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Wefo, to 1S ^ WatJ :er th r0! Vol J2 No. 118 22 Pages In 2 Sections HE BaT I AUON Thursday, March 22, 1979 College Station, Texas News Dept. 845-2611 Business Dept. 845-2611 Aggies try again The Texas A&M baseball team will play Minnesota this after noon following a game between Arizona and Minnesota, which begins at noon. The games will be played at Olsen Field. Scheduled Texas A&M games against Minnesota and Arizona were canceled due to wet grounds Wednesday. These games will not be rescheduled. raeli parliament peace treaty | United Press International ^Though angry and chagrined, Egypt still * §pns tq >ign a peace treaty with Israel de- ■ite Pi me Minister Menachem Begin s iclaraton that Israel will never allow a I'rMBmian state or return to its old bor- Begin s tough comments, made partly to uage domestic critics, partly in re- ^■to earlier Egyptian statements, with the first unofficial hints m th Palestine Liberation Organiza- that it may reconsider its opposition to s peace treaty if it leads to true Palesti- %n self-determination. | JBegip s keynote address to the Knesset 'effect set the stage for the next diploma- | struggle with Egypt by listing three —“llhereby serve notice that the gov- nment of Israel will never return to the rders of June 4, 1967,” Begin said. Is- il sMed the Jordanian West Bank, Gaza fip, Sinai Desert and Syrian Golan Mghts in the 1967 war. l-r-“Jerusalem is united as the eternal pital of Israel and it will never be di- A Palestinian state will never rise in ■Samaria (the West Bank) and the J r 'P' i How do I know this?” Begin asked. Vf Won’t agree to it. We won’t allow it. iewill not make it possible.” pt Mr. Begin said violates the peace nr framework reached at Camp David and corrupts the atmosphere we hoped would prevail at the time of treaty signing, ” com plained Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil in Cairo. Asked if Begin s statement would change President Anwar Sadat’s plan to fly to Washington for the treaty signing Monday, Khalil said, “I don’t think so.” The authoritative newspaper al Ahram said Wednesday Sadat will stop overnight in Madrid Saturday for talks with King Juan Carlos and government leaders. As Begin spoke in Jerusalem, a senior PLO official in Beirut who declined to be named said the group may reconsider its opposition to the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, despite comments from the Pales tinian leadership to the contrary. The statement by the official, who is considered a moderate, was made pri vately and was not approved by the PLO leadership. Besides some heated heckling from Communist members of the Knesset, Be- gin’s remarks also were challenged by the opposition Labor Party, which ruled Israel from its birth in 1948 until Begin s election in May 1977. In his speech. Labor leader Shimon Peres praised the government for its peacemaking efforts, but criticized the proposed self-government plan for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. “Do we want the army to rule forever over an occupied population that does not want us?” Peres asked. Labor instead will propose an alternate motion calling for recognition of Palesti nian rights by territorial compromise — Labor’s term for retention of strategic areas now under Israeli control and return of densely populated zones. In other Middle East developments: — Administration sources in Washing ton said that when President Carter of fered increased arms sales during Israel- Egypt negotiations last year at Camp David, he emphasized Egypt’s need to meet its domestic economic problems. The United States has decided it will not sell Egypt the advanced F-16 fighter- bombers it requested, the sources said, but the sale of other sophisticated weapons, including submarines, is still being studied. — Iraq called on Arab opponents of the peace pact to gather in Baghdad March 27 to decide on punitive measures against Egypt. There are indications they will get strong Soviet support. — The state-run Damascus Radio said Syrian President Hafez Assad had re ceived a message from Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev concerning “the agree ment among the Camp David parties to find a unilateral treaty between Egypt and Israel.” The Jordan news agency said King Hussein had received a similar message from the Soviet leadership. ort filibuster puts n-lawyers in Bar United Press Intenational flN — Sometimes less wins more in |as Legislature. ioyd Doggett, D-Austin, staged a kree-hour and 30-minute filibuster linst a bill sponsored by the world istcr champion Wednesday and won a Oncession to include non-lawyers on Ird of directors of the State Bar of en. Bill Meier, D-Euless, set a world or| with his 43-hour filibuster in 1977 : did not win any changes in the bill he 5sed. Doggett termed “significant process” the ireeinent to have the governor name six rliwyers to serve with 30 directors Red from lawyers’ ranks, and said he lieves the House will go even further and iire legislative overview of Bar spend- Lt. Gov. William P. Hobby negotiated a compromise with Stat Bar President