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The Battalion Serving the University community 75 No. 157 USPS 045360 14 Pages College Station, Texas Tuesday, June 8, 1982 sraeli troops eize coast 'he 0|| should p this just, like Lap, ■ “If this! :>uld bej n e repj Her i luxury | HhebedtJ ned a | hesilenrpl United Press International counlt AVIV Israel — U.S. emissary ■lip Habib met for 2‘/a hours with prints le l mt khm ster Menachem Begin and Rurneld more talks today in an le nerd | ;)rtt0 prevent the fighting in Leba- 1 11 non from escalating into a fifth full- iTp lle Middle East war. m tnrouB may shootiiij! fired at !| ark, the In Jerusalem, the government nned to make a statement on the jhting to parliament today, during a rate on a no-confidence motion in duced over the attack. The motion [the four-member Communist Par as certain to be overwhelmingly norths iffeated. 2,000, R* 15 aftenfiWhite House Press .Secretary Lar- I the La t|Speakes told reporters in London, ingthel Habib, dispatched by President ident. B 3 ? 30 ’ met for 2!/2 hours with Prime ilinister Menachem Begin Monday Sd planned further talks today. ISecretary of State Alexander Haig g Id the United States and others also * |ve sent messages to Damascus png the Israelis are not seeking a sh with Syrian forces in Lebanon. Qrfs tical solution” is found to ensure Palestinian guerrillas remain out of artillery range of Israeli settlements. Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Raphael Eitan said Monday the attack accomplished in one day what had been expected to take “twice that long.” But an infantry commander hinted in a television interview at high losses, saying there were many exam ples of sacrifices. There were no reports about Israeli casualties in the first two days of fighting, apart from the apparent death of two fliers when their helicpo- ter was shot down. Communiques issued by the milit ary command said Israeli forces were mopping up a 24-mile wide area be tween the Mediterranean and the Druse town of Hasbayya in the east ern part of Lebanon and as close as 12 miles from Beirut. Hasbayya is a gateway to Leba non’s Bekka Valley, where Syria last year stationed SAM-6 antiaircraft missiles that threaten Israeli recon naissance flights. ;! 7 ice asses Vested Begin presided over a S'/a-hour leting of his Cabinet Monday night. |bib had presented a missive from fesident Reagan urging an immedi- rehalt to the invasion. Israeli officials said Begin still knned to visit Washington next ek, although the trip could be can ed. [Israeli officials said Israel would fep forces in Lebanon until a “poli- The encirclement of Sidon was completed following an amphibious landing by Israeli tanks at the Awali River estuary, which linked with an armored column heading north. Israeli television showed the land ing operation with troops lounging on the deck, singing along with songs on transistor radios. One of the land ing craft was named “Love Boat.” staff photo by John Ryan No messy cones for this kid Vanilla just hits the spot for Dale Knobel, assistant professor of history, and his family. Knobel enjoys the ice cream break with his wife Tina, his daughter Allison, 8, and his son Matthew, 2, in front of the Creamery. an addresses Parliament United Press International WINDSOR, England — President agan spent the night at Windsor stle, the first U.S. leader to stay at : queen’s estate in 63 years, before eiving the rare honor today of dressing both houses of Parlia- :nt. President Reagan, showing signs travel fatigue, spent a day of pomp d pageantry Monday, moving ough splendid palaces from Ver- lles in France, to the Vatican in Ita- and on finally to Britain’s Winder stle. The 71-year-old president was inning to go horseback riding with teen Elizabeth II in Windsor Great rk today before addressing mem- rs of the House of Commons and the House of Lords in the Royal Gal lery at Westminster. The chance to address members of both houses of Parliament is rarely given. The last foreign leaders given the honor were then-French Presi dent Giscard d’Estaing in 1976 and then-West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in 1970. The Falklands war was expected to be the chief topic during lunch later at No. 10 Downing Street with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, with whom he has developed a close friendship. The British were trying to play down the diplomatic foulup at the United Nations when the Reagan administration sought to abstain rather than veto a Falklands cease fire resolution last week. At the time Thatcher was reported to be “quietly angry.” But Michael Shea, the press secretary to the queen, told reporters Monday, “We know what side the United States is on.” Shea said Reagan is the first U.S. president to stay at Windsor Castle, an official residence of English sovereigns for 800 years, since Wood- row Wilson in 1919. It is the largest inhabited castle in the world. “We view this as a jolly festivity, and a very significant visit which sym bolizes our friendship,” Shea said. “He is welcomed here as a friend. I think the overwhelming majority of the people are thrilled ... and we are sorry he won’t be seeing many mem bers of the public.” Despite evident fatique, White House Press Secretary Larry Speakes said Reagan had no plans to cut down his busy schedule that ends Friday in Germany. The Reagan’s were welcomed to Windsor Castle, 23 miles west of Lon don, by the queen, her husband Prince