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Vol. 73 No. 138
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Monday, April 14, 1980
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IRAN, Iran — An official from the
ational Red Cross entered the U.S.
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sy today to meet with at least some
SjiepO American hostages held there by
tant Moslems.
I militants said earlier that they would
heir American captives to meet the
but refused to be pinned down on
!er all 50 hostages would be visited,
militants’ statement appeared to fall
flranian President Abolhassan Bani-
fs reported promise Saturday that all
Americans would be seen the Red
Cross aide to prove they were alive and
well.
The official Pars news agency said the
International Red Cross representative
would be accompanied by Tehran’s chief
religious leader, the ministers of health and
social welfare, and an official of the Iranian
Red Lion and Sun (Red Cross) Society.
At a meeting with envoys from nine
European Economic Community nations
and Japan, Bani-Sadr disclosed a visit was
imminent and said the group would be able
to see “all the hostages.”
Previous visitors to the hostages, now in
their 163rd day of captivity, have never
seen all of the hostages, raising questions
about exactly how many there are and
whether they are all still alive or in the
embassy.
President Carter has turned down re
quests from at least a dozen Iranian diplo
mats that they be allowed to stay in the
United States and not be expelled, News
week Magazaine said. The magazine said
one diplomat said his wife was being tre
ated for cancer and another claimed his
12-day-old son was too young too travel.
The magazine also quotes sources close
to the Iranian Revolutionary Council as
saying government officials find it “impos
sible” to explain complex issues to Ayatol
lah Ruhollah Khomeini and that the fiery
religious leader cannot work full-time be
cause of health problems.
According to Newsweek magazine, Car
ter is considering expelling some or all of
the Iranian citizens still in the United
States and even electronically jamming all
of Iran’s internal communications, includ
ing radio and television signals.
The magazine also said one of the hos
tages, Michael Metrinko, had tried to
escape shortly after the embassy takeover
November 4 and had been placed in solit
ary confinement.
In another initiative to end the crisis,
Pope John Paul II sent individual messages
to Carter, U.N. Secretary-General Kurt
Waldheim, Bani-Sadr and Khomeini, the
Vatican said.
In Washington, Deputy Secretary of
State Warren Christopher told ABC’s
“Issues and Answers” that the United
States hopes its major allies will decide by
next week to join in economic sanctions
against Iran.
President Carter has told interviewers
he has set “a specific date” reportedly in
May, for allies to join America in sanctions
against Iran.
In another development, Bani-Sadr flew
to Kermanshah, near the Iraqi border, to
inspect Iranian armed forces in the tense
region following days of sporadic fighting.
Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
scheduled to visit the border area today,
told Pars, “we are not opposed to media
tion, but we believe talking with the Iraqi
government would not lead to any solu
tion.”
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........ WASHINGTON — President Carter
asked the European Common Market
|s to agree on economic sanctions
t Iran by next week and to break
ns with the Tehran government by
if the hostage impasse continues.
a Her also has warned the United States
n # Rspond forcefully, perhaps militarily,
w of the American are harmed or put on
■ president made the remarks in an
■iew with European television corres-
idents made public Sunday. He did not
By what future steps he could take,
larterhas focused his attention in recent
son appeals to the allies to join in press-
iglran. He hopes the Common Market
(Ons will agree on economic sanctions
they meet April 21, and will break
atic relations by May if there is no
ss in freeing the hostages,
ide said Carter would not necessari-
;t for the allies’ decision before taking
onal economic steps against Iran,
barter said concerted action by the allies
Ofiii Id allow the United States “to avoid the
jjk j)(j(itan action or other stronger bellige-
t action that would be always an open
ion for us.”
|| the American hostages faced their
rd day of captivity, Carter said, “Our
ience is running out.”
m tsked what he would do if the militants
k physical action against the hostages or
d a trial, he replied: “Our action would
very strong and forceful and might very
|1 involve military means.”
hit Carter added the United States will
jaust all peaceful means, including joint
p with the allies, before turning to
itary action.
