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THE BATTALION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1979 Page 3 Work under way on U.S. embassy 17,19i >a • i crwu ; onfrontatiu turned im 0 in akes a ml the Soviet uid educatidj 'll tics except; hninistratimi | eas, suchasij i H-S. credikili 5 ther until® as Stone il ' e d to vote! B aty, now* •ops from Ci port. Other® s Russell Lo the treat. ALT mayk j United Press International MOSCOW — U.S. officials laid the cornerstone of the new $100 mil lion American Embassy, long de layed and specially designed to pre vent Soviet hugging and microwave bombardment. U.S. Ambassador Malcolm Toon, who is leaving his post next month and returning to private life, got in a few diplomatic barbs Friday, allud ing in particular to the protracted delays in getting the project started. The new 10-acre embassy com plex — next to the cramped yellow- stucco building used since 1952 — should be completed by 1983, at which time the Russians will move into their new embassy in Washing ton. The ceremonies for the most ex pensive U.S. Embassy in the world were about as smooth as negotia tions on the complex, which drag ged on for 17 years and several times came to a halt. “During 46 years of relations be tween our countries, the American Embassy has been in two buildings that were described as temporary, the veteran silver-haired diplomat said. “I have had the pleasure — I assume that’s the proper word — of working in both buildings. Toon told the U.S. and Soviet officials. U.S. officials said the new em bassy will be constructed by Soviet workers, but supervised by Ameri cans who will check for electronic bugging devices. When the political section of the old embassy was remodeled in 1975, Navy Seabee crews found dozens of hidden microphones built into ceil ings and walls. In 1960, a microphone was found in the eagle’s beak of a U.S. seal presented to the United States by the Soviets. In June 1978, U.S. security guards making a routine check found an empty shaft in the embassy and an underground tunnel filled with tape recorders and other bug ging equipment. Special materials also are being brought in that will resist mi crowave bombardment of the em bassy. Elections to decide fate of amendments United Press International AUSTIN — There are no elec tions for statewide office holders this fell, but voters still will get an op portunity on Nov. 6 to adopt three proposed constitutional amend ments passed by the Legislature last spring. One constitutional amendment would authorize the Legislature to establish a program of state guaran teed loans to he used for the pur chase of farm or ranch land. The amendment would authorize $10 million in general obligation bonds, the proceeds of which would be administered by the agriculture commissioner. The bonds would he used to: —Guarantee loans made by pri vate lenders to individuals for the purchase of farm or ranch land. I —Acquire mortgages or deeds of trust on lands purchased under a [guaranteed loan. I —Advance to the borrower a per centage of the principal and interest due on a guaranteed loan. Rep. Luther Jones, D-El Paso, sponsored the proposed constitu- i : tional amendment to help '‘entry- level’ farmers and ranchers obtain land. Jones said voter Approval of the amendment would preserve family farms in Texas. The second proposed constitu tional amendment would authorize the Legislature to provide terms of office for notaries public of two to four years. Notaries now serve two-year terms. The amendment also gives the secretary of state power to appoint notaries public for the state rather than the present appointment of notaries for each individual county. Passage of the amendment would save the state money by reducing costs to both government and notaries public by decreasing the number of renewals and reappoint ments to be made. The third proposed constitutional amendment would authorize the Legislature to establish procedures for “legislative review’ of state- agency rulemaking. The law could prescribe conditions for agency rules to take effect and could provide for suspension, repeal or expiration of existing rules. Woman says she saw aide use cocaine United Press International NEW YORK — An attorney for a Houston woman says his client told the Justice Depart ment she saw Hamilton Jordan, President Carter’s chief of staff, use cocaine at a Beverly Hills, Calif., dinner party in 1977, the New York Times reported Sun day. Attorney Irving R. Osser said the woman, Lana Jean Rawls, 36, ex-wife of singer Lou Rawls, was prepared to testify under oath if she were granted immunity, the Times said. Members of the White House group who accompanied Jordan on the West Coast trip have de nied that Jordan or anyone else in the group used or purchased illegal drugs while in Los Angeles. But Rawls said she had ob tained $500 from a member of Jordan’s party at Sergio’s — a re staurant which has since gone out of business, the newspaper said. She said she then left the table and came back a short time later with from 5 to 7 grams of cocaine, the Times said. MSC CRAFT SHOP FALL CRAFT WORKSHOPS REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 10:00 A.M. SEPTEMBER 17 IN THE CRAFT SHOP, MSC ROOM 032. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 845-1631. 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