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Vol. 71 No. 146
12 Pages
Friday, April 28, 1978
College Station, Texas
News Dept. 845-2611
Business Dept. 845-2611
Inside Friday
• The Texas Rangers — the state
FBI, p. 3.
• The Star Spangled Supernational,
p. 12.
• Ags take on Arkansas for the SWC
baseball championships, p. 12.
Russian U.N.
diplomat quits
United Press International
UNITED NATIONS — Arkady
hevchenko, the highest-ranking
loviet official at the United Nations,
as formally quit his job because of
)f serious differences with Com-
^0 Inunist ideology and says he will
ow settle in the United States.
“Shevchenko is welcome to stay,”
tate Department spokesman John
rattner said in Washington Wed-
lesday.
Shevchenko, an undersecretary-
i ill ;eneral and disarmament expert,
eelS lade clear in a statement that he
AM rould remain silent about his rift
nth Moscow, since his family is in
leetl he Soviet Union and he does not
d 91 rah to disturb Soviet-American re-
itions.
iusQ Shevchenko left with $76,000 in
Cfci everance pay and benefits “strictly
e Sle a accordance with U.N. staff regu-
itions,” a U.N. spokesman said.
He met with Secretary General
[urt Waldheim at the United Na-
ions Tuesday night to talk over his
ituation and parted after reaching
an amicable mutual agreement on
as resignation from his $87,000-a-
ear post.
T now intend to take the neces-
uy legal steps to establish resi-
ence in the United States, where I
ope to be free to lead a normal and
iroductive life,” Shevchenko said.
Trattner said the Soviet U.N. dip-
mat has not yet requested asylum
nd may not be required to do so in
rder to remain in the United
fates. He is free to stay “for a rea-
^jionahfe length of time, ” Trattner
aid. He did not elaborate.
The paunchy, 47-year-old dip-
rocked the United Nations
lions! ar ^ er ^i.s month by leaving his of-
livith
fice abruptly and announcing he had
“differences with the Soviet gov
ernment and needed a rest.
A Soviet spokesman said Shev
chenko was being held against his
will by “U.S. intelligence services”
and Moscow demanded his im
mediate return home.
But the United State and Russia
sought to avoid a public argument
on the case for fear of endangering
talks between Secretary of State
Cyrus Vance and Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko in
Moscow.
A few days later, Shevchenko
reappeared in New York accom
panied by an attorney and came on
his own to see Waldheim at the
United Nations.
“I have refused to accept instruc
tions from the Soviet Government
to go to Moscow on an official trip. I
consider they have no right to give
such instructions to an offical of the
U.N. Secretariat,” the Soviet dip
lomat said in his statement.
“As is also known, I have serious
differences of political philosophy
and convictions with the present
Soviet system, which have led me to
the decision not to accept instruc
tions to return to the Soviet Union. ”
Shevchenko labeled as false any
talk that he was either a ladies man
who broke up with his wife, an al
coholic with a loose tongue, or a
double agent.
“Rumors and speculation about -
my personal life, past conduct or fu
ture intentions are most distres
sing,” he said, and could expose his
family to serious risks.
Shevchenko had no choice but to
resign since his U.N. Secretariat
post was one assigned to the Soviet
Union.
A&M officials recommend
KAMU-FM go off the air
By LIZ NEWLIN
Battalion Campus Editor
Only the Texas A&M Board of Regents
can save KAMU-FM, the University radio
station.
University President Jarvis Miller said
Wednesday that he plans to present a
budget to the board that would force the
station to go off the air by the end of the
fiscal year, Aug. 31.
Dr. J.M. Prescott, vice president for
academic affairs, said in an interview
Wednesday that the budget recommenda
tion he made for the station in January still
stands and now Miller has affirmed that
recommendation. Miller will present the
entire University budget to the board at its
June 8-9 meeting. The budget goes into
effect Sept. 1, 1978.
These budget dedsons will not affect
student government station KANM be
cause its funds come from student service
fees.
Closing the station would not affect the
teaching of broadcasting courses, said Bob
Rogers, head of the Communications De
partment. Eight students work part-time
as disc jockeys for KAMU-FM.
Dr. Mel Chastain, director of educa
tional broadcasting services, said “I have
Two Texas labor
leaders indicted
no comment on what’s going to happen to
the station. That’s pretty obvious.
KAMU-FM, which has been on the air
less than a year, carries National Public
Radio programs. NPR is the radio coun
terpart to the Public Broadcasting Service.
Montine Clapper, director of station re
lations for NPR in Washington, D.C., said
the station would lose its NPR affiliation if
it goes off the air.
