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The Batta ion
Serving the University community
l/ol. 75 No. 120 USPS 045360 34 Pages In 2 Sections
College Station, Texas
Friday, March 26, 1982
Hobby, Strake
tliscuss higher
^feducation items
by Karen Kaley
Battalion Reporter
Higher education and partisanship
the redistricting board were the
»main topics discussed at Lt. Gov.
lliam P. Hobby’s press conference
ursday at the Ramada Inn.
After the press conference, Hob-
I sopponent in the upcoming lieute-
|nt governor race, Republican
orge VV. Strake Jr., expressed dif-
[e ing views in a telephone interview.
Hobby said Texas has only been
le to compete adequately — not
J
T/ie state's economy proves
llal teaching salaries could
ft raised. — Lt. Gov. Wil-
lillm P. Hobby
gressively — against other states in
Iracting high-grade faculty because
the state’s lack of adequate
tching salaries.
However, the state’s economy
ft»ves that teaching salaries could be
sed, he said.
I “Texas has become the economic
flagship state of this nation.”
Texas population and economy
have grown twice as fast as any state in
the nation in the past 10 years, he
said. The secret of this growth lies in
the high technology industry and
high technology that can be advanced
only through education, he said.
Hobby proposes a three-cent prop
erty tax to subsidize all non-
permanently funded schools —
schools outside the University of
Texas and Texas A&M systems. That
ad valorem tax was abolished in the
last session of the Legislature.
In contrast, Strake proposes that
government relieve the landowner of
the property tax and fund the schools
through the general state fund.
Education and high grade faculty
attraction can be partially attained
through a merit-pay system, Strake
said.
Teachers would be rewarded on
the basis of quality and ability in the
teaching field.
Texas doesn’t need any additional
taxes, Strake said. Rather than spend
ing the entire state budget, state gov
ernment should “start stashing some
away for a rainy day,” he said.
In response to the question of par
tisanship or party bias in the redis
tricting issue, Hobby said: “I don’t
Begin vows more
“iron fist tactics”
Lt. Gov. William P. Hobby
think that partisanship is something
that ought to be relieved. I think it’s
an integral part of the process.”
Strake, on the other hand, suggests
that the five-member redistricting
board consist of qualified people
appointed by state officials. Both par
ties should be equally represented, he
said.
The five-member board now con
sists of five Democrats, including
Hobby.
Hobby said: “Anytime somebody
makes a suggestion like that to move
decision-making or policy-making
away from people who are responsi
ble for the voters, they are saying that
they distrust the democratic system.”
Strake countered: “I only question
whether they are representing all of
the people.”
The proposal is not non-partisan, it
just evens up the numbers and keeps
in mind the community interest — it
takes the politics out of it, Strake said.
“This proposal won’t solve all the
problems, but it’s a heck of a lot better
than what we have now,” he said.
United Press International
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister
Menachem Begin dismissed criticism
at home and abroad over his han
dling of the crisis in the occupied
West Bank and Gaza Strip and pro
mised more “iron tactics, the news
paper Ma’ariv said today.
Israel’s civilian administrator for
the West Bank said the government
would take “necessary measures, legal
and administrative, to guarantee the
interests of the people” of the West
Bank because it was “a struggle
against the PLO.”
Armored personnel carriers
moved into major towns in the West
Bank, where the government cracked
down on bloody clashes that have
sparked fears of a new Middle East
crisis. The area was quiet early today,
the Jewish sabbath.
A grenade attack in the Gaza Strip
killed an Israeli sergeant and wound
ed three Israeli soldiers and three
Arabs Thursday, soon after Israel re
placed the tw'o most important Pales
tinian mayors in the occupied West
Bank w'ith Jewish officers.
At the end of a seventh day of vio
lence Thursday, five Palestinians and
one Israeli were dead. More than 40
people, most of them Palestinians,
were wounded.
Menachem Milson, Israel’s civilian
administrator for the West Bank, cal
led a news conference to explain the
government’s position after a week of
violence capped by the firings 'Thurs
day of two more of the West Bank’s
top Palestinian mayors and a grenade
attack on an army jeep in Gaza that
killed a soldier.
rgainst the PLO.” At the end of a seventh day of vio- killed a soldier.
