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he Battalion Inside Tuesday: Mondale may get cool reception in Mexico, p. 2. Heart disease medicine becomes new pop drug, p. 5. Tuesday, January 17, 1978 College Station, Texas News Dept. 845-2611 Business Dept. 845-2611 rael, Egypt to begin ew round of peace talks United Press International [l |)SALEM — Egypt and Israel today ~ a new round of peace talks with Jited States standing as mediator be- n them on the tough issues of a Pales- jhomeland and Israeli withdrawal Iccupied Arab territory, p-line speeches at the 20-minute hg cennony hy Israeli Foreign ler Moshe Dayan and his Egyptian Trpart, Mohammed Kamel, indi- Ihe two nations were far apart on the 1 issues. Dayan acknowledged a peace agreement only can be achieved by con cessions and compromises. “If 30 years of hostility in the Middle East has any lesson for us,” he said, “it is only that the longer we delay the peace settlement the graver and more complex the problems become and all the harder to resolve.” Dayan, Kamel and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance recessed the session in the basement ballroom of the tightly guarded Hilton Hotel and met privately for 15 minutes an hour later to begin what U.S. officials describe as a long, hard bargaining process. Egypt and Isreal exchanged what official both sides said were draft documents on the declaration of principles governing an overall Middle East peace settlement — the first item on the agenda of the talks. They agreed to recess until mid- afternoon Wednesday to allow themselves time to digest the documents, but the offi cials said the parties will meet privately and informally during the recess. Dayan spoke first at the opening session and called for a separate peace between Israel and Egypt. Kamel replied that “we have not come to seek a separate peace” or an interim solution. Vance said any solution must recognize the “legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and enable the Palestinians to par ticipate in the determination of their own future.” Kamel said in his three-minute speech that “there will be no real peace in Pales tine for the house of Israel unless there will be an equal house there for the Pales tinian people.” vice almost the way he wanted Humphrey’s funeral joyful United Press International PAUL, Minn. — The nation has last goodbye to its beloved Hubert io Humphrey. His final tributes the way he wanted — with a ration of joy.” President Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale led Monday’s series of funeral eulogies to the “Happy Warrior” of American politics, a senator of almost 26 years, former vice president and presiden tial nominee. Today, the enthusiastic man who loved life so much lay in a grave beneath two oak trees in snow-covered Lakewood Ceme tery in Minneapolis. But as Mondale said in the two-hour service attended by 2,500 people at House of Hope Presbyterian niversity stimulates local :onomy with $171 million e as A&M’s economic impact on the munity continues to increase at a million dollar rate, totaling a record nillion for 1977. Jarvis E. Miller, Texas A&M presi- said an in-house study shows that as-generated funds pumped into the |x«nomy rose by $13.7 million dur- b'jsast calendar year, sident Miller said the 1977 gain is uted to the university’s enrollment increases and expanded research ac tivities. Texas A&M’s 1,376-student in crease for the 1977 fall semester pushed total resident enrollment to 28,508. (The university’s official fall enrollment was 29,414, but that figure includes Moody College at Galveston and off-campus regis tration.) The university’s volume of re search also continued to rise, totaling $51.8 million for fiscal year 1976-77 and currently running about $4.8 million vsident Miller, V.P. Prescott >ve offices to Coke Building ;A&M University President Jarvis Her, Vice President for Academic Af- M. Prescott and their staffs are in ess in their new Coke Building of- :nn Dowling, assistant to the presi- said Dr. Miller selected the second |of the Coke Building for esfabJisb- ofhis permanent office because of its location and accessibility, offices of the president and vice ent for academic affairs exhanged lo- with the administrative staff of the ate College, which is now located on floor of the Olin E. Teague Cen- Office of Admissions and Records also has moved and is now in the process of testing its new facility, Heaton Hall. The staff is working its first registration there as students return for the spring semester. “We re going strong,” says Dr. Billy G. Lay, director of admissions and records, “and the employees enjoy the new sur roundings. ” Heaton Hall, named for the late H.L. Heaton, longtime registrar and first dean of admissions and records, was renovated over the past four months. The building was formerly registration headquarters and previously housed the old Exchange Store. Telephone numbers for all of the offices involved in the move are unchanged. ahead of last year’s pace. Texas A&M’s 1977’ economic impact fig ures include for the first time a payroll of more than $100 million. The payroll is up $3.6 million from last year, now totaling $101.2 million for the more than 7,021 permanent Texas A&M University System employees residing in College Station, Bryan and the surrounding area. Some 175 additional staff, research and support personnel joined the institution during 1977, for a payroll equivalent of the addition of at least two medium-size indus trial firms for the community. Students contributed over $52 million to the local economy, up more than $5 mil lion. Food and housing account for the major expenditures, along with clothing, school supplies and recreation. The university spent about $10.3 mil lion locally for utilities, services and supplies. Expenditures in this category rose about $2.3 million. Visitors attending athletic events, con ferences and short courses at the univer sity accounted for approximately $7.7 mil lion, an increase of about $1 million. Most expenditures in this category were for food, lodging and entertainment. The university paid about $24 million to contractors for construction on the cam pus. These payments also impact upon the local economy because of contractor pur chases and employment of area residents, Dr. Miller noted. Texas A&M University Green Route runs counterclockwise