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The Battalion / IliIlforafir!:j gh the secoii(|| t the ballonlil j; Cosbieintl )t ten’s field jys a 10-01 it lead in the |/ol. 74 No. 8 16 Pages nderson gets League OK for debates Asked in Perth Amboy, N. J., whether he would appear in the first debate scheduled for Sept. 21 in Baltimore, Carter replied: “We ll decide about that and announce it later. ” Campaigning in New Jersey, Anderson said he is “pleased to accept the invitation. ” “I eagerly look forward to the opportun ity to meet my two opponents face-to-face and discuss the major issues of the election before the American people,” he said. At Midway Airport in Chicago, Reagan said, “The ladies decided Anderson’s a vi- Serving the Texas A&M University community Wednesday, September 10, 1980 College Station, Texas USPS 045 360 Phone 845-2611 The Weather Yesterday Today High 91 High 85 Low 74 Low 69 Humidity. . . 77% Humidity . . . 60% Rain .. 0.0 inches Chance of rain . . . . . . 50% able candidate. He certainly should be in cluded and I’ll be there.” As for Carter’s refusal to participate in any debate involving Anderson, Reagan said: “That’s his problem.” Ruth Hinerfeld, chief of the League’s Education Fund which is sponsoring the debates, said she has invited representa tives of the three candidates to meet Wednesday and iron out details. The White House had said Monday it must have assurances Carter also will have a one-on-one debate with Reagan before agreeing to a three-way confrontation. Press secretary Jody Powell said, “We re perfectly willing to participate in multi candidate debates, involving three, four or five candidates,” but added, “There’s got to be assurance there will also be a one-on- one debate. There is no assurance at this point.” Asked whether the League would spon sor a Reagan-Carter debate if it was the only way to include the president, Hiner feld said: “Having gone through many hours of establishing fair and reasonable criteria, I do not see that we can do so.” She also said that while it is important to include a president, it is more important to “maintain the independence of the spon soring organization. ” James Baker, Reagan’s senior adviser, called on Carter to participate. But he said the Reagan had not decided whether to debate Anderson alone. “We will be there if President Carter is. Whether it is a one-on-one or a multi candidate debate,” Baker said. “If (Carter) declines to come, we are leaning in the direction of being there anyway. We would want to review the format and network cov erage.” Hinerfeld said, “Mr. Anderson has clear ly demonstrated significant voter interest and support as indicated in a number of nationwide public opinion polls examined by our board of trustees.” “Our task was relatively easy, ” she said. “Since the polling data was clear and un ambiguous, our decision was unanimous. ” Former D. A. on trial ifessional tallation ailable What you say? Dennis Ivey, pictured above, plays his own brand of “dance music” at a honky-tonk outside Bryan. Ivey and his band, the Waymen, are almost as much a part of Texas A&M tradition as going to bonfires and kis sing dates after every touchdown. An interview with Ivey will be the cover story for the Focus tabloid in Thursday’s Battalion. The new, bigger Focus will con tain detailed television listings for all channels receivable in Bryan- College Station, for both cable com panies, and include Home Box Of fice listings. Other stories in this week’s Focus will be features on fraternity rush and luaus, and a review of the movie “Up in Smoke.” iigh costs force lir service down RS price. That's that massive — excellent The result is us 120-watt By DEBBIE NELSON Battalion Staff iscontinuation of local air service may iart of a broader economic problem buf- [ng the airline industry, lamo Commuter Airlines received as Aeronautics Commission approval it. 5 to suspend flights to and from Eas- jvood Airport for one year. Rio Airlines, the only airline now serving tSterwood, will discontinue one daily |nd-trip Houston flight on Oct. 1 be- se of a slackening demand, larry Rodgers, director of air carrier ninistration for the TAG (the state nch of the federal Civil Aeronautics lird), said the problem started with air- |i deregulation in Oct. 1978, which gave jcli airline the power to set fare charges air routes. As a result, the large airlines went mere the money is” and commuter air- ps bloomed to fill in the gaps at smaller worts. ■hen economic pressures set in. “Dereg- pion was good; the recession is not good Jrlcommuter airlines,” Hart said. ■ave Hart, general manager of Alamo (Mines in San Antonio, agreed a failing pnomy caused discontinuation of the hts. “The travel market is way, way jvn all of a sudden, everywhere, ” he said. Dost of operating an Alamo aircraft is »ut $170 per hour, including fuel, insur- se, ground support and other costs. But h only $80 worth of traffic