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^ast four Gierek men ousted in Poland
I United Press International
WARSAW, Poland — In a massive purge of the ruling Polit-
p, Poland’s Communist Party ousted the last four prominent
sorters of disgraced former leader Edward Gierek and
ight back to power the nation’s former police chief with a
itation for ruthlessness.
i a further humiliation in the long-forecast purge that took
e amid reports of heightened Soviet military pressure on the
lers, Gierek was ousted from the Central Committee, depriv-
him of his last power base in the party,
bservers said the purge strengthened the hand of Communist
y leader Stanislaw Kania, who replaced Gierek on Sept. 6
rthe settlement of the mass August strike, which allowed the
lation of labor unions independent of the Communist Party,
ania, who has been labeled a reformist, has urged the new
spendent unions to be cautious, but has promised to try to
xist with them.
But the chief personal beneficiary of the purge, the fourth since
the August labor strife, appeared to be former Interior Minister
Mieczyslaw Moczar, who was elevated to the Politburo from
which he was dropped in 1971 on the initiative of Gierek.
As interior minister, Moczar instigated the massive “anti-
Zionist” purges of the late 1960s that led 30,000 Jews to emigrate
from the country and cost thousands of Jews their position in
public life.
In recent weeks, however, he has tempered his hard-line image
in an apparent attempt to emerge as a central figure and praised
the new unions and mentioned the suffering of the Jews during
World War II.
Statistically, the Tuesday purge ousted four full Politburo
members, replacing them with two, thus lowering the member
ship of the policy-making body from 12 to 10.
Deputy Premier Tadeusz Grabski, who like Moczar was ousted
from the Politburo by Gierek in 1978, was promoted back to the
top body in the nation.
For the two, the promotions culminated their rise back to
power that began when Kania took over.
The ousted Politburo members, all supporters of Gierek, were
Wladyslaw Kruchek, a former official labor union boss; Stanislaw
Kowalczyk, an official Gierek brought in from his own native
Silesia; Andrzej Werblan, an “old-fashioned” party ideologist,
and Alojzy Karkoszka, first party secretary in Gdansk during the
riots of December 1970 when dozens of workers were killed.
Also dropped were two deputy central committee members,
Gierek’s former building minister, Adam Glazur, and former coal
mining minister, Wlodzimierz Lejczak.
The Central Committee also decided to investigate former
Prime Minister Piotr Jaroszewicz, ousted last February, for abuse
of power and other offenses.
Two new deputy Poliburo members were named, and they too
reflected Kania’s grasp of power — Tadeusz Fiszbach, first party
secretary in Gdansk, and Roman Ney, who was elevated from the
party secretariat.
Moczar’s appointment drew special attention. As former in
terior minister and security chief in Lodz, he is known to have files
on many party and government officials detailing incriminating
facts. ,
The purge came a day after Western military reports said the
Soviet Union closed Poland’s western border to Western military
observers, and sealed parts of its eastern frontier with Soviet
troops on the highest alert, in moves recalling the 1968 Russian
invasion of Czechoslovakia.
The reports were denied by Moscow, but the White House
warned any Soviet military intervention in Poland would have
“serious and adverse” consequences on both East-West and U. S.-
Soviet relations.
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A new angle
Staff photo by Jeff Kcrbcr
Paul Willett, a member of the Pepsi Cola SKATE team, performs for a team members were on campus sponsored by MSC Outdoor Recreation,
large crowd in front of Rudder Fountain Monday afternoon. The skating The purpose of their performance was to promote skating safety.
Weinberger said
to be in cabinet
United Press International
LOS ANGELES —Ronald Reagan is not
ready to reveal his top Cabinet choices, but
widespread reports indicate he has pegged
Caspar Weinberger as secretary of defense
and possibly Gen. Alexander Haig as sec
retary of state.
