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lidden U.S. fficials flee rom Iran United Press International WASHINGTON — Aided by forged luments and Canadian diplomats, six lerican officials who hid in the Canadian ibassy in Tehran for nearly three months aped from Iran. Their clandestine exist- :e was a secret tightly held by their fami- i, U.S. and Canadian officials and three lerican clergymen. [he State Department announcement esday of the escape was deliberately irseand unrevealing apparently because lerembassies in Iran played a role in the eofthe six Americans as well as in some lier unreported escapes, fhe State Department identified the six Mark], Lijek, a consular officer, and his eCora Amburn Lijek, a consular assis- it, both of Falls Church Va.; Robert G. ders, a consular officer of Port Charlotte i,; Henry Lee Schatz, the agricultural ache of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Joseph D. lord, a consular office, and his wife 1 thleen F. Stafford, a consular assistant, 1 :hof Crossville Tenn. Itwas believed the six were taken to the S. Air Base at Rhine-Main, West Ger- ny for complete physical check-ups or to their return to the United States. eState Department told relatives they rein Frankfort, which is near the U.S. e. | itate Department spokesman Hodding i rtersaid, “It is my own impression that six are in good shape physically. The ape of the six Americans was first re- i led Tuesday in a French-language Mon- al newspaper, La Presse, in a report m its Washington correspondent Jean leticr. fr| Darter said, “it would not be useful” to eout the details of their concealment or ivthey actually left Tehran. But some ails were pieced together from family niibers and Canadian officials. Dandian Prime Minister Joe Clark said j i Americans came to the Canadian ibassy soon after the U.S. Embassy com- and was taken over Nov. 4. The Americans were merged into the nadian diplomatic staff and performed final embassy duties. But as the hostage sis dragged on it became apparent their :ret would eventually become known to : Iranians. At least one private American citizen io bad been allowed to leave Iran earlier dseveral U.S. news organizations some nericans were being concealed in a ^ sndly embassy in Tehran. But the State ipartment refused to provide the media lb a precise list of the hostages. United Press International was told one ison for the secrecy was the possibility me Americans might be “stashed away” Tehran and the United States did not mttogive the Iranians any help in discov- ingthem. The families of the six were aware they :rein hiding in Tehran but kept quiet at a ire when the relatives of the hostages ride the U.S. Embassy compound be- me reasonably well known through edia exposure. Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit id be and two other clergymen who went Tehran to conduct Christmas services for ehostages were told “confidentially” ab- itthe six by U.S. officials. “They wanted us to know that because eywanted to be sure that on the outside ance that we were able to bring the hos- gesoutwith us, these people weren’t left 1 hind,” he said. Officials said the escape required some rged Iranian visas supplied to the Cana- mEmbassy by American sources. When the last American was out on Sun- iy the Canadian government announced embassy was being closed and the re aming four Canadian diplomats were ing withdrawn ostensibly as a form of otest against the holding of diplomatic istages. But actually it was a move to event the Canadians from becoming hos- ;es like the 50 Americans who remain in • p U.S. compound. Almanac United Press International Today is Wednesday, Jan. 30, the 30th lay of 1980 with 336 to follow. The moon is approaching its full phase. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president fthe United States, was born Jan. 30, 582. ■ On this date in history: In 1835 a de- anged painter, Richard Lawrence, fired 'voshots at President Andrew Jackson but feed. In 1933, Adolf Hitler, destined to be- bme the all-powerful dictator of World Wrr II, was named chancellor of the Third leich. In 1948, Indian leader Mohandas Gan- Ihi was assassinated by a Plindu extremist- lunging India’s millions into mourning. In 1979, the Iranian government autho red the return of Ayatollah Khomeini and le United States ordered evacuation of all ^pendents. A thought for the day:. President Frank- 'uD. Roosevelt said: “The truth is found 'hen men are free to pursue it. ” Silver Taps will he held for Steve Sikora 110:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5. Sikora, a Iphomore transfer student from Crosby, fe Monday from extensive injuries he offered in an automobile accident. The Battalion Vol. 73 No. 90 Wednesday, January 30, 1980 USPS 045 360 14 Pages College Station, Texas Phone 845-2611 Forest of iron A construction worker peers from behind a row of iron rods which will form the backbone of a concrete wall within the Academic Agencies Building now under construction on the Texas A&M campus. Staff photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr. Pastorini asks Bum, Oilers to trade him United Press International HOUSTON — Houston Oilers quarter back Dan Pastorini has asked Coach Bum Phillips to trade him to Denver, Oakland, Los Angeles, or San Francisco before next season, a newspaper reported today. “I love it here but I want out” Pastorini told the Houston Chronicle in a copyright