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Monday, January 30, 1978
College Station, Texas
News Dept. 845-2611
Business Dept. 845-2611
Inside Monday:
Who’s who in the sixth district race,
p. 2.
Joey Robinson: a leader on the team,
p. 7.
Ags defeat Owls, 74-70, p. 8.
srael to rejoin Mideast peace talks
United Press International
L AVIV, Israel — The Israeli Cabinet
Sunday to resume direct negotiations
Egypt, capping two weeks of intense
Bl-the-scenes diplomatic activity by
•intermediaries.
lie decision to send a delegation to the
Jtary talks in Cairo, probably sometime
■eek, was made despite personal at-
s mi Prime Minister Menachem Begin
w Cairo press, Cabinet secretary Arye
■old reporters in Jerusalem.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who
will fly to Washington next weekend for
talks with President Carter, Sunday called
on American Jews to support his peace ef
forts. The appeal was in a letter published
in the Miami Herald.
Hardline Arab opponents of Sadat’s
peace moves were dealt a blow Sunday
when radical Iraq — expected to be a key in
any wide anti-Sadat alliance — rejected an
invitation to a planned Arab summit Feb. 2
in Algeria.
The official Iraqi News Agency,
monitored in Beirut, said the decision was
the logical follow-up to Iraq’s walkout at a
December anti-Sadat summit in Libya.
Iraq charged the Syrian-dominated meet
ing had not gone far enough in opposing
Sadat and Israel.
H owever, later Sunday the
government-owned Algerian Press Service
reported Iraq had proposed an Arab sum
mit in Baghdad. It was not clear if it was
meant to rival the Algiers meeting.
The Israeli decision to resume the mili
tary talks came after two weeks of indirect
contacts with Egypt through U.S. ambas
sadors in Jerusalem and Cairo as well as the
shuttle efforts of Undersecretary of State
Alfred Atherton, President Carter’s special
Middle East envoy.
Atherton returned to Jerusalem Sunday
from a trip to Amman, where he met with
King Hussein in an effort to bring Jordan
into the peace talks. U. S. sources said
Atherton would leave shortly for Cairo.
Begin said last week — when Israel de
cided to postpone its participation in the
military talks — that the Jewish state could
not send a delegation to Cairo in light of
what he called insulting references in the
Egyptian press.
Naor told reporters following the
Cabinet decision: “The prime minister
asked the Cabinet minister ... to draw a
distinction between personal attacks and
attacks on the Jewish people and the state
of Israel.
egotiations stop
tween miners
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Negotiations be-
"iihnifcji t} le striking United Mine Workers
' Ddri | ie s °ft coal operators eollapsyd again
profeMy despite concern over dwindling
Jin ZiB U pplies, federal mediators said,
neerinift negotiations “were recessed indefl-
11 Ho |l\ "spokesmen for the mediators said.
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?ht, i:«n as the breakdown occurred,
.in; Vfcv Secretary James Schldsinger was
, BalliMig that industries in the Midwest will
Co.,D(M power shortages unless the strike
ictorkBor the severe winter weather eases.
amblfHe union has been on strike since Dec.
zl< idlmg about 160,000 workers, and some
coal users are beginning to complain that
stockpiles are running low.
A spokesman for chief federal mediator
Wayne Horvitz said the negotiations “were
recessed indefinitely’’ about 3 a m. Sunday
after three days of intensive efforts to bring
the two sides together.
Sources said the two sides were severely
divided over wages and other economic is
sues. Previously, the talks had been hung
up on the issue of wildcat strikes.
Shortly before the breakdown, sources
said, the Bituminous Coal Operators As
sociation made a new offer, the union re
sponded with a counter offer, and the in
dustry failed to reply.
'aniel advocates openness
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|rmer Texas House Speaker Price
Jr. says he will stand firm in his
litment to openness in government as
date for state attorney general,
was an advocate of openness in gov-
entand intend to fight for it Daniel
Friday.
jniel, a Democrat, paid his $1,500 fil-
;in Bryan for the November general
Ion after addressing the local media at
Jggieland Inn in College Station.
niel emphasized his experience and
firl of public service as qualifications for
gate’s chief legal adviser.
Baylor University Law School
duate was elected Justice of the Peace in
Irty County at age 25. He was elected
|e Texas House of Representatives in
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Daniel was elected Speaker of the House
in 1972. He ran for the office on a “one-
term-only’’ platform and lived up to it.
As Speaker, Daniel advocated the pas
sage of reform legislation to prevent future
misuse of public off ice.
Legislation such as the Ethics and Public
Financial Disclosure Act, the Open Meet
ings Act, the Campaign Finance Disclosure
Act, the Open Records Act, and the Lobby
Registration and Control Act was passed
during Daniel’s term.
Daniel has practiced law in Liberty, Tex.
and served as associate professor of law at
South Texas College of Law, Texas South
ern, and the University of Houston since
his term as speaker expired.
Daniel stressed his experience as stu
dent, practitioner, legislator and instructor
in law as determinants in his qualification
for attorney general.
Hey, judge!
Leslie Alexander rides her horse during last
weekend’s Intramural Horse Judging contest spon
sored by the Texas A&M Horseman’s Association.
Kim Dorrah, a junior animal science major, won
overall champion and halter class and Russ Taylor,
a freshman management major, was the reserve
champion.
Battalion photo by Liz Bailey.
