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Battalion Serving the University community Tuesday, November 30, 1982 NATO briefed on MX missile ids left but t. I madelm npid about mical hadm Vifgies woti tnd an ne, since the; inly by 80' .• chance at bad about it,' lav's game, lead and that. TheF; as many ; the first hi a me baclt i tie thegy i 1:31 left if>-()3, but an Dough •k Harper >3 lead 1 72-67 with but Brown with 1 sect® ina! 72-70, s with 24 rst two ga® United Press International BRUSSELS, Belgium — Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger prom ised to brief NATO’s ultra-secret Nuclear Planning Group today on President Reagan’s decision to deploy the MX “Peacekeeper” intercontinen tal ballistic missile. UV.S. officials said Monday Wein berger would try to reassure Euro pean allies the decision does not mean the Reagan administration is prepar ing for nuclear war. Today’s meeting also was set to review plans to deploy 572 cruise and Pershing 2 missiles in Western Europe starting in about a year. NATO officials said the European missile deployment was certain to go ahead in the face of mounting anti nuclear protest, unless the Soviet Un ion agrees to dismantle more than 300 SS-20 missiles aimed at Western Europe. Weinberger called the MX decision “critically important” to Reagan’s strategic rearmament program. The Reagan plan calls for the de ployment in Wyoming of 100 densely packed MX missiles, each of which will carry up to 10 independently targeted warheads. The decision to base the missiles, Reagan renamed “Peacekeepers,” on land rather than on ships or aircraft partly responds to NATO realities. Alliance officials said, had the Un ited States been unwilling to place the weapons on its soil, it would have been much harder to proceed with the plan to deploy new missiles on European territory. The Soviet news agency Novosti warned Monday the cruise and Per shing deployments made an acciden tal nuclear war more likely. In some of Moscow’s toughest lan guage to date, it said Soviet forces would launch their missiles “on warn ing” if any of the new NATO weapons were detected approaching Soviet territory. European defense ministers, in a separate meeting Monday, expressed concern over a proposed Senate amendment to the 1983 appropria tions bill that would result in the with drawal of some 23,()()() of the 220,000 U.S. troops in Europe. The European ministers also were concerned about the increasing imba lance on defense purchases between the United States and Europe. They said Europeans buy nine times more U.S. defense equipment than Washington buys from them. Second storm aimed for ravaged Hawaii Trees 'spruce' up holidays staff photo by Robert Snider l MI Lambda Sigma representative Ken Moore, a sophomore from Barstow, California, began the annual Christmas Tree sale Monday in front of Rudder Tower. Deborah Barber (center) and Susanne Davis, both Texas A&M Development Office employees, decided to buy their tree while the best were available. The trees will be on sale all this week in front of Sbisa Dining Hall and in the Commons. rograms help juvenile offenders, lessen crime United Press International HONOLULU — A new storm headed toward Hawaii today, threatening more destruction to areas left vulnerable by Hurricane Iwa and setting off fear in ravaged neighbor hoods where residents proclaimed, “I can’t take it anymore.” The National Weather Service said Monday the storm was intensifying near the International Dateline, 1,200 miles west of Honolulu, and could arrive by Wednesday. An NWS spokesman emphasized it was not known how the storm system would af fect the islands but said the decision to announce the status of the storm was for planning purposes “due to local conditions of lack of power and water as well as for the emergency rehabilitation measures now being undertaken on Kauai and Oahu. “The system has a potential for bringing heavy rains and possible flooding and high winds by Wednes day beginning on Kauai and spread ing shortly thereafter to other is lands.” Reaction from Kauai residents, many still trying to repair their hurri cane-strafed homes, was one of dismay. “I can’t take it any more,” Kathleen Ladera of Hanamaulu said. “I can’t believe it. I hope you’re joking.” In Honolulu, police patrols were . asked to call in high wind and surf conditions so Civil Defense author ities could evaluate the information. The islands of Kauai and Niihau, both in the northwest corner of the state, and parts of Oahu, where Hon olulu is located, sustained damages running into the millions of dollars and prompted President Reagan to issue a disaster area proclamation. As of Monday, about 40 percent of Kauai’s 13.000 homes were still with out electricity and water was trucked into three communities. The Red Cross said one of every eight of the island’s residences was demolished or made unlivable by Iwa’s 1 10 mph winds. The survey showed 1,907 homes and businesses were either destroyed or sustained major damage on Kauai and another 2,983 homes sustained minor damages. On Oahu, another 418 dwellings, including 30 businesses, were des troyed or rendered unusable. 