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The Battalion Vol. 74 No. 79 14 Pages in 2 Sections Serving the Texas A&M University community Tuesday, January 20, 1981 College Station, Texas * USPS 045 360 Phone 845-2611 The Weather Yesterday Today High 42 High ....48 Low 36 Low ....35 Rain .. 2.13 inches Chance of rainw 20% ast-minute snag delays hostage release United Press International |The United States and Iran reached total ement today on a deal to free the 52 ges in exchange for $9 billion in frozen i assets. The White House said all ; transferred and it expected the litious release of our hostages.” White House spokesman Jody Powell said, ‘‘The president was informed at 8:17 (a.m. EST) that the government of Algeria has notified the government of Iran the transfer of the previously frozen assets to an escrow account has been completed. Powell said the financial snag that bede viled the release of the hostages most of Monday dealt with how much interest was due on Iranian accounts in U.S. banks. “We had a difierent view of how to deal with it than they did,” he said. But now, he said, that problem has been ironed out and “we now have every right to expect and do expect the expeditious re lease of our hostages. “We have done everything that we have said we would do prior to the release of the hostages,” Powell said. He added officials expected the 52 American hostages to be released by the Iranians “without undue delay. ” In Tehran, Iran’s chief hostage nego tiator Bezhad Nabavi said, “Now the hos tages are ready to fly. All preparations are made and the hostages will go home to their families.” Powell, who stood by through the last night of the Carter administration, said, “The president was informed just a few minutes ago by (Treasury) Secretary (G. William) Miller all the funds accumulated from all the (U.S.) banks are now in the Federal Reserve in London.” An Iranian government communique in Tehran said the United States had agreed to all its conditions for the release of the hostages, and “a large portion of the Iranian assets consisting of cash, gold and prom issory notes has been received by the Alge rian central bank to be dispatched to Iran in due course.” ‘Secret appendix’ denied by Sta te Fender Bender Staff photo by Greg Gammon Wet weather was the contributing factor in a three car accident that occurred around 12:45 p.m. Monday. One vehicle southbound on Wel- born road collided with another car entering the intersection of Joe Routt and Welborn Rd. A third car, stopped at the intersection, was struck by one of the cars sliding on the wet pavement. No charges had been filed and no injuries reported in the accident report filed by College Station Police. unshot wound kills former Speaker United Press International TY — Investigators said today yplanned to question the wife of former sllouse Speaker Price Daniel Jr., who Bshot to death at his home late Monday. “She was pretty hysterical and they took (ertothe hospital, gave her a sedative and ehaven’t talked to her yet,” said Liberty unity Sheriff Buck Echols. “We expect ;to Mrs. Daniel later today.” Echols said officers found Daniel's body i hallway between the kitchen and a ort shortly after 7:43 p.m. Monday Mrs. Daniel summoned an ambu- ! to the home. recovered a shot gun and a .22 lliber rifle from the house. We believe at is time he was shot with the .22, ” Echols He said wounds indicated Daniel was t more than once” and authorities re- feved two spent cartridges in the kitchen. Daniel and the couple’s two chil- i were believed to have been in the me when the shooting occurred, he said, d’s body was taken to Ben Taub 1 in Houston, where an autopsy 1 be performed, Echols said. s deputies were notified after : attendants arrived and disco- red Daniel was dead. :1,40, was the son of Price Daniel, a mer governor, U.S. senator and Texas preme Court justice. [ The former speaker also presided over : Texas Constitutional Convention in 171, and ran unsuccessfully for the Demo cratic nomination for attorney general in 1978, losing narrowly to Mark White. Daniel’s attempt for the statewide office was marred from the outset. His second wife, the former Vickie Moore of Liberty, filed for divorce shortly after Daniel announced his candidacy in 1977. She withdrew the petition a month later, but Daniel’s almost flawless image had been damaged by his divorce three years earlier from his first wife and the second divorce petition just as his campaign was begin ning. The younger Daniel had built his cam paign for the speakership first among the “Dirty 30” group that opposed Speaker Gus Mutscher during the 1971 Legislature, then won the backing of labor and a wide philosophical range of new House mem bers in 1973 as the Legislature underwent one of the biggest membership turnovers in history. He pledged during his campaign to serve only one term as speaker, and campaigned on a platform of nine so-called “reform” bills. Those proposals included the Open Meetings Act, Open Records Act, lobby control and registration, and campaign fi nance reporting for speaker candidates and ethics. “My primary goal is to bring about a change — reform if you will — in the way the House operates. We can restore public confidence in the legislative process,” Daniel said in 1972 after he had