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Miller is new University president Battalion weather Monday, August 1, 1977 College Station, Texas News Dept. 845-2611 Business Dept. 845-2611 Mostly cloudy, warm and humid today with northerly winds. Ten per cent chance of showers this after noon and evening. Decreasing cloudiness and warmer tomorrow. High today in the mid-90s, low to night in the low 70s. Battalion photo by Betsy Kelly gents Friday. University System Chancellor Jack K. Williams beams with approval. inority voters disappointed ith Carter administration United Press International ANTONIO — The state director of lation’s oldest organization of h-speaking persons has predicted a |al revolt of Mexican-Americans, who verwhelmingly for President Carter , if the President ignores them. Sen. John Tower, R Tex., said both ndcratic and Republican adminis- s failed to take sufficient steps to ig Mexican-Americans into the sjream of the free enterprise system. |en Bonilla, surrounded Saturday by png delegates to a statewide meeting ie League of United Latin American Congress survey rates President as “average” United Press International WASHINGTON — Of the 40 per t of congressmen who responded [a survey, 89 per cent deemed sident Carter an “average” or tter” President, and only 11 per t rated him “below average.” ■The 212legislators who responded |a poll by U.S. News and World iport said public relations is Car r’s greatest strength, and 40 per nt said his weakest performance is political leadership, pverall, the members who re- ibnded gave him good marks. Al- st half, 49 per cent, rated him as a strong” Chief Executive; 40 per t rated him “average” and 11 per cent ‘ below average.” Citizens, said his group would work against Carter’s reelection in 1980 if there is no change in its work with and for Mexican- Americans. “The President has a miserable record of providing equality of opportunity and law for Mexican-Americans in the state ofTexas and throughout the southwestern United States,” said Bonilla. Bonilla said Carter’s espousal of human rights abroad amounted to “political de magoguery” and said he agreed with criti cism of the President voiced by Vernon Jordan of the National Urban League and Benjamin Hooks, executive director of the NAACP, regarding the administration’s al leged failure to develop meaningful urban aid policies. Bonilla, a Corpus Christi, Tex., attor ney, also criticized Carter’s appointment of former Wisconsin Gov. Patrick Lucey rather than a Mexican-American as ambas sador to Mexico. He alleged stifling of Houston’s Leonel Castillo as head of the Immigration and Naturalization Service by “Georgia policymakers.” And he criticized the reluctance of At torney General Griffin Bell to press civil rights charges against law enforcement offi cers at Houston and Sierra Blanca, Tex., who killed Mexican-Americans in their cus tody. He also said Bell, Labor Secretary Ray Marshall and Carter himself had ref used to allow Castillo, the administration’s highest ranking Hispanic appointed, a free hand in solving the illegal alien problem. Vance begins trip to resume talks United Press International WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Cyrus Vance hopes a 13-day trip to the Middle East can clear the way for resump tion of the Geneva peace talks between the Arabs and Israelis. Vance left Washington last night for Alexandria, Egypt. An early morning re fueling stop was planned at the Azores. Vance returns to the Middle East follow ing visits to the United States by major leaders of the Middle East. It is his first visit to Israel since the conservative gov ernment of Menahem Begin came to power. “As we pursue our search for true and Duval County investigation uncovers election fraud United Press International AUSTIN — Four years of investiga- ps have ended the worst of the political fuption in Duval County, according to torney General John Hill. VVe are not totally finished in Duval unty,” Hill said yesterday. “There are II a few problem areas that we will con- ue to work on. But the major and most wninent officials who were involved in shandling of funds have been dealt with 1 we believe and hope that the county is its way to happier days.” Hill’s comments came after weekend re- rts that Parr’s political machine stole the runoff election for the U.S. Senate emocratic nomination for Lyndon hnson by stuffing Box 13 in Jim Wells Dunty with 202 votes. The election fraud een rumored for three decades, but it Knot until the reports quoted an election ficial who also worked in the Parr achine that details of it were made )0wn. “Box 13 refers to a time I am not familiar ith ” Hill said. “I can say that when we itered Duval County in 1973, the situa- bn was still in keeping with tradition, it H a tradition of frank and open corrup- lon.” w/UIl iidh ^ 3c n “A mere glance at the one-sided nature of the count in every election is evidence that there was a very strong ability on the part of the Parrs to deliver very one-sided results. That is not to say that in any specific election there were actual voting irregular ity. I am just talking about the strength of the machine.” Hill said in later years Parr’s influence diminished in South Texas but remained strong in their