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Thursday, June 10, 1982
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rified civilian population.
Israeli invasion forces had bombed
Palestinian positions on the outskirts
of Beirut earlier after overrunning
their remaining strongholds outside
the Lebanese capital.
Waves of Israeli bombers swooped
down today to pound PLO positions
south of Beirut International Air
port, 4 miles south of the capital, and
the nearby Bourj al Barajineh and
coastal Ouzai Palestinian refugee
camps.
In the fifth day of its massive air,
sea and land invasion, Israeli armor
reportedly was at Khalde today, 2
miles from the airport and only 6
miles from Palestine Liberation Orga
nization headquarters in the capital.
An estimated 25,000 Israeli troops
controlled most of southern Lebanon
and its air force won command on the
skies from Syria Wednesday in the
largest aerial battle since World War
II.
Israel said it destroyed all Syrian
surface-to-air missile batteries in east
ern Lebanon and shot down 23 Syrian
planes, sparking fears the Lebanon
invasion could lead to a fifth Middle
East War.
Israeli forces moved on Beirut
from the south and east to within a
few miles of their Lebanese Christian
allies north of the capital, raising
Palestinian fears of a pincer to “anni
hilate” their forces.
As panicked residents of Beirut
took cover in fear of a final Israeli
assault, PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat
met Soviet Ambassador Alexander
Soldatov for the second day Wednes
day and pleaded for “all friendly,
peace-loving and Moslem states” to
aid the Palestinians.
Analysts said the Israeli invasion
aimed not only to destroy the PLO but
also to drive Syrian forces out of
Lebanon and establish a new balance
of power favorable to the Jewish state.
Syria accused Israel of bombing
military installations outside its capit
al of Damascus, killing eight people
and wounding 48 others. But Israel
called it a “lie,” and said “our planes
never crossed the border.”
Israeli television said warplanes
knocked out all 15 of the Soviet-made
SAM-6 mobile ground-to-air missile
batteries deployed since April 1981 in
Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley.
But Syria reportedly sent new
troops, SAMs and Katyusha rockets
into the southern Bekaa region and
around the strategic Damascus-
Beirut road linking PLO rebels in
Beirut to its allies in Damascus. Artil
lery duels were fought for control of
the highway.
Israel said it downed at least 30 of
Syria’s Soviet-built MiG fighters since
launching the invasion Sunday, 23 of
them on Wednesday alone, in what
Pentagon historians said was the big
gest one-day air duel in 37 years.
Syria admitted losing 14 planes and
said Israel lost 10.
Britain suffers ‘one
of blackest days’
United Press International
Britain said it suffered one of its
“blackest days” of the Falkland Is
lands war from an Argentine air
attack but Buenos Aires admitted to
day British forces may have estab
lished a second beachhead despite the
blow.
The British Ministry of Defense
would say only that early reports from
Tuesday’s fierce fighting indicate a
number of killed and injured, but de
fense sources said they understood
casualties were substantial.
In what they termed “one of the
blackest days for the task force” since
Britain moved to retake the Argen
tine-occupied islands in the South
Atlantic, 8,000 miles from home, the
sources said the 4,470-ton supply ship
Sir Galahad was believed sunk.
Officials declined to comment on
an Independent Television News re
port in London that 39 of Sir Gala
had’s 68-man crew were missing.
However, the Defense Ministry
said despite the attacks, British troops
secured a major new beachhead at
Fitz Roy, 17 miles southwest of Stan
ley’s estimated 7,000-man Argentine
garrison.
Argentina said it had driven off the
landing attempt, but today said it was
trying to determine if the British
“may have succeded in its attempt to
disembark” to establish a beachhead
at Argreeable Bay, next to Fitz Roy.
Britain insisted its 9,000 ground
troops encircling Stanley were “ready
to go forward” for the final assault on
the Falklands capital.
Sir Galahad was one of four ships
Argentina claimed to have hit in
Tuesday’s fighting. London news re
ports said it was bombed in a lightning
raid British radar failed to detect.
In fierce low-level air assaults in
three separate locations, Argentina’s
jet fighters also slightly damaged the
supply ship Sir Tristram in Fitz Roy
Bay, London newspapers said today.