clinched his election as speaker. “I want all 150 members doing what they know is right. We’re going to try to do a good job for the people of Texas instead of playing games up here.” Randall Wood, lobbyist for Common Cause during Daniel’s term as speaker, gave Daniel the primary credit for the pas sage of the reform bills. “I guess the Open Records Act had more impact than anything else he did, and we pretty well take it for granted now days. I think that was the first such piece of legislation passed by any state in the country at that time,” Wood said late Monday. “That was all part of his contribution, and I don’t think it would have been passed without him. You can attribute some of that to the times, it was the right point in time to pass that legislation, but more than that, he was sincere about it and worked for it very hard.” Daniel worked his way through Baylor University and the Baylor law school by operating a rare book business and invest ing in and managing rental properties. He was justice of the peace in Liberty County in 1966-67, and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1969, serving a total of three terms. United Press International WASHINGTON — State Department officials deny there is a “secret appendix” to the hostage agreement with Tehran, and confirm Iran will receive some previously ordered U.S. military spare parts. State Department and White House officials were responding to Iranian charges an 11-page appendix on banking proce dures was “an under-handed” last-minute attempt to hold up the exchange of the hostages for Iran’s assets. Secretary of State Edmund Muskie de scribed the technical papers attached to the agreement as “implementing documents”. “We are plowing our way through it, and I think it’s managable,” he said. Detailed public explanation, including the exact amount of money involved in the swap of frozen Iranian assets for the 52 hostages, will be withheld until the Amer icans are out of Iran, officials said. State Department spokesman John Trattner said the military spares Iran ordered and paid for before the Nov 4, 1979, seizure of the U.S. Embassy are in cluded in “other assets”—besides financial ones — that will be returned. Iran had about,,$500. million in spare parts ordered and paid for. Some of the equipment — the State Department will not say how much — since has been taken over by U. S. military forces, and the frozen Iranian bank accounts have been reim bursed. Underlying the deal is the simple con cept of exchanging the 52 Americans for Iran’s assets, as they existed 14V2 months ago. However, since those assets have be come entangled in a labyrinth of lawsuits and loan defaults, the idea becomes ex tremely complicated. The final agreement consists of two “de clarations” by the government of Algeria,! ; which acted as intermediary. The device j preserves the fiction, insisted on by Iran,! j that there were no direct negotiations with ! the United States. One document establishes a nine- j member international arbitration panel, in- j eluding three Americans and three Ira- I nians, to settle contractual disputes be tween Iran and the United States. The other is designed to frdfill the four : conditions laid down by Ayatollah Ruhollah j Khomeini on Sept 12, 1980: —The United States pledges to not in- j tervene militarily or politically in Iran’s j affairs. Iran insisted the United States in-j I sert the phrase “from now on,” implying an! • admission the United States had inter-j | vened in the past. —The United States is to return Iran’s frozen assets, while Iran promises to set up| j a $1 billion fund as a guarantee that all successful legal claims against Iran by American companies will be paid. —The United States revokes all trade sanctions against Iran, presumably includ ing the ban on the purchase of Iranian oil. Other Western countries and Japan were expected to follow. —The U.S. government “will promptly withdraw” all claims against Iran, and bar lawsuits by the hostages or anybody else against Iran in U.S. courts or the World! Court. —The American government will freeze' assets of the late Shah Mohammed Reza| Pahlavi and “his close relatives,” and will order U.S. banks to identify such property.! The United States will not stand in the way of Iranian suits attempting to seize those assets. Special meeting set for tonight Council tables reorganization \Reagan to be sworn in United Press International j WASHINGTON—Jimmy Carter leaves ; today as the 39th president, denied is deep hope to end four years in office by ' in a happy ending to the hostage Carter was forced to cancel plans to fly to nany Monday to welcome the Amer- i hostages when Iran failed to release i and Carter’s travel time before the uration ran out. But Carter quickly accepted President- t Ronald Reagan’s invitation to repre- it the nation as a private citizen while the hostages recuperate in Wiesbaden, West Germany. In the final hours of his presidency to day, he and Mrs. Carter will welcome the Reagans to the White House. After Reagan takes the oath of office at noon and gives his inaugural address, Car ter will walk from the West Front of the Capitol to the East Front and board a motorcade for a short farewell ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base. Carter — acting as a special