Battalion
|ol. 72 No. 85
12 Pages
Tuesday, January 30, 1979
College Station, Texas
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To Russia
with students
Dr. Michael Barzap has been
working on a trip to Russia for
students since he moved to
Texas A&M in June 1978. For
more information see page 9.
Teng charges U.S., China
with keeping world peace
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Chinese Vice Pre
mier Teng Hsiao-ping told President Car
ter in a historic White House visit Monday
the United States and China are “duty
bound” to help maintain peace and stabil
ity in the world.
“Friendly cooperation between our two
peoples is bound to exert a positive and
farreaching imprint on the world and the
way the world situation evolves,” said
Teng through an interpreter.
The diminutive Chinese leader spoke in
a wind-whipped, nationally broadcast
greeting ceremony before Teng and Car
ter began two days of delicate diplomatic
summitry to cement the Jan. 1 resumption
of U.S.-Peking diplomatic relations.
Both Carter and Teng voiced pleasure at
the resumption of normal relations during
the colorful, 30-minute ceremony on the
White House south lawn. It was marred
by a brief demonstration in which two pro
testers were arrested by security police.
“The significance of normalization ex
tends far beyond our bilateral relations,”
said the 74-year-old Teng, adding that he
looked forward to meeting Americans from
“all walks of life” later this week in Atlanta,
Houston and Seattle.
Please see related story, page 5.
“The factors making for war are visibly
growing. The people of the world have an
urgent task of redoubling their efforts to
maintain peace and world stability. Our
two countries are duty bound to work to
gether and make a true contribution to
that end,” he said.
The Secret Service identified the two
demonstrators — who obtained temporary
press passes after showing accreditation
from the New York City Police Depart
ment — as Keith Koziomoto of New York
City and Sonja Ransom of Seattle. The
two, who shouted during Carter’s welcom
ing remarks, were believed to be mem
bers of a Maoist group protesting the new
Washington-Peking relations.
“Today is a time of reunion and new be
ginnings,” Carter said before he and Teng
retired to the Oval Office for their first
meeting on such matters as Taiwan, a less
ening of tensions in Asia and the Western
Pacific and increased trade and cultural
ties.
The two leaders were to continue their
talks later Monday and again earlier today.
Teng will also meet with congressional
leaders and attend several receptions be
fore he leaves Washington Thursday on a
Medical technology
program here to end
Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr
Af. T. Harrington Tower soon will house a student lounge similar to those
in the MSC. After the spring semester began, workers put finishing
ouches on the first floor glass enclosure, which reflects the Academic
iuilding. The first floor is also used for offices.
Student lounge in
Harrington to open
A student lounge similar to those in the Memorial Student Center is scheduled
o open in mid-February in M.T. Harrington Tower, said a spokesman for the
naintenance department.
The lounge, which will occupy the northern half of the ground floor, was
lesigned to provide students with a place to go.
“We feel that the students need someplace to go between classes and Har-
ington is in a great location,” explained Dr. Charles McCandless, director of
banning for the University.
The lounge will not have vending machines, but machines are on the second
loor of the tower.
The southern half of Harrington has been converted into offices, which are now
occupied by the General Studies Program and the English Language Institute.
Those offices were completed over the Christmas holidays and the departments
floved in before the semester began.
The offices were finished before the student lounge because of the shortage of
ffice spaces on campus, McCandless said.
By BECKY LEAKE
Battalion Reporter
Due to a ruling by the National Ac
crediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory
Sciences, no new-comers will study medi
cal technology at Texas A&M University.
The new rule requires that universities
offering a medical technology curriculum
must be affiliated with an accredited med
ical technology school by May 1, 1980.
Medical techologists work with chemi
cals and instruments to test body tissues
and fluids. They also culture bacteria to
identify disease-causing organisms,
analyze blood samples and other related
laboratory activities.
Texas A&M’s current program consists
of three years of academic study here and
one year of training at an accredited medi
cal technology school.
However, Texas A&M is not affiliated
and has no plans to do so in the future.
“There ate a variety of reasons for this
decision,” said Dr. Marlene Churchwell,
who is an assistant professor of biology and
adviser for the medical technology pro
gram .
Churchwell said it has never been
necessary for Texas A&M to be affiliated
with a particular medical technology
school in the past because “A&M students
are well prepared for the field.” It has al
ways been the responsibility of the student
to apply and gain entrance to the school of
his choice, she said.
Churchwell said that if Texas A&M
were affiliated with a particular school, the
students would have no choice of where
they could go to complete their fourth
year.
John Beckham, assistant dean of the
College of Science, said another reason
behind the decision not to continue with
the medical technology curriculum is that
the new ruling could require as many as 15
members of adjunct or part-time faculty
members from the medical technology
school to be placed on the Texas A&M fac
ulty.
“A&M s faculty members are picked to
the/ nth degree, Beckham said. “We
would be taking on people we don’t know,
don’t get to select and basically have no
need for.”
Although the three-year program in
medical technology will not be offered in
the catalog next semester, students can
apply to a medical technology school after
getting a four-year bachelor of science de
gree in a related field such as biology,
chemistry or microbiology.
