Inside Today:
College Station officer specializes
in juvenile cases, p. 3.
Landlord-tenant relationships given
the legal treatment, p. 5.
Aggies win despite missed oppor
tunities, p. 7.
The Battalion
Vol. 71 No. 38
8 Pages
Monday, October 24, 1977
College Station, Texas
News Dept. 845-2611
Business Dept. 845-2611
Korean refuses
to testify in probe
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NTY.
Waiting for midnight yell
Battalion photo by Bernard Gor
Some A&M fans who traveled to Houston for the
Rice game attended midnight yell practice at the
“Checkers” club instead of the traditional Her
mann Park location. But one tradition was un
broken Friday night, as the beer truck in the pic
ture indicates.
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Justice De
partment, stone-walled by fugitive rice
dealer Tongsun Park, will try to pressure
two other accused conspirators in the Ko
rean influence-buying scandal to become
government witnesses.
Sources said Sunday the investigation
has not stalled merely because Park, the
central figure in the case, refused to meet
with Justice Department officials in Seoul
last week.
But, the sources said, if investigators are
to trace any payoffs to congressmen and
other officials effectively, testimony now is
all the more vital from former Rep.
Richard Hanna, D-Calif., and Korean-
bo rn businessman Hancho Kim. Hanna
and Kim face separate trials beginning Jan.
9.
Prosecutors hope to have enough evi
dence to create “the threat of a heavy jail
sentence” if the two refuse to tell what
they know about the alleged scheme to
peddle gifts, favors and cash to members
of Congress to ensure favorable U.S. mili
tary and economic policies.
Investigators believe the two men could
help explain what was left unclear in three
days of hearings last week before the
House ethics committee, which is con
ducting a separate, parallel investigation.
Sources said investigators will continue
to release Park’s documents, causing fur
ther embarrassment to the Seoul govern
ment which denies involvement in the
plot. Ironically, the investigation could
cost the Koreans the very thing the alleged
scheme was designed to protect — foreign
aid.
“President Carter is proposing $800 mil
lion worth of arms to be turned over to the
Koreans,” one official said. “Congress may
just say. The hell with them.’
Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd
said Saturday he feared many lawmakers
would note the Seoul government’s at
titude toward the investigation in future
votes on aid to Seoul. The West Virginian
urged Korea to change its stance.
House Republican Leader John Rhodes
said Sunday he opposed retaliating with
aid cutbacks, saying the “two questions
should be handled separately.”
“Aid to South Korea I think is very im
portant to us as a nation, no matter what
positions we intend to maintain in that
part of the world,” Rhodes said on NBC-
TV’s Meet the Press program.
Hanna is accused in a 40-count indict
ment of helping hatch the plot and of
targeting congressmen for Korean agents
to approach. Kim is charged with conspir
ing to distribute up to $600,000 to U.S.
officials, a single count of conspiracy and
lying to a federal grand jury — the second
offense carrying a maximum five-year
prison sentence.
Jghting and power officials
earn never to say ‘never’
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)(licials of the nation’s light and power companies
'elearned to avoid two phrases as they survey the thin
ctrical web their technology has stretched between
ilization and the shadows of the dark ages.
[hey do not say, “Only in New York,
hey do not say, “It can’t happen here,
inee July 13, when a sudden blackout plunged New
rk City into 25 hours of anarchy, looting and arson,
y check, they re-check, and they worry.
Ion re playing probabilities,” said Dave Raybern of
1 Oklahoma Gas 6c Electric Co. in Oklahoma City,
ou can have ;ill the backup systems in the world and
nothing goes Hooey . . . .”
At least for the short term, we’re in good shape . . .
Onto the next decade there may be trouble, said Carl
home of the Los Angeles Department of Water and
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ffidals of the San Antonio Public Service Co. learned
ard way that it could happen in their city,
uiey were almost 1(X) per cent sure it couldn t after
New York disaster. The city was protected not only
its own modem back-up system, but by a regional
twork in which nine other Texas utilities could come
jthe rescue. The power men deemed a blackout ex-
mely unlikely. ”
h‘t, at 7:07 p.m. on Oct. 16, the lights went out.
b a faint but grim echo from the sidewalks of New
York, scattered looting followed. It came nowhere near
the $1 billion-plus rampage that devastated New York’s
decaying inner city, but it was frightening.
“Who would have thought this kind of situation would
have developed? said Bob McCulloch of the City Public-
Service Co. “You can never be 100 per cent sure.
Jacksonville, Fla., also got its taste of darkness, though
Hubert Chapman, director of the city’s electric author
ity, refuses to use the term “blackout.
He said the problem, on Sept. 22, was a “brownout”
because the* downtow n area never was without power.
Still, suburban areas were dark for as long as four hours.
