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Battalion
Vol. 73 No. 83
12 Pages
Monday, January 21, 1980
College Station, Texas
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rian Hill,
others,
pit posts
lexasA&M University senior yell leader
pn Hill has resigned his position as
Imander of the First Regiment in the
[psofCadets. The three other seniors on
Istaff, including head yell leader Pete
laves, who was Hill’s executive officer,
igned with him.
Ihe resignations were handed in last
Ik.
'orps Commander Bill Dugat said some
troversy erupted over Hill at the end of
[semesterwhen some of his subordinate
panders expressed discontent over
ir working relationship with Hill. They
Ithey could not work well with Hill, and
|rdiscussing it with them in a meeting,
[decided to resign.
Bugat said he did not think Hill’s per-
nance as a commander was bad either
jlastically or militarily,
lill had no comment on the matter,
er than to say that it was a personal
ter.
'ira Ferree and Kevin Udell, Hill’s two
talion commanders, also would not
iment. No one would specify what the
cific problems were in working with
[en McGuire, a Navy scholarship cadet
[i Houston, is the new regiment com-
jider. McGuire was the Operations Of-
on Corps Staff last semester.
lold prices
egin to fall
United Press International
ON DON — Gold opened today at $825
mnce on Zurich exchanges, down $15
n Friday’s close, and a record $840 in
idon, up $5. The dollar closed margin-
up on most European exchanges.
■oliowing Friday’s panic spree of gold
mg, speculators eased back somehwat.
rket sources said no new international
^developments occurred during the
:kend to influence today’s session.
In Hong Kong, gold closed at $827 an
ice in steady trading.
In Zurich, dealers said there was no spe-
Jreasonforthe downward opening, with
ic profit taking and a (juiet market. After
ming, however, the metal started to rise
idily to the $840 mark,
lie dollar opened upon all markets but
nkfurt and London. In Frankfurt, it
wed at 1.728 marks to the dollar against
day s close of 1.732, and in London at
29 to the pound against $2.2825 Friday.
Olympic
plenty of
United Press International
ICOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — It
sn’tcome equipped with the glamour of
Super Bowl, this tug-of-war over the
[lympics.
Hordes of media did not surround the
rcy headquarters of the United States
mpic Committee on Boulder Street
iis week with the same zeal that they
ithered around Joe Greene or Lynn
*’ann in Los Angeles.
But the continuing fight over the Olym-
cscould well provide more drama, more
tion and intrigue than the Steelers and
jams could ever have hoped to produce
|iiday.
In the days to come, President Carter
ay order American athletes to stay away
om the Moscow Olympics. The athletes
their official sponsor, the U.S.O.C.,
ay tell Carter they are going anyway.
Whatever happens, the people who run
ie American Olympic movement feel that
athing other than the entire future of the
lympics is at stake during the next few
'eeks.
If the Olympics are, indeed, on the
Tge of going down the drain, the man
ying to save them is a resolute, granite-
wed gentleman who looks as if he spent a
treer in the Army. Which he did.
“I spent 27 years serving and protecting
ycountry,” said F. Don Miller, execu-
ve director of the U.S.O.C., “and now
topic are calling me anti-American.”
On one side there is Miller, U.S.O.C.
resident Robert Kane, a multi-million
ollar enterprise devoted to amateur sport
»d thousands of young people who spend
endreds of hours a month working to-
'ard the goal of representing their nation,
id themselves, in the quadrennial ex-
avaganza.
On the other side is President Carter,
'anting to punish the Soviet Union for its
ivasion of Afghanistan and viewing
inierica’sinvolvement in the Olympics as a
otential weapon.
Its a heavyweight struggle. And even
lough it might be somewhat dramatic to
ay that if the Olympics are to l)e pre-
trved, Miller and Kane are the ones who
Shooting for seats
One of several students from local public schools takes aim during the Basket
ball Shoot-Out sponsored by the Evening Optimists Club of Bryan-College
Station. The winners will get to sit on the Aggie bench during the basketball
game against Rice on Feb. 9. See related story', page 3.
tug-of-war gives
rocko-socko action
will have to preserve them, Miller himself
accepts that thesis.
“Yes,” Miller said, T’ve felt that way. I
can’t tell you how saddened I am that we
have to take it on our own shoulders, with
the help of our athletes who have been so
very responsive.
“There is no so-called prestige at stake
here. The Olympic committee is not my
concern. I’ve never given those a thought.
“But we must resist these actions a pos
sible boycott which in my judgment would
be tantamount to the demise of the
modern Olympic movement.”
