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U.S. wants
commission
United Press International
The United States is suggesting to Iran
an international commission be set up to
handle any disputed legal questions arising
from negotiations to free the 52 American
hostages.
The commission proposal will be pre
sented along with a new response by the
United States to the four demands set forth
by the Tehran government for the release
of the hostages, administration officials said
Monday.
Deputy Secretary of State Warren
Christopher and a team of experts departed
Monday night for Algeria, carrying the new
response that clarifies the U.S. position.
The Algiers’ government is the intermedi
ary in the current negotiations.
Officials said Christopher is expected to
warn the Iranians the U.S. position will be
operative only for the next 49 days the Car
ter administration remains in office. After
Ronald Reagan’s Jan. 20 inaugural, the
situation may be different.
Just before departure, Christopher said
the negotiation process “is a little bit like
trying to thread a needle in the dark. What
we will be presenting in Algiers to the Alge
rians for transmission to the Iranians are
essentially explanations, clarifications and
elaborations of our basic position.”
U.S. officials said the message makes no
new concessions.
Iranian Minister of State Bemzad Naba-
vi, speaking for the Iranian government,
said that until all four of Iran’s conditions
are carried out, “the hostages will not be
released.”
Nabavi’s statement, as carried in an Ara
bic language broadcast on Radio Tehran,
appeared to be a shift in Iran’s policy of
releasing some of the hostages if the United
States fulfilled some of the four conditions.
The United States has called such a partial
release unacceptable.
Nabavi said the first U.S. answer, trans
mitted last month, “was not frank” and
raised legal and constitutional difficulties
posed by the Iranian conditions.
“Therefore,” he said, “we are awaiting a
frank U. S. stand on the four conditions that
have been declared. Then we shall answer
through the Algerian government.”
The four conditions laid down by the
Iranian parliament on Nov 2 were: the re
turn of the late shah’s wealth, a pledge of
U.S. non-interference in Iran’s affairs, the
unfreezing of Iran’s assets, and immunity
for Iran from legal claims.
State Department spokesman John
Trattner said Monday the United States,
despite trying to get information through
the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, still has no
confirmation the 52 American hostages
have been transferred to government con
trol, as the Iranian Parliament ordered on
Nov. 2.
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By BELINDA McCOY
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Jything that would identify them per-
ly, and sometimes listeners are not
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at final tribute” irtcludes the firing of
[gun salute and the sounding of a spe-
ee-part harmony version of taps,
ittingto know the Silver Taps team is
:asy. They are never seen as a group,
stay in the background not only at the
ony, but in everyday life as well.
ie team consists of eight trumpeters,
six actually play. Two are sopho-
s, two are juniors and two are seniors.
Ie of the seniors is the captain of the
bn The other two members of the team
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tion to become part of the Silver Taps
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Silver Taps
10:30 tonight
Silver Taps will be held tonight at
10:30 in front of the Academic Building
to honor the following students:
Randolph M. Dilworth, 21, a senior
in agricultural economics, who died on
Nov. 9 as a result of an automobile acci
dent in Tilden;
Dora A. Aikman, 18, a freshman in
biochemistry, who died Friday after a
horseback riding accident in Kilgore.
Silver Taps is a ceremony that honors
Texas A&M University students who
have died within the last month. The
students being honored tonight are the
fourth and fifth students to die during
the fall semester.
The first scheduled Silver Taps for the
Spring Semester will be held February
3, due to the late start of the school
term.
Silver Taps is not clear. According to infor
mation in the University archives, some
have documented an 1890 ceremony to be
the first Silver Taps, when a few cadets
honored Lawrence Sullivan Ross, former
governor of Texas and former president of
Texas A&M.
Others believe the first ceremony to
have been in 1909 when a very popular
cadet died, and his fellow Corps members
wanted to pay a final tribute to their com
rade.
Whenever its beginning, the purpose of
the ceremony was, and is, the same — to
silently pause in final tribute a fellow Aggie
who has died while enrolled in classes at
Texas A&M.
The sole function of the Silver Taps team
is to perform at the ceremony. And they do
it no matter what — rain, snow, sleet, or
otherwise.
“Sometimes it gets so cold, that the
mouthpiece (on the trumpet) just wants to
stick to your mouth. Sometimes we have to
put on ski caps under our campaign hats to
keep us warm until the R. V.’s (Ross Volun
teers) get there,” said the captain of the
team.
Practice and much expertise go into the
precision of their three-part harmony.
What makes frozen lips and special practice
sessions worth the effort, since no one
knows who they are?
“It’s an honor to be part of the Silver Taps
team,” explained the captain. Even though
they receive no recognition from the stu
dent body, they know who they are, and
they say that makes them proud.