“We certainly don’t want to lose
KAMU,” Clapper said in a telephone
interview Thursday. “KAMU has been
very active in our membership program.
We would miss them.”
Clapper said that if the radio station
goes off the air now it could rejoin NPR
Igter.
“At such time as the station could meet
the criteria again, there would be no prob
lem in getting the membership.” One re
quirement for membership is an annual
minimum operating budget of $80,000,
which would be eliminated if the board
approves the recommended budget.
Texas A&M could lose its license to op
erate an educational radio station if
KAMU-FM folds. The acting chief of the
radio branch of the Federal Communica
tions Commission, Robert Hayne, said the
commission would not renew the license
for a station which is not broadcasting.
The University’s three-year license for
KAMU-FM expires in August 1980. At
that time, Hayne said, the license would
be open to other applicants.
The University could “surrender” its
license if KAMU-FM goes off the air, or it
could file an application to assign it to
somebody.
“We usually just wait until the renewal
application comes up,” Hayne said. “The
renewal could be deferred if we knew the
station would be going back on the air after
1980.” Otherwise, he said, “The commis
sion may very well deny the renewal ap
plication from the University and declare
the license open.“
United Press International
AUSTIN — A special task force has con
cluded its three-month investigation of the
Governor’s Office of Migrant Affairs with
an indictment against two South Texas
labor leaders.
Travis Country District Attorney
Ronald Earle, who led the investigation,
said no more indictments were expected.
He said no criminal offenses were found in
GOMA’s operations.
Brothers Don and Clarence Gray of Har
lingen were indicted Thursday for conspir
ing to steal more than $10,000 from the
state. Assistant District Attorney Steve
Brittain said attorney Tom Upchurch has
indicated the Grays will surrender to au
thorities today in Austin.
Earle said he expects to prosecute the
case during the first part of the summer.
Conviction on the conspiracy charge
would mean a prison sentence of two to 10
years and a fine of up to $5,000 for the
Grays.
In 1973, Gov. Dolph Brisoce appointed
Don Gray to a six-year team on the state’s
advisory plan for vocation-technical educa
tion.
Both men already face multiple theft
charges in Brownsville in connection with
government training grants to Manpower
program.
“In effect we’ve alleged a misappropria
tion of state fonds,” Brittain said. “It in
volves their contracting with the Texas
Department of Community Affairs to
provide on-the-job training in the name of
the union, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local
No. 823. The union had not authorized
them to contract with TDCA and in fact
never received the money.”
Brittain said the state checks went into a
bank account controlled by the Grays.
“It ends up in a slush account,” Brittain
said.
Earle declined comment on whether in
vestigators found mismanagement of fed
eral grants by COMA or TDCA.
“Our role is not to comment on man
agement,” he said.
Smith wants taxes cut
&M desegregation to be investigated
There are two ways to win a governor’s
race, with money or hard work, said Pre
ston Smith, and he is planning to win the
hard way.
Smith said he did not believe in using
money to buy his way into the governor’s
seat.
If the people want to pick a governor
according to the money he has, Smith
said, they should pick a Candidate with
the highest bid and use the money for
the good of the state.
He said his top priority for his new ad
ministration would be dealing with a re
duction in taxes.
“The people of Texas are being over
taxed,” Smith said. If a surplus exists in
the General Revenue Fund when the
Legislature convenes, the surplus should
be returned to the people by a reduction
in sales tax.
He said the reduction could cut sales
taxes 50 percent.
Smith said he favors legislation to give
the revenues from a 1 percent sales tax to
any county governments and school dis
tricts that approve the policy.
“This would relieve excessive taxes on
property owners, Smith said.
Tax dollars should be spent upgrading
education at every level, he said, even
though there is “fat” in the educational
program.
He also said the governor’s office should
assume greater responsibilities in overall
energy policy, and should reduce utility
bills by removing the 5 percent sales tax
on utilities.
Smith expressed great concern about
the high crime rate in Texas, and pledged
to work with law enforcement officials to
develop a Crime Prevention Program
“that would work.”
Although Smith has only seven to 10
percent of the votes according to recent
polls, he said that he is not frustrated with
his standing. He said he thinks polls are
inadequate because he has not found any
one who has been professionally polled.
— Janice Stripling
)
By CHRIS PICCIONE
6nine-man investigative team from the
partment of Health Education and
Jfare will begin a week-long investiga-
jofTexas A&M University’s desegrega-
|policies May 22.
ne investigators will also be on the
A&M campus May 1 to interview
i () rity group students, an HEW official
remnants of racial segregation are
>d at Texas A&M or at any other state
dutions, Texas will be asked to submit
atewide desegregation plan in accord
i HEW criteria.