Guatemalan says U.S.
has sympathy for coup
United Press International junta’s plans for a return to democra- ment-backed candidate, oustt
GUA I EMALA GI I Y — Glaiming tic processes.” dent Romeo Lucas Garcia.
United Press International
GUATEMALA CITY — Claiming
American officials have shown en
thusiasm and sympathy for his 4-day-
old military coup, Guatemala’s new'
strongman promised strict law-and-
order rule in his Central American
“empire.”
In Washington, a State Depart
ment spokeswoman Thursday neith
er confirmed nor denied U.S. sym
pathy for the coup, saying only, “We
are very interested in learning the
junta’s plans for a return to democra
tic processes.’
Gen. Jose Efrain Rios Montt, head
of Guatemala’s three-man military
junta, who came out of retirement to
seize power in a lightning coup Tues
day, declined to identify the spokes
men, saying he had not tried to meet
w ith U.S. Ambassador Fred Chapin.
Rios heads the Young Officers
Movement which, charging Guate
mala’s March 7 presidential elections
were rigged in favor of the govern
ment-backed candidate, ousted Presi
dent Romeo Lucas Garcia
Claiming the coup was a “national
ist movement without political ten
dency,” the general vowed he will run
“an empire of law” in the violence-
torn Central American nation of 7.2
million.
The statement further indicated
(he new junta will take the offensive
against an estimated 4.000 leftist in
surgents fighting to topple the Guate
malan government.
(Horseback riding team
eadies for competition
by Pam Barta
Battalion Reporter
The first equitation team in Texas
&M U niversity history has been
rmed and has plans to compete in
first intercollegiate contest in
pril.
T he four-member team to com-
te in the art of horseback riding was
osen from members of the Texas
&M Horseman’s Association.
Susan Webb, who teaches horse
anagement and training courses
cl horsemanship at the University,
ganized the team after promoting it
r three years. This is a first-time
aching experience for Webb.
Organized three weeks ago, the
am hasn't had much time to pre-
ire, but Webb said the team mem-
:rs should do well in competition.
"We have some pretty good kids,”
lebb said.
The team has entered the National
hree Phase Championship, the only
itercollegiate contest, to be held
pril 17 and 18 at the Kentucky
Horse Park near Lexington. The con
test host is Midway College. Some of
the other teams competing at the con
test come from Minnesota, Ohio, Vir
ginia and Alabama.
Team members are: Christy Gar
land and her horse, Mr. Nice; Janet
Marden and her horse, Dancin’ Cow
boy; Moira Rankin and her horse,
Sooner Bay and Cara Campbell and
her horse. Forget Not.
Because of an injury, Campbell
will not enter the competition; in
stead, Brett Pillow' will ride Forget
Not.
The competition will have three
phases, beginning with the dressage
sportif. The rider takes the horse
through a rehearsed pattern in a ring.
The pattern includes two jumps, cir
cles, serpentines and changes of dire
ction.
“It’s like making a horse do ballet,”
Garland said.
T he second phase is cross-country
jumping. The rider has to take his
horse through a 1.5 mile course which
includes 10 to 12 jumps over solid
natural fences, water, ditches and
banks.
“In this, they are mostly judging on
the rider’s position,” Garland said.
Garland is a animal science major who
has taken riding lessons since the
seventh grade.
The last competition phase is sta
diumjumping. In this phase, the rid
er has to take his horse through eight
to ten jumps over fences in a ring.
This is done to see if the horse has
stamina after completing the cross
countryjumping, Garland said.
The team practices together about
twice a week. Garland said they ride
alone for the rest of the week.
The team plans to go to a schooling
show before the April contest. At a
schooling show, the team can com
pete for practice, Garland said. The
team members also have been
videotaped in practice by Webb to
show them what they are doing
wrong.
Janet Marden, a junior animal science
major from Bryan, practices her riding
staff photo by David Fisher
techniques with her horse Dancin' Cowbov
at Equestrian Park in College Station.
lephant
owl game
ancelled
The Elephant Bowl, an annual foot-
] »ll game between the senior mcm-
the Corps of Cadets, played
1 ^ fear on Kvle Field, will not be
■ KUthis vear. savs Todd Hedgepeth,
r \ nublic relations officer.