Churchwell said that due to advanced
technology in the medical field, students
often need more preparation and the extra
year would be an advantage.
Since some students are studying in re
lated fields but are planning to apply for
medical technology school upon gradua
tion, it is undetermined how many stu
dents at Texas A&M will be directly af
fected by the new ruling, Churchwell said.
Last fall, Texas A&M has 144 students
enrolled in medical technology and has
graduated only 29 students since the pro
gram began in 1972.
No teachers will lose their jobs as a re
sult since medical technology students
don’t take any specialized courses here.
Kirsten Dunson, a sophomore medical
technology student from Levelland, said
she’s decided to go an extra year and get a
degree in biology since she can’t finish her
three-year curriculum by the 1980 dead
line.
“I was very shocked when I heard about
it because I’d just entered the program,”
she said. “But in the future it might turn
out for the best because I’ll get my B.S.
degree and be more qualified to get a job. ”
Elizabeth Lund, a third-year medical
technology student from Houston, said,
“I’m just glad I m getting out before the
hassle. I do feel sorry for those poor kids in
their first and second year who have
trouble getting in.”
In the meantime, it looks like medical
technology students at Texas A&M have
the options of trying to finish their cur
riculum before the new ruling deadline,
going an extra year and getting a degree in
a related field, or transferring to another
university that is affiliated with a medical
technology school and offers a three-year
program.
whirlwind visit to Atlanta, Houston and
Seattle. He flies home from Seattle next
Monday.
“Great possibilities lie ahead for de
veloping amicable cooperation between
China and the United States, said Teng,
adding that he looked forward to exploring
such cooperation “with your government
leaders and with friends in all walks of
life.”
Shortly before the welcoming cere
mony, the Washington Star published an
interview with Teng by Hendley Dono
van, editor of Time Inc., in which the
Chinese leader called for the United
States and Japan to join him in an alliance
“to place curbs on the (Soviet) polar bear.
Calling the Soviet Union “a hotbed of
war,” Teng said:
“If we really want to be able to place
curbs on the polar bear, the only thing is
for us to unite. “If we only depend on the
strength of the U.S., it is not enough. If
we only depend on the strength of
Europe, it is not enough.
Carter personally opened the door of
Teng’s black limousine and shook the
Chinese leader’s hand as the greeting
began at 10 a.m. Both men — dressed in
overcoats on the raw, windy day — smiled
warmly and Teng clapped in the Chinese
style of returning the crowd’s applause.
Teng showed no emotion as he and the
president and their wives stood on the
podium for the 19-gun salute. Then Teng
reviewed the military honor guard, tow
ered over by Carter and a U. S. Army aide.
While reviewing the troops, Carter
waved at the crowd. Teng walked at his
side without any visible show of emotion,
then he saluted a flag and held his thumb
and forefinger together in the traditional
American “OK gesture.
Khomeini says he
will return to Iran
United Press International
PARIS — Iranian opposition leader
Ayatollah Khomeini reaffirmed Monday
he will return to Iran “at the first opportu
nity and is ready to die if more bloodshed
sweeps his country.
“I will go home whenever the airports in
Iran are opened, at the first chance to be
among my own people,” the 78-year-old
holy man said in a statement to journalists
clustered at his tiny suburban cottage west
of Paris.
He was responding to both Premier
Shahpour Bakhtiar’s cancellation of a trip
to Paris after Khomeini refused to see him
unless he resigns and the announcement
that the embattled new premier is order
ing Iranian airports reopened so Khomeini
can return home — without any guaran
tees to his safety.
“If there is any blood to be shed further
we want to be among our own people,”
Khomeini said in a statement read out by
spokesmen Ibrahim Yazdi in English and
Sadegh Ghotzbezadeh in French.
About Khomeini’s safety, the chief of
Iran’s majority Shia Moslem sect said,
“God himself is the one who oversees my
farmer Houston police chief
entenced, fears persecution
United Press International
fOUSTON — An attorney for one-time
ice chief Carroll Lynn fears his client
H be the victim of persecution and
assment if he is imprisoned on his con-
ction for extortion.
Lynn, an assistant chief at the time of
arrest last spring, was sentenced
nday to 12 years in prison and fined
) $10,000 for trying to extort money
n a wealthy oilman, then resisting a
nd jury investigation of the scheme,
be 45-year-old Lynn served as police
chief from January 1975 until July 1976,
when he was forced to resign because of a
wiretapping scandal and if his appeals are
unsuccessful, he could become Houston’s
first police chief to serve in prison.
James Pape, Lynn’s attorney, unsuc
cessfully argued his client will be the
target of harassment from other inmates
because of his police background.
“Lynn was a police officer for 22 years.
Imprisonment would be especially harsh,
far harsher than for other inmates, because
he would be in constant danger from other
inmates,” Pape said.
3-year-old leads police
on Interstate speed chase
United Press Internationa]
iLlDELL, La. — A policeman who
pped a girl driving aimlessly was sur-
sed to find she was only 13 years old,
i he was even more surprised at being
I on a 30-mile chase at speeds of more
in 100 mph.
