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Thursday, July 1, 1982
Israeli official says
time running out
United Press International
The PLO has agreed in principle to
leave Beirut, sources say, but negotia
tions to solve the Lebanese crisis
peacefully were bogged down and a
senior Israeli official warned “we are
running out of time.”
In Washington, President Reagan
added a note of urgency to the explo
sive situation Wednesday by denying
a widely reported statement by his
spokesman Larry Speakes that Israeli
Prime Minister Menachem Begin had
“promised” not to invade west Beirut.
Reagan told a nationally televised
news conference Speakes was not pre
sent at the discussion with Begin and
the prime minister said only that
Israel “didn’t want” to move into the
capital’s Moslem sector, where an esti
mated 6,000 Palestinian guerrillas are
trapped.
The U.S.-endorsed negotiations to
avert an all-out Israeli assault on west
Beirut appeared bogged down in de
tails Wednesday, the 26th day of
Israel’s invasion of Lebanon.
Sources close to the talks between
Palestinian leaders and Lebanese offi
cials said the Palestine Liberation
Organization had agreed in principle
to leave Beirut, but was seeking con
cessions refused by Israel and
America.
Publicly, the PLO vowed it had no
intention of leaving Lebanon, its last
sanctuary.
In Jerusalem, after a meeting of
the Israeli Cabinet Wednesday, a
senior Israeli official expressed hope
the “problem can be resolved by poli
tical means.”
“But we are running out of time,”
he told reporters.
Israel’s state-run radio quoted
military sources as saying the Syrians
have reinforced their troops along
the Damascus-Beirut highway. Israel
controls an 18-mile section of the
highway from Beirut eastward to
Bhamdoun.
Some observers speculated the
Palestinians were merely playing for
time, hoping pressure in Israel and
around the world would build to a
point where an attack on Beirut was
politically impossible.
Reagan wants secure
border, strong Lebanon
Hubert meets turkey
staff photo by John Ryan
Dr. Frank W.R. Hubert receives a
turkey from the College of Agriculture
for his contribution as chancellor of the
Texas A&M University System.
Administrators, former students and
faculty gathered in front of the System
Building for a lawn party honoring
Hubert’s last day.
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President
Reagan says the United States wants a
strong Lebanon, including a secure
border with Israel that the Palestine
Liberation Organization and others
could not use to “create acts of
terror.”
In a nationally broadcast news con
ference Wednesday, Reagan outlined
for the first time U.S. goals for Leba
non — similar to those stated by
Israel.
Reagan, however, refused to give
details of continuing negotiations in
the area, saying the situation was sen
sitive and he had to “walk a very nar
row line” in discussing it.
In answer to a question, Reagan
said the Israeli invasion of Lebanon
could not be compared to the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan because the
PLO had “pursued aggression”
against Israel across the border.
And in a series of statements that
avoided any criticism of Israel,
Reagan said the United States did not
know any more about the use of U.S.
“cluster” bombs in Lebanon and de
nied Israeli Prime Minister Begin had
promised not to invade Beirut.
On other topics, Reagan said:
—The fight for the Equal Rights
Amendment, which he opposed and
which died today for lack of endorse
ment by three states, had not been
wasted because it focused attention
on the subject of women’s rights. But,
he said, those who talk of resubmit
ting ERA to the country could better
spend their energies working for his
program to eliminate discriminatory
laws and regulations.
—His foreign policy is “progre
ssing very well,” despite the resigna
tion of Secretary of State Alexander
Haig. He denied Haig had attempted
to submit his resignation more than
once.
—All but announced his intention
to run for re-election in 1984, saying
it was “far too early” to make a deci
sion, but that he had suggested to his
staff “they shouldn’t waste their time
reading the help-wanted ads.”
Reagan denied — as other officials
have — the United States had any
advance warning of the Israeli inva
sion of Lebanon.
