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Vol. 72 No. 2
12 Pages
Monday, September 4, 1978
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VATICAN CITY — Guarded by 10,000
icurity men, Pope John Paul I donned a
nite collar sheared from two lambs and
sumed official leadership of the world’s
|K) million Roman Catholics Sunday in a
mple, outdoor investiture ceremony
liarred Ay political demonstrations and ar-
lests.
Masked protestors hurled fire-bombs
Ind fought with police in other parts of
!ome as an applauding crowd of 250,000
d an estimated billion television
ewers in 53 countries watched the slight,
5-year-old pontiff walk to an open-air
tar in St. Peter’s Square and receive the
'ool collar — the symbol of his papal
)wer.
John Paul, elected eight days ago in the
fiortest conclave this century, refused a
bid and silver crown and a coronation
eremony. In line with his wishes for
mplicity, the investiture lasted only 43
linutes.
Some 10,000 armed policemen and
iti-terrorist agents guarded the cere-
ony — attended by U.S. Vice President
/alter Mondale and his wife Joan, four
onarchs, five heads of state and govern-
lent leaders from around the world — in
no of the biggest security operations in
icent times.
Shortly before the pope appeared,
imonstrators protesting the presence of
aders from authoritarian South American
gimes hurled firebombs and burned five
ntos in areas around the Square. Police
ding armored cars detained 200 demon-
rators, including 30 Argentines who re
leased some 30 helium-filled ballons
marked “Videla Hangman” — a reference
to Argentine President Jorge Videla who
was watching the investiture.
At least one diplomatic car was damaged
and a car full of counter-terrorist detec
tives was attacked.
Police sent armored vehicles to cordon
off St. Peter s Square and none of the
demonstrators penetrated the massive se
curity cordon.
Pope John Paul, wearing white vest
ments with a gold pointed mitre and carry
ing the crucifix-topped staff of his office,
walked from St. Peter’s Basilica at 5 p.m.
With his left hand over his heart, the pon
tiff blessed the altar set up on the steps of
the basilica and sat on his papal chair of
gold-gilded wood and beige velvet.
The crowd applauded wildly. Some
women waved handerchiefs and others
crossed themselves.
Senior Cardinal deacon Pericle Felici
picked up a silver tray holding John Paul’s
collar, known as a pallium, that symbolizes
his full pontifical power.
“Blessed be God who has chosen you to
be pastor of the universal church, and who
has clothed you with the shining stole of
your apostolate, Felici chanted in Latin
as he approached John Paul with the wool
collar.
“May you reign gloriously here on earth
for long years, until when called by your
Lord you will possess the stole of im
mortality in the kingdom of heaven.
With that, Felici placed the white wool
collar bearing six black silk crosses around
H
The games ‘fisK play...
They tugged at ropes, spiked volleyballs, caught passes and dunked
shots. It was all part of Saturday’s Fish Intramural Day, an annual Texas
A&M event for corps freshmen. The day’s events began with a football
game on the bonfire field, followed by basketball, volleyball and tug-o-
war. At left, two members of Squadron 6 battle it out in the best 2-out-
of-3 volleyball games in G. Rollie White Coliseum. At right, Charlie
Canedy, a junior in Outfit K-l, urges on the freshmen by shouting,
“Pull, pull!” Battalion photos by Mark Benson
Decision leaves
students in class
on Labor Day
Texas A&M University students are in
class today while those of many others are
free because of a decision made by the
Board of Regents, for the Texas A&M sys
tem, says Bob Cherry, assistant to the
Chancellor.
Cherry said the employees of all Texas
state universities have 12 holidays this fis
cal year (Sept. 1 to Aug. 31, 1979). Texas
A&M elected to allot its at Thanksgiving
(Nov. 23.and 24), Christmas (Dec. 21
through Ian. 1), spring break (March 15
and 16) and July 4.
“It’s a matter of deciding which 12 fit in
best with the academic calendar, ” Cherry
said.
Edwin Cooper, Dean of Admissions and
Records, says the regents could decide to
observe Labor Day rather than the Fourth
of July. “In other parts of the country
where labor is more cohesive and highly
organized, Labor Day is a more important
holiday.
Cooper said the disadvantage of taking
the Fourth of July off instead of Labor Day
is that there are fewer students here to
enjoy the summer holiday.
But one problem with taking Labor Day
as a holiday, Cooper said, is that professors
are in class an average of 72 hours in fall
compared with 75 in the spring.
“If we took another holiday in the fall
semester, it would squeeze us more in an
already crowded semester arid put us out
of balance with the spring semester even
more.”
Texas Tech University, Southwest Texas
State University, and the University of
Texas are not holding classes today, nor
are Baylor University or Texas Christian
University. The University of Houston is
holding class.
Labor Day was first suggested as a holi
day to honor working people by Peter J.
McQuire in 1892. President Grover
Cleveland signed a bill in 1894 making
Labor Day a national holiday. Today it is
observed as a legal holiday on the first
Monday in September in the United
States, Puerto Rico and Canada.
The Book of Days says it has come to be
one of the most generally celebrated holi
days in the United States, ranking with
Washington’s Birthday, Independence
Day and Thanksgiving.