But if our hostages are injured or if any
ffim are killed, then we would not delay
taking much stronger action of an inci-
e nature, he declared.
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legotiations
rill speed up
United Press International
L AVIV, Israel — Prime Minister
chem Begin left today for summit
yith President Carter in Washington,
ising to speed up the stalled negotia-
Jl on Palestinian autonomy,
legin still refuses to recognize the Camp
vid May 26 target date as a hard-and-fast
idline.
leg in also refused to consider a tempor-
i freeze on Israeli settlements in occu-
d Arab territories to ease the talks in the
eks remaining before May 26.
We can do no more, ” Begin told repor-
s at Ben-Gurion airport before his de
nture for the United States. “Settlement
m inalienable right and our duty and it is
ential to our security.”
Begin expressed optimism an agreement
Palestinian self-rule could be reached,
t Reiterated his stand that it must be
led strictly on the Camp David accords,
lich as a blueprint for peace is vague and
es not spell out the nuts and bolts of
ptinian autonomy.
We are convinced that agreement can
achieved on the condition that everyone
solved in the talks remains completely
'al to the Camp David accords,” he told
porters.
On the eve of his departure, the military
mmand announced it completed the
thdrawal of Israeli troops from southern
sbanon, ending a five-day deployment in
taliation for a guerrilla attack on the
rthern kibbutz of Misgav Am that left
fee Israelis and five Palestians dead.
Begin defended Israel’s troop move-
| ents in southern Lebanon as a response to
| |rorism and denied Israel responded to
■ lAmerican “demand” to remove its
| Bps. “We told the Americans that this is
J temporary measure and we must be care-
j land on guard,” he said.
I Begin said Israel favors “the speeding
| p” of the autonomy talks but stressed the
| lay 26 target date for completion should
j Jt be seen as “final.” “This is a goal, he
ad “We must try to fulfill it.”
A run with the pack
Racers begin the third and final
race of the annual Aggieland Stage
Race. The 40-kilometer race was
held Sunday around the Corps
Drill Field. Hans Schneider, pic
tured in the far left-hand corner,
took first placed in the overall two-
day competition. Texas A&M stu
dent John Young finished eighth
overall. The Texas A&M cycling
team sponsored the event.
Staff photo by Steve Clark
Herring receives top MSC award
By BECKY MATTHEWS
Battalion Reporter
Brooks Herring received the Thomas H.
Rountree award during the 29th annual
Memorial Student Center Council and
Directorate awards banquet held Saturday.
The award named the senior chemical
engineering major from Victoria “the out
standing student of the MSC Council or
Directorate. ”
More than 300 awards were presented at
the banquet, held to honor outstanding stu
dents involved in the MSC Council and the
19 programming committees which com
prise the directorate.
Herring, a former chairman of the MSC
Town Hall committee and a former directo
rate representative to the MSC Council,
served as the MSC Council president this
year.
Robert Navarro, a senior biology major
from Wichita Falls, was the recipient of the
Harold W. Gaines award. This award is
presented to the directorate member “who
is most instrumental in promoting the MSC
as a whole.”
Navarro, a former directorate represen
tative to the MSC Council, was the vice-
chairman for speaker arrangements for
MSC Student Conference on National
Affairs (SCONA) 25 and was the directorate
representative to the MSC Enrichment
committee this year.
He is the second person to have received
this award since it was first presented in
1977.
The awards banquet marked the last offi
cial function for Wayne Stark as MSC
Director. Jim Reynolds is the new director.
Stark has been named as a special assistant
to the president, to specialize in cultural
programming.
Thirteen students received the Disting
uished Service Award which recognizes
students “who have shown leadership and
dedication in the performance of their re
sponsibilities beyond the call of duty.”
These students were: Dan Ayre, Teresa
Beshara, James Briggs, Brian Gross, Emen
Haby, Henry Harlos, Cheri Leavitt, Becky
Matthews, Michelle Scudder, Mary Helen
Vetter, Charlie Walter, Cindy Williams
and Richard Stevens.
