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ritish commandos reported on Falklands
United Press International
^Kain warned Argentina time is extremely
on for diplomacy before the British naval
mad.i strikes again and British commandos
e reported today already on the Falkland
Bs preparing another counter-invasion.
“It is obvious we cannot go on like this
rever,” Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Hi a Monday night television interview,
urs after telling a cheering Parliament
entine forces on South Georgia Island
surrendered.
“We have to judge when is the best time for
the various military options with the least loss
of life,” she said, repeatedly warning time is
getting extremely short for Argentina to pull
out its invasion forces.
Argentina’s military government, while
pushing its cause before the Organization of
American States in Washington, received a
mixed response from a crowd of 50,000 peo
ple gathered outside the presidential palace in
Buenos Aires.
The crowd demanded the Falklands re
main under the Argentine rule imposed April
2, but also chanted with the Spanish name for
the islands, “Malvinas yes, regime no.”
The protesters — shouting “We support
the Malvinas but not the dictatorship” —
gathered in the heart of the capital at the
request of labor unions that had supported
the invasion despite previous strained rela
tions with the regime.
Despite Argentine vows to Fight, British
newspapers said today an attack on the Falk
lands could be imminent and reported mem
bers of the elite Special Boat Squad were
already on the islands 450 miles off the
Argentine coast.
The Times, quoting informed sources, re
ported a small British force was on the Falk
lands to find a landing site for the main Brit
ish force. Commandos had cleared the way
for the Sunday attack on South Georgia.
The Royal Navy task force of some 40 ships
has been told to land at its discretion, but not
to attack the Falkland capital of Port Stanley
where the main part of the 10,000 Argentine
troops are believed dug in, the Times said.
The Daily Express, quoting government
sources, reported a battle of the Falklands was
imminent.
AS backs Argentina;
nctions questionable
United Press International
: WASHINGTON — Argentina
;ems assured of support by most
^B American nations for a denun-
iatiou of British aggression, but can-
ot count on such backing for sanc-
ions against Great Britain, diploma-
sources say.
1'hat being the case, sources said
nday during the first day of an
gency meeting by the Organiza-
[ion of American States, it seems un-
ely Argentina would request Arti-
3 of the Rio Treaty be invoked.
Under the 1947 mutual defense
y, signed by 21 of OAS’s 30 mem-
fstates, an armed attack by any
state against an OAS member is to be
considered an attack against all the
American states.
OAS was to resume its foreign
ministers’ meeting today amid a
growing feeling it eventually would
approve a resolution calling for a
ceasefire and urging both sides to
peacefully resolve their dispute over
ownership of the Falklands.
The resolution was proposed Mon
day by Peruvian Foreign Minister
Javier Arias Stells and received swift
endorsement by several nations.
Secretary of State Alexander Haig
told the conference Monday the Falk
lands crisis could be better handled by
the United Nations than OAS.
He said, “The surest guide to a
peaceful settlement is to be found in
U.N. Security Resolution 502” passed
within days of Argentina’s April 2 sei
zure of the Falklands — a British col
ony for 149 years.
It calls on Argentina to withdraw its
troops, for a cessation of hostilities
and for negotiating a solution over
whether Britain or Argentina has
rightful claim to the islands.
“These three points form the indis
pensable basis for a solution,” said
Haig, who has tried without success to
mediate the conflict himself.
udget team working
ith new target figures
United Press International
| WASHINGTON — Budget nego
tiators have pulled a proposal to limit
Social Security increases and are now
working with a new set of numbers
that would produce a 1983 deficit of
up to $110 billion, sources say.
^Negotiators, who originally hoped
to keep the deficit under $ 100 billion,
planned to meet again today at the
White House.
^Congressional sources close to the
talk. said negotiators have given up
trying to reach a specific compromise
budget and are now attempting to
agree on general target figures.
Either they will concur on ranges
of budget numbers or break up this
week without any agreement, sources
said Monday.
“They’re ready to quit,” one know-
ledgable source said. “It’s over. Every
body’s tired of it. Everybody’s worn
out.”
