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The Battalion Serving the Texas A&M University community The Weather Today Tomorrow High 70 High .. .62 Low 50 Low .. .48 Chance of rain. . . . . . 30% Chance of rain . 10% Vol. 75 No. 62 10 Pages Monday, November 30, 1981 College Station, Texas k's guest; ank Vam by 6 >y9 'u by 1 i by 8 by 14 e b\ 1 Polish leader nay declare nartial law tbfl bv6 on by 1 United Press International WARSAW, Poland — Prime Minis- Ccn. Wojieeh Jaruzelski urged par- nent to pass an anti-strike law and Ireatened to declare martial law unless re is a dramatic decline in walkouts. But more than 200,000 university ludents, farmers, oilfield workers and |ainee firemen were on strike through- lit the weekend despite the tough talk 1 Jaruzelski. J “The right to strike has been perma- ■ntly abused,’ Jaruzelski told a Gen ii ill Committee meeting. “The party’s i Iswerhas to he and is proportionate to he situation. n jaruzelksi, who heads the Defense linistry as well as the government and ieCommunist Party, said the govern- entmust write new laws to ban strikes [MThunil id prevent paralysis of the economy, nbers hsl lie right to strike was won by Solidarity e Aggie. I months ago at the union’s birth, face 01 If there is no dramatic decline in the pendeno rikes, sit-ins and other protests, Tnizelski said, the Polish economy be aturdayii iralyzed and throw the country into a onal ii: late of war. College r | By state of war, he appeared to mean a state of martial law, in which the gov ernment and its troops would feel com pelled to use force to end walkouts in key industries. Jaruzelski s speech, delivered before the Central Committee Saturday, was not published until more than 24 hours later. Jaruzelski s speech on strikes closed a two-day Central Committee meeting that evidently was dominated by hard line, anti-Solidarity sentiment. It seemed calculated to appeal to moder ate elements within the union, who realize that strikes are devastating Po land’s economy, causing further in creases in the country’s debt to the West of more than $25 billion. Jaruzelski said extremists have put them in an uncomfortable and ambi guous position over the strike issue. But the right-to-strike issue is certain to arouse strong feelings among union radicals and lively debate throughout the nation. The Central Committee’s call for anti-strike legislation — will go this week to the Sejm, the national parlia ment. tootim horn edistricting trial to begin today talion ifieds United Press International AUSTIN — Trial on a lawsuit chal- iging Texas’ new congressional redis- ctingplan apparently will begin with- p a requested deposition from Gov. Clements, who is vowing to fight it 45-26111the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. |Trial was scheduled to begin at 9 a. m. ay on the lawsuit filed by the Rev. M. Seamon of Tyler, who contends plan minimizes minority voting length by concentrating Texas blacks IMexican-AmeriCans in a few minor- dominated districts. Even though a three-judge federal nelhas said twice that Clements must 'ovide the deposition and an appeals Irt has upheld that order, the gov- nor plans to go back to the appeals art and ask it to rule on his contention at executive privilege allows him to fhse to give the deposition. The appeals court already has upheld the three-judge federal panel’s order compelling the deposition, but did not rule on the merits of Clements’ argu ment. The three-judge federal panel Saturday told Clements he must pro vide a deposition by Friday. The governor has vowed to fight the deposition, which is being sought to learn Clements’ role in drafting the re districting plan, all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. Several lawmakers have indicated Clements threatened to veto any plan that did not have minority districts drawn as he wanted. The trial challenging the new bound aries of the state’s 27 congressional dis tricts was expected to take only one or two days. However, the panel hearing the case said a mountain of evidence had been submitted by both parties. Lights, camera, action Staff photo by Dave Einsel Camera operator Steve Yaconelli films action from the Texas-Texas A&M football game this weekend. Yaconelli was working for Universal Studios with four other crewmen on the filming of “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” a film to be released in July. The crew was filming establishing shots to he used as fillers during the movie. Associate Producer Peter Scott, who’s past films include “Animal House,” “The Jerk,” and “Cheech and Chong s Next Movie,” said the overall filming is almost completed. He said that over 500,000 feet of film will be shot but only about 10,000 feet will actually be used in the final product. After interruption of 2V2 years, Soviet-U.S. arms talks resume mss of taxes, added payroll United Press International GENEVA, Switzerland — After an interruption of 2‘/a years, the United States and the Soviet Union began talks today on limiting nuclear missiles and both sides warned there will be no rapid agreement. The Geneva arms talks come after a month of the biggest pacifist demonstra tion in Europe since World War II against NATO plans to install 572 U.S. Pershing-II and Cruise missiles in Europe by 1983 to counter 630 Soviet SS-4, SS-5s and SS-20s already in place and aimed at Europe. The negotiations to limit the inter mediate range weapons also follow a bit ter 10-month war of words between the Reagan administration that accused the Soviets of lying, cheating and fostering international terrorism. Moscow in turn said Reagan was trying to revive the Cold War with an arms race. Today’s negotiations were the first Prison may have varied effects By TERRI COULSON Battalion Reporter Like any other old town, Navasota is ginning to show its age. Gray brick lildings with dirty plate glass windows ic both sides of its main street. Antique stores stand on every corner ticked with such rare finds as old thea- r seats and primitive farming tools. It’s a.small town, a proud town. In its nter a statue commemorates Rene cibert de la Salle, the town’s founder. Saturday the downtown area buzzes ith residents as they amble from shop shop. Only passing freight trains and ie traffic light detain them. Stores range from a corner grocery to small Sears outlet. And like other nail towns in Texas, it has its own airy Queen. But what sets Navasota apart from ist any