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Four U.S. Marines check out buildings near the US. Embassy compound in
et Beirut Saturday after a woman waiting to be evacuated was shot in the head
+•;: by a sniper.
Sexual pressure among students' list of dating woes
By JOHN FLESHER
Associated Press Writer
• RALEIGH, N.C. Pressure for sex was
the most common complaint among women
responding to a survey of university stu
dents, while most men said their biggest
problem was communicating with their
dates.
Despite the drastic social changes in the
past 20 years, male and female college
students still have problems relating to each
other, say two East Carolina University
researchers, David Knox and Kenneth Wil
son.
Results of their survey of 334 ECU stu-
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dents were reported in the fall 1983 issue of
College Student Journal, issued in late Jan
uary,
"Our feeling is that these are standara
problems that haVe existed for some time
and Will . . . stay this way forever," Knox, a
professor of sociology, said in a telephone
interview from Greenville, "Women have
always been the gatekeepers and will con
tinue to be. Men have always been more
sexually aggressive and will . tohtinue to
be."
Knox and Wilson distributed 555 question
naires in 29 randomly selected classes. Sixty
percent of the questionnaires were re-
Syria warns against U.S. shellfire
Fighting tapers;
By SAMIR F. GHATTAS •
Associated Press Writer
BEIRUT, Lebanon Syria yesterday warned
against further U.S. Naval bombardment of
territory it controls in Lebanon. Fighting around
the capital eased and badly needed medicine and
food were trucked into west Beirut.
Lebanese army troops and Moslem militiamen
traded sporadic gun and mortar fire across the
"green line" dividing mostly Moslem west Beirut
from Christian - controlled east Beirut. Police said
one army soldier was killed and nine civilians
were wounded by far the lowest single-day
casualty toll in the 11-day-old civil war flareup
that has claimed more than 450 lives.
The state radio said U.S. Navy jets staged
several reconnaissance runs over Beirut and the
hills overlooking the U.S. Marine base at Beirut's
airport. The planes. drew no ground fire. -
President Amin Gemayel, appearing unexpec
tedly at a briefing for reporters by other Leb
anese officials, . said he expected the
multinational peacekeeping force to remain in
Lebanon, but the "military option" was not the
best answer to the country's problems.
He said President Reagan's decision last week
to remove some 1,400 Marines from their posi
tions at the airport two warships stationed off the
coast was a "detail."
turned, 227 by women and 107 by men, Knox
said.
Participants were asked to describe the
two most common problems they experi
enced on dates. The responses were catego
rized, coded and assessed in terms of their
frequency of occurrence.
Almost one-fourth of the women 23
percent said that men Wanted to become
sexually involved too quickly, before the
relationship had developed sufficiently.
"I can't get physical with a guy unless I
care about him and I know he cares about
me," wrote one Woman. "It just doeSn't feel
right to do sex with a guy I'm not involved
with."
Beirut death toll hits lowest point in 1 1 -day flareup
"I'm sure President Reagan is fully com
mitted. I think the multinational force is here to
stay," he added.
Britain removed its 115-member contingent of
the peackeeping force from Beirut last week
after Reagan announced the "redeployment" of
U.S. Marines, and Italy, which has 1,400 soldiers
in Beirut, said it would begin a phased withdra
wal.
France, the fourth nation contributing to the
multinational force, has 1,240 troopers in Beirut,
and President Francois Mitterand said in a
television interview in Paris yesterday that he
"remains ready" to withdraw them. He said no
withdrawal decision has been made, but "I will
not expose the lives of our soldiers any longer
than necessary."
"The replacement of the multinational force by
the United Nations is a necessity if we want to
avoid masaccres," he added. ,
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Farouk al-
Sharaa sounded Syria's warning at a news con
ference in Damascus, the Syrian capital.
"Syria has been exercising self-restraint to
ward shelling attacks by the U.S. 6th Fleet,
particulary the (battleship) New Jersey," al :
Sharaa said. "This cannot go on forever, and our
self-restraint has limits."
He refused to specify how Syria would retaliate
for further shelling, and he denied reports of
Numbers game:
By BIRGIT LOFGREN
Associated Press Writer
STOCKHOLM, Sweden A recent announcement in
the Engagements column of the newspaper Svenska
Dagbladet said:
220324-0532
and
260731-1640
1 1 1984.
Someone authorities can find out if they want to
was spoofing Sweden's Person Numbers, a 10-digit
figure that tells who you are, where and when you were
born and your sex.
In the Swedish government's computers, each citizen
is a number.
Every computer file in Sweden is based on the
Person Number, whether it's at a bank, a hospital, an
employer, the social welfare office or the tax authori
ties. Whatever a person does is in somebody's comput
er.
The system recently has come under fire, however,
from Swedes who contend that a computerized society
ultimately could infringe on the integrity of individu
als.