Two students received the J. Wayne
Stark Award for their work on special pro
jects. Phil Frink received the award for his
work on the MSC MBA/Law Day program
and Steve Noak received the award for his
work on the Miss TAMU Scholarship
Pageant.
Thirteen students received awards for
“exemplary achievement and outstanding
service” to the MSC. These awards are
broken down into first, second and third
year awards.
First year recipients were Rich Carson,
Paul Fisher, Craig Hanks, Marcie Macha,
Erum Sheikh and Leslie Wantschek.
Second year recipients were Steve
Finch, Keith Shurtleff, Laurie Null and
Katy Campana.
Third year recipients were Noel Wat
kins, David McCarthy and Susan De
mpsey.
Four faculty members received Disting
uished Service Awards for non-students:
Dr. Leo D. Berner received one for his
work with the MSC SCONA committee,
Dr. Bryan Cole received one for his work
on the MSC Council, Dr. Huey Perry re
ceived one for his work with the MSC Black
Awareness committee and Dr. John
Reynolds received one for his work with
the MSC Council.
Awards were also presented to the out
standing committee member for the direc
torate committees and the special project-
committees under the MSC Council.
These recipients are Sharon Verkin (MSC
Aggie Cinema), Kerri Kernan (MSC Arts),
Sandy Morrow (MSC Basement), Reginald
Trammel (MSC Black Awareness), Julio
Casas (MSA CAMAC), Bob Wells (MSC
Camera), David Gaskill (MSC Cepheid
Variable), Katie McKitterick (MSC Crafts
and Arts), Randy Rychlik (MSC Free Uni
versity), Carol Sugimoto (MSC Great
Issues) and Heather White (MSC Hospit
ality).
Other recipients were: Lori Schuler
(MSC OPAS), Pat Hollingsworth (MSC
Outdoor Recreation), Melissa Ludwig
(MSC Political Forum), Juli Montgomery
(MSC Radio), Todd Norwood (MSC Re
creation), Sharon Kuhn (MSC SCONA),
Kyle Sears (MSC Town Hall), Debra
Lanham (MSC Travel) and Lee Dedear
(MSC Video).
For special projects, the recipients, were:
Nancy Newton (MSC Open House),
Dorothy Nunnelly (MSC Fall Leadership),
Jayanthi Kasiraj (MSC Welcome Back Pic
nic), Kirk Kelly (MSC MBA-Law Day),
Patricia Price (MSC Lost and Found Auc
tion), Cindy Ruiz (MSC Christmas Prog
ram), Mike Sottilaire (MSC Discovery),
Kyle Byrom (MSC All Nite Fair), Kathy
McCoy (MSC Spring Leadership) and
Keith Newman (MSC Variety Show).
Approximately 275 appreciation certifi
cates were also presented to members of
the various committees in recognition of
the contribution those committee mem
bers made during the year.
Kennedy victory surprises Carter
United Press International
Sen. Edward Kennedy’s upset win in
Arizona this weekend caught the Carter
campaign “looking the other way,” White
House press secretary Jody Powell said.
Kennedy apparently won 16 of Arizona’s
national convention delegates to President
Carter’s 13, but the count was not yet com
plete when it was put over early Sunday
until today. The vote then was approxi
mately 55 percent to 45 percent, in Ken
nedy’s favor.
Carter had been considered the favorite
in a close race in Arizona. The main sur
prise was the strength Kennedy demons
trated in conservative areas — even car
rying Sen. Barry Goldwater’s home district
of Paradise Valley.
“Jimmy Carter found there’s a little cac
tus growing in the Rose Garden,” Kennedy
said to a cheering labor union audience in
Philadelphia Sunday.
At the White House, Powell told repor
ters the upset “sort of caught us looking the
other way,” and then repeated his dismay
at Kennedy’s continuing the race that risks
dividing the party and giving the Republi
cans a big money-raising advantage.
