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■ United Pres* International
HALDE, Lebanon — An anxious
■ese government took a timet-
t for the withdrawal of all foreign
:es from its territory within four
I to today’s seventh round of
■vith Israel, government sources
lie detailed Lebanese timetable
ihecn finalized by Sunday and was
■ raised at today’s round of the
ptiations in Khalde, an Israeli-
upied coastal town 8 miles south of
rm, the sources said.
The session was the first since
Ion and Israel agreed on an
la last week for the critical nego-
Is that began on Dec. 28. The
Iposite agenda suggested by the
States broke a th ree-week pro-
ulal deadlock.
c.
Agenda issues included arrange-
nts to guarantee the security of
tels northern border with Leba-
Ind a framework for Israeli-
jaiiese future relations — both set
'Jerusalem as conditions for an
aeli withdrawal.
-ebanon’s independent Central
ws Agency, well-informed on gov-
Hent affairs, said the timetable
timed a phased withdrawal by
ich an estimated 30,000 Israeli sol
i's must leave Lebanon.
Be plan also reportedly includes
overall schedule for the removal of
,000 Syrian and 10,000 Palestinian
liters from the nation.
■banese government sources sai<
■envoy Philip Habib told Israe
me Minister Menachern Begin la;
ek that President Reagan is detei
tied to get the plan under way b
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barge numbers of Israeli force
|, |been stationed in Lebanon sine
Kune 6 when the Jewish state ir
Kd Lebanon in an effort to on;
estine Liberation Organizatio
cn illas from within firing range c
border.
staff photo by David Fisher
Moving back in
Christmas break is over, and it’s time to get back to the grind of
school. Moving back in is part of the grind. Julie Jackson, left, a
senior accounting major from Alice, and Cindy Ellis, a freshman
business administration major from Arlington, bring one of sev
eral loads from the car into the dorm.
Important
for spring
Dates to remember for the spring
semester are:
• Today — Graduation announce
ment ordering begins.
• Friday — Last day to enroll and
add new classes.
• Feb. 1 — Last day to drop classes
with no record.
• Feb. 4 — Last day to apply for
degrees to be awarded in May.
• Feb. 8 — Last day to order gra
duation announcements for May gra
duates.
dates
term
• Feb. 18 — Last day to Q-drop.
• March 7 — Mid-semester grade
reports due.
• March 14-20 — Spring break.
• April 18-22 — Pre-registration
for fall semester.
• April 21 — Muster.
• May 6 — Last day of spring
semester classes and commencement.
• May 7 — Commencement, com
missioning and final review.
• May 9-13 — Final examinations.
urkish airplane crashes, burns
Tiring snowstorm, 46 people die
United Press Inten
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l| r port officials said
t^ue a statement tod;
Sunday’s accident.
r )ct °rs said 46 sur\
» ns and other h
brought Sunday to five local hospitals
but only 21 were still alive today,
bringing the death toll to 46.
Of the survivors, only two were
listed in good condition, the remain
der had severe burns, they said. Many
of the passengers were Turkish
citizens employed in West Germany,
officials said.
Technicians today pieced together
the last minutes of the flight, listening
to the control tower s taped conversa
tion with the pilot during -his
approach to Ankara’s Esenboga Air
port in visibility officials put at only
150 yards.
The plane, on a flight from Frank
furt, West Germany, via Istanbul, was
carrying 67 people, including the
crew of seven — a pilot, co-pilot, navi
gator and four hostesses — who all
survived.
Prime Minister Bulend Usulu, who
went to the crash scene with Interior
Minister Selahattin Cetiner and other
government officials, offered his con
dolences to the nation.
Airport officials said the jetliner
came down on its belly shortly before
10 p.m. local time near the end of the
runway.
The crash was the worst involving a
Turkish airliner since 154 people
died in the crash of an identical plane
near Isparta, Turkey, on Sept. 17,
1976.
congressional leaders predict
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Wright of Texas and House Republi
can leader Robert Michel of Illinois.
The plan, approved 12-3 by the
president’s National Commission on
Social Security Reform, combines
payroll tax hikes, taxing benefits paid
to better-off pensioners, freezing be
nefit increases for six months and re
quiring new federal workers to join
the system.
The plan would fix Social Secur
ity’s short-term problems by raising
$169 billion over seven years to keep
checks flowing to 36 million Amer
icans and close two-thirds of the 75-
year shortfall. The commission told
Congress to find the rest by raising
taxes, which liberals want, or by rais
ing the retirement age, which a com
mission majority will urge.
Key provisions include speeding
up payroll tax hikes now set to take
effect in 1985 and 1990 and giving a
one-year income tax credit in 1984,
taxing half of benefits for better-off
recipients — single pensioners earn
ing more than $20,000 and couples
earning more than $25,000, not
counting Social Security — and de
laying July’s scheduled cost-of-living
hike until January. Subsequent in
creases would come annually in
January.
The 13-million-member American
Association of Retired Persons, the
nation’s largest elderly lobby group,
said it will fight proposals for a be
nefits freeze and taxes on pensions,
calling them substantial cuts.
Four ex-governors
to attend swearing-in
United Press International
AUSTIN — A string of former
governors — Allan Shivers, Preston
Smith, John Connally and Dolph
Briscoe — will watch Gov. Bill Cle
ments turn over the reins of power to
Mark White at Tuesday’s swearing-in
ceremony.
But a majority of those famous
spectators worked to get White defe
ated.
Though Shivers, who served from
1949 to 1957, and Smith, in office
from 1969 to 1973, were elected gov
ernor as Democrats and remain in the
party, they threw their support be
hind Clements’ re-election campaign.
Connally, elected as a Democrat to
three gubernatorial terms from 1963
to 1969, switched parties after the
1972 presidential election and sup-
f >orted Clements as a fellow Repub-
ican.