homebase of Duval County until the Parrs split with their allies the Carrillo family. “They ruled Duval County with a very strong hand, ” the attorney general said. “It wasn’t until the advent of Carrillo’s power that the Parr machine began to experience any difficulty.” “The Carrillos and the Parrs had worked together in many circumstances, but at the time we became interested in 1973, there was the beginning of a breach. During the course of our investigation, there was an open break between the Parr and Carrillo factions. Our attitude was that we were not concerned with the politics of the county and we made it very clear we did not intend to favor one faction or the other.” By LEE ROY LESCHPER Battalion Editor A new president takes over today at Texas A&M University. Dr. Jarvis E. Miller, 48, officially as sumes control of the University today after being named Texas A&M’s new president by the University board of regents Friday. He succeeds Chancellor Jack K. Williams, who served up to today as Uni versity acting president after being named system chancellor by the regents in May. Miller, a 1950 graduate ofTexas A&M, is the former director of the Texas Agricul tural Experiment Station, a post he had held since 1972. The regents selected Miller from among a group of five “finalists” interviewd for the job Thursday afternoon. Several other administrators will also be working under new titles beginning today. Dr. John C. Calhoun, formerly Univer sity vice-president for academic affairs, was appointed system vice-chancellor for pro grams Friday. Calhoun was one of the finalists considered for the presidency. Sys tem attorney James Bond was named vice- chancellor for legal affairs. University De velopment Foundation Director Robert L. Walker was appointed vice-chancellor for development. Lane B. Stephenson, associate director of the University News Service, was named assistant to the chancellor for public infor mation. The appointments constitute the largest administrative reorganization at Texas A&M since Williams was appointed presi dent in 1970. “I have a very strong conviction that we need to build on our strengths and need to maintain our strengths in our traditional areas of service to the people of this state,” Miller said after his appointment. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics from Texas A&M in 1950, Miller received masters and doctor ate degrees in that field from Purdue Uni versity. After receiving his Ph.D. from Purdue, he served two years as an Air Force officer and then returned to Texas A&M as an assistant professor in livestock marketing. In 1961 Miller began a seven-year stint in international research programs in ag riculture. During those years he worked in Argentina and the Dominican Republic under the Agency for International De velopment. He joined the Texas Agricultural Exper iment Station as assistant director in 1967, became associate director in 1971 and di rector in 1972. He has remained a professor of agricultural economics. Dr. Neville Clarke has been named acting director of the agricultural experi ment station. Clarke is presently assistant director of the station. Six-story library addition gets approval of Regents Appointing a new university president didn’t keep the Texas A&M Uni versity board of regents from taking care of other business during their meeting Friday. The regents approved two contracts totaling over $15.2 million for a six-story addition to Texas A&M’s library and a fine arts center at Tarleton State University. The library addition would include finishing work on the expansion’s fifth and sixth floors, which university officials had intended to leave unfinished. A lower-than-expected bid convinced the regents to complete the entire addition at one time. The regents approved initial planning and design work for four proposed University buildings — the Agricultural Administration Building, the Vet erinary Medicine Clinical Sciences Building, the Academic and Agency Building and a food protein center. Of these, only the Academic and Agency Building would not be on the University’s West campus. The regents approved a $10 million sale of Permanent University Bonds, made in conjunction with a similar sale by the University ofTexas System. Initial design work for a million dollar renovation program to improve Legett Hall was also approved by the board. The regents had earlier con sidered converting the old dorm to office space, but voted Friday to main tain Legett as a non-airconditioned men’s dorm, s. —Lee Roy Leschper . Battalion photo by Bernard Gor lasting peace, it is good to note that all the leaders of the countries ! will be visiting have expressed their desire to move toward a Geneva conference,” Vance said. Despite apparent interest in negotia tions by the Arabs and Israelis, Vance cautioned that difficulties exist. Vance scheduled visits to Egypt, Leba non, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Great Britain before returning to Washing ton Aug. 13. Vance was cautious about his goals for the trip. Although President Carter has said he still sees “a good chance” the Geneva par ley can be resumed as early as October, Vance has been hedging on tbe timetable of its opening. Vance said last Friday “very