The Battalion
Vol. 73 No. 124
10 Pages
Monday, March 25, 1980
College Station, Texas
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Regents OK construction of new dorm
Committee also recommends project to stop mold in new halls
J By ANDY WILLIAMS
| Staff Writer
lexas A&M University officials were told
iforiilay to go ahead with their proposal to
^one new dormitory, but were asked
l fgive further study to a second one.
* ®u Planning and Building Committee
fce Texas A&M University System’s
fe d of Regents also voted to recommend
I the full board approve another con-
Iction project, this one designed to eli-
0 -M late mold in Haas and McFadden halls,
4 fes A&M s first modular dormitories.
yJaMj lie full board went into closed session
^■Monday afternoon to discuss two law-
■ and personnel matters. One of the
life is from cadet Melanie Zentgraf and
concerns the treatment of women by the
Corps of Cadets. The other, filed by the
Gay Student Services organization, began
several years ago when Texas A&M refused
to give recognition to a homosexual group.
The personnel matters involve appoint
ing 10 executives to positions in the system.
Many of those jobs were created by a reor
ganization of the system which placed
direct control of many functions in the
hands of Chancellor Frank W.R. Hubert.
The Planning and Building Committee
voted to recommend acceptance of a bid to
build a turf practice field and extra parking
space at Kyle Field. The low bid of
$753,254 came from R.B. Butler Inc. of
Bryan.
That committee also voted to let the
school proceed with plans to build a 300-
bed residence hall between the Commons
complex and the band drill field.
But the group passed a motion asking
University administrators to consider an
alternate construction site for a dormitory
that would house 240 students. The loca
tion favored by Howard Vestal, University
vice president for business affairs, is west of
Fowler Hall on Jones Street. The alternate
proposal would put it in a parking lot near
Puryear Hall.
The committee hopes to have the larger
dorm finished in time for the fall of 1981.
Before its lunch break, the committee
approved proceeding with the construction
of both dorms in the locations Vestal prop
osed. Vestal made the presentation after
Texas A&M President Jarvis E. Miller,
who had planned to speak on the subject,
left for another engagement.
Regent Joe Reynolds objected to Vestal’s
proposal, saying that the building site was
one of the few remaining green spots on the
west part of the main campus.
“I know I’m a voice crying in the wilder
ness, ” Reynolds said. “I once proposed that
we limit the enrollment to 18,000 by re
quiring that everyone live in the dorms.
“I hate to see us build these dormitories.
But if we re going to do this. I ’d like to see
us give more consideration to sites across
the highway (Wellborn Road).”
Vestal said the University would have to
construct a dining hall on the west campus
if it built dorms there, and the committee
voted in favor of the east campus site.
Miller returned after lunch and was in
vited to speak about the dorm projects. He
did so, also objecting to Vestal’s idea for the
location of the 240-resident building for the
same reason Reynolds had.
“I think we went into that question pret
ty thoroughly this morning, Jarvis,” said
H.C. Bell, chairman of the committee. “I
see no need to reopen it this afternoon.
Does anybody on the board disagree with
what I just said?”
Regent John Coleman did. He moved to
reopen the question, and the committee’s
vote supported him. Eventually, the com
mittee voted to begin construction on the
300-resident building, but asked for a study
of the second site for the 240-bed dorm.
Proposals for both dorms will be pre
sented to the Coordinating Board, Texas
College and University System, at its next
meeting in mid-April.
The regents will hear the results of the
study at their next meeting. Wesley E.
Peel, director of facilities planning and con
struction for the system, said the main
questions involved will concern connecting
utilities.
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UpASHINGTON — Government and
Jate economists expect several more
Siths of severe inflation before there is
[real improvement.
it best, some hoped for a slight slowing
onsumer price figures for February,
|g released by the Commerce Depart-
today, but warned that any major
p-ovement will take time,
ashington economist Michael Evans
bargain sales held by retail stores in
puary and more slowly rising prices in
Te miscellaneous categories of goods and
lices could shave a small amount from
lary’s 18.2 percent annual rate of infla-
n - the highest in six years.
jit Evans still expects inflation to run at
e to a 15 percent annual rate during the
tlhalf of 1980.
lat is because rising world oil prices
tre working their way through the U. S.
, lomy, home prices continue to rise and
ter credit keeps raising home mortgage
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easury Secretary G. William Miller
arned there will be “disappointing
ion numbers in the weeks and months
’ after which — providing adminis-
n policies work — he expects a
ing down” of inflation.
Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker
says inflation “is going to remain at an ex
ceptionally high rate for a few months. ”
The administration now forecasts an in
flation rate between 11 and 12 percent for
1980 as a whole, compared to 13.3 percent
for all of 1979.
On Monday the administration
announced two antiinflation actions:
—The Commerce Department rejected
claims by Florida growers that Mexico has
been “dumping” winter tomatoes and
other vegetables on U.S. markets at less
than fair value. A ruling the other way
could have meant higher tomato prices for
American consumers. The growers will
appeal to the courts.