In mid-January, conservative opposition leader Ulf
Adelsohn presented a 50-page "Freedom Bill" aimed at
abolishing nearly 50 laws enacted by the Social Demo
cratic government of Prime Minister Olof Palme,
many of them designed to prevent tax evasion.
Adelsohn assailed what he called "the abuse of
Person Numbers" and demanded legislation to limit
their use.
10-digit numeral holds identities for Swedes
Many women complaining of sexual pres
sure said they constantly wondered how to
resist a man's advances while keeping him
interested enough to continue the
relationship.
A related problem mentioned by 13 per
cent of the women was sexual misurider
standings, or the problem of inadvertently
leading a maxi to believe his date wants to
become intimate.
The problem of communication was listed
by 35 percent of the male respondents. They
wrote that they didn't know what to say and
felt pressure to keep an interesting conver
sation going or risk being considered a bore.
"After awhile you run out of small talk
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Syrian military casualties from the bombard
ments last week. "All the dead and wounded
were Lebanese civilians," he said.
On Wednesday and Thursday the New Jersey
and two destroyers engaged in the massive
shelling of Druse gun positions in the Syrian
controlled central mountains. U.S. officials had
blamed the mountain gunners for the shelling of
Beirut's Christian sector and the area around
U.S. Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew's resi
dence.
Al-Sharaa said a dialogue between the United
States and Syria, the Soviet Union's strongest
ally in the Middle East, "is still on, but without
progress."
He also said the Syrian government was "talk
ing" with the administration of Lebanese Presi
dent Amin Gemayel and denied it was supporting
efforts to force Gemayel from office.
"Syria is committed to the establishment of
peace, security and national entente in Leb
anon," the minister said. "It is not concerned
with internal issues such as the President's
resignation or the formation of a new govern
ment."
Lebanese Prime Minister Shafik Wazzan and
the entire Cabinet resigned a week ago, and Syria
and its Moslem allies have , been pressuring
Gemayel to resign, as well.
The Person Numbers, which went into effect Jan. 1,
1947, and were computerized 20 years later, follow the
8.3 million Swedes from cradle to grave and are as
integrated in a Swede's personality as any trait of
character.
One reason for giving everyone a number is that
many Swedes have the same name. There are hun
dreds of thousands of Carlssons, Svenssons and Jacobs
sons, for example.
Fueling Adelsohn's argument was a recent govern
ment study suggesting a streamlined super databank,
integrating up to 150 computer files with all kinds of
data on citizens all based on the Person Number,
which one gets at birth.
The study proposed that the Central Bureau of
Statistics be allowed to use files without permiSsion
from Data Inspection, a government department that
guards against abuse of computerized information.
The 'statistics bureau would be allowed to combine
into the super databank the files of everyone from
practically everywhere —including people's files from
banks, hospitals, employers, the social welfare office
and the tax collector, for example. By calling up a
Person Number on a computer, the bureau would be
able to find out details ranging from a Swede's illnesses
and criminal record to his income and debts.
The bureau insists it would do this only for "statisti
cal research" and that people would not be identified
by name.
Critics, among them Data Inspection chief Jan
Freese, contend that an integrated system could lead to
an erosion of civil liberties.
about the weather and your classes," one
male student wrote. "When the dialogue
dies, it's awful."
Communication was also a problem for
women, 20 percent of whom listed it.
Twenty-three percent of the men and 22
percent of
. the women included a lack of
places to go among their two biggest dating
problems. While most relationships began
with dinner dates, both, males and females
said there wasn't ranch to do afterward.
Knox acknowledged that society's atti
tudes toward sex and the roles of men and
women have changed radically. But biologi
cal factors have a far more powerful influ
ence on male.female relationships, he said.
;Feb. 13, 1984
Calories abound at Hershey festival
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) —An estimated half-ton of chocolate,
featured in such things as salads and cocktails as well as desserts,
was on the menu in the "Great American Chocolate Festival" that
began yesterday.
The five-day/ festival was designed to "educate and entertain
people who love chocolate" and to promote the products of Hershey
' Food Corp., said company spokeswoman Deborah Ryerson.
The second annual festival, which is put together by the company
and the Hotel Hershey, is full of. opportunities to taste sweet
culinary creations.
Highlights include tonight's "fashion show," in which models will
display chocolate desserts prepared by area, chefs.
After the judging, the audience will be allowed to sample the
chocolate wine cream, slices, chocolate almond cake, chocolate
pecan croquette and poached apples in chocolate.
The "Great American Chocolate Festival Bake-Off and Country
Fair" on Thursday will include ravioli with choccilate and chestnuts
and chocolate-crusted pistachio cream pie.
'Nigerian accused of embezzlement
' BRYN MAWFt, Pa. (AP) A Nigerian who returned to his home
country after working in Bryn Mawr College's accounting depart
ment for four years is a suspect in the embezzlement of $718,000
from the college, according to a published report.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, in Saturday's editions, quoted a
moving company official as saying Adebayo Olangunjo paid $lB,OOO
to have two automobiles, numerous appliances, furniture and other
items shipped to Nigeria when he left the United States in late 1982.
