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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1975 Page 5 7^ Ford: China ties strengthened Associated Press PEKING — President Ford und up his trip to China today ith news from the Chinese on ven Americans missing in action fore and during the Vietnam war d a promise by him to normalize .S.-Chinese relations. I All of the missing Americans are I ead, Secretary of State Henry A. I issinger told a news conference, but the remains of two of them have been recovered. He said that the next of kin of all seven would be notified within the next 48 hours. I The Americans, presumably pilots orairmen, were missing over the last 10years in or near China, he said. I The last full day of Ford’s China \ sit was marked by a banquet toast ■ the Great Hall of the People dur- iig which the President not only promised to normalize relations but to agree to disagree on attitudes to ward the Soviet Union. I In an apparent answer to Chinese complaints that the American policy 0 detente with the Soviet Union Ireatens China with Soviet attack, F rdrecalled that the 1972 Shanghai Communique signed by President Nixon and Premier Chou En-lai ex pressed “fundamental opposition to e efforts of others to impose bigemony in any part of the world. 1 This reflects the realism which is I hallmark of our relationship. And realism is a firmer basis than senti ment for sound and durable ties. ” Ford said it had been “a significant vsit,” and his talk with Chairman lao Tse-tung was “friendly, candid, fibstantial and constructive. “We discussed our differences, hich are natural in a relationship etween two countries whose ieologies, societies and cir- imstances diverge. But we also |mfirmed that we have important mmon points.’ Ford, who leaves Friday morning tIndonesia and the Philippines en mte home, said “the United States firmly dedicated to an interna- pnal order of peace, justice and prosperity for all. Earlier in the day the President told reporters his meetings with China’s leaders had been “very ben eficial and very friendly.” “We did here in two days what it took Nixon three to do,” said Secret ary of State Henry A. Kissinger. Beginning his third and final work ing session with First Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping, the acting head of the Chinese government, the Presi dent said the relationship between the United States and China has been strengthened by his talks with Teng and Chairman Mao Tse-tung. The results “can be meaningful in the months ahead,” he declared. “I agree with that,” said Teng. No details of the talks have been disclosed, although spokesmen have said they covered the full range of international issues as well as bilat eral issues between the Chinese and American governments. However, the Chinese are considered certain to have emphasized their distrust of the American policy of detente with the Soviet Union. There has been no announcement of any specific agreement or proposal discussed, and the disclosure Wed nesday that the customary final communique would not be issued indicated no new agreements were reached. “We didn’t even try for a com munique,” said Kissinger. “The situ ation just didn’t lend itself to that.” Kissinger’s comparison of Ford’s visit with President Nixon’s trail- blazing 1972 trip was made as he talked with reporters during a buffet luncheon at the U.S. Liaison Mis sion. Earlier in the conversation, he said no comparison should be drawn between the two, and after his ob servation he gave no evidence of achievements this time comparable to the opening of a new era in Chinese-American relations which the Nixon visit produced. Kissinger said Ford and Mao at their meeting on Tuesday “discussed every international topic” and the conversation was “much more de tailed” than Nixon’s 1972 meeting with the founder of Communist China. But this was no reflection on the former president, Kissinger said. D§sko]®|}^ (aiadl to© Ocean explorers seek answers COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M University is involved in a deep sea drilling project through membership in the Joint Oceanog raphic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES). Dr. Richard A. Geyer and Dr. William R. Bryant of the Oceanog raphy Department represent the university on the executive and planning committees of JOIDES of which A&M became a member in 1975. Institutions across the U. S. and internationally are participants. In most basic terms, it is a program subscribed to by an international group of scientists to undertake dril ling deeper into the earth’s crust than has ever been done before. Ini tial shallow drilling in the ocean has substantiated, for example, the con cept of continental drift. Among the benefits which will re sult from the drilling project are es sential information on the formation of minerals and an understanding of the fundamental processes that con trol the shaping of the earth’s sur face. This is particularly important since 60 per cent of the earth’s sur face is covered by a layer of water about four or five kilometers thick and, until the onset of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, had been isolated from a systematic investigation of the older rocks. JOIDES provides scien tific guidance for the DSDP, derived from a system of panels whose indi vidual members represent the finest scientists in the related fields of marine geology. Some of the major scientific achievements of the DSDP include: • The oldest dated rock recovered is about 160 million years old com pared to 3.6 billion on continental rock which indicates the ocean ba-“ sins are young features. The youth of ocean basins is attributed to a pro cess of crustal renewal and destruc tion called sea floor spreading. • They have discovered oil in dome-like structures on the smooth floor of the Gulf of Mexico. The pre sence of oil at these depths may en courage future exploration into deep water. • They determined that the Mediterranean became totally dry about 12 million years ago. It filled again about five million years ago and has remained a deep-water body, over two miles deep, since then. • It appears that a major and abrupt change in the extent of glacia tion took place about five million years ago which may have been re lated to the circulation of polar wat- did break away from the polar conti- ers caused by the separation and nent some 50 million years ago and movement of Australia from Antarc- has been drifting northward at the tica. It was discovered that Australia rate of a few inches a year. tjl/larrihiMeb presen t s /K UJtnter Montierlant) Sovernor’s office outlines plans or traffic safety campaign Ji 18-month state-wide citizen paign for increased traffic safety *asures is being planned by the .SNEI .> IDULID The San Angelo West Texas HTC meet Thursday at 7 p.m. in loom 302, Rudder Tower. The All-Night Centennial Meet- ngwillbe held Thursday at 7 p.m. in loom 305AB, Rudder Tower. The Soccer Club will meet Thurs- kyat7 p.m. in Room 401, Rudder iower. The Data Processing Manage ment Meeting will be held Thursday ; it7p.m. in Room 410, Rudder To- rer. The Association of S Indents From lexico will meet Thursday at 7:30 in loom 607, Rudder Tower. The Sports Car Club will meet Iliursday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 501 ludder Tower. The TAMU Ski Club will meet (liursday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 301 ludder Tower. The LaMarque HTC will meet Hiursday at 7:30 p.m. in the MSG. The Racquet Ball Club will meet ihursday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 137, dSC. The A&M Jaycees will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 141, use. The Sailing Club will meet Thurs- layat7:30p.m. in Room 212, MSC. Alpha Epsilon will meet Thurs- lay at 6 p.m. in the Board of Direc- ors Courtyard. governor’s Office of Traffic Safety. Gov. Dolph Briscoe met last week with Hugh L. Scott, President of the Texas Safety Association, and Lew McNeil, Regional Director of the Highway Users Federation, to out line plans for the campaign. The drive will begin during the Traffic Safety Conference in Austin Jan. 20 and 21. Scott and McNeil said the recent sharp rise in Texas traffic fatalities has sparked the need for citizen sup port of administrative and legislative activities on local and state levels. Texas present rate of traffic deaths is four fatalities for every one million vehicle-miles travelled. The associa tion said the death toll has jumped sharply this year on all roads in Texas except the Interstate Highway sys tem. Both officials said the goal of the campaign is to cut traffic deaths to not more than three fatalities per million vehicle-miles by 1980. WINTER FASHIONS R udder Theater Decern be r 7. 1975 2 00 p.m Admission 75<: /tep into the m/c circle (j^c I must be / losing my mind. No. It‘s me, your friendly Avocado Plant. 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