He also surprised reporters by de
nying a widely reported statement by
press spokesman Larry Speakes that
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Be
gin had “promised” not to invade
Beirut.
fex scandal on Capitol Hill
Officials investigating Congress
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Federal au
thorities are investigating allegations
of homosexual activity between con-
pessmen and teenage pages, focus
ing on whether sex was swapped for
favors.
AJustice Department official con
firmed the investigation Wednesday
night, after two unidentified pages
said on national television they and
other pages had been the object of
congressmen’s advances.
In a copyright story today, the
Arkansas Gazette quoted the J ustice
Department as saying one senator
and nine or 10 House members,
along with about a dozen pages, were
nvolved.
Possible crimes involved would-be
sex with minors or exchanging favors
for such sex, which might constitute
bribery.
AJustice Department source said
the FBI was attempting to determine
whether there had been bribery, a
federal offense. If agents conclude
the crime was sex with a minor — a
local offense — the matter would be
turned over to city authorities, the
source said.
Justice Department spokesman
John Russell confirmed an investiga
tion is under way, but refused to re
veal details.
But a Justice Department official
who declined to be identified told Un
ited Press International the FBI be
gan a probe about two weeks ago, af
ter receiving allegations from pages
about homosexual activity and illicit
drug use.
The Gazette also reported allega
tions, being investigated by the Justice
Department, that a male member of
the House administrative staff had
arranged meetings between pages
and House members and their staf
fers.
“The way the Hill works is you
climb the ladder,” said one of the
pages interviewed by CBS News.
“One favor deserves another... That’s
the way you’re paid.”
The allegations came from both
male and female pages who work on
Capitol Hill running errands for
members of Congress.
CBS News aired interviews with
two pages who said they knew of the
illicit activity. Neither was identified,
and they were backlit so their faces
could not be seen clearly.
One of the pages, a 16-year-old
boy, said he was not personally in
volved, but had been “homosexually
harassed” and knew of other pages
who had sex with members of Con
gress in return for jobs or promo
tions.
“I have been approached,” he said.
“I also knew of other people who were
approached.”
Asked if he was approached by
male congressmen, he asserted: “By
male congressmen who asked me —
‘having a party tonight — show you
some fun.’”
Blinn branches to College Station
More indictments
in IBM espionage
United Press International
SAN JOSi, Calif. — The Hitachi
Co. of Japan, 14 of its employees
and three people accused of being
go-betweens in the one of the largest
industrial espionage conspiracies in
history were indicted on charges of
trying to steal secrets from IBM
Corp.
More indictments may be issued
later this month against five em
ployees of the Mitsubishi Electric
Corp. ofJapan.
The indictments Wednesday
named nine Hitachi employees in
Japan and five who are free on bail
in the United States. Federal Judge
Robert P. Aguilar issued a summons
for the defendants in Japan to
appear in federal court in San Jose
July 22.
All 17 were charged in two indict
ments with transporting stolen
property.
Besides the Japanese business
men, the indictments charged Dr.
Barry Saffaie, an Iranian national
free on $200,000 bail, and a college
student, Tabassom Ayazi, 22, free
on $25,000 bail. Both are suspected
of stealing computer tapes and
manuals from IBM and unwittingly
passing them on to an FBI agent
posing as an illegal buyer for the
Japanese.
Also indicted was Raymond J.
Cadet, identified by prosecutor
Greg Ward of the U.S. attorney’s
office as a former IBM employee. It
was the first time since the arrests
were made a week ago anyone sus
pected in the scam was linked to
IBM.
by Rebeca Zimmermann
Battalion Staff
Students who take classes at Blinn
uollege will soon be able to choose
ram three campus locations.
Blinn College has its main campus
nBrenham and a branch campus in
Iryan, This fall it will have a campus
n College Station, too.
The new branch will be in the
Woodstone Shopping Center on
hway 30.
“Our enrollment has gone up
astronomically and we’ve just run out
of space,” said Dr. Alec Pearson, assis
tant director of Blinn College’s Bryan
branch.
Since Blinn opened its Bryan
branch in 1970, student demand for
courses has increased with the growth
of the Bryan/College Station area and
Texas A&M University, Pearson said.
