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The Battalion ranks Te S j, league, as,. 'C with 84,6 ?ar is third '45) and '9 percent, |s the team ' Jones is >5 ... In oi niversityof >n thenat rd The b won the aments the Aa *te Ath lonal toi ee years. H earns all us vearasa >n ol theA school year "ms have ne games, •ason. Serving the University community 77 USPS 045360 12 Pages College Station, Texas Tuesday, January 18, 1983 *r! ee Shaw, a freshman environmental design ma- br from Dallas, Amanda Pike, middle, a fresh- han business administration major from Stavar- staff photo by Irene Mees ger, Norway, and Mary Ann Rameau, a junior education major from Houston, examine the exhibit at the Academic Building. 'Vnonymous art exhibit rets varied reactions by Ann Ramsbottom Battalion Staff n anonymous exhibition of art Ised considerable conversation .mcng returning students on cam- p Monday. |The brightly painted cane-like Iks were placed in bundles foughout the campus by several identified persons Sunday even- ig I he stalks were accompanied maps of the campus which wed the locations of similar dis c's placed on campus. The in- ■ption, “Homage to Stonehenge” as written on the maps. Ptudents who saw the art exhibits jl varied reactions. Responses gcd from approval to distaste for objects. One student said that it didn’t latter whether the objects were art or not, because the displays cause people to think. Another student said that she thought it was another way to pull Aggies closer together. For example, she said, strangers would stop to confer over just exact ly what the art was supposed to be. Some students didn’t find the bundles to be quite as meaningful. One student said that the stalks were “ugly as sin” and should be removed from campus. Other comments were indiffe rent. Maybe the art was meant to catch attention, just a joke, or bizar re art. One observer thought that it was an advertisement for the local nightclub Lipstik. Campus grounds maintenance personnel had no explanation for the objects. “We haven’t found out who is re sponsible but we’re interested in finding out,” Dr. Eugene Ray, dire ctor of grounds maintenance said. “Whoever did it failed to follow the accepted policy and procedures for displaying things on campus. Many irrigation pipes run underground for the sprinkling system and when things are stuck carelessly in the ground, the pipes can be easily broken.” Ray said that his department con tacted the environmental design de partment in an effort to find out who is responsible for the art. Stu dents in the department were re sponsible for several art exhibits during the fall semester. Environmental design personnel said they did not know who put the art display up. sraeli-Lebanon discussions nay bring troop withdrawal ■ United Press International 8 ae| and Lebanon held substan- | e discussions on ending their 35- j-old state of war with the assur- Tt i • V S - Middle East envoy Phi- dabib s shuttle diplomacy may the withdrawal of foreign c es from Lebanon. a e ^ an ese Foreign Minister Elie 01 said following the seventh « 11 °i Israeli-Lebanese negotia- iday, w®" 1 ; Monday that the two nations leagues aP | e ‘'^ly to produce a protocol penient on diplomatic relations in 5 near future. I An Israeli official who attended jsession in Khalde, 8 miles south of J ut, said a subcommittee estab- ec in define the future Israel- r, r ,n ° n „ r e i at i°nship made “good tf es j i ; n three hours of talks. . ° j a y’ s talks were the first round ! etwo sides agreed last week on opted n! irrently l 18 ' ns. a compromise agenda to end a pro cedural dispute that had blocked progress since meetings began on Dec. 28. Negotiators originally planned to simultaneously discuss — in separate committees — Israel’s demand for security agreements and Lebanon’s demand for the pullout of 40,000 Sy rian, 10,000 Palestinian and 30,000 Israeli troops. The two sides formed a subcom mittee on future relations Monday, however, and left Lebanon’s demand for the withdrawal of foreign forces to future discussion. But Lebanese officials, watchful of relations with the rest of the Arab world, took pains to stress the initial focus on relations did not imply a les sening of their emphasis on troop withdrawal. Salem said there would be no for- High Court delays windfall tax review United Press International WASHINGTON — T he Supreme Court refused Tuesday to speed up review of a Wyoming judge’s ruling overturning the windfall oil profits tax, which has already netted the gov ernment more than $26 billion. The Justice Department had urged the court to give faster-than- usual treatment to its appeal of a rul ing by a Cheyenne judge who struck down the tax as unconstitutional be cause it exempted oil produced in Alaska. The government had asked for the expedited treatment because it stands to lose large sums without swift legal action. It argued that the lower court decision may disrupt the federal budgetary process. , The Reagan administration is planning to send to Congress on Jan. 31 its fiscal 1984 budget with possible deficits of $200 billion. By requesting an early hearing, the ? ;overnment apparently was trying to orestall any chance it would have to repay any of the windfall profit taxes collected so far. Settling the case this court term would “greatly reduce the uncertain ty that now exists with respect to the formulation of the 1983 and 1984 budgets,” Acting Solicitor