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The Battalion
Vol. 72 No. 58
10 Pages
Tuesday, November 21, 1978
College Station, Texas
News Dept. 845-2611
Business Dept. 845-2611
A name is a name is the same
The new name would have
been “College Station Indepen
dent School District,” but A&M
Consolidated decided to stick
with the old traditional tag for
now. See page 3.
Today is a holiday — World
Hello Day. See page 8.
Details of the more than 600
deaths in Guyana are slowly
becoming known. See page 5.
esidents escape
icaragua threat
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United Press International
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — A stream of
icaraguans poured out of their troubled
untry Monday in cars and trucks, on foot
id donkeys, in anticipation of a resump-
on of civil war within 48 hours.
In the past 30 days I have given out
Rout 15,000 passports, three times the
rmal amount of passports in a given
i-day period, said an official in the Im-
gration Department of Managua, where
ing lines form every day.
The Sandinista Liberation Front, which
lught a two-week civil war against the
s of President Anasastio Somoza in
leptember, have vowed to renew the war-
ire if Somoza does not resign by Tuesday.
I Political observers said they believed
le Sandinistas were only waiting for the
Ipiration of the deadline to launch their
■uch-anticipated anti-Somoza offensive.
■ But the 53-year-old Somoza told
■ousands of cheering supporters Sunday
■at “God willing’ he would serve out his
■rm until 1981. And a panel of mediators
■tempting to head off a resumption of
garfare reported their deliberations were
adlocked.
In a brief news conference with foreign
rrespondents after the rally, Somoza
1 he believs violence will resume “but
are prepared for it.
Diplomatic sources and Red Cross offi-
Js in Managua estimate that since the
ptember civil war at least 70,000
|caraguans have fled the country. They
at least 15,000 to 20,000 are now living
disease-ridden refugee camps, mainly
the Choluteca area of Honduras.
There are few foreign tourists in
caragua because of the crisis situation
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and many of the estimated 5,000 American
residents already have left. Sources at the
U.S. Embassy also said they are reviewing
a longstanding evacuation plan.
The rate of departures has increased as
a deadline for Somoza to resign nears.
“What people are afraid of,” said a mili
tary source, “is not the Sandinista offen
sive but the reaction from Somoza’s Na
tional Guard.
The Inter-American Human Rights
Commission charged the Guard with at
rocities against civilians in the September
uprising but Somoza’s govenment coun
tered with charges that the Sandinistas
also violated human rights.
U.S.-led mediators and opposition lead
ers met late Sunday but came to no
agreement to solve the civil crisis that has
cast a pall over Nicaragua, ruled by the
Somoza family for four decades.
Mediators from the United States,
Guatemala and the Dominican Reublic
met for one and one-half hours with lead
ers of the Broad Opposition Front at the
archdiocese office on the outskirts of the
capital.
Opposition leader Alfonso Robelo, 39,
said the mediators again asked what the
opposition thought of a U.S. plan to hold a
national plebescite on whether Somoza
should stay or resign.
“We told them that the Opposition
Front had unanimously agreed not to dis
cuss the plebiscite (idea) at all, Robelo
said.
“How could the mediators propose a
plebiscite to see if the man that is respon
sible for a genocide goes to a referendum
instead of jail?” he asked.
Mew DA promises
ewer plea bargains
Rape prevention:
always stay alert,
dont believe myths
By JAMIE AITKEN
Battalion City Editor
ravis Bryan III pledged an open door
firm hand in his campaign for Brazos
jnty district attorney, and he repeated
promise to some 200 friends who
died his swearing-in Monday at the
zos County Courthouse,
ryan, 31, ran unopposed Nov. 7 to win
Mdistrict attorney ’s office on the Demo-
itic ticket. He told supporters in the
Iced District Courtroom that his office
try more cases and use less plea-
gaining in criminal prosecutions.
The tendency in plea bargaining is for
prosecution to recommend proba-
he said. “I think there s been too
h probation given in Brazos County.
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Bryan said a tougher stand should be
taken against violent crimes such as rape
and assault, as well as with cases of drug
handling and burglary of the home.
