of court arrest PASCO. Wash. (API — Kitting in public is one thing, but kiss ing in • courtroom is quite •noth er — especially if the object of one's affection is being led away in handcuffs Connie Kitnhie teamed that the hard way after being thrown in the franklin County jail for dels v ■ Wing a passionate smooch and hug la prisoner Criselia Conra tar Chav**. Kimble, a courtroom spectator, vaulted over a courtroom railing Tuesday and kissed Chave* as the was being led away from Superior Court, where she had just been sentenced on a drug charge That's a no-no in court, where authorities try to keep prisoners and the public separated fur safe ty reasons and to prevent exchanges of contraband In the ensuing melee, two loil officers and a bailiff team-tack led the lip-locked pair fudge Duane Taber ordered the 30- year -old Kimble booked for contempt of court. Chavex. 23. of Pasco, was sen tenced to two years in prison, with a recommendation for work ethk tamp, on a charge of deliv ering cocaine. 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