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ANMUNJOM, Korea — North Korea
josed today that its troops and those of
United Nations Command be sepa-
d physically in the Panmnnjom truce
ige to prevent clashes like the one in
ch two American army officers were
;d last week.
laj. Gen. Han Ju-kyong, the chief
th Korean delegate to the Korean Mili-
Hy Armistice Commission, proposed that
I guards for each side be separated by the
military demarcation line running through
center of the demilitarized zone be
en North and South Korea,
he demarcation line bisects the joint
[urity area at Panmnnjom, an area about
yards in diameter, and also runs
|ough the center of the main conference
m in which the armistice commission
lets.
an proposed that the North Koreans
north of the line and the Americans
South Koreans stay south of it.
he North Korean general also repeated
essage he delivered last Saturday from
sident Kim Il-Sung terming the fight
Wednesday “regretful and saying that
ith sides should make efforts. . . that
h incidents may not recur in the fu-
S. Rear Adm. Mark P. Frudden, the
United Nations Command s senior dele-
e to the commission, called the proposal
and the accompanying expression of regret
“a positive step.” But he said it was still
“unsatisfactory,” and he pressed North
Korea to be more specific.
The commission met at U.S. request for
the third time since North Korean guards
killed the two Americans last Wednesday
as they headed a working party of South
Koreans and Americans pruning a 40-foot
tree in the joint security area. Frudden told
the North Koreans the U.N. Command re
quested the meeting “for one purpose, that
our side calls for punishment of those re
sponsible for the murder of the UNC offi
cers.
“Moreover, we insist on assurances that
the safety of UNC personnel in the joint
security area will be preserved.”
It was the first time in the 23-year history
of the Korean armistice that the North Ko
reans publicly expressed regret over an in
cident involving personnel of the two sides.
Kim’s message of regret was delivered in
private last Saturday at an unannounced
meeting of the commission.
Positive step taken
The United States said then that the
message was unacceptable because it did
not accept responsibility for the killing of
the Americans. Washington modified its
stand Monday to term it a “positive step,”
the same words Frudden used today.
South Korean politicians and newspap
ers on Tuesday accused the United States
of backing down on its firm stand toward
North Korea.
Members of President Chung Hee
Park’s authoritarian government declined
official comment. But Seoul seethed with
criticism of Washington’s statement calling
a “positive step” North Korean leader Kim
II-Sung’s indirect statement of regret over
the bloody tree-pruning dispute in the
truce zone.
Kim Yong-Tai, the South Korean ruling
party’s assembly floor leader, said the
United States had shown “lack of firmness”
in retreating from what he called an earlier,
tough position.
Rallies staged in Seoul and South Korean
provincial cities demanded resolute mea
sures against North Korea.
In Washington, a Pentagon spokesman
said yesterday that U.S. B52 bombers have
been flying over South Korea daily.
This was the first official confirmation of
reports that the giant eight-engine bom
bers have appeared over the Korean penin
sula amid tensions growing out of the slay
ing of the two U.S. officers.
Pentagon spokesman Alan Woods said
the B52s have been conducting bombing
practice exercises since Friday and that
they have remained “well away from North
Korean airspace.”
U.S. displays force
Woods did not say how many B52s have
been sent over Korea, but other Pentagon
sources reported the daily flight from
Guam involved three of the bombers.
He said that, so far as he can determine,
this is the first time that the Air Force had
exercised its B52s over Korea.
At the same time, Woods reported that
the aircraft carrier Midway was conducting
exercises at sea well below the 38th parallel
separating North and South Korea.
The Midway, carrying 75 aircraft, was
ordered into position off South Korea late
last week as the United States increases its
airpower in the area.
Two squadrons of F4 Phantom jets and
Fill fighter-bombers from Okinawa and
the United States were also sent to Korea to
strengthen U.S. and South Korean military
airpower there.
North Korea charged last week that the
clash was deliberately provoked by the
United States, and today a North Korean
broadcast said it was “meticulously prear
ranged” by the United States.
The Pentagon says an armed U.S. reac
tion force normally posted about a mile
south of the Korean demilitarized zone was
too far away to rescue two American offi
cers who were killed by North Korean
guards last week.
The disclosure came after Rep. John M.
Murphy, D-N.Y., said three Army officers
who left Korea recently “were astounded to
learn that the U.S. reaction force. . . did
not come to the aid of the victims of the
attack. The reaction force is usually armed
with M16 rifles and clubs,” Murphy said he
was told.