“Personal attacks are a professional risk, ”
he said when asked about continuing de
nunciations of the Israeli prime minister —
the latest a reference to him as a terrorist in
Saturday’s issue of the Egyptian magazine
October.
The Cabinet also named Maj. Gen.
Rafael Eytan, a much-wounded paratroop
officer who trained with the U.S. Marines
at Quantico, Va., to be the next chief of the
general staff, the highest post in the Israeli
armed forces.
RHA recommends
dorms" visitation
hours be extended
By KIM TYSON
Battalion Campus Editor
Extension of dorm visitation hours was
recommended by the Residence Hall As
sociation (RHA) Thursday night.
The policy change would extend
maximum hours to 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
(Sunday-Thursday)and 10 to2 a.m. (Friday
and Saturday).
Present dormitory visitation hours are
from 12 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Monday-
Thursday), 10 to 1:30 a.m. (Friday and
Saturday) and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays.
Dorms could then vote on whether or
not to have the maximum hours, said Bill
Hill, Hotard Hall president and chairman
in charge of the policy change.
The recommendation passed the RHA
with representatives from Mosher Hall and
RHA Secretary Kay Davis voting against
and Moore Hall representatives abstain
ing.
The recommendation will be presented
to Dr. John Koldus, vice president for stu
dent services, sometime this week. Hill
said.
RHA had made a survey earlier of dorms
and dorm councils about visitation hours
that indicated a strong demand for longer
hours, said Joe Nixon, RHA president.
“We concluded from those results that
the people in the dorms wanted the
change, Nixon said.
Hill said the change would most benefit
Northside dorms with adjacent lounges.
“You find more college people need to
stay up later and later hours now, he said.
Nixon said that although RHA makes
visitation recommendations, changes must
be approved by the administration.
iU
romets host 4th annual wargames convention
By KAYCE GLASSE
is 1916, and the Battle of Jutland is
g fought on the second floor of the
norial Student Center. The event that
y took place Saturday was the fourth
lalWarcon, or Wargames Convention,
'sored hy a Texas A&M organization
d the Gromets.
inmeofthis year’s conventioneers came
pSan Antonio to play wargames; others
were students from A&M. The Gromets
are a sub-committee of the MSC Recrea
tion Committee.
Wargaming is a sport that takes place on
a playing board, or on the floor if the game
in question is big enough. It involves a love
of history, adventure, and a spirit of
imagination.
Two physical categories of wargaming
are “casting and “non-castings.” The cast
ings wargames use rule books and metal
miniatures in the forms of horses, men,
ships, planes, or anything representing
power. Non-castings wargames are played
on a board with “counters, small card
board markers representing the horses and
men.
There are three main types of wargames,
said Becky Matthews, secretary of the
Gromets. One is fantasy role playing, in
which she said, “you are the character.
“You can roll for strength, intelligence,
dexterity, and charisma,’ said Matthews.
“What your character does on the board
is what you are doing."
An example of a fantasy role playing
game is the Empire of the Petal Throne,
which is based on a myth of Oriental and
Arabic tradition.
“Two other divisions are what I call hard
and soft wargames,” Matthews said. Hard
wargames may take hours or days to play.
One “hard” wargame Saturday was played
on the floor with about 30 players, each
representing two to four ships. This is
where the Battle of Jutland ensued.
Soft wargames are played with no elabo
rate calculations or conditions. All the
games are played like chess, with moves,
strategies and theories abounding.
Dr. Roger A. Beaumont, associate Pro
fessor of History at Texas A&M gave a
seminar on military history in conjunction
with wargaming. He cited H. G. Wells
“The Little Wars, which sermonized, ’ if
wargaming was perfected to a sport, we
could better understand the problems of
war.
Wargaming has been used as a tool in
training officers in military institutions
since the 1880s. However, three things
missing from the wargames lessons in mov
ing troops, supplies, and wounded are the
stress, reality and fatigue of battle.
Capt. Joseph McNabb of the United
States Army gave a talk on the military use
of simulated wargames.
Another event at the VVarcon was staged
fights by the Society for Creative Anac
hronism. SCA members demonstrated
melee fighting and foil fencing before a
crowd of about 150 in front of the Rudder
Fountain. Melee fighting, using wooden
rattan swords and shields, consisted of
heavy blows to each well-protected oppo
nent. Foil fencing is a sport which evolved
from dueling.
The SCA is a national organization which
practices the culture of the Medieval and
Renaissance periods. They have meetings
and tournaments at noon on Sundays at
Hensel Park and at the Grove on Wednes
days at 4:00.
The Gromets, who meet every Sunday at
noon in room 224 of the MSC, spend their
meetings pursuing dragons, bombing
ships, and using tactical skills. The word
“Gromets is an acronym standing for
“Games Replications Or Military Eco
nomic and Tactical Situations.
The fourth annual Wargames Convention, or Warcon, was fought at
Texas A&M in the MSC last weekend. Becky Matthews, (left) exam
ines some of the handpainted lead castings for sale. The eastings are
used in reenactment games of famous battles. Two members of the
Society for Creative Anachronisms (center) demonstrate Melee
fighting by the Rudder Fountain. The demonstration also included
fencing bouts. Jerry Cantrell (right) watches the retreat of the
German fleet during the miniature re-enactment of the Battle of
Jutland. The cards are used to identify the individual ships from
across the room. The game involved 30 players and had to be played
on the floor.
Battalion photos by Dean Clemens
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