Briscoe, inaugurated in 1973 and
the last Democrat to serve before Cle
ments’ surprising sweep into office in
1979, threw his full support behind
White.
Smith was the only one of the five
former chief executives available for
comment.
“Personally, I have the highest re
gard for Mark White,” said Smith,
governor from 1969 to 1973. “I think
he’ll have a real fine administration.
“Naturally, since Gov. Clements
appointed me to the Coordinating
Board (Texas College and University
System), I had to cast my vote for him.
But I’ve known Mark White for a long
time and respect and like him.”
Price Daniel, governor from 1957
to 1963, did not participate in any
campaigning. Daniel, 72, also was
prevented by poor health from
attending the inaugural.
Though their political loyalties
may vary, the five living former gov
ernors have one thing in common —
they all are leading vastly successful
private lives.
— Shivers, the first person elected
to three terms as governor, left office
in 1957 and immediately took up resi
dence in Woodlawn, the mansion re
sidence of the state’s fifth elected gov
ernor, E.M. Pease. Shivers has stayed
active in local and state politics and
business and serves as a director of
the Austin National Bank.
— Daniel, who went to the Gov
ernor’s Mansion from the U.S. Sen
ate, has divided time between practic
ing law and running his ranch in Li
berty County since his retirement
from public service in 1981 when he
left the Texas Supreme Court.
Daniel, who served as governor from
1957 to 1963, underwent major
surgery last spring and still is recover
ing, forcing him to miss the inaugura
tion for the first time since World War
II.
Controversies crop up
during University break
by Robert McGlohon
Battalion Staff
Despite opinion to the contrary, the
rest of the world didn’t grind to a halt
during Christmas break. It’s been a
busy month.
A heated battle between Gov. Bill
Clements and Gov.-elect Mark White
has been brewing in Austin. At the
center of the controversy is the 100 or
so lame-duck appointments that Cle
ments made after his defeat Nov. 2.
White, who takes office Tuesday,
told a group of supporters Jan. 8 that
it would be fine if the Senate rejected
the appointments made by Clements.
Three of Clements’ last-minute
appointments were to the Texas
A&M Board of Regents. John R.
Blocker of Houston, former Texas
House Speaker Bill Clayton of
Springlake and Michel Halbouty of
Houston were named to the niiie-
member board. The three men were
sworn in Tuesday.
Those appointments and others
now must be considered by the Sen
ate. A majority of the 31 senators —
26 Democrats and five Republicans —
is required to return the appoint
ments.
Democratic senators are scheduled
to meet with White on Tuesday to
decide whether to reject or accept
Clement’s appointments.
Republicans made the news in
other areas as well. Republican Phil
Gramm began campaigning Jan. 10
for the seat he resigned as Democrat
Phil Gramm on Jan. 5.
Gramm drew the wrath of the
Democratic party when he openly
supported President Ronald
Reagan’s economic policies and was
charged with giving away Democratic
strategy to the White House. In turn,
party officials voted not to return the
former Texas A&M economist to the
House Budget Committee. Gramm
responded by resigning as both a con
gressman and a Democrat.
A special election for the 6th Con
gressional District will be held Feb.
12.
In news closer to home, officials of
the Texas A&M and University of
Texas systems announced plans to
give Prairie View A&M University a
piece of the Permanent University
Fund pie.
The PUF is composed of income
from oil produced on land set aside by
the Legislature. The Texas A&M and
UT systems share the Available Uni
versity Fund, which consists of pro
ceeds from the PUF. Texas A&M re
ceives one-third of the Available
Fund.
Officials of both systems plan to
recommend that the Legislature
propose a constitutionabamendment
to allow Prairie View to share in the
Available Fund.
Under the proposed plan, the
Texas A&M System would have its
share of the fund increased by $6 mil
lion annually for the next 10 years.
The increase would come from the
two-thirds share normally allocated to
the UT System.
The plan stipulates that the Texas
A&M Board of Regents will deal
“equitably and justly” between Texas
A&M and Prairie View A&M when
allocating PUF bond proceeds and
the Available Fund.
In other campus news, the old
animal science pavilion, once a dirt-
floored arena with animal stalls, has
undergone a transformation and is
now a modern registration center.
Gramm’s campaign
continues; walk ends
Ex-Democrat Phil Gramm visited
College Station on Saturday to cam
paign for the congressional seat he
gave up in order to run as a Repub
lican.
Gramm was at Post Oak Mall
Saturday morning and visited
Hearne and Bremond later in the
afternoon. His walking tour of the 6th
Congressional District, which in
cluded about 45 communities, started
a week ago and ends today.
“Basically people just said they
knew I had to make a hard decision
and they supported me,” Gramm said
Saturday.
Gramm’s press secretary Larry
Neal said local support has been over
whelming with more than 100 people
from Bryan and College Station
volunteering to help with the re-
election campaign.
The next step in the campaign is to
put together a personal appearance
schedule for Gramm, Neal said.
“Phil Gramm and a gaggle of other
candidates are running in the elec
tion,” Neal said.
Ten persons are running against
Gramm in the Feb. 12 special election.
The drawing for candidates’ position
on the ballot is today at 3 p.m. at the
Commissioners Courtroom at the
Brazos County Courthouse.
The Democratic Party’s challenge
that Gramm is ineligible to run in the
special election is no longer a concern,
Neal said. Secretary of State David
Dean researched the question and
found that Gramm can run as a Re
publican in the election, he said.
Ex-Rep. Phil Gramm
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forecast
Today will be mostly cloudy with a
high of 54 and a 30 percent
chance of rain. Southeasterly
winds at 10 mph. Increasing
cloudiness tonight with a low of 42
and a 40 percent chance of rain.
Tuesday will be cloudy with rain.