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Battalion photo by Liz Newlin
The Battalion
USPS 045 360 Monday, December 3, 1979 Vol. 73 No. 64
Phone 845-2611 College Station, Texas 12 Pages
Aggie go home
If you’ve come to the campus to
go to class today, you shouldn’t
have.
A holiday has been declared by
University President Jarvis E. Mil
ler because of Saturday’s football
victory over the University of
Texas. Today’s tests and assign
ments have been moved back to
the next meeting of the classes they
are connected with.
g victory keeps
exas Sugar-free
>1UB
By SEAN PETTY
Battalion Sports Editor
can lead a horse with sugar, but that
be true of Longhorns.
ie Aggies Saturday upset the sixth-
Texas Longhorns, 13-7 to end an
ise disappointing season and knock
lout of the Sugar Bowl.
I Aggies gave the Horns a dose of
■own medicine. They whipped Texas
Biively and moved the ball at will
It the No. 3 defensive unit in the na-
B Aggies needed some untimely Texas
Bes to knock the Horns out of a tie for
iSouthwest Conference title and send
m lo the Sun Bowl in El Paso to face
lington. If the Longhorons had won,
i Ivould have played No. 1 ranked Ala-
»lin New Orleans.
■the Texas band members who wore
Bt Bama buttons can chunk those for
I the Huskies” buttons, thanks to the
Iminded Ags.
I kicking foot of David Hardy and the
etfcet of tailback Curtis Dickey supplied
|Iggies with the winning points while
defense allowed the heralded Horns
y|even points. Hardy kicked field goals
and 23 yards while Dickey had the
Ing touchdown, turning a pass-option
nto a 20-yard touchdown run.
e mayhem that followed the Aggie vic-
ras unmatched even by the aftermath
the Penn State game earlier this year.
ad coach Tom Wilson had a hard time
ng the tears back. Dickey’s tears of
iness kept him quiet,
ras clear that beating Texas had lifted
leavy burden of a long season that
d have been a losing one if the Aggies
t upset the Horns. But Wilson and
ntire Aggie team pulled off the miracle
nded with a 6-5 season,
e knew if we executed well and did
we could we would win,” Wilson said
as tears rolled down his cheeks and what
seemed like every old Aggie in the world
offered congratulations.
“Texas is a great team and we have all the
respect in the world for them. Our guys
just wanted this game and they went out
and got it.”
Asked how this win ranked in his short
career as a head coach, Wilson said, “Well,
yeah... I would have to say it was my big
gest win.”
Aggie quarterback Mike Mosley, who
sliced up the Texas defense with well-
executed drives, echoed that sentiment.
“Heck yeah, this win is 10 times better
than Penn State,” Mosley said.
Mosley was taken out the week before
against TCU because he couldn’t move the
team. But Saturday he showed why he was
considered for all-conference honors. He
compeleted nine of 18 passes for 95 yards.
Most completions went to Gerald Carter
on a rollout pattern that the Horns couldn’t
stop.
But it was the Aggie offensive line that
did what it took to move out Texas’ top
defensive linemen. Bill Acker and Steve
McMichael, and allowed fullback David
Hill to go up the middle for important yar
dage.
“Our offensive line has had some bad
things said about them but they did a great
job against Texas today,” Mosley said.
“Texas outweighed our line but our guys
just fought and beat them. Everybody just
gave 110 percent on both sides of the line.”
Statistically, the game couldn’t have
been more even. Both teams managed 15
first downs. The Horns had 164 yards
rushing on 49 carries while the Ags had 161
yards on 51 carries. The Horns had 112
yards passing, compared to the Ags 95
yards.
The Horns were penalized four times for
50 yards and the Ags were penalized five
times for 51 yards. Texas freshman quarter
back Rick Mclvor completed seven of 26
passes with one interception while Mosley
was nine for 18 with one interception.
“I don’t think I played a great game but I
did play consistently and that’s what we
needed,” Mosley said.
What was consistent was the Ag defense,
which played the entire game intensely
and gave up only seven points to the
Horns.
“I feel good,” said senior defensive end
Jacob Green, who had one of his best days
as an Aggie. “I can be proud becuase I
know we re better than a lot of bowl teams
and we showed it today.”
