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mm | Texas A&M ■ ■ ■ ■ The Battalion s Serving the University communily — i6 No. 85 USPS 045360 30 Pages In 2 Sections College Station, Texas Friday, January 28, 1983 Co. saiddij ‘^penses' 'N shed trai c kidneys Soviets endorse nuclear-free zone nine we si Hon OnthtB United Press International spiants,'! VldSCOW — T rying to build an ■ a spokedgl as a peacemaker before wor- i.N 'I.bast (1 European anti-nuclear activists, WearesJsbviet Union endorsed the crea- ocedure.” Hf a zone free of low-yield nuc- r weapons across central Europe. ir<»r;,hear« e r . an , nOUnCenient Th J irsday by ^ ^ ( I o tcial news agency lass coin- led vith the resumption of U.S.- viei negotiations in Geneva on litihg intermediate-range nuclear sat theH ssi|es in Europe, r.ivelers Western diplomats said the Soviet endorsement was timed to influence public opinion in Western Europe, and West Germany in particular, where general elections in six weeks will focus on a raging debate over nuclear disarmament. The Swedish government has cal led upon the seven Warsaw Pact gov ernments to consider a report by an East-West panel chaired by Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme calling for a corridor free of all battlefield nuc lear weapons. The weapons covered by the nuc lear-free zone would be short-range missiles and artillery shells tipped with generally low-yield nuclear war heads and deployed as tactical arms by conventional forces in NATO countries. “The Swedish government has been notified the Soviet Union is ready to participate in talks on the creation of the proposed zone and other questions, including verifica tion,” Tass said. The news agency said the issue could be considered at separate talks in Vienna between NATO and War saw Pact countries on reducing con ventional forces in Europe. The panel’s recommendation last June was for a 185-mile-wide zone east and west from the borders of NATO and Warsaw Pact nations. In central Europe, the panel’s zone would stretch across West and East Germany and Czechoslovakia. The Soviet proposal endorsed the corridor and said it should be wider, eventually extending to northern Europe and the Balkan nations. “The Soviet side believes the prop osed zone can be genuinely effective in reducing the nuclear threat if its width is not 300 kilometers (185- miles) but 500-600 kilometers (310- 375 miles),” Tass said. The tactical weapons’ proposal is separate from the issues under dis cussion at Geneva, where talks re sumed Thursday after a two-month Christmas recess. NATO plans to deploy 572 Per shing-2 and cruise missiles late this year unless the Soviet Union scraps its 600 intermediate-range missiles, in cluding triple-warheaded SS-20s, targeted on Western European coun tries. The Soviets have attempted to split the United States and its European allies by offering compromises which have been unacceptable to NATO. U.S., Israel dispute troop pull-out terms usually c ntal pro mil medicin then ours said Al Sal - of scienct iiion. failed. Col lived for fl icmlrer una| pneumonii iniist r an who om a I9vs| fatally inj accident. different representations of the way the ||cn| p t , |Uhiversity could be designed are on display ‘ eraiwT n the library. The models were built by i Coolevs Mviromental design students. Eric Sheperd, United Press International Despite its claims of progress in the negotiations for withdrawing foreign forces from Lebanon, Israel re mained locked in a dispute with the United States today on the terms for the pullout. In Washington, President Reagan met Thursday with Egyptian Presi dent Hosni Mubarak who warned that the success of comprehensive Middle East peace talks depends on a speedy pullout of Israeli forces from Lebanon. “The time factor is crucial to the success of our endeavors,” Mubarak said. “Top priority must be given to reaching an agreement to the with drawal of Israeli forces.” Reagan said after the meeting he had assured Mubarak there must be an early withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon. In his remarks, Mubarak men tioned only the urgency of withdraw ing 30,000 Israeli troops deployed in Lebanon since the June 6 invasion to drive out the Palestine Liberation Organization. But a U.S. official said the 40,000 Syrian troops deployed in Lebanon since 1976 and 10,000 PLO guerrillas were expected to withdraw from Lebanon soon after the Israelis pull out. Israel has demanded a simul taneous Israeli and Syrian troop with drawal after a PLO pullout. In the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Avi Pazner said force withdrawal talks Thursday achieved “marked progress” toward ending hostile propaganda from Lebanon and creating lasting links be tween the two countries. But as Israeli, Lebanese and U.S. negotiators met for the 10th round of the talks that began Dec. 28, state-run Israel Radio leaked details of what the government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin considers un acceptable U.S. proposals. The radio said Habib rejected Israel’s demand for Israeli-manned early warning stations in south Leba non to block the return of PLO guer rillas to the Jewish state’s northern border. Lebanon has rejected the outposts as an infringement of its sovereignty. U.S. envoy Philip Habib has sug gested they be manned by a multina tional force — including U.S. soldiers. Where are the parking lots? staff photo by David Fisher in each a the heai e been sue cal standp® left, Curt Cooper, center, and Barry Adkin, right, look at one of the models to see where their classes could be, if this were the campus design. Group opposes election, tries for rescheduling |)fficials to name new fairie View president A&M System officials are ex- Hi to name a new president of irle View A&M University at a si conference today. Dr Percy Pierre, a former dean of i|eering at Howard University in sJington D.G., is expected to be Id to the presidency of the Wal- Piunty school. i re, 44, was born near Donald- 14 La., and has degrees in electric- eigineeririg from Notre Dame University and Johns Hopkins Uni versity. From 1977 to 1981 Pierre served as assistant secretary of the Army for research, development and acquisi tion. In 1981, he left the Defense De partment to establish his own consult ing firm, Percy A. Pierre and Associ ates. Pierre was in College Station