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X, they iith aiK attcrns II aftem W4 t allow ondan The Battalion Vol. 71 No. 24 8 Pages Tuesday, October 4, 1977 College Station, Texas News Dept. 845-2611 Business Dept. 845-2611 Inside Today: Is the Battalion going to pot? see Letters to the Editor Another bid for Teague’s office, page 5 Sooners meet Longhorns: ’miff said, page 7 Japanese terrorists release last hostages in Algeria cnee Baylor, ies, ylor I (juartei on (|iiait Dona row to give ing wilt llison, 'hapei •ision o is-Oklahi -2) travel (0-4) vi games ns stand ling the treak al I be on > Housl >as take a decii ■gretted Battalion photo by Ken Herrera Inaugural Highchairs This geometric design was created by a stack of chairs waiting to be unloaded yesterday afternoon. The chairs ended up under a tent on the drill field where a barbeque was served today to the delegates at the Miller inauguration. Russia must do likewise United Press International ALGIERS, Algeria —- Algeria was ex pected to grant political asylum to 11 Japanese terrorists who held up to 151 hostages during a six-day, 6,000-mile hijacking, and to return the $6 million ran som paid by the Japanese government. The Japanese Red Army members ended the marathon hijacking without bloodshed Monday, surrendering the last of their 19 hostages — and themselves — to Algerian authorities. In the departure lounge at Dar el Beida airport, the freed hostages drank toasts to each other with orange juice, the strongest drink provided by the prohibitionist Alge rian government. Three gleaming black limousines then whisked the 11 hijackers to an unknown destination. Police broke the ribs of one TV cameraman who tried to film the de parture from the airport and confiscated the cameras of several Japanese photo graphers. Most observers said Algeria probably will grant political asylum to the ex tremists and return their ransom to Japan, as it has in previous hijackings, but there was no official assurance that this would be the case. In Tokyo, Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda said today the question of asking Algeria to give back the 11 fugitives and the money was “still undecided,” but other official sources said no exchange would take place. Japanese police said the point of the hijacking was to pump more money and manpower into the Red Army, a tiny group believed to total not more than about 40 extremists. The hijacking began Wednesday when five Red Army extremists seized the Paris-to-Tokyo DCS as it was leaving Bombay with 151 other persons aboard and forced it to land in Dacca, Bangladesh. In tense negotiations, 115 hostages were exchanged for the ransom and six Red Army comrades rounded up from various Japanese prisons and flown to Dacca. Late Sunday, a replacement DCS flew the 11 extremists and 36 hostages from Dacca to Kuwait. In Kuwait, seven more hostages were released in exchange for food and fuel and the jet flew on to Damascus where 10 more hostages were let go on similar terms. By the time the red-and-white air liner touched down at Algiers, only 19 hos tages remained — 12 passengers and seven crew members. Freed passengers said they were de prived of water and toilet facilities from time to time and that some of them were pistol-whipped for not obeying orders fast enough. They also said their captors lectured them on the Red Army creed, which calls for the violent destruction of Israel and the replacement of capitalism with “pure” socialism. Overflow crowd welcomes Miller at inaugural reception By GLENNA WHITLEY Battalion Staff Students, businessmen, housewives, teachers. They all came to listen to music, sample the sugarcoated grapes and wel come the new president. The music was excellent. The punch was rumored to be spiked. Everyone got to pump President Jarvis Miller’s hand and wish him good luck. But while the lines inched forward, people turned to conversation, food and dancing. The elaborate floral and fruit sculptures were inspected. One woman examined an arrangement of watermelons, chrysan themums and limes, poking the- sliced melon to see if it was real. With tiny silver forks, people piled sugar-coated grapes, strawberries, melon balls, mints, miniscule sandwiches, ginger cookies and various cheeses onto glass plates. But it took a special kind of courage to eat or drink in the crowd. The Memorial Student Center Ballroom overflowed. About 2,400 persons in evening dress dodged each other’s punch and coffee- cups. In one of the room, the Aggie Stage Band played such favorites as “Stranger in the ' Night.” People fox-trotted and “two- stepped as they waited to congratulate Miller. Many of Miller’s relatives