1*^ by Carole Craft Battalion Reporter Billy is 12 years old. But while most lids his age were playing little league laseball or video games, Billy chose to follow the influence of his older brother and break into an office building. Now Billy is one of the 267 juvenile offenders counseled by the Brazos County Juvenile Probation Depart ment. ; Over the past two years, the depart ment has reported a 15 percent de crease in the juvenile crime rate for jhe county. E.A. Wentrcek, the chief [juvenile probation officer, said the decrease can be attributed in part to an expanded department staff and the department’s programs. “1 think we’ve held juvenile crime substantially when you consider the rapid growth of this area,” Wentrcek said. Juvenile crime has been held to the same level it was two years ago, he said. ! The department has nine prog rams to help juvenile offenders deal with problems that might steer them toward crime. Janet McNutt, counseling unit su pervisor, said many of the programs are intended to show teenagers other activities in which they can partici pate. The eight-week program, for chil dren 10 through 13, is designed to 'show the children that many opportu nities are open to them in the com munity, McNutt said. Each day, |1 Field groups of the juveniles and probation officers tour businesses in the Bryan- College Station area including Easter- wood Airport, McDonald’s re staurants, St. Joseph Hospital, KBTX-TV, KTAM and KORA radio stations and the Blue Bell Creameries in Brenham. Children in the.Summer Program also have toured the Texas A&M campus. Last summer, groups toured the dairy farm, the swine and horse centers, the Fireman’s Training School and some math labs, McNutt said. In the Volunteer Program, com munity personnel volunteer to spend time with the children, either on a one-to-one basis or in groups. Linda Ricketson, community re sources coordinator and supervisor of the Volunteer Program, said the one-on-one part of the program still is in the organizational stage. When the program begins, volunteers will make a six-month commitment to spend time with a child, serving as a role- model and friend. Volunteer groups primarily work in the community with the children and teen-agers, Ricketson said. The groups take juveniles in the program to parks and picnic areas to help clean up the facilities and plant flowers, she said. Volunteers in the groups pro vide transportation and supervision. “The Volunteer Group gives peo ple in the community a chance to get involved and makes them aware that Bryan-Gollege Station does have problems like this,” Ricketson said. Personnel from the Texas A&M College of Education have supported the program by offering tutor prog rams for children and teen-agers with problems in certain classes, Ricketson said. The probation department also sponsors a teen court, where the de fendant — the juvenile offender — is tried by a jury of his peers. Rita Villareal, who supervises the court, said the judge, jury and attor neys are high school students. The students apply to participate in the program and are chosen by the probation department, Villareal said. In each trial, students are responsible for all case investigations and for get ting witnesses to appear, she said. They run the trial and decide on ver dicts without adult help. “The best thing about Teen Court is that offenders get tried by their peers,” Villareal said. “It makes a big impression on them.” see JUVENILE page 8 Out-of-season sunning staff photo by Robert Snider December is almost here but winter isn’t, or so it seems. Chris Smith, a freshman electrical engineering student from Houston, figured it was time to take off his shirt and coat and get back into the sun. inside Classified 8 Local 3 National 9 Opinions 2 Sports 11 State .' 4 What’s up 14 forecast Today’s Forecast: Cloudy skies through Thursday. High of about 77, with tonight’s low about 58. fWinds of 10 mph. Explosion in Thatcher’s private office United Press International LONDON — A bomb hidden in a package exploded today inside Prime Minister Margaret Thatch er’s No. 10 Downing Street offices, slightly injuring one man, Scotland Yard said. The prime minister was not harmed. Thatcher was in her private office around noontime when the bomb, concealed in a yellow pack age, exploded in another room, a spokesman said. Texas chief justice sworn in United Press International AUSTIN — Despite threats by Democrats in the Texas Senate to nul lify the appointment of Jack Pope as head of the Supreme Court, Pope was sworn in as chief justice, At the swearing ceremony Mon day, Pope praised outgoing Gov. Bill Clements for improving the state’s judicial system. Pope, who has served 17 years on the Supreme Court, last week was named chief justice by Clements, a lame duck Republican, as replace ment of former Chief Justice Joe Greenhill, who resigned in Septem ber after 25 years on the court. But his appointment must be rati fied by the Senate in January, and at least a dozen senators have threatened to block the confirmation, claiming Gov.-elect Mark White, a Democrat, should have been allowed to make the appointment. At the swearing in ceremony Mon day, Pope, 69, a native of Abilene, praised Clements for strengthening the Texas judicial system. He cited the governor’s support of constitu tional amendments that created sev eral new appeal courts and expanded the jurisdiction of lower courts in cri minal cases. “There are those who say that these changes are the most significant im provements to the judicial branch of government that have occurred in Texas for a century,” Pope said. “So governor, while this moment may be mine, I am claiming it to ack nowledge that the judicial branch is stronger throughout Texas than it has been in many decades, and I’m sure it will prove itself strong enough in the future to master our oppressive dockets.” Pope also complimented Greenhill, who he said “used himself up in the night and day service of this state.” Elected to his first judgeship in 1946, Pope was described by Cle ments as the longest-sitting active judge in the state. He announced his retirement from the Supreme Court last year and said he will not run for the chiefjustice post when his appoin tive term ends in 1984. Justice Sears McGhee adminis tered the oath to Pope. All but one Supreme Court justice — Franklin Spears who was hospitalized for a checkup — attended the ceremonv.