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ss a K ’ f* 1056 Wll,! ob oratl,, ' }" ci S, U jlec l ay n umber 0 [, on thejoL creased („ The Battalion Vol. 72 No. 17 10 Pages Tuesday, September 25, 1979 College Station, Texas USPS 045 360 Phone 845-2611 WEU r °f stress 'conipaniei ' frequent isness, ches and| nked tos Wm AND JDIO ^ ' lV ;■ , * % % m ^ MM m4i i i I BHHHBHMaaHiaHiHnHHHHBI Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr. rexas A&M President Jarvis Miller, at a press conference Monday, describes his travels with Gov. Bill Clements through eastern Europe. ance warns nations respect each other United Press International JNITED NATIONS — Secretary of Cyrus Vance warned the United Na- is Monday that the dispute over Soviet ops in Cuba and the international ead of nuclear weapons could destroy ich of the progress made in solving rid problems. dance’s address to the 34th General As- nbly was a generally optimistic progress )ort on the state of the world as seen m Washington, but he included several imber warnings. The American secretary said disarma- ;nt talks have now entered “the Jadest agenda in history. ’ But, Vance added, “Despite our ergence from the days of unrelenting Istility, the East-West relationship can terioriate dangerously whenever one le fails to respect the security interests the other. ” He referred to the unresolved dispute tween the Soviet Union and the United ates over the U. S. charge that a Soviet mbat brigade has been stationed in uba for the first time. Vance will meet Soviet Foreign Minis- r Andrei Gromyko Thursday to discuss e issue. American officials said they ex- ctthe meeting to be pivotally important d to reveal whether the Soviets are pre- ired to respond to American concerns. Vance said there has been progress long the nuclear powers toward arms re- raint, but he added, “There have also en serious setbacks, further demon rations of intent to acquire nuclear eapons, in disregard of the inherent dan- rs for regional and international secu- |y.” idded obstacle for handicapped East European technology leaves Miller unimpressed By MARCY BOYCE Battalion Reporter Just returned from a 22-day tour or ganized by Gov. Bill Clements, Texas A&M University President Jarvis Miller said Monday that he did not observe any technological advances in Eastern Europe that he felt would benefit the United States. Miller, Clements and 35 others left Sept. 1 to promote American agricultural products, explore marketing techniques and exchange ideas in the Soviet Union, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Yugoslavia. “We didn’t see anything that impressed us as far as new technology,” Miller said. He said it is important to realize that the countries in the eastern bloc are currently plagued by drought. Their technology in crop production is fairly good, but they seem to be lagging in animal agriculture, he said. They lack knowledge of breeding stock and livestock handling techniques. Nevertheless, Miller said he was sur prised to learn the extent of the commit ment to meat production in each of the countries. He also said he believes the United States will see substantial increases in grain exports as a result. Miller said they were also surprised to learn that the countries are actually very individualized, aside from their com munist beliefs. For example, in Poland and Yugoslavia, he said 85 percent of the land is privately owned, whereas in Czechoslovakia and Hungary, 97 percent is state owned. In feet, he said the Americans gained the most from the exchange because their hosts didn’t ask many questions. Miller said he thinks there will be more cultural exchange programs. He said the Soviet vice minister of agriculture ex pressed interest in longer stays for future tours, but that definite plans were not dis cussed. Bryan bar owners ask council to extend legal drinking hours By SYLVIA FELOWS Battalion Reporter The Bryan City Council discussed ex tending the hours for serving alcoholic beverages Monday night. The council also gave tentative approval to an ordinance annexing five areas sur rounding the city limits. Several bar owners spoke to the council in favor of extending serving hours for bars. Presently, city ordinances require bars to stop serving alcoholic beverages at mid night. Although state law requires closing of drinking establishments at 2 a. m., it is up to each city to regulate its own bars. College Station bars do not close until 1 a.m. on weekends and the bar owners at the meeting said this gives College Station an unfair competitive edge. Luke Cemino, owner of The Ptarmigan Club, 2005 S. College Ave., said, “It is not fair for competitors to be able to stay open till one while we have to close at 12.” He said Bryan should be the leader in deter mining closing time — not College Sta tion. Mayor Richard Smith expressed con cern over