The latest working sheet, sources
said, contains ranges of numbers for
most individual items, such as military
spending. But, they said, it does not
contain a previous proposal to reduce
automatic cost-of-living increases for
Social Security.
The new working paper, intro
duced by budget director David
Stockman during the last budget
negotiating session Sunday, does con
tain minor changes in the cost of liv
ing allowances of other benefit prog
rams.
It projects deficits of $100 billion
to $110 billion in 1983, up to $85 bil
lion in 1984, and up to $50 billion in
1985.
staff photo by Sumanesh Agrawal
T wosotne
Spring rains and sunny weather have prompted the
growth t>f grass on campus. To keep up with the new
growth, Mike Viola, left, and William Hallford of Ground
Maintanence mow the lawn near the Kleberg Animal
Sciences building. Working one behind the other
seems to be more efficient than having the same person
mow twice. Furthermore, they can keep each other
company too.
dking alcohol away from high schoolers
Administrators, students talk on law
$P| by David Calvert
Battalion Reporter
On Sept. 1, a new law was enacted
hat raised the legal drinking age in
Slides,Has from 18 to 19. The Texas Asso-
01 to Tequl4 at ‘ on °f Secondary School Princip-
ies .( andllfk which lobbied strongly for this
: ^ UI ndV avv ' su PP ort; ed it to keep alcohol out
:1°W a )f the hands of high school students,
is up w V li r y an High School Principal Perry
Pope said a move to raise the drinking
age had been attempted before, but
the move failed because state officials
were hesitant to take action.
“The lawmakers we talked to were
afraid of losing votes if they sup
ported the raising of the drinking
age,” Pope said. “When they saw 18-
and 19-year-olds weren’t voting,
however, they were more responsive
to our side of the issue.”
Pope also said lobbyists, especially
educational groups like TASSP, were
responsible for getting the law
passed.
“Our purpose for raising the
drinking age is to keep alcohol out of
the hands of the 14-, 15-, 16- and
17-year-old high school students,”
Pope said. “Most high school seniors
turn 18 between September and May
of their senior year. Before the age
was raised, they might go out at lunch
and buy a six-pack, bring it back on
campus and pass it around to their
friends.
“But by raising the drinking age to
19, alcohol doesn’t find its way on
campus as much. By the time they
reach 19, most of our students have
graduated. They are either in college
or out working and don’t have time or
don’t want to hang around high
school students.”
Although he had no statistics to
back him up, Pope said he believes
raising the drinking age has helped
reduce alcohol-related problems in
high schools.
“Most of the time, you’re not deal
ing with a drunk student who is deter
mined to tear down the school,” Pope
said. “What we usually have is a 15-
See DRINKING page 12
The British Ministry of Defense refused
comment.
Thatcher repeated her call for the with
drawal of Argentine troops and said the Brit
ish re-capture of South Georgia and the
threat of a new attack enhanced chances for a
diplomatic settlement.
“The greater the military pressure on
Argentina, the greater the chances of a peace
ful settlement.” she said. But she said it was
abundantly clear the United States would
back Britain if there are no further talks.
Hinckley
trial
begins
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Strict security
was imposed today at U.S. District
Court for the trial of John W. Hinc
kley Jr., 26, a college dropout charged
with the attempted assassination of
President Ronald Reagan.
Metal detectors screened those
who entered the courthouse for the
historic trial while a newly installed
camera monitored all movement out
side the courtroom.
“We’re going to have quite a bit of
security because we want to make sure
this trial goes without any incident,”
said Howard Saftr, an official with the
U.S. Marshal Service.
U.S. District Judge Barrington
Parker was to begin jury selection
from a pool of 300 potential jurors
following a pretrial hearing on a
number of legal questions in the long-
delayed case.
Hinckley was moved Monday from
the stockade at Fort Meade, Md., and
spent the night in a cellblock in the
courthouse building.
Hinckley is accused of trying to kill
Reagan, White House Press Secretary
James Brady, Secret Service Agent
Timothy McCarthy and former
Washington police officer Thomas
Delahanty.
