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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1980 Page 7 Unrest called defense threat Polish army backs regime :nt Y iiths Chj| ■tures will lounge Ael will TIONU'il ■m. at tM ' service it l| Ready and waiting Staff photo by Greg Gammon hese U-haul trailers are lined up and waiting wishing to rent them should make reserva- I for students to use for end of semester moving. tions. There are several truck and trailer ren- u Rental trailers such as these are likely to be in tal firms in the Bryan-College Station area that short supply by moving time, so students rent one-way. CE’iMl lie MSC Bast- Ill spite of Iran-Iraq war ri'RES:! i. in the MX. i is free. eland pietim e MSC Ms OPEC to talk oil prices Will meetali I ossti Hail gingCadetsi ilubwillspt lath 130, it !Q5Aeadei*. Sigma will* a. at theC«' p service fat in 216 MSC. bra small fee. Got JCH! United Press International KUWAIT — OPEC Oil ministers confirmed Monday that they will talk of future oil prices in Bali, Indonesia, nixt Monday despite dissension over the Iran-Iraq war, ■cording to a United Press International survey. ■ The poll of Arab oil ministers at the opening meeting ofllie Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Coun- tijes indicated the threatened price talks will proceed as scheduled despite an appeal by United Arab Emirates Oil Minister Mana Said al-Otaiba to postpone the meet- iifc because of the Iran-Iraq war. JIraq’s Oil Minister Tayeh Abdel Kerim said his coun- ti| had rebounded from the early effects of the war and p|s exporting more than 1 million barrels of oil daily through pipelines to the Mediterranean Sea. He spoke tareporters on his way to the opening meeting of OPEC at the tightly guarded Kuwait Hilton. Blhe Arab oil ministers, who do not have the authority 1 to set oil prices, appeared sharply divided about whether all OPEC members should raise crude prices when they meet in Bali. Gang of Four’ trials continue Otaiba said he favored holding OPEC rates at the present $30 per barrel floor and $37 per barrel ceiling. But Libya’s Oil Minister Abdussalam Zagaar told re porters that oil market conditions could not justify a price freeze. “Indicators are not pointing in that direction,” said Zagaar. Qatar’s Oil Minister Abdel Aziz Khalifa al-Thani also urged increases in OPEC rates. “We are for a moderate price increase,” he said. Abdel Kerim said Iraq is exporting the estimated 1 million barrels of crude oil per day through pipelines to the Mediterranean Sea. The crude oil, he said, was being exported “through the capacity of the Iraqi- Turkish pipeline and what is available in the Iraqi- Syrian-Lebanese pipeline. Present for OPEC’s one-day meeting are the oil ministers from Kuwait, Qatar, Syria, Libya, Saudi Ara bia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Iraq. Algeria will be represented by a lower-ranking offi cial. United Press International GDANSK, Poland — Poland’s official army newspaper said Monday that months of unrest threaten the nation’s defenses, and the Commun ist Party must be “liberated ... from the people who discredit it.” The editorial in the newspaper Zolnierz Wolnosci came as the Soviet news agency Tass, in a dis patch from Warsaw, charged that counter-revolutionary groups work ing under the cover of the indepen dent union are starting to challenge the Communist rulers. The army newspaper said the Communist Party must be “liberated from the people who discredit it’’ and must get rid of the mistakes which “deformed our socialist system.” “The state of anxiety among the people, the threat of strikes or the attempts to make them in such im portant fields as railway or car trans port — all that indirectly hit the de fense system of the country, ” it said. “Attempts to paralyze the state’s power leading to chaos and anarchy also affect the system of defense. We warmly support the appeal calling for a dam to be placed against the escala tion of anxiety, the end of strikes and leaflet action and of anarchy.” The report from the Soviet news agency was issued one day after the most ominous United States warning yet that Soviet troops were poised for a possible invasion. Sunday Each Walesa, leader of the free union movement, announced plans to visit Polish Pope John Paul II in Rome early in the new year. Walesa said he planned the trip for Jan. 14-19, but an official Polish source said privately, “The pope Storage Space FOR RENT Secure • Well Lighted Varlou:, Sizes • Behind U-RENT-M in College Stallon The Storage Station 693-0551 probably will not see him before there is a solution — that is, signs of definite stabilization in Poland.” In the Vatican a spokesman for John Paul said he would see Walesa when he comes on his visit, and that it would probably take place Jan. 16. Tass charged that “counter revolutionary groups operating under the cover of local Solidarity sections are turning to open confron tation with the Polish United Work ers Communist Party and with the administrations of some enterprises and institutions.” It reported that a number of Soli darity Committees are trying to re place union workers with “persons who openly adhere to anti- government positions.” It said that at the Iskra plant in Kielce “so-called protectors of the interests of the workers have dis placed the administration and dis armed the plant’s guard. A number of activists, who expressed at work ers’ meetings their disagreement with the demands of the instigators, are missing. ” “These and other facts show that counter-revolution is leading the situation in the country towards further destabilization, towards the aggravation of the political struggle. ” The Kremlin, while tolerating Solidarity’s existence, has repeated ly warned that it would not allow any undermining of the socialist form of government in Poland or any threat to the Communist Party’s place in the country. Appearing LIVE Wednesday Night “KIWI!” 83.00 Cover 4410 College Main *46.9438 easiAs United Press International ■PEKING — Yao Wenyuan, the “Gang of Four” scribe, admitted grudgingly in court Monday his writ ings framed a large number of poli tical enemies, but he argued that he played only a passive role. Radio Peking said Yao “confessed to the crimes he was accused of but ipeatedly used cunning arguments to lessen his responsibility. ” ■Yao, who thrived on waging re volution with his articles, admitted with reservation that he had scruti- Ked, edited, or approved a number of articles that brought “serious con sequences” to the targets of his iftacks. His articles branded large num bers of party, government, and milit ary leaders as “capitalist roaders” — ajgrave charge during the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution when the Bang,” led by Mao Tse-tung’s |wido\v Jiang Qung, wielded tremen dous power. ■ Yao admitted he controlled the pass media and used them to shape and control the minds of the public, turning them against opponents of |e gang. But he said Mao’s widow and fellow gang member Zhang Chunqiao had initiated the frame- ups. Yao said he had either given his approval along with others, or mere ly proofread the draft and disagreed with the content. In an earlier hearing Yao had admitted he played a part in the framing and persecution of the late premier Chou En-lai and Deng Xia- ping, currently the dominant figure in the leadership. In the military arm of the special court, former chief of staff Huang Yong-sheng tried to shrug off court allegations that he brought disrepute to more than 7,100 persons and death to 85 persons. “I’ve never heard of such a thing,” Huang replied. When confronted with evidence, however, he changed his plea and said since there is documentation it must be true. SWENsen'S h* FLAVORS ^ OF CHRISTMAS PAST Pumpkin, Rum Raisin, Egg Nog& Divinity Fudge are available at Swensen’s Ice Cream Factory Culpepper Plaza College Station 693-6948 i We specialize in personalizAx l ing gifts and unique gift * i wrapping. 3601 E. 29th St. 846-2797 "Happy Dead. Week" ALL DAY ALL NIGHT 2 FOR 1 PITCHERS! Bring your Aggie I.D. and enjoy our 11a.m. - 12a.m. BEER BREAK! 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