—On the eve of the New York primary.
President Carter denied import relief to
domestic leather clothing producers, about
half of whom are in and around New York
City. The administration said higher im
port duties on leather apparel, recom
mended by the U.S. International Trade
Commission, “would be inflationary at a
time when fighting inflation is a national
priority. ”
Instead, Carter promised speeded-up
consideration for applications for “trade ad
justment assistance,” given for workers
who are idled or communities hurt by im
ports.
x)cal parks offer
(iuch to students
miMi
By NANCY ANDERSEN
City Staff
at old devil, spring fever, can tempt
* the most conscientious student to
don his textbooks for an afternoon in
jhen the front yard has an asphalt lawn
■of parked cars and there’s another
tment where the backyard should be, a
hborhood park is the ideal place to en-
he warm weather.
College Station parks:
ee Creek Park, at the end of Anderson
et, offers an Olympic-size swimming
, two lighted softball fields, four tennis
ts, a jogging trail, a 17-acre arboretum
[several picnic tables,
pefer a leisurely picnic under large
; or an afternoon nap on a gently slop-
lill? Dexter Park on Dexter and Jersey
the place.
|or larger parties Oaks Park near High-
30 at Stallings Drive has a covered
lllion, two party areas, restrooms and a
rter-mile jogging track,
lincoln Center on Eleanor Street at Hol-
an Drive has a gym, a lighted softball
two baseball backstops and res-
is. Also, the parks and recreation de-
tishop shot
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AN SALVADOR, El Salvador —
jur gunmen calmly walked up to
chbishop Oscar A. Romero as he
M up the communion host during a
„ . 11 |iml mass and shot him at point-blank
j pge, killing the 1979 Nobel Peace
-(V ri1 (ize nominee, witnesses said.
[The military-civilian junta banned
adio stations from carrying news of the
opular archbishop’s assassination but
lued a statement “energetically con-
pemning it and announcing an “impor-
ht” broadcast early today.
[Newspaper publisher Jorge Pinto
lid the 63-year-old archbishop was
pving a funeral mass Monday for the
publisher’s mother, Sara Meardi de Pin
to when the four men edged up to the
all ir of the tiny chapel in northwestern
San Salvador and fired pointblank.
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partment office is located here.
Anderson Park on Anderson Street at
Lemon Tree Drive has an unlighted soft-
ball field and a three-quarter mile jogging
path. Further down Anderson at Holleman
Drive are the Anderson athletic fields, nine
acres of soccer fields.
Thomas Park on Francis Street at James
Parkway has three baseball backstops, two
unlighted tennis courts, two soccer fields,
playgrounds and picnic tables. A pool is
planned to be completed by the summer,
and it will eventually be covered by a bub
ble, said Marci Rodgers, recreation super
intendent.
During the day use of the softball fields is
free, but at night there is a $15 charge for
using the lights and a $5 deposit for the key
to the lights. A field may be reserved for up
to two hours.
The tennis courts are open to the public
and cannot be reserved. There are current
ly no operable lights due to vandalism,
Rodgers said. Coin-operated lights are
being considered, she added.
The Bee Creek swimming pool is open
daily from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for adults only
and from 1 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. for everyone.
The cost for one swim is 75 cents for adults
and 50 cents for children under 12. Dis
count passes are available: a $7.50 pass
good for 14 visits, $30 per month $150 a
year for families.
The swimming hours will be extended
during the summer, and the pool can be
reserved for private parties.
Picnic tables can be rented, and Rodgers
said most are already booked on Saturdays
for the next month. The rental fee is $10
and a $25 deposit is required. The tables
include barbeque pits and must be booked
at least week in advance, but no more than
30 days.
For the group that wants to play games
but has no equipment, the department has
two recreation kits. These contain foot
balls, volleyball, badmitton and horseshoe
sets, baseball bats and dominoes. The
rental fee for these kits is $5 and a $25
deposit is required.
Reservations and deposits for all facilities
but the swimming pool must be made
through the parks and recreation office at
1000 Eleanor St. Deposit and rental fees
must be paid with separate checks payable
to the City of College Station.
Bryan parks:
Bryan Utilities Lake Park, about
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Iranians demonstrate
against shah’s departure
Peace justice
avoids injury
in mishap
Precinct 4-4 Justice of the Peace Carolyn
Hensarling was forced off the road Monday
evening by a drunk driver. She was not
injured.
Although initial reports stated Hensarl
ing had been assaulted with a gun at her
residence, she said this was not true.
“A pair of guys just ran me off the road, ”
she said. “I’m glad someone is setting it
straight.
“The sherifTs department is holding
them both, one for driving while intoxi
cated, and another for public intoxication. ”
The College Station police department
first reported they had received a “very
erratic” phone call stating Hensarling had
been assaulted, but the details were
sketchy at that time.