The four were shot outside a
Washington hotel on March 30, 1981,
as Reagan left the building after hav
ing addressed a labor group.
Monday, Parker rejected a second
plea from the government to seques
ter the jury for the trial, which may
last a month.
Parker has said he will question
each potential juror about their atti
tudes toward mental illness and
psychiatry — central issues in the case
since Hinckley maintains he is inno
cent by reason of insanity.
Defense attorneys have acknow
ledged Hinckley fired the shots on
that gray Monday afternoon, and
contend the only issue for the jury to
decide is whether Hinckley was re
sponsible for his actions.
The panel finally chosen for the
case may hear testimony from the
four victims, including Reagan.
They also will see a videotape of the
shooting, which has been edited to cut
out graphic scenes of Brady, McCar
thy and Delahanty lying bleeding on
the sidewalk.
have end 1
ium
3 Large HI
Council to consider
new course offerings
The Academic Council will meet to
day at 1:30 p.m. in 701 Rudder to
approve the list of graduating stu
dents, discuss recommendations of
the Curriculum Committee and de
cide whether to recommend approval
of a new degree program in jour-
ialism.
The council, in its last meeting of
the semester, will approve the list of
andidates for graduate and under
graduate degrees to be awarded May
and 8.
It also will examine recommenda
tions of the Curriculum Committee.
That committee has proposed estab
lishing 29 new courses — 14 graduate
and 15 undergraduate courses.
K The proposed new offerings in
clude undergraduate humanities and
English courses in music theory,
American music and advanced film;
physical education courses in
coaching softball, soccer and gymnas
tics; and several new history, geophy
sics and oceanography courses.
The council also will consider a
proposal for a master of science de
gree program in journalism. The
Curriculum Committee already has
approved the proposal, which would
establish Texas A&M’s first journal
ism graduate degree.
If the council approves the propos
al, it will be submitted to the Texas
A&M System Board of Regents. If the
proposal is approved by the Board, it
will be sent to the Coordinating Board
of the Texas College and University
System for final approval.
Colleges combat overcrowding
by Debbie Schard
Battalion Reporter
With today’s rising prices and high
unemployment rate, many high
school students are learning that hav
ing college degrees may be their best
step in future planning.
About half of 3 million high school
graduates enrolled in college last fall,
according to the Educational Admis
sions Testing Program of College
Boards.
The nine schools in the Southwest
Conference, of which Texas A&:M
University is a member, received their
share of this influx of new students.
But, many of these schools are
finding that coping with the increas
ing numbers of college-bound stu
dents is difficult.
To handle the growth of their stu
dent bodies, some of these universi
ties are raising their entrance require
ments.
Most major’universities base their
acceptances on high school class rank
and minimum scores on the Scholas
tic Aptitude Test and the American
College Test. Some schools also re
quire interviews, recommendations
and writing samples.
The University of Texas, with
36,076 undergraduates, is the largest
university in the Southwest Confer
ence.
Elizabeth Hastings, admissions
counselor, said UT would like to sta
bilize enrollment in 1983 to about
45,000 students.
New requirements for admission
to UT will become effective in the fall;
however, students will be allowed to
enter summer school under the old
requirements.
A student must be in the top half of
his graduating class, or have an SAT
score of 1,100 or a 27 ACT score to be
admitted to UT.
Texas A&M University, with the
second largest undergraduate enroll
ment in the Southwest Conference,
35,146 in the fall of 1981, is also rais
ing it’s requirements.
Beginning this fall, to gain admis
sion to Texas A&M, students in the
fourth quarter of their graduating
class must have a 1,200 SAT score,
students in the 3rd quarter must score
1,100, students in the 2nd quarter
they must have a score of 950, and
students who rank in the top quarter
must have a score of 800. If a student
is in the top 10 percent of his graduat
ing class, no minimum SAT score is
required.
The new requirements will be
come effective this fall, but like UT,
students may enter the University
under the old requirements this
summer.
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Today’s Forecast: Fair skies with
light winds; high in the low 80s; low
tonight in the mid-50s. Wednes
day’s forecast calls for fair skies
again with mild temperatures.
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