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College Station, Texas
News Dept. 845-2611
Business Dept. 845-2611
Weather
Partly cloudy through Friday and continued warm
with a high in the mid 90’s and a low in the mid 70’s.
Winds will be East-North-Easterly at 5-10 m.p.h.
50% chance of rain.
Resignation decisions
by Carter expected
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President Carter
Wednesday sifted through the mass resig
nations of a Cabinet he once called “su
perb” and a group of senior advisers who
have been with him since he was the gov-’
ernor of Georgia.
The fates of several of those who offered
to quit Tuesday are expected to be decided
this week.
Carter sought the resignations to give
him a free hand in rearranging his troubled
administration and to give him a fresh start
as he embarks on the 1980 campaign.
Some advisers have little to fear. Carter
himself Tuesday referred to Hamilton Jor
dan, his top aide for years, as White House
“chief of staff. ”
Authoritative sources also said the na
tional security team of Secretary of State
Cyrus Vance, Defense Secretary Harold
Brown and national security adviser Zbig
niew Brzezinski would remain “intact” — a
word apparently intended to assure foreign
nations.
But others, such as Energy Secretary
James Schlesinger, HEW Secretary Joseph
Califano, Treasury Secretary Michael
Blumenthal and Transportation Secre
tary Brock Adams are less secure.
It has been known for some time that
Schlesinger, a target of much criticism dur
ing the energy crisis, probably would leave
by the end of the summer.
Attorney General Griffin Bell also wants
to depart soon to return to his Atlanta law
firm. Sources said Carter already has asked
for a background check on Deputy Attor
ney General Benjamin Civiletti to succeed
him.
Bell’s reasons for leaving are far different
than those that might cause Califano, Blu
menthal, and Adams to depart. Their inde
pendence has drawn the wrath of White
House aides.
Califano’s stand against smoking has in
curred the fury of tobacco states.
Blumenthal, although personally desig
nated by Carter a month ago as his top
economic spokesman, often h^s taken
stands at odds with the White House.
Adams weathered controversy with
White House aides several months ago
when he told Carter during a personal
meeting that the Transportation Depart
ment had had unusual success in getting its
legislative program through Congress last
year — a feat not shared throughout the
administration.
Jordan and presidential communications
adviser Gerald Rafshoon date back to 1966
when Carter first ran for governor. Press
secretary Jody Powell joined Carter’s suc
cessful 1970 campaign for governor.
Carter’s Cabinet has remained intact
since they were sworn in in January 1977.
No other recent president’s Cabinet has
remained intact as long as Carter’s. When
they were sworn in. Carter referred to
them as “superb” and said he had asked
them to commit themselves to staying the
entire four years.
House committee
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officials say the University of Houston game will be
played there Oct. 13. A progress report is expected
^ Battalion photo by Clay Cockrill
United Press International
WASHINGTON — A House committee
has approved one of the high-priority
weapons President Carter wants to combat
deep energy problems: the authority to
draw up a gasoline rationing plan for
emergencies.
The House Commerce Committee gave
it approval on a voice vote late Tuesday to a
bill that would allow Carter to design a
gasoline rationing plan. When he actually
put the plan into effect — if fuel shortages
persist at 20 percent or worse — Congress
would have one more shot at approving it or
turning it down.
The bill also would have the president
set energy conservation targets, when fuel
shortages reach 10 percent, for the states to
meet with their own plans.
States falling short of the targets would
have to submit to federal mandatory pro
grams which could include a wide range of
energy belt-tightenings but could not in
clude coupon rationing or the mandatory
closing of service stations on weekends.
The bill suggests, but does not require, a
Ceremony commemorates POWs
United Press International
ANTONIO — Some believe
long overdue, but the time has come
gnize through ceremony and ritual
er prisoners of war and soldiers miss-
in action in a city with one of the na-
!s largest populations of servicemen.
raising ceremonies at military bases
eteran posts Wednesday were held to
emorate POW-MIA Recognition
proclaimed by President Carter to
the estimated 142,227 POWs and
1 MIAs from the two world wars and
oflicts in Korea and Vietnam — an
honor some veterans said will be bestowed
none too soon.
An estimated 200 former POWs live in
the San Antonio area and some attended
ceremonies at Randolph, Lackland, Kelly
and Brooks Air Force bases, Andie Murphy
Veterans Administration Hospital and at
Fort Sam Houston.
A major ceremony will took place at the
Missing Man Monument near the Taj
Mahal of Randolph, known as “the Cradle
of Air Power,” including an address by
Gen. Bennie Davis, commander of the Air
Training Command, and a flyover of Air
. ^ Dallas
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ommercial vehicle signs
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styrofoam products and special display items
s is in making aisle markers and other decorations
er merely converted a machine to make
into an enduring business; he even plans
e expects a few orders throughout the
Force jets in the missing-man formation.
Col. Charles A. Morgan Jr., national di
rector of American Prisoners of War, Inc.,
who pushed for approval of the resolution
by Congress for the special day, said POWs
were a small minority of the 10 million
American veterans, “butT feel it’s time that
recognition be granted to them.”
Morgan, a prisoner for 3 l At years after the
American forces surrendered to the
Japanese on Corregidor Island, said it was
“appropriate that the country remember
these men.”
Randy Briere, who was a prisoner for
three years in the Korean war, said he does
not hold a grudge against his captors “be
cause it was their job,” but that he was
disenchanted by Americans’ attitude when
he and his fellow POWs returned to the
United States.