“The leaks are starting,” said Joe
Holmes, Reagan’s spokesman on the West
Coast. “We will not confirm or deny any of
the reported choices until we are ready to
announce” the selections at the end of the
week or early next week.
The New York Daily News quoted Re
publican sources as saying Reagan has pick
ed Walter Wriston, chairman of New
York’s Citicorp, to be secretary of treasury.
Weinberger, former HEW secretary and
Reagan’s longtime trusted ally, has been
mentioned in all the speculation as
Reagan’s choice to head the defense de
partment.
Weinberger, general counsel of the
Bechtel Corp. of San Francisco, flew to
England Tuesday and will be back in
Washington at the end of the week.
Haig, former White House chief of staff
and NATO supreme commander, has fi
gured prominently in the speculation as
secretary of state. Reagan’s campaign man
ager, William Casey, also has been widely
reported to be the next CIA director, suc
ceeding Adm. Stansfield Turner.
Others who may win spots in the Reagan
Cabinet are former Wyoming Sen. Clifford
Hansen as secretary of interior; William
Brock, chairman of the Republican Nation
al Committee, as commerce secretary; Bet
ty Southard Murphy, former National
Labor Relations Board chairwoman as sec
retary of labor; and UCLA professor Tho
mas Sowell, a black, as housing secretary.
While the names are being tossed
around in anticipation of Reagan’s new
administration, the president-elect is keep
ing a low profile and not tipping his hand.
No one expects the Cabinet to be
announced until Reagan’s top adviser
Edwin Meese arrives in Los Angeles this
weekend.
Holmes said announcements will be
made at a news conference and those
appointed will be present.
Reagan remained in seclusion most of
Tuesday, making telephone calls and trying
to catch up on his correspondence. He does
not have any appointments scheduled for
today.
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, he
and wife Nancy were the guests of honor at
dinner parties hosted by their close inner-
circle friends in California.
Monday, Reagan plans to fly to New York
and meet with Wriston and other members
of New York political and financial circles.
He also will be seeing his son Ronald, a
ballet dancer, and his new daughter-in-law
Doria.
The Reagans will spend two days in New
York and will go to Washington Wednes
day, remaining there until Saturday when
they will fly back to California for the
Christmas holidays.
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United Press International
APLES, Italy — Mafia profiteers trafficking in stolen relief
plies have set up black markets in the earthquake-ravaged
mtain villages of southern Italy, where thousands of refugees
refusing to evacuate tent cities and move to coastal areas,
uthorities also said in some cities and towns ravaged by the
ke, looters were foraging in the ruins of homes and stealing
n supply centers.
dice spokesmen said Tuesday a Naples-based organized
re group known as the Camorra was intercepting coffins, tents
blankets and food and operating black markets in the devas-
d mountain villages east of Naples “where destitute villagers
easy prey.”
Unfortunately, these episodes exist and we are trying to limit
m as best we can,” Naples police spokesman Mario Profili told
orters. “We have already dispatched to the affected areas a ■
cial squad of police whose sole duty is to guard against this type
xploitation, which seems cruel at a time like this.”
he mountain villagers, most of them sheltered against the cold
ruddy tent cities and house trailers, were refusing to leave the
r despite continuing aftershocks from Italy’s massive Nov. 23
Ihquake.
earch squads were still digging out around 50 bodies a day, but
the official toll of Italy’s worst earthquake in 65 years was left
unchanged at 2,915 confirmed dead and 1,547 missing.
Relief officials said the Camorra also was buying—and in some
cases stealing —• sheep and cattle from villagers at knock-down
prices and trucking them to slaughterhouses in Salerno and Na
ples, police said.
The reports of widespread profiteering came as private and
official relief efforts were mired in a crush of supplies backed up in
collection points and on country roads. Police said 20 people were
arrested in the mountain areas for looting and six more looters
were arrested in the Naples area.
In Rome, Justice Minister Adolfo Sarti warned looters will be
dealt with “quickly and firmly.”