other old town is its soon-to-be test addition. Just a few miles down FM 1227, a rison is being built. Yet, the only evi- £nce of the prison site is a small sign ading TDC (Texas Department of brrections). In five years, this new prison to be tiated on 5,968 acres in Grimes Coun- , will house about 4,000 inmates. “Where these inmates will come from asn’t been decided yet. Rave Tilley of ic TDC public affairs office said. “If lere is an overflow in any one of the late’s) other 18 units, they could poss- )ly be sent to Navasota for confine- lent. ’ The new prison will be just one nswer to overcrowding in Texas pris ms. The total inmate population of the exas prison system was 30,916 as of opt. 30, a 6.3 percent increase over the Iffie time last year. Plans for the Navasota site include Jour 500-cell buildings, an infirmary, a [lining hall, offices and industrial shops. ’Ians also include a trailer park, a hous ing tract and duplexes to house about X) prison employees. since June 18, 1979, when President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev signed the Strategic Arms Limitation treaty, shelved by the Reagan administration after Carter’s Congress failed to act on it. Chief U.S. negotiator Paul H. Nitze, 74, a veteran hard-line arms negotiator, cautioned Sunday against unrealistic ex pectations and said many preliminary issues must be resolved before real negotiations can begin. Soviet negotiator Yuli A. Kvitsinsky, 45, an expert on European affairs, said in his arrival statement that the opening of talks does not mean automatic agree ment. The two sides brought opposing posi- Lv>ns to the talks. President Reagan on Nov. 18 offered his “zero option” to abandon the Pershing II and Cruise de ployment if the Soviets dismantle all their medium-range missiles. Brezhnev rejected the option and countered by proposing the total aboli tion of all western and eastern nuclear systems in Europe. Brezhnev also offered to dismantle “hundreds’ of his weapons systems if Pershing II and Cruise deployment in Europe is can celed. This idea was rejected in turn by the United States. Officials said after a preliminary meeting between Kvitsinksy and Nitze at the Soviet mission, the first working session between full delegations would probably be held Tuesday. LLS. diplomats said there most likely would be two or three formal sessions each week held on an alternating basis at the Soviet diplomatic mission and U.S. delegation headquarters. Officials of both sides said the first several weeks would be spent trying to agree on exactly what should be negoti ated. The United States wants to limit the talks in the first phase to medium-range U.S. and Soviet nuclear missiles in Europe. Moscow wants to negotiate on all Europe-based nuclear delivery sys tems — missiles, bombers and sub marines and including British and French as well as U.S. and Soviet arms. Former diplomat admits love-spy ruse -^ - Signs like this one are the only evidence of the Texas Department of Corrections facility to be located in Grimes County. This sign is posted on Photo by Pat O'Malley FM 1227 about four miles from Navasota, on the 5,968 acres where the prison is to be built. In five years, this prison will house about 4,000 inmates. “Architecturally, the prison will be maximum security,” TDC Administra tive Assistant Rick Hartley said. “But the inmate population hasn’t been de cided yet. The farm will have an 800-cow dairy that will require several thousand acres of hay production and pastureland. The prison system raises most of its own food, offsetting boarding costs. The Grimes County site was the TDC’s third choice for the prison, with West and South Texas sites being first. “Grimes County was chosen because it is so close to Huntsville and the farm land is so productive,” Hartley said. (Huntsville houses the administrative headquarters of the TDC system.) The site aroused controversy last year when local landowners and resi dents voiced objections to the prison’s location. Some critics have said that the site of the prison would remove land from the county’s tax rolls, since state-owned land is tax exempt. Grimes County could lose as much as $2,432.50 annual ly in ad valorem revenue. Grimes County Judge Ben Swank said. United Press International LONDON — A retired British diplo mat once suspected as a Soviet agent admitted he hinted to Czech officials he would spy but said it was a ruse to get his Czech housemaid mistress out of the Iron Curtain nation. Some parliament members scoffed at Edward Scott’s admission Sunday in the Sunday Times of playing possum with the Czechs — the latest in a series of newspaper disclosures about espionage in the Foreign Service. And the angry MPs demanded an investigation. “How many more cases are there still to be uncovered? Parliament member Bruce George said. “Do we have to read the newspapers to find out how many worms are in the can?” Fellow 7 Labor MP Ted Leadbitter demanded an inquiry and called on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to answer “disturbing questions in the case of Scott, who retired in I960. Scott’s confession of meeting with Soviet agents came on the heels of newspaper articles earlier in the year that said the late Sir Roger Hollis, head of Britain’s MIS counter intelligence service from 1956 to 1965, was sus pected of being a Soviet “mole. Two years ago. Queen Elizabeth s former art advisor Anthony Blunt confessed to being a Russian spy. Scott, 63, Britain’s second-ranking diplomat in Prague from 1956 to 1958, told the Sunday Times his meeting with Soviet-bloc agents in the 1950s came after they learned he was having an affair with a Czech housemaid, Irena Peckova. But he said had no communist sym pathies and passed on no secrets but pretended to Czech officials that he could be a future spy so that he could obtain an exit visa for his paramour. “I wouldn’t have done anything that would have damaged England, Scott said. The Times said the Foreign Service suspected that Scott might be a spy in 1960 but it was not until eight years after he retired in 1969 that he was ques tioned. “I hoped it would not be in the na tional interest to bring a prosecution against a fourth league sinner, Scott said at a news conference Sunday, admitting he had been questioned. Scott’s former boss in the Prague embassy. Sir Paul Grey, said, "You can t automatically assume a failing of the flesh of this kind would lead a chap to give away secrets.