the increasing probability of public intoxication with bars staying open additional hours. Ed Pohorelsky Jr., owner of Sonny’s, a bar at 3606 College Ave., explained his policy of refusing to serve alcoholic bever ages to customers who have had too much. Others spoke in favor of the extended hours. Paul Bettencourt, Texas A&M stu dent vice-president of rules and regu lations, said it would be a “service to our students and something they (students) are tremendously interested in.” Bettencourt also pointed out the in crease of tax revenue the city would re ceive if the hours were extended. Karen Collins, manager of the Holiday Inn North lounge, explained the problem with not being able to serve guests after midnight. She said when late arrivals want to dis cuss business over cocktails, they have to drive to College Station. Smith reminded the crowd that no ac tion has been taken on the matter, but it is under advisement. If an action is recom mended, a public hearing will held, Smith said. In other action, the council approved the first reading of an ordinance annexing five areas. An ordinance must be read and ap proved by the council twice before adop tion. Councilman Henry Seale moved that the council adopt the ordinance, annexing all five areas, on the first reading. Passing the ordinance unamended will allow absent Councilman Joe Hanover to vote on the issue, Seale said. Hanover is recuperating from an illness. Once an area is cut from the ordinance, Seale said, it cannot be added back on at the second reading. The council also approved a rate in crease in garbage and trash collection. The increase will raise the charges from $3 to $3.50 per month. During the council’s workshop meeting Monday afternoon, the council discussed an ordinance which would require fences for swimming pools. “Requiring everyone to build a fence around a swimming pool doesn’t prevent drownings,” Councilman Wayne Gibson said. “I can’t see anyone building a pool without a fence.” “Anyone with any sense would have one,” Seale added. “Just look at the liabil ity involved (if a drowning were to occur).” Since most people do build fences any way, Smith said, passage of this ordinance would not be affecting many people. As a safety precaution, he asked for its passage. Seale called the ordinance redundant and more governmental red tape. The ordinance did not pass. State Department officials said that pas sage could refer to Pakistan and its acquisi tion of a reprocessing plant that could pro duce weapons-grade nuclear material. Vance stressed that international coop eration had made progress in easing some problems, including energy, the care of refugees, disarmament and the Middle East. He revealed in the speech that the United States has been working with other governments on negotiations leading to a lasting truce in Lebanon, to replace “the fragile ceasefires” that have repeatedly been shattered. State Department officials said such a truce would be an “affirmative, lasting situation” instead of the mere absence of gun-fire of a cease-fire. The officials said that the United States has talked with other governments, but not directly with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Vance had a brief meeting before his speech with King Hussein of Jordan. It was their first meeting since September 1978, when Vance tried and failed to bring Jordan into the talks about Palestinian au tonomy in the West Bank and Gaza. In his speech Vance once more invited “the representatives of the Palestinian people and the governments of Jordan and Syria to join to join in this great quest.” Vance also said that the United States would be prepared to join in a proposed global round of talks at the United Nations on a series of issues, including the energy supply, world food problems, and the crushing debt burdens of some of the de veloping countries. A&M filling holes in football schedule By ANDY WILLIAMS Battalion Stall Slowly but surely, the gaps in Texas A&M University’s future football schedules are being filled. “I want people to understand that I’ve had to assume a situation here where we had a problem,” Athletic Director Marvin Tate said Monday. “I inherited a schedule where I had some holes to fill.” Tate became athletic director midway through the 1978 football season when Emory Bellard resigned from that job and from the head coaching position. Major college teams generally make their schedules several years in advance. But Texas A&M still has not completed its 1981 schedule. In fact, Tate said one reason he is having trouble finding games is that many teams have full schedules through the 1980s. “We’d like to play the Alabamas and Oklahomas,” Tate said, but added that most top-quality teams are already booked. All of the eight games for 1981 which this year’s Texas A&M football press guide lists as definitely scheduled are