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Thursday, June 17, 1982
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appealed in vain Wednesday for face-
to-face peace talks with the United
States, blamed the Israelis for starting
the shooting and pledged to “respond
tojevery violation.”
[Palestine Liberation Organization
irman Yasser Arafat, in a letter to
1. Secretary General Javier Perez
Cuellar, said 30,000 people were
|ed or wounded, 10,000 were mis-
and 800,000 had been left home-
by the Israeli invasion of
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Lebanon also were dominating the
discussions.
Israel and the PLO have looked to
Washington to mediate the Lebanese
crisis, but the State Department main
tained its refusal to negotiate directly
with the guerrilla organization.
“To speak is a first step,” said Hani
A1 Hassan, Arafat’s chief political
adviser. “If the Americans make the
first step to us, everything can be dis
cussed.”
But the State Department said
Wednesday it “was prepared to talk to
the PLO” only if the PLO recognizes
Israel’s right to exist — a U.S. policy
for three presidential administra
tions.
“Our policy toward the PLO has
not changed,” said spokesman Dean
Fischer.
In an interview on Israeli televi
sion, Israeli Defense Minister Ariel
Sharon said the United States had a
key role in Lebanon and his nation
would not budge from present posi
tions in Lebanon without an arrange
ment to keep the Syrians and PLO
permanently out of Lebanon.
Israel is demanding a 25-mile
security belt free of guerrillas on
Israel’s northern border, total with
drawal of PLO and Syrian forces and
creation of a strong central Lebanese
government.
Sharon predicted the guerrillas
now trapped in west Beirut would lay
down their arms under an agreement
with the Lebanese government.
In Tyre and Sidon, the country’s
main southern cities now destroyed
by the invasion which began June 6,
fighting continued in the orange
groves between the invading troops
and a few guerrilla resistance pockets.
The Palestinian news agency
WAFA said 14 Israelis were killed and
a number of vehicles damaged.
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Rockettes, move over
Kathleen Dickerson, a student at the University of
Mississippi, leads a practice routine with the participants
of the Texas A&M University Drill Team Workshop.
The workshop is sponsored by the United Spirit
Association and the Majors Club at Texas A&M. Five
hundred thirty-nine girls from Texas high schools dance
and kick their way through the oppressive Texas heat to
improve their skills and learn new routines. Glenn
Richardson, assistant professor of health and physical
education, coordinated the camp.
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man workiSAN FRANCISCO GOTERA, El
rroduction, Salvador — As many as 5,000 govern-
:he individipient troops pushed toward a north-
luction ref eastern guerrilla stronghold today in
economiclipe largest military offensive of El Sal-
who two »i Rdor’s three-year civil war.
vages of uK | But the rebels’ Radio Venceremos
■ English tit laid Wednesday its forces had wiped
‘thehumanist nearly two full military com-
d ultimate^ Inies, and a diplomat in contact with
ning ofenfl he army said some soldiers had
thrown down their guns and fled.
The Western diplomat called the
fighting the worst of the war and said
some soldiers were cut off from their
military units and it was unclear how
many casualties they had suffered.
A member of the Green Beret-
trained Atlacatl Battalion said 2,500
troops were shuttled to the Torola
River Wednesday and began crossing
on rope lines because rebels des
troyed all bridges.
He said government artillery had
pounded rebel positions north of the
river since Monday, concentrating
fire on the strategic town of Perquin,
overrun by guerrillas 12 days ago.
Military officials said there was
sporadic fighting along the Torola
River, 7 miles from Perquin, but there
were no reports available on the com
bat around the town, 72 miles north
east of San Salvador.
Other troops, backed by 16 artil
lery pieces, were being sent into com
bat from San Francisco Gotera, the
capital of Morazan province and less
than 10 miles from the battle zone.
Military officials said as many as
5,000 troops may be committed to the
operation. The only other army
offensive of comparable size was at
the end of April when 4,000 troops
swept through the same region.