The sheriff s department refused to give
out the names or the ages of the men being
held.
Proxmire’s
golden fleece
sheared
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Sen. William Prox-
mire, D-Wis., who likes to point out ridicu
lous examples of government financial
waste, cost the taxpayers $124,351 in legal
fees in defense of one of his tongue-in-
cheek “Golden Fleece” awards.
In addition, Proxmire publicly apolo
gized on the floor of the Senate to Dr.
Ronald Hutchinson, 43, a researcher at
Kalamazoo (Mich.) State Hospital. The
senator also paid him $10,000 and his
$5,132 in legal fees in settlement of Hutch
inson’s $8 million defamation suit against
Proxmire and a legislative aide.
“Some of my statements concerning Dr.
Hutchinson’s research may be subject to an
interpretation different from the one I in
tended and I am happy to clarify them,”
Proxmire said Monday after the Senate
convened.
In presenting a 1975 Golden Fleece to
three government agencies for financing
Hutchinson’s experiments on aggressive
animal and human behavior, including re
search on why monkeys clench their jaws,
Proxmire said Hutchinson “made a fortune
from his monkeys” while making monkeys
out the taxpayers.
“While the amount of the federal ex
penditure was large and provided support
for Dr. Hutchinson’s research for a number
of years, the fact is Dr. Hutchinson did not
make a personal fortune, ” said Proxmire.
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Iranians gathered to march on the occu
pied U.S. Embassy in Tehran today, urged
by radio and television to “show their
hatred for the American plot” in spiriting
the ousted shah from Panama to Egypt,
reports said.
The demonstrations were expected to
herald renewed anti-American dramatics
in Tehran, where 50 Americans entered
their 143rd day of captivity today under the
threat some might stand trial on spying
charges.
Iran's "hanging judge,” Ayatollah
Sadegh Khalkali, raised that possibility
Monday, charging the shah was accepted
by Egypt “on orders from Carter.” He said
some of the hostages would be put in the
dock at spy trials in retribution.
The report brought quick reaction from
the White House, which said Iran would
bear “null responsibility” for such a grave
action.
UV.N. Secretary-General Kurt Wal
dheim said in New York the U. N. Commis
sion on Iran would not return to Tehran
until there was a “better climate.” The
panel’s efforts to see the captives were re
jected last month.
Tehran Radio denounced the ailing
shah’s move to Cairo one day before Iran
pressed its case for his extradition from
Panama and blamed a “treacherous”
American plot for the abrupt departure.
People gathered at 10 rally points for the
march on the embassy, urged by the radio
Please see related story, page 9.
to show their “hatred for the American
plot,” ABC News reported Monday night.
Iran’s charge d’affaires in Washington,
Ali Aga, told ABC News 140 letters from
the hostages had been allowed out of Iran
recently but the State Department did not
allow the letters to get to the hostages’
families.
“Certainly there is an interest to keep
these people as hostages in Tehran in this
country,” he charged. He did not elabo
rate, but earlier in the interview he implied
the CIA was keeping word from the hos
tages “because of security.”
Khalkali told reporters in Rome, where
he stopped en route to Libya, Egypt and
especially President Anwar Sadat would
pay for granting asylum to the deposed
monarch. The Islamic judge has sentenced
to death hundreds of former officials of the
shah’s regime.
Khalkali said the United States was de
laying the release of the hostages by failing
to return the shah and his wealth to Iran,
which the militants holding the embassy
have demanded since they took the diplo
matic facility Nov. 4.
He said those hostages “who acted as
spies and betrayed our people will be
tried and sent to prison.” He said the trial
would begin after Iran’s new parliament
convenes, likely in May.
“Those who are innocent will be par
doned by the imam (Khomeini) and freed, ”
he said.
In Cairo, doctors said the shah, who is
suffering from cancer and must have his
enlarged spleen removed, was in better
condition than has been reported. They
termed his condition “somewhat reassur
ing,” the state-controlled Middle East
News Agency reported.
SG presents
music, speeches
Students will have a chance to hear
candidates in the upcoming campus
elections while being entertained when
the Election Committee and the Base
ment Coffeehouse sponsor singing and
speeches by the fountain in front of Rud
der Tower Wednesday.
Beginning at 10 a.m., six singers will
perform with candidates for Junior and
Senior Yell Leader, Student Body Pres
ident and Residence Hall Association
giving short speeches at five minutes
before each hour until 2 p.m.
Schedule for the candidates is: 10:55,
Senior Yell Leader; 11:55, Student
Body President; 12:55, Junior Yell
Leader; 1:55, Residence Hall Associa
tion.
There are seven candidates for senior
and eight for junior yell leaders, two for
RHA and four student body president
candidates.
Singers will be Robert Keen, Jim
Dawkins, Jim Sharpe, Rich Mennick
and John Douset.