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Central America is next
stop on Reagan tour
United Press International
BRASILIA, Brazil— 1 Winding up a
three-day visit today in the relative
calm of Brazil, President Reagan
turns his attention to the poorest and
most volatile region of the hemis
phere — Central America.
Reagan planned a stop in Bogota,
Colombia, Brazil’s northern South
America neighbor, lor a few hours,
then was to travel to San Jose, Costa
Rica. In addition to meeting Costa
Rican leaders, Reagan also will meet
violence-torn El Salvador’s provision
al President Alvero Matana, who will
fly to San Jose for the talks.
An advance team of Secret Service
agents has been working with Costa
Rican authorities to coordinate secur
ity plans, a U.S. Embassy spokesman
said.
“This is standard procedure.
There’s nothing unusual about the
security arrangements”, an embassy
spokesman said, despite frequent vio
lence in the region.
The trip is the first by a U.S. presi
dent to Costa Rica since a 1962 visit by
John F. Kennedy.
In a farewell statement to Brazil
Thursday, Reagan said he had gained
“a deeper understanding of Brazil’s
perspectives” and the difficulties both
countries face in a period of slow eco
nomic growth around the world.
Reagan spent more than seven
hours in personal diplomacy with
Brazilian President Joao Figueiredo
and pledged the United States would
cooperate closely with the Latin
American colossus in easing the bur
den of its $80 billion foreign debt.
Wednesday, he announced a $1.2 bil
lion loan for Brazil.
“We are with you, Brazil, we will
not waver,” Reagan said in Portu
guese Thursday in addressing Brazi
lian business leaders in the industrial
center of Sao Paulo.
During his stay in Brazil, Reagan
was remarkably low key in his critic
ism of leftist subversion in Central
America. But Cuban and Soviet in
spired insurgencies were expected to
be high on the agenda when Reagan
meets with the leaders of Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Honduras and Guata-
mala.
He arranged a stopover of a few
hours in Bogota today to meet with
Colombian President Belisario Betan-
cur, who has one of the most stable
democracies in Latin America. Col
ombia has contributed $50 million to
the Caribbean Basin economic de
velopment plan initiated by Reagan,
with Canada, Venezuela and Mexico.
The two leaders also were expected
to discuss drug trafficking in cocaine
and marijuana which accounts for $1
billion to $2 billion a year in Col
ombia’s gross national product.
Nicaragua is the only country in
Central America whose leaders
Reagan will not meet in his current
travels. He has charged the Sandinis-
ta government with exporting sub
version throughout the region, back
ed by Cuban and Soviet arms and re
sources.
Mexican leader wants reform
staff photo by David Fisher
Mistletoe time again
Christmas is just around the corner, and one of its
sore pleasant traditions is shown above. Jennifer Bed-
pod, a junior from Commerce studying business adminis
tration, steals a kiss from Marcus Ollington, a senior
Isociology major from Manhattan, Kan.
enator’s election
Reagan victory
De la Madrid takes action
United Press International
[WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard
Igar of Indiana defeated Sen. Bob
Jckwood of Oregon T hursday for
diairmanship of the Senate Re-
liblicari Campaign Committee in a
'victory for President Reagan; The
|te was 29-25.
I Lugar’s four-vote victory in the Re
publican caucus meeting was an un
precedented ouster of a sitting Re-
piiblican leader.
| Although both men contended it
is merely a popularity contest,
.Jigar, a soft-spoken conservative
ftmi Indiana, was nominated by Sen.
Pitul Laxalt, R-Nev., Reagan’s closest
friend on Capitol Hill.
Packwood, an Oregon liberal, was
a constant critic of Reagan — oppos
ing the sale of AWACS planes to
Saudi Arabia, telling reporters that
the president rambled off the point at
White House meetings and complain
ing that the Reagan wing of the party
was excluding blacks and women.
When the vote was announced to
loud applause, Packwood walked
across the aisle and congratulated
Lugar.
Despite the fact Packwood raised
$48 million for the party and ex
panded the list of GOP contributors
by more than 1 million, he drew the
challenge from Lugar, who ran with
the tacit support of Reagan and help
from Laxalt.
United 1 Press International
MEXICO CITY — President
Miguel de la Madrid in his f irst day in
of fice proposed an array of reforms
to ensure Mexico will not “crumble
away through our fingers” and
named a group of fiscal conservatives
to help institute them.
The Harvard-educated De la Mad
rid, 47, Mexico’s 24th president since
the 1910 revolution, took the oath of
office Wednesday for his six-year
term, then donned the red, white and
green presidential sash.
In his inaugural speech, De la
Madrid cited an inflation rateof near
ly 100 percent, the world’s largest
foreign debt at about $81 billion and
burgeoning unemployment as the
major challenges confronting Mex-
“We are in an emergency,” De la
Madrid told the 2,400 officials and
foreign guests at Wednesday’s inau
gural ceremony. “The situation is in
tolerable. I will not allow our home
land to crumble away through our
fingers.”
He warned Mexicans “recovery will
take time — the next two years. The
first few months of our administra
tion will be arduous and difficult. Au
sterity is imperative. Mexico is under
going a grave crisis.”
U.S. Ambassador John Gavin, for
mer Treasury Secretary John Con-
nally and San Antonio Mayor Henry
Cisneros represented the United
States. President Reagan, in Brazil on
a five-day Latin American tour, was
not invited to the ceremonv.