Red Route runs clockwise ■■■■mi Church: “Hubert, your memory lifts our spirits just as your presence did.” Humphrey, 66 whose long battle against cancer touched the nation’s heart, asked a week before his death that he have a sim ple funeral “in the spirit of a celebration” with no eulogies. His friends tried to fol low his wishes, but they couldn’t keep from praising him. Carter recalled a recent visit with Humphrey by a fireside at Camp David. He said Humphrey had a yearning for peace and fought for the hungry, the poor, the minorities. “He was the expression of the good and decent and peaceful attrib utes of our nation. ” Carter recalled visiting the memorial of Mohandas Gandhi in India and reading Gandhi’s list of the seven greatest sins, in cluding “politics without principle.” “According to Gandhi’s definitions,” he said, “Hubert Humphrey was without sin.” ^ Mondale called his former mentor and colleague in the Senate “a special man in a special place.” He referred to Humphrey’s “torrents of enthusiasm” and “immense humanity.” Opera singer Robert Merrill sang “Ave Maria” and “The Lord’s Prayer,” and pianist Eugene Istomin and violinist Isaac Stern played, as Humphrey had re quested. The congregation sang out “America The Beautiful” and a choir sang the “Hal lelujah” chorus from the Messiah. Then, suddenly, two men rolled the polished wooden casket down the aisle for the trip to the cemetery, and the truth came home — the “Happy Warrior” was gone. Pastor Didier walked down the aisle, softly reciting the 23rd Psalm: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He leadeth me beside the still waters...” A black hearse carried Humphrey’s body to the cemetery. About 1,600 per sons stood quietly in zero weather as the coffin was placed over the grave. A military guard fired a rifle salute. A bugler sounded taps. A little girl, one of the senator’s 10 grandchildren placed a basket of flowers beside his coffin. Humphrey’s friends slowly left the cemetery. And the senator was alone. Rainy days and Mondays Riding a bike to class is usually a good idea — but Monday’s rainy weather had most Texas A&M students crossing the campus on ■foot. This man, however, decided that moving quickly was the best transportation method. Ruling not to be retroactive IRS halts oil tax credit Spring shuttle routes Students using the new intra-campus shuttle bus should find getting to distant classes easier. Two routes being tested this semester. Red and Green, encircle the campus as shown. Buses begin the routes each regular class and exam day at 7 a.m. from the corner of Lubbock and Bizzell streets. The routes flow in opposite directions. Officials say six buses will be used, and buses should come to each stop about every 10 minutes. The service, free to students, faculty and staff, ends daily at 5 p.m. United Press International WASHINGTON — The government has halted a major tax advantage which saved American oil companies billions of dollars in taxes on their foreign earnings over the years. The Internal Revenue Service Monday revoked rulings that allowed the oil firms to credit payments made to Saudi Arabia and Libya against their American income taxes. This amounted to $600 million in 1976, Treasury Department officials said. Officials said there was a possibility the decision could result in slightly higher gasoline prices, but probably less than one-tenth of a cent per gallon. The revocations, officials said, will take effect June 30 and are not retroactive to past tax years. There had been speculation that ret roactivity would be imposed. But, the IRS said it would not do that “because tax payers are entitled to rely on an IRS rul ing until the IRS concludes that the ruling is no longer valid.” The IRS has been under pressure from congressional oil critics to reverse the tax rulings which, in the case of Saudi Arabia, date back to 1955. A spokesman for Rep. Benjamin Ro senthal, D-N.Y., chairman of a House subcommittee that has been probing the oil firm tax breaks, expressed anger at the ruling. He said the lack of retroactivity to the spring of 1976 amounted to a $2 billion windfall for the companies. The issue centers around the effects of credits and deductions in regard to taxes. Credits can be directly subtracted dollar-for-dollar from U.S. taxes owed for certain payments the companies make to the oil-producing nations. Tax deductions are subtracted from gross income and re sult in higher taxes than are collected through the other method. Critics have contended the payments were actually royalities and should be treated as deductions rather than credits. The Treasury said while it does not know if the decision will mean any tax in creases for the oil companies, “if there were such an increase, it could be ab sorbed by the oil companies or by the pro ducing countries or passed on in the form of higher product prices. ” Court rules state can hire teachers on basis of tests United Press International WASHINGTON — The Justice De partment lost its fight on behalf of South Carolina’s black teachers. It does not see the result as a stepping stone to permit similar discrimination elsewhere. The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 2 Monday that the state could hire and pay teachers on the basis of National Teachers’ Examination scores (a series of standardized exams prepared by a non profit corporation in Princeton, N.J.) even though the result is loss of jobs by black applicants and lower pay for those now working. “The trend has been away from those tests for educational reasons,” said a de partment lawyer. He said only about 100,000 tests were sold by the Educational Testing Service in 1976. They went to North and South Carolina, Mississippi and a few local school districts and to West Virginia state university for use in a monitoring pro gram. The department sued South Carolina in 1975 charging the state with improperly denying teaching certificates to candidates for employment and fixing unduly low pay levels for those already employed — all due to use of NTE scores. The complaint said the scheme eventu ally will result in replacement of most black teachers by white ones in the state. But the three-judge federal panel in Co lumbia, whose order was affirmed by the justices without opinion, said the practice was “rationally related to educational goals. vrMwnnn ROSS — KFNWOOD — SANSUI