“It is a particularly odious crime in dramatic circumstances such
as this, but we have to admit that looting exists,” he told a news
conference.
In the Naples area, homeless families invaded public buildings,
monasteries and apartment blocks under construction and instal
led their families in them.
Maurizio Valenzi, communist mayor of Naples, sympathized
with the “extreme need” of the refugees and said the occupation of
empty buildings was “understandable.”
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Happy Hour’ computer bill
o be considered by senate
TEXAS
A&M
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By NANCY ANDERSEN
Battalion Staff
■/mg lines to run computer programs, an
mational student senate seat, extend-
library hours and money for a student
ference are some of the issues the stu-
t senate will be considering tonight in
iast meeting of the fall semester,
tie “Happy Hour” bill would recom-
nd extending happy hour — the hours
computing centers can be used without
rge — from 7:30-10 p.m. Monday
nigh Thursday to 5:30 p.m.- 6 a.m.
be Data Processing Center has the abil-
to extend happy hour at minimal cost,
1 Steve Crumley, bill sponsor. The bill
uld also recommend distributing
nted information about locations and
irs of all computer facilities to computer-
ited classes.
im Clavell, College of Liberal Arts gra-
ite senator, said his bill to create a senate
for international students would be a
iibolic gesture.
3ver 1,500 international students from
countries attend Texas A&M Universi-
Clavell said, and “passing the bill would
>w a positive, active attempt at incorpor-
the international student body into
mainstream of life at Texas A&M.
e attitude in the past of students to
ward international students has been pas
sivity and indifference,” Clavell said at the
last senate meeting.
The bill, if passed by the senate, would
go to the student body as a constitutional
amendment.
The “Biblioteque” bill would extend the
library so students can study longer, said
bill sponsor John Varney.
The hours would be changed to Thurs
day 8 a.m.-1:30 a.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-11
p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m.- 1:30 a.m. with
the reserve room open for studying 9 a.m.
to noon.
The bill would also keep the main library
open continously during finals week.
The “COSGA Budget Appropriations”
bill would grant the external affairs $400
from the program development fund for its
first Student Government associations con
ference in February. Forty schools from a
five-state area have been invited to the con
ference, which will address student ser
vice-related issues.
In non-legislative action, the senators
will hear three bills on first reading.
The “Clarification of an Aggie Tradition”
bill would establish policy concerning
whether or not classes will be held the
Monday following an Aggie victory over the
University of Texas.
This would end confusion about classes
being held, said bill sponsor Greg Hood. If
the administration were to honor the tradi
tion of dismissing classes, the bill also
would inform faculty of the policy at the
beginning of the semester and would stu
dents the week preceding the game.
The bill would also request that the
administration instruct faculty not to penal
ize students for missing classes Dec. 1 due
to any confusion about classes being held.
The “Bicycle Parking” bill would recom
mend that any possible action, such as
more bike racks, be taken to improve or
remove areas of congestion of bicycle park
ing. Bill sponsor Ron Palomares said the
continuous parking of bicycles along side
walks and in front of buildings detracts from
the beauty of Texas A&M’s campus.
The bill would also recomend extending
the bike route on the west side of Spence
Street along the length of Spence south to
the Commons. The route now ends in front
of the Agriculture Building, Palomares
said.
The last bill involves some University
Rules and Regulations Revisions.
Unless placed on emergency no action
will be taken on bills on first reading.
The meeting is in 204 Harrington at 7:30
p.m.
Today’s college student
Issue parties, teddy bears sign of changing times
The following article is part of a United
Press International series on current
campus fads. The last two parts will run
in The Battalion the rest of this week.
“Issue” parties are a new rage at some
colleges.
Making the rounds of some schools,
two examples come from the University
of Florida: a “Teddy Bundy Affair” —
featuring party-goers dressed as prison
inmates or guards — and "an “Invade
Iran” party, where students dressed as
hostages or Iranians.