Cul len Smith of Waco in an office just off the Senate chamber while Doggett, attired in tennis shoes, talked on about his plan to allow the governor to appoint nine non lawyers to serve on the board that regulates lawyers. Under the Sunset Act the Bar and other agencies up for review this year must be recreated by the 1979 Legislature or go out of existence. Meier won an 18-13 vote to table an amendment that would have required the bar to place the mandatory dues it collects from lawyers into the state treasury, and obtain legislative approval for its spending plans. After the compromise on non-lawyers serving as directors, the Senate sent the bill to the House on a 27-4 vote. tt plans election section lident elections crank up again next Iteek with filing for student government, DCS A, and yell leader positions. Elections will be April 9 and 10. yan and College Station will hold city Icil and school board elections April 7. In conjunction with the elections. The ^Jlion is planning a special election tab- oid, “For the Voters.” It will appear April ^Iformation on city candidates and can didates for yell leader, student body presi- jdent the five student government vice "l|Bsidents, Residence Hall Association president, and Off-Campus Student As- Tption president will appear in the sec- tion. Candidates for these positions will be given questionnaires when they file and have until 10 p.m. Thursday, March 29, to turn them in. The Battalion can not publish any questionaire that comes in after this deadline. Pictures of the candidates for the tabloid will be made 7-9 p.m. March 27-29, in Room 216 of the Reed McDonald Building. City candidates will be contacted by The Battalion about their questionaires and pic tures. To be fair to all parties. The Battalion will not accept letters that raise questions about a candidate after April 4. An alternative proposed by Sen. A.R. Schwartz, D-Galveston, to reform the agency along the lines recommended by the Sunset Commission and limit the amount lawyers can be assessed to be able to practice law was defeated 25-5. Schwartz called the bar “that great socal club in the sky” and said the agency repre sents only establishment lawyers. Doggett complained the Bar wants to be exempted from the restrictions placed on agencies that police other professions. “The history of the State Bar is the his tory of a sacred cow plodding through the halls of the Legislature,” Doggett said. “They think the can keep things just the way they are without any reforms at all.” Sen. W. E. Snelson, D-Midland, said the Legislature might just as well scrap the Sunset process if they are not going to adopt recommendations such as the suggestion for legislative oversight of State Bar spending. Meier said putting the Bar under the appropriations procss most state agencies go through would increase costs and cut efficiency. “I can understand the position of the Bar wanting to keep their money so they can pay their executive director what they want and to determine what country clubs to belong to,” Snelson said. In earlier action Wednesday, the Senate refused on a 17-14 vote to consider a bill by Sen. William T. Moore, D-Bryan, to pro tect contractors from liability suits for de fects in their workmanship. Moore drew angry charges of trying to mislead senators about the measure in an altercation with Sen. A.R. Schwartz, D-Galveston, Monday and he refused to answer questions about the bill Wednes day. Jpeechless chimps still learn Ike humans ? professor says By J. TRIGG CRAWFORD Battalion Reporter Bn’s unique ability to move his tongue ■peak was the primary reason for his >l|tion into today’s homo sapien, but the and humans still share the same ing capacity. Dr. Roger Fouts said at a It Issues presentation Wednesday. Itihis lecture “Interspecies Communica- fton,’ the professor of Psychology and as- fociic professor of Zoology at the Uni- !' e rsfty of Oklahoma said that his studies fiinjpanzees have shown their ability to Ji®ph| ign language and use it effectively for ttmiiunication with humans. ■^Bishoe, a chimp that Fouts and his col- /guts taught sign languege is an example ’f thf capacity of chimps to learn like hu- ashoe is able to talk to us,” Fouts said, learned just like an adult would, hgh sequential moves. And she is an i now. She is a person, has a personal- feind should be treated like one. ” Fonts said that although humans and ps have many similarities, including compositions with only a 0.2 percent ence, the difference is in the size and ^elopment of the two lobes of their Dr. Roger Fouts “Humans and chimps have the same capacity for learning,” Fouts said. “Both sides of the brain in either specie have the same function. The right side of the brain is the area where the instincts and non-verbal processes are housed. This is almost the same in humans and chimps. “But the right side of the brain controls the processes that happen step by step. Man’s ability to use his tongue for speaking has come about because the left side of his brain became dominant and facilitated the motor movement of his hands and his tongue,” he said. “The left side of the brain controls