envoy —- may fly to Germany tonight or early Wednesday, should the hostages be freed. Ross Volunteers to march in inaugural parade today Today marks not only a big day for Wald Reagan, soon to be 40th president ^ the United States, but also one of the more exciting days for the Texas A&M Uni- rsity Ross Volunteers. TheR.V.s this afternoon will represent »e nation’s military marching units in the lugural parade. And those who watch closely just might atch a glimpse of them on national televi- ftn marching in their traditional white pa- kde uniforms, toting drill rifles. Since preparation to attend the pres idential inauguration began in May last year, the R.V.s were never quite certain they were going until recently. First, Gov. Bill Clements refused to approve the use of state funds to cover the cost of transporting the 104 active members of the organiza tion. Then, Reagan decided to decrease the number of military units in the parade, before deciding to reverse that decision. By JANE G. BRUST Battalion Staff MSC Council members accepted a re port to reorganize the executive structure Monday night but tabled a motion to imple ment the report’s recommendations. President Ernen Haby cast a tie breaking vote which delayed voting on the reorganization until more of the council’s 19 voting members were present. The vote for tabling was 7-6. Amendments to the constitution and bylaws which would implement the recom mendations will be voted on in a special meeting tonight. After a lengthy, controversial discussion of the report prepared by a reorganization committee, council members abruptly voted in favor of the report. The report presented an expanded ex ecutive structure with six vice presidents: Development, Finance, Operations, Pro grams, Public Relations and Student De velopment. The report also recommended 17 assis tants — known as directors and coordina tors — to assist the vice presidents. The main point of controversy among council members was the increase in per sonnel within the structure. There are 19 council officers now; the plan calls for 24. Sara Morse, vice president of programs, explained that the aim of the reorganization committee, composed of council members, staff advisers and faculty, was to create a structure which would eliminate work overload for specific officers and also pro vide for growth within the entire MSC Council and Directorate structure. Paul Fischer, director of operations, spoke firmly in favor of the structure as presented. “This structure is very well what we need to allow for growth,” he said. In contrast, however. Directorate Rep resentative Kirk Kelly said the proposed structure is too large for the MSC’s present needs. He suggested eliminating several of the proposed positions under the vice pres idents and letting each vice presidential area grow to require those subordinate positions. President VP-Development VP-Finance 1 3" Director Director Dev. Finance of Accounts Director Director Fund Raising of Funds Director Dev. Director Public Relations Budget/Planning Director VP-Opcrations VP-Programs VP-Public Relations VP-Student Development Director MSC Services Director Non-MSC Svcs. of Procedures Coordinator of Programs Coordinator of Programs Director of Promotions G Director of Personnel Director Ads/Publicity Coordinator of Programs Coordinator of Programs Coordinator of Projects Coordinator of Projects The Council will consider the proposal again at 6 p.m. today. This table shows the proposed organization of the MSC Council under a plan the Council tabled Monday night. Another item of controversy concerned input by Directorate members who would be affected by the proposed structure. Sev eral Directorate members said Directorate chairmen did not have adequate time to review the proposed structure and submit their views to Council. The agenda was passed out Monday. Directorate members also said the prop osed structure would lessen the leadership given to their committees by the vice presi dent of programs (VPP). The VPP serves as chairman of the Directorate, which is composed of the chairmen of the 19 MSC committees. Under the plan the VPP would gain four program coordinators, each to work with five committees. The VPP would direct those four coordinators and two project coordinators who would work with the council’s special projects. Bryan Hall, Directorate representative, said the proposed structure is too compart mentalized and would attract quality stu dents away from Directorate committees. The Coordinator postions would be filled by students now working on committees. A committee of 15 Council officers, Directorate representatives, staff advisers and faculty created the proposal based on research that began in March. The constitutional amendments and bylaws which would implement the prop osed executive structure require a two- thirds majority vote of all voting members to pass. If passed, the proposal will then be sub ject to approval by Dr. John Koldus, vice president for student services, and Dr. Charles Samson, acting president of Texas A&M University, before taking effect next fall. All changes in the MSC Council’s Con stitution require approval by these admi nistrators. Council members will meet at 6 p.m. tonight in the conference room of the Stu dent Programs Office (216T MSC).