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Thursday, April 22, 1982
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Israeli forces watch
for reprisal attacks
United Press International
As Palestinian leaders met into the
early hours today discussing Israeli
air raids deep inside Lebanon that kil
led and wounded more than 100 peo
ple, Israel stepped up security along
the border in case of reprisals.
But a source close to Palestine
Liberation Organization chief Yasser
Arafat said the guerrillas might obey
the U.S. call for restraint and take a
wait-and-see position to avoid giving
Israel an excuse for invading south
ern Lebanon.
Arafat called his military leaders
into emergency session as soon as the
raids began and consultations with
other Palestinian leaders lasted into
the early hours of today.
But a PLO source said the group is
not in a hurry to fight back and pro
voke a new Israeli attack, adding
radicals demanding military action
were under control.
The two-hour Israeli attack on a
town 22 rfiiles south of Beirut and
seven other sites Wednesday broke a
nine-month truce and came only four
days before Israel is to hand over con
trol of the Sinai to Egypt under their
peace agreement.
Witnesses said precautions were
being taken today against reprisals
both in Israel’s northern settlements
and in villages inside Maj. Saad Had
dad’s Israeli-backed enclave just in
side Lebanon.
Reports from southern Lebanon
said Israeli helicopters patrolled the
border late Wednesday and Israeli
gunboats cruised off the coast. Israeli
troops and armor have been reported
poised to strike into Lebanon for sev
eral weeks.
Galtieri tours Falklands;
Britain has new plan
rezhnev appears in public
to mark Lenin’s birthday
United Press International
MOSCOW — President Leonid
Brezhnev reappeared in public today
ataceremony honoring Lenin’s birth-
lay, ending a month-long absence
luring which persistent unofficial re
ports said he was seriously ill or near
leath.
The 75-year-old Communist Party
lleader appeared gaunt, but he walked
(unaided to his seat at the Kremlin
JPalace of Congresses for the tradi
tional observance.
Dr. Yevgeny Chazov, Brezhnev’s
personal physician, was one of 19 win
ners of Lenin prizes for science and
technology awarded this year by the
Council of Ministers and the Central
Committee of the Communist Party.
Brezhnev acknowledged the ap
plause of 5,000 party faithful and
stood for the Soviet national anthem,
then donned his hearing aid and sat
down in his place of honor to listen to
a speech by KGB director Yuri
Andropov.
The portrait of Vladimir Ilyich
Lenin appeared today on the front
page of every Soviet newspaper
under red-letter headlines. Lenin was
born 112 years ago.
Lenin’s birthday normally is
marked by a major speech by a Polit
buro member on an ideological
theme, but Brezhnev himself had not
been expected to speak.
The Soviet president made his last
Moscow public appearance March 22,
when he left for a brief trip to Soviet
central Asia.
United Press International
British Foreign Secretary Francis
Pym flew to Washington today with a
new' Falkland Islands peace plan,
while Argentine President Leopoldo
Galtieri defiantly embarked on a
simultaneous tour of the conquered
British colony.
Pym’s supersonic Concorde took
off for Washington with a plan to
avert war at about the same time the
Argentine military leader left Buenos
Aires to inspect his Falkland Island’s
occupation forces and their new forti
fications.
“I am going to confirm the unity
and spirit of my troops,” Galtieri, who
also serves as commander of the
army, told reporters at Buenos Aires
airport.
On Wednesday, the Argentine
government issued a decree officially
changing the name of the capital of
the islands from Port Stanley to
“Puerto Argentino (Argentine port).”
The military governor of the Falk
lands, Gen. Mario Menendez, has said
that nearly 10,000 heavily armed
Argentine troops are on the islands.
Reporters said the Argentines have
dozens of batteries of anti-aircraft
guns and artillery there.
“I shall use every endeavor to
achieve a peaceful settlement,” Pym
told Parliament on the eve of his de
parture, “but at the same time the use
of force cannot be ruled out.”
Pym said Britain’s plan would call
for the withdrawal of the Argentine
invaders, discuss an intermediate
administration of the 149-year-old
British colony and propose a frame
work for a negotiations on a perma
nent settlement. A summary was sent
to Washington Wednesday.
Aggies honored at Muster
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TSS judgment could cost
company, attorney says
United Press International
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — An
[attorney says the $300,000 toxic
jshock syndrome judgment he won
■ against tampon manufacturer Proc-
| ter & Gamble may set a precedent that
■ could cost the company millions of
I dollars.
“In my opinion, P&G is in serious
I trouble,” Tim Riley, attorney for
| Michael Kehm said. Kehm had
I sought more than $30 million in the
i death of his wife, Pat ricia, who died of
I toxic shock four days after using Rely
I tampons.
“There’s nothing that can be done
| for Pat,” Kehm said, “but I think she’d
| be happy with the verdict.”
The federal jury’s verdict Wednes-
| day was the first damages award for
| victims of toxic shock who used P&G’s
! Rely tampons.
The jury awarded only compensa
tory damages and no punitive dam
ages — which P&G said showed it had
handled the controversy prudently.
“I believe we are completely vindi
cated as far as punitive damages,” said
P&G attorney Frank Woodside. “I
think the element of sympathy was
one we couldn’t overcome.
“The bottom line is we’re dis
appointed. We’re upset the product
hasn’t been vindicated.”
A Denver jury earlier found P&G
negligent in the case of a woman who
recovered from toxic shock, but
awarded no damages.
“Procter gambled and lost,” said
Riley, whose fee is one-third of the
judgment. “We made legal history to
day. We beat one of the largest cor
porations in the world.”
A P&G statement said, “We have
sympathy for Mr. Kehm and his fami
ly and we can understand the jury
did, too. However, we cannot be satis
fied with anything short of Rely’s total
vindication and we’re reviewing our
legal action, including an appeal.