“I will not tell you it can t happen again,” he said.
“Although generating stations are super-grounded, light
ing could cause a blackout in Jacksonville under certain
conditions.
Boston also had its blackout blues on Oct. 5 when a
four-square-mile area was plunged into darkness. The
duration was short and Boston was spared a looting
spree, but it seemed to be part of a growing malaise.
Los Angeles and San Francisco are two metropolitan
areas in which an extended power failure might trigger
the terror that sacked some New York neighborhoods.
Carl Osborn of the Los Angeles Department of Water
and Power worried about the opposition of
environmentalists to construction of new coal and nu
clear power plants — “the only energy sources we can
count on for the next 10 to 20 years.”
The lead times are very long and plants should be
under construction, and they’re not,” he said. “At least
for the short term we re in good shape . . . but into the
next decade, there may be some trouble.”
A Pacific Gas 6c Electric spokesman in San Francisco
said his city,, unlike New York, is not an isolated entity
and can fall back on “multiple lines fed by California,
Washington and Oregon.
“Con Ed in New York is an island in a sense, with
power coming in from three or four outside sources,”
he said. “When it cannot draw from them there is that
domino effect.
“Since the first great New York blackout in the 60s,
we ve had seven events . . . which were larger than
those that triggered the Nt-w York blackouts, yet by im
mediately isolating areas by' shedding load, we have
caused no more than a flicker of lights for most of our
customers.
Richard Dwyer of the Duquesne Light Co. in
Pittsburgh was not so optimistic.
"Anything is possible,” he said. “We don’t think it’s
probable. . . . No way human error or mechanical errors
can be prevented. There s always a possibility of an acci
dent anywhere.
Stephen Jones, of the Missouri Public Service Co.
which is spread rather thin where power plants are
concerned, also was a worried man.
Campaigning hard
for Carter now
By CLAY F. RICHARDS
United Press International
LOS ANGELES — President Carter found it harder to campaign as a member
of the Washington establishment than to run for office as an outsider.
Carter spent the weekend in Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and Califor
nia talking to people about their problems and telling them of the solutions he is
working on in Washington.
He learned why his rating in the public opinion polls is falling. A candidate can
promise, but a President must deliver.
In Detroit, he met with the poor and the unemployed. He couldn t promise
more jobs. In Des Moines, Carter met with a group of farmers. He couldn t
promise higher prices for crops.
In Omaha, Carter met with the generals at the Strategic Air Command Head
quarters. He told them they woidd not get their B1 bomber.
News Analysis
In Denver, Carter met with farmers and local officials concerned about the
prolonged drought in the west. He couldn’t promise more water.
In California, Carter was greeted by demonstrators protesting the neutron
bomb. He said he, won’t halt production of the weapon that kills people and saves
buildings.
“We’ve made progress this year,” was what Carter told the people who asked
him about jobs, poverty, bombs, jets, Panama, energy, Israel, human rights, food
and water.
He said his energy program is “bitter medicine” that must be swallowed to
avoid a “catastrophe” later on. He said we must not only dedicate ourselves to the
security oflsrael, but also to preserving the trust the Arabs have in us, otherwise
there never will be peace.
Carter acknowledges his popularity has suffered a setback in recent months.
“But even in the worst of the polls. I’m only 3 per cent below where I was on
election day,” he adds with a grin. He’s referring to the fact the latest Louis Harris
poll gave him a 48 per cent rating, compared with the 51 per cent of the vote he
got last year.
“I don’t have all the answers,” Carter used to say during the campaign. People-
then seemed to respect a politician who said he didn’t know it all.
“Well, he should know the answers,” said a black woman in Detroit. “He s the
President and if he doesn t know the answers, who does?”
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SOME — Leftist terrorists wounded a
r" councilman, planted a pipe-
Hk j at maimed a policeman and fire-
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sJ 11 i! e i rror ' sts Fbund dead in their
„ u i ^ ast wee k had predicted he and
P Tirades would be “bumped off, the
Aik] 1 "! r Spiegal reported Monday.
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and Jan-Carl Raspe also told
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jjMunded that if they died in jail their
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it„ e su icide last Tuesday in despair
L i. ernment commandos had smashed
P ln 8 plot to free them.
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flvjn c a h r oad, an RAF bulletin said
September.
islin k an< ^ ^ as Pe shot themselves and
pities an ^ < | C herself. West German au-
at,lr s wh j ^ >er Spiegel said inves-
Phso ° / 1ave questioned more than
knot ^ Uards an d their relatives
‘or fin" ' l <>u ‘ bribery as the explana-
W he terrorists obtained pistols.
out Italy and France Sunday in their cam
paign to avenge the deaths of three West
German comrades.
