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The Battalion
Vol. 73 No. 148 Monday, April 28, 1980 USPS 045 360
10 Pages College Station, Texas Phone 845-2611
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United Press International
ASHINGTON — Secretary of State
us Vance, convinced the military mis-
to free the hostages in Iran was the
mg course of action, resigned his post as
ark of protest, administration officials
l Sunday night.
he resignation, just three days after the
ite House revealed that mechanical
blems forced cancellation of the rescue
l, was a certainty from the time the res-
; force began its task, officials said,
in official said Vance strongly opposed
e mission from the outset, and told Presi-
Iht Carter he would quit after the raid “no
matter what the outcome.”
There was no White House or State De
partment confirmation of Vance s resigna
tion, but other government sources indi
cated an announcement would be made
today.
It was expected Vance would leave his
post soon and Deputy Secretary of State
Warren Christopher would take over as the
acting secretary.
“He felt strongly about it. He talked to
the president several times over the past
two weeks and he and the president agreed
that they simply differed,” said one official.
“Cy felt he had no choice, despite his warm
personal relationship with the president.”
“The secretary f e lt he could not support
it but did not want to resign until it was
over,” the official said.
Vance, a 63-yeaf-old quiet “diplomat’s
diplomat,” made it clear when he took the
job he would serve only one term.
From the outset of his career in the Car
ter administration, Vance sometimes
clashed with his more hawkish counterpart
at the White House, national security
adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Their differences occasionally simmered
openly, and once Carter tried to smooth
over the problem by making Vance his
chief foreign policy spokesman. That did
not last long.
Vance, soine officials said, was the only
one of the president’s top advisers who
opposed last week’s abortive effort to res
cue the 53 Americans held hostage in Iran
since Nov. 4. But Carter, despite Vance’s
misgivings, was deterimed to mount an
effort to free the hostages. The plan was
initiated N 0 v. 9 and first actively consi
dered April 11.
On Sunday> Brzezinski said he backed
the mission and would do it again. Defense
Secretary Harold Brown, through a spokes
man, expressed similar sentiments.
During his three years, three months at
the State Department, Vance devoted
most of his time to the Middle East, work
ing on what finally became the Camp David
concepts.
Rumors of his resignation began surfac
ing Sunday afternoon following speculation
that he was dismayed at the rescue attempt
and felt it had undercut the carefully
crafted diplomatic efforts to free the hos
tages.
It was rumored that Vance would resign
in March, after the United Nations vote
mixup, and Vance denied publicly then he
would quit. That snafu involved a vote to
condemn Israel for settlements in occupied
Arab territory, and Vance publicly took the
blame for a communications snarl.
Vance’s influence at the White House,
though it sometimes took a back seat to
Brzezinski’s, was still apparent in his final
days as secretary. He persuaded Carter to
draw back when he was about to halt ship
ments of food or medicine to Iran on the
day he broke diplomatic relations with
Iran.
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United Press International
5AN ANTONIO — President Carter is
ving Washington for the first time since
Americans were detained in Tehran last
to visit five servicemen hurt during a
ile mission to free the hostages.
White House officials said Carter would
Ive for San Antonio about 9:30 a. m. CDT
ay and return to Washington immedi-
!y after meeting with the men injured in
|t week’s aborted mission in Iran,
he president was expected to land at
[n Antonio’s Kelly Air Force Base,
jhough a spokesman there would neither
rf ~ fifirm nor deny Carter’s plans.
The men — four of them being treated
burns at Brooke Army Medical Center
I''d the fifth recovering from a knee injury
JL vXl nearby Lackland Air Force Base — were
?en optimistic health reports Sunday by a
Internatka ooke spokesman.
S’l . 1 f ce l very strongly that all of them will
llbrinp rvjve,” said Col. Basil Pruitt.
:sidentu Pruitt, in charge of treating the most
"j dously injured members of the crack hos-
ud Thun^ e rescue team, who are under armed
ard on the fourth floor of the world’s best
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San
drier message read
United Press International
NICEVILLE, Fla. — President Carter
ered a personal message to more than
people gathered to eulogize five air-
en killed attempting to free the American
•stages in Iran.
