Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 1

Friday Kovcmicp 29,1986 5) 77 (GsQ3 (G A Thanksgiving Traditions (food im mut-v III rj, WU 1 Cloudy. Rain likely by afternoon. High of 45. Forecast on A6. mm 7 AP Photos Rocky, Bullwinkle and Garfield soar over the 70th Macy's parade in New York.

A day of turkeys, parades and families Back in action Mattoon's girls basketball team will be play In the Galesburg Thanksgiving Tournament today while Mat-toon's boys basketball team plays in the Decatur Thanksgiving Classic. Both teams tip-off at 1 p.m.SeeBl. Perry: Troops' Bosnia mission is a tough task CAMP DOBOL, Bosnia-Herzegovina AP) Defense Secretary William Perry joined U.S. soldiers in the mud and freezing rain Thursday to deliver a Thanksgiving message of discipline and pat ience for their still-unfinished mission in Bosnia. "This is not exactly the first place you want to spend your Thanksgiving, and it's not my first choice either," Perry, making a farewell visit to the troops, told some of the 850 Army soldiers based in tents here, about 12 miles outside Tuzla.

Tm here to say thank you. You are doing the work of the Lord." The soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division stood in an icy rain to hear the defense secretary, who also held top-level meetings with U.S. and Russian generals on the mission of NATO's new international force. The new group, which succeeds a NATO peacekeeping force of twice that size, takes over Dec. 20 and includes about 8,500 U.S.

troops. Later, during a flight to Kuwait where he was meeting with more American troops, Perry said he expects the U.S. force in Bosnia to be cut to 5,500 soldiers by next fall if peace is maintained. He said NATO planners also are making preparations to bolster the number of peace keepers should an emergency develop. "This is.

going to be a difficult task. It's not fighting in a war. But maintaining the security situation will demand discipline," Perry said. He lavished praise on the soldiers, who came to Bosnia in October to protect departing U.S. troops who had been part of the year-old peacekeeping force.

But he warned the young troops that they will be required to remain as part of the alliance's new "stabilization force." At U.S. troop headquarters in Tuzla, Air Force Technical Sgt. Basil Forrest of Brooklyn, N.Y., noted that Thanksgiving is the first of several holidays hell spend in this war-scarred land. "IH be here for Christmas and New Year's and my birthday" on Jan. 16, he said.

"Tell my mom not to forget my present." While the military has done its job separating Bosnia's warring factions and getting local forces to put their heavy weapons aside, Perry said, much needs to be done on the civilian side. He said that includes the return of refugees, holding local elections and advancing the work of the war crimes tribunals. "Civilian work has been, bluntly, slow to get off the ground," Perry said. Official says Iraq ready to resume relations with U.S. BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Once Iraq begins pumping oil under a limited U.N.

program, Baghdad will push to end the embargo altogether and eventually normalize relations with the United States, its information minister said Thursday. "The latest deal with the U.N: is a temporary one for six months, and Iraq will try during this period to lift the oil embargo once and for all," Hammed Yosif Hummadi said at a news conference. But U.N. Security Council diplomats, including U.S. officials, have repeatedly said they will not consider lifting economic sanctions until arms inspectors are satisfied that Iraq has destroyed its weapons of mass destruction long-range missiles, chemical and biological agents and materials that could be used to make nuclear arms.

On Wednesday, a U.N. panel approved a formula for setting the price of Iraqi oil. The plan will let Iraq sell $2 billion of oil over a half-year to buy food and medicine. Formal approval by the entire United Nations could come within two weeks, permitting Iraq to return to the oil market for the first time since Saddam Hussein's troops invaded Kuwait in 1990, prompting the United Nations to impose an economic mm 1 I ir Holiday shopping list is no shorter as rush begins A5 a- By The Associated Press While most Americans bundled up for Thanksgiving parades, relaxed with family or dished out food to the less fortunate, eight North Carolina families have a special reason to remember this holiday. They came home cradling baby girls adopted from China.

"It's the most special Thanksgiving Day ever for me," said Ken Laws, who arrived to cheers at Raleigh-Durham International Airport with his wife, Susan, and their new daughter, Hannah. "It's a culmination of a long period of waiting and wondering if this day was ever going to come." Evan Hunziker also counted himself among the Americans glad to be home for the holiday. He was released after three months in North Korea on spying charges, which he denies. "I'm having Thanksgiving dinner with my father," Hunziker, 26, said from his father's home in Parkland, Wash. "I'm happy to be back here." Other Americans found a warm welcome and a warm meal at shelters and community centers where helped brighten their day.