Carlo Arienti, 31, a Milan councilman,
was shot eight times outside his home by
two men and a woman as he left for
church. Doctors said Arienti — hit seven
times in the legs and once in the chest —
was in satisfactory condition despite exten
sive interna] damage.
A pipe bomb found in front of a
M ercedes-Benz automobile dealership in
the northern town of Brescia blew off the
hand of a policeman trying to dismantle it,
police said.
Since Andreas Baader, co-founder of the
Baader-Meinhof terrorist gang, and two
cohorts were reported to have committed
suicide in their prison cells last Tuesday,
radical leftists throughout Europe have re
taliated by destroying West German prop
erty and attacking those they view as
German sympathizers.
An anomymous telephone caller claim
ing to represent the Red Brigades terrorist
group told the Italian news agency ANSA
that the attack on Arienta was linked to the
Baader-Meinhof deaths.
“I am from the Red Brigades,” ANSA
quoted the caller as saying. “This morning
one of our commando teams wounded
Carlo Arienti, a man of the Christian
Democrats in the service of the chiefs.
“Honor to our West German comrades
killed by German imperialism. Remember
that in the end nothing will remain un
punished,” the caller said.
Police also investigated two telephone
threats against West German embassy
personnel by anonymous callers claiming
to represent the Red Brigades and another
extremist group.
“The German ambassador in Italy has
been condemned. The sentence will be
carried out by firing squad, one of the
callers reportedly said.
Students learn art of bartending,
By LINDA NORMAN
Learning to make “Tootsie Rolls,”
“Gold Cadillacs and “Jaws’ is what
some Aggies are doing to broaden
their education.
It’s all part of the bartending class
offered this semester through Free
University at Texas A6cM.
“The object is to given them a
brief idea of what bartending is ab
out,” said Tom Nolan, class instruc
tor and ower of T J’s, a local restaur
ant and lounge.
The course consists of four ses
sions. The first three classes are lec
tures, and the fourth is a lab that
meets at T J’s.
Students learn how to use the
tools of the trade such as blenders,
shaker cups, mixers, cocktail boxes
and soda guns in the lecture ses
sions. They also learn the proper
use of glassware and garnishes to
make a drink attractive to the pub
lic.
Students pick two drinks out of
the 53 recipes given in class to make
for their lab session. Choices range
from ice cream drinks, such as the
“Banana Banshee,” to a beer and
tequilla drink like a “Skip and Go
Naked.
“Making and tasting drinks is
probably the best \Vay to see what a
drink should taste like,” Nolan said,
then added, “It’s also a good way to
get drunk.”
People interested in the art of
bartending can choose other ways to
learn besides the Free University
class. “Sitting at a bar ancTwatching
a bartender is one of the best ways
to learn the art of bartending,”
Nolan said. Bartenders are usually
free with information and willing to
help someone who is interested. A
bartender without any experience
can learn the trade in about four or
five nights, he said.
Bartending schools are good, but
expensive, and they cannot teach
with real liquor, Nolan said.
“Five years ago the average bar
tender didn’t have to have as good a
knowledge of liquors and liqueurs as
they have to now,” Nolan said. The
restaurant and bartending business
is growing rapidly, and more people
are drinking with dinner. There is a
move toward more fancy, exotic-
drinks with less of an alcohol taste,
he said. People want to buy some
thing they Would not make for
themselves at home.
“I think most of them (students)
are taking it just for fun, but a few
are interested in jobs,” Nolan said
about his class of 50 members. Some
just want to learn how to stock a
good at-home bar.
“Just to be the life of the party,
was Mary Ling’s reason for taking
the class. She is a sophomore educa
tion major.
“It’s a good thing to know in gen
eral, and it may lead to a job,” said
Robby Hafernik, a junior aerospace
engineering major.
“I took it mostly because my
weekend entertainment includes
drinking, and it’s just something
new,” said Ronnie Skala. He is a
freshman Agricultural Engineering
major.
T wouldn’t mind trying it out as a
job,” Debbie Uptmore said. The
senior in health and occupational
therapy said she likes to experiment
with drinks.
“Waitress and bartending jobs are
prestigious jobs now,” Nolan said.
“They are rewarding, and offer good
salaries. A good free-pour bartender
is worth his weight in gold,” he said.
Nolan said he was teaching the
class mainly because Free Univer
sity talked him into it, but said he
was trying to strike up a little bit of
interest in the business.
"It’s been a lot of fun,” he said.
Bartender Gary Cooper (right) watches Charles
Fiedler concoct a “banana split,” while other
bartending students look on. Fiedler, a senior in
Battalion photo by Kathy Curtis
civil engineering, is a member of the Free Uni
versity bartending class, which has “labs” meeting
at T.J.’s club.
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