Argentine regime
fights to survive
Falklands defeat
United Press International
Argentina’s military government,
fighting to survive its defeat in the
Falklands, announced the war is not
yet over and blamed Britain’s “partial
triumph” on aid received from the
United States and other allies.
Britain, holding prisoners until
Argentina confirms the end of hostili
ties, warned “hundreds” of the
thousands of Argentine prisoners of
war on the windswept islands could
die from exposure, starvation and
disease if they are not repatriated
quickly.
British Adm. Sir John Fieldhouse
told reporters, “with all these human
beings in the very sad and sorry state
they are, we are getting absolutely no
cooperation whatsoever from the
government of Argentina.”
The Argentine government,
under fire from the public and with
military unity apparently crumbling,
would not admit defeat and sought to
blame the loss of the islands on fore
ign assistance to Britain.
But a top-level military source told
United Press International the re
gime “cannot last until the weekend.”
The Argentine military command,
it’s credibility dashed, said the cease
fire signed Monday only ended the
battle for the islands’ capital of Stan
ley and included only forces stationed
on the archipelago — in effect saying
the war with Britain is not over.
The communique explaining Bri
tain’s “partial triumph” in the Falk
lands war blamed American, Euro
pean and NATO support of Britain
for the nation’s defeat on the Falk
lands, a British crown colony since
1833.
The junta invited politicians to
meet for an explanation of the war
loss but a powerful coalition of five
Reagan
address
Michael T. Halbouty, a noted
Houston oilman and energy adviser
to President Ronald Reagan, is one of
three keynote speakers for a national
engineering conference expected to
bring about 3,000 visitors to Texas
A&M University June 20-24.
The theme of the American Socie
ty of Engineering Educators 90th
conference is “Productivity through
Engineering” and Halbouty will
speak on that subject and its impact
on industry.
Halbouty is a 1930 graduate of
Texas A&M and was named a disting
uished alumnus in 1968.
Dr. Robert Page, dean of engineer
ing, said the conference is designed to
bring industry, government and edu
cators together to stimulate fresh
ideas related to research in the critical
areas of productivity.
“The lack of productivity has re
parties declined, saying the regime
refused to transfer power to civilians.
In one political aftershock of
Argentina’s ill-fated April 2 invasion
of the Falklands, Foreign Minister
Nicanor Costa Mendez, political
architect of the policy, submitted his
resignation Wednesday.
Official sources said Interior
Minister Alfredo Saint Jean also ten
dered his resignation. It was not
known if they were accepted.
But Deputy Interior Secretary Col.
Bernardo Jose Menendez said the
government, rocked Tuesday by riots
by 10,000 Argentines angered by the
Falklands, had “stability and is acting
to carry out its normal functions.”
The military command’s Wednes
day communique said because it
faced “one of the largest powers in the
world, supported by the United
States, the European Economic Com
munity and the acquiescence of
NATO,” Argentina agreed to a cease
fire to avert “a sterile spilling of
blood.”
President Galtieri’s charge on tele
vision Tuesday that the United States
was “a surprising enemy of Argentina
and its people” sparked a flood of
telephone protests to the U.S. Embas
sy. One threatened to bomb the resi
dence of U.S. Ambassador Harry
Shlaudeman, sources at the mission
said.
In London, the British govern
ment messaged Buenos Aires the
thousands of Argentine prisoners of
War can leave for home as soon as
Argentina confirms hostilities are at
an end, political sources said.
Journalists on the islands esti
mated the total number of Argentine
soldiers at about 8,000 instead of
some 15,000 reported by Argentine
military commanders. British officials
were counting the prisoners.
suited in spiraling inflation and the
loss of America’s competitive edge in
many industrial areas that at one time
were totally dominated by our na
tion,” Page said.
“Engineers will bear much of the
responsibility for devising ways to
ingrease America’s productivity,” he
said.