Sociologists have said that a reflection
of a society’s character are the games its
members play.
With the dedication and seriousness
of James Bond, students are playing a
game of pseudo-death called “Assas
sins” or “Killer.”
It starts with a $5 registration fee.
Aspiring assassins receive a picture of
their intended victim, a plastic dart-gun
and a small bit of information to get
them going.
Players often number in the hun
dreds. Two preliminary rounds reduce
competition to a deciding third round.
For safety, all shots must be made
between the torso and neck.
At the University of Calgary in Cana
da, game organizer Mitch McCormick
said, “The response has been over
whelming. We’ve had more than 250
people who wanted to play the game.”
It’s “a match of intellect against intel
lect,” says McCormick.
But University Chaplain Bill Wiegert
and some students oppose it, claiming
students shouldn’t make a game of
killing.
McCormick responds, “It’s just a silly
little game. We started it so students
can have some fim before exams.”
Screamers
If you didn’t see the movie, go to
Cornell.
Like a scene out of “Network, ” each
night at 11, students throw open dormi
tory windows and lean outside to scream
their heads off.
It’s the “Primal Scream Club.”
It started in September with one stu
dent yelling to blow off steam. Now,
ear-splitting screams follow the signal
whistle every night.
“It’s just five minutes, but it’s very,
very loud,” said 21-year-old senior Jon
Landsman.
If you couldn’t sleep that racket, why
not pay someone 99 cents to read you a
bedtime story, tuck you in and kiss you
good-night?
That’s how some students at the Uni
versity of Connecticut earn money for
their pharmaceutical fraternity. They
earned $120 in two weeks.
It’s been conducted elsewhere.
Members of both sexes participate.
The scenario: About 11 p.m., two
guys, in pajamas and carrying teddy
bears, walk across campus to your dorm.
One sits by your bed. You clutch the
teddy bear. He reads your choice of four
stories — Goldilocks, Sleeping Beauty,
The Ugly Duckling or Snow White. The
number two man provides sound
effects.
One says, “If they want, they even get
a good-night kiss.”
They report many repeats among
some women who enjoy the routine.
Gatoring
Say goodbye to the Twist, the Crawl,
the Jitterbug. Make way for “Gatoring. ”
The relatively new dance, apparently
native to Princeton, is performed lying
on your back while you move your legs
wildly in a crazy pattern. The dance is
meant to resemble an alligator lying on
its back.
Two rival clubs at Princeton, the
Tower Club and the University Cottage
Club, disagree on the origins of the
dance. The Tower members claim it mi
grated north from the South. Cottagers
argue it’s their creation.
Princeton, by the way, doesn’t have
fraternities. They have eating clubs.
One such club, Tiger Inn, dominated
by sports enthusiasts, heralds a game
called “Trees and Trolls.”
After “quaffing a few brews,” they
clear out the living room. They line up
according to size: those over six feet are
Trees, those under are Trolls. Those
falling in the middle are T weens.
At a signal, the groups have a giant
free-for-all wrestling match until par
ched throats turn for beer.
According to Tiger’s social chairman,
Jack Evans, the game has been going on
for years.
“We do it for club spirit. We get to
blow off some steam and some aggres
sion and just have a good time.”
Pranks, old and new
In Massachusetts, some students at
Williams like to turn a friend’s living
room upside down, (furniture only).
stuffing it with newspapers or popcorn
and squirting shaving cream under the
door for the final touch.
Methods of retaliation include break
fast in bed — corn flakes between the
sheets or discovering your bed down
four flights of stairs, or your underwear
on display on the bulletin board.
There also is sending out invitations
to your friends’ party when they don’t
know they are having one.
Also, there are water fights, with or
without fire extinguishers.
At the University of Massachusetts,
some students favor blowing baby pow
der, via a hair blower, through the
cracks of a friend’s door.
By far, the most grotesque was a pig
fetus under a pillow at Georgetown Uni
versity.