story. Pastorini, 30, has been an Oiler ever since completing his career at the Universi ty of Santa Clara in California in 1971. He has completed two years of a six-year contract at a reported $300,000 to $340,000 a year. Pastorini, who quarterbacked the Oilers into the American Football Conference championship game the last two seasons, avoided specific explanations. But he indi cated he had a disagreement with Oilers owner K. S. “Bud” Adams. Pastorini, who already was known to be unhappy because Adams never visited him during his frequent hospital stays due to football injuries, was believed to have sought early payment of deferred monies. In addition, the 6-3, 205-pound quarter back bought a racing car and had planned to race it personally during the off season, but the Oilers exercised a contract option to forbid Pastorini from racing. “That auto racing is not the problem but it’s part of the problem” Pastorini said. “It would just be an off-season job. ” In earlier years, Pastorini had expressed interest in leaving the team because he was unhappy with the city, but he said that is not the issue now. “I’ve made many friends here and would like to stay here,” Pastorini said. Pastorini completed 163 of324 passes for 2,090 yards and 14 touchdowns during the 1979 season. During the 1978 playoffs despite injuries he completed 32 of 44 passes against Miami and New England to spark upset wins. If Pastorini’s request is honored third- year backup quarterback Gifford Neilsen would inherit the job. “Gifford can do the job” Pastorini said. Pastorini said he chose the four cities because has friends and family in the San Francisco Bay area. President s report forecasts recession United Press International WASHINGTON — President Carter told Congress today the American people can improve their standard of living only by making the economy more efficient and less dependent on foreign oil. That was a central theme of the presi dent’s 300-page annual Economic Report to Congress which attempted to give the American people some harsh economics lessons for an election year. The report, as did Carter’s 1981 budget proposal sent to Congress Monday, said “a mild recession” appears to be in store for the economy with unemployment rising to 7.5 percent. It says inflation at the consumer level is likely to decline only slowly from its recent 13 percent annual rate to about 10.4 per cent during 1980. Food prices, the report said, probably will rise about the same rate as overall inflation. It said energy prices are likely to increase less rapidly than their 37.4 percent annual rate of 1979. And the rate of climb of housing prices may “moderate somewhat” early in 1980, the report said. One of the bleakest messages in the re port is that international oil price increases during 1979 and 1980 are siphoning rough ly $45 billion out of the American economy — just as though they were a tax — and there is no way Americans can be fully compensated for the loss. The report said the reason is if Americans receive wage increases to fully compensate themselves for higher oil prices they will be sparking a further wage-price spiral involv ing greater inflation. “Improvements in our living standards can only be achieved by making our eco nomy more efficient and less dependent on imported oil, ” Carter said in a preamble to the report. The report said increased incentives for business investment are one important way to improve the economy’s productivity or efficiency. But Carter’s economic advisers have de cided not to ask for such incentives now because they are in effect tax cuts and would in the short run make it harder to control inflation. The same goes for a tax cut for indi viduals. Scbultze said it is not certain there will be a recession, although his forecasts call for one. If taxes are cut when the eco nomy is not slowing he said inflation could become further imbedded in the economy. 645 A&M employees to be terminated by fall By DEBBIE NELSON Campus Staff Administrators will reduce the number of employees on the Texas A&M University System payroll by 5 percent before August, 1980, the board of regents decided Tues day. That means that, by the end of next summer, 645 employees will lose their jobs. Based on the Tan. 31, 1979 payroll roster, the employee cut will be in accordance with Gov. William P. Clements’ program for effectiveness and efficiency in Texas government. William B. Lancaster, TAMU Payroll Services Manager, set employment for Jan. 31, 1979 at 12,905 people for all units head quartered at Texas A&M. This includes employees at all extension stations in the state and all campuses within the university system except Prairie View A&M and Tarleton State. Under the new plan, 645 of these 12,905 people will be cut from the payroll. The new policy will allow for adjustment for changes in enrollment, research con tracts, and teaching demand, “without diminishing the order of excellence, the resolution stated. Chancellor Frank Hubert said the de crease could be determined by taking em ployment in any month during the 1978 calendar year and restricting it 5 percent. However, he added the University system cannot restrict employment in areas where it would “seriously impair services it is leg ally required to provide,” to businesses and government, or seasonal employment such as crop harvesting. Dr. Haskell M. Monroe, dean of facul ties at Texas A&M, told the Board of Re gents the faculty