The Battalion
Vol. 72 No. 75 Tuesday, January 16, 1979 News Dept. 845-2611
14 Pages College Station, Texas Business Dept. 845-2611
Silver Taps delayed until Thursday
Silver Taps will be held at
10:30 p.m. Thursday for Andrew
Sinclair Earley, 18, who died
Dec. 13 as a result of a
motorcycle-car accident in Col
lege Station.
Earley, a freshman marine
biology major, was from
Ardmore, Pa. According to the
University, no Texas A&M Uni
versity students died over the
Christmas holidays.
[ran army chief promises
10 coup when shah leaves
United Press International
iHRAN, Iran — Iran’s army chief of
Monday pledged publicly for the first
that the military would not stage a
) after the shah quits the country,
lay an American engineering execu-
was killed in a fresh wave of violence,
le embattled civilian government of
le Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar won a
ial 38-1 vote of confidence in the Se-
Monday to open the way for the
-awaited departure of Shah Moham-
Reza Pahlavi.
i Cairo, an Egyptian government
mcement said the Shah would go to
an, Egypt, today for a meeting with
ident Anwar Sadat.
Tehran, a source close to the palace
the Shah would hold a news confer-
! at his palace in the Iranian capital
sday at which “everything will be
Red.
le American Embassy confirmed that
tin Berkovitz, 53, a former air force
riel from San Francisco, was knifed to
h Sunday in the southern town of
nan where he was a construction en
gineer in copper complex.
Iranian news reports said Berkovitz, a
Vietnam War veteran, was killed appa
rently because he was Jewish in a continu
ing Moslem campaign against the United
States and Israel and a sign pasted on a
nearby door said, “Go back to your own
country.’
Berkovitz would be the second Ameri
can killed since Iran plunged into its cur
rent anti-shah chaos. Oil expert Paul E.
Grimm was ambushed and killed by un
identified assassins Dec. 23 in Iran’s
southern oilfields.
Berkovitz recently became the head of
the Parsons Jordan Co., which was work
ing on a contract for the billion-dollar cop
per mine project at Sarchashmeh Mies
near Kerman.
In other violence, police major Majid
Majidi was shot seven times by three
gunmen in the west Iranian city of Tabriz
Sunday and died instantly. Two other
policemen were wounded in the attack.
A note found near the police officer’s
body from the “Peoples Freedom Fight
ers’ guerrilla organization accused him of
“countless crimes against the people of
Tabriz.”
In the southern oil town of Masid e Sol-
aman, army regulars Sunday shot dead six
teenage officer cadets who tried to join
civilian anti-shah demonstrators.
After weeks of widespread reports that
hardline generals planned to seize the
country after the shah’s departure, Chief
of Staff Gen. Abbas Aqarabaghi for the first
time publicly pledged at a rare news con
ference, “There is absolutely no such
thinking’’ in the army.
The general’s statement came after the
shah and U.S. Gen. Robert Huyser,
Washington’s No. 2 military man in
Europe, held extensive talks with leading
Iranian figures to persuade them to throw
their support behind the Bakhtiar gov
ernment. Gen. Huyser remained in Iran
Monday for more discussions long after his
announced departure date.
The chief of staff said that if any member
of the armed forces committed the
“slightest violation or error” he would be
severely punished.
Despite the new wave of violence that
swept provincial parts of Iran, the capital
itself was almost festive with thousands of
demonstrators pelting troops with candy
and kisses, religious mullahs embracing
soldiers atop armored personnel carriers
and other protesters joyriding on military
trucks.
In Parliament the Senate voted 38-1
with two abstentions to approve the Bakht
iar government, the country’s fourth in
five months.
The vote was the second of three con
stitutional steps necessary to pave the way
for the shah’s departure from Iran.
Saturday, a nine-member regency
council was announced which effectively
will take the place of the monarch when he
is overseas. Today the third and final step
will be taken when Parliament’s lower
house, the Majlis, also approves the civi
lian government.
On completion of all three steps the
shah constitutionally would be free to quit
Iran.
Bakhtiar Monday again assured news
men the monarch would leave Iran by
Friday at the latest.
Republican moves into mansion
Thousands appear for oath...
"Now that doesn’t hurt, does it. .
John Martin, a junior accounting major participating in the flu vaccine
study being conducted on campus, doesn’t seem to appreciate the age-
old doctor’s adage. Martin was one of over 200 studetns to give blood
samples in the Commons area Monday. The students were innoculated
before Christmas with one of several flu vaccines being tested. (See
related photo, page 12.)
Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.
Briscoe appointments
made at eleventh hour
United Press International
JSTIN — The inauguration of Wil-
Perry Clements Jr., a former oilfield
hpeck who rewrote Texas political
hooks Nov. 7, as Texas 42nd governor
cted thousands of spectators today,
le swearing-in was planned for the
i steps of the Capitol but planners
a wary eye on weather forecasts, fear-
inclement weather would force the
mony inside and prevent many from
ig (he historic event,
ements is the first Republican elected
ead Texas government in 105 years
only the second GOP member to oc-
the governor’s mansion in the state’s
ry.
rtisan feelings were down-played,
jver, since the inauguration also in-
3d the swearing in of Democrat Wil-
P. Hobby Jr. for a third term as
enant governor. Hobby, 46, is a
ston newspaper executive.
United Press International
USTIN — Now that Bill Clements has
hed the Governor’s Mansion, the Re-
lican Party must overcome the mul-
llion dollar campaign debt incurred,
one way to do that was to hawk every-
g irom highball glasses to buttons
memorating Clements’ inauguration,
fter the most expensive political race
exas history, Clements was sworn in
y as the state’s first Republican gover-
in 105 years, and there was no shor-
of souvenirs to mark the occasion,
le Clements Inaugural Committee is
ng crystal decanters etched with Cle
fs signature for $100, goblets for $15
, or a set of eight highball glasses for
Clements, 61, is a Dallas millionaire and
head of the world’s largest oilfield drilling
company.
