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ne The Banal ion ents Serving the University community 1.75 No. 160 USPS 045360 12 Pages College Station, Texas Tuesday, June 15, 1982 rgentina surrenders Falklands United Press International lArgentine occupation troops, bat- 6d and with their backs to the sea, aally surrendered to end the 74- d Falkland Islands war and return j desolate archipelago to British He ■“The Falkland Islands are once re under the government desired their inhabitants,” said a message m British commander Maj. Gen. emy Moore to Prime Minister rgaret Thatcher. “God save the Keen.” In London, Thatcherjoined ajubi- lant crowd singing “Rule Britannia” outside her residence, but in Buenos Aires an angry crowd outside the palace of President Leopoldo Galtieri shouted “out with the traitors.” Today’s edition of the London Daily Express front-page headlined an 8-inch “V” for victory with a pic ture of Thatcher’s face in the middle. The Sun assured readers “We’ve Won!” “In Port Stanley, at 9 p.m. tonight, 14June, Maj. Gen. (Mario) Menendez surrendered to me in East and West Falkland all Argentine forces in East and West Falkland, together with their impedimenta,” Moore’s mes saged after the Argentine leader’s capitulation. “Arrangements are in hand to assemble the men for return to Argentina to gather in their arms and equipment and to mark and make safe their munitions.” The Argentine defeat came late in the day in which British troops had routed Argentine forces trying to hold the Falklands capital of Stanley. Several hundred of the islands’ 1,800 British had remained in the town. With an estimated 7,000 Argentine occupation forces facing a final, de- sparate stand in the surrounded capital of Stanley, they suddenly agreed to a cease-fire and negotia tions for surrender. Buenos Aires confirmed the surrender shortly after Britain. Royal Marines and paratroops, the Scot and Welsh Guards, plus Nepalese Gurhkas were poised on the outskirts of the town after overrun ning Argentina’s fragile “Galtieri line” of trenches, foxholes and machine-gun posts Monday. The sudden end to the war, begun April 2 when Argentina invaded the 149-year-old British crown colony, sparked ecstatic celebration in Lon don but despair and anger in Buenos Aires. A British victory was certain to for tify support for the London govern ment but threatened the existence of Buenos Aires’ ruling military junta that launched the original attack. Thatcher told a cheering House of Commons negotiations for Argenti na’s surrender followed a cease-fire declared on the Falklands at 3 p.m. The formal surrender, announced early today, was reached at 8 p.m. Monday. 29 -UP! Boots, /estern ’alestinians n Israeli trap n west Beirut United Press International ilestinian leaders, trapped in west ut by Israeli forces, were re- ied in hiding or trying to slip out eirut while U.S. peace envoy Phi- Habib discussed the future of war- 1 Lebanon today with anese leaders. They (the PLO) are down on their es, begging for a cease-fire,” eli Army Chief of Staff Rafael n told reporters in Tel Aviv. He the guerrilla organization’s in- [tructure had been destroyed, tate-run Israeli Radio said the Be- government spurned two pleas a cease-fire from the Palestine ration Organization Monday on nds Israel “has no truck with the orists.” srael’s Prime Minister Menachem in was beginning a six-day U.S. today to press for a strong Amer- role in a peace-keeping force to lace the Israeli army and keep anon free from PLO and Syrian iiination. labib, continuing his peace shut- met Lebanese President Filias Sar- Monday night in east Beirut for ost four hours of talks crucial to estimated 6,000 Palestinian guer- is trapped in the Moslem western i of the capital. labib, in from Damascus and isalem immediately before, would comment on the Monday meeting ond saying more talks were plan- I today. The Lebanese presidential ace is in Baabda, captured Sunday Israeli tanks. sraeli Radio said fighting around rut appeared to taper off Monday ht. The Israeli army controlled the ’s main roads and coastline, with only way out through the east irut stronghold of the Israeli-allied ristians. With Israel cutting the main Beirut-Damascus highway, Palesti nian officials admitted they were almost completely encircled. One Palestinian source said military lead ers were beginning to disperse out side Beirut. PLO leader Yasser Arafat took re fuge in a foreign embassy, Israel said. Israeli armored columns, mean while, pushed northeast toward the strategic Bekaa Valley leading to Syria and thought to be flushing any Syrian troops to the edges of Lebanon. Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Rafael Eitan said Monday Israel suf fered 170 soldiers killed, 700 wound ed and 10 captured since the invasion June 6. Israel Radio said 2,000 Pales tinian guerrillas and 1,000 Syrian sol diers were killed and 6,000 guerrillas and 60 Syrians captured. Israeli leaders said with the elimi nation of the PLO as a military threat and the curbing of Syrian power set the stage for a strong, independent Lebanese government to assume power for the first time since the 1975-76 civil war. But senior Israeli officials and close Begin aides made it clear Israel was relying on heavy American involve ment in the process leading to an Israeli withdrawal and restoration of Lebanese sovereignty. Begin was expected to argue for a strong multi-national peace-keeping force, preferably outside U.N. con trol, to ensure a 25-mile zone free of Palestinian guerrillas. This is Israel’s minimum, non-negotiable demand. Before his Monday meeting with Habib, Sarkis had unveiled a seven- man National Salvation Authority, the nucleus of a new Lebanese gov ernment representing all major fac tions. But its first meeting was post poned when three members appa rently boycotted the meeting. Chase, shootout stop suspects staff photo by John Ryan Campus police thwarted an attempted car burglary early Friday morning, but not without a chase and a shootout. Two bullet holes ripped through the body of the suspects’ car and another shattered the rear windshield. The car was parked in front of the University police station on Russell street before it was towed away. by Rebeca Zimmermann Battalion Staff Lighting problems in Parking Annex 24 behind the Commons dormitory area prompted Texas A&M police to stake out the area to prevent possible car burglaries, rapes or criminal mischief. Early Friday morning, the stake out paid off. At 2:15 a.m. Friday, a University policeman patrolling the area stop ped an attempted car burglary after a shoot-out and a high-speed chase. “There hasn’t been a police shooting on campus within living memory,” University Police Investi gator William S. Scott said. “Fortunately, there were no in juries in the incident,” he said. Donald E. Caldwell, 19, and Fred L. Collins Jr., 19, both of Bryan, were arrested Friday by University Police and charged with attempted capital murder and attempted burg lary of a motor vehicle. University police officer Michael Buckley was patrolling Parking Annex 24 at 2:15 a.m. Friday when he saw two men looking in the back of cars with flashlights. Buckley heard the sound of breaking glass and called for backup police units, Scott said. Buckley saw one suspect in a Ford Mustang and the other at another car. Scott said Buckley approached the suspect, identified himself as a police officer and the suspect sur rendered. Scott said the other man ran to a black Ford. The suspect who was with Buckley panicked and also ran to the car, he said. Scott said backup units reached the parking lot about that time and Buckley fired a warning shot as the suspects fled. One suspect pulled a 22-caliber revolver and shot at Buckley, Scott said. Buckley fired three more shots; two hit the left side of the suspects’ car and one hit its back window. The suspect’s gun was found ab out 150 yards from the scene, Scott said. University and College Station police chased the car down Glade, Timm and Parkplace Streets to the 1500 block of Holleman. There the driver of the car lost control and ran off the road. Caldwell and Collins were arrested at the scene and taken to the Brazos County Jail. Scott said a search warrant was obtained Friday afternoon to search the car’s trunk. He said about $2,000 worth of goods, mostly car stereo equipment, were found in the trunk. New snags form in budget work United Press International WASHINGTON — Squabbles over the accuracy of deficit estimates and the failure to produce certain documents threaten to delay congres sional work on a final 1983 budget resolution. Joint Senate-House conference committee members tentatively were scheduled to start work today to re concile the differences between the House and Senate budget resolutions and produce one compromise spend ing plan, which must then be given final passage by each chamber. But in private meetings Monday, House Democrats demanded their Republican colleagues provide them with the necessary line-by-line break down of the GOP budget before the conference starts. More