The president telephoned a message
[Sunday that was read at a memorial service
jpr by Maj. Gen. Robert Bond, commander of
fCJ the Eglin Air Force base complex.
terMfoilCarter praised the eight servicemen, five
— The W whom were attached to the 8th Special
pheric.^Operations Squadron at nearby Hurlburt
lited Stwield, who died when a helicopter and
10 tornad fansport plane burst into flames after the
he 197l)ifnission was aborted.
burn treatment center, would speak only in
generalities and said the Privacy Act prohi
bited discussing the cases by name.
“Dealing with the age group we are, sur
vival is anticipated in all four cases, ” he told
reporters.
Pruitt said the men’s burns ranged in
extent from 2 to 44 percent of their bodies.
Some had suffered second-degree and
others third-degree, and the burns ranged
in location from only the face to all extremi
ties.
“They seem to be coping well. They’re
all conscious and aware of what’s going on,”
he said.
Pruitt said three of the men were able to
walk and watch television Sunday morning
while the fourth, believed to be Air Force
Staff Sgt. Joseph B. Beyers III, 37, of Char
leston, S.C., had a better than “50-50
chance” of survival.
Beyers’ wife and five children visited
him Sunday at the Fort Sam Houston
medical facility, where four suites were re
served for the comfort of the families of the
injured men.
The other men at Brooke were identified
as Marine Maj. Leslie B. Petty, 34, of Jack
sonville, N.C., who was in serious con
dition; Marine Maj. James H. Schaefer Jr.,
36, of Los Angeles, and Air Force 1st Lt.
Jeffrey B. Harrison, 26, of Warren, Ohio,
both listed in satisfactory condition.
Pruitt said one victim, whom he declined
to identify but who was believed to be
Beyers, suffered inhalation burns and was
being treated with tubes in his trachea and
aritifical life support systems. ,
Beyers and Petty, whose wife was at the
hospital, will remain in intensive care for
three to five days while the other two men
were expected to be moved to the third
floor today.
Pruitt said the two less badly burned
men may be released from the hospital in
eight to 10 days, but the other two will have
to remain longer. He said some of the burn
victims may require skin grafts but de
clined to predict \vhether any would be
permanently disfigured.
The least-seriously hurt, Airman 1st
Class William B. Tootle of Fort Walton
Beach, Fla., was hospitalized with a knee
injury at Wilford Hall — where the shah of
Iran was treated last December — at Lack-
land. A hospital spokesman said Tootle had
talked with his family by telephone.
The five arrived in San Antonio Saturday
afternoon aboard a huge, C-141 Starlifter
transport after a 20-hour trip from Ram-
stein Air Force Base in West Germany,
where they were taken after the rescue
operation was aborted early Friday.
A crowd of 150 and an Air Force drum
and bugle corps playing patriotic songs
greeted the men, who were believed in
jured when a helicopter and a transport
plane collided in the Iranian desert as the
would-be rescue team began pulling out.
Former Navy clerk,
upset over Iran,
holds officer hostage
United Press International
DALLAS — A former Dallas Naval Air
Station employee, upset at developments
in Iran, held a base officer hostage at gun
point for more than an hour Sunday, then
surrendered without bloodshed, according
to base officials.
A base spokesman said there were no
injuries in the episode, and the suspect was
hospitalized for mental evaluation.
Sheriff s deputies took the suspect, iden
tified only as Richard Mayfield, to Parkland
Memorial Hospital for psychiatric evalua
tion, Aide said. Federal charges were
pending.
Council to view
item on electives
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March
earns
$14,000
The March of Dimes is $14,000 richer
thanks to the Corps of Cadets’ March to
the Brazos, Mike Weaver, Corps ad
jutant and president of the march said
Sunday.
Before the march, made March 29,
pledges totaled $18,000. “We re sorry
we can’t collect the rest of it,” Weaver .
said. “Nobody is strong-armed about it.
It’s strictly a voluntary thing.”
“A lot of people just gave a dollar
donation,” said Tracy Cox, vice presi
dent of the 6-7 mile march. “Some paid
a dime per mile, 50 cents per mile. Pas
ta’s Pizza gave a $500 donation.
“The volume of money came from
students. Larger contributions came
from businesses in Bryan-College Sta
tion.”
Most donations were from this area,
Cox said, but some cadets got sponsors
from their home towns over Spring
Break.
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Fire damage
undetermined
A fire in the postal and store rooms of the
Monaco Apartments, 306 Redmond Dr.,
was extinguished by the College Station
Fire Department early Sunday morning.
The fire began at 12:30 a.m. on the first
floor and went up the walls to the second
floor, a spokesman said.
Cause or damage have not yet been de
termined, a fire department spokesman
said.
By DEBBIE NELSON
Battalion StaiT
The Academic Council will consider a
proposal that would require students to
take nine hours of electives not directly
related to their majors in a meeting
Tuesday.
Other items before the board will be the
addition of “Dean’s Honor Roll” status
above “Distinguished Student” listings and
numerous proposed changes in the Univer
sity Rules and Regulations.
The board will meet at 1:30 p.m. in 601
Rudder Tower.
In a written recommendation, a special
committee has proposed establishment of a
requirement of nine semester hours of
“broadening electives” for undergradu
ates. The courses would be required from
departments not directly related to the stu
dent’s major.
The aim of the broadening elctives would
be to strengthen students’ humanities, so
cial science, and natural science back
grounds. They would be chosen from lists
prepared by each department and would
be subject to the approval of the depart
mental curriculum committees.
The Academic Programs Council recom
mended establishing a Dean’s Honor Roll
for students who have a grade point ratio of
at least 3.75.
Eligibility for this rating has the same
requirements as the Distinguished Student
The Academic Programs Council re
commended establishing a Dean’s
Honor Roll for students who have a
grade point ratio of at least 3. 75.
designation — students selected must be
taking at least 15 hours during a regular
semester or 12 hours in a summer session,
and must have no grade lower than “C.”
Proposed changes in 1980-81 University
Rules and Regulations include giving in
structors permission to use cheating as
grounds for lowering grades after the final
course grade has been issued.
Now, as in the proposed change, instruc
tors must notify the student and the stu
dent’s dean in writing as soon as practic
able, but can not alter a mark after the final
course grade has been submitted to the
registrar.
A report from the Rules and Regulations
Committee says action has been hampered
against one graduating senior who was
found to have plagiarized a term paper in a
required course.
Also up for consideration is the reclas
sifying of advanced ROTC courses as free
electives, which would allow negotiations
Other proposed Rules and Regula
tions changes include making parking
permit fees refundable, indicating
which graduate courses will be graded
on a satisfactory-unsatisfactory basis,
and removing the requirement of a
dean’s approval for Q-drops.
between the School of Military Sciences
and deans of colleges for degree credit.
Presently, those ROTC courses are not
acceptable for credit for all degree plans.
Other proposed Rules and Regulations
changes include making parking permit
fees refundable, indicating which graduate
courses will be graded on a satisfactory-
unsatisfactory basis, and removing the re
quirement of a dean’s approval for Q-drops.
Curricula changes in Biology and Agri
culture Education are also proposed, to
emphasize students’ fields of interest and
prepare them for a variety of roles.
Sweet teeth for charity
Texas A&M University President Jarvis E. Miller
and 2-year-old Laura Mcllhenny were a couple of
the 2,000-3,000 people who helped eat 1 mile, 575
yards worth of banana split Saturday. Laura is the
daughter of Tim Mcllhenny, a senior chemical en
gineering student. The dessert feast, which raised
money for the Bryan-College Station Boys Clubs,
was arranged in the shape of the ATM logo. The
benefit was run by Alpha Phi Omega, a University
service organization. A total of 11,400 bananas,
34,200 scoops of ice cream, 170 pounds of nuts, 270
gallons of chocolate topping and 110 gallons of whip
ped topping went into the banana split.
Photo by Dave Tollefson
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