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The Battaoon
Vol. 73 No. 162
8 Pages
Serving the Texas A&M University community
Thursday, June 12, 1980
College Station, Texas
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Carter wrong, Clark says
Presidentshouldn t 'throw out’comments
United Press International
PARIS — Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark said
Wednesday President Carter’s comment that he should
be “punished” for his trip to Iran was wrong, harmful and
saddening.
“He does not understand the nature of the rule of law, ”
Clark said in an interview with UPI. “It’s as if he thinks he
is the law — that he’s the judge, jury and prosecutor. It’s
very harmful.”
Seated in a small cafe surrounded by the blaring noises
of pinball machines, Clark also disclosed he had “not
spent a penny” for his controversial trip last week to
attend an Iranian government conference on Washing
ton’s past support of the toppled shah.
“I assume the Iranian government paid for the trip,” he
said.
Clark and nine other Americans he led on the trip to
Iran each face a possible 10-year prison sentence and a
fine of $50,000 for defying a travel ban to Iran that Carter
imposed immediately before the aborted hostage rescue
attempt.
During a news conference aboard Air Force One on
Tuesday, Carter said he was “inclined” to prosecute “a
misguided American like Clark” for violating the ban.
“Clark should be punished,” the president said.
“I was disappointed and sad that President Carter
would be commenting publicly on what may become a
criminal case because it shows the insensitivity to the rule
of law,” said Clark, who tentatively plans to return home
Saturday.
Sipping a tea a few blocks from his modest two-star
Parisian hotel, Clark recalled an incident in which Presi
dent Richard Nixon commented on the murder trial of
Charles Manson.
In that 1970 incident, Nixon said Manson was “guilty”
‘We have done wrong and we
should acknowledge it, ’’former
U.S. attorney general Ramsey
Clark said.
of murder. He made the statement while Manson’s trial
was in progress, prompting defense attorneys to stage an
unsuccessful attempt to have a mistrial declared.
“The two incidents are similar only in one respect, ” the
lanky, Texas-born Clark said. “And that is people should
not comment on cases out of court. Carter may not under
stand it, but it’s wrong for a president of the United States
to throw out comments like ‘someone should be prose
cuted’ because it politicizes law enforcement.”
Clark, who served as attorney general from 1967-69
under President Lyndon Johnson and now practices law
in New York, also said Carter was trying to create a Big
Brother type of government by favoring prosecution of
those who defy his travel ban.
“Carter seems to want to rush in 1984,” said Clark in
referring to George Orwell’s classic “1984” that portrays a
system of government penetrating into every facet of life.
Clark said he thought his trip to Iran helped improve
the situation for the 53 American hostages. He said he had
no regrets about making the trip.
“You have to wonder what the meaning would be if you
refused to go when you recognized that there are moder
ates in Iran who want the hostages released and the crisis
resolved,” said Clark, who was an early and vocal suppor
ter of the Islamic regime that ousted tbe Pahlavi dynasty.
“These people planned this program because they
hoped it would do good,” he added. “What would they
think if no one in the United States had the courage to
come.”
Clark also said the U.S. government should apologize
to Iran for its support of the ex-shah.
“We have done wrong and we should acknowledge it, ”
the former attorney general said. “But I don’t think we
should believe a mere public statement would have much
weight or meaning. The sincerity would be doubted. I
think deeds will speak louder than words right now.”
OPEC hikes prices; Saudis won't
United Press International
ALGIERS, Algeria — OPEC nations en
ded a chaotic summit early Wednesday
with a decision by all 13 members except
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
to boost the price for crude oil to between
$32 and $37 a barrel next month.
The price increase, averaging about $2 a
barrel, means American consumers will
pay 1.5 cents to 3 cents more a gallon for
gasoline and heating oil.
The decision to refuse to go along with
the increases by the UAE and Saudi Ara
bia, OPEC’s biggest producer of crude and
the United States’ largest foreign supplier,
dashed hopes by some ministers the sum
mit would produce price unity.
After wrangling for five hours over the
wording of a final communique in a session
that lasted until 3 a.m., the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries
announced an increase in the floor or ben
chmark price from $28 to $32 a barrel for
crude oil and established a ceiling of $37 for
highest-priced OPEC members.
The cartel said another decision would
be made in three months on additional
price hikes.
The ministers also had discussed cuts in
production to hamper consuming nations
from building stockpiles that might affect
future price increases, but the final com
munique made no mention of it.
Algerian Oil Minister Belkacem Nabi,
conference host, said the $37 figure was a
“firm ceiling,” no OPEC member would
violate during the three-month period.
Iranian Oil Minister Ali Akbar Moinfar
said the decision was “unanimous.”
But Saudi Arabia’s Sheikh Ahmed Zaki
Yamani declared, “I am not raising my
price.” Saudi crude now costs $28 a barrel.