Rules remain unchanged
The Pentagon, meanwhile, said it was
standing firm on rules permitting U.S. sol
diers inside the truce zone to shoot in self
defense only as a last resort and only if a
U.S. officer in charge order them to do so.
“These procedures are considered still
valid, ” the Pentagon said when asked about
possible changes in the rules.
Some defense officials indicated concern
that any loosening of strict rules might in
crease the danger that even lesser harass-
ments of Americans by North Koreans,
such as reported pushing, shoving and spit
ting incidents, might escalate into serious
conflict.
Murphy would not identify the three of
ficers who told him about the reaction
force. In a statement prepared for delivery
on the House floor Tuesday he said they
also told him that U.S. troops who carry
unloaded weapons inside the DMZ would
be unable to obtain ammunition from a
facility “well out of the area” in the event of
a “shootout at the site.”
In response to questions, the Pentagon
said the armed reaction force normally is
posted two kilometers south of the truce
zone and that the Joint Security Area
where the killings occurred is in the middle
of the two-and-a-half-mile DMZ.
Officials calculated that the reactipn
force would have been about two miles
away and could not have seen the Aug. 18
fighting. The officials said the attack lasted
only a few minutes and the reaction force
could not have reached the scene in time.
The Pentagon did not say under what
circumstances the force would react.
“The United Nations command per
sonnel are uniformly trained to use
weapons in self defense only as a last resort
and then only if directed to do so by a U.S.
security officer in charge,” the Pentagon
said.
In last week’s incident, Maj. Arthur G.
Bonifas was the officer in charge of a work
party attempting to trim a tree in the truce
area and he was struck down by North Ko
rean guards apparently before he could
give any orders to his men.
Lt. Mark T. Barrett, the other U.S. offi
cer there, also was killed in the melee.
Therefore, the Pentagon said, “the sud
denness of the attack and the training and
discipline of the United Nations command
guards themselves combined to preclude
the use of sidearms. ”
The two slain officers, Maj. Arthur
Bonifas of Newburgh, N.Y., and 1st Lt.
Mark Barrett of Columbia, S.C., were
buried Tuesday.
The weather
Partly cloudy and warm today
through Thursday with a slight
chance of afternoon and evening
showers and thundershowers. High
today low 90’s, low tonight high 60’s,
high Thursday near 90. Probability of
showers — 20 per cent today, tonight
and Thursday.
Che Battalion
Today’s issue of The Battalion is com
posed of 48 pages in 4 sections.
The Battalion editors regret that
we incorrectly labeled a picture on
Page 1C C.W. Freeman. The name
line should read W. C. Freeman.
Vol. 68 NO. 137
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, August 25, 1976
Anti-strikers kill
13 in South Africa
Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa —
Zulu tribesmen struck back at black milit
ants trying to force compliance with a work
boycott, and at least 13 more blacks were
reported killed in the Soweto township.
White officials claimed that the effec
tiveness of the boycott on business and in
dustry in Johannesburg seemed to be
weakening Tuesday, the second day of the
three-day protest against the white gov
ernment’s racial policies. But the number
of commuter trains canceled and informal
polls of employers indicated that about 60
per cent of the 250,000 blacks from Soweto
who work in Johannesburg have taken part
in the strike.
Although government spokesmen tried
to minimize the effectiveness of the
boycott, it was a remarkable showing con
sidering that South African blacks are not
allowed to have labor unions, black organi
zations opposed to the government are out
lawed and most of their leaders are in
prison.
The announcement Tuesday night of a
one-third increase in bread prices raised
the possibility of new protests.
The South African Press Association said
at least six persons were killed and more
than 100 injured Tuesday when about
1,500 Zulus charged through the streets of
Soweto with sticks, stones and short spears
and broke into homes in what appeared to
be a backlash against the strike.
A black newspaper, the World, reported
that a crowd of Zulus who worked Monday
in defiance of the strike call killed seven
black militants in a group that harassed
them Monday night when they returned to
Soweto from Johannesburg.
Williams now home
Texas A&M University President
Jack K. Williams was dismissed from
the Methodist Hospital in Houston
late Tuesday and has returned
home.
Williams has been in the hospital
recovering from surgery he under
went as a result of two heart attacks.
Reports issued by the hospital within
the past two weeks had become in
creasingly optimistic, with the an
nouncement Monday describing
Williams condition as “good.”
