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Vol. 73 No. 108
12 Pages
Monday, February 25, 1980
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United Press International
WASHINGTON — President Carter,
jJpcerned that energy costs are fueling in
i' UM1 lUUMn in other areas, has ordered an accel-
Hd review of White House economic
orned Frogs 57-$ dicy, officials say.
G. Rollie White, In an unusual move that was not
lottest Aggie ! mounced in advance, Carter Sunday
w is senior guard Di ght met for two hours with Treasury Sec-
o scored 20pointikr> G. William Miller, chief inflation
id 18 against TCl Iviser Alfred Kahn, Energy Secretary
is to put on a sh« paries Duncan, domestic adviser Stuart
Iritton will start in; zenstat and others.
longside another vTlicre is concern about the evidence of
!off. Hnflationary effect of energy spilling
arting front line for efinto other areas of the economy, to an
inior forwardsVeni! tent that it has not done up until this
n Wright. Sophom int ” said one White House official, who
vill he at center ended the session but asked not to be
;ame will be telev entified.
TV and will start at jHe called the unusual Sunday evening
Jn “a follow-up” on a meeting Carter
jwith economic advisers Thursday.
Ian was included because of the im-
Bbreign oil prices have on inflation.
!‘I ( on’t think you would be misleading
He by indicating some acceleration of
Hrocess of review,” the official said.
He refused to discuss what was under
Hieration by the administration but he
Hed mandatory wage and price con-
™ ’ere not under consideration.
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;on. We know the cause of it. We
[why we re in this mess ... there are no
ns that will relieve us of this problem
pt dealing with energy, the official
cent in January — the largest jump in more
than six years.
In a related development, Senate Bank
ing Committee Chairman William Prox-
mire, D-Wis., announced his panel will
hold hearings on the administration’s anti
inflation program and investigate wagep-
rice controls.
“Even though I and many other mem
bers of the committee oppose mandatory
wage and price controls, I think they
should be debated,” Proxmire said in a
statement.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, Carter’s chief
rival for the Democratic presidential nomi
nation, released a letter to the president
Sunday urging him to ask Congress for
wage and price controls.
“A freeze and controls are essential to
break the psychology of inflation and bring
immediate short-run relief against increas
ing prices,” Kennedy said.
Shortly before the economic meeting.
Carter returned from Camp David and told
reporters progress was being made regard
ing Iran, despite comments by Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini that the hostages
would not be released until April at the
earliest.
“We’re going through a period of intense
activity, so there are very extensive and
very difficult efforts being made to reach a
successful resolution of this crisis, ” Carter
said.
“I can say I am not cast into the depths of
despair or pessimism. I think progress is
being made, but I can’t discuss any details
of what we are doing, ” he said.
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ti-Soviet protests
United Press International
Khan civil servants have joined anti-
iet protests in the capital of Kabul, re-
Heaching New Delhi said today.
||he reports further indicated that the
je of Babrak Karmal, installed in the
17 Soviet invasion, had failed to gain
Id and was falling apart.
e Soviet press admitted for the first
ISunday that there was widespread un-
t in Afghanistan and charged it was the
k of “foreign spies” working “in accord-
ewith the CIA plans.”
■ Cuban Prensa Latina news agency
Kmore than 220 weapons made in the
ited States, China, Britain and Pakis-
’ were captured in Kabul since a general
^ began in the capital Thursday,
nother anti-Soviet demonstration was
reported continuing in the eastern provin
cial capital of Jalalabad, which is said to be
nearly surrounded by Moslem rebels.
Well-informed sources in New Delhi
said Saturday and Sunday—normally busi
ness days in the Moslem nation — were
declared holidays by the Sovietbacked
Afghan government to conceal the fact that
civil servants failed to report to work.
The Soviet and Cuban news reports said
a captured American, identified only as
Robert Lee, admitted “American special
services” were involved in the anti-Soviet
protests.
Diplomatic sources in Islamabad, Pakis
tan, said Lee was a “world traveler” who
had been pulled of the streets during the
rioting.
But both the Cuban and Soviet reports
said life was returning to normal in Kabul.
)S foil says Americans
ontent with status
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United Press International
VASHINGTON — Fifty-two percent of
mean consumers contacted in a Gallup
pleased today said they are fairly well
pec! with their financial status, and 83
cent said they are living within their
ans.
lut a companion survey of selected
shington policymakers, made by the
le organization, uncovered skepticism
oercent believe most Americans are
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A memorial service for Dr. Anton M.
)renson, Jr. was held Saturday morn
(gat the First Baptist Church in Col
lie Station.
SOrenson, a professor at Texas A&M
iiiversity for 25 years and a leading
itional authority on animal physiology,
ed suddenly Wednesday at his home
College Station.
Sorenson had turned 55 earlier this
onth.
Awinner of the Texas A&M Faculty
istinguished Achievement Award for
Celling in 1968 and recipient of the
innie Stevens Piper Foundation
Ed as one of the 10 outstanding
Ackers in the state in 1970, Sorenson
also elected this month as president
the American Society of Animal Sci-
-"itists Southern Section.
AnativeotLranger, lexas, neeamea
pielor’s degree from Texas A&M in
and master’s and doctoral degrees
[Cornell University before return-
tp Texas A&M as an assistant profes-
of animal science in 1955.
enson is survivied by his wife
ie; a daughter Susan Dee of
etead, Florida; a son Walt of
ix, Arizona; his mother, Mrs.
Sorenson of Waco and five grand-
en.
ineral arrangements were handled
Memorial Funeral Chapel in
not satisfied financially, and only 22 per
cent think consumers are living within
their means.
The two groups did agree on one thing—
60 percent in each poll said consumers are
worried they are not saving enough money.
The polls were done for the Credit Union
National Association Inc., a trade group
representing U.S. credit unions.
