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le >r the divisi reased thet i against 6‘ a new seas 1 Sunday a{ The press ■)65. The Battalion Vol. 74 No. 24 32 Pages in 2 Sections "y 7 !8; and ft jur low sc s Aggies United Press International itenarys S3 BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iran rejected an Iraqi offer of a four-day jn 900, li |de starting Sunday and said its troops, bolstered by Revolution- 922, Ar y Guards fanatically loyal to Ayatollah Khomeini, pushed the iana 934, Svading Iraqis three miles back from the besieged port of Khur- d lloustocBshar. In Beirut, Lebanon, an Iranian diplomat warned if the United s’Aggies wjatjes intervenes in the 11-day war, the 52 American hostages he Florid® be killed. The Americans are in their 334th day of captivity. llahassee.Bgyptian President Anwar Sadat, alarmed the war could spread (other Persian Gulf states, Wednesday offered the L^nited States fcstricted use of Egyptian facilities and territory to defend the lull and Arab and Moslem nations “as far away as Indonesia. ” banian charge d’affaires Mehdi Ameri Rajai said in the anese capital: “If America enters the war all hostages in Iran 11 be killed. herefore, America will not do any such thing, expecially now kt the American elections are close and the death of the hostages Serving the Texas A&M University community Thursday, October 2, 1980 College Station, Texas USPS 045 360 Phone 845-2611 The Weather Yesterday Today High 82 High 86 Low 66 Low 58 Humidity. . . . 79% Humidity . . . 80% Bain .. 0.0 inches Chance of rain. . . [ran still refusing Iraqi truce suggestion will not be to (President) Carter’s advantage, nor to the advantage of anybody else.” Iran pledged not to block the Strait of Hormuz, the artery for about 40 percent of the world’s oil imports, and diplomatic reports said OPEC countries were rethinking plans for a 10 percent production cutback due to start Wednesday because of the supply cut-off from Iran and Iraq. Iran bluntly rejected an Iraqi offer of a unilateral four-day cease-fire beginning Sunday, vowing not to talk peace until Iraq withdrew from all occupied Iranian territory. The Iraqis offered to cease firing Oct. 5 through Oct. 8, unless they were attacked. The Iraqi offer, conveyed to Pakistani President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq during a goodwill mission to Tehran and Baghdad, included four tough conditions — to halt all military activity, including air reconnaissance; to stop hostile propaganda; to re frain from concentrating troops in the fighting area; and accept ance of the truce by Iran’s “highest authority.” At the United Nations, Iranian Charge d’Affaires Jamal Shemir- ani emrged from 2'/2-hour closed-door Moslem foreign ministers meeting and rejected the Iraqi truce offer out of hand. “While the Iraqi aggression continues against the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Iran, and while those forces of aggres sion are violating the sovereignty of my country, there is no question of accepting anything at all, ” he said. The main fighting was centered around Khurramshahr, Iran’s major oil port on the Shatt al-Arab waterway, over whose control Iraq went to war. Iran said its forces drove the three 3 miles back from Khurram shahr in fierce house-to-house fighting in which Ayatollah Ruhol- lah Khomeini’s fanatically loyal Revolutionary Guards partici pated. There was no firm word on the progress of the ground fighting around Ahvaz and Dizful further north, which Iraq said were under siege. In all, the Iraqis have swept over the entire 136-square-mile Shatt al-Arab waterway, established a zone of security 10 miles deep inside Iran along the central and southern border, and pushed as far as 65 miles into Iranian territory. Tehran Radio claimed Iranian forces destroyed 21 Iraqi tanks and downed two Iraqi jets in the latest fighting around Ahvaz, capital of its oilrich Khuzistan province 65 miles inside Iran. Iraq said Iranian jets killed 12 civilians in seven strikes against civilian and oil installations across five Iraqi provinces Wednes day. Two Iranian jets were reported downed, one over the Basra oil port and the other over Kut. Iraq said its MiG jets “hammered” Iranian military and oil targets, including the oil depots in Ahwaz. Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, in a message to Sec retary-General Kurt Waldheim, said the cease-fire resolution passed Sunday by the Council “cannot be considered by our government. ” Shemirani delivered BaniSadr’s three-page reply to Waldheim Wednesday afternoon. ^Search bill to get parters signature .M. EN 0 .00 United Press International WASHINGTON — President Carter in- BkIs to sign legislation now on his desk I limits police searches of newsrooms alother places where people are engaged ■Ltivities protected by the First Amend- lent. ■he bill, approved, 357-2, by the House f|diiesday and by voice vote in the Senate Kept. 24, says state, local and federal law ftreement officers cannot use a search ■rant to obtain notes, film, tapes or other ■unientary materials used by those en- ■ed in publishing or broadcasting, except bder limited circumstances. Bull! :rs .