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Jordan forces claim victory, but guerrillas reject peace BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Jordanian army claimed it drove invaders from Syria out of Jor dan Wednesday in a “chaotic re treat,” but a cease-fire proclaim ed by King Hussein collapsed when Palestine guerrillas reject ed it. The cease-fire was agreed up on between Hussein and five cap tured guerrilla leaders and it had the blessings of an Arab peace mission dispatched from Cairo to Amman Tuesday. But Yasir Arafat, powerful leader of the guerrillas, was not a party to the deal and he re jected it in a cable to President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt. He charged thatr the Jordanian army was still fighting the guer rillas in the streets of Amman and called on the Egyptian lead er to end the bloodshed. He de manded a meeting with the Arab peace mission. Arafat is believed to be somewhere in Jordan. President Norreddin Atassi of Syria also denounced the cease fire in a broadcast, saying it did not represent the opinion of the Arab people. Maj. Gen. Jaafar el Numairi, president of Sudan and head of the mission from Cairo, said he had met with Hussein and the captured guerrilla leaders and found both “responsive and will ing to cooperate to end the bloody tragedy,” now in its sev enth day. With the situation still serious, the United States considered sending chartered planes to Am man to take out possibly 200 American citizens. Airport sources in Beirut said Wednesday night American citi zens in Amman will be evacu ated Thursday by Middle East Airlines aircraft. More than 150 persons of several nationalities reached Beirut and Nicosia, Cy prus, Wednesday. Washington cast doubts on Jordanian claims that the last invaders from Syria had been driven out. The White House said its latest information was that Syrian units “are still in Jordan.” Sunday’s invasion from Syria had prompted speculation that the United States might inter vene to keep Hussein, regarded as a moderate Arab leader on his throne. Soviet President Nikolai V. Podgorny decleared he consid ered “inadmissible” any outside interference in Jordan. He said in a Moscow speech the move ment of the U. S. 6th Fleet in the eastern Mediterranean was indicative of plans to intervene. But his wording was broad enough to take in Syria. Numairi conceded in a broad cast he had been unable to reach Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, without whose support any peace plan would falter. Hot weather and failures muse eastern brownouts By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hot weather and equipment failures caused more power re ductions or “brownouts” along the Eastern Seaboard from New England to the Carolinas Wed nesday, leaving thousands threat ened with new selective black outs. Only a few hours after the official arrival of fall at 6:59 a,m., Consolidated Edison Co. of New York cut power in successive stages by 8 per cent. Other sys tems reduced voltage 5 per cent— some because of shortages them selves, others so they could sell extra electricity to beleaguered areas. It was the second straight day of electricity shortages on the Eastern Seaboard. Millions of customers were urged to cut back on nonessential use of electricity, particularly air conditioning. Although the brown outs had no direct effect on most individuals, large office buildings, including those in the United Na tions complex, cut down lights and air conditioning, leaving workers squinting and sweltering. Officials worked overtime to repair broken generators—includ ing the 820,000 kilowatt Keystone Station at Johnstown, Pa., serv ing the New Jersey-Pennsylvania- Maryland grid, and a 690,000 kilo watt generator in the Virginia Electric & Power Co. system— that failed Tuesday. They also were trying to cope with the loss of power from equipment taken out of service for seasonal re pairs. The new power cutbacks began early Wednesday. Consolidated Edison, forced to black out 90,000 customers in Staten Island and Westchester County for brief periods Tuesday, had cut back power by 8 per cent —the maximum possible without damaging equipment — by 9:25 a.m. Wednesday. The tempera ture was 90 degrees by noon. Mayor John V. Lindsay said the power crisis had reached “its worst level” and instructed all city agencies, which already have cut back power use, “to tighten belts electrically even more.” A spokesman for the Commerce and Industry Association said businesses were “cutting back wherever they can,” and added, “By now it’s routine with them.” Con Ed, two of whose large generators have been out of operation all summer, imported 1,012,000 kilowatts from other systems. The electric utilities in the tri state grid serving New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and parts of Delaware, Washington, D. C. and Virginia reduced power 5 per cent early Wednesday for the second day. The power companies were forced to black out selected com munities . Tuesday for half-hour periods during most of the after noon and part of the early eve ning, and the threat was repeated Wednesday. The Pennsylvania Electric Co., serving 450,000 customers in western and central Pennsylvania, announced a 5 per cent cutback early Wednesday and said its Keystone generator would remain out of service for at least another day. The Potomac Electric Power Corp. in Washington, D. C., re duced voltage 5 per cent Wednes day morning. In local broadcasts, it appealed to customers: “Please turn off air conditioners, appli ances, lights and other equipment not absolutely needed. An emer gency exists and we are doing everything possible to avoid a complete loss of power.” The Virginia Electric & Power —which lost 1,463,000 of its nor mal capacity of 5,057,000 kilo watts Tuesday—said Wednesday morning 464,000 kilowatts had been restored during the night and several hundred thousand more kilowatts were being put back in service during the day. The company continued a 5 per