“You have to take a look at each indi
vidual case,” he said. “But in violent
crimes and delivery of drugs I would be
hard-pressed to give anyone probation. ”
Bryan was given the oath of office by
Judge W.C. Davis at noon, and took office
immediately after the ceremony.
Also sworn in Monday was Assistant
District Attorney Bill Torrey. Torrey was
appointed by Bryan to fill the position va
cated by former Assistant District Attor
ney Larry Gatlin. Gatlin resigned last
month to enter private law practice.
From open air to office space
Robin Roark, an employee of Acme Glass Co. of Bryan, is installing
windows in the first floor of the Harrington Education Center. The center
is being enclosed to alleviate an office space shortage for the College of
Liberal Arts. Offices are planned for Cooperative Education, Continuing
Education, Modern Languages and General Studies on the south side of
the enclosure. The north side will house a student lounge.
Battalion photo by Phil Martinez
Train derails, causes blaze
Three tank cars of the Sante Fe line de
railed at Somerville early Monday morn
ing. Two cars carrying flammable liquid
caught fire and burned.
Families in half a dozen nearby homes
were evacuated at about 1 a.m. when liq
uid in one of the cars poured over the
tracks and ignited.
No one was injured in thq incident and
residents were able to return to their
homes at 4 a.m. after the blaze was extin
guished.
A spokesman for the railroad said late
Monday that the train was pulling a
number of cars from a siding when a wheel
under one of the tank cars broke, causing a
valve at the bottom of the car to scrape the
tracks and break. He said a spark probably
set off the leaking chemical liquid.
The fire quickly spread to an adjoining
tank car, but firemen were able to control
the blaze shortly after it started.
The railroad spokesman said losses to
taled about $56,000.
By DIANE BLAKE
Battalion Staff
Being aware of the surroundings is one
of the best preventions of rape, said Uni
versity Police Chief Russ McDonald at a
rape seminar Monday night.
“Be aware of where you are and who
you’re with. It can happen to you,”
McDonald said.
A film shown during the seminar pres
ented some startling facts about rape.
Rape, it reported, is the most frequently
committed violent crime in the United
States. Rape victims range in age from
nine months to 92 years.
And it is estimated that only one case in
10 is reported. This means that possibly
500,000 rapes were committed every year,
one every 15 minutes.
“There is a one in 10 chance that you
may be a victim of rape,” the film said.
McDonald and other members of a
panel discussion said to help prevent a
rape from occurring, a woman should:
—Always have her keys in her hand
when walking out to her car.
—Before getting into the car, always
check the back seat.
—Keep doors locked at all times.
—Use only her initials in mailbox and
telephone listings.
—Avoid walking alone.
McDonald said although there has been
only one rape reported this year on cam
pus, there may have been others that were
not reported.
“We may have a rape problem, he said.
“But there’s little we can do if they’re not
reported.
The police chief said the force deals with
the possibility of rapes occurring on cam
pus by “aggressive patrolling.”
At least six officers are on patrol each
night, he said. Usually three are in cars,
two on scooters and one is on foot.
“But we are trying to vary our tactics,’’
he said. “So when you don’t see an officer
in an area, it doesn’t mean that area is not
under surveillance.”
“Sometimes we have someone on top of
a building with binoculars, and one time
we had a man on a bicycle.
Officers in plain clothes also are used.
McDonald said a female officer was put on
patrol in the library because “we were hav
ing trouble with flashers and people steal
ing wallets over there.
Dr. Theresa DiNuzzo, another member
of the panel, pointed out some of the
myths that are associated with rape.
“First of all, there’s the myth that
women are usually raped by strange men
in dark alleys,” she said. “This is not true.
Most rapists are known to the victim, and
more than half of all rapes occur within the
victim’s own home or nearby the home or
place of work.
“The second myth is that rapists are im
pulsive and motivated by some uncon
trollable desire. It has been shown that
over 70 percent of all rapes are planned in
advance rather than being the result of
some spontaneous urge.
“The third myth is that only women
with bad reputations are raped.
“This is not true, any woman can be
raped, said DiNuzzo, a counseling psy
chologist in Texas A&M’s Personal Coun
seling service.
