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Student senate to elect new officers in final meeting IPPIB By NANCY ANDERSEN Battalion Staff Student Body President Brad Smith will announce his executive branch and univer sity committees appointments and the sen ate will elect officers at the year’s final meeting of the student senate tonight. The senate will also hear a number of bills for the first time. Unless the senate votes to place any of them on emergency status, all bills introduced at this meeting will not be acted on until next school year. One bill asks for a senate recommenda tion to the Athletic Department to set aside 588 seats in the first six rows of sections 324-326 and 337-338 for students prefer ring to sit. These seats are on the third level ranging from the 10-yard line to the goal line at both ends of the field. Priority would be given to graduate stu dents and temporarily or permanently handicapped students. Any tickets left over from the graduate-senior draw will go to juniors. Among other legislation to be introduced is a bill that would ask permission for the Basement Coffeehouse to apply for a license to sell beer and another that would revise bylaws of the internal affairs com mittee. Senator George Pappas, who introduced the Basement Coffeehouse bill, said many coffeehouse members feel selling beer will make it more competitive with similar off- campus establishments. The bill was introduced last year, Pappas said, but was killed in committee. Even if the bill passes, Pappas said there might be problems in obtaining a liquor license from the Alcoholic Beverage Com- Also to be introduced is a bill which would approve continuation of student gov ernment’s consumer guide with some revi sions. The guide was started last semester and provides students with information not compiled elsewhere. If approved it will be expanded to include consumer tips, res taurants, and emergency numbers. The guide will be distributed through the Sur vival Kit early next fall. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in 204 Harrington Education Center. Bryan police officers try to calm Connie Baugh after whisking her from the Department of Human Re sources. She faced charges of attempted murder after holding officers at bay with a .22-caliber rifle for four hours. Staff photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr. -Police held at bay runners ^ y armed woman Greek clergyman to retrieve bodies of men killed in raid By JANA SIMS Battalion Staff IA woman demanding to see her daugh- fr, who had been taken from her by wel- s officials in 1976, used a rifle to hold Iryan police at bay for four hours Monday. | Maj. Lee Freeman of the Bryan police 1 to wrest the weapon from Connie nigh, 34, about 8 p.m. Baugh is a former fiyan resident who now lives in Porter, faced charges of attempted mur- r, officials at the sheriff s office said. Welfare officials said Baugh entered the tate Department of Human Resources lice at Washington and 24th streets fielding a . 22-caliber rifle shortly after 4 un. and said she she wanted to see her lildren. “Icalled the police,” said Pat Arbuckle, hild placement worker, “and another sec- etary came in and locked the door and we lot under the desk and remained there she talked through the door at us. She fired through the door at least twice — she shot three times.” The shots entered the door about 3 feet above the floor. ^ - Arbuckle said Baugh said only that “she ranted her children and she was going to Jet me.” Bryan police then arrived and talked ingh into entering another office where she locked herself in. The remainder of the 15-20 caseworkers and clerks who had not led out of one of three exits at the sound of e gunshots were helped outside by policemen. « ~J Charles Jenkins, program director for protective services for the human re sources department, said welfare officials took custody of Baugh’s two boys and a girl in 1976. Asked why welfare officials took custody ofthe children, Jenkins said, “I don’t know the specific action, or whatever it was. I know it was in 1976.” Jenkins said the two boys are living with asister of Baugh’s but no one would tell the location of the girl. The girl seemed to be s main concern. While in the room, Bryan Police Chief Charles Phelps said lugh said if her daughter was not brought her, she would “come out shooting. ” But it was Freeman of the Bryan police who finally earned her trust and was able to the gun away from her in a short vUf ared ^ out a® 1 will ..'1 r j 90 ?■ 30 p'" 1 )0P> Awa 1 United Press International TEHRAN, Iran — A Greek archbishop once jailed by the Israelis for running guns to Palestinian guerrillas arrived in Tehran today in answer to a call to take custody of the remains of the U.S. servicemen killed in the failed bid to rescue the American hostages. Archbishop Hilarion Capucci went straight into talks with Iranian officials. He flew to Tehran in response to an Ira nian call to facilitate the return of the char red corpses, which were moved to the mor gue after being displayed at a ghoulish news conference at the occupied U.S. Embassy. The militants holding the hostages for 178 days said an undisclosed number of the captives had been moved from the embassy to new places in confinement in the cities of Tabriz, Isfahan, Yazd and Najafabad. In the case of Tabriz, north of Tehran, the hostages were being kept at the former U.S. Consulate there, the militants said. In a statement they warned the hostages would be “dispatched to hell” if President Carter attempts more “savage acts.” Iranian officials, meanwhile, responded to the resignation of Secretary Cyrus Vance, who said he quit because he opposed the rescue operation, by saying it gave added weight to their cause. The arrival of Capucci, who has visited the hostages in the past, was seen as setting the stage for resolution of an internal con flict over what to do with the bodies of the American servicemen, killed in the colli sion of an helicopter and C-130 transport plane after the mission was canceled. Originally, President Abolhassan Bani- Sadr said the remains would be returned without “preconditions,” but he was again contradicted by the embassy militants. After he was disputed by the militants, Bani-Sadr said the bodies would be turned over to Red Cross or church representa tives. Later, still, it was announced Capucci had been requested to take custody of the remains. In a statement Monday, Bani-Sadr’s office said representatives of the European Economic Community and Japan as well as liberation and trade union movements and political parties would be invited to Iran to discuss and investigate “the United States aggression against Iran.” Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had in structed Bani-Sadr to issue the invitations Sunday. Bani-Sadr’s statement said Iran had also decided to call an emergency session of nonaligned nations and to invite the U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim to send a representative to Iran. Iranian Oil Minister Ali Akhbar Moinfar said Vance’s resignation proved the “right ness of the Iranian revolutionary cause.” He said Carter should resign and “apolo gize to the American people and other na tions for his actions against Iran.” Injured men tell Carter they’d repeat mission United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Five injured Amer ican servicemen had a united message for the president who sent them on an unsuc cessful rescue mission to Iran — they would do it again. President Carter made a hurried flight to San Antonio Monday, his first trip outside the Washington area since before the hos tages were taken, to thank the “five brave men” hurt last week when two aircraft col lided following the cancellation of a raid on the captors of the 53 Americans in Tehran. “I wanted to extend my best wishes to you,” Carter said. “I wanted you to know how proud we all are of you. You all did your part; you did it very well. ” Airman 1st Class William B. Tootle, 21, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., recovering from a knee injury at Wilford Hall Medical Center — where the deposed shah of Iran was treated last year — was the first visited by Carter. He set the tone for expressing the men’s will ingness to go on the mission and said he regretted only that it did not end success fully. “I just wish we could have gone through all the way,” he said. “Those people there (the hostages) have suffered a lot more than we have.” Asked by Carter how the fiery collision on the remote Iranian desert occurred, Tootle replied in a low, timid voice: “It just blew up.” Carter then moved on to Brooke Army Medical Center, noted for its treatment of bum victims, and donned a surgical gown to enter the ward where the other four servicemen are recovering “quite satisfac torily,” in the words of a hospital spokes man. “Congratulations to you. We are all especially proud of you people,” the presi dent told 1st Lt. Jeffrey B. Harrison, 26, of Warren, Ohio; Marine Maj. Leslie Petty, 34, of Jacksonville, N.C.; and Maj. James H. Schaefer Jr., 36, of Los Angeles. Carter then turned to Petty and said: “I’m proud of you personally, and as com mander in chief, and on behalf of the 220 million Americans. You take care of your self. When you all get better, you’ll have to come see me in the White House.” Schaefer spoke for the group: “Thank you sir, I’d do it again if (we) need to. ” Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Beyers III, 37, of Charleston, S.C., the most seriously burned, was in a separate ward. Because he wore a plexiglass face mask, only Carter could hear what he said. “God bless you,” Carter said, putting his hand on Beyer’s unbumed shoulder and patting it. “The whole nation is pulling for you, is grateful to you, and pleased with your progress.” Col. Basil A. Pruitt Jr., commander and director of the bum ward at Brooke, said the outlook was good for all four men there but, citing the Privacy Act, would not spe cify the extent of their injuries except to say that the bums covered from 2 percent to 44 percent of the victims’ bodies. “I expect all of them to recover,” he said. A young spectator looks past Bryan officers into the State Welfare office Staff photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr. and Department of Public Safety that was held under siege Monday. Winds halt Cuban sealift Freeman entered the building about A45 p.m. and began talking to Baugh tkirough the door. He said when the subject ®ther children came up, “We talked about jomething else that was pleasant to her,” use he said she became upset at the mention of her children. Freeman said when he felt it was safe enough to move, he grabbed the rifle from Baugh. Phelps said Freeman had no assistance until officers heard “the furniture flying.” He said about three or four officers entered the office, but that Freeman had things under control. 