The consumer poll conducted last Sep
tember covered a representative sample of
1,537 persons nationwide. The Washing
ton survey, conducted during the past two
months, involved 11 members of Congress,
21 top congressional staff aides and 18 per
sons from various federal agencies and in
stitutions, all of them, with a role in finan
cial policy.
When asked if they considered them
selves financially fit, most consumers said
they were at least “somewhat” fit. And
while 53 percent said having no more than a
manageable debt was an important ele
ment of that fitness, only 13 percent rated
“getting ahead” financially as necessary.
“Clearly, among consumers, how they
handle their debt is a very important mat
ter, and they feel that they are not doing
such a bad job,” the poll concluded.
On the other hand 84 percent of those in
the Washington poll felt “people are bor
rowing at least somewhat more than they
should, including 40 percent who say that it
is a lot more than they should,” the poll
said.
The consumer survey found 52 percent
“pretty well satisfied” with how things are
going for them financially, and 31 percent
“not satisfied.” Eighty-three percent said
they are “living within their means” while
14 percent said they were “buying too
much and saving too little.”
The Washington survey found 80 per
cent believe Americans are not satisfied
financially, but 58 percent say at the same
time that consumers are either a lot better
or a little better off than they were a decade
ago. Seventy-four percent of the policy
makers believe Americans are “buying too
much and saving too little” and only 22
percent think consumers are living within
their means.
The consumer survey found that 54 per
cent said they “hardly ever” have bought
.omething they later thought they really
wouldn’t afford.
Aggies net SWC championship
it wasn’t easy, but the Texas A&M University basketball team did what
everyone said at the beginning of the season it would do: win this year’s
Southwest Conference championship. The Aggies defeated the Houston
Cougars, 82—72, on Friday to earn the crown. It is Coach Shelby Met
calf s fifth conference title, and it made him the first SWC coach to win the
title in three different decades. The team will now sit out the first round of
the conference tournament which decides which team will represent the
SWC in the NCAA tournament. For more on the Aggies’ win, and on
sports in general, see pages 11 and 12.
Photo by Pat O’Malley
Upstart U.S. hockey players
earn gold, nation’s applause
United Press International
LAKE PLACID, N Y. — The upstart
U.S. team that won America’s first hockey
gold medal in 20 years temporarily took the
nation’s attention away from the Persian
Gulf crisis, the Summer Olympic boycott,
and even Eric Heiden.
The Americans, who scored a stunning
upset over the favored Soviet Union Friday
night, came from behind with three goals in
the final period to defeat Finland 4-2 Sun
day and win the gold.
The Soviet Union earned the silver med
al by beating Sweden 9-2. Sweden was
awarded the bronze medal.
The Winter Olympics officially closed
Sunday night at the new Olympic Field-
house before a standing-room-only crowd
of 9,000 in an eclectic pageant mixing
solemn words from Lord Killanin with the
jazzy tunes of Chuck Mangione.
U.S. hockey Coach Herb Brooks said it
would be a long time before his 1980 squad
was forgotten.
“This team startled the athletic world,”
Brooks said after his team’s heart-stopping
victory. “As years go by, you’ll remember
these people.”
The victory brought a phone call from
President Carter — who has called for a
boycott of the Summer Games in Moscow
because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanis
tan — and both Brooks and team captain
Mike Eruzione ofWinthrop, Mass., spoke
with the President.
“Tell the whole team we re extremely
proud of them,” the president told Brooks.
“They played like true champions. We re
so proud.”
It was the 12th medal overall for the
American Olympic squad, including a re
cord five gold medals won by speedskating
sensation Eric Heiden, clearly the indi
vidual star of the Olympics.
East Germany, which won more medals
(23) than any other country, won the four-
man bobsled event in the only other medal
competition on the final day of the Games.
With the closing of the Winter Olym
pics, the status of the Summer Games re
mained in doubt. So does the status of the
1984 Summer Olympics scheduled to be
held in Los Angeles.
“The question of whether Los Angeles
can stage the 1984 Games has been fre
quently discussed in the past few days,”
Willi Daume, a former IOC vice president
and a candidate for IOC president when
Lord Killanin steps down, said Sunday.
“Certainly, the games will be in great
danger if the White House does not drop its
boycott plans and its idea of alternative
games, ” he said.
Daume said the White House plan for a
so-called “counter-Olympics” was “a crazy
idea.”
At Sunday’s closing ceremony, Killanin,
head of the International Olympic Com
mittee, said he believed the Olympics
“proved we can do something to improve
the mutual understanding in the world. ”
Then, perhaps in a reference to Presi
dent Carter’s call for a boycott of the Sum
mer Games in Moscow, he added: “If we
could all come together, it would be for a
better world — and will avoid the holocaust
which may well be upon us if we are not
careful.”
Marine loses
post for pose
United Press International
CHICAGO — Bambi Lin Finney
says she thought being in Playboy maga
zine was “the essence of being pretty” so
she sent them a picture and a letter.
It got her into the magazine but out of
the Marine Corps.
Finney, of Grayslake, Ill., was Sgt.
Finney until just a few days ago. She got
an early discharge when a picture of her,
out of uniform and most everything
else, appeared in the April edition of
Playboy.
She was honorably discharged Feb.
21 from her post in Twenty-nine Palms,
Calif., “for the convenience of the
Marine Corps,” according to a Corps
spokesman.
Finney was featured with six other
women in other branches of the services
in a “Salute to the Armed Forces,” in
the April issue which has been mailed to
subscribers.
She was in five photos, fully clothed
in four of them. The fifth shows her in
front of a pool with a see-through blouse
and a red bikini bra hiked up around her
neck.
She chose not to fight the discharge,
she said, because, “They could get
nasty.”