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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.
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| 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
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asserts reservations
iffect Indian development
United Press International
T
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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.
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K flooded at 5:30 p.m. Monday
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■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 -
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Ipack in operation within a week.
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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
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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.