He was joined by UAE minister Mana
Aaid Al-Otaiba, who said: “I am not raising
my price until the end of the year at the
earliest. There is no agreement. ”
The split in OPEC ranks appeared to
mean more of the confusion that has
afflicted the oil market since the producers
failed to close ranks on prices during their
December summit in Caracas, Venezuela.
The Algiers agreement still leaves OPEC
with a three-tier price system, with Saudi
Arabia at the bottom.
Most ministers predicted Saudi Arabia
would eventually meet the $32 benchmark,
possibly by the time of the next OPEC
review in September.
Yamani, who has said in the past he be
lieves market conditions are ripe for a level
ing off of prices, has given no details on
when trend-setting Saudi Arabia might in
crease its price.
Moinfar, who has pushed hard for pro
duction cuts, maintained the producers
agreed to reduce output to the 1978 level of
26.5 million barrels daily, a drop of about
10 percent. But he acknowledged the cuts
would be “voluntary,” meaning there
would be no means of enforcing that level.
Moinfar said Iran, whose oil production
has plummeted since the ouster of the shah
last year, has no plans to increase prices
beyond its present $35 a barrel in the near
future.
Hard at work?
This unidentified Texas A&M employee was caught with the camera
while working around the Oceanography and Meteorology Building.
Photo by Tom Gibbons
tuman fault not found
in false attack warning
United Press International
WASHINGTON — A preliminary inves-
gation has found no human error associ-
ted with computer malfunctions that false-
' warned U.S. forces of an impending nuc-
ear attack from the Soviet Union, the Pen-
agon says.
Twice last week, computers warned U.S.
trategic forces an attack was under way
nd in the first case the engines of Amer-
can bombers were started in preparation
or retaliatory strikes.
But in both cases the mistake was caught
vithin three minutes.
Asked if it had been determined whether
there was any problem with the personnel
running the computer, Pentagon spokes
man Tom Ross said:
“I think it’s been determined it’s with the
computer. I don’t want to preclude it abso
lutely until we’ve narrowed it down posi
tively, but I would say it’s within the com
puter.
“We have not determined the cause
absolutely and precisely and don’t want to
get into the specific details of this quite
yet,” said Ross.
The malfunctioning computer has since
been replaced.
Opponents admit Senate to pass
draft bill in spite of their efforts
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Bleary-eyed senators worked into the
early morning hours Wednesday seeking a final vote on the draft
registration bill stalled by tenacious opponents who used every
parliamentary tactic possible to halt passage.
The opponents, led by Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., lost a
series of critical votes Tuesday when the Senate voted to end
their filibuster, then rejected an amendment to require women
as well as men to register.
The action left the House-passed bill free of any Senate
amendments and ready to go to the White House for President
Carter’s signature following eventual Senate passage.
However Hatfield, through a series of 18 roll call votes and
other parliamentary tactics, continued his delaying efforts into
the early hours even after the 62-32 Tuesday vote to limit further
debate.
When the Senate votes to limit further debate, each senator is
allowed one additional hour to speak on the bill, and Hatfield
said he intended “to utilize the full 100 hours remaining.”
However, there appeared to be little chance that would really be
possible.
“I intend to push the final vote on this issue as far down the
road as I can,” Hatfield said, admitting the bill would pass
eventually.
Hatfield addressed a nearly empty chamber while Senate
employees lounged about. Other senators retreated to their
offices where they napped waiting for a break in the deadlock.
Hatfield was then relieved by Sen. William L. Armstrong,
R-Colo., who also spoke to a nearly empty chamber.
As dawn broke over Washington, opponents continued their
stalling speeches with just four members present.
At 6 a.m. CDT, only one senator, Harrison Schmitt, R-
N.M., stood in the chamber delivering a speech. The only
other person standing on the floor was a stenographer taking
down every word. Several Senate employees were seated,
some of them reading magazines.
Senate Democratic leader Robert Byrd said he would keep
the Senate in round-the-clock session until the final vote
occurred.
Only half of obscene phone calls reported
Dr. Arnold LeUnes, Texas A&M University associate
professor of psychology, says men who make obscene phone
calls are usually inadequate in some way.
by BRENDA BROOKS
Battalion Reporter
In 1979, more than two million obscene, abusive
ind threatening calls were reported to telephone com-
>anies in the United States. But the problem is much
"ore extensive than reports indicate; the police esti-
"ate that over twice as many offenses go unreported.
Men typically are the offenders in cases of obscene
ilione calls, most of which are made to women. Vie
iras commonly include brides whose weddings have
"ecently been reported in the newspaper, or women
raown to be home alone.
The only harassing calls that women reportedly
Hake are those in which the jealous wife threatens
other women.
Dr. Arnold LeUnes, associate professor of psycholo-
!y at Texas A&M University, says that men who make
obscene phone calls are usually inadequate in some
'vay. LeUnes says, “These men have a hostility toward
"'omen. Their fears may have been developed when
they were very young or they possibly had problems
dealing with girls during the adolescent years or they
have been smothered by their mother’s love and affec
tion. Reports show that these men are usually not
dangerous and make the calls for immediate satisfac
tion,”
LeUnes said the age of the person receiving the calls
may vary. He said, “It doesn’t matter if the caller
speaks with a small child. He may have fantasies about
the child’s mother.”