per hour some Is, “We weren’t making a profit,” Hart ;■ pynthia Link, Rio station manager at fterwood, said, “Our (passenger) loads down, but every airline is -— major and muter and whatever. A lot of commu- are going under right now. ” Link said airline demand has dropped the late 1979 but added, “It’s really us lately, in the past four months. ” io flies to Dallas and Houston; Alamo to Austin and San Antonio. Since the ities did not serve the same cities, Rio see little effect from Alamo’s cancella- io’s fares went up $5 one-way on July 1, to rising fuel costs. Link said they are ng to hold fares down, sometimes by ing freight rates, although that causes pie to turn to alternate shipping [thods. Jury hears murder plot tapes United Press International BROWNSVILLE — Prosecutors in a perjury trial contend the voice discussing a murder plot on tape recordings reportedly made by a jail inmate is that of former Hidalgo County District Attorney Oscar Mclnnis. A federal jury heard tapes Monday which purportedly involved Mclnnis, 64, discus sing a contract to murder the former hus band of Patricia Parada. Mclnnis’ lawyer spent two hours cross- examining prosecution witness Daniel Rodriguez, who has testified he made the tapes with a recorder supplied by the Hidalgo County sheriff. Mclnnis and Parada, 24, a former nurse, are accused of lying to a federal grand jury about a plot to hire out the killing of Para- da’s ex-husband. Mclnnis has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity and diminished mental capacity to six counts of perjury. Parada pleaded innocent to one count. Solicitation of mur der charges against the two were dropped because of jurisdictional questions, since the intended victim was in Mexico. Prosecutors said Mclnnis visited Rodri guez when he was in jail awaiting transfer to federal prison in 1978 and propositioned him about the murder. Prosecutors said Rodriguez informed his jailers, who sup plied a recorder for the inmate to tape other conversations with Mclnnis. Prosecutors played one tape, and said when Rodriguez used the code words “my lawyer won the case,” it meant Parada’s ex-husband had been killed. The taped voice said to be Mclnnis’ also told Rodriguez to deny any knowledge of the plot. “I’m talking as far as this thing, about this old boy, you don’t know s— from shinola,” the voice said. In cross-examination, defense attorney Frank Maloney of Austin implied that Rod riguez was a well-known “snitch” who dodged officials on bpth sides of the U.S.- Mexico border. Rodriguez admitted that even though he was convicted of murder and drug traffick ing, Sheriff Brig Marmolejo made him a jail trusty, allowed him to go home without supervision and permitted him to drink whiskey with the guards. Tuesday primaries yield surprises Hart said Alamo, which .served College Station for about one year, believes the area has a demand for air service, and will reinstate the flights as soon as financially possible. “They specifically requested a suspen sion rather than a discontinuation,” said Rodgers said. “They did not wish to pull out of there on a full-time basis,” Rodgers said. A TAG interim order granting the sus pension said Mayor Gary Halter of College Station was the only one formally object ing. Halter said Alamo Airlines had not advertised sufficiently or served the market for long enough to develop its potential. Rodgers said Alamo had “exhausted its experimental money,” and could not afford College Station service. Most connecting flights to out-of-state destinations are from Dallas-Fort Worth or Houston, which also made the College Station flight less attrac tive, Rodgers said. Rodgers said in the TAG decision, “the financial harm that would be done to Alamo by continuing service outweighs College Station’s desire to have the carrier stay and try to develop the market under present conditions.” As for advertising, Rodgers said, “There has to be a cut-off point somewhere be tween the advertising and the return you get out of it.” Rodgers said some blame should be on the community for falling air service de mand, because no amount of advertising can help an airline if residents are opposed to flying. Rodgers said College Station is progres sive enough to accept Air travel, though. Halter said Tuesday the only way to make College Station air service affordable would be to upgrade Easterwood for larger aircraft. Halter suggested a local airport authority with a taxing authority would be a good way to speed up proceedings of airport renova tion. There is no such authority now, although Bryan, College Station and Bra zos County have donated money toward receiving matching federal grants for an airport, he said. Hart said if Alamo doesn’t reinstate Eas terwood service before Sept. 1, 1981, it will either ask for an extension of the suspen sion deadline or delete the city from its schedule altogether. United Press International Voters in New York, Florida