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Vol. 72 No. 17
10 Pages
Tuesday, September 25, 1979
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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.
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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