IEW kinds may also be withheld from
as A&M if violations are found until a
1 is approved. This would affect a
liber of programs, said Clark Diebel,
as A&M controller.
be investigators will be checking six
is for equal treatment of student and
I'ty according to University President
|is Miller. The areas are student re-
ping, admissions, financial aid, coun-
igand tutoring services, athletics, and
■ployment of faculty and staff,
filler told Academic Council members
idnesday that he believes HEW has al-
dy written its report on Texas A&M
will be looking for information to jus-
their conclusions.”
, e don t know what we re in for,” he
id.
dEW has requested statistics from the
[iversity, including the number of
nority students on campus and the
. ej of minority students who apply for
Hission. The only figures the University
1 hirnish are those provided by students
untarily at registration, Miller said.
5a ndra Stephens, Equal Opportunity
^•alist, said HEW will take into consid-
on the fact that these figures are only
ln iates.
^ Texas A&M is required to submit a
Se § r egation plan, the plan must “prom-
r ealistically to overcome the effects of
s ^crimination and to disestablish the
nal system.”
A few of HEW’s guidelines are that the
Portions of black and white high school
Oates must be equal to the pro-
r- 1 -?! 18 t ^ lat ent er state colleges and uni-
la Ic' 65 ’ same percentage of
ad . C °^ e 8 e graduates must enter
a e school as white students; and that
Li^Pprtfon of white students who at-
r, l^iooally black institutions be in-
H hioWu Sa ^ S knows of no state in
iH 6Se guidelines are achieved. He
ird ” er guidelines are “just as ab-
ijll^ 68 ^okultz, HEW branch chief in
ckj 5 S3 ^ i nves figat° rs n °t b> e
lat Tit a * I 00 * 35 but are checking to see
I t ese gregation effort has been made,
fleeted ' S one i°ur Texas schools
ons HJ-u-f Speciall y rigorous investiga-
EVV has asked for additional data,
including information about academic
programs and financial resources.
“We want to get a complete view of the
system — including Prairie View,”
Stephens said.
Dr. Haskell Monroe, dean of faculties,
said he learned of the planned investiga
tion April 21.
“I believe A&M has acted in good faith
in its poiicies of admissions and recruit-
yywaV.,” Moxwoe said. “I have no idea if
A&M has a segregation problem.”
The 1977 Texas A&M fall enrollemnt
was 29,414 students, including 111 blacks
(0.37 percent) and 224 Spanish-surnamed
students (0.83 percent). There were also
917 international students representing 76
countries.
These figures, based on an optional
ethnic information question on registra
tion material, were supplied by the Office
of Admissions and Records.
Monroe said he feels that Texas A&M
has made a genuine effort to hire minority
group members.
Presently, Texas A&M has 1,831 facutly
members: 11 (0.6 percent) are black, 23
(1.25 percent) are Hispanic, 37 (2.0 per
cent) are Asian, and 9 (0.49 percent) are
American Indian or Alaskan. These figures
include faculty employed in Texas A&M
agriculture experimentation, engineering
extension, and engineering experimenta
tion.
Monroe said the lack of minority group
faculty is due to the lack of qualified appli
cants and because possible candidates may
receive higher wages elsewhere.
Texas A&M does not have a minority
recruiting program. The office of admis
sions does provide a type of minority in
formation service under the direction of
Daniel Hernandez, assistant director of
admissions.
In 1976-77, this service reached more
than 200 high schools across the state, in
cluding some predominantly black and
Mexican-American schools.
“We are making contacts with the bigb
schools, but it is a slow, tedious process,
Hernandez said. “But we have laid the
groundwork. ”
Hernandez also said that minority stu
dents on campus are making efforts to re
cruit high school minority groups. Over
spring break, minority students from
Texas A&M visited 20 high schools.
“We have had some people working
very actively with minority enrollments,
Monroe said. “They haven t always been
successful, but our efforts have been con
siderable.”
After a similar investigation in North
Carolina recently, sixteen state universi
ties were found to contain vestiges of
segregation. Formerly all-white institu
tions were found to have a dispro
portionately high percentage of white stu
dents (91.2 percent) and formerly all-black
schools had a similarly high percentage of
black students (91.6 percent). In 11 tra
ditionally white universities, 2 percent of
the faculty was black.
North Carolina now must write a plan
that will increase the number of blacks at
tending traditionally white universities,
eliminate the duplications of programs in
black and white institutions, increase the
number of blacks on faculty and on govern
ing boards, and institute programs and re
sources that will make black institutions
more attractive.
Some HEW funds to North Carolina
colleges may be stopped if the state fails to
write a plan acceptable to HEW. An HEW
report says that $10 million of the $68 mil
lion from HEW may have financed con
tinued segregation in North Carolina dur
ing fiscal year 1977.