The day’s schedule included a breakfast
There were vastly fewer spectators
when Texas' only previous Republican
governor was inaugurated in 1871.
Detractors said Edmund J. Davis stole
the 1869 election supervised by fed
eral troops during chaotic Recon
struction Days.
sponsored by the Dallas Chamber of
Commerce for Clements, top state officials
and members of the legislature, a special
prayer service at First United Methodist
Church, the traditional inaugural parade
up Congress Avenue, a symphony perfor
mance, and an ice cream party for chil
dren.
Also on sale are buttons with pictures of
Clements alone for $1 or Clements and his
wife, Rita, for $2.
Profits from sale of the crystal and but
tons will be used to defray part of the mul
timillion debt Clements amassed in his
campaign to upset Democrat John Hill in
the Nov. 7 election.
The most coveted souvenir, however, a
sterling silver medallion with a bust of
Clements and the state seal, is not for sale.
Campaign officials said Clements gave
the medallion as a memento to key finan
cial backers and supporters who gave up to
$5,000 each for an unpublicized reception
on the eve of the inaugural Monday.
Aides said about 100 backers paid the
$5,000 admission fee for the reception
Also included in the celebrations will be
four balls: a $10-a-person “All Texas Ball”
at Municipal Auditorium, informal; and
$50-a-person inaugural “galas” at Univer
sity of Texas Special Events Center, Dris-
kill and Sheraton Crest hotels, formal.
Planners predicted 30,000 people will
be on hand for the inauguration.
There were vastly fewer spectators
when Texas only previous Republican
governor was inaugurated in 1871.
Detractors said Edmund J. DaVis stole
the 1869 election supervised by federal
troops during chaotic Reconstruction
Days.
Davis was defeated in balloting four
years later and ousted in January 1874
when President Ulysses S. Grant refused
to send federal troops to aid him and the
armed men he stationed in the Capitol to
try to prevent his Democratic successor
from taking office.
held in the home of an Austin supporter.
Also offered is a $10 inauguration book
let. But it may not be a hot item with Re
publicans since it has no mention of Cle
ments’ party affiliation and includes a
two-page biography and picture of Lt.
Gov. William P. Hobby, a Democrat.
Inaugural planners said the proceeds of
the book sales will help pay for free inau
gural activities such as an ice cream party
for children on the Capitol grounds Tues
day.
Republicans also staged a $125-a-person
“Victory Reception” for Clements Monday
at Municipal Auditorium to raise campaign
funds.
Reception-goers were given a souvenir
plate.
Austin sees
400 Aggies
Almost 400 Texas A&M University stu
dents will be involved today in inaugural
activities in Austin.
The Texas Aggie Band, the Ross Volun
teers and the Parsons Mounted Cavalry
will represent the University in the inau
guration of Gov. William Clements.
Texas’s oldest student organization, the
Ross Volunteers, form the governor’s
honor guard at inauguration ceremonies.
Glenn Sliva of Fort Hood commands the
honor military unit this school year.
Along with the Aggie Band and the Par
sons Mounted Cavalry, led by Tom Harri-
gan of Corpus Christi, the RVs will march
in the inaugural parade at 2:30 p.m. Com-
Texas’s oldest student organization,
the Ross Volunteers, form the gover
nor’s honor guard at inauguration
ceremonies.
manded by William McKerall of New
Braunfels, the band will be the lead ele
ment in the parade and the honor band for
Clements.
The parade finale will feature a
massed-bands rendition of the state song,
“Texas, Our Texas,’’ on the Capitol
grounds. Lt. Col. Joe T. Haney, Aggie
Band director, will be one of three direc
tors of the number involving 2,000 musi
cians.
The University of Houston and Univer
sity of Texas bands are also honor bands.
Most of the 70 senior members of the
Ross Volunteers will remain in Austin for
the Governor’s Ball this evening. The
band and cavalry troop will return to Col
lege Station immediately after the parade.
United Press International
AUSTIN — Gov. Dolph Briscoe, rush
ing to fill vacancies on state boards and
commissions before his term ends at noon
today, announced Monday he has ap
pointed 40 persons to terms on various
state agencies.
Included in the list of appointments was
Briscoe’s selection of former Rep. Ruben
Torres of Port Isabel to be a member of the
Board of Pardons and Paroles.
The governor last week had selected a
member of his staff. Jay Floyd, to the Par
dons and Paroles Board, but withdrew his
appointment of Floyd because 11 senators
— enough to prevent confirmation —
asked Briscoe to recall the appointment.
Also last week, Briscoe appointed two
new members to the Texas A&M System
Board of Regents and re-appointed Clyde
H. Wells, who is chairman of the board.
The two new members, Royce Wisen-
baker of Tyler and Norman N. Moser of
DeKalb, were to appear before the Senate
Nominations Committee this morning for
hearings along with Wells. Wednesday,
the full Senate is scheduled to vote on con
firmation of the appointments.
The next Board of Regents meeting is
set for next Tuesday.
He also appointed members to the
Board of Directors of the University Sys
tem of South Texas, to the Texas Animal
Health Commission, to the Texas Board of
Health, the Texas Library and Historical
Commission, to the Texas Air Control
Board, the Board of Regents of Texas
Women’s Unviersity and to the Texas
Commision on the Arts and Humanities,
among others.
...souvenirs sold for hundreds
Those trains’ll do it to you every time...
Human commuters aren’t the only creatures vexed from time to time at railroad crossings. This well-soaked dog was waiting on a slow-moving train near the site of a recent train derailment in Bryan.
Battalion photos by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.