They are anonymous, and that is how
they wish to remain.
The team performs literally in the sha
dows — from somewhere high up on the
Academic Building the sound of their trum
pets break the silence.
They are heard, thir tribute is felt, but
they are never seen. They arrive unseen,
and they leave unseen.
“We just kinda want to stay in the sha
dows,” said the captain of the team.
Their purpose, he said, is to- honor an
Aggie, and not to be honored themselves.
“We kinda want it to be left that way.”
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dollege Station increases
ines for traffic violations
By MARCY BOYCE
Battalion Staff
i increase in the minimum fine for all
|c violations and Class C misdemeanors
follege Station took effect Monday, the
lincrease since October of 1978.
be schedule of increased fines released
he College Station Municipal Court
ise includes the following:
eding violations — $26.50 for one
i per hour in excess of the speed limit
jto 15 miles per hour in excess of the
11, $36.50 for 16 mph-25 mph in excess
ie speed limit, and $36.50 plus $3.00 for
17 mile in excess of 25 mph over the
(:d limit;
acing violations — $75;
ispection sticker violations — $15 if
Jeer expired within past two months, $25
licker expired prior to the past two
pths and $25 if the vehicle has no inspec-
| sticker at all;
ense plate violations — $15 if ex-
, $25 if either front or rear license
•te is missing;
parking violations — $10;
orderly conduct — $51.50;
Assault — $100 if outside a building,
$150 if where alcoholic beverages are
served, $51.50 with words and no physical
contact;
Liquor violations — $51.50;
Public Intoxication — $51.50, $200 if
aggravated;
Theft under $5 — $200;
Fleeing or attempt to allude police offic
er — $200;
Accident as a result of a charged viola
tion — an additional $10;
Failing to stop behind unloading school
bus — $10;
Bicycle violations — $26.50;
Pedestrian violations — $25;
Emergency vehicle violations — $50;
Load violations — $50;
Permitting animal to run at large — $15
for first offense, $26.50 for second offense.;
Failure to appear — $26.50;
Miscellaneous violations — $31.50 for
violating city ordinance, $50 for discharg
ing fire arms, $50 for fire code violations,
$200 for blocking an intersection with a
train for more than five minutes.
A $3.50 state court tax will also be asses
sed in addition to the minimum fine, Col
lege Station Municipal Court Clerk Kay
Choates said. Fines for any traffic or Class
C misdemeanor violations not listed above
will be increased to $26.50, she said.
Fines may be appealed by filing at the
College Station Police Department within
10 days of the day of conviction.
If the city judge approves the bond, it
will be referred to the Brazos County Court
and officials there will then notify the
appellant when he is to appear in court.
Upon approval of his appeal, the appel
lant’s appearance bond, which is usually
posted by him prior to his first court
appearance, will be retained as a deposit on
an appeal bond, Denton said. In most
cases, the appearance bond equals the anti
cipated amount of the fine to be assessed.
State law requires that appeal bonds be
twice the amount of the assessed fine and
$3.50 court tax and a minimum of $50,
Denton said.
But appellants do not have to post the full
amount unless they fail to appear in court
on the specified date.
Contract satisfies meat handlers
By CINDY GEE
Battalion Stall
While many families were gathered around the table Thank
sgiving day eating turkey, they might have been glad we celebrate
with turkey instead of steak.
Local union meat handlers did not attend the meat counters of
Weingarten’s and Kroger Family Centers until Saturday, when
Kroger and the striking meat handlers agreed on a new contract.
Meat handlers at Kroger Family Center were on strike and
those at Weingarten’s were locked out in a dispute over employee
benefits and cost-of-living pay increases. The strikers picketed the
two Bryan stores for about 13 days while temporary meat workers,
including store managers, manned the meat departments.
James Brock, manager of the Bryan Kroger store, said the strike
seemed to have little effect on the store’s meat sales.
“We didn’t notice really any difference in meat sales,” he said.
“I worked for three days in the meat department and it was fun; it
was something different. ”
Linda Kay, consumer affairs specialist for Kroger, said the
proposal was agreed upon Saturday morning by the company
members and then ratified by Local 408 union members that
afternoon. She said terms of the contract could not be discussed.
A butcher for Kroger said, “We got about what we wanted.”
Lynard Warhol, a 32-year veteran in the meat cutting business
who is employed by Weingarten’s, said $2 million was put into
escrow to maintain the meat worker’s health and insurance be
nefits. He said if the money was needed it would be used, but if
not, it would revert back to the companies.