Topics to be discussed during the
conference include:
•A global perspective of problems
and opportunities for the next de
cade;
•Collective bargaining and the de
certification of faculty unions;
•Regulation, public policy and pro
ductivity;
•Student anxiety, learning and
academic achievement;
•Robotics; and
•A status report on the engineer
ing faculty shortage project.
adviser to
engineers
i A NEW HANGAR FACILITY FOR
EASTERWOOD AIRPORT
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Aviation firm may build
new facility at Easterwood
by Terry Duran
Battalion Staff
A local aviation firm wants to
build a new facility at Easterwood
airport despite a recent report
advising against expansion.
The Texas A&M Board of Re
gents approved a minute order at
their June 9 meeting authorizing
the University President Frank Van
diver to negotiate with Hughes
Aviation for construction of a
23,000-square-foot facility at Eas
terwood.
A study presented to the Regents
at that meeting by city and county
officials said demand was insuffi
cient to persuade a larger airline to
establish offices here.
Nevertheless, the Regents
approved a minute order authoriz
ing the University president to
negotiatiate with Hughes Aviation
for construction of the facility,
which is slated to include hangar
space, offices, a maintenance area
and possibly a restaurant.
Steve Hughes, president of
Hughes Aviation, is optimistic about
the project.
“We feel there is good support
for what we are doing,” he said. He
hopes construction can begin in the
fall of 1982.
Hughes said a large part of the
proposed facility would be leased to
local corporations whose executives
do a lot of flying. A maintenance
facility for those organizations’ air
craft might also be built.
He added that his company is
going to “aggressively pursue” the
development of an avionics repair
facility. Waco, Austin and Houston
are the closest places to have air
plane radios or flight instrumenta
tion repaired now.
“We certainly see the need for
avionics repair,” Hughes said. “It’s
one of the points we used to get sup
port” from officials at Easterwood.
Space is also set aside in the plans
for a restaurant to serve the entire
airport. From its second-story van
tage point, customers could watch
airplanes take off and land.
“Everything is in the proposal
stage right now, but a restaurant at
the airport might have enough uni
queness to draw some off-airport
business,” he said.
And despite the findings of the
report presented to the Regents,
Hughes said his company’s opera
tion might pave the way for in
creased air travel in and out of the
Bryan-College Station area.
“Bryan-College Station has a uni
que problem,” Hughes said. “It’s
close to Houston. The hassle factor
of getting on an airplane here and
connecting on another flight in
Houston is, for most people, equal
to driving to Houston and getting
on a flight there.
“Until the aviation community
can provide service to let people fly
out of here comfortably, they’re not
going to think in terms of flying out
of Easterwood. Once that happens,
though, the time would be ripe for
someone like Southwest or MuseAir
to come and land here.”
“The part that our company can
play is if we can make business oper
ators comfortable flying out of here,
and therefore increase the traffic
count, it could lay the groundwork
for luring some of the bigger air
lines here.”
Stipulated in the Regents’
approval of the negotiations is a
“hold harmless” clause. The avia
tion company must agree not to
hold the Texas A&M System liable if
System officials decide to move Uni
versity support to development of
Bryan Airfield, part of which is now
used as a Texas A&M engineering
research annex.
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State 3
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forecast
Today’s Forecast: Partly cloudy
today. High today in the low 7 90s.
Low tonight in the low 70s. Highs
and lows continuing the same
through Friday.
almanac
United Press International
Today is Thursday, June 17, the
168th day of 1982 with 197 to
follow.
The moon is moving toward its
new phase.
The morning stars are Mercury
and Venus.
The evening stars are Mars, Jupi
ter and Saturn.
Those born on this date are
under the sigm of Gemini.
John Wesley, the founder of
Methodism, was born June 17,
1703. This also is the birthdate of
actors Ralph Bellamy (1905) and
Dean Martin (1917).