T don’t know of a better defensive player
in the country,” Wilson said of Green.
“We’ve always been proud of our de
fense,” said senior James Zachery. “Our
defense was put together while Texas’ ma
tured together over the years. Mclvor just
couldn’t do anything with tackles breathing
down his throat. I don’t think that (injured
A.J. “Jam“) Jones or (injured quarterback
Donnie) Little would have made a differ
ence.
“We all made an agreement before the
game that we would do whatever it takes to
win and everyone did today.
Carter, who was one of the keys to the
A&M offense, caught numerous passes and
looks to be headed for a pro career.
“They were just playing us man-to-man
and we knew they couldn t cover us like
that all day,” Carter said. “We didn’t even
go through all the passes that we had put in
this week because the rollout was working
so well.
“This win sure takes away a lot of the pain
of the season. ”
The win over Texas set the Aggies on
their way to a hopeful spring and a good
recruiting year and uh, by the way, gave all
Aggies a day off from school.
.S. post in Tripoli captured
Libyans take embassy
rs
Sf,
United Press International
EIRUT, Lebanon — The anti-
srican violence sweeping the Islamic
Id has spread to Libya, where a mob of
Iranian students stormed and sacked
American Embassy, forcing its diplo
ic staff to flee.
pibya’s official news agency confirmed
embassy was overrun Sunday, but de-
1 a State Department report from
shington that the compound was
burned to the ground.
The State Department said the entire
embassy staff, including 12 American di
plomats, escaped unharmed and had taken
“safe refuge” elsewhere in Tripoli.
A spokesman said the staffers managed
to destroy all classified material before they
fled the embassy.
The spokesman said Libya did nothing to
protect the embassy from the mob and that
the United States has lodged a protest in
graduating seniors asked
) return library materials
Today is the deadline set by Texas
f&M University libraries for graduat-
ng students to return materials.
The deadline also applies to stu-
lents who have art works checked out
rom the Sterling C. Evans Library’s
ending print collection. Prints should
>e returned at the first floor checkout
counter, according to Emma Perry,
circulation division head.
The deadline will allow library per
sonnel time to clear students for Dec.
14-15 graduation. Students are liable
for the replacement cost of prints from
the lending collection.
“the strongest terms” with the Libyan gov
ernment.
The embassy had not been protected by
a Marine guard contingent because the Li
byans had objected to the presence of U.S.
military personnel in Triopli.
The Tripoli embassy was the second
U.S. mission to be destroyed in the Mos
lem world in the past 10 days. Last week,
mobs invaded and burned the American
embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, in an
attack in which two U.S. military personnel
were killed.
The incident at the U.S. Embassy in
Tripoli was also the third demonstration
outside an American embassy since Friday.
Troops dispersed a mob which tried to
storm the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait Friday,
and Syrian soldiers keeping the peace in
Lebanon dispersed an anti-American de
monstration outside the U.S. Embassy in
Beirut.
The State Department said the attack on
the U.S. Embassy in Tropoli began when
about 2,000 Libyan students began demon
strating at Green Square, a public gather
ing place in the capital.
Aggie cheers reach a deafening roar as fans sity of Texas Longhorns. For more photos of
watch the final seconds tick off during Texas the game, see pages 6 and 11.
A&M’s 13-7 victory Saturday over the Univer- Battalion photo by Lee Roy Lcschpcr Jr
Wilson given new contract
at regents meeting Friday
By KEITH TAYLOR
and LOUIE ARTHUR
Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M University Sys
tem Board of Regents Friday gave
the Texas A&M head football coach,
Tom Wilson, a new contract through
1982.
The board also voted to discon
tinue installment payments on the
board plan at University dining
halls.
Wilson said Saturday, “I’m very
pleased with the contract. I think it
will add a lot of stability to our
program.”
The regents voted to discontinue
installment payments for board plan
on the recommendation of Howard
Vestal, vice president for business
affairs.
Vestal said many students think
they can drop the board plan by not
paying the installments. When they
do, it causes problems in bookkeep
ing and is too expensive for the Uni
versity. He also said most students
were capable of paying for the plan in
one payment.
