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=% ‘Everythin^ you wanted us!! to know about garbage’ Bill Hi| airv 'GO JOft KEA I^EA See page 5 ‘Crockett Rocket’ scores 38 in Aggies’ victory over UH See page 9 The Battalion n Serving the University communily /oh 75 No. 87 USPS 045360 12 Pages College Station, Texas — Tuesday, February 2, 1982 foursoim Scurry rnou Photo by Janet Joyce Silver Taps will be held tonight at 10:30 p.m. for Javier Antonio Garcia, a sophomore economics major from Honduras who died in an automobile accident Bee. 4. Tights will be extinguished between 10:20 and 10:50 p.m. General recalls imprisonment United Press International VICENZA, Italy —U.S. Brig. Gen. James L. Dozier said today he was embarrassed he failed to heed Italian police warnings about a possible ter rorist attack against him and took full reponsibility for being kidnapped. H“Yes, I was warned,” Dozier told a news conference at the U.S. Army base in Vicenza. “However the ex perience in the past had been that these folks did not have U.S. person nel in mind. K “Quite frankly I was so busy before the kidnapping that I paid no atten tion to these threats, so I accept full responsibility for not heeding the warnings that I had been given.” V Dozier, the top-ranking American officer at NATO’s southern Euro pean land forces headquarters in Verona, who was accompanied by his wife and daughter, explained a daily routine of exercising, sleeping, eating and resting he used to regulate his 42 days in captivity by the Red Brigades. . Dozier said the terrorists always in terrogated him in Italian and they did not believe him when he told them he did not speak Italian very well. “In about a week they bought me an Italian-English dictionary,” Dozier said. The general said an interrogation contained in a terrorist communique released during his captivity “was more of a composite of the series of interviews.” He said his captors edited his responses and made up some of their own. “For instance they were using Ita lian terms (in the interrogation trans cript) that I don’t understand. They would edit things that I did say and add things I did not say,” he said. Dozier described his captors as businesslike and indifferent and said they forced him to wear earstoppers and to listen to music so he would not be able to identify them if he were released. Meanwhile in Rome, Interior Minister Virginio Rognoni told Par liament Monday, police investigating the Dozier abduction may have unco vered where the Red Brigades terror ists imprisoned former Premier Aldo Moro before killing him. Vice president’s limousine struck by possible bullet United Press International WASHINGTON — A “projectile” — possibly a bullet — struck Vice President George Bush’s armored limousine about eight blocks from the White House today as he was being driven to work, the Secret Service said. No one was hurt. Secret Service spokesman Jack Warner said agents had not deter mined what had actually hit the car but, “It sounded like a shot. It sound ed like one shot and it looks like only one shot,” he said, referring to a dent in the roof of the automobile. The incident was under investiga tion by both the Secret Service and FBI. Officials stressed they could not determine whether the vehicle was hit by gunfire until the damage caused by the projectile was thoroughly in spected. An aide said Bush, unshaken by the incident, arrived safely and “on time” at his office in the Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House. “He’s in a meeting, continuing on with his normal schedule,” Shirley Green, the vice president’s assistant press secretary, told NBC News just one hour after the incident. “He’s perfectly calm,” she said. “I don’t think he was at all shaken. He said he heard a loud noise — he did not know what it was. Security at the White House com pound was intensified minutes after Bush’s arrival. The incident occurred near a construction site as Bush’s motorcade was making its way through morning rush hour traffic. “At approximately 7:25, the vice president’s limousine was hit by some sort of projectile,” said Warner. “It was hit in the left roof area and this occurred in the vicinity of 21st and L Street. The Secret Service currently is investigating the origin of this projec tile.” Police Lt. Daniel Kerr said, “The reports we were getting were that it was gunfire. They (the Secret Service) were the ones advising us it was” gun fire. Police officer Joseph Gentile also told reporters witnesses heard what sounded like gunfire in the vicinity. However, a White House aide said, “Until they examine the dent to see if it was a metallic object,” it will not be known whether the object was a bullet. Police were at the scene shortly af ter the incident, searching the area. The limousine was struck near a construction site as Bush was en route from his official residence in north west Washington to the White House. An aide to Bush said the vice presi dent and agents in the car heard a loud thud hit the roof of the vehicle. The motorcade then speeded up and made its way to the White House. Warner said the projectile “ripped up a portion of the vinyl” covering the roof of the armored limousine. The car was impounded by the Secret Ser vice immediately after Bush arrived safely at the White House. Jerry O’Leary, special assistant to national security adviser William Clark, interrupted the daily breakfast meeting of President Reagan’s advis ers, including chief of staff James Baker and deputy chief