the functions of the right side of the body, and the right controls the left. We have two of just about everything, so they are con trolled by different sides of the brain. “But since we only have one tongue, its use became lateralized to the left side. Thus the left side of the human brain be came the dominant side.” As humans evolved and used their tongue for communication and talking, the left lobe grew more dominant. But the brain of the chimps remained relatively equal in its responsibilities. Fouts said that although chimps are being taught sign language because they can’t speak our language, it is not impossi ble that they too will someday be able to use their tongue for communication. “Even now we are seeing asymmetry in chimps brains,” Fouts said. “Perhaps in 4 or 5 million years — perhaps then we will see tongue wagging in chimps.” All eyes on Isis Falconer John Karger had no problem holding these Bowie Elementary School children’s attention Wed nesday as he commanded Isis, one of his many birds to perform. Karger rehabilitates injured birds and is one of a handful of persons in the country who has a permit to keep eagles. He is also famous for training Baretta’s cockatoo, Fred, and was a main attraction at the Renaissance Festival. Karger will speak to night at 7 p.m, in the auditorium at the College of Veterinary Medicine. His presentation, “Birds of Prey and Their Future,” featuring eagles and fal cons, is sponsored by the Brazos Valley Museum and open to the public. Battalion photo by Jeanne Graham ‘Elephants’ to lock tusks in Consol stadium tonight By RUTH GRAVES Battalion Reporter Two teams of dead elephants, otherwise known as Corps seniors, will battle it out in football tonight in Texas A&M University’s eighth annual Elephant Bowl. A team composed of seniors from the Aggie Band and Air Force outfits will op pose a team of seniors from Army, Navy and Marine outfits at 7:30 p.m. at A&M Consolidated stadium. Tickets for the game cost $1, and may be purchased at the Memorial Student Center box office or at the gate. All proceeds will be given to the local Heart Fund, said Mark Hryhorchuk, the senior in charge of this year’s Elephant Bowl. The purpose of the game is “not to raise money for the Corps or the University, but for some group in the community, ’’ he said. The Elephant Bowl raised about $15,000 each year for the past two years. This year, however, is not expected to produce as much money because part of the Elephant Bowl proceeds will go to pay for the use of the A&M Consolidated stadium. The two teams are usually coached by senior members of the Aggie football team. This year the Air Force-Band team’s head coach is Russell Mikeska and the Army- Navy-Marine team’s head coach is Mark Dennard, who was a senior on the 1977 Aggie football team. Each head coach chose his own assistants. The officials, Hryhorchuk said, will be referees who officiate high school and col lege games. The yell leaders for the game, however, were chosen by a lottery of interested Corps freshmen. The Officers of the Day (ODs) were also chosen from a group of freshmen. The freshmen ODs, in mockery of the senior ODs at Aggie football games, “like to get themselves decorated with all kinds of medals,” Hryhorchuk said. Attention shutter bugs: entries now accepted for Salon ’79 By BETH YOUNG Battalion Reporter Today is the first day for turning in entries for Salon ’79. The annual photog raphy contest is sponsored by the Memo rial Student Center Camera Committee. Deadline for entering prints is Monday. The contest, held each spring, is open to students of all colleges and universities in Texas. The frill photo contest is for Texas A&M University students only. There will be 11 categories for prints in both black and white and color: candid por traits, formal portraits, photojournalism, sports, nature, still life, human interest, commercial, architectural, landscape and experimental. Only two prints may be entered in each category and there will be a $1 entry fee for each print. The contest is open to color and mona- chrome prints. Black and white prints be judged se parately from color prints. Each photograph must be the original work of the photographer whose signature appears on the entry blank. All information requested on the entry label must be com plete and attached to the back of each entry. No photograph that has been used in a previous Salon may be entered. Prints should be turned in at a table set up at MSC today and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students who wish to submit their pho tographs on Monday should bring them to Student Programs Office (Room 216 of the MSC). Judging of the photographs is scheduled for March 31 in the MSC. Visitors are wel come to attend the preliminary morning judging, but the final afternoon judging will be closed to the public. Three ribbons will be awarded in each category. A plaque, plus $50, will be awarded to the best-of-showprints in both the black and white and color categories. Award-winning photographs will be dis played in the MSC Gallery April 2-20. For more information, contact Room 216 of the MSC or call 845-1515.