F^fJ/game was scheduled for Sun-
k'^ofSdet Ben Br.scoe said an
mnus sponsor for the game
lldf ot be found. After be.ng un-
r«„ secure a sponsor, the senior
"Li decided to organize it them-
^ c but due to a “lack of support,
-s cancelled, he
aK ! /)rDS Commandant Col. James R.
fc'oodall said: “They (the senior
U det ;, just didn’t have time. By the
lime the\ got started, it was too late.
\2gie Band members traditionally
Lam up with cadets from the Air
.Tee outfits to oppose cadets in the
ns. N’avs and Marine outfits. Pro
ds usualh benefit local charity.
Shuttle astronauts test robot
arm, TV beams picture back
United Press International
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The
shuttle’s roljot arm lifted a space en
vironment monitor out of the payload
bay today in an important ex{>eriment
that proved the remotely controlled
skyhook w ill be to able to launch satel
lites.
I elevision cameras from the
spacecraft showed the instrument
assembly hanging from the end of the
arm above the Columbia like a bass
drum suspended from a cherrv
picker.
It was a flawless performance for
the most important test of the fourth
day of the shuttle's weeklong. 3.4 mil
lion mile orbital endurance flight.
“Hey, that’s good news,” said astro
naut Sally Ride in Houston control
when commander Jack Lousma re
ported the pavload lifting operation
was performing smoothly on the Col
umbia's 48th orbit.
After a brief up and down test.
Gordon Fullerton had the $100 mil
lion. Canadian-built boom hoist the
350-pound assemblv of magnetic and
electric field detectors above the ship.
He moved it to various positions to
map the electrical characteristics of
the thin upper fringes of the ionos
phere as the shuttle plowed through
it.
The color telecast came as the shut
tle crossed the cloud-covered Ken-
nedv Space Center launch site on the
50th orbit. The shuttle was pointed
nose toward the sun at the time, with
the tail facing Earth.
The arm is the kev to the shuttle's
future operations. It will help launch
satellites — the shuttle's No. 1 job —
and it will reach out and grab satellites
alreadv out in orbit for repair. It also
can be used to help in eventual space
construction projects.
“No surprises.” said Fullerton, re
ferring to the arm’s operation. "If
there are anv surprises, thev are all
pleasant. I'm reallv impressed with
that piece of machinery.”
Fullerton was the man running the
arm, and he radioed back periodic
reports on its progress.
To see how the arm performed
with a payload attached to it, a scien
tific instrument assembly — called
plasma diagnostics package or PDF —
yvhich was designed at the University
of Iowa, was put out on the #rm.
“I got the PDP out in the breeze.”
Fullerton reported, meaning it was
away from the 1 12-ton spaceship, but
still locked to the end of the 50-foot
arm. He then moved the arm to see
how it performed with the pavload
attached to it.
The test, originally scheduled for
NSednesday, began when Fullerton
unlatched the arm from its mounts on
the side of the pavload bav.
Then, yvatching from a back win-
doyv in the Columbia's cabin, he
guided the eiectricallv-powered
boom to a special fixture on the in
strument package located in the aft
end of the ship s 60-foot long pavload
bav. He steered the arm without the
benefit of a television camera, which
had failed.
Once lined up with a grappling
knob on the instrument assembly, a
42-inch wide cylinder resembling an
oversized hatbox. Fullerton activated
three snare yvires. tightened the arm's
grasp and locked ifs end to the inru-
ment.
I hen the instrument assemblv was
unlatched from its mount and the
arm lifted it from the cargo compart
ment.
Fullerton, using hand controls in
the cabin, then lowered the instru
ment back to its mount in a berthing
test before raising the instrument
again. Television beamed the show
back to Earth.
inside
Classified 6
Local 3
National 9
Opinions 2
Sports 15
State 4
What’s Up 10
forecast
Today's forecast: Clear becoming
cloudv and cool with a high in ihe
upper 60s and a low in the lower
50s. Saturday's forecast also calls
for overcast skies and cool teinjx’i -
attires.