—1 A White House spokesman said Carter as extremely pleased” by the bill’s final mgressional approval Wednesday and K)ked forward to signing the legislation. ■ he bill was sparked by a Supreme Court ding in 1978 that police were within their its in 1971 to search the offices of the Ilford Daily, a university newspaper in ijbrnia. ne newspaper filed suit after police in po Alto, Calif, obtained a warrant and searched the offices of the Stanford Daily for photographs of a violent demonstration by Stanford University students. A federal district court and an appeals court ruled in favor of the newspaper, saying the police should have first tried to subpoena the evidence it sought. But the Supreme Court reversed the lower courts, saying police could obtain warrants to search the property of persons not suspected of any criminal wrongdoing and also that the news media enjoys no special immunity from courtapproved sear ches. The legislation Carter plans to sign allows use of a search warrant only in cases where: — There is reason to believe the person who has the materials committed or is com mitting a criminal act to which the mate rials refer. Mere possession of the material would not be considered a criminal act, although searches would be allowed for na tional security and classified material. — There is reason to Relieve immediate seizure is necessary to prevent death or serious bodily injury to a human being. >5,000 in question 1 Agent: Clayton lied United Press International MOUSTON — An aide to House Speak- Bill Clayton told the FBI his boss was Jtoriously scrupulous about reporting Jpaign contributions, but an FBI agent i met with the speaker last winter says Kyton lied about receiving any money ®ng a wiretapped meeting in his Capitol Ike. FBI agent Fred Ligarde of Austin testi- ;d Wednesday he knew from recordings Eft Nov. 8, 1979, meeting involving Htyton, union leader L.G. Moore and in- rmant Joseph Hauser that $5,000 in cash m changed hands during a discussion of ie state employees insurance contract. The agent said during an hour-long inter- jjpw he conducted with the speaker Feb. Jjplayton avoided mention of the $5,000, escribed in the November tapes as a poli- cal contribution to be followed by WO,000 a year for “whatever you want to Bwith it. ” ■I asked him had these men offered Dine kind of inducement to him’ and he jiid, ‘no,’ Ligarde testified. ^Prosecutors asked Ligarde if Clayton’s fiswer was honest. pit’s not correct, it’s not truthful, iigarde testified. “He was accurate in just But everything I can think of except for • ie question about the money.” Defense lawyers have emphasized 'layton told his visitors: “Our only position i we don’t want to do anything that’s illegal | ! &nything to get anybody in trouble and all don’t either. ” Ligarde admitted to defense lawyer Roy linton he did not know the legal defini- on of a campaign contribution. Clayton is xpected to testify he failed to mention the Wney because he did not intend to keep -"fand did not consider that he legally had pcepted it. »Ligarde said the $5,000 was not included nja list of Clayton s campaign contribu- ons on file with the Secretary of State. Ligarde said he interviewed Clayton hours before a federal judge in Los Angeles released details of the government’s almost year-long investigation of labor and politic al corruption, code-named Brilab. He said Clayton was “not entirely re sponsive” when asked if he was aware of efforts to reopen bidding on a $76 million state employees health insurance contract and at first could not recall the names of the people with whom he had met to discuss the subject. “They were interested in saving the state money and I was interested in that,” Ligarde said Clayton told him. Ligarde said he repeatedly asked Clayton whether he was offered any in ducements for his political influence. “He said, ‘No, they said they feel they can save the state money. The only thing was they said they have a big organization and maybe later on down the line they could help if I ran for statewide office. I said I don’t deal like that. If you can save the state money, I’ll help,”’ Ligarde testified. Clayton aide Rusty Kelley, named as an unindicted co-conspirator when the charges against Clayton were handed down last June, was being interviewed at the same time Feb. 8 by FBI agent Gregory Rampton. Rampton testified Wednesday that Kel ley was adamant in professing Clayton’s honesty about contributions. “I asked him if Mr. Clayton reported every campaign contribution that Mr. Kel ley knew of and he said, yes, and that Mr. Clayton went overboard in reporting such contributions and if somebody took him to a fundraiser in their car hp’d try to report the gasoline they used,” Rampton testified. Rampton said Kelley’s demeanor was very calm when the interview began but changed dramatically, as he began stutter ing and perspiring, his hands shook and his face turned red. Carter on federal pay: Good news and bad news T* e. 240^ United Press International WASHINGTON — Some federal ^employees were irritated, but others ^found it humorous that fiscal year 1981 jbegan without Congress appropriating ithe money to keep federal agencies Joperating. “It’s a classic,” a senior labor rela- Itions specialist said Wednesday. “Only sin America on the president’s birthday Icould Carter come out and tell federal employees, T’ve got some good news and some bad news.’ “The good news is you’re getting a 9.1 percent pay raise. The bad news is you’re on furlough indefinitely without pay.” Congress completed work on the emergency funding bill Wednesday, 12 hours after fiscal 1981 began, and sent it to President Carter who signed it on his 56th birthday. Fish stories Photo by Bob Lewis Linda Jared, a junior agricultural education major from Nacogdoches, examines her “catch”, which appears to be a small catfish. Jared was participating in an RNR 215 field trip held on the Little Brazos River at the time of her haul. Last player cleared in drug cases The final player implicated in a drug investigation of the 1980 Texas A&M Uni versity football team was cleared Wednes day afternoon by an A&M student affairs hearing board. Kenny Ingram, a sophomore defensive lineman from Corpus Christi, became the sixth player called before separate hearing boards over the past week and a half to be cleared of any connection with drug usage. Four other players were implicated in a statement signed by former teammate Cal Peveto last week, but were also cleared. They were defensive players Jay Dale, Doug Carr, Leandrew Brown and Stuart Clark. Eight players have been brought before University disciplinary hearings since last Friday. Aggies Elroy Steen and Peveto were removed from the team last week after their respective hearing boards upheld their dismissal from the team by head Coach Tom Wilson for alleged drug pos session. Although Texas A&M practiced Wed nesday in preparation for Saturday’s game against Texas Tech at Kyle Field, Ingram was not present at the practice. He was not available for comment. Dating Game kicks off tonight Fifty-cents may not buy a date, but it will buy a ticket to the “Dating Game” at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Grove. Sponsored by McFadden Hall, the game will select three men and three women from the audience as contestants. “The game chooses its contestants from the tickets which are placed in two boxes, one for girls and one for guys,” said Kathy Dowdy, McFadden vice president. There is also a box for people who don’t want to enter, she added. Free dinners will be provided by Fort Shilo and Tokyo Steak House and other local businesses, said Dowdy. Consolation prizes will be given to the contestants not chosen. Tickets will be on sale at Sbisa, the Memorial Student Center and the Com mons. They are 50 cents, with no limit on the number that a person can purchase, said Dowdy. The money raised from the tickets will be used to help pay for the McFadden formal. Economy very slowly recovering United Press International WASHINGTON — From all indications, the economy has weathered the worst of the recession. But there are increasing signs the recovery could be sluggish at best. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday fac tory orders edged up a bit in August, marking the second straight month of improvement. But the 0.3 percent in crease to a seasonally adjusted $147.4 billion was pale compared to the 6 percent rise in orders in July. Several key industries, like manufacturers of steel, con sumer goods and electrical machinery, had a good month. But others, like makers of construction supplies, auto mobiles and aircraft, lost ground in August after register ing considerable gains the month before. ‘Emperor of UT’ has heart attack United Press International AUSTIN — Frank E. Erwin Jr. loved politics and confrontation. He got plenty of both through his association with President Lyndon Johnson and former Gov. John Connally, and as chairman of the Universi ty of Texas Board of Regents, where he endured ouster attempts by the students he called “dirty nothings.” Erwin, dubbed the “Emperor of UT” by friends and foes alike, died Wednesday of a heart attack after a brief hospitalization in Galveston’s John Sealy Hospital. He was 60. It was Erwin who persuaded Connally, then a Democrat, to return from Washing ton, where he had been Secretary of the Navy, and try his hand at Texas politics. After Connally’s election to his first term as governor in 1962, he rewarded Erwin by appointing him in 1963 to the powerful UT Board of Regents, on which he served until 1975. While Erwin was chairman of the re gents — 1966 to 1971 — the UT system grew from 47,000 students to 67,000, an increase of 46 percent. During that time appropriations from the Legislature in creased 111 percent. His most noticeable contribution to his alma mater was instigating the construction of massive new classroom and administra tion buildings and, as Hardesty recalled, almost singlehandedly bringing to the cam pus the L,BJ Library and LBJ School of Public Affairs. His first split with UT students came in 1967 at the height of the anti-Vietnam War protests, when he helped host a birthday party for Johnson in the school auditorium. Johnson was met with angry demonstrators as he entered the gym, which in turn angered Erwin. “I am disturbed because a bunch of dirty nothings can disrupt the workings of a great university in the name of academic free dom,” he railed. “When it comes to the point where 300 armed policemen are needed to keep from embarrassing the president, we need to re-examine the goals of higher education. ” His phrase “Dirty Nothing” was quickly adopted by the radicals, who soon sported pins identifying themselves as “Dirty No things.” In January 1970, students held a popular referendum demanding that Erwin be re moved as chairman for “unwarranted inter ference” in the operations of the campus. The specific complaint was that he refused to listen to their requests that shade trees not be cut down to make room for an ex panded football stadium. The students voted 6,266 for his ouster to 966 against, but Erwin ignored the vote, saying the count represented less than 20 percent of those eligible to cast ballots. In 1971, he did step down as chairman but vowed to complete his six-year term of the board. The chief sponsor of the 1970 referen dum was the school newspaper, The Daily Texan, which had been at war with Erwin through most of his tenure as a regent. After the vote, Erwin said it showed how little power the newspaper had. Toward the end of his career as a regent, Erwin, an attorney by trade, was twice arrested for drunken driving, and it was revealed in 1974 that he was several thousand dollars in debt for taxes owed on the estate ofhis wife, June Carr Erwin, who died in 1969.