Detective Gary Bishop, of the College Station
Police Department, says these men rarely follow up on
their calls or threats. Bishop said, “These men might
be potentially dangerous later on, but as long as they
are only calling, they are scared to meet women face to
face.”
Detective Clay Winder, also of the CSPD said,
“Approximately 85 percent of the callers get their kicks
from the calls and have no desires to further contact
the person. In my six years with the police depart
ment, I have only seen one person try to make contact
with his victim and he was set up and apprehended at
that time.”
Bishop said that when you receive a harassing
phone call, the best approach is to quiedy hang up the
phone. He said, “Don’t slam the phone down and try
to make them angry, just get off the line as quickly as
possible and phone the local police department.”
When you receive an obscene phone call, you may
call the police department or the local telephone busi
ness office. If you call the police department, an officer
will immediately go to your home or the location of the
call and fill out a report. If you want to file a complaint,
further investigations will be made.
If you phone the telephone company when you
receive a harassment call, they will take your name and
number and refer you to their security department
which is located in League City.
A General Telephone Security Department repre
sentative, said, “We have just recently centralized our
Harassment Division to make the process more effi
cient and smooth.”
When you are referred to the security department, a
representative will speak with you and try to find out as
much information as possible. If you still wish to file a
complaint, you must sign a form stating you will prose
cute if the person placing the calls is found.
The GTE representative said approximately 10 per
cent of the people actually file charges. She said that in
many cases, the person placing the harassment call is a
relative or an ex-boyfriend and the person placing the
complaint will drop the charges. It is very expensive to
use the tracing equipment, especially when people
won’t follow through.
If, after you have spoken with the telephone com
pany representative, you still agree to press charges if
they locate the person making the calls, they will send
you an Annoyance Call Complaint Sheet. On this
form, you will keep a log of how many calls you re
ceive, the date, time of day, who answered the phone,
how many people were in the home, give a voice
description and any background noises. This form will
help the company decide if there are any patterns in
his calling.
The phone company must be able to trace the call to
the same number twice before they will release the
information to the police.
Bishop said that if the call is severe harassment or if a
life has been threatened, they will often check out the
person if they trace the number only once. He said,
“We prefer to have it traced twice but if it might
possibly endanger a life, one is all we need.”
If a person is apprehended, harassment calls are a
Class B misdemeanor. Punishment is $1,000 or 180
days in the county jail or both.
Bishop said that it is hard to trace calls in the Bryan
and College Station area because there are so many
exchanges, he said it is almost impossible to trace a
call if it is made from the Texas A&M University
campus because of the volume of phone extensions.
LeUnes said that if a person is apprehended and
filed on, the therapy procedure is fairly simple. He
said, “Essentially, a therapist must teach the disturbed
man to deal with and accept women. They must be
taught to talk with women and cope with them in
everyday situations. Then they must also be taught
how to deal with their past problems that caused the
disorder. ”
The GTE representative said, “The percentage of
catching these harassment callers isn’t very great.
There are many problems with tracing a call. ”
Winder suggests that if you are receiving a large
number of calls, you should first either change your
number or obtain an unlisted number. If you still
receive calls from the same person, you know that he is
a friend or at least someone who knows you and is able
to obtain your new number. This is when you should
contact the local telephone business office and have
them begin tracing your calls. The police will be called
in on the results.
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Theater
tickets
on sale
by STACY ALEXANDER
Battalion Reporter
Tickets for the sixth MSC Dinner
Theater go on sale today at Rudder
Box Office.
The dinner theater, put on as a
project of the MSC Council and
Directorate, MSC Food Services
and the Texas A&M theater arts de
partment, is currently rehearsing for
Robert Anderson’s “You Know I
Can’t Hear You When the Water’s
Running,” directed by Bob Wenck.
The show opens at 8 p.m. Thurs
day, June 26 and will run until Satur
day, June 28 in 201 MSC. Dinner
will be served before the perform
ance.
Anderson’s play consists of four
acts, with each act being a separate
sketch relating to the same general
theme. The first sketch, entitled
“The Shock of Recognition, ” is about
a playwright and a producer arguing
about whether or not to show a nude
scene on stage.
The second sketch, “The Foot
steps of Doves ”, is about an elderly
couple, married for 25 years, and
their experiences with trying to buy
a bed at a furniture store. They final
ly opt for twin beds.
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” is a
romp in which a middle-aged couple
argues about the responsibility for
sex education for children.
The fourth and final sketch is the
well-known “I’m Herbert,” which is
about two old people who have been
married so many times that they
tend to forget each other’s names.
This production will be the first of
two which will be presented by the
dinner theater this summer.
Opening night of the performance
will be budget night. Tickets will be
$5 for students and $6 for the general
public. Tickets for the following two
nights will be $8 for students and $9
for the public.
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