Miller feels the rest of the international
Olympic community has looked to the
United States to do its best to uphold the
charter governing the IOC.
“Because our government has never in
truded into this area, it has enabled us to
be an effective tool throughout the world
in resisting political, racial and religious
intrusions into the Games,” he said.
“We have been able to hold our our
selves up as an example of being free from
such pressures.
“Therefore, when pressures have been
brought to bear on the Olympic move
ment, such as the 1976 Olympics in
Montreal, we have been able to stand and
demand that the IOC go by the rules and
resist the intrusions brought in that in
stance by Premier Pierre Trudeau.
“Similarly, we have been able to insist
that the Soviet Union must give Israel an
invitation, as a member in good standing,
to the 1980 Games. But because c^.he
intrusion of our government, we have
been neutralized in this respect.”
Many Americans, however, sincerely
believe that if the Soviet Union has de
signs on the oil fields of the Persian Gulf
and if the Russians are going to use the
Moscow Olympics as a propaganda tool,
what business does the United States have
in going to this year’s Games?
“The situation is not too much different
than has existed for the last 20 or 30 years, ”
Miller said in response to that argument.
“1 can look back at the 1956 Games in
Australia at the same time the Soviet
Union invaded Hungary. Look at 1968,
Carter continues attack
on Soviet movements
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Saying the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan is like an arrow
aimed at the world’s oil supplies. President
Carter has warned Kremlin leaders that
they have “seriously misjudged” U.S.
temperament and resolve.
Carter was at Camp David today, in the
mountains of western Maryland, where
aides said he was drafting his State of the
Union address to be delivered before a
joint session ofCongress Wednesday night.
The address will stress an emerging “Car
ter doctrine,” which reflects a hardened
public policy toward the Kremlin because
of the Soviet invasion.
“The Soviets have seriously misjudged
our own nation’s strength and resolve and
unity and determination,” the president
said Sunday, in a glimpse ofwhat he will say
to Congress and the nation. Carter also said
if the Soviets do not withdraw from Af
ghanistan within a month, U.S. athletes
should not participate in the summer
Olympics in Moscow.
“Times change and circumstances
change,” Carter said on NBC’s “Meet the
Press” program. “I am still committed to
peace, but peace through strength.” The
Soviet Union “cannot invade an innocent
country with impunity,” Carter said, vow
ing that the Russians will “suffer the conse
quences” of their incursion into Afghanis
tan.
He said Afghanistan had served as a buf
fer “between the Soviet Union and Iran and
the world’s oil supplies,” and that Soviet
actions “have now become kind of an arrow
aiming at those crucial strategic regions of
the world.”
“So this is a major departure by the
Soviet Union from their previous actions,”
Carter said.
“There is a threat to a vital area of the
world. . . where our interests and those of
our allies are deeply embedded,” he said.
Carter said the administration also has
been looking into establishing new facilities
for U. S. military personnel in the northern
Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf region. The
president lacks authority to order a boycott
of the Olympics, but U.S. Olympic Com
mittee officials have promised to poll po
tential team members about a possible
boycott.
Carter sent a lengthy letter to U.S.
Olympic Committee President Robert
Kane Sunday and said a boycott “is neces
sary to secure the peace of the world at this
critical time.”
The president said he was not optimistic
that the 50 Americans being held at the
U.S. Embassy in Tehran will soon be freed.
“I can’t predict the early end of that situ
ation,” he said. “The concern that I feel
about the hostages today is just as great as it
was a month ago or two months ago,” he
said.
Congress changes focus
from home to overseas
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Soviet Union’s
invasion of Afghanistan has changed the
immediate emphasis of the 96th Congress
from politically potent domestic issues to
foreign and military affairs.
When Congress recessed in December,
the new session promised lots of politics
with much talk on energy, the economy
and taxes.
Now, when the 96th begins its second
session Tuesday, such issues as military aid
to Pakistan and increased spending for new
weapons may receive more attention than
some usually important domestic issues.
With congressional deliberation on
SALT II postponed, plans already are
under way in Congress for a searching look
at U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf and
southwest Asia, an area that has never re
ceived much attention in the Senate and
House.
Hearings are set to begin almost im
mediately after Congress convenes on
foreign policy and military aspects of the
new situation. Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance and military leaders have been
summoned to Capitol Hill.
Major increases in spending for new
weaponry — highly unpopular in Congress
since the Vietnam war — are certain to
have a better chance now.
Congress could well vote for a supersonic
bomber such as the previously rejected
D-l, or a more advanced model; and go for
a rapid deployment force and order more
ships, with less concern for cost than any
time in the past 15 years.