On May 31, while Williams was at
Methodist for a series of tests and a
period of rest, he suffered his first
heart attack. Williams was visiting
the hospital because he had been ex
periencing pains and unusual fatigue
during the last months of the spring
semester.
Williams was released from the
hospital on June 18 with his progress
described as “quite satisfactory.”
On July 9, Williams suffered the
second attack. He was rushed to St.
Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan. From
there he was transported by helicop
ter to Methodist.
Williams underwent coronary
bypass surgery only hours after re
ceiving cardiac surgery July 13. At
that time, the presiding physician
was “cautiously optimistic” about
Williams’ condition.
He was on the critical list until
August 9, after suffering a relapse
the weekend before. Upon his
placement on the serious list,
Williams was reportedly “alert, com
fortable and gaining strength.”
A move to a private room followed
the announcement on August 11 that
Williams was in “fair and stable”
condition.
Carter slams agricultural embargoes
Books, hooks and more. . .
Students shift through the stacks at the Texas A&M bookstore.
Most were trying to find the proper books without suffering price
shock.
I Open House previews
Ai?M for new students
Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa — Jimmy Carter
says that if elected president he would
never authorize an embargo on foreign
shipment of U.S. farm products.
Carter, confident he has a strong chance
of winning in President Ford’s native Mid
west in November, was to appear today at
the Iowa State Fair, his last stop on a four-
day campaign trip.
Aides said his speech in an outdoor arena
would be an attempt to capitalize on what
Carter believes is significant discontent in
the farm belt over Secretary of Agriculture
Earl L. Butz and the Republican adminis
tration’s farm program.
Carter, who feels his background as a
peanut farmer will help him in the histori
cally Republican Midwest, has attacked
Butz as a supporter of big agricultural busi
nesses who lacks understanding for small
farmers.
“Under my administration, if I’m
elected, there will never be another em
bargo that singles out farm products,” the
former Georgia governor said during the
meeting with representatives of such
groups as the National Farmers Organiza
tion, Farmers Union, National Grange,
American Farm Bureau and National Corn
Growers Association.
Embargoes on shipments of U.S. grain,
particularly last October’s embargo on
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N ew students are going to be re
introduced to Texas A&M University if
they attend the Open House August 28 at
the University Center.
jjOpen House is held annually to give new
students a chance to meet with returning
students, the administration and faculty
members from their college. Open House
inlso a recruiting ground for student or
ganizations.
■The Open House starts in the lobby of
the Rudder Tower, the 11-story structure
of the University Center. From there tours
of the three-building complex will leave
every 15 minutes. The Open House begins
at 6:30p.m. and continues until 10:30 p.m.
The tours end in room 201, also called
the MSC Ballroom, with a reception. At
the reception students will be introduced
to members of the administration, faculty
from their college and student leaders.
After the new student has met with these
people, he will be encouraged to survey
the rest of the second floor area.
The rest of the second floor will house 80
plus student organizations. The new stu
dent will have the opportunity to talk to the
organization representatives and get in
formation about its services. Many organi
zations will have sign-up lists so they may
contact prospective members later.
Ford concedes South & New York
Associated Press
VAIL, Colo. — President Ford privately
is conceding the deep South and New York
to Democratic rival Jimmy Carter, admin
istration sources say.
The Ford camp feels the former Georgia
governor is solidly entrenched in the
South, including Texas, but may be vul
nerable in Florida, the sources said Tues
day.
They made the assessment after Ford’s
first post-convention strategy session with
nif Horticulture becomes department
H
BWith the start of the new school year,
Texas A&M University will also have a new
academic facet with the establishment of
the Department of Horticultural Sciences,
effective Sept. 1.
B Dr. Warren S. Barham will be professor
and head of the new department, an
nounced Dean of Agriculture Dr. H. O.
Kunkel.
■ T am very favorably impressed with the
extension service and research program at
A&M,” said Dr. Barham. “I’m biased but
one wouldn’t have to be biased to see the
(juality of A&M and its students. People
around the world are acquainted with their
research work.
K Horticulture has been offered through
the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
s nee 1959. Officials say the demand for
graduates in horticulture has expanded
rapidly from 59 students five years ago to an
estimated fall enrollment of Over 500.
I The responsibilities of the new depart
ment will include the supervision and
' Coordination of experiment station and ex
tension service activities as well as the in
structional program. The department will
have a research load of over $400,000 at
College Station and program leadership of
over $2 million in research located at cen-
ters throughout Texas.
