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“nuary 19, [w iSiw be Battalton Cloudy with rain 1. 67 No. 63 College Station, Texas Thursday, January 20, 1972 Friday —■ Partly cloudy. South erly winds 10-15 mph. High 81°, low 67°. Saturday—Cloudy in the morn ing. Partly cloudy in the after noon. Scattered afternoon rain- showers. Southerly winds 15-20 mph. High 81°, low 64°. 846-2226 LL BE ilitary cargo dll be moved >n West coast ULE 17-28 "eb. 4 • 7-11 14-18 21-25 lar. 3 1SAN FRANCISCO UP> — The ific Maritime Association re led itself Wednesday and bred its member shippers to Jn handling military cargo im- liately at struck West Coast prts, PMA president Edmund lynn announced. The development came as the Being International Longshore- B’s and Warehousemen’s Union ■ shippers agreed to resume Botiations as soon as possible ■ the White House prepared ■slation to force the strikers Be to work. ■lynn told a new conference Or an;B executive commit- ■ took the action after a tele- r . Blouse li 11 ^ b een received from Bar- B. Shillito, assistant secretary ■defense, in which he stated: Int rference with the movement to 5. pjjBessential defense cargo by Bn transportation would ser- Bly jeopardize the efficient dis- Bge of the responsibilities of I Department of Defense and B impair the national safety.” Hn estimated 75 per cent of Southeast Asia-bound military cargo originates in the Pacific ports. In a telegram of reply, the PMA said its members will im mediately make ships available for handling of military cargo. The wire said that when the PMA decided Tuesday to stop handling military cargo at Pa cific ports, “it was of the opin ion that military controlled ves sels at Atlantic and Gulf coasts ports could be used for the shipment of military cargo nor mally moving through West coast ports. Therefore, the PMA de cision was not intended in any way to impair the national in terest.” Flynn said the PMA action was “intended solely to equalize the economic imbalance created in favor of the ILWU by the large earnings available to longshore men working military cargo dur ing the strike. The International Longshore men’s and Warehousemen’s Union on Monday resumed at 24 West Mediterranean on agenda Etfor summer ‘Clipper’ trip 4.... XTED K Ask for Mediterranean ports dominate N1LI) le itinerary for A&M’s 19'72 anmer School at Sea.” ~..e June 5-Aug. 6 program for }ng high school graduates is iry Public. inducted in association with the iual summer training cruise Electric.^ jithg Texas Maritime Academy, —4irt of TAMU’s College of Ma- LRE ne Sciences and Maritime Re- purees. * Statelier ^ r ' William H. Clayton, dean >3. r. N, i f the TAMU college at Galveston -nd acting TMA superintendent, )TICE aid the first stop for the 15,000- training ship “Texas Clipper” One blocktrji] Valencia, Spain, followed, ’° t0 ^ hopefully, by a visit to Split, Yu- -Jwlavia. Genova, Italy, is the al- Ornate port. V 1! If arrangements can be made . ar r at’ the visit to Split, TMA offi- in " ials noted it would mark the irst time a United States train- IP slnce'ir vesse ^ tbe Adri- 23-8111 5‘:tii port in recent years, possibly $ first since WorlS War II. Jpther ports of call are Palma ||the Balearic Islands and Las ~ ~ ~ '."T’Bmas in the Canary Islands. > 225 Wlt Re«THigh school graduates have the pportunity to earn six hours of nior ring. ;j —-Two named JFjfo Maritime Mlie. school pOStS ,q rialf Two appointments to the fac- ^ ‘ ilty-staff of A&M’s new College j^Y * ^ Marine Sciences and Maritime - ^rgriBsources have been announced origina^y Dean William H. Clayton. eserved BMichael R. Bonsignore has been G’xhaUSlii^d assistant to the dean, and filters? ® eor ^ e Carter has been ap- PnmDS an assistant professor in Needeili neral aca( deniics at the Texas . . , Maritime Academy. J,IS I Bonsignore, 30, had been with 8.60 ^Honeywell, Inc., in California r cars since 1969, following six years of service in the Navy. He is a UTORS 1663 graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy, where he minored in - oceanography. <• |.’ Carter’s, also 30, is completing requirements for a Ph.D. degree in economics at TAMU’s College Station campus and serving as a graduate asistant. He earned his undergraduate degree in 1963 and (•JltorS master’s in 1969, both from the -h. BniversLiy of Southern Missis- a l er sippi. He served three years on active duty in the Navy and is parts currently a lieutenant in the bi, Texa 5 N ava i Reserve unit at Galveston. *32 I University National Bank f an i‘0n the side of Texas A&M.” —Adv. college credit in English, Ameri can history or algebra, Dean Clayton noted. The credit may be applied to a course of study at TAMU’s College Station cam pus, TMA or any other college or university. The “Summer School at Sea” program is jointly sponsored by the University’s College of Lib eral Arts and TMA. Coast ports a 100-day strike which had been halted Oct. 6 by a Taft- Hartley Act injunction. The PMA president told Shil lito: “During the 100-day strike which ended Oct. 5, income to longshoremen from handling mil itary cargo acted as a substi tute for strike benefits normally made available through union sources. The PMA action, there fore, had as its objective the shortening of the renewed strike.” Flynn said he had received a letter from the ILWU president, Harrry Bridges, saying the union was willing to resume negotia tions by Jan. 31 or earlier if fea- sable. Earlier, James Robertson, PMA secretary, said the employers were willing to reopen talks and were only waiting word from Bridges’ union. The walkout is