The FBI subpoenaed records of Quaker Moving and Storage Co.,
which showed that Olangunjo had also bought a generator to
operate the appliances, according to the company official, who
asked not to be identified.
Mary Patterson McPherson, president of the liberal arts college
in Montgomery County near Philadelphia, confirmed that about
$718,000 had been embezzled from the school.
Paul Miller, an FBI spokesman in Philadelphia; said, "All we can
say now is that we are presently conducting an active investigation
on the alleged theft of funds from Bryn Mawr College.
•
Tornadoes, storms hit parts of U.S.
The first tornadoes of the season battered parts-of Texas, Kansas
and Louisiana and waves of strong thunderstorms dumped up to a
half-foot of rain on the lower Mississippi Valley yesterday, while an
unusual mid-winter warm spell melted.snow as far north as Upper
Michigan.
Dense fog covered the Eastern Seaboard and parts of the
Midwest, with Maryland draped by a layer 1,000 feet deep. Since
the middle of last week, fog has contributed to at least six deaths.
' In more seasonal weather, heavy snow from a storm on Saturday
still blocked some highways in eastern Colorado.
The National Weather Service reported numerous tornado sight
ings and high wind yesterday around Louisiana, causing scattered
damage to rural buildings and downed trees, and the agency issued
a series of tornado watches and warnings throughout the afternoon
for various sections of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
•
Duncan Hines cake mix recalled
TRENTON, N:J. (AP) A Duncan Hines cake mix is being
recalled nationwide, by the manufacturer after tests in New Jersey
showeil EDB levels more than three times above the federal
standard, company and state officials said yesterday.
"Procter & Gamble Co., the product's manufacturer, said a
.national recall of Duncan Hines Deluxe Devil's Food
. Cake Mix
bearing lot number 3116C2A would start today, but Gov. Thomas H.
Kean ordered the product pulled from New Jersey grocery shelves
yesterday.
Tests conducted on a sample of the mix with that lot .. number,
obtained from a supermarket in the Trenton area, found levels of
the pesticide up to 470 parts per billion, said Carl Golden, the
governor's spokesman.
According to standards issued earlier this month by the federal
Environmental Protection Agency, 150 parts per billion is the
acceptable level for foods which need to be cooked, such as flour,
hot cereals, and cake mixes.
Other states also have recalls under way of products suspected of
containing high levels of EDB. Maine has ordered groceries to yank
18 suspect food items off their shelves, and New York ordered the
recall of 105,000 pounds of possibly tainted rice.
Shuttle in top shape for next flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Challenger came back to
Earth after its hist6ric Florida-to-Florida trip as the cleanest
shuttle yet, and it should be back in orbit in a record 53 days for a
daring satellite rescue mission, NASA officials said yesterday.
"The orbiter is very clean, in better shape than any of the
others," Ken Coffey, shuttle mechanical systems officer, -told
reporters yesterday, a day after Challenger returned fix= space to
the first shuttle landing at its launch site.
The only problenis, he said, were a failed brake, 31 damaged
thermal tiles, two hazy windows and tires scraped where they hit
the concrete runway.
Commander Vance Brand had such perfect control of the ship
that he hit the runway just one-half inch off the center line, Coffey
said.
Coffey said he foresaw no problem preparing Challenger for its
next launch date on April 4. That means it would be back in space,in
53 days, a turnaround time nine days shorter than for any previous
shuttle flight.
Iran, Iraq caught in bombardment
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Iran shelled seven Iraqi cities and
towns yesterday, killing 14 people and injuring 89 others, and Iraq
retaliated by attacking four Iranian areas, Iraqi 'officials an
nounced.
Both Iran and Iraq had warned each other df the attacks, in some
cases naming the specific' city or town and warning residents to
evacuate an apparent new policy, which an Iranian official said
"should be accepted by world public opinion."
The Iraqi armed forces attacked the Iranian port of Bandar
Khomeini and the petrochemicals complex in the city as well as
"specific targets" in the cities of Abadan, Guilan Gharb and Sare
Pole Zahab, according to a communique released by the general
command of the Iraqi armed forces.
The official Iranian news agency, Islamic Republic News Agen
cy, or IRNA, said the Iraqi attacks killed at least 15 and wounded
more than 120 people.
Students barred from union offices
KARACHI, Pakistan ( AP) About 30 students and policemen
were injured in clashes yesterday after the government banned
student unions in Sind province because of "growing lawlessness,"
and sealed off the student union offices.
None of the injuries were serious, police said.
Dow Medical College students broke open the seals on the student
union office on their campus yesterday morning and union officers
declared that their union would function despite the ban issued
Saturday night.
Martial law authorities have already banned student unions and
all similar student organizations in Punjab and Northwest Frontier
provinces and the federal capital of Islamabad, citing "growing
lawlessness" among students and bloody clashes among rival
student groups with different political affiliations.
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