Philip and Prince Charles. The Grenadier Guards, in traditional scar let uniforms and black bearskin bus bies, performed a precision drill and gave a 41-gun salute. Among the 38 guests attending the queen’s “small dinner party” Monday evening were the Queen Mother and Diana, princess of Wales, who is ex pecting her first baby in a few weeks. iOP leaders plan new budget United Press International WASHINGTON — House GOP tders, with the help of budget dire- )r David Stockman, say they have und a way to minimize cuts to Medi- re while holding the 1983 budget ficit below $100 billion. Now, they will try to convince the ouse to go along with their plan er a pending Democratic proposal leaker Thomas O’Neill says will be irticularly aimed at reducing the na- in’s 9.4 percent jobless rate. The Republican leadership today is to put the finishing touches on its •83 budget substitute. The leaders ntatively adopted the plan Monday an all-day session. O’Neill was to meet with Democra- : members of the House Budget Committee in an effort to produce a budget alternative that will reflect the party’s social priorities and include a major jobs program. The GOP budget, to offset in creased Medicare funding, calls for deeper cuts in other social programs and a slightly deeper cut in defense than the original Republican plan, which, along with seven others, was defeated last month. GOP leaders said their proposal is aimed at attracting the support of conservative Democrats and Republi cans without losing the votes of mod erate Republicans. Monday, House Democrats intro duced President Reagan’s original $779 billlion spending plan for use as the basic budget vehicle when the chamber takes another shot at approving a budget Wednesday or Thursday. It will come up for a vote — and probably defeat — only if both the Republican and Democratic substi tutes are defeated. After the House approves a budget, a conference committee will work out the differences between the House and Senate versions. House GOP leader Robert Michel of Illinois told reporters the new Re publican plan would hold the deficit below $100 billion. Their original plan had a $103 billion deficit—by its authors’ estimates — and a $110 bil lion deficit, according to the nonpar tisan Congressional Budget Office. Michel also told reporters, “We’ve remedied the Medicare situation,” but refused to provide specifics. Speaking of the overall GOP pack age, he said it would probably not put a cap on annual cost-of-living adjust ments of any federal benefit prog rams since Congress already decided to exclude Social Security benefits from such limitations. And, like the earlier version, it would raise about $20 billion in new taxes in 1983 — substantially less than the Democratic plan. The Democratic substitute is ex pected to cut more from defense spending, restore funds to domestic programs and seek higher taxes than either the Reagan budget or the GOP substitute. Habib meets Israelis again United Press International Israel said its warplanes shot down two Syrian MiG fighters north of Beirut today and their armored col umns sliced to within 12 miles of the Lebanese capital, seizing control of the coast, and overrunning key Pales tinian strongholds. Israel said its blitz, which included devastating bombing of Beirut, was advancing at twice the anticipated speed and Prime Minister Menachem Begin would deliver a statement on the fighting in today’s meeting of Par liament. Israel’s military command said two Syrian MiGs were downed in an air battle this morning north of Beirut without damage to the Israeli planes. Israel said it downed another MiG Monday in a dogfight over Beirut. Washington said it was sending warships to the eastern Mediterra nean for possible evacuation of Americans after unknown extremists fired rockets into the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, causing damage but no in juries. An estimated 20,000 Israeli sol diers backed by tanks, armored cars and warplanes rolled across southern and central Lebanon in the third day today of a lightning, three-pronged assault on Palestine Liberation Orga nization strongholds and about 6,000 rebels. Israeli forces took Hasbayya, a PLO stronghold guarding the approaches to the northern Bekaa Valley. That put Israeli invasion forces within 7 miles of Syrian troops in eastern Lebanon and raised fears of a widening war. U.S. emissary Philip Habib had a second day of meetings today with Israeli officials to an effort to prevent the fighting escalating into a fifth full- scale Middle East war, U.S. officials traveling with President Reagan said. Court ruling to affect CS school policy by Hope E. Paasch Battalion Staff Public school officials must have reasonable cause before allowing drug-detecting dogs to sniff indi vidual students, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. And the decision, which reversed a lower court ruling, will have a tremendous impact on the drafting of a policy for drug-sniffing dogs in the College Station Independent School District, board member Stan Sul- temeier said. Sultemeier is a member of the committee established to review and set school policies concerning drug and alcohol abuse. In reaching the decision, the court agreed with students in the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District near Baytown that “dragnet” searches of students violated their Fourth Amendment rights. The court upheld dragnet searches of students’ cars and lockers as