“When we got back it seemed like it was
‘here is your physical, here is your dis
charge and thank you very much, ” said
Briere, a retired master sergeant and civil
service worker at Fort Sam Houston.
“I lost freedom for awhile. I’m glad I got
it back. That freedom to me is like an
amendment to the Constitution. It has to
be earned. You don’t get it for nothing.
“When I was captured, the soldier put a
gun to my head and pulled the bolt back to
fire. Only his superior grabbing his arm
saved me,” Briere said.
Many former POWs in the area are not
willing to talk about their experiences and
many are embittered by their treatment
since release.
One of several POWs who are members
of Post 8541, the largest VFW post in
Texas, says, “although many POWs carry
their pain inside, some are willing to share
their experiences in the hope that better
understanding of the trauma suffered by
POWs would somehow prevent it happen
ing again.”
He said many came back with emotional
scars, some developed drinking problems,
some recurring nigtmares and some a sense
of skepticism and distrust.
S. Olsen, a former prisoner of the
Vietnamese who uses only “S” for a first
name, said “anyone who has been locked
away knows deprivation. Freedom all of a
sudden means much more than before. I’d
rather die than lose it again.”
Olsen, a POW for six years, said he was
put off by “curiosity seekers and feeling like
being under a microscope” when he got
back to the United States.
“People seemed so curious. They asked
lots of questions and said they were glad I
was back. I didn’t believe them because I
didn’t believe or trust anyone. I was in
constant fear and didn’t know that to say. I
needed time to feel for somebody.”
“earless day” approach in which each car
would be barred from the road on one spe
cific day a week.
Under the bill, governors could ask for
power to require minimum purchases in
gasoline stations, to reduce “tanktopping”
small purchases.
In Carter’s new energy program an
nounced to the nation Sunday night, he
asked for the power to ration “on a priority
basis” because, he said, “this country must
be fully prepared to withstand substantial
supply interruptions.”
Rationing will let the president manage
an emergency fairly, the White House said
in the fact sheet explaining the new
policies.
Carter asked Congress in April for ration
ing power, and while the Senate approved
it, the House turned it down.
The new proposal in the Commerce
Committee bill is somewhat streamlined: it
subjects the rationing plan to only one
more congressional scrutiny, rather than
two.
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., the com
mittee’s energy subcommittee chairman,
urged his colleagues not to gut the onserva-
tion bill because of “a rather fragile coali
tion” supporting rationing as a last-ditch
emergency measure.
By margins of 22-11, 24-8, and 18-4, the
committee turned back major attempts to
change the rationing provisions. Some
members wanted rationing triggered by a
15 percent shortage, some wanted it
triggered by any shortage considered seri
ous, and some wanted a more cumbersome
congressional approval procedure.
All major changes lost.
The committee also rejected attempts to
repeal the gasoline allocation and price
control system now in effect, and to remove
a provision from the bill that would allow
states to require a minimum purchase at
service stations.
Think twice
prior to
siphoning
By LOUIE ARTHUR
Battalion Staff
When your gas tank is empty and
you begin to think about pulling out
your trusty rubber hose to “borrow”
some gas from the car down the
street - think twice.
Dr. Dan Teat of the Southeast
Texas Poison Center warns that swal
lowing only a teaspoonful of gas can
be fatal.
Although there has been no seri
ous problem with gasoline poisoning
in this area recently, the number of
cases in Harris County has increased
alarmingly. There were 189 reported
gasoline poisoning cases in June,
Teat said, compared to 103 reported
cases for the entire year of 1978.
The real danger is when the gas
gets into the lungs, where it is 140
times more dangerous than in the
stomach, according to the Texas
Medical Association.
The gas aspirates into the lungs
when the victim coughs or chokes.
Teat said. It coats part of the lungs
and prevents oxygen from reaching
the tissues - the result is suffocation.
Teat said the other serious effect of
gasoline poisoning is that it weakens
the main muscle of the heart. Any
type of exercise can hit that muscle
and cause a heart attack.
Most treatment can be handled at
home. Teat said, unless the gas is in
the lungs or complications occur.
“Even if they say they just got
some in their mouth ^and spat it out,
we treat them just to be sure,” Teat
said. “The critical period is 18 hours
after the gas is swallowed. If the
victim is a child we ask the parents to
check the child every two hours for
24 hours for fever, vomiting or diffi
culty in swallowing.”
Dr. Phil Davis, a local internist,
advises contacting the emergency
room at St. Joseph Hospital or your
doctor if you swallow gasoline.
Teat said the usual treatment for
gas poisoning is: 1) strict bedrest for
24 hours (to prevent heart attack); 2)
a diet of soft bland foods including
milk and ice cream (to coat stomach
and intestinal tract and lessen
chances of vomiting) and 3) no smok
ing by the victim or anyone near the
victim (the lungs can actually catch
on fire).
Most cases are not fatal. Teat said,
but people have died from gasoline
poisoning in the past. If the victim
follows doctor’s orders the gas will
pass out in the fecal material within
18 hours.
Another word of warning - the
Bryan Police Department said that
gas siphoning is a misdemeanor theft
and punishable by a maximum $200
fine or 40 days in the pokey.
Fish Pointer?
Battalion photo by Todd Gross
This doberman pinscher seems to have found some
thing in Rudder Fountain — hopefully not a fish!
The fountain has been a cool place for quite a few
dogs to romp through recently.