growth rate is already slower than the student growth rate, a poli cy he termed “efficient in the spirit of what the governor is calling for. ” Faculty reductions would cause difficul ty in finding enough class space in introduc tory tlasses such as math and chemistry, as well as in petroleum engineering and accounting courses where space is already scarce, Monroe said. Another board action was approving promotion of 79 Texas A&M University personnel and confirming tenure of 58 fa culty members. The Board of Regents also approved the purchase of a $625,000 eight-passenger air plane. Harry E. Raisor, manager of aviation ser vices at the University-owned Easterwood Airport, said the aircraft will he used by members of the Texas A&M University System on any business required by the system. The new Beechcraft airplane, along with the two already owned, allows rapid trans port of several people in one plane, which holds costs down, Raisor said. Also, the airplanes can travel to locations where com mercial airlines do not. Sherry Broughton, aircraft scheduler at Easterwood, said the three University sys tem airplanes are often used for flights to different extension services. Trips by con struction committees and groups touring various facilities ar also common, Brought on said. A fourth aircraft, which the new plane is meant to replace, was smaller — holding five passengers with baggage — than the 1973 six- to ten-passenger plane just purch ased, Raisor said. The old Piper-Navajo was also limited in range by the amount of fuel it could carry, Raisor commented. Another disadvantage of the craft was it required dual pilot qualifi cations with the other two airplanes. The new Beechcraft is the same brand as the two previously-owned planes. Construction of the new Medical Scien ces Building was approved to begin in Feb ruary, Wesley Peel, director of planning and design for the Texas A&M University System, said. Peel said the $14.8-million project will be located across the street from the Veter inary Medicine Building. The center should be completed by Campbell Con struction Co. of Tyler in 30 months. The Medical Sciences Building will in clude the family community medicine sec tion, labs, and environmental rooms which had been in question of approval due to inadequate funding. The hoard also awarded a contract to Bernard Johnson, of Houston, to begin de tailed design of the new Engineering Laboratory Center Wednesday. The $605,000 final design should be completed by June, Peel said. Bids for construction should be presented to the Board of Re gents in September. Construction of the 30-month project should begin next fall. Peel added. Regent H. C. Bell, Jr., said the com pleted engineering lab will be the “most modern testing, lab and research center in engineering in the world as we know it today.” B-CSpolitics gain interest; filing deadline approaches By LAURA CORTEZ Cily Staff Election day is three months away, and various political campaigns in the Bryan- College Station area and throughout the state are gaining momentum. Neely Lewis, Democratic Party chair man for Brazos County, said that since the deadline to file for office is not until Mon day, it is hard to tell how the races look at this point. However, he said that certain ones are beginning to take shape in the Bryan-College Station area. The race for state senator between Kent Caperton and Bill Moore, both Democrats from Bryan, is gaining a great deal of local interest, Lewis said. Caperton, who has submitted his res ignation as Bryan municipal court judge, is hoping to unseat Bill Moore, who has served as senator for three years. Lewis said that two popular Bryan Democrats, Phil Gramm and State Repre sentative Bill Presnal, face no organized opposition to their bids for re-election at this time. He also said that although there seems to be little opposition at this time to the Democrats running for re-election to coun ty posts, some democrats have expressed to him the desire to run, and he expects a fair amount of opposition by the filing deadine. “But we just won’t be sure though until they come forth and put their name on the dotted line,” Lewis said. Dr. N. A. McNiel, Republican Party Chairman for Brazos County, said that he has heard from some area Republicans that they plan to run for county office, but they have not yet filed. Currently all elected county offices are held by Democrats, and according to Lewis and McNiel, there never has been a Re publican office-holder. McNiel said he feels that thing will change this year. McNiel also said the Republican Party in Brazos county is hoping for opposition to Phil Gramm, but has yet to fine! anyone to run against him. Both Lewis and McNiel also said that the race for railroad commissioner is an impor tant race in Texas. “The Railroad Commission elections are the most critical ones in Texas right now because the commission regulates oil and gas,” Lewis said. The way the Railroad Commission race looks at this point, Jim Hightower, D- Denison, will be running against incum bent Jim Nugent, D-Kerrville, and Buddy Temple, D-Diboll, will be running against incumbent John Poerner, D-Hondo. Writer’s cramp This campus police officer allows nothing, not even writer’s cramp, to stand in the way of performing his duty, writing parking tickets. University police say they write an average of 450 parking tickets per day at five dollars per violation. Photo bv Paul Childress