a reasonable search technique. The CSISD had received a draft policy from lawyers in Austin that was almost exactly the same policy the Goose Creek schools used, trustee Charles Giammona said. Because of the 5th Circuit ruling, the CSISD board will have some serious revisions to consider. Giammona said he doesn’t believe drug-detecting dogs will solve the drug problem in the school district unless some deeper issues are addressed. “We need to have consistent disci pline, better respect for teachers, more student involvement and im proved academic standards,” Giam mona said. “We can’t get rid of the drugs unless we give the students something to take its place.” Giammona wrote a summary of proposed solutions and submitted it to the school board, but said he doesn’t know what the response of other board members will be. “I’ve distributed copies (of the summary) to a lot of parents and the response from them has been very positive,” Giammona said. According to board member Bruce Robeck, the board was aware of possi ble legal problems before the 5th Cir cuit Court reached its decision. “Even before the decision, we knew that the tricky question was direct contact with students,” Robeck said. “We will get a complete copy of the decision and the judge’s opinion be fore we decide on a final policy,” he added. The policy committee will probably not deal with the issue for another three weeks, Sultemeier said. They are waiting for counsel from school district lawyers and possible recom mendations from the A&M Consoli dated High School student council. Record numbers enroll first session Another record-breaking summer enrollment at Texas A&M was announced Monday after 1,000 more students enrolled for the first sum mer session this year than last. Registrar Robert A. Lacey said the figures for the fourth class day showed 13,340 students enrolled for the first summer semester as com pared with last year’s record 12,261. “Texas A&M has been the fastest growing university in the nation in the last decade and our indications are that the growth will continue, although probably not at the same rate as in the past,” Lacey said. Steady enrollment increases prompted the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents last year to adopt a plan to control Texas A&M’s growth. Beginning in the fall, higher Scholastic Aptitude Test scores will be required for all new students except those in the top quarter of their high school graduating class. Officials had expected the summer enrollment to be affected by a large number of incoming freshmen enter ing the University to avoid stricter admissions policies that go into effect in the fall. ; ■ - - ■ — ■■ 1 — Area groups race to react during tornadoes by Kelli Proctor Battalion Reporter Cars have tossed like tumbleweeds nd telephone poles have whizzed ke twirling batons during tornadoes, .nd though the storms aren’t always hat severe, people should always take proper precautions. If Bryan-College Station is hit by a ornado, area organizations are pre- tared to react. The Texas A&M University Police Jepartment will work with groups itch as the Radio Emergency Associ- ted Citizens Teams and the Radio hnateur Civil Emergency Service to id citizens in the event of a tornado. If a tornado hits Texas A&M Uni versity, Police Chief John R. McDo nald said the University Police De partment is prepared with 46 officers. Upon receipt of a tornado watch or warning, the dispatcher would alert on-duty police. Depending on the de gree of emergency, off-duty officers may also be contacted, McDonald said. Officers will split into two groups. The first group will stay on campus and use public address systems to pat rol streets and warn students. An alarm would be activated, but its effectiveness would be limited, McDonald said. The second group of officers will be posted off campus and spot torna does. Radar is an ineffective way to detect tornadoes at dose range, and trained tornado spotters are needed, McDonald said. After alerting officers, a severe weather and tornado warning plan would be followed, with the help of REACT and RACES, McDonald said. REACT is a volunteer organization that monitors the citizens band radio channel 9 for emergencies, and will assist in tornado spotting. “Tornado paths are unpredict able,” Dr. Edward D. Harris, presi- dent of the local REACT team, said. Even though this area is not in the main tornado belt, Harris said the possibility of a tornado does exist. “The main purpose of REACT is to handle emergency traffic and train members so they’ll know how to re spond in any emergency situation,” Harris said. “The key is training, because so many people panic in emergencies such as a tornado.” The local REACT team has about 15 active members, and 30 available members in an emergency. Harris said the members are screened care- fully before training, making sure their interest in helping people is sin cere. “Our business is serious, and we want people who are mature,” Harris said. Training is focused on taking an emergency call and knowing how to respond. In case of a tornado, REACT mem bers would be in contact with many agencies including the civil defense, Red Cross and local police depart ments, Harris said. “Anyone can answer a call on See TORNADO page 14 inside Classified 10 Local 3 National 6 Opinions 2 Sports 11 State 3 What’s Up 8 forecast Today’s Forecast: Sunny and hot today, high of 95. low of 72. Same through Wednesday. No rain through Thursday.