He said the new higher entrance
requirements at Texas A&M may also
increase Blinn’s enrollment.
Half of the students at the Bryan
branch of Blinn live in College Sta
tion, Pearson said, so the new location
in College Station would make
attending Blinn much easier for those
students.
Pearson said initially the branch
will have an office wing and four clas-
sroooms. The classrooms will be in
the second row of stores behind Mon
terey House, in an unfinished area of
the shopping center.
The Bryan campus offers basic
academic courses such as mathema
tics, English, history and biology. The
new College Station branch also will
offer the same type of classes, but it
will not have laboratory facilities,
Pearson said.
“We primarily provide courses
where there is a demand,” he said.
“This has worked very well.”
He said some courses are offered at
night for people who are unable to
attend classes during the day.
Registration for fall courses will be
conducted in the Bryan branch.
Remember these dates
Final examinations for the first sum
mer session and registration for the
second session will both be held next
week.
Important dates and times to re
member include:
July 5 — School holiday.
July 6 — Final exams from 7 to 9
p.m. for classes meeting 2 to 3:30 p.m.
July 7 — Final exams from 8 to 10
a.m. for classes meeting 8 to 9:30
a.m., final exams from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. for classes meeting 10 to 11:30
a.m., and final exams from 3 to 5 p.m.
for classes meeting 12 to 1:30 p.m.
July 8 — Registration for the
second summer session.
July 9 — Beginning of second ses
sion classes.
Has everything — including kitchen sink
Condos billed as ‘student oriented concept’
by Terry Duran
Battalion Staff
A $3.7 million condominium com
plex two blocks north of campus will
)pen the doors of its first finished
unit to the public Monday.
The Northgate units are complete-
y furnished and will include not only
a washer and dryer and other major
ppliances, but also will come with
dishes, pots and pans — right down to
can opener.
The complex is billed as “a totally
student-oriented concept,” but pa
tents haven’t been forgotten. The
two- and three-bedroom Units are
Wing touted as an investment for pa
rents of Aggies, complete with cus
tom-made mortgage plans.
The prices start at $58,500 for the
two-bedroom units and $83,000 for
three bedrooms, but Houston
architect and Northgate developer
James M. Sink says parents who have
the wherewithal will find it worth
their while.
Sink said Monday a typical purch
ase will probably involve a first-year
student enrolling at Texas A&M,
“whose parents themselves recognize
the advantage of condo ownership
over rental and bring in another ren
ter or two.”
Three basic purchase plans are
available: a conventional 30-year
mortgage at conventional interest
rates, a ^‘/z-year plan at lower in
terest and a cash purchase plan.
“There are a lot of very successful
Aggies who will pay cash,” Sink said.
“They’d rather do that than pay the
high interest payments.”
If parents opt instead for the 12'/a
year mortgage, payments will run
somewhere over $400 a month for the
two-bedroom condos and over $600
for the three-bedroom units. The ex
act figure will depend on the interest
rate secured and the size of the down
payment.
Sink said the condos and the
accompanying finance plans are de
signed for resale after four years or
so, although the buyers can keep the
condo and rent it to other students or
may save it for younger family mem
bers.
“One bedroom can be occupied by
the student (whose parents are mak
ing the payments),” Sink said. “The
other can be rented to a roommate.
The buyers not only save the cost of
renting student quarters, they also get
a tax break on the deal. And they will
usually be able to resell the property
at a profit on their investment after
their son or daughter graduates.”
The condos are compact — 600
square feet for the two-bedroom units
and 900 square feet for the three-
bedroom units. The bedrooms are
somewhat smaller than a campus dor
mitory room.
In order to maximize use of the
one-acre site, 63 parking spaces are
under the building, slightly below
street level. Fifty-four additional
spaces surround the site.
Sink said eight of the units have
already been sold, sight unseen. He
hopes to have all 54 sold by the time
school starts in the fall. The modular
project, located at the intersection of
Cross and Nagle Streets, is slated to be
completed by the end of July.
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