The Battalion
Wednesday, October 19, 1977
College Station, Texas
News Dept. 845-2611
Business Dept. 845-2611
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ston; SasA B y DONNA SCHLABACH
tana PerliiM,,, Xexas A&M University student
r, juniorUM-tments are commonly called the mar-
from BnA s t u J en t apartments, but it is possible
and Car residents include unmarried students,
ehes. Then Ithough the married student housing
om Junctia jication states that “only a married
innieArnol rle or a family unit of two or more per-
)r from Pe? s are eligible to reside in the
>re from ft versity-owned apartments, proof of
riaee is not required of apartment ap-
includeser )n ts.
II games,sd . s a reason f or this,” said F. Ken
l-l
hman Ileai
i Sartain« J
18:35;
sixth in 191
s, manager of the apartments. "As I
ns, serving:
iblieizingll| erstanc j l aw a U a couple has to do
11 co tJ ec * are t h ernse l ves husband and wife
lent in Bah ^cy have a common law marriage,
ay. Therea hris Kling, student legal adviser, said
|mon law marriages are legal in Texas,
arlton, Da Isaid the only requirements are that a
Mark Ta\i hie show intent to be husband and wife
that they represent to the public that
try teamwB are living in a husband-wife relation-
n impressii 1. Kling said court documentation is
Invitation *
four places!
not required to prove common law mar
riage.
Nicolas said the only way the student
apartment office finds out about unmar
ried tenants is through reports from other
residents.
What happens to unmarried students
found living in the apartments?
“They are told to move out within 30
days, Nicolas said. “We don’t impose any
penalty on them.”
He said a student was recently found
living in a student apartment with his
brother and was told to leave.
It is possible for a single student to live
in the apartments, because only one signa
ture is required on the application and it is
not recpiired that both tenants check in at
the apartment office.
“But we really haven’t had any kind of
problem with this,” Nicolas said. “I’ve
been working here for five years and there
have been maybe four couples of ques
tionable status.”
The only other eligibility requirement
of applicants is that the principal tenant
(the tenant attending A&M) be currently
enrolled at the University for at least 12
semester hours. Nicolas said this require
ment is checked by comparing the
twelfth-day roster from the Registrar’s of
fice with the tenant roster. He said with
drawals are checked by the housing office
on campus.
Nicolas said there were approximately
400 applications for the apartments this
past September and only 175 vacancies.
Location, access to campus and low rent-
tal rates are the greatest benefits to living
in the A&M apartments, Nicolas said.
Most of the apartments are located on
the north side of campus across University
Drive and some are located on Jersey
Street. All are within walking distance of
campus.
Rental rates for the apartments range
from $70 for an unfurnished two- bedroom
to $190 for a furnished two-bedroom
apartment, depending on how modern the
oncorde
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14- 10 seasa I United Press International
IeW YORK — The needle-nosed Con-
eamfinislt P e SST makes its maiden flight into
nHuntsvi v York City Wednesday, heralding the
Lee ColltJ a two-year legal battle by the
2, 15-4; We ishand French to win landing rights in
15- 12,121! one market that can save the aircraft
5-12. In I n financial ruin.
5-8, 15-9lif ho British-French onslaught to obtain
loustonlo-l ling rights for their supersonic trans-
thenbeati t triumphed Monday when the U.S.
3, 9-15inti 'feme Court lifted a ban imposed by
;I singled#! Port Authority of New York and New
nt andnotij^oy. which runs Kennedy airport.
Wednesday’s test flight, without
[sengers, is the first into New York City,
first regular passenger service into
iv York is set to begin Nov. 22.
he maiden test flight is under intense
ntiny by sound measuring machines
•y Q Iby bitter SST opponents who lost their
m Q it, but promise a court suit to prevent
■ w revisits by the faster-than-sound plane.
‘' thought any legal maneuver to block
plane again could cause more than a
|ht delay.
Officials of British Airways and Air
Wee said the record SVfj-hour flight from
douse, France, would carry only three
otsand a dozen crewmen.
With Capt. Jean Frenchi at the controls,
sleek jet will radio the Kennedy tower:
oncorde Sierra Charlie ready,” and re-
K permission to land.
«r France officials said Concorde has
on practicing for its New York debut by
ll!ln g landings under simulated New
ban lifted
lands today
York conditions at Toulouse and Casa
blanca, Morocco.
Its average landing noise level on the
test flights was 107.5 decibles. The noise
limit at Kennedy is 112 decibles.