"If you can't have family, this is the best you can get," Roy Viera, 28, said at a Paterson, N. shelter. "Here we all feel at home." In Atlanta, the Rev.fHosea Williams' annual holiday dinner fed 35,000 people. Elsewhere, restaurants pitched in to feed tiie needy. Millions started (he day on the streets of New York City and Detroit, or in front of televisions watching the cities' parades.

The 70th Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in New York marched on in a record low of 21 degrees. Corinne Donohue, 8, of Commack, N.Y., wrapped up in a sleeping bag to watch the helium-filled balloons and floats. "We took off our shoes in here, and it's warm," she said, displaying her socks-clad toes. Volunteers also visited the elderly and home-bound. "For a lot of pur clients they won't get any other visit today, It would be just another day alone," said Karen Mudd, a board member of Philadelphia's' Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly.

Hilda Jonas, 80, dishes up meals in San Francisco distributed by the Salvation Army volunteers. What's in a name? BEIJING (AP) The popularity of simple, short and often Identical names in China Is confusing the country's bureaucracy, leading police to chase down the wrong suspects and callers to dial the wrong numbers. So complain China's census takers, who in their last survey discovered more than 4,600 people In Beijing named Zhang and a similar number of Zhang Yings, the official newspaper China Business Times reported Monday. The problem stemmed from families choosing short, two-character names for their children, which combine with common surnames Including Wang, Zhang and Chen. Parents now are being encouraged to select more compli-cated, less common names.

Two girls make faces with a circus clown entertaining at a neighborhood Thanksgiving dinner in Chicago. Mousing, feeding 5,000 students is a major task CLASSIFIEDS C8-16 ENTERTAINMENT C5-6 LIFESTYLE A8 LOTTERY A6 OPINIONS A4 OUTDOORS C1 RECORDS A6 RELIGION C2-3 SPORTS B1-4 66 Eastern students eat 17.6 tons of ground beef, 24.7 tons of chicken strips, 35 tons of bananas, 28 tons of lettuce and 6 tons of cottage cheese idence halls, apartments, fraternities and sororities." Eastern, unlike many universities, built and maintains residential space for the campus' 19 Greek chapters. The university also operates 12 residence halls and 300 apartments for students, a total of 665,000 square feet of space covered by 187,000 square feet of carpet and 139,000 square feet of tile. There are 109 personal computers installed in the buildings for student use. In addition, there are 696 toilets, 949 sinks and 680 shower stalls, just for those who live in the residence halls and Greek Court It takes more than 1,000 employees to operate the facilities and provide the meals on a weekly basis: 15 administrative staff, 22 support staff, 71 building service workers and 900 student workers.

CHARLESTON Contrary to popular belief, more' than pizza and popcorn are consumed by hungry college students at Illinois' colleges and universities. They're eating cottage cheese, milk, juice, fresh fruit and other healthy foods as well, and in staggering amounts. Eastern Illinois University housing officials recently tallied a year's worth of groceries purchased for the thousands of students residingin the university's residence i They also compiled a list of what it takes to house college students in the 1990s and released a report to the Eastern Illinois University Board of Trustees that shows university housing has become big business. "Our operating budget for university housing and dining services is now more than $18 million per year," said Bill Schnackel, housing director. "That pays It takes another 77 dining support workers to run the university's six dining centers.

"You can't run a diping service for 5,000 diverse college students without extensive variety," said Schnackel. "We serve 447,000 servings of pizza each year, but we also provide 26 entree choices for lunch, 13 at dinner and 10 at breakfast on a weekly basis. "We have vegetarian entrees, deli selections, a pasta bar, baked potato bar and a taco specialty line, fried fast foods and an 'All Can Eat Friday Night Buffet," he said. The amount of food consumed by Eastern students is measured in tonnage, specifically, 17.6 tons of ground beef per year, 24.7 tons of chicken strips (approximately 49,000 chickens), 35 tons of bananas, 28 tons of lettuce and 6 tons of cottage cheese. 1 Get in shape! What more could you ask to find in today's Classified Ads? n.viy avanauiv.

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