a resumption of a 100-day strike that was ended last Oct. 6 by a Taft-Hartley back-to-work orded which expired Christmas day. Bargaining dur ing two later contract extensions failed to produce a settlement. In Washington, Senate Republi can leader Hugh Scott said he expected the White House to send Congress legislation to end the strike by this weekend, unless there is a settlement. The Pennsylvania Republican said there was some hope for agreement without federal action, and in San Francisco, federal mediator Edwin M. Scott said: “If there’s a possibility of a settlement, we expect to be an instrument in achieving it.” The extended walkout has cost billions of dollars in losses to the Pacific economy. y 1 MOON CRYSTALS estimated as being- 3.9 billion years old are the subject of this electron microscope view of a nest of crystals found in a rock brought to earth by Apollo 14. The crystals grew from a hot vapor in the cavity of a fragmental rock. (AP Wirephoto) Under U. S. escort Charges face Soviet ships WASHINGTON (A 1 ) _ Two Soviet fishing vessels headed southward out of the North Ber ing Sea toward Adak, in the Aleu tians, under U. S. escort late Wednesday after giving up ef forts to resist arrest for fishing in U. S. territorial waters. The two ships were being es corted by the icebreaker Storis. The Coast Guard vessel had placed boarding parties on both Soviet vessels, and then had to Bill curbing campaign costs receives Congress approval WASHINGTON <A>)_The most sweeping campaign-spending re form bill in a half-century cleared Congress Wednesday to climax a bipartisan effort to curb cam paign costs and close financial loopholes. By 334 to 19, the House passed a Senate-approved compromise writing new rules for political- finances reporting and restrict ing a presidential candidate’s radio-TV ad budget to $8.4 million this fall. It is the first such White House campaign spending ceiling in American history. The bill was sent to President Nixon, who is expected to sign it. In 1970, he vetoed a bill to limit election spending for radio and TV—saying it plugged “only one hole in a sieve.” At the White House deputy press secretary Gerald L. War ren said the bill meets the presi dent’s objectives and he expects it will be signed expeditiously, following the usual staff review. Warren didn’t indicate when that might be. The current measure includes broadcasting, newspaper, maga zine and outdoor advertising plus paid-telephone campaigns. Phon ing by volunteers would not be charged to a candidate, and post age for mass mailing, is excluded. The bill sets a formula limiting what federal office-seekers can spent on these items—an all media spending ceiling of 10 cents per potential voters, with no more than 6 cents of each dime going for broadcasting ads. The only over-all gift limit is on what a candidate can con tribute to his own campaign— $50,000 for the presidency or vice presidency, $35,000 for the Senate and $25,000 for the House. While there is no ceiling on what others can contribute to a candidate for federal office, the bill requires regular reports when spending reaches $1,000. Those contributing $100 or less would not have to be identified in re ports. The bill’s backers said it creates realistic and enforceable limits on campaign spending, with flexibility in light of differ ences in various states and at levels to be fair to incumbents and challengers. Each primary, general, special or runoff election would have a separate expenditure limit appli cable to it. Presidential pri maries would have state-by-state limits, computed on the states’ voting-age population. If signed by the President, the bill would be effective in 60 days—thus missing early primaries such as New Hampshire and Florida. pursue one and threaten to fire across its bow, in order to halt its escape attempt. After hours of silence on the incident. Coast Guard headquar ters here said late in the day that the Soviet vessels had indicated their readiness to proceed to Adak, 600 miles to the south, to face charges of fishing violations. A buoy tender based at Adak, the cutter Balsam, is en route to the area and will act as an addi tional escort, the Coast Guard said. Earlier the Russians reported ly had proposed that a responsible Soviet official represent the fish ing-boat captains to avoid forc ing the vessels, one of them the mother ship of the Soviet fishing fleet, to undertake the long and time-consuming journey. The Coast Guard reportedly de nied the request. It still was not clear just what the Soviet vessels would be charged with. Earlier Coast Guard headquar ters here had refused to confirm or deny information, previously released by its Juneau office. The earlier reports said par ties from the icebreaker Storis had boarded the 362-foot factory ship Lamut, flagship of an 80- vessel Soviet fishing fleet, and the 278-foot stern trawler Koly- van, Tuesday 9% miles off unin habited St. Matthew Island. The skipper of one of the ships, and the fisheries director of the Soviet fleet, were held under arrest aboard the Stories. The Coast Guard said then that the seized vessels had been charged with violating the U. S. 12-mile contiguous fishing zone. Shortly after the seizure, it said, the Lamut broke away and led the Storis on a four-hour chase through the icechoked northern Bering sea. The Storis maneuvered the Rus sian ship into the ice and warned that it was ready to open fire. Only then did the Soviet vessel abandon its escape attempt. The Storis had planned to es cort the Soviet vessels 60o miles southward to the