difficult questions” remain on whether Palestinians can participate at a peace parley in Geneva and on the future of Israeli occupied ter ritories. Vance conceded this trip he may not re solve all obstacles stalling resumption of the Geneva talks. Additional meetings may be needed when foreign ministers visit New York in September for the opening U.N. General Assembly session, he said. Vance scheduled talks with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat upon arrival in Alexandria. The secretary’s last trip to the Middle East was in February. Carter then invited each major leader from the area to Wash ington to discuss ways to resume direct talks between the Arabs and Israelis. Preparations for peace talks nearly col lapsed in May when the Israeli labor gov ernment was ousted by Begin’s conserva tive bloc. The labor government had been negotiating with Vance and the Arabs. Begin visited the White House this month. While the trip appeared to smooth over rough spots in relations between Washington-Tel Aviv relations. Begin re turned to Israel and immediately legalized three Jewish settlements on the occupied West Bank of Jordan. Carter called the action an impediment to peace. Off to an early start Yell leaders Joe Wright, Joe Reagan and Tim practice Thursday night at the Commons area. Macmanus couldn’t wait for football season and Reagan is head yell leader, Wright is a senior and yell practices to start. They held their own small Macmanus a junior. Israeli prime minister claims Carter hampering negotiations United Press International TEL AVIV, Israel — Former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said yesterday President Carter’s public statements on Middle East issues have undermined Is rael’s negotiating position and will lead to a deadlock in Geneva. Rabin’s remarks, in an interview in his Tel Aviv office, came on the eve of Secre tary of State Cyrus Vance’s Middle East tour in search of a consensus to reconvene the Geneva peace conference. Vance ar rives in Cairo today on his first stop. “I consider it to be a Geneva conference with prior conditions because Israel will have very limited room for maneuver ability,” the 55-year-old Rabin said. Rabin said Carter’s position calling for an Israeli withdrawal to the positions it held before the 1967 Middle East war and the creation of a Palestinian homeland “bring from the very beginning a Geneva peace conference that is bound to bring about a deadlock.” “If you create very high expectations that this peace conference will solve some thing, it again is bound to bring about big disappointment, frustration and who knows what will follow, it,” Rabin said. Rabin also criticized the way his suc cessor, Likud leader Menahem Begin, handled talks with Carter during Begin’s visit to Washington last month. “Mr. Begin’s concept relieves the ten sion between the United States and Israel at least for a while,” said Rabin, whose party was defeated in the May 17 national elections. ' “I feel that by bringing about such a relief today, you are bound to bring about even a sharper confrontation later on.” Begin has suggested the Geneva talks start Oct. 10, but favors going to the meet ing without pre-arranged positions with the Americans. During his March 1977 talks with Carter, Rabin said he had tried to reach an agree ment with Carter on peace boundaries and the Palestinian role. “I warned him (Carter) that unless there will be real and free negotiations at the Geneva peace conference and that the United States should not come out with any substantive positions, I don’t see how the Geneva peace conference can bring about a real movement toward peace, Rabin said. Rabin said that since Carter’s public statements on the Middle East, the pros pects for Geneva “are not as bright as they could have been.” Typhoon kills 25 in Taiwan; forces closing of Keelung port United Press International TAIPEI, Taiwan — Typhoon Vera, lash ing northern Taiwan with 135 m.p.h. winds, killed at least 25 persons yesterday, crippled the port city of Keelung and broke a record set last week by Typhoon Thelma. Vera also crippled what was left of Taiwan’s ability to handle containerized shipping. Officials said 79 freighters were advised to steam to other ports unless they carried their own cranes. As rescuers dug through the rubble left by Vera, a new typhoon named Wanda formed today in the Pacific Ocean 750 miles south of Tokyo. Japanese officials said the new storm is moving north-northeast at 15 m.p.h. with center winds estimated at 45 m.p.h. Vera’s 133-mile winds broke the record set last week by Typhoon Thelma, which whipped the southern part of the island with 120 m.p.h. winds. The 25 persons were killed in traffic acci dents and by falling debris, police said. Police said three of the four giant cranes used to handle cargo containers in the port of Keelung were “virtually uprooted and thrown into the harbor late Sunday after noon. The fourth crane was undamaged but with no electricity in nearly the entire city, it stood useless. The single undamaged crane is the only one left in Taiwan’s four international sea ports to handle containerized cargo: all eight container cranes in south Taiwan’s Kaohsiung harbor were destroyed by Ty-t phoon Thelma-last Monday.