“Another myth is that most of the rapes
reported are unfounded. Only 2 percent of
rapes reported are found to be invalid.
Other members of the panel who dis
cussed other aspects of rape were Dr.
C.B. Goswick, director of University
Health Services; Glenna Witt, Depart
ment of Student Affairs; University Police
Officer Vicki Thomas, and James W.
Locke, assistant students’ legal adviser.
Two methods of self protection dis
cussed were active resistance and passive
resistance. In active resistance the victim
reacts immediately to startle or surprise
the attacker.
Passive resistance involves either
passively submitting to the rapist’s de
mands or pretending to submit while
thinking of ways to escape.
Panelists said women must use their
own judgment on which defense to use.
Gas truck
crashes into
river bank
A Houston man was taken to Grimes
Memorial Hospital Monday after the
tractor-trailer rig he was driving plunged
off a river embankment on U.S. Highway
6 just north of Navasota.
Cleveland Gordon, 45, of 603 Nest in
Houston told police he lost control of the
gasoline tank rig after his right front tire
blew out. The rig crashed through a retain
ing rail and flipped sideways into the
Navasota River bank.
The empty trailer crushed the cab of the
Mission Petroleum Company rig. Police at
the scene said Gordon may have suffered
only a broken leg.
Gordon was trapped in the cab for about
30 minutes before rescue officers were
able to pull him from the wreckage. He
was returning to the Mission Petroleum
plant in Houston after a trip to Temple.
A spokesman for the Department of
Public Safety reported that U.S. Highway
6 in the area of the Navasota river has been
the scene of many accidents in the last few
days due to rain and slick roads.
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By DILLARD STONE
Battalion Staff
“To drill the impossible drill”
might well describe this weekend’s
halftime activities by the Fightin’
Texas Aggie Band.
The band traditionally performs a
late season “cross-through.” This
year, the drill will be done with an
added twist.
For its halftime performance at
the Texas A&M-Texas Christian
University football game, the band
will divide into four groups, one in
each corner of Kyle Field. Each
group will march toward midfield.
As each group approaches mid-
field, it will first cross through the
group that had originally been on
the same half of the field. Each
group will maintain its direction,
thus crossing through another group
on its way out of the formation.
For several years, the band has
performed its now famous midfield
cross-through, where the band di
vides into two groups and performs
a single perpendicular cross-
through at midfield. Involving four
rather than two distinct groups, this
week’s drill is an elaboration of the
one done in years past. Cadet Col.
Will McKerall, commander of com
bined bands, designed the TCU
drill.
Although this drill is more com
plicated than the old one, head
drum major Larry Haag said the
concept of a perpendicular cross-
through carries an interesting story
with it. Every once in a while, Haag
said, Aggie Band drills are designed
by computer. When this drill was
conceived, the band had it checked
by running through the University
computer.
“The computer threw it back out,
said it wouldn’t work,” Haag said.
“The drill calls for two people to be
in the same place at the same time.
“But we figured that since we’re
human, we could fudge a little,” he
continued. He said the band ac
complishes the “impossible” forma
tion by each member placing his
right foot in the middle of someone
else’s stride while in the cross-
through formation.
In the past, the band has per
formed its cross-through at the Uni
versity of Texas football game.
However, Haag said, the decision
was made this year to perform the
drill at the last home football game.
“We wanted all the people who
weren’t going to be able to go to
Austin to see it in Kyle Field,” Haag
said.
“Besides,” he added, “we re
doing it as a salute to the students,
not for a bunch of tea-sips. ”
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Saturday during the Texas A&M-TCU game, the Fightin’ Texas Aggie
Band will perform their last home drill of this season. The traditional late
season ‘cross through,” however, will have an added twist. The band will
divide into four groups instead of two, one in each corner of Kyle Field,
(see diagrams above) then march toward midfield. The groups will merge
with the on-coming group on the same side of the field, then cross through
another group. Although rejected by a computer as a non-feasible drill,
the band accomplishes the “impossible” by each member placing his right
foot in the middle of someone else’s stride while in the cross-through for
mation. Top, Monday the Aggie Band practiced the formation developed
by Cadet Col. Will McKerall, commander of combined bands.
Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.