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JOHN’S, Newfoundland — Searchers gave up hope for 84 crew members of a giant oil rig that sank in the frigid North Atlantic and a Soviet ship with 37 people aboard was re ported sinking today from the same storm-driven waves. Shortly after the search for survi vors of the Ocean Ranger drilling rig, including 15 Americans, was sus pended at dark Monday, the Mekanik Tarasov sent a distress signal warning it was about 65 miles east of the sunk en rig and also could go under. Canadian Coast Guard spokesman Malcolm McLauchlin said from Hali fax a small Danish fishing vessel and a larger Russian fishing ship were alongside and ready to remove the 37 crew members. “She’s in the process of sinking,” McLauchlin said, saying the crew of the 4,262-ton Soviet container ship had been waiting until the arrival of the Fishing vessel before deciding to abandon ship. “The cargo shifted, probably due to the storm,” placing the 400-foot ship on a severe list, he said. “1 he waves have abated somewhat,” he said, but the wind was “still blowing at roughly 35 knots, with probably 40- foot seas.” McLauchlin said, “There aren’t any helicopters to send. All the crews are too tired because they’ve been out all day in the rescue efforts of the Ocean Ranger,” Helicopter and air plane crews, which planned to re sume the hunt at the site of the rig disaster at daybreak, saw only bodies, half-sunken lifeboats and scattered debris at the wreck site 195 miles southeast of St. John’s. Sharp contrasts staff photo by Eileen Manton Two students take a study break on the steps in the lobby of Zachry Engineering Center, which form a linear geometric pattern when viewed from the second floor. Senators meet with guerrillas eorganization Directorate to merge into council by Johna Jo Maurer Battalion Staff proposed reorganization of the BC Council was well-received by ncil members who approved it 14- Monday night. J Four vice presidents of programs 11 take on the combined responsibi- I iesof present directorate programs iordinators and the current council te president of programs. Those four vice presidents — re- Jonsible for committee program ing in the areas of education, cul- |!re, entertainment and recreation — (fd oversee activities of the 19 MSC f/intnittees comprising the directo- ne. The council president will take on le responsibility of the present vice resident of programs in that he will leet regularly with the four vice residents of programs and the dire- torate committee chairmen to dis- |tss committee and project activities. [Council response to the proposal *as positive with the exception of kirk Kelley, vice president of student levelopment, who expressed concern hat merely changing the organiza- bnai chart will not necessarily solve he inherent problems. "Just by elevating titles, communi- ation problems will not be solved,” it said. Kelley said he feels the council ihould strive for more stability and Jontinuity of organization and chang- ng council structure every year is not e most effective way to alleviate 'oblems. Council members im- emented a major structural reorga nization during the fall 1980 semester. However, Kelley conceded that the restructuring approved Monday night may be the best approach to increasing council’s efficiency. Because the new structure essen tially absorbs the directorate into the present council structure, Paul Fisher, vice president of operations, suggested that the name of the MSC Council be changed. Fisher’s motion was referred to the constitution and by-laws committee for further con sideration. Council President Doug Dedeker said the reorganization proposal was prompted by an evaluation of the re lationships between the vice president of programs and the program coordi nators. He said coordinators often were bypassed in the communication link between directorate committee chair men and the vice president of prog rams. The creation of four vice presi dents will alleviate this, he said. The misconception of the MSC Council and Directorate as separate entities will be alleviated, more flexi bility in structure will be provided, and the council president will be more closely involved with programming, Fisher said. The reorganization approved by council members is now subject to the approval of both Dr. John J. Koldus III, vice president for student ser vices, and University President Frank E. Vandiver. Dedeker said this pro cess should be complete within a week. United Press International MEXICO CITY — Two U.S. sena tors' held talks with Salvadoran guer rilla leaders in the Mexican capital and a San Salvador businessman’s group labeled their fact-finding mis sion a political maneuver of interna tional communism. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.L, told re porters they met with the Salvadoran guerrilla commanders Monday but gave no details. The guerrilla leaders, Salvador Samayoa and Ana Guadalupe Mar tinez, said they explained the rebels’ post-revolution plans in a 90-minute meeting with the senators at their Mexico City hotel. “We told them the future revolu tionary government would not be a one-party system” and private busi ness would continue in the country after the revolution, Samayoa said. Samayoa, a former minister of edu cation, denied the guerrillas were re ceiving Soviet-bloc arms and urged the senators to ask President Reagan to stop giving the junta arms “to ex terminate the Salvadoran people.” Samayoa, 31, is a commander of the Marxist-dominated Popular Liberation Front and Martinez is a leader of the People’s Revolutionary Army. The senators met the guerrilla commanders less than 24 hours after returning from San Salvador, where they clashed with Defense Minister Jose Guillermo Garcia over allega tions of massacres by Salvadoran troops. In San Salvador, the National Pri vate Enterprise Association, El Salva dor’s largest business group, Monday called the senators’ fact-finding mis sion a dangerous political maneuver. Judges delay filing deadline photo by Todd Woodard MSC Council president Doug Dedeker explains Cepheid Variable’s budget to MSC Director Jim Reynolds and the rest of the Council. United Press International AUSTIN — A three-judge panel, blaming the Justice Department for a second delay in the filing deadline in 16 congressional districts, has blocked Texas congressional elections until new boundaries are drawn. The panel Monday enjoined the state from conducting any congres sional elections until the court has drafted new boundaries for all 27 of the state’s congressional districts. The judges also postponed until March 19 the filing deadline in 16 contested districts, marking the second delay in the filing deadline. “As a result of the delays occa sioned by the office of the attorney general of the United States, this court finds it necessary, once again, to postpone filing deadlines for pros pective candidates for representative to the United States Congress,” said an order signed by Judge Sam Johnson. The panel last month postponed the traditional Feb. 1 deadline to Feb. 22 for the 16 districts contested in a suit challenging the Legislature’s re districting plan. The judges also ordered parties to the redistricting suit to file by Friday an agreement setting out any other election deadlines that must be changed because of the filing dead line delav. Clements to speak briefly at Texas A&M Wednesday Gov. William Clements, on the ampaign trail in hopes of re-election, I'ill be on campus Wednesday for a •rief speech and question-and- nswer session. The governor will speak for 10 minutes starting at 10:30 a.m. in Rud der Theater, said Sara Trim, state programs chairman of the MSC Poli tical Forum Committee, which is ponsoring the event. Clements will respond to students’ uestions for about 20 minutes after e speech. Trim said Clements must leave for the airport by 11:20, and thus his appearance will be brief. She said Clements will be in town Wednesday for a meeting of Texas county judges. He will go from that meeting to a short reception for about 10 Texas A&M student leaders. Trim said the Republican gov ernor’s recent speeches have been ab out his administration — what he be lieves it has accomplished and what it is doing to solve problems such as drug trafficking. The Ross Volunteers, who serve as the governor’s honor guard, will meet Clements upon his arrival at Easter- wood Airport at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Wheat farmers appeal to Court United Press International WASHINGTON — Sparked by a drought in the Soviet Union, a mas sive U.S. grain sale to the Soviets in 1972 is the focus of a sensational anti trust case now confronting the Sup reme Court. The last-ditch appeal by wheat far mers in three states involves charges the nation’s largest grain exporters conspired with a government official to fix wheat prices in a way that allowed them to buy low from far mers and sell high to the Soviets. The Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico farmers want the justices to overturn lower court rulings that threw out their suit against six grain exporting firms and former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Clarence Palmby. The grain companies describe the farmers' allegations as “fanciful claims of conspiracy” unsupported by investigations of “a half-dozen feder al agencies and two congressional committees.” Targets of the suit are Continental Grain Co., Cargill Inc., Louis Dreyfus Corp., Cook Industries, Garnac Grain Co. and jftunge Corp. The controversy dates back to the winter of 1972, when unusually dry weather in the Soviet Union — fol lowed by light rainfall the following summer — caused a big shortage in the Soviet wheat harvest. At the same time, U.S. wheat farmers produced record surplusses. The farmers claim this prompted Continental to conspire with Palmby “to withhold and suppress from the wheat market the true demand for wheat.” When the sales became public, far mers Joe Zinser, John Spearman and Edgar Cleveland filed class action suits on behalf of wheat farmers- inside Classified g Local 3 National g Opinions 2 Sports 13 Slate 4 WhafsUp io forecast Today’s forecast: Sunny and warm with a high near 80 becoming cool er tonight with a low in the upper 40s. Wednesday’s forecast calls for clear skies with a high in the low 80s.