HEW’s desegregation effort began in
1969 when it was alledged that 10 states
were still operating segregated higher
educational systems. The 10 were Arkan
sas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mary
land, Mississippi, North Carolina, Okla
homa, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
The states were charged with violating
Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This
act states, “No person in the United States
shall, on the ground of race, color, or na
tional origin, be excluded from participa
tion in, be denied the benefits of, or be
subjected to discrimination under any
program or activity receiving federal fi
nancial assistance.”
HEW ordered the 10 states to comply
with the act. The agency took no action
when the states submitted unacceptable
plans or failed to submit plans, said David
Tatel, director of the Office of Civil Rights,
in a telephone interview.
After a 1973 Supreme Court decision,
HEW was told to take enforcement action
and “to secure acceptable desegregation
plans from the 10 states before commenc
ing enforcement proceedings.”
The Supreme Court ruled that the plans
failed to achieve desegregation April 1,
1977. As a result, HEW extended its in
vestigation to other states in the South,
including Texas.
“If discriminatory practices are found at
institutions, immediate corrective action is
required,” Tatel said.
Hill claims opponent
Briscoe ‘running scared’
John Hill, Democratic candidate for
Texas governor, Thursday made his last
swing through Brazos County before the
May 6 primary.
At a breakfast Thursday morning he as
sured his supporters a victory over incum
bent Dolph Driscoe.
“We would win the election if it was
held tomorrow,” Hill said. “We re ahead
in all the polls.” He did not specify which
polls he was referring to.
Briscoe forces are “running scared” and
“know they are behind,” Hill said.
Hill attacked Briscoe on several fronts.
He criticized Briscoe’s inaccessability to
the public and also his spending policy,
calling him “the weakest manager of
funds” the governor’s office has had.
State spending has doubled since Bris
coe took office, in 1972, Hill said. Proper
fiscal management will stop people from
“raking off the top” of federal funds, he
added.
Hill mentioned Briscoe’s high rate of
absence from Austin and promised he
would be a “full-time, all-out” governor.
He said his educational policy would re
lieve the property tax burden on tax
payers.
Hill said Texas needs a strong voice in
determining events in Washington, and
said he is confident about the upcoming
primary.
“We don’t have any real weak spots that
we know of,” he said. “We don’t expect to
carry Uvalde (Briscoe’s hometown). ’’
Hill urged his supporters to tell the
people he will not raise taxes, even though
Briscoe says Hill must raise taxes to pay for
his planned budget.
— Bill Wilson
Ehrlichman released from prison
1
United Press International
SAFFORD, Ariz. — Smiling and posing for photographers, John D.
Ehrlichman, once one of the most powerful men in the nation’s govern
ment, left the Safford Federal prison camp Thursday after serving 18
months for Watergate crimes.
Ehrlichman, wearing a blue baseball cap, breaker and tan pants, walked
out of the minimum security prison at 6 a.m. MST, and was surrounded by
reporters in the road.
Asked how he felt, he smiled and replied, “can’t you see how I feel?”
He declined to answer fother questions, saying he had promised his first
interview to a network reporter.
“I’m not going to have any statements at all for you this morning. 111
answer all the questions when I do an interview,” he said. “I’ll let you all get
pictures. Step back a pace or two, you’ll get pictures until everyone is out of
film.”
Ehrlichman, who published one novel while in prison, said he would
have another book “coming out at Christmas time, a novel.”
He waved and said, “I’ll see you all,” as he entered a car with Lois
Boyles, a reporter for a Phoenix newspaper, and her son, Vance. Mrs.
Boyles, a divorcee, has been friends with Ehrlichman for some time.
Ehrlichman is separated from his wife, who lives in Seattle, where he
practiced law before joining the Nixon administration.
Ehrlichman, 53, was Richard Nixon’s chief domestic adviser.
He was described as a model prisoner during the 18 months he spent at
the prison in southeastern Airzona, where most of the inmates are illegal
aliens and drug offenders.
Ehrlichman originally was sentenced to 2.5 to eight years, which was
reduced last year to one to four years. The U.S. Parole Commission ap
proved his release in December but delayed its effect until today.
Ehrlichman entered prison voluntarily on Oct. 28, 1976, while lawyers
were still appealing his conviction and those of H.R. Haldeman — the only
aide who outranked Ehrlichman in the Nixon White House — and former
Attorney General John Mitchel.
They went to prison nine months later, when the appeals were denied,
and it appeared their paroles will be correspondingly delayed.
Ehrlichman served six months beyond the earliest possible parole date,
which may indicate what the other Watergate prisoners can expect.