Ill tell you what — they tell me she’d
he A.J. Foyt look bad,” said Police
ief Max Rodriguez. “She’s a good
ver. She drove the Interstate at 3
lock in the morning with no lights on. ”
The chase ended in New Orleans when
car was rammed by a New Orleans
rolcarand forced to a halt. During the
ise she was involved in several minor
idents without injuries, police said.
The girl, whose name was withheld be
cause of her age, was held for a juvenile
court hearing today. Charges against her
included numerous traffic violations,
being a fugitive, hit and run, resisting ar
rest, driving without a license, reckless
operation of a motor vehicle and failure to
yield.
The girl was in her parents’ car but they
apparently were unaware she had it.
“She even asked us not to tell her par
ents,” Rodriguez said.
Asked if the officer was surprised
by the incident, Rodriquez responded,
“Wouldn’t you be? Apparently she can
really drive an automobile.”
Lynn received a 10-year sentence sus
pended in lieu of five years probation for
extortion. District Judge Carl O. Bue
hinged the probation on payment of the
fine.
The judge also sentenced Lynn to four
years in prison for one count of perjury
and eight years on two counts of obstruc
tion of jus tice for lying to a grand jury and
trying to influence other testimony.
Lynn — flanked by his wife, two
daughters and parents — displayed no
emotion and declined comment after the
hearing. He will remain free on $50,000
bond pending appeal.
The former police chief was convicted of
trying to extort $25,000 from oilman John
V. Holden by warning him of an alleged
death plot and then seeking a payoff to
stop it.
Prosecutors also charged Lynn had said
he could block a federal securities investi
gation of Holden for the right amount of
money and then threatened Holden after
the oilman refused to pay off.
The securities investigation continued
and led to charges still pending against
Holden.
Prosecutors said Lynn told Holden he
could obtain the “fix” through U.S. Attor
ney Tony Canales and U.S. Immigration
Commissioner Leonel Castillo. Both
ridiculed Lynn’s story as untrue.
When the deal failed to materialize,
Lynn told Holden “the Mexican mafia”
was out to get him and used the mysteri
ous shooting of Holden’s lawyer, Gerald
Birnberg, to support his story about a
death contract.
/ Pie-eyed prof
Q has had enough
United Press International
SEATTLE — Paul Heyne won’t turn
the other cheek — not for a pie in the face.
Heyne, a University of Washington
economics lecturer, said he would press
charges against three students who threw
chocolate pies in his face.
The three men, wearing ski masks,
sneaked to the front of his lecture hall dur
ing an Economics 200 <8ass Friday and hit
him with the pastries.
Heyne said it was the second time un
happy students have taken out their ven
geance against him — the last time was
with a shaving cream pie — and he is tired
of it.
“There are 700 students in my class and
when you teach a class with that many
people you make enemies,” Heyne said.
“I decided that whoever wanted to do this
for vengeance or as a prank is going to
have to pay the price.”
University Police Chief Mike Shanahan
said the assailants could face charges of
misdemeanor or assault.
security and my own people will be re
sponsible for looking after it.”
Neither Khomeini nor his spokesmen
offered any comment on Bakhtiar’s cancel
lation of his Paris trip to sqe Khomeini
after the holy man refused to see him un
less he resigned. Khomeini has denounced
the premier as a “traitor and his govern
ment as “illegal.
“Once back home we will solve all the
problems our country faces,” the ayatollah
said.
Speaking of Sunday’s bloody clashes in
the streets of Tehran, Khomeini said,
“Experience has shown that each time
there has been interference by the illegal
government and the army we have had
violence. Whenever the army and the
government have been absent there has
been peace and quiet.
“In conclusion, I will leave as soon as
the airfields are reopened so as to be
among my own people.
Bakhtiar’s twin announcements of can
celing his own trips and reopening the air
ports appeared to have taken the Kho
meini entourage by surprise.
A Khomeini aide called the UPI Paris
bureau asking confirmation that Premier
Shahpour Bakhtiar had decided to cancel
his trip to Paris to reach some accord on
Iran’s political turmoil.
Aides of Khomeini Sunday repeated his
long-standing policy that “Mr. Bakhtiar
will be received by the ayatollah only if he
comes to present his resignation.”
The said he will be treated in the same
fashion as Sahed Teherani, who was presi
dent of the shah-appointed regency coun
cil of Iran until he arrived in Paris and
resigned in order to gain an audience with
Khomeini.
Consol quiz
seeks chief
Screening of applications for A&M Con
solidated School District Superintendent
Fred Hopson’s job continued Monday
night when the screening committee met
for the third time.
The school board terminated Hopson’s
three-year contract in November citing
“disagreements concerning educational
policy and policy implementation.”
The committee, comprised of three
school board trustees, two administrative
officials and four teachers, went into
executive session to discuss what ques
tions it will ask the applicants and what
their probable answers would be.
Although past selection committee
meetings have been open to the public,
Elliott Bray, chairman of the committee,
decided to close future meetings to pre
vent applicants from learning the ques
tions and desired answers.
“You don’t give someone the answers
before they take the quiz,” Bray said.
Deadline for applications is Feb. 2. Bray
said the committee expects to receive
30-50 applications.