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Tuesday, June 8, 1982
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ilinister Menachem Begin Monday
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g Id the United States and others also
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png the Israelis are not seeking a
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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.
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Begin presided over a S'/a-hour
leting of his Cabinet Monday night.
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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.
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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
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Today’s Forecast: Sunny and hot
today, high of 95. low of 72. Same
through Wednesday. No rain
through Thursday.