The attacking jets also may have
sunk a small landing craft in Choise-
ful Bay and apparently inflicted light
damage on the frigate HMS Ply
mouth off Falkland Sound.
The defense ministry flatly denied
Argentine claims it sank the 2,000-ton
frigate Plymouth, saying it suffered
only minor damage.
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Regent William A. McKenzie of Dallas,
discusses the proposed study for
expansion of one of the local airports at
the meeting of the Planning and
staff photo by Diana Sultenfuss
Building Committee of the Texas A&M
Board of Regents Wednesday.
Chancellor-designate Arthur Hansen
looks on.
Additional air service
not feasible for B-CS
by Bernie Fette
Battalion Staff
Members of the Texas A&M Re
gents’ Planning and Building Com
mittee were told Wednesday that
the relatively low demand for air
transportation in Bryan-College
Station would not support the in
creased airline service they believe is
vital to the development of an in
dustrial park in the area.
A feasibility study initiated by
county and city officials revealed
that for an airline the size of South
west Airlines to commit service to
the area would require a guarantee
of at least 50,000 boardings a year.
But only about 30,000 boardings
could be expected in this area, said
George Dresser, a Texas Transpor
tation Institute employee reporting
on the findings of the study.
Dresser said he studied situations
in other Texas cities which were
served by small commercial airlines
and has so far found the local de
mand for increased air transporta
tion to be insufficient. But the study
was described as “very preliminary”
by both Dresser and County Judge
Dick Holmgreen.
“We’re really very disappointed
in the way things look so far,” Holm-
green said.
Regent William McKenzie stres
sed the importance of expanded air
line service and said there was little
chance of success for the proposed
industrial park without better air
line service.
McKenzie then suggested the
Board of Regents initiate their own
feasibility study but later withdrew
his motion when committee mem
bers agreed to work along with city
and county officials on the existing
study.
In other action, committee mem
bers reviewed progress on plans for
the system chancellor’s residence to
be located south of Jersey Avenue
near Easterwood Airport.
Robert S. Boyce, chief architect
for the Systfem’s facilities and plan
ning division, told Regents the plan
ned appropriation of $500,000 for
the project was not adequate to con
struct the type of residence needed
by a university system chancellor.
Several regents said the residence
is one that “ought to be first class”
and agreed to raise the appropria
tion to $1 million.
Members of the committee also
heard preliminary plans for the re
novation of the System Administra
tion Building designed for improve
ments in three areas: appearance,
moisture resistance and energy effi
ciency.
The entire board reconvenes to
day and Friday for further discus
sion and final action on agenda
items.
Dr. Haskell Monroe, president of
the University of Texas at El Paso, will
serve as master of ceremonies for the
appreciation dinner tonight for
Texas A&M University System Chan
cellor Frank W.R. Hubert.
Before accepting the UTEP pres
idency two years ago, Monroe was
Texas A&M’s dean of faculties and
had taught here for 21 years. His
association with Dr. Hubert, however,
extends back to the mid-1940s when
both men resided in Orange. At one
time, Monroe played in a school band
directed by Hubert.
Other speakers include: H.R.
“Bum” Bright, chairman of the Texas
A&M University System Board of Re
gents; Dr. Kenneth Ashworth, com
missioner of higher education for
Texas; Dr. Billy Reagan, superinten
dent of the Houston Independent
School District; and Dr. Alton O.
Bowen, retired Texas Education
Agency Commissioner.
Also: Bookman Peters, president
of First City National Bank of Bryan;
Dr. Perry Adkisson, Texas A&M de
puty chancellor for agriculture; Dr.
Fred Benson, president of the Texas
A&M Research Foundation; and
W.C. Freeman, executive vice chan
cellor for administration.
Hubert announced his plans to re
tire effective August 31. He has pre
viously planned to retire in 1979, the
year that he assumed the chancellor
ship at the request of the Board of
Regents.
‘Drive Sober’: local motto
for bar owner’s campaign
by Terry Duran
Battalion Staff
A local bar owner has joined county
officials in a campaign to reduce
drunken driving in Brazos County.
Don Canter, owner of the Dixie
Chicken and the Chicken Oil Com
pany, displays bumper stickers on the
doors of his establishments advising
customers to “Drive Sober.”