A push for renewal of the draft, or possi
bly for draft registration, should get
stronger.
Congress also may become more recep
tive to military' aid for Pakistan, which was
cut off because of that country’s refusal to
abide by the nuclear non-proliferation
treaty, and Turkey, which until last year
was denied arms aid because of its adven
tures on Cyprus.
International events also will affect
domestic debates.
Agriculture committees in the House
and Senate plan immediate hearings on
Carter’s embargo of grain shipments to the
Soviet Union. In addition, there may
emerge a major debate on whether a grain
embargo is an acceptable and workable
sanction in an Afghanistan-type situation.
Photo by Terry Roche
Renting
New law makes landlords do repairs
when we had the Russian invasion of
Prague.
“We seem to have in the world today
major issues that go on constantly. I would
be the last one to deny that the Games
have been free from political, racial and
religious pressures, but I would submit
that they have been brought on by outside
forces. They have not been developed by
the Olympic movement.
T recognize completely that the unwar
ranted aggressions of the Soviet Union at
this time have a great possibility of spilling
over into other areas — be it Iran, Pakis
tan or Saudi Arabia.
Miller s firm belief is that if the United
States fails to take part in the Games, it
will be a wasted gesture, something that
would not hurt the Soviet Union all that
much and would brand America as the na
tion that killed the Olympics.
“But the question I have to ask is by
involving the Olympic movement is it
going to be a deterrent to these aggres
sions?
“I think not.
The almanac
By ROBIN THOMPSON
City Staff
Does a puddle form in the middle of your
bedroom floor every time it rains? Do
roaches rule in your kitchen? Does your hot
morning shower leave you cold?
If you rent your property, then you are in
luck. The Warrant of Habitability made ef
fective in September by the Texas legisla
ture assures tenants that conditions like
these must be repaired by the landlord of
the property.
Jeff Bartow, a spokesman for the Texas
Tenants Union, said the law covers any
problem that may affect the “health and
safety” of an individual. Areas covered by
this are leaking roofs, insects, rodents,
plumbing, wiring, lack of heating and lack
of hot water.
The tenant must give a written notice to
the landlord that the repairs need to be
made. He must not be late in rent payment
at the time of the notice.
If the repairs are not made after a reason
able period of time, one of two steps can be
taken. Bartow said “reasonable period of
time is determined for each individual case
on the basis of how urgently the repairs are
needed.”
The tenant should then turn in another
written notice stating the two options —
termination of the lease if the repairs are
not made in seven days or bringing suit in
county court.
The court may order the landlord to re
pair the premises or reduce rent. The ten
ant may be awarded damages in the amount
of one month’s rent, plus $100, actual dam
ages and attorney’s fees.
The Warrant of Llabitability also
provides for protection from retaliation by
the landlord. He may not evict the tenant
or decrease any services for six months
from the date of the first repair notice, un
less there is a breach of lease by the tenant.
The law does not automatically exempt
the tenant from paying rent if repairs are
made. If rent is not paid, the landlord has
reason to evict the tenant for non-payment.
Tenants are urged to continue to pay rent
and use the remedies provided by law to
get conditions repaired.
Bartow said that a written lease is not
required to enforce the law.
United Press International
Today is Monday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of
1980 with 345 to follow.
The moon is moving into its first quarter.
The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and
Saturn.
The evening stars are Mercury and
Venus.
Those born on this date are under the
sign of Aquarius.
Civil War Gen. Thomas Jonathan
Jackson — a Southern Confederate com
mander known as “Stonewall Jackson” —
was born Jan. 21, 1824.
On this day in history:
In 1861, Jefferson Davis resigned from
the United States Senate, 12 days before
Mississippi seceded from the Union.
In 1954, the world’s first atomic-
powered submarine, the “Nautilus was
launched at Groton, Conn.
In 1977, President Carter pardoned
American draft evaders and ordered a
case-by-case study of deserters.
A thought for the day: President Harry
Truman said, “A president cannot always
be popular.”
Tickets for the men’s and women’s bas
ketball games Tuesday night at G. Rollie
White will go on sale Tuesday at 5 p. m. The
women take on Sam Houston at 5:30 p.m.
and the men will play Arkansas at 8:00 p. m.
Students with all-sports passes will be ad
mitted at the door after showing the pass.
Tickets are $1.00 for students and $2.00 for
non-students.
Funeral services for former Texas A&M
football coach Dana X. Bible will be held
today in Austin. Bible, 88, died Saturday.
Please see related story, page 10.
photo by Lynn Blanco
By law, the landlord is responsible for repairs, not the tenant.