General Lawrence Wallace told the court. The court’s action Tuesday does not mean it will not eventually hear the case. It could still take up the case and hear arguments next term — but that would mean no final decision un til at least 1984. Two justices — Harry Blackmun and Sandra Day O’Connor — said they wanted to hear the case this term. Apparently the seven other justices felt otherwise. The government warned that un less the case is decided this term, it “would be forced to plan for a possi ble substantial reduction of future re venues and a substantial expenditure of public funds for refunds of wind fall profit taxes already collected.” Enacted as part of decontrol of domestic oil prices, the windfall pro fits tax was keyed to preventing pro ducers from reaping excessive profits from decontrol. The Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act, which President Carter signed into law in April 1980, exempted oil produced in Alaska north of the Arc tic Circle from taxation. The Independent Petroleum Asso ciation of America and other oil pro ducers sought to have the law over turned and recoup substantial re funds. On Nov. 4, U.S. District Judge Ew ing Kerr held the tax violated a clause of the Constitution that requires taxes to “be uniform throughout the Un ited States.” Ex-leader of Solidarity plans ‘trick’ to get job United Press International WARSAW — Rebuffed last week in his first attempt to get his old job back, former Solidarity leader Lech Walesa said he hopes a “certain trick” will persuade authorities to rehire him to day at the Lenin shipyards in Gdansk. Managers at the shipyards in the northern port of Gdansk, the birth place of Solidarity in 1980, said a final decision on whether to reinstate Walesa as an electrician would be made today. T am going, but I will not tell you where to,” Walesa, leader of the dis banded trade union, said in a tele phone interview. “I want to play a certain trick on them (the shipyard management).” Walesa, who was interned for 11 months, has applied for reinstate ment at the shipyards. He was turned away Friday after officials said his documents were not in order and administrative formalities had not been completed. The formalities referred to documentation of payment and leave time accumulated during his Solidar ity stewardship. Since the 9-million-member union was suspended under martial law and later banned, the papers needed for Walesa to return to work must come from the military commissar of Gdansk. Walesa attended two special church services in Gdansk Sunday, the first requested by workers at the Lenin shipyards. The second service was to pray for the freed internees and the 1,500 activists and dissidents still in jail for martial law violations or awaiting trial. Accompanied by his eldest son, Bogdan, 12, at the first service and his wife, Danuta, at the second, Walesa flashed the “V” for victory sign to cheering onlookers but made no speeches. About 2,500 worshipers attended the morning mass and about 12,000 worshipers attended the evening mass. The government newspaper Rzeczpospolita said authorities are considering granting pardons to some 700 of those in jail. AScM library to get ex-politicians’ papers mal peace treaty as sought by Israel. The two countries have been in a for mal state of war since Israel declared its independence in 1948. Christopher Ross, a member of the U.S. negotiating team participating in the talks, said “good progress was made” in the subcommittee meeting. Lebanon agreed to the change in opening issues after assurances that Habib would concentrate on with drawals during shuttle talks in Beirut, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Lebanese political sources said. Salem told Lebanon’s National News Agency that Habib had secret proposals “that might achieve unex pected results.” He said Lebanon had expected the negotiations to last a month or two, but Habib’s diplomacy “makes us ex pect the negotiations will end earlier.” The papers of former Texas Speaker of the House Bill Clayton and former state Agriculture Com missioner Reagan Brown, both Texas A&M graduates, are being presented to the Sterling C. Evans Library University President Frank E. Vandiver said that, as a historian, he appreciates having the papers avail able for research purposes. “Such documents are invaluable in gaining insight into the processes in volved in reaching important deci sions,” Vandiver said. “And in these cases, state-level decisions that had far-reaching effects.” Clayton, Class of’50, was elected to the Texas Legislature in 1962. He was elected speaker in 1975 and re elected three times. He steps down this month, after deciding not to seek re-election as a representative of Dis trict 74. Clayton was sworn in last week as a member of the Texas A&M Board of Regents. Dr. Irene Hoadley, library dire ctor, said Clayton’s documents are contained in more than 200 boxes and include correspondence, speeches, government reports and publications and other records. The collection includes several videotapes of legislative action and gavels used by Clayton when he presided over the House of Representatives. “These papers have every appear ance of being one of the most com plete records of political activities that the library has received and should be a rich resource for research on mid twentieth century Texas politics,” Hoadley said. Brown, Class of ’43, served as agri culture