were at the ' reception. Miller’s daughter Margaret, a junior at Bryan High School, said it was like a family reunion and she had met rela tives “I didn’t even know I had. At a concert earlier in the evening, the Singing Cadets paid tribute to Miller’s wife and four daughters with a spirited re ndition of There is Nothin’ Like a Dame.” Susan Miller, a senior a Southern Methodist University, said she liked the Singing Cadets. “We were really embar rassed. But we liked it.” School board agrees to more merger talks By KAREN ROGERS Further discussion on merging tax offices with College Station City Hall was approved by the Consoli dated School Board last night. Fred Hopson, superintendent of the school system, will begin talks with the city council “to determine further areas of discussion on con solidation of the tax offices.” Committees from the school and the city held a special meeting last week to discuss the possibility of a merger. They decided to go back to their respective government bodies for further input. The problems and costs of the merger still have not been worked out. John Reagor, a board member, said, “I had the feeling the city manager would just as soon this merger not take place. It would place an increased burden on him. Bill Fitch, Bruce Robeck and Hopson said they agreed with this impression. Joseph Natowitz, president of the board of trustees, said they had not received any communication from the city concerning the merger. “It’s the- usual situation. They seem to be doing things, but they never communicate these things to us,” he said. "They got direct contact from the committee,’ he said. The school board did not send any other com munication, he added. Fitch said he- would contact Councilman Lane Stephenson, to determine the city’s position on the merger. “As soon as there is something substantial or positive. I’ll report back to the board,” Hopson said. U.S. to cut nuclear arsenal Dr. Smith new dean of College of Medicine United Press International ere o> JNITED NATIONS — Declaring that a ir re arms limitation agreement is ’ff to Ofthm sight," President Carter Tuesday ere( l to cut the U.S. nuclear arsenal by Per cent if the Russians do likewise. He ° pledged America will never use- the j^Pons except in self defense, arter said rny country believes that I; me has come to end all explosions of Cear devices, no matter what their claimed justification — peaceful or mili tary. Carter, who flew here from Washington for a two-day stay, had a calendar crowded with . speaking engagements, talks with heads of delegations from around the world, and crucial consultations with the Egyptian and Israeli foreign ministers later Tuesday. In an address prepared for the U.N. General Assembly, the President said “In Strategic Arms Limitation Talks we and the Soviets are within sight of a significant agreement on limiting the total number of weapons and in restricting certain categories of weapons of special concern to each of us. He said “We can also start the crucial process of curbing the relentless march of technolgical development, which makes nuclear weapons even more difficult to control. usiness, labor: test of wills •very desk. arent t md tage by' 5 ) Washington 655 In T ternati , ona, til fprl Vi, — Legislation to over- Ifin' 1 i 11301 ^ aw ’ drafted by the • K ' and endorsed by President Car- W i„fr; naHn g ldle mos t tenacious test ipitol tn| Ween ^d> or and business on P 0 ' Hl11 >" many years. teniwl US u.n as Sc beduled to begin de- edietin a '' Tuesday, with both sides is ex J\ ' ey would prevail. A filibuster d When the Sen ate takes up easure sometime next year. Depth i sho* will ler Da tarings begin da y °n closure a irport tower T A ‘^ngsoin the first of three days of FA A S. air fruit: m ' n £ possible closure of 73 c control towers, including the Slower. J Nes f 0 r q'o/, 1 n ^ s are scheduled in Los grested n ' a ' m ' an d 7 p.m. to allow ac corf]i rs ° ns a better chance to at- fpjtf ^jigs. n k 0 an T A A notice of public Tde Faa ; ■ ■ lf mts s , lnv ding oral and written staten " , ^ issue > -specifically ativesT, i r , egardin g the FAA’s five Wr itten . eanng with the 73 towers, dedin m te £ ents submitted will be - e official record of proceed- 6 and n()t be judicial in na- I be A] re ore no cross-examination SCrl o a . CC ° rding to the FAA Jpfeach n U i Wld be invited at the Sngan ( r eeding ’ ;Hl()e t 5; gening hearings will also 1) in vy., v. ansas tdity. Mo., and on bli c S lng t°n,D.C to allow fur- comments. The bill — No. 1 item on labor’s legisla tive agenda this year — would crack down on employers who persistently violate labor law. Many also view it as an