U. S. Naval Station at Adak, in the Aleutians. The captain of the Storis re ported that the Soviet ships re fused to go along with the in structions. In Anchorage, U. S. Attorney Kent Edwards said that if the U. S. District Court authorizes a warrant, the Soviet vessels would be arrested at Adak. Maximum penalties for the masters, if con victed, would be a $100,000 fine and a year in prison. The ships and gear also could be forfeited under civil charges, Edwards said. He added that initial reports from the Coast Guard indicated that neither vessel was fishing, or had nets in the water, at the time of the seizure. Edwards added that until he re ceived a specific report from the Coast Guard it would be difficult to determine what violations the Russians might have committed. State congressman distrusts reports of Vietnam deaths Job recruiting getting tight but could improve slightly ►inent 'S Jige “Campus recruiting is a several million dollar operation with some companies — a pretty big busi ness ! Companies may pven set up their recruiting schedules as much as two years in advance to be sure to select the most well- qualified young people,” Robert Reese, director of the placement office, explained. “Students actually select the companies that they wish to in vestigate for job purposes. In esssence, it is the student’s option, as long as he meets certain re quirements that the company sets up,” Reese continued. “If the student prefers a firm which has no present openings, he has several other means of placement at his disposal. The “Alumni Placement File” exists for companies too small to exert a formal recruiting effort. These firms are able to write to differ ent schools asking for qualified students. On the other hand, “Grad,” a computerized placement service sponsored by the College Place ment Council, is another path for students to explore. “This service retains resumes from interested students in all fields. Whenever a company has some vacancies, Grad can help with the selection of sound material,” Reese said. “I would be exaggerating if I said the downtrend in business opportunities had not affected A&M. Consequently, we have lost some of the 300 companies on our recruitment list,” Reese commented, “but we are gradxi- ating more people each year who find job positions in comparison to most schools.” In reply to this shrinkage of job opportunities, one hopeful article in a recent issue of the “Wall Street Journal” said that business is expecting a five per cent increase in the number of job openings for college gradu ates. Any graduating student who wishes to take advantage of this service, should report in the near future to Robert Reese, Place ment Office, Room 303, YMCA. SAN ANTONIO, Tex. UP) _ A Congressman says the han dling of reports on a soldier’s death makes him wonder if the Defense Department is trying to “change the picture of casual ties in Vietnam.” Rep. Henry Gonzalez told the San Antonio Light Wednesday that he has written Defense Seci retary Melvin Laird for clarifi cation of the death of Spec. 5 Albert Robalin Jr., 22, of San Antonio. Robalin died Dec. 28 in South Vietnam and the Defense De partment listed the death as non- hostile, the Light said in a Washington dispatch. Gonzalez said the soldier’s family first was told he died from an accident during the han dling and assembly of explosives, but after the body was sent to the United States, an Army pa thologist changed the cause of death to combat-inflicted bullet wounds. “I had heard long ago about some erroneous reporting of deaths in Vietnam, but not as bad as this,” Gonzalez said. “How can you make that kind of mistake? How could they let all this time go by without know ing?” the San Antonio Democrat said of the death ruling. “I wonder if this was an isolated case or a practice here to try to change the picture of casualties in Vietnam.” Pentagon officials told the Light they were looking into a request by Gonzalez for infor mation on the Rebalin case and on whether the Defense Depart ment makes an effort to see that all combat deaths are listed as such. “We don’t play games in this casualty business,” one official said. Gonzalez said the soldier’s family had received a letter from him shortly before his death, say ing he had been going out on combat missions with insufficient ammunition. The Defense Department offi cial denied that any soldier is sent into combat without enough ammunition. Sophomore Sweetheart spot now open to coed applications Applications for Sophomore Sweetheart are now available in the Program Office of the Me morial Student Center. The contest is limited to Ag gie sophomore coeds. Applications must be returned by Feb. 2. Feb. 11-12 has been designated as Sophomore Weekend and will feature a woodsy, a bar-b-que and a formal dance. The woodsy will be held on Friday of Sophomore Weekend near Wilbur. Sophs will meet at 7 p.m. at the Kyle Field parking lot and should bring their own picnic supper. The Cellar Door of Houston will cater Saturday’s barbeque in Hensel Park which is due to start at 1 p.m. The Big Boss Sound currently at the Pelican Club in Louisiana will perform at the formal dance Saturday night. The dance will be held in Duncan and will last from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Sophomore Sweetheart will be announced at the dance. Tickets for the activities of the Sophomore Weekend are available at $10 per couple from the class officers, council representatives and at the Program Office. Decorating for the dance will be done all day Saturday. Any help will be appreciated.