of staff Michael Deaver, to inform them of the incident. O’Leary said the aides then informed Reagan. Security around Bush, Reagan and other top government officials has been tightened in recent months, in the aftermath of the attempt on Reagan’s life last March and amid reports of alleged assassination plots. Aides said Bush usually arrives to work at 7:30 a.m., but varys his route to the White House. Nature's ‘reliable’ weather predictor Groundhogs’ special day by Tanya Yanta Battalion Reporter Can a groundhog predict the weather as well as television meteoro logists? Old wives’ tales claim that such an animal can — and today is the day that the reliable groundhog will predict whether winter will linger on for six more weeks. The groundhog is the only animal that has been honored with its own special day. On this day each year, groundhogs supposedly emerge from hibernation and cast a knowing eye over the landscape. If the sky is cloudy and the groun dhog doesn’t see his shadow, he stays outside and everyone knows the weather will be mild for the remain der of the winter. However, if the groundhog sees his shadow, he is supposed to scramble back into his burrow and continue his hibernation. Everyone then knows that six more weeks of cold weather are forthcoming. The groundhog is just about as good a long-range weather prophet as a coin tosser — and just about as bad, too. He guesses right about 50 percent of the time — anyone could predict weather as well as that by flip ping a coin. The groundhog never asked for this job. He had it wished on him by early colonists who brought over a su perstition about the hedgehog seeing his shadow on Candlemas day — and the absence of European hedgehogs in America thrust the burden on the groundhog. In addition, the name groundhog is misleading. The animal does live in a burrow in the ground, but he is no hog, nor kin to one. He is related to ground squirrels, prairie dogs, chip munks and squirrels. selects new president Important A&M dates I Students who have had second thoughts about any particular class this semester should note that today is the last day to drop courses with no record. Degree candidates should be aware that Friday is the application deadline for graduate and undergra duate degrees to be awarded in May. The following are additional note worthy dates for the spring semester: — Feb. 19 - last day for dropping courses with no penalty (Q-drop) — March 8 - mid-semester grade reports — March 15-21 - spring break — May 7 - last day of spring semes ter classes; Commencement — May 8 - Commencement and Final Review Council by Johna Jo Maurer Battalion Staff A senior chemical engineering ma jor from Daingerfield was named MSC Council and Directorate presi dent for 1982-83 at Monday’s regular council meeting. Todd Norwood, who held the position of vice president of finance prior to being appointed president, was one of two applicants interviewed Sunday by the council nominating committee. Norwood was applauded by coun cil members as he reentered the coun cil conference room following a closed executive session. Two faculty advisers, two MSC staff members, one former student and 11 students from the MSC Coun cil and Directorate selected Norwood for the post. The committee also interviewed a second applicant, Craig Hanks, a junior philosophy major. He present ly is vice president of programs. Equal weight is given to the appli cation, the applicant’s past perform ance on the MSC Council and the in terview in the selection process. The president of the council must have experience in the organization, a broad range of leadership skills such as efficient time management and communication abilities, said Doug Dedeker, current MSC Council presi dent. “Todd’s been in for four years and he has continuously exhibited those skills,” Dedeker said. “Craig has (exhibited those skills) as well; it was a tough choice and a real close decision.” In other business, Hanks, spokes man for the Program Study Commit tee, submitted recommendations on three committees that have been under review. The council voted to continue the budget and programming review of the MSC Arts Committee. A staff adviser and the vice president of programs will review»proposed prog rams and expenditures for the next few months. This was decided in order to help the committee in plan ning for future programs, Dedeker said. The arts committee, as well as MSC Black Awareness Committee, MSC Recreation Committee and MSC Videotape Committee was referred to the Programs Studies Committee last year because of financial difficulties. The studies committee was respon sible for guiding the committees dur ing the year, so they could build up their credibility. However, during this year’s budget hearings, student service fees were in creased for the arts committee and council members said the committee had “completely turned around — that is why the budget was increased.” Hanks also proposed that the council require a review program budget to be submitted by the Black Awareness Committee to compare with prelimin ary program budgets to see how well the committee had forecast expenses. inside Classified P a g e 8 Local page3 Opinions P a g e 2 State page 5 National P a ge7 Sports P a g e 9 What’s Up page 6 forecast Tuesday’s forecast: mostly cloudy and breezy today with a 60 percent chance of rain with decreasing cloudiness tonight; high today in the mid-60s, low in the mid-30s. Wednesday’s forecast calls for clear skies and cooler temperatures.