organiz ing tool to reverse the recent decline in Union membership. Both labor and management have mounted ambitious lobbying campaigns reminiscent of earlier congressional battles over labor law bills: Taft-Hartley in the 1940s and Landrum-Griffin in the 1950s. “This has been our most comprehensive lobbying effort ever, and we’ve faced the toughest opposition,” said the AFL-CIO s Al Zack. “Obviously it is going to be close and tough.” The AFL-CIO has spent $800,000 lob bying for the bill, and nearly 400 corpora tions have banded together to fight it under a loosely knit coalition known as the “National Action Committee.” Labor enters the fight with a dismal rec ord this year Business intends to use the same strategy on this legislation that suc cessfully defeated or weakened several other key labor bills earlier. About 250 amendments were offered, half of them by the leading opponents — Republican Reps. John Erlenborn; Ill., and John Ashbrook, Ohio. “They are t^- ing to make this into a circus, a labor offi cial said. Erlenborn and Ashbrook vowed to fight a House rule prohibiting them from offer ing amendments chosen from their own anti-union bill, known as the “Employe Rights Act.” House GOP leader John Rhodes pre dicted that unless many of these amend ments are adopted labor can muster no more than 170 votes for the bill. A House majority is 218 votes if all 435 members are present. The House GOP Policy Committee voted unanimously Monday to oppose the bill. “It is purely and simply a political payoff, the policy committee said. “Pres ident Carter is attempting to reward or ganized labor for its support in the 1976 presidential campaign.” If the two superpowers succeed in limit ing weapons, he said, they “will also create a foundation for better relations in other spheres. To reduce the reliance of nations on nu clear arms. Carter said “I hereby solemnly declare on behalf of the United States that we will not use nuclear weapons except in self-defense; that is, in circumstances of an actual nuclear or conventional attack on the United States, our territories or armed forces or such an attack on our allies.” On the subject of conventional arms. Carter said worldwide military expendi tures are now in the neighborhood of $300 billion a year. In Africa, Carter said it is “essential that all outside nations exercise restraint in their actions in Zimbabwe and Namibia so that we can bring about majority rule and avoid a widening war that could engulf the southern half of the African conflict.” Dr. Elvin Smith will serve as acting dean of Texas A&M ’s College of Medicine pending selection of a successor, an nounced Dr. J. M. Prescott, the univer sity’s vice president for academic affairs. Smith replaces Dr. James Knight who announced his resignation in June but agreed to continue to head the new college through its opening of classes or until a successor was named. At the time he suggested an effective date of Oct. 1 in order for him to accept his new position in psychiatry at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans. “While Dean Knight feels that he must proceed to relocate in New Orleans, he will continue to assist us as a consultant,” Dr. Prescott noted. He said Dr. Smith, who has served as associate dean for the past year, was ap pointed acting dean upon the recom mendation of Dean Knight. Dean Knight noted that Dr. Smith has been involved in all facets of the develop ment of the College of Medicine and had a major role in working with the medical au thorities who recommended its accredita tion. Dr. Smith joined the Texas A&M medi cal faculty in 1975 as director of the pro gram in physiology. He came here from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, where he served as professor of physiology and biophysics. He earned his Ph.D. there in 1964 and subsequently taught and conducted re search at both the university and its medi cal facility. He was graduated magna cum laude in 1960 from William Carey College in Hattiesburg, Miss., where he was reared. He is the author or co-author of more than 60 technical papers, primarily dealing with heart-related research. ‘He’s Got High Hopes. . / Battalion photo by Curtis President Jarvis Miller was serenaded by four musical groups during the inaugural concert that opened two days of A&M celebration. But if the lyrics of last night’s song are any indication. Miller has “Got the World on a String.” That one came from the Reveliers, who sang a song by the same title. Their opening number was a musical warning: “You’re Gonna Hear Prom Me.” And perhaps another student message came from the Singing Cadets, who sang of “High, apple-pie-in-the-sky hopes.”