importantly, Senate Repub licans who met with House GOP lead ers indicated they may not accept the $99 billion 1983 deficit in the House GOP budget, and may work instead from the Congressional Budget Office estimate of $110 billion. Since the Senate budget has a de ficit of $116 billion, a split of the two plans would yield a deficit of $113 billion. House GOP Leader Bob Michel of Illinois was able to persuade some of conservative members to vote for his budget last week only because of its $99 deficit figure. He could lose sup port once it goes over $100 billion, and the usually routine acceptance of the conference compromise could be jeopardized. A Senate GOP leadership memor andum released to the press said “a speedy resolution” of the budget con ference committee is possible. But also it said the final conference budget report “will ‘walk’ a fine line — substantial increases in estimated de ficits may jeopardize House passage, while significant increases in discre tionary cuts (such as those in the House budget) could be problematic in the Senate.” An accompanying work sheet showed the House budget deficit at $110 billion, not $99 billion. Congressional leaders agreed on a 25-member conference committee. Fifteen members will come from the House, nine Democrats and six Re publicans, and 10 will come from the Senate, six Republican and four Democrats. Earlier, House Speaker Thomas O’Neill, D-Mass., said he was sur prised and disappointed the Demo cratic 1983 budget was defeated last week in favor of the Republican plan backed by President Reagan. O’Neill predicted it will be some time before a compromise budget is completed by House-Senate con ferees. In the meantime, he said he expects a bill to extend the federal debt ceiling to be brought up for a House vote this week. The present $1,079 trillion debt ceiling will expire Sept. 30. The House bill would raise the temporary public debt ceiling by $47.1 billion to $1,127 trillion, effec tive through Aug. 12. The final 1983 budget resolution will set a new debt ceiling. Scholarship, dinner honor chancellor Members of the Texas A&M Sys tem Board of Regents have personal ly donated a $25,000 endowment to create a prestigious scholarship at Texas A&M honoring Chancellor and Mrs. Frank W.R. Hubert. The Hubert scholarship was announced Thursday evening by Board of Regents Chairman H.R. “Bum” Bright of Dallas during an appreciation dinner to honor the chancellor. Called a President’s En dowed Scholarship, it is the most pre stigious offered by the University. Addressing the crowd of more than 500 well-wishers in the Memo rial Student Center main banquet room, Bright said Hubert is admired, respected and revered. Hubert was also described as tough and tender, savvy and strong. President Frank E. Vandiver cited Hubert’s role in laying the ground work to help make Texas A&M a preeminent university. “He had the vision to see this opportunity and I believe that all of us who have worked with him in his role as chancellor know that each step he has taken is toward that goal,” Van diver said. “He has a remarkable abil ity to discern what is important, and more remarkable, what is not impor tant. Dr. Kenneth Ashworth, commis sioner of higher education, said Hubert’s hallmark is common sense. “Frank, in these impetuous years just past middle life, has been ram ming through a lot of common sense while serving as chancellor,” said Ashworth, head of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System. “He has done this in discussions with federal officials; he’s done it in courtrooms; he’s done it with faculty, politicians, journalists and maybe even some regents. I can attest per sonally to the fact that he has certainly not been reluctant to do it with state bureaucrats.” Dr. Haskell Monroe, president of the University of Texas at El Paso, served as master of ceremonies for the dinner. Other speakers included Dr. Billy Reagan, superintendent of the Hous ton Independent School District; Dr. Alton O. Bowen, retired Texas Edu cation Agency commissioner; Book man Peters, president of the First City National Bank of Bryan; Dr. Perry Adkisson, deputy chancellor for agri culture; Fred Benson, president of the Texas A&M Research Found ation; and W.C. Freeman, executive vice chancellor for administration. inside Classified Local.... National. Opinions Sports... State .... What’s Up forecast Today’s Forecast: Partly cloudy and hot today, high in the low 90s. Low in mid-70s tonight. Possibility of thundershowers Wednesday. High of 88, low of 75.