cent voltage reduction Wednes day and said the cut would re main in effect Thursday as a pre cautionary measure. VEPCO also asked large, com mercial customers to curtail the use of nonessential electricity between the hours of 1 and 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. The Carolina Power and Light Co. at Raleigh reduced voltage 5 per cent to almost all its 550,000 customers in eastern North Caro lina and South Carolina so it could supply power to VEPCO and Duke Power Co. of North Carolina. Two steam generating facilities in the Duke System failed Tues day and one remained out Wed nesday. The utility reduced volt age 5 per cent to almost all its 951,000 customers. Power companies in upstate New York and New England re duced voltage so they could sup ply extra electricity to other parts of the power system. Among the concrete effects of the brownout, was a cancelled baseball game. The Baltimore Orioles an nounced they had postponed Wednesday night’s home game against the Detroit Tigers in the American League “to help al leviate the current power crisis.” AGGIES! THRILL TO A GREAT CHANGE OF PACE: THE DALLAS SYMPHONY A Rotary Series Presentation Tuesday Night, September 29, 1970 Bryan Civic Auditorium Tickets: $2.00 each On Sale Now to A&M Students Only at the MSC Student Program Office 845-4671 THE Thursday, September 24, 1970 BATTALION College Station, Texas Page 3 Campus Briefs Baptist Church history to be given Sunday A brief history of the First Baptist Church of College Sta tion will be told next Sunday in evening services by the church founder. The Rev. R. L. Brown founded the church in 1923 and served as its pastor until 1950. He is pas tor emeritus of the church which now numbers 800 members. Mr. Brown also founded the Baptist Student Union in Texas and has attended every state convention of the organization. The First Church of College Station was organized March 18, 1823, in Guion Hall on the A&M campus with 91 charter mem bers. The Baptist Student Cen ter across the street from the church was erected by the Bap tist General Convention during the college year of 1949-50. Brown will be heard Sunday in services starting at 7:20 p.m. The First Church is located at 200 North College Main St. Poetry contest offering prizes Prizes totalling $1,600 are be ing offered in the eighth an nual Kansas City (Mo.) Poetry Contest. A book-length poetry manuscript will be chosen for publication by the University of Missouri Press. A $500 advance on royalties will be awarded. Undergraduate students are eligible for one of six $100 prizes to be awarded for a single poem by Hallmark Cards, Inc., one of the sponsors. The Kansas City Star, another sponsor, is also offering four $100 prizes for sin gle poems. Entries must be postmarked by Feb. 1, 1971. Winners will be announced April 26, 1971. For complete contest rules send a stamped, self-addressed business envelope to: Kansas City Poetry Contest, P.O. Box 5313, Kansas City, Mo. 64114. Intrepid leads race for America’s Cup NEWPORT, R. I. (JP) — Both Gretel II and Intrepid went to sea Wednesday in what could be a dress rehearsal for the final act of the 1970 America’s Cup match. Intrepid, the New York Yacht Club’s revamped defender, goes into Thursday’s race with a 3-0 lead over her Australian chal lenger. One more victory would keep the bottomess old trophy safely on its self at its head quarters in New York where it has resided for 119 years in sport’s longest monopoly. Wednesday, the two yachts tested crew and sails in prepara tion for Thursday. The forecast is for Intrepid weather — 10-20 knot southwest erly winds which were her meat in Tuesday’s 1 minute, 18 sec onds victory over Gretel II. Steve Van Dyck, Intrepid’s tactician when the bees aren’t swarming, attributed Intrepid’s heavy-weather victory to her weight — about five tons more than Gretal II’s — and its con centration below and in the cen ter of the boat. Intrepid appeared noticeably steadier in slashing through Tuesday’s swells. Nonetheless, Van Dyck, who had to be rushed ashore in shock when stung by a bee Sunday, conceded Gretel II “gave me ulcers” Tuesday as the two yachts slid around half of the 24.3 mile course as close to gether as two horses on a merry- go-round. Gretel II was out Wednesday to try to iron out the wrinkles and crew performance that have cost her dearly. She has proven she is at least a near-equal rival to Intrepid, the 1967 shutout win ner over Australia’s Dame Pat- tie. Martin Visser, her Dutch-born co-helmsman, said, “The longer we stay the more we learn. In trepid is a great trial horse. Be sides, it’s fun sailing around on a boat you don’t have to pay for.” ROSES We Specialize In Them— Red, yellow, pink, tropicana We Have Them. AGGIELAND FLOWER & GIFT SHOPPE Member F.T.D for out of town ord 209 University Dr. 846- TONIGHT The CORNERSTONE BLUES BAND 9 p. m. — la. m. Set-Ups & Sandwiches Available VICTOR'S 333 University North Gate ACROSS FROM THE POST OFFICE EVERYDAY PRICES reg, $4.98 reg. $6.98 ALBUMS 8 Track TAPES - .$349 (all labels) $525 (all labels) music & NOW 314 Trant (Located off Beck St. — Bryan) OPEN: Tues.—(Noon—8 p. m.) Wed. - Fri.—(Noon—7 p. m.) Sat.— (10 a. m.—7 p. m.) Closed Mondays INVEST A LITTLE GET A LOT LAST CHANCE ROTARY SERIES STARTS TUESDAY Rotary Series THE DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SEPTEMBER 29, 1970 GIRO AND HIS BALLET FLAMENCO OCTOBER 19, 1970 PAUL MAURIAT AND HIS ORCHESTRA OCTOBER 30, 1970 Crossover THE FRED WARING SHOW FEBRUARY 16, 1971 1776 MARCH 7, 1971 (8:30 pm) NO INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE! BUY NOW, PAY BY NOV. 5TH KOTARY COMMUNITY SERIES ORDER FORM Please print or type full name From: Address: street & number City & state Please reserve season tickets at $16.50 each. Total $. My check for is enclosed. □ Please bill me Nov. 1. zip code phone Make checks payable to: Texas A&M University Mail or deliver order to: Memorial Student Center Student Programs Office Box 5718 College Station, Texas 77843