“We’re confident our product did
not cause this woman’s tragic illness
and obviously the finding of no puni
tive damages confirms our position
the company has acted responsibly
through the TSS controversy.”
Riley said the judgment was dra
matically less than what had been
sought because Iowa juries tradition
ally reward relatively small amounts
in death cases. He predicted P&G will
be hit with judgments of millions of
dollars in future Rely cases.
The company had offered a settle
ment of about $155,000 before the
trial, Riley said.
by Sandra Kay Gary
Battalion Staff
G. Rollie White Coliseum was filled
to capacity Wednesday night. But in
stead of hundreds of fans cheering
the Aggie basketball team, the stands
were filled with hundreds of Aggies
honoring Aggies who have died dur
ing the year. The solemn crowd was
carrying out one of Texas A&M Uni
versity’s most revered traditions —
Muster.
Muster, conducted April 21 each
year in conjunction with the anniver
sary of the Battle of San Jacinto, is a
ceremony in which Aggies around the
world unite to honor the memory of
Aggies who have died during the past
year.
In keeping with the traditions of
the first Muster in 1903, Wednesday’s
ceremony featured a roll call of all
University students and former stu
dents from Brazos County who have
died during the past year.
For each name called, a fellow
Aggie answered “here” to symbolize
that although these Aggies aren’t
physically present, their spirits still
live on.
The ceremony also featured a 21-
gun salute by the Ross Volunteers and
the playing of “Silver Taps.”
In his Muster address, William B.
Heye, quoted a speech he gave to en
tering freshmen when he served as
Corps commander in 1959, saying:
“The Aggie spirit, a glue that binds us
together, will enable you to do things
you never thought possible.”
Heye, a member of the Class of ’60
and manager of the Industrial Pro
ducts Division of Texas Instruments
in Dallas, emphasized the importance
of quality — the importance of being
the best.
However, Heye said: “Quality is
what you accept. Whatever you accept
becomes your standard.”
Noting the present crime rate and
the high rate of accidents involving
drunken drivers, Heye said: “It hap
pens because you and I say it’s all
right. We accept it as our standard of
quality.
“This country has accepted quanti
ty for quality. It’s a cancer growing
within us.” Heye said such factors as
competition and mass production
have prompted the nation and its
people to settle for less than the best.
“The system has not failed us, we
have failed the system,” he said.
On a more personal level, he said,
quality is caring. It is understanding
other people, their quality and their
William Heye, Class of ’60
culture. It is realizing the significance
of the global aspect with respect to the
standards of quality.
However, Heye warned: “Do not
neglect the application of quality
within your own relationships. The
person who fails his family but con
quers the world has missed the basic
tenet (that) quality (should) be the
standard you accept.”
Childhood diseases down
to all-time-low, officials say
United Press International
ATLANTA — The success of a
five-year, $128 million national im
munization effort to protect Amer
ican children against seven danger
ous diseases is incredible, a federal
health official said today.
“The immunization levels in chil
dren have never been higher and dis
eases have never been lower,” said Dr.
Allan Hinman, chief of immunization
for the national Centers for Disease
Control.
He said polio has been virtually
eliminated in the United States,
rubella may soon be completely wiped
out and by Oct. 1, red measles is ex
pected to be eradicated.
‘Basically, we’ve made incredible
progress in this country in the past
five years.”
Five years ago this month, the fed
eral health agency kicked off the Na
tional Immunization Initiative, a
program to increase what was de
scribed then as the “shockingly low
levels” of immunization against polio,
measles, diphtheria, tetanus, pertus
sis (whooping cough) rubella (Ger
man measles) and mumps.
Hinman said the latest statistics
show immunization levels of 95-96
percent among children for all the
diseases except mumps, where the
level is 92 percent.
Advisers help incoming students
by Jennifer Carr
Battalion Staff
Summer orientation for incoming
students includes all kinds of lectures
and programs concerning life at
Texas A&M University. But in the
peer adviser program, new Aggies get
a chance to ask questions of those w’ho
know what it’s like — other students.
The program, now in its fifth year,
gives incoming students an opportun
ity to attend a midnight yell practice,
learn about football traditions, and
how to get involved in Student Gov
ernment or a residence hall council.
Sue Bierman, program director,
said peer advisers urge students to get
involved in anything and everything
at Texas A&M, but they are not orga
nizational or academic counselors. In
stead, she said, they function as a re
ferral source for students.
Two peer advisers work with each
group of eight to 10 students. Bier
man said the advisers are usually
paired so each group has a man and a
woman — one who lives off campus
and another who lives on campus.
Participation in the program by in
coming-students is voluntary.
Peer groups meet in the Memorial
Student Center the first night of the
two-day orientation at 6:30 p.m. for a
IVsj-hour session. Peer advisers take
their group out on campus, usually in
the area of the MSG or Kyle Field, for
a question-and-answer session.
The advisers are trained to draw
out shy freshmen who are leary of
asking questions, Bierman said. If the
advisers don’t know the answers, they
can refer students to someone who
does.
Peer advisers are asked to partici
pate in at least three sessions, Bier
man said, but can participate in as
many as they want. All peer advisers
are required to go to one of three
training sessions before they meet
with their first group.
Applications for peer advisers are
available in 108 YMCA building
through Friday and will be accepted
until next week. Students will be in
terviewed when they return their ap
plications.
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Local 3
National 7
Opinions 2
Sports 11
State 5
What’s Up 10
forecast
Today’s Forecast: Cloudy, windy
and cool with a chance of light
showers; high in the 60s; low in the
50s. Friday’s forecast calls for a
slight chance of showers with tem
peratures in the upper 60s.