The Brazos County Adult Proba
tion Department started printing the
maroon-and-white stickers about a
month ago, department chief Dan R.
Beto said Tuesday. Beto and his staff
are also gearing up for further efforts
such as making speeches to service
organizations in the fall.
“It’s too soon to see any effects yet
(from the bumper stickers),” Beto
said. “It’s a long-standing problem. A
few bumper stickers aren’t going to
make that much difference initially.”
Beto said the stickers are available at
his office, The Press and Canter’s two
establishments.
“The governor is trying to deal
with the problem at the court level,
but the problem’s too far gone by that
time — it’s like trying to put a Band-
Aid on a cancer.” Beto said.
Gov. William P. Clements has sup
ported several bills in the state Legisl
ature that would increase penalties
for drivers convicted of driving while
intoxicated.
In 1981, 1,082 people were killed
on Texas highways in 36,975 DWI-
related accidents, and thousands
more were injured; 258 of those acci
dents happened in Brazos County.
During that year, 719 motorists
were arrested for DWI, by the Texas
Department of Public Safety, the
Bryan and College Station police de
partments and the Brazos County
Sheriffs Department.
More than 550 drivers convicted of
driving while intoxicated are current
ly on probation in Brazos County,
Beto said, making DWI the number
one offense awarded probation in this
county.
In addition to the normal terms of
a misdemeanor or felony probation,
Beto said, extra conditions may be
placed on the offender: mandatory
attendance of alcohol abuse classes,
DWI classes, or prohibiting a person
from buying, possessing or consum
ing alcohol and from entering estab
lishments that serve alcoholic bever
ages for the period of their probation.
See DWI page 14
funds for improvement
Highway 30 may be hazardous to your health
by Charlotte Boyd
Battalion Reporter
Increased traffic generated by Post
3ak Mall has made Highway 30 a
bloodbath, the city traffic engineer
says.
John Black said: “Highway 30 is
bad news; definitely our number one
problem. In the last year, 128 car acci
dents have occurred on Highway 30
causing 30 injuries and one death.
The statewide average of accidents
in 1980 for urban areas was 352
wrecks for every 100 million miles
traveled. The accident rate on High
way 30 between Texas Avenue and
state Highway 6 is 2,095 accidents for
every 100 million miles traveled —
almost six times more than the state
wide average.
Another problem is caused by cars
parked on the highway.
“At Tanglewood (apartment com
plex), people are parking on the high
way — which is legal there.” Scott
Simpson, College Station patrol
sergeant, said. “But it’s a big problem
because people cannot see around
those cars.”
Roy Kelly, a College Station plan
ning and zoning commissioner, said
one solution would be to prohibit
parking all the way to the East Bypass.
The city possibly could get permis
sion from the State Department of
Highways and Public Transportation
to make parking 10 feet to 15 feet
from the highway illegal, he said.
Although the city recognizes the
hazards of Highway 30 between
Texas Avenue and Highway 6, the
State Department of Highways and
Public Transportation has not done
much to help the problem.
The City of College Station En
gineering Department is capable of
installing signals on state right-of-way
with State Department of Highways
and Public Transportation approval.
However, any improvement to the
roadway itself must be funded at the
state level with city participation for
curbing and storm sewers.
Simpson said the highway should
have five lanes with a center turn lane
and two lanes moving each direction.
But this alternative requires state
cooperation.
“We’re trying, but the state doesn’t
think it’s a need right now,” Black
said. “We make recommendations as
to our needs, but the actual construc
tion is up to the state.
“It’s sad because once the state
highway people decide there is a
problem, it’s three years before any
thing is done on it. In three years, the
traffic volume will triple and it’ll be
horrible.”
Traffic volume entering and leav
ing Post Oak Mall during the peak
highway hour — 4:45 p.m. to 5:45
p.m. — is 1,500 vehicles each way.
This volume is based on predicted
trips from the mall and 1980 counts
— increased by 15 percent.
Simpson said money is probably
holding up the state’s improvements.
He said that the road surface costs
over a million dollars a mile because
of the high traffic volume on inter
states.
See HIGHWAY page 14
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forecast
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