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\ ^attaliofi/Par anuary The Battalion Serving the University community and trjjiJ 78 USPS 045360 14 Pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, January 19, 1983 'hat giving [k, laceuticalto d inactive ); 'tieni accoa; H) percentof limary com pear to be eiated with diving ri stored inle ' ^its, thepp 'tedicinerM L "lentificati m icled. staff photo by Diana Sultenfuss iv. Mark White and wife Linda Gale pledge their building in Austin, prior to his inauguration Tues- egiance to the flag on the steps of the Capitol day as the 42nd govenor of Texas. ftabib reportedly calls or soldiers in Lebanon | United Press International ||. envoy Philip Habib called for Joning American soldiers at early ping stations in south Lebanon to ■ Israeli demands for security ilgeinents before withdrawing iwroops, it was reported today. Israeli Foreign Ministry officials lined to comment on the report in ■lebrew language newspaper aretz, which said Israel was insist- h jts soldiers staff at least three ||dg stations, Ha’aretz said tttday Israel was de manding its own soldiers sit in the monitoring stations in southern Leba non to prevent the return of Palesti nian guerrillas to the region. The newspaper said Habib pre sented the plan to meet Israel’s de mand for security arrangements in southern Lebanon prior to the with drawal of its forces from the war-torn Bekaa Valley before withdrawing its troops from Lebanon. nation. In Beirut, the right-wing Phalange Party newspaper A1 Amal said Syria has asked Lebanon for security arrangements in the strategic eastern It said the Syrians have agreed to a simultaneous withdrawal with Israel if given specific security guarantees in the Bekaa Valley to match those de manded by Israel in south Lebanon. Israel said it invaded Lebanon June 6 to end the threat of guerrilla attacks on its territory from southern Leba non. It was^not immediately clear how many stations the Israelis want estab lished. I > >5 asserts reservations iffect Indian development United Press International T l . united Fre Indian leaders say Interior Secret in Janies Watt oversimplified and aggerated Indian problems by Sen mg that reservations have ham- red Indians’ social development. Bpe tribe in Wisconsin immediate- voted to urge President Reagan to RVatt for his resignation. Tn an interview taped for broad- |today on Satellite Program Net- abased in I ulsa, Okla., Watt con- ||ed the 1.4 million Indians who eon reservations maintained by the prnment, experience overwhelm- |social problems, including drug Us e, alcoholism, unemployment, T| ce an( ^ veneral disease. |j very soc ial problem is exagger- r because of socialistic govern- P policies on the Indian reserva- Bf vVatt said. “If you want an ex ample of the failure of socialism, don’t go to Russia — come to America and go to the Indian reservations.” Watt’s spokesman, James Baldwin, said later Watt was not criticizing the reservation system, but criticizing the role of the federal government over the affairs of Indian governments. Watt, whose department includes the Bureau of Indian Affairs that su pervises the nation’s reservations, said Indians have been “trained through 100 years of government oppression to look to the government as the creatqj-, as the provider, as the supplier, and have not been trained to use the initiative to integrate into the American system.” The Lac Courte Oreilles tribal gov erning board, representing one of 11 reservations in Wisconsin, voted unanimously Tuesday night to re quest that President Reagan ask Watt for his resignation. The board said Watt has betrayed the trust between the federail government and Indian tribes he had promised to uphold in his oath of office. George Henkel, director of the Montana United Indian Association, said reservations are “socialistic” only because they have been forced on the Indian people. “Therefore, for many Indians, it is their only refuge, so feel ings of socialism among Indians is en couraged.” Henkel said one reason there are so many social problems on reservations is, there is so little economic and busi ness development, and said the gov ernment has done very little to en courage such economic activity on re servations. guestrooms flood Ff I I ■ ■he guest room area of the second ■ of the Memorial Student Center K flooded at 5:30 p.m. Monday ■ n a three-inch, chilled waterline O W to supply water to air condition- l g units broke. ■he leak was repaired within a half sa *^ Steven M. Hodge, director Phe University Center. Damages ||being assessed and clean-up oper- iiT are ' n p r °g ress - [ lodge said he hopes the area will Ipack in operation within a week. inside pssifted . . g ■cal % Rational 9 ^pinions ... o Burts.... i, Ite ^ phat’sup.i4 forecast P\ Tno Skies toda y and a bit nip- tatin. * • P ert;en t chance of precipi- H U °n With a UirrU ao T-mU _ • Jj. mZ r« th a h,gh of 49 - ENE winds of r v ' m ph. A 50 percent chance Th J i toni S h t and a low of 39. Irrll.T 8 h, S h will be 48 with a 60 f rce nt chance of rain. Panel may raise retirement age United Press International WASHINGTON — Americans born after 1949 would have to wait an extra year to retire under a proposal that probably will win endorsement of a majority of. the president s Social Security commission, well-placed sources say. The proposal, which would raise the retirement age to 66 and the early retirement age to 63, will probably win at least seven votes on the 15- member commission, and possibly up to 10, sources said Monday. age by one month a year, beginning in the year 2000, until it reached 66 in 2015. Americans born in 1938 would have to wait an extra month to retire; those born after 1949 would wait a full year. —Raising the early retirement age, now 62, gradually to 63 the same year. Early retirees now collect 80 percent of the full benefit. Americans could still retire at age 62, but would get an even lower check. The proposal would not be part of the official report of the National Commission on Social Security Re form, which recommends payroll tax hikes, a six-month benefits freeze and taxing benefits of upper-income pen sioners to save f 169 billion by 1990. —Raising the retirement age furth er after the year 2020 by linking it to increases in the average lifespan. — Leaving eligibility unchanged for Medicare at age 65 and for disabil ity benefits. But those recommendations erase only two-thirds of Social Security s 75- year cash shortfall. The commission agreed to disagree on how Congress should come up with the rest ol the money. Commissioi},Chairman Alan Greenspan said he and others would recommend hiking the retirement The retirement age proposal, cir culated in draft form Monday by commission staff, would close the gap by —Raising the 65-year retirement said. White promises aid for Texas education by Denise Richter Battalion Staff AUSTIN — Increasing the salaries of school teachers will be the first step toward putting a new emphasis on education in Texas, Gov. Mark White said during a soggy swearing-in cere mony at the Capitol on Tuesday. “We must demonstrate to our teachers that they occupy an honored place in our society,” W’hite said. “Second-class citizens will not turn out first-class minds.” More than 8,000 people braved 45-degree weather and a steady rain to watch Chief Justice Jack Pope of the Texas Supreme Court administer the oath of office to White and Lt. Gov. William Hobby. During the gubernatorial cam paign, White frequently criticized former Gov. William Clements’ lack of concern for education during his single term as the state’s first Republi can governor in 100 years. “Our goal must be to build the best system of education that the mind of man can devise — from first grade through graduate school — and make that system responsive to the needs of every boy and girl in Texas,” White said. “Education is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Tomorrow’s economy will have no place for an unskilled or semi-skilled person.” White outlined eight “foundations for greatness” — emphasizing educa tion and human resources — de signed to help Texas become the in dustrial and financial leader of the United States. “Blacks, Mexican-Americans and women have not been given the see related editorial, page 2 opportunity to pafticipate fully in our society,” he said. “The future can’t afford such a waste. We will never be so rich that we can squander the ta lents of a single human being.” Other “foundations” cited by White included environmental pro tection, upgrading of highways, equality for all citizens, renewed ties between business, labor and govern ment and a crackdown on crime. “They are not partisan founda tions,” White said. “They are not de dicated to narrow self-interests. They are foundations upon which we can all build our futures.” White also reminded the Legisla ture that he does not believe new taxes should be levied during the cur rent legislative session. “No civilization has ever been able to afford everything it wanted,” he said. “We are no exception. We must learn to live within our means.” After the ceremony, White led a procession to the governor’s mansion where he fulfilled a campaign prom ise by breaking the lock on the man sion gates. Because of renovations, the man sion was closed to visitors during most of Clements’ administration. During the campaign, White promised to reopen the mansion if elected. He had no trouble finding the tools for the ceremonial cutting — he re ceived at least six pairs of bolt cutters from supporters throughout the state. Breaking the lock symbolized “opening (government) to and for the people of the state, to whom it right fully belongs,” White said. The Aggie Band, Parsons Mounted Cavalry and a detachment of cadets from the Ross