and 11 other states cast ballots Tuesday in state primary elections that included two U.S. senators and two congressmen indicted in the Abscam scandal. Early voting was brisk in New York City, where veteran Sen. Jacob Javits faced his toughest election fight. But the turnout was light in Florida, where freshman Sen. Richard Stone is also in a tight battle. In other races, an arch conservative for mer governor of New Hampshire wants another crack at the man who beat him two years ago, and a young man known as the “A-Bomb Kid” is seeking to enter politics in Connecticut. Reps. Richard Kelly, R-Fla., and John Murphy, D-N.Y., both indicted but claim ing they are innocent of taking bribes in the FBI’s Abscam investigation, will find out if the voters believe their stories. Former Sen. James Buckley, who was given the label carpetbagger when he rep resented New York State in the Senate, has gone back home to Connecticut. Buckley was considered the front-runner in the Re publican Senate race there, but polls showed State Senate Republican leader Richard Bozzuto closing what was once a wide gap. Connecticut is somewhat of a family affair. Rep. Christopher Dodd, son of the late Sen. Thomas Dodd, already has the Democratic nomination for the seat being given up by Sen. Abraham Ribicoff. And the leading Democratic contender for Dodd’s House seat is John Dempsey Jr., son of former Gov. John Dempsey. In another Democratic House race, ser vice station owner Q. Wayne Konitshek faces John Aristotle Phillips, the “A-Bomb Kid,” who designed an atomic bomb in 1976 as a Princeton University undergra duate. The winner will oppose Republican Rep. Stewart McKinney. Javits, first elected to the House in 1947 and the man who beat Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., for New York attorney gen eral in 1954, is facing his toughest election contest and his first primary in 33 years. The ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee faces conser vative Hempstead Town Supervisor Alfonse D’Amato, who has made a major campaign issue out of Javit s age — 76 — and his failing health. The Democrats are engaged in a lively four-way contest for their Senate nomina tion. The Post poll showed Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman held a fivepoint lead over Bess Myerson, a former Miss America who had led earlier. Former New York City Mayor John Lindsay and Queens District Attorney John Santucci were trailing the two women. In Florida, Stone’s freshman record is considered so vulnerable five Democrats have challenged him for renomination and six Republicans are fighting for the right to oppose the winner. There will likely be an Oct. 7 runoff to determine the winner. Either unopposed or facing only margin al opposition Tuesday are Sens. Gary Hart, DColo., PaulLaxalt, R-Nev., John Durkin, D-N.H., Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Barry Goldwater, RAriz., and Jake Garn, R-Utah. In Minnesota, Rhode Island and Wyom ing, House races are the most important contests on the primary ballot. Traffic appeals slowed waiting on signature By JENNIFER AFFLERBACH Battalion Staff University traffic ticket recipients who wish to appeal their cases are up a creek without a panel. The Traffic Appeals Panel, a student- faculty board that hears and tries appeals on traffic and parking violations, is not yet functioning this semester. The panel members have all been chosen, said Thomas Parsons, director of security and traffic, and it is “just a matter of getting the mechanism under way.” The snag in “the mechanism” is the writ ten approval from Texas A&M University Acting President Charles Samson. Samson must sign a document confirm ing the committee appointments. “The committee will be functional as soon as his (Samson’s) signature appears on that document,” said Dr. John Koldus, vice president for student services. Tuesday morning, Dr. Thomas Adair, secretary of the Academic Council, which appoints the panel, had not received that signature Once Samson’s approval is received, it still may be awhile before the panel is ready to start hearing cases. “We re trying to find out some things before we get started so we’ll do it right,” said Dena Todd, who will serve as a chair man on the panel. It also takes a while to get in touch with students who will serve on the panel, she said. Anyone receiving a ticket believed to be unwarranted has 10 calendar days from the date of violation notice to file an appeal. Until the panel is set up. Parsons said, the date a person comes to the Police Depart ment to appeal will be recorded on the ticket so it can be appealed later without penalty. The Ross Volunteer firing squad, commanded by Doug Walterscheid of Hereford, presents arms at Tuesday’s Silver Taps in this time exposure. A final tribute Photo by Dillard Stone The ceremony was held to honor eleven Texas A&M students who died between Muster on April 21 and the start of school.