“I never was on strike,” he said. “I was locked out. But I was
mainly interested in maintaining the health and insurance be
nefits we’ve had for so lortg. We got exactly what the strikers got. ”
Warhol said it was a fairly easy transition back to the meat
counter. “Once we get everything straightened out that they (the
temporary workers) messed up, we’ll be fine. ”
Today’s college student
The ‘Television Generation’is growing up
The following article is the first of a
four-part United Press International
series on current campus fads. The last
three parts will be run in The Battalion
the rest of this week.
United Press International
The last of the baby boom is now in
college. The “Television Generation”
has arrived.
Weaned on Captain Kangaroo, they
only vaguely remember Vietnam. Cam
pus protests were something they saw
on news shows. Images of the long hair
and ripped jeans of their older brothers
and sisters have faded, replaced by de
signer clothes.
If allied to anything, the college stu
dent of today is linked to the campus of
the 1950s.
Authorities say the college adults of
the 80s look at higher education as a
means to a specific end — a stepping-
stone to a monetarily and personally
satisfying career. They have strategical
ly conceived their plans, while, at the
same time, maintaining the one con
stant grasp on college life—they pursue
fun as if it were their vocation.
“In a way, students are similar to what
they were in the 50’s. They are dealing
with life in a more pragmatic fashion.
They are more concerned about the
monetary rewards they get from a
career than they were ten years ago,”
said Dr. Jerry Hall, a counselor at West
Georgia College.
“They are taking courses that will get
them a good job. Students went through
a period when they took themselves
mighty seriously. They’re having fun
now. It’s a lighter tone, ” said University
of Georgia Dean of Students William
Powell.
In that lighter tone, their dress ranges
from conservative “preppy” to “punk. ”
They play a game called “assassins,” en
gage in “primal screaming,” do a dance
called “gatoring” and, as in the past,
play sophomoric practical jokes.
Comparing today’s college youth with
those of a little more than a decade ago,
Brenda Bell, who spent 1964-68 as a
student at the University ofTexas and is
now a professor there, sees major differ
ences:
“These kids today are more boring.
When I was a student I was more in
terested in the things around me. These
kids are pretty much self-contained.
They’re not really concerned with any
thing that requires thinking. They are a
good example of the Television Age.
“My students are ambitious. They all
want to be Jessica Savitch and Dan
Rather, but they don’t have any concep
tion of what it’s going to take to get them
there.”
William Suprenant, 29, Student Acti
vities Director at Brown University,
said he believes “they’ve given up on
causes because they don’t think they can
get anywhere with them. You either
study, or you drink or you have sex.
There’s nothing to rally behind.”
The prep look
Among today’s trends, the Prep Look
is back. It was in 20 years ago; out for the
better part of the ‘60s and ‘70s.
“I wouldn’t think of going to class
without full makeup and freshly-
pressed jeans,” a Houston sophomore
said.
“People are spending more money on
clothes and dressing better. They’re not
dirty. They’re not wearing things that
they picked up at the Salvation Army,
like they were a few years ago, ” Brown’s
Suprenant said.
Dressing “Preppie,” is in vogue most
everywhere. In Boston, it is sometimes
referred to as the “Harvard” Look.
The standard uniform is LaCoste
shirts, in basic pink, lime green, blue,
yellow and khaki. Button-down Brooks
Brothers oxfords are the only alterna
tive.
Standard pants are baggies, gauchos,
cheenos, or designer jeans held up by
colorful, striped belts. (Levi’s are so
standard they almost aren’t worth men
tioning.)
Shoes are sometimes wingtips or
bucs. Most often, any narrow, hard-sole
shoe will do.
There are four other modes of dress
on campuses today.
The “Punk” Look goes with Punk
music, loud and strong. It begins with a
haircut, very short. The more it looks
like your six-year-old brother cut it, the
better. Have it dyed flourescent blue,
purple, red or orange en masse or in
streaks.
Wear some type of sport coat, with
sleeves pushed to the elbows. Any shirt
will do, so long as it is not a LaCoste.
Add a tie, the thinner the better. Pants
vary — no specific pattern. Shoes are
hard-sole, narrow toe.
“True” Punkers wear flourescent
greens, reds and blues. Buttons of their
fevorite bands are pinned to lapels and
shirts.
“You’ll know one if you see one,” said
a Boston student.
Side-stepping Western-wear, stu
dents have turned to the “Hospital”
look, a sort of one-up-manship on
mothers who told their kids to put on
clean underwear each day.
“If you get hit by a car, you’re all set.
You don’t have to change your pants
when you get to the hospital,” says Uni
versity of Massachusetts senior Christ
opher Shea.
The “Jock” look remains, due to the
latest running craze.
Some remnants of the ‘60s and ‘70s
can be seen in tattered jeans, flannel
shirts, tom jackets and sneakers.
The “Disco” look — tight designer
jeans, spike-heel shoes and satin
looking jackets — is on the decline.