Volunteers, the governor’s honor guard, repre sented Texas A&M University at the day-long festivities. Members of the Ross Volunteers formed the ceremonial saber arch for the inauguration, and the band and cavalry participated in the inaugural parade down Congress Avenue. The celebration started Monday night with a $50-a-plate Democratic Victory dinner. Two formal, $50-a- person balls — one for north Texans and one for south Texans — and a $5-a-person informal hall open to the public were held Tuesday night. Clements’ appointments may not be returned to White from staff and wire reports Debate over the right of former Gov. Bill Clements to make lame- duck appointments has been a prior ity issue in the first week of the legisla tive session, but now it appears that Gov. Mark White does not have the support he needs to have all the appointments returned to him. Although White hasn’t taken the issue before the Senate yet, some of White’s. Senate backers have said that he doesn’t have a majority of the 31 - member Senate on his side. Sen. Ray Farabee, D-Wichita Falls, said Tuesday that White’s only hope in the battle is to have §ome of Cle ments’ board of regents appoint ments returned to him. Included in those appointments are two new Texas A&M regents, acclaimed geologist Michel Halbouty and for mer Texas House speaker Bill Clayton, and one reappointment to the board, John Blocker. The regents were sworn into office last week in Austin. White said I uesday that he has not yet decided whether to ask the Senate to return all the appointments, but a White supporter said White is unsure about the vote, even on the regents appointments. The debate over the appointments started when a group of Democratic senators announced their opposition to Clements’ 105 lame-duck appoint ments. Clements claimed he was f ul filling his duty as governor, while opponents claimed he was trying to extend his political power. A&M to host lecture series on NATO, Western alliance By Robert McGlohon Battalion Staff Former President Gerald Ford, former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and former British Prime Minister Edward Heath will be at Texas A&M on April 4 as part of a special lecture series. The discussion, entitled “NAT O and the Western Alliance,” will be held in Rudder Auditorium and moderated by Ted Koppel of ABC’s “Nightline.” The program replaces one that was to include former U.S. secretaries of state Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig, Dean Rusk and Edmund Mus- kie. That program fell through; however, the former heads of state and Koppel have signed a binding contract that commits them to the appearance, said Dale R. Tampke, chairman of the MSC Endowed Lec ture Series Committee. The committee hasn’t given up on the original program but has put it on the back burner for a while, Tampke said. Carlayne Mertens, who is in charge of fund raising for the prog ram, said the committee plans to raise $80,000 for the event. Tampke said that because of an agreement with Harry Walker Inc., the agency that represents the former heads of state and Koppel, he could not re veal the individual fees each speaker wjll receive. “(But) it’s a pretty expensive program,” he said. Despite the title of the committee, the MSC Endowed Lecture Series Committee does not have an endow ment. But Tampke said he hopes the publicity of the April 4 program will help solicit one. Mertens and Tampke said they do not anticipate any problems in raising the necessary money. duce such programs on a semester basis in five or six years. “We’re a university,” Tampke said. “We’re in the business of edu cating people. And part of that edu cation is, if not the acceptance, at least the acknowledgement of diffe rent ideas. And we’re bringing these ideas to campus.” The $80,000 is being raised by the MSC Enrichment Fund, which Mer tens directs as part of her duties as vice-president for development of the MSC Council. A March 25, 1980, program featuring Nobel economists Milton Friedman and Paul Samuelson prompted the idea for an endowed lecture series, Tampke said. The program, which dealt with the eco nomic responsibility of government, was sponsored by the MSC Great Issues Committee. The endowed lecture series com mittee hopes to sponsor at least one similar program a year, Tampke said, and hopes to be able to pro- Ted Koppell Congressional leaders promise President Reagan they will push for quick approval of the $169 billion bipartisan Social Security bailout, but other key lawmakers say the package may not get through unscathed. In a conference call to congression al leaders, Reagan said the plan “will provide a real boost to the American people in these tough times,” White House spokesman Larry Speakes The House Select Committee on Aging scheduled a session next week to hear from groups representing the elderly, some of whom are expected to oppose the plan.