Arizona was the only real surprise of the
weekend, but there also were these dele
gate selection events:
— A straw ballot at Kentucky’s Republi
can state convention Saturday in Kentucky
gave Ronald Reagan 345 votes to 70 for
former U.N. Ambassador George Bush, 55
for California businessman Benjamin Fer
nandez, 23 for Rep. John Anderson and
three for Harold Stassen.
And the convention — which wound up
three days of caucuses — was so over
whelmingly favorable to Reagan that it
changed party rules to assure him of all 27
delegate votes in the second and subse
quent ballots at the national convention.
The first-ballot votes must be divided prop
ortionately among leaders of the state’s
primary May 27.
— South Carolina Democrats reaffirmed
at a state convention Saturday the big pre
ference for Carter they had indicated at
first-round caucuses last month. Carter
won 34 South Carolina delegates to Ken
nedy’s one, with two uncommitted.
— The results were not all in from
Washington’s legislative district caucuses
Saturday — the second stage of that state’s
delegate selection process — but are be
lieved to have followed projections made
after the first round last month when the
anticipated final total was Carter 34, Ken
nedy 12, and 12 uncommitted.
— Virginia Democrats in second-stage
district conventions reaffirmed earlier
caucus preferences that are expected to
produce 59 delegates for Carter to five for
Kennedy.
— Florida Democrats chose nine state
officials to fill delegates slots already
pledged to candidates by results of the
March 11 primary. Seven of the newly
chosen delegates are for Carter and two for
Kennedy, with 28 at-large delegates to be
named later this month.
Millionaire searches for Titanic
United Press International
Millionaire Jack Grimm plays a little
poker himself, but he still can’t understand
why the captain of the doomed Titanic gam
bled so recklessly 68 years ago in modem
maritime history’s worst disaster.
“Why was this great vessel going through
iceberg-infested waters at 21 knots, know
ing and having been warned that there was
a field of icebergs up ahead?” asks Grimm.
From his base in Abilene, more than 360
air miles from the nearest ocean, the 54-
year-old oilman is planning a multimillion-
dollar adventure, spread over two sum
mers, that ultimately may provide an
answer.
It also may result in the first photographs
of the sunken oceanliner, provide fodder
for a documentary movie and afford Grimm
and his partners the chance to search for
Titanic artifacts that may include a fortune
in jewels.
Grimm, who has financed searches for
the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot, was
solicited about four months ago to join the
Titanic project. His group hopes to pro
duce a movie of the search and distribute it
within two years, with baritone-voiced
Orson Welles as narrator.
The Titanic, four city blocks long and 175
feet high from keel to the top of her four
funnels, left Southampton, England, for
New York City on April 11, 1912.
The Titanic was on the fourth day of her
maiden voyage April 14, 1912, steming at a
reported 22.5 knots in the North Atlantic,
when calamity struck.
About 11:40 p.m., 380 miles off the New
foundland coast, the 882V2-foot-long ship
veered sharply to avoid a giant iceberg,
floating with others farther south in the
Atlantic than usual.
The Titanic was struck on her starboard
side and the iceberg tore a 300-foot gash in
the hull. The opening provided icy seas
instant routes to five of the ship’s 16 water
tight compartments.
Two hours and 40 minutes after the colli
sion— at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912 — the
46,328-ton liner disappeared. She took
more than 1,500 of her 2,224 passengers on
a death ride as the ship sank toward the
bottom more than two miles below.
The story of the Titanic has captivated
readers and moviegoers for almost seven
decades. But Grimm hopes to remove it
from a sort of fictionalized lore by locating
the ship, photographing it and exploring
part of its interior with one-way robots.
As foremost of “five or six” financiers,
Grimm plans to join a research vessel crew
on July 1 when they depart Port Everg
lades, Fla., on the first trip to the 100-
square-mile search area near latitude 41:16
north and longitude 50:14 west.