The Supreme Court ruling upheld one
by the 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals, which
said a ban on Concorde flights by the Port
Authority was discriminatory. The court
accused the Port Authority of stalli UK-
The appellate court still allowed the
Port Authority to develop new noise
standards — even ones that would ban the
Concorde — as long as the new rules are
applied fairly to all aircraft.
apartment is. All tenants must pay their
own telephone and cable bills.
Only those who reside in apartments
with window air conditioners have to pay
electricity, and they only pay for the elec
tricity used by the 1 air conditioner or other
major appliances installed.
Rental rates are set by the Board of Re
gents, Nicolas said, and the rates are non
competitive'.
“We're* not trying to compete with other
apartment complexes in this area,” he
saiel.
Othc*r apartments located near A&M
have considerably higher rental rates. The
Casa De-l Sol apartments on Stasney Street
rent for $230 for a furnished eme-bedroom
anel $290 for a furnished twei-bedroenn
apartment, plus a $50 security deposit per
person. All bills are paid except phone and
cable. The French Quarter apartments,
located on Cross Street, rent for $225 for a
furnished one-bedroom and $295 for a fur
nished two- bedroom apartment, plus a
deposit of $50 per person. All bills are paid
except phone and cable.
Nicolas said the A&M apartments are
self-supporting. The rent they collect from
tenants pays for all the maintenance and
bills incurred by the apartments.
Nicolas said applications for the apart
ments are'accepted up to a year in advance
of the date the applicant wishes to move
in. Applicants should indicate which
apartments they prefer on the application,
because failure to accept an apartment of
fered w ill result in cancellation of the ap
plication.
Applications are filed by the date they
are received at the student apartment of
fice, Nicolas said. If an applicant is not of
fered an apartment at the time indicated
on his application, he should notify the of
fice to move his application to a future
date, or it w ill be cancelled.
Some
‘dirty
candidates try to use
tricks’ during campaigns
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By LIZ NEWLIN
Dirty tricks in campaign politics do not seem to be confined
to Washington, D.C., or even Austin.
Two candidates “came close” to disqualification last spring
for actions in their name, Mike Barry, Student Government
election commissioner, said. Another candidate misread the
rules and was penalized for a 64-square-foot sign, he added.
The maximum size for a sign is 32 square feet.
Barry said he was sure other “dirty tricks” occurred which
were not reported to the election commission.
The semester’s first election, set for Oct. 27, will select
freshman class officers, five at-large freshman senators and 22
off-campus student association representatives.
Some of the more popular ploys practiced by the candidates
included buying advertisements in the Battalion, tearing down
opposing candidates’ signs and posting their own signs, Barry
said.
If a candidate was close to his spending limit ($50), buying an
ad could “put him over the limit” and subject him to disqualifi
cation. People posing as friends could do this purposely, while
in some cases an honest mistake by a friend could place the
candidate in jeopardy, Barry said.
Tearing down signs and “trashing up” the campus or private
businesses is illegal, Barry said, but some did it anyway and
tried to blame a particular candidate. “Last year, they would
stick them (signs) on an illegal spot and call us,” Barry said.
Last year he was assistant election commissioner. Now a for
mal, typed complaint is required, he said.
The system for buying advertising has also been changed. A
candidate must show identification proving he’s running before
buying an ad. If someone other than the candidate wants to
place an ad, he must present a form signed by the candidate
approving the ad.
“We could’ve (disqualified or penalized some last spring),
but we didn’t,’’ Barry said.
“It’s politicking,” said David Ruis, also on the election com
mission.
Barry agreed.
Battalion photo by Susan Webb
Pickin’ pumpkins
Deborah Holcomb, a sophomore from Luling, picks out a pumpkin at
Diloris Farms & Roadside Markets along Highway 290.
West Germany wants tactics kept secret
UnivxT ^ n ' te 4 Press International
u ’ West Germany — They walked
a ! • the ramp, wearing sport
tp ti broad smiles, looking more
a iletes returning from a win than
^mandos from a raid that had freed 86
tr( ^Pers from Unit 9 of the West
an order Police returned to Col-
irm a 0,T1 S orna lia Tuesday, having
U e t , a hijacked Lufthansa 737 jet,
i ree j 0 ^ b° ur hijackers, rescued 86
!ar 3 ,f S an ^ wrote a new chapter in the
pr against terrorism.
^ <)ur °f ihe 86 remained in
tvived me r ieclical treatment, all had
0 106 hours of hell: they walked off
their plane in Frankfurt exhausted but
happy, some carrying children, others
barely able to carry themselves.
The West German government, fearing
a negative world reaction from an
enthusiastic display of German military
prowess, had the returning soldiers dress
like civilians.
West Germany also tried to keep secret
as many details of the mission as possible
in case they have to do it again. But bits
and pieces emerged from jubilant officials
and the freed hostages who returned to an
ethusiastic welcome from friends and fam
ily at Frankfurt.