Somoza attacks
Carter campaign
mar ceremony
John Paul s shoulders.
This was the actual moment of investi
ture.
The cardinals, in order of rank, knelt
before the pope and kissed his ring as a
sign of obedience. John Paul clasped each
cardinal’s hand, smiled broadly and chat
ted to each man briefly then gave them the
traditional kiss of peace on both cheeks.
The kissing of the pope’s feet was
abolished by John Paul’s predecessor, the
late Pope Paul VI.
Watching on from the left side of the
altar — Mondale and his wife in the front
row — were delegations from more than
100 nations and such monarchs as King
Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia of Spain,
King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Bel
gium and Prince Rainier and Princess
Grace of Monaco.
Pope John Paul asked God to help him
carry out his duties.
Earlier Sunday, imparting his regular
Sunday blessing, the pope said the world
needs “more prayers and fewer battles.
He quoted his 6th century predecessor
St. Gregory the Great as saying his elec
tion to the papacy made him “feel more
like crying than speaking,” but “even a
monkey becomes a lion when necessary.
MANAGUA, NICARAGUA — Presi
dent Anastasio Somoza is “fed up” with
President Carter’s human rights campaign
and has declared “open war’ on his
domestic opponents, a presidential
spokesman said Sunday.
“He’s fed up with the Carter administra
tion. He’s had it, said spokesman Ray
Molina, referring to recent Washington
charges that Somoza’s political opponents
are sometimes jailed and tortured.
"There is a limit to how far you can go
with a friend and I think we’ve reached
that limit, he said. “There is no foreign
policy in the Carter administration.
“All of a sudden, the good guys are the
bad guys. We re a non-Marxist society and
we believe we re the good guys. What is at
stake is the survival of the Republic of
Nicaragua, not just of the Somoza
dynasty. .
Molina said Somoza had been diploma
tic and refrained from attacking Carter,
but he had decided to speak out bluntly
because “now we re in an open war
against Somoza’s domestic opposition.
He also said Somoza had been mis
quoted when the Spanish news agency
EFE reported the president as saying that
the Carter administration was “in the
hands of left wingers, of Communists.
Molina said Somoza meant that there
were Marxists in the adminstration and
said they were Patricia Derian, assistant
secretary of state in charge of human
rights; State Department Human Rights
Coordinator Mark Schneider; ancj a third
person Molina identified only as Bob Pas
tor.
headers hope
WASHINGTON — President Carter
solemnly prayed for peace Sunday, Israeli
Prime Minister Menachem Begin prom
ised all his good will and Egyptian Presi
dent Anwar Sadat called on Allah to bless
the fateful Camp David summit.
But radical Palestinian guerrillas, milit
ant Arab states and the Soviet Union con
demned Carter’s bold — and risky — bid
to keep the Israeli-Egyptian talks from col
lapsing within a year of Sadat’s historic trip
to Jerusalem.
After the church’s regular worship on
the eve of Carter’s departure for Camp
David, the president attended a special
service with Christian, Jewish and
Moslem prayers for peace.
Begin flew to the United States Sunday,
promising “any human endeavor to
achieve success during this week’s tripar
tite talks at the presidential retreat in
western Maryland.
But the prime minister was believed to
be carrying little more than a 9-month-old
Israeli peace plan already rejected by
Egypt as beyond consideration.
In a mosque at the southern tip of the
Suez Canal, Sadat joined Moslem faithful
in prayers for peace at the Camp David
summit, which officially opens Wednesday
with a low-key, three-way lunch.
“The summit will be a turning point,
either leading to a settlement or to what
ever God Almighty wishes,” Sadat said in
talks successful
war-torn Suez City before attending
prayers marking the end of the month
long Ramadan holiday.
But Sadat — like his Israeli counterpart
— took a hardline position toward the
peace talks, ruling out protracted negotia
tions advocated by Israel over the
weekend. “I say no to longdrawn talks
proposed by Mr. Begin,” he said.
Carter, who has warned that failure of
the Egyptian-Israeli talks could lead to a
new Mideast war, put his international
prestige on the line by inviting Begin and
Sadat to Camp David.
The two Mideast leaders — equally
charismatic, nationalistic and religious —
have refused to budge an inch on diamet
rically opposed plans for ending the Mid
dle East conflict.
Israel has proposed a five-year au
tonomy plan for the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip, but has insisted on maintain
ing a military presence in the two lands
captured during the 1967 Middle East
War.
Egypt has demanded total Israeli with
drawal from the West Bank and Gaza with
the one million Palestinians living in the
territories choosing their own future.
Many observers say a statement of prin
ciples for an overall peace settlement —
no matter how vaguely worded — is the
most that can be achieved at the three-way
summit talks.
A football game turned into a mud bath as about 40 residents of
Moore and Moses Halls splished and splashed around with a slip
pery pigskin following a torrential rainfall Friday afternoon. With
disco music blaring, hall residents from their third floor windows
eyed the spectacle from a cleaner distance. One passing bicyclist
remarked, “I used to do that when I was little, too!” At left,
battle-weary Kyle Sears, a junior finance major, gets some wet
relief from the game. Battalion photos by Lee Roy Leschper, Jr. and Mark Benson