with Southwest Conference opponents. The guide also lists two tentative dates with the U. S. Military Academy. The rest of the season, as listed in the guide, con sists of open dates. Conference teams play 11 games a year. Tate says Texas A&M now has definite dates to play Boston College in an away game in 1981 and a home game in 1982. It will also play a game at Penn State in 1982 (in addition to the Penn State game here next year) and games with Oklahoma State in 1983 and 1986. He said he has negotiated with Alabama and Louisiana Tech as well as teams in the Big Eight, Big 10 and Pac-10. Several future game dates will be an nounced, Tate said, as soon as contracts are signed. Ag group to sponsor career planning day The first annual Professional Career Planning in Agriculture Day at Texas A&M University Wednesday will allow students, feculty and industry representa tives meet to discuss job markets, career goals and employment opportunities. The Texas A&M student chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association will sponsor the event. “The average agricultural student is not aware of the tremendous opportunity in the agribusiness field,” said Howard Hesby, faculty advisor to NAMA. “They don’t take time to get exposed to these opportunities.” Sixty-seven national, state and local in dustries, cooperatives and producers will be represented at PCPA day. The variety of employment opportunities these com panies represent will give agriculture stu dents valuable tips about employment in their major field of interest from industry professionals. Texas A&M faculty will also participate by meeting with business representatives in the morning to learn how to more effec tively teach students to become better qualified for agricultural jobs. In the afternoon, students will visit the representatives at their booths. They will discuss future jobs, internship oppor tunities and how to choose elective courses that will best prepare students for these positions. Each company will host a Texas-styl barbecue supper at 6:30 p.m. for 10 stu dents and two faculty members. The new student chapter of TAMU NAMA, the Career Planning and Place ment Center, and the College of Agricul ture are sponsoring the event. *1 % ’ -I ~ ‘i Parking bikes on ramps illegal By MARILYN SANCHEZ Battalion Reporter Bicycles are proving to be yet another brier to handicapped students on the :xas A&M University campus. Some students are parking bicycles on |e access ramps used by handicapped bdents, or chaining the bikes to the ramp indrails, blocking the way for wheel- lairs. The ramps measure about 36 ches wide in some places, just enough ace to accommodate a wheelchair. “I just want to make the students aware lat they are making an extra obstacle for ie handicapped to cross,” said Jim loore, adviser for the handicapped and •unselor in the Veterans Affairs office. It’s a greater problem mainly at the emorial Student Center. Bicycles will ! parked all over the entrance and yet the icycle rack to the left can be almost npty.” j Even with about 5,000 bicycle parking racks available, the 225 or so handicapped students on campus sometimes have to be helped by other students to enter build ings with blocked access ramps. Gary Brendel, a handicapped senior bio-engineering major, said nothing gets in his way. “I just move it if I have to, ” he said. Nonetheless, he said, “Bicycles on the ramps to the library could create a prob lem because people aren’t aware that handicapped people use those ramps and the bicycles parked there keep building up.” The bicycle regulations for the Univer sity prohibit parking on ramps that provide building access for handicapped persons. They also bar chaining, fastening or locking a bicycle to the handrail of those ramps. Violations may result in a $2 fine. The University also reserves the right to im pound any bicycle parked on the ramps. But the University police cannot move bicycles, said Thomas R. Parsons, director of security and traffic. “We just have no way of enforcing these regulations. We can’t do it all with only seven people working out there,” he said. “Besides, how can we ticket a bicycle? Some aren’t even registered and those that are, are registered in case they are stolen, not for ticketing purposes,” Parsons said. Tickets are given for moving violations on bicycles. None are given out for bicy cles breaking the parking rules. Moore said the ramps are not marked to indicate that handicapped students use them. “I don’t see any sense in marking them,” he said, “The students should use common sense as to the use of these ramps and rails. “I wish I knew a solution, but all I can think of is to appeal to the humanity of the student body.” Day is done Atmospheric conditions give the sun a bigger-than- life look as it sets behind the Texas A&M University campus. Battalion photo by Ken Herrera