P Two degree programs will be offered in
horticulture and floriculture. These pro
grams include the use, propagation, mar
keting and selling of edible crops and or
namental plants. Students are trained in
nursery and greenhouse production along
with the retail florist business.
“We are facing a new frontier in horticul
ture in Texas,” said Robert Rucker, profes
sor of floriculture. “We have the land,
water, climate and people which will all go
together to produce a great industry.
“Texas is already number three in the
nation in horticulture but could rapidly get
to number one,” he said. “Disease prob
lems are rapidly being solved. The poten
tial of the industry hasn’t been scratched
and we have an almost unlimited growing
season from the Rio Grande Valley to the
High Plains.”
“The real future increase in horticulture
will be in Texas,” said Dr. Jarvis Miller,
director of the Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station. “We can produce all the im
portant horticultural products within the
borders of the state. If Texans can get or
ganized properly, we can provide the mar
keting, processing and production. The
creation of this new department at A&M
can focus the attention and scientific re
sources needed to make this all possible.”
The first organizational meeting of the
students, staff and faculty of the Hortcul-
tural Sciences Department will be Sept. 9
at 7 p.m. in Rudder Tower. An official re
ception for Dr. Barham will be held by the
students at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Student
Center 224.
Barham was director of raw material re
search and onion seed production of Basic
Vegetable Products located in California
and is also chairman of the national com
mittee on liaison between industry and so
ciety with the American Horticulture Soci
ety.
Barham was previously an associate pro
fessor of horticulture at North Carolina
State University for nine years. While
there, among other projects, he demon
strated the value and importance of mildew
resistance for the North Carolina can
taloupe crop, developed a bush type acorn
squash that was awarded an All American
Bronze Award, and developed and intro
duced two scab and mildew resistant sheer:
cucumber varieties for the North Carolina
mountain production area.
A summary of his onion breeding pro
gram produced an average 43 per cent in
crease in pounds per acre; a solid increase
average of 34 per cent; reduction in cost per
dry pound averaging 46.4 per cent; and a
move in the harvesting day from 16 to 21
days.
political aides. The President planned to
confer again today with campaign advisers.
The sources said Ford will focus his ef
forts first on the Midwest and move from
there into the Northeast and California.
Ford told reporters Tuesday that he
favors four debates of at least 90 minutes
each in which “tough questions are asked
by tough reporters. ” He suggested that the
first debate be held no later than Sept. 10
and said, “The sooner we get started the
better.”
The debates should focus on four
areas: defen^ domestic, foreign and eco
nomic policies, said Ford, who acknowl
edged he has not communicated his
suggestions to the Carter camp. He said he
was relying on reporters to do that.
In Seattle, Wash., Carter’s press secre
tary complained about Ford’s public utter
ances on the proposed debates.
“An attempt to conduct discussions by
press release holds little chance for suc
cess,” said Jody Powell. “We had always
assumed that there was time to sit down
and discuss proposals for debate in a ma
ture and businesslike fashion. We don’t
feel that it’s proper for either side to at
tempt to play partisan politics or gain parti
san advantage from these discussions.”
Ford said talks with Carter’s camp would
begin later this week.
The Ford camp apparently feels that an
early debate on defense policy would give
the President an advantage because Ford
dealt with these issues extensively in his
successful campaign against GOP chal-
shipments to Russia, have been a sore point
with many farmers who claim they lost
money because of them. The administra
tion has said that no farm sales were lost
because all available ports and ships were
tied up at the time of the embargoes.
Carter also said that, if elected, he would
do what he could to clean up what he called
“the dirty situation” in the country’s grain
inspection system.
lenger Ronald Reagan. Carter, who has
suggested a Sept. 28 date for an initial de
bate, may desire more time for prepara
tion.
At this point, informants said. Ford
hopes to limit his active campaigning to the
debates and selected appearances before
major audiences. This would allow him to
maintain a presidential stance throughout
the campaign season.
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Index
Films, Drama, Art are part offsea
son’s entertainment. Page IB.
A&M listed in national top 20 for
contributions. Page 11B.
Campus police encourage early
vehicle registration. Page 2C.
Shuttle bus schedule and route
outlined. Page 3C.
A&M’s best. Page 6C.
Newcomers fillout football squad
for “competitive” outlook. Page ID.
Ticket distribution system modified
to handle date crunch. Page 8D.
. . . books.
After finally finding the proper texts, the real ordeal begins
trying to pay for them.