The resolution passed by the
board would allow students who
could show hardship to pay on an
installment plan.
The board also voted to raise the
summer freshman conference fee
from $7 to $9 to cover increased ex
penses.
The regents approved a rent of
$224 a month on the married student
dormitories now under construc
tion. Residents of the new dorms will
have to pay their own electricity
costs, unlike residents in the old
dorms.
In other action, the regents unani
mously passed all agenda items dis
cussed at Thursday’s planning and
building committee meeting, in
cluding:
— a decision to delay any action on
construction of a new dormitory at
Texas A&M until further informa
tion is available for consideration.
— a $22,000 appropriation for de
sign of site development and new
parking lots at Kyle Field.
— acceptance of a $359,000 Fed
eral Aviation Administration Grant
for Easterwood Airport improve
ments.
— a $43,000 appropriation for de
sign of a Meat Science and Technolo
gy Center at Texas A&M.
The new Kyle Field parking lots
would provide 321 new parking
spaces and 213 overflow spaces adja
cent to the stadium. The lots are ex
pected to be ready for use by next
fall.
Other Kyle Field improvements
include a grass football practice field,
a new entrance driveway and land
scaping around the stadium.
The FAA grant for Easterwood
Airport will be used to assist in
financing for improved lighting, a
new aircraft parking hangar, and
runway extension and improve
ment.
The regents also approved a prop
osed $11,000 appropriation for 20-
inch cast bronze letters spelling
“Sterling C. Evans Library” to be
placed on the front of the new lib
rary.
In other business, the regents
made Dr. Thomas M. Ferguson a
professor emeritus. Ferguson is a
poultry science professor with the
Texas Agricultural Extension Ser
vice.
to San Antonio hospital for recovery
Shah flown
United Press Internationa]
SAN ANTONIO — The deposed shah of Iran has en-
l tered the largest Air Force hospital in the nation amid the
tightest possible security and secrecy.
: Without prior warning to San Antonio or Texas officials,
; Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi early yseterday was flown
I via Air Force VIP jetliner to Wilford Hall Medical Center
; at Lackland Air Force Base. Lackland was chosen for its
impeccable security and because of “concern for the hos
tages,” government officials said.
Though the shah was admitted to a suite in the hospital,
there were unconfirmed reports by KMOL-TV in San
Antonio late last night the shah had been moved to a
“hospitality” house located on base grounds. Base officials
would not deny or confirm the reports.
The cancer-stricken deposed monarch, accused by his
people of atrocities and the theft of millions of dollars
during his 37-year reign, will stay in south Texas for an
indefinite “period of recuperation, ” White House officials
said. Wilford Hall, in a city with five major military
installations, offers specialized treatment facilities for
cancer.
“The United States government has agreed, for huma
nitarian reasons, to provide a secure convalescence facil
ity where he (the shah) can recuperate pending further
travel plans,” White House spokesman Jody Powell said.
The government, however, did not pay for the shah’s
trip to San Antonio, a State Department spokesman said.
The shah will be billed for the flight and for his hospitali
zation under standard Department of Defense billing
procedures, though the spokesman said he did not know
what the total of those bills might be.
The shah, brought from the New York Hospital-
Comell Medical Center before dawn Sunday on the sur
prise presidential order, appeared in good spirits, said
Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez, D-Texas, who met with the
former ruler in his new hospital room.
“The man looks fine from the standpoint of health, and
he conveyed a heart-felt sense of gratitude for the Amer
ican people,” Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez said he felt it would have been “improper" to
interrogate the shah about how long he would remain in
the United States and where he would seek permanent
asylum.
And government officials offered little information in
that regard.
The shah and his advisers were scheduled to hold a
news Conference Sunday afternoon, but it was canceled
without reason and reporters were ordered off the base,
which was then closed officially to all members of the
news media.
Powell said American doctors in New York had said
“the shah should not undertake a prolonged trip and that
he needs a period of recuperation under medical supervi
sion. ’
Lt. Col. Mike Terrill, public affairs officer at Lackland,
said no one in San Antonio would make any further com
ments about the shah or his condition, and that any
statements would come from the state and defense de
partments in Washington.