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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1977)
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Peratis of the American Civil Liberties Union said anything different from the GE de cision is bound to be a gain because the justices “couldn’t do any worse” than they did in that opinion. “We all get a little nervous when the court takes a civil rights case these days,” she said. Linda Colvard Dorian, general counsel for the International Wo men’s Year and a former attorney at the Equal Employment Opportu nity Commission, spoke in the same vein. She said legislation to over come the effect of the GE decision will soon be introduced in Congress Language classes planning summer overseas studies and backed by a broad coalition of labor and women’s interest groups. The court’s actions, before recess ing until Feb. 22, included another refinement of the “Miranda warn ing” requirement for criminal sus pects. It held that a suspect who comes voluntarily to the police sta tion to discuss a crime need not be told of his right to silence and to an attorney, even though he is lied to and interrogated in private. The justices ordered reconsidera tion of decisions involving school busing and housing in Toledo, Ohio, and Indianapolis respective ly, to determine whether there was intentional discrimination against blacks. Intent is the key, since the court has ruled that a constitutional violation may not rest on effect alone. The court also: — Denied a request by Indiana to reconsider last year’s ruling that parents may not veto abortions for unwed minors. — Refused to schedule a quick decision as to federal court jurisdic tion in the government’s giant anti trust suit against the American Tele phone & Telegraph Co. The issue of whether such a regulated company is immune from antitrust attack goes to the U.S. Court of Appeals here. —Agreed in a New York case to decide whether city officials can be sued under federal civil rights law if money sought as restitution comes out of public funds. — Agreed to decide whether fed eral judges may authorize FBI agents to record numbers dialed at a particular telephone and whether the telephone company may be or dered to cooperate. The modern language depart- ment at Texas A&M University will be sponsoring three summer foreign study programs in 1977. Foreign language students in Spanish, French and German are el igible for the six week courses and may earn six hours of Texas A&M credit. The French department is plan ning a combined study and sight seeing trip to be headquartered in La Rochelle. A two week tour of Spain and then concentrated study at the Uni versity of Compostela at Santiago will complete the Spanish course. Dr. Richard Costa will be the adviser during the Spain trip and Gretchen Schmidt will guide the French group. A similar program is planned for German students. — Laura Brockman Soviet rehel Sakharov threatened with arrest Names in the newsM? Mayor Beame standing tall New York ' City Mayor Ab raham Beame’s visitors gener ally tower over his 5-foot-2 inch frame, but yes terday the mayor stood eyen with a guest — except for the ears. Mickey Mouse, about 5-foot-4 counting the dis tinctive black ears, gave Beame a globe depicting Disney World scenes. Second Lady rejoins co-op Second Lady Joan Mondale plans to continue participating in a fruit and vegetable cooperative BEAME she started several years ago. The vice president’s wife missed her turns in the co-op during the campaign but resumed participa tion around Thanksgiving and plans to continue, according to press aide Bess Abell. There are about 30 families in the coopera tive, each paying $5 a week for fresh fruits and vegetables which would cost twice as much in a retail store. Mrs. Mondale will be on duty every eighth week. She will price available produce, place an order for the entire group and pick it up at a fresh air market in northeast Washington. Author Haley honorary Texan The Black Caucus of the Texas Legislature will make Alex Haley, the author of “Roots,” an honorary Texan today. The black legislators will give Haley a Texas flag and a commendatory resolu tion at a noon reception in Austin. Sen. Byrd still ‘a hillbilly” Robert C. Byrd is the Se nate’s new majority leader but he still pic tures himself as a hillbilly. Fol lowing an ad dress on the na tion’s energy needs to the American Min ing Congress yesterday, the West Virgi senator reached for his (U Calling the fiddle “a good nah OLl^ resource and proper use energy,’’ Byrd played) mountain songs “Rye Whsl and “Cumberland Gap’] applause was loud. “You hillbillies wherever you gi Byrd beamed. By EMIL SVEILIS United Press International MOSCOW — Andrei Sakharov, the Soveit Union’s leading dissi dent, is under threat of arrest and prosecution if He continues to issue Texas A&M University DIRECTORY $2.50 Available at — Student Publications Office 216 Reed McDonald Bldg. Texas A&M Bookstore University Bookstore slanderous concoctions” against his country, Soviet authorities said. Sakharov, 55, was called Tuesday before Soviet Union’s deputy gen eral prosecutor in the most serious confrontation ever between the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize-winner and Soviet authorities. It came in response to his state ment of possible official involve ment in a Jan. 8 Moscow subway explosion. Reportedly a bomb killed between five and seven persons and wounded 20 others. The charges stemmed from a let ter Sakharov released a week after the blast calling for an international investigation into its cause. Sakharov maintains the explosion may have been staged to discredit the dissident movement. Sakharov, known as the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, said he was given an “especially serious warning’ by Sergei Gusev, the Soviet Union’s deputy general pros ecutor. According to Tass news agency, the prosecutor accused him of dis seminating “deliberately false slan derous concoctions” about Soviet involvement in the subway explo sion. Sakharov told Western journalists he did not directly accuse Soviet se cret police of setting the explosion, but expressed fears the-blast may have been sanctioned by high offi cials. Tass said Sakharov’s letter con tained elements “which smear the Soviet state and social system and is therefore punishable according to the criminal code.” Mondale takes West Berlin ton pledges to uphold commitment redly lid his nivers uesda; Assisi 11 sai( ess of ams s moker id sta; asily t Russi [ad thi hab as m United Press International BERLIN — Vice President Wal ter Mondale stared at the Berlin wall for the first time in his life today and walked away visibly sha ken. The vice president, on an emo tional tour of the city, pledged to uphold America’s commitments to Berlin with “whatever means neces sary. ” “The presence of American troops and those of our allies are liv ing proof of our pledge to honor this commitment,” he said. Mondale, accompanied by West Berlin Mayor Klaus Schuetz, viewed the wall from the “Kennedy Observation Post” — at a point where the wall cuts a once busy thoroughfare. He stared in silence. Across the concrete and barbed wire, two East German policemen stared back. Moments later, he descended the wooden stairs. Pale and trembling, be strode to a group of reporters. “In the course of history, there have been many walls built, Nlondale said. “But most we're built to keep the enemy out. This one has been built to keep the people in.” “We can only pray that progress will see the day when this kind of wall will disappear and all people will be able to share values that we cherish, such as freedom and de mocracy. ” Knots of men and women applauded Mondale as he drove through the city on a brief visit that he said was a symbolic show of un swerving commitment to a city, di vided by the Communist wall since 1961. Mondale later left for Rome, the next stop on his 10-day international tour. At one point, Mondale jumped out of his car and walked over to shake hands with some of the crowd. The eyes of some women glis tened with tears as they reached out to touch his hand. “Tell the American people I love your president,” said Mail Bower, 77, who shook hisl vigorously. “We appreciateW are working to keep ouri free. ” Mondale leaned over andl) her on the cheek. At city hall. Mondale said asked that he convey his delei tion that the U.S. stand byibl mitment to see that Berlin sual The Berlin stop followedi) day visit to West Germany, Mondale won assurances 0 p [U ORL |r, a ints t Jorida little Chancellor Helmut Schmidt imecc West Germany will coni ® r ’ a “additional obligations’ ’ oni tie ;P 1 i sales of nuclear technology to parties. Spring semester enrollmt expected to keep going tij :s a < m sa Texas A&M University’s spring semester enrollment has already surpassed 25,000 and is expected to be even higher when final tabula tions are compiled Feb 1. Registrar Robert A. 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