commissioner for five years. He was associated with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service for more than 25 years before entering public service at the state level in 1973. Prior to becoming agriculture commissioner, he was assistant to Gov. Dolph Briscoe. Hoadley described Brown’s collec tion, delivered in about 25 boxes, as an important research source for Texas agricultural activities and de velopments. Vandiver said the Clayton and Brown papers add to a growing col lection of personal papers donated by prominent Texans in both the public and private sectors. Michel T. Halbouty, an interna tionally acclaimed geologist who was recently sworn in as a regent along with Clayton, announced in Novem ber that he was donating his papers to the Texas A&M library and already has presented a portion of them. The papers of the late Congressman Olin E. Teague, also a Texas A&M gradu ate, are housed here. Get -REC Spo' More surplus programs suggested to aid farmers D! W A VU i nr Press International r Pr H , ING1 ON — Despite general support ns - ivcagan’s new “crop swap” prog- (t ; rn leaders are suggesting additional help accomplish the same goals of re- o farrne^ 0 ^ sur P* uses an< 4 boosting prices paid ..| e e ‘'^ an s program, outlined last week before necessa. [l . IT,eilcan Farm Bureau Federation’s Good P ua ‘ meeting i n Dallas, promise a share of - s ! Vain 1 ® du( rntn j Sur .P lus crops to farmers who help jr . P l Co$ M,rJl roduction by having land idle, the Intrai" 1 finer? oro °- ,he Farm Bureau, the largest 1 Sports 0 idorsed theX? 01 ' 1,1 the countr y’ P rom P d y > oined ay, K ■EEC SPj 1 |y ln , ' other farm groups in clas- at s u. *5 P ro gram as a short-term measure at s o,, a ! w s ,a m as a snort-term measure J at 159 ® build fl' )e acconi panied by other efforts to 845-7826 Reagan’s ? rug S Un S farm economy. nd nr un veihng of the new payment-m- ngram, which he dubbed a “crop swap.” was coupled with the announcement of two other market-building moves that have been advocated for months by farm leaders. First was his expansion of a 3-month-old cre dit program designed to generate sales of American farm goods to developing nations; second, his decision to sign “sanctity of con tract” legislation softening the impact of trade embargoes on agricultural exports. But Farm Belt lawmakers and other agricul tural leaders said other action is needed to speed up reduction of the huge stockpiles of some crops and to provide relief for farmers. Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., said statistics indicate the United States will not be able to achieve a significant reduction in its wheat surpluses over the next 18 months unless demand for the crop increases. . , _ , , Earlier, Dole told interviewers on the Cable News Network he hoped to introduce legisla tion to prescribe new programs to use govern ment food surpluses to feed the poor and the elderly. The idea is to supplement existing food and nutrition programs, Dole-said, adding that sur pluses of raw farm goods should somehow be processed and given to the poor “until we, in effect, eat up the surplus.” A similar suggestion came from a lawyer for the American School Food Service Association, which represents school cafeteria managers. Association attorney Marshall Matz sug gested that the government donate surplus wheat, rice and other commodities to the Na tional School Lunch Program. The donations would both strengthen child nutrition prog rams and help use up surpluses, he said. Two Farm State congressment recom mended another step to help farmers survive what could be a financially harsh spring and summer. Democratic Reps. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota and Thomas Daschle of South Dakota said they plan to refile legislation to give far mers more time to repay loans from the Far mers Home Administration. Without the time extensions, the two lawmakers said, some far mers will not be able to stay in business until fall, when they will receive the bulk of their pay ments under the new acreage reduction program. Other farm leaders, including Michael Hall of the National Corn Growers Association, have urged Reagan to offer to negotiate a new agree ment with the Soviet Union to raise the mini mum annual Soviet purchase of U.S. grain. Hall said the United States should make the offer soon — possibly during the regular March consultations with representatives of the Soviet Union — to assure farmers he wants to expand their share of the Soviet market. Dorms hit by power outage Several northside residence halls, the A.P. Beutel Health Center and Milner Hall suffered a power outage Monday about 5 p.m. The outage re sulted from a short in an under ground cable vault, a physical plant spokesman said Monday. In some of the buildings, electricity was restored as early as 7 p.m., but it was about 10:30 p.m. before all elec tricity was restored, said the foreman of the electric shop, Norman Hayes. The dorms affected were Cle ments, Haas, Hobby, Hotard, Legett, McFadden and Neely halls. inside Around Town 4 Classified 6 Local 3 National 8 Opinions • 2 Sports 9 State 3 forecast E Cloudy today with a 70 percent chance of showers and a high of 55. Northeasterly winds at 7 to 15 mph. The clouds will persist tonight with a 60 percent chance of rain and a low of 43. Wednesday will be cloudy to partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and a high of 50.