After the swearing in, De la Madrid
announced his newest government
appointments, including fiscal con
servative Miguel Mancera as the dire
ctor of the country’s central bank.
Mancera briefly served as the cen
tral bank’s director under former
President Jose Lopez Portillo but was
removed after exchange controls —
which he had criticized before they
were implemented — were imposed
Sept. 1.
De la Madrid also picked conserva
tive state banker Mario p umon Beteta
to the head of the government’s oil
monopoly, Petroleos Mexicanos, the
nation’s largest corporation.
Mexican political scientist Gustavo
Hernandez said De la Madrid’s
Cabinet selection signaled a shift away
from the leftist economic policies of
his predecessor. ^
The new president outlined a 10-
point program to overcome Mexico’s
economic ills, vowing to curb state
spending, redirect job programs to
rural and depressed urban areas, can
cel “unnecessary” public works pro
jects and strive for “efficiency and
scrupulous honesty” in government
spending.
He promised to develop food pro
duction, reform the tax system, chan- ^
nel credit to productive enterprises,
reform exchange controls, streamline
the government and amend the con
stitution to redefine the state’s role in
the economy.
Seniors to build eternal flame
by David Johnson
Battalion Staff
An eternal flame — a gift from the Class of’83 —
will be built near Kyle Field and lit in the spring, the
senior class president says.
The flame will symbolize the “undying spirit that
all Aggies have for Texas A&M and their burning
desire to beat the hell outta t.u.,” President Joe
Meyer said. The flame will be lit during Parents’
Weekend ceremonies.
The eternal flame will be built almost entirely by
seniors and after the project is started, should take
about five weeks to complete, Meyer said. Draw
ings, plans and most of the construction will be
done by class members with some help and supervi
sion from the faculty.
Construction expenses for the project should be
about $11,000 to $12,000, he said. The money is
raised from various Class of ’83 fund-raising pro
jects and also from proceeds from the senior ring
dance.
The flame will be next to the graves of Reveilles I,
II and III near Kyle Field. The structure, Meyer
said, will be about 6 feet high and 10 to 12 feet wide
and will be equipped with an electronic relighting
device in case the flame goes out.
The Class of ’83 probably will have a surplus of
money after paying for the flame, he said. Several
class members proposed spending the extra funds
for Silver Taps markers or a President’s Endowed
Scholarship.
The markers would be placed at several places
around campus on the day of Silver Taps. They
would have a picture of an Aggie band member
with a bugle and the name of the persons to be
honored at Silver Taps.
The scholarships, markers and other ideas will
be discussed when the class has a better idea of how
much money it will have left, Meyer said.
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Today’s Forecast: Clear skies
through the weekend.
High of about 65, with tonight’s
low in the 40s.
Gifts to A&M rise above $40 million
by Robert McGIohon
Battalion Staff
The generous financial support
of Texas A&M University by out
side sources — more than $40 mil
lion last year — provides a margin
of excellence for the University,
President Frank E. Vandiver said.
Texas A&M received a total of
$40.7 million in gifts from private
sources for the 1981-82 fiscal year.
That’s a 14 percent increase over
the $35.7 million received by the
University for the 1980-81 fiscal
year.
“As a public institution, our
foundation is built on the rock of
public funds,” Vandiver said. “The
private support from corporations,
foundations and, of course, our
very generous alumni provides the
margin of preeminence. We are
state-assisted and privately in
spired.”
Vice President for Development
Robert Walker said he is pleased
with the increase in private gifts to
the University. He attributed most
of the increase to efforts of the de
velopment office staff.
“We have a very capable, profes
sional staff in the development
office and it’s through their com
bined efforts, working with the fa
culty and administration, that this
new level of support has been
accomplished,” Walker said.
He added that faculty and stu
dent volunteers also are helpful in
what he calls “friend-raising. "
“Texas A&M is fortunate to have
many dedicated and capable volun
teers who provide leadership in
funding programs,” Walker said.
Most of the groups or indi
viduals who give money have don
ated money to the University be
fore, he said, and student and fa
culty volunteers are important in
maintaining good public relations
with donors.
“The best prospect for a gift is
someone who has given and feels
their gift is appreciated and
appropriately used,” he said.
That $40.7 million figure is the
total of all the private gifts to the
University, with the majority of the
funds coming from businesses,
alumni and private foundations,
Walker said.
Private foundations were the
largest single contributors, giving
more than $13.7 million. Business
concerns followed with $8.9 mil
lion in gifts. And Texas A&M
alumni provided the University
with $6.8 million.
The rest of the donations were
from religious organizations, fund
raising consortiums and non
alumni individuals.
Walker said that the generous
financial support of Texas A&M is
a reflection of the high esteem in
which the University is held by out
side sources.
“This level of giving reflects, in a
most meaningful manner, the ex
tent to which corporations, found
ations and other individuals believe
in our programs,” Walker said.
“Every gift to Texas A&M Uni
versity is important and significant.
Every gift, regardless of size, is
appreciated.”
Much of that private financial
support is used to attract outstand
ing faculty and students through
the use of endowed chairs, profes
sorships and student scholarships,
Walker said.
Texas A&M offers about 30 en
dowed chairs or professorships
and provides scholarships for
approximately 400 National Merit
Scholars.
That money also is used to pay
for faculty and staff travel ex
penses, moving expenses and ex
penses involved in bringing people
to interview for jobs with the Uni
versity^
Dr. Robert Walker