“Most people were dozing — sleep was
never really possible,” George Freiburg
recalled. “Suddenly there were explosions
and men came pouring into the plane.
The commandos blew out the plane’s
doors and, hurling non-lethal “flash” gre
nades to blind the terrorists, charged in
shooting.
“They screamed out ‘Hinlegen! Hinle-
gen!’ (Lie Down! Lie Down!) as the shoot
ing began,” Freiburg said. “In only a few
minutes we were told to leave the plane.”
The operation took seven minutes, but
represented the culmination of five years
of training that began with the Munich
Olympics massacre in 1972, when an at
tack by German police ended in disaster
and the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes.
The mood in Cologne and Bonn was
tinged with grief. Juergen Schumann, 37,
captain of the hijacked plane, was shot in
the head in front of the passengers for
standing up to the terrorists.
Even before the two planes carrying the
hostages and victorious commandos
landed, three leaders of the Baader-
Meinhof gang reportedly committed
suicide. A fourth imprisoned terrorist
tried, but failed.
All had been among 13 terrorists whose
freedom had been demanded in exchange
for the lives of the Lufthansa hostages.
They included Andreas Baader, 34, who
with Ulrike Meinhof — she was found
hanged in her cell last year — founded the
Baader-Meinhof gang. Baader’s mistress,
Gudrun Ensslin, 37, hanged herself from
her cell window and another accomplice,
Jan Carl Raspe, 33, also shot himself, offi
cials said.
A fourth convicted terrorist, Irmgard
Moeller, 30, slit her throat with a bread
knife and was in critical condition.
H ow the arms were smuggled into the
top-security but relatively comfortable jail
at Stuttgart is still unanswered.
Authorities acted immediately to head
off’ any suspicion that the suicides were
less than voluntary. They asked renowned
pathologists from Switzerland, Austria and
Belgium to attend the autopsies and in
vited Amnesty International to send a rep
resentative.
The end of the hijacking and the deaths
of the three imprisoned terrorists raised
fears of revenge by other German ter
rorists still at large.
Ethics Committee will hold
hearings for Korean scandal
Membe
Strings perform
Battalion photo by Dick Wells
H u
r s of the string section of Philarmonia
n garica concentrate on a passage from
Mozart’s “Symphony No. 40, in G Minor.” (See
related story page 8.)
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee moved to
open hearings for its probe of Korean lobbying in Congress —
seeking testimony by a Capital Hill secretary, a former Korean
diplomat, a secret agent who defected, and a one-time aide to
Tongsun Park.
Special Counsel Leon Jaworski said this first phase of hear
ings will show that Korea’s government plotted with Park, the
indicted rice merchant, and others to buy influence in the
1970s. The naming of congressmen who might have been im
plicated will wait, he said, “because we are not at that point
yet.”
A huge “caucus room” in the Cannon House Office Building
was secured for three days of hearings, probably the only ones
this year after many months of secret investigation, and
Jaworski said he hoped the sessions will force more Korean
government cooperation — especially with Park, who remains
in Seoul refusing to testify.
The time has come when they should step forward, said
the former Watergate prosecutor in an interview Tuesday.
Before the prospective witnesses officially were announced,
sources said they would include:
— Nan Elder, personal secretary to Rep. Larry Winn,
R-Kan., who said somebody connected with Korea’s embassy
here brought her boss an envelope full of $100 bills several
years ago and that she returned the money at Winn’s instrut
tions.
— Lee Jai Hyon, a former chief cultural and informatioi
officer for the Korean embassy here who has sworn previousl
that he saw a Korean ambassador stuffing cash into envelope
for delivery on Capitol Hill in 1973. Lee quit his job soon afte
and now teaches journalism at Western Illinois University.
— Kim Sang Keun, the KCIA’s No. 2 agent in Washingtoi
who defected last fall, is said to have passed orders from Seou
to Park and other Koreans involved in covert lobbying opera
tions. He has talked to investigators for months, but this will hi
his first public testimony and he demanded no pictures o
recording of his statements.
— B.Y. Lee, longtime employe at Tongsun Park’s “holdinj
company” here who was his “liaison” man on Capitol Hill. H<
also is said to have been a possible “bag man” who delivers
packages or envelopes to congressional offices and brough
back information.
A separate but parallel Justice Department investigation al
ready has produced grand jury indictments of Park, the forme
Washington socialite who allegedly directed the lobby in;
scheme; Hancho Kim, another Korean-born businessman here
and former Rep. Richard Hanna, D-Calif., the only con
gressman charged so far.