3,000 to receive degrees in ceremonies this week University officials will present more than 3,000 degrees during three separate commencement cere monies Friday and Saturday. Among those degrees will be the 100,000th degree awarded by Texas A&M in its 103-year history. The first ceremony begins at 2 p.m. Friday in G. Rollie White Col iseum. Degree candidates from the Graduate College, the College of Business Administration and the College of Education will receive their diplomas. Dr. Haskell Monroe will address the graduates at the first ceremony. Monroe, Texas A&M’s associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculties, is president- designate of the University of Texas- El Paso. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, candidates from the colleges of Engineering, Architecture, Geosciences and Veterinary Medicine will receive their degrees in the Coliseum. Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby address the gradu ates. The final ceremony begins at 9 a.m. Saturday. Candidates from the colleges of Agriculture, Liberal Arts, Science and those from the Galves ton campus will receive degrees. Hobby will also address that cere mony. Baugh, hand-cuffed and struggling, was brought outside at 8:15 p.m. to a waiting police car in view of about 100 onlookers. Phelps, said Baugh was “hollering and yelling” and had not given any hint prior to Freeman’s capture that she was ready to surrender. Jenkins said Baugh had called and drop ped into the welfare office periodically for the last three years, but workers did not foresee Monday’s actions. United Press International KEY WEST, Fla. — Angry seas and blustery winds that sent a dozen boats to the bottom of the Florida Straits brought a temporary halt Monday to the Cuban exile sealift of refugees from Cuba. The Coast Guard reported the hurricane force gusts of Sunday had subsided, but winds of 20 knots were clocked and 7-foot seas measured in the 90-mile-wide Florida Straits Monday. No sealift boats have arrived at Key West since 11 a.m. Sunday and none has left Key West since 3 p.m. Sunday. Outside the old USO center where re fugees have been fed and housed at Key West, exile leaders posted a hand-written list of the dozen vessels wrecked so far. But the list said there were “no known casual ties.” Coast Guard spokesman Mike Ayers in Miami confirmed there were “no known dead” but “we don’t know whether 200-odd people are missing or not.” He said the mystery of distress calls Saturday reporting the sinking of a vessel carrying 200 people and another with 15 aboard remained unre solved. Those calls, and another report Sunday night involving a vessel with 200 people aboard reported sinking “may or may not have been hoaxes,” he said. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bob Stauffer said in Key West, “There’s no way of tell ing, but vessels out there have seen debris and life jackets. You’re dealing with an un known factor.” Ayers said the Coast Guard rescued 47 people from the sea since the adverse weather began. He said the Coast Guard assisted 141 vessels and “20 more are pend ing right now. ” A squall produced winds up to 90 miles an hour Sunday but there were no deaths reported and only two injuries. In a frantic five minutes, the Coast Guard received 29 distress calls. Brown hopes for allies’ support United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Defense Secretary Harold Brown says he is hopeful America’s allies will not lose faith in President Car ter’s foreign policy because of the resigna tion of Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. “(I) expect our allies will reach their con clusions on the basis of issues and policies” when making their decisions on sanctions against Iran, Brown said Monday as he accompanied Carter on a good-will visit to five servicemen injured in last’s week failed rescue mission to Iran. “Our indication from the allies is that they do intend to move forward,” he said. Brown said he supported the decision to “go ahead” with the unsuccessful hostage rescue raid, and it was “appropriate” for Vance to resign under the circumstances of his disagreement. He declined to say whether he tried to talk Vance out of quit ting. Defending the mission, the secretary said: “The plan was formulated by the task force and reviewed thoroughly by the joint chiefs of staff and me and we concluded the operation was feasible. It had risks but was capable of being carried out and I advised the president that although it had risks, there was a reasonable chance of success and we should proceed with it.” He said he believes the rescue attempt was necessary to try to end the problem that has plagued the United States for six months and said he is not ruling out future similar attempts. The Cabinet official said he has no infor mation beyond Iranian reports on the pre sent whereabouts of the hostages and the return of the bodies of eight servicemen killed in the aborted mission. “I don’t know yet whether the hostages have been moved,” Brown said. He said the flaunting of the bodies in Iran “is the kind of behavior that goes beyond the bounds of international practice and of humane practice.” “We very much want this settled in a non-belligerent fashion,” he said. Brown also defended the aborted mis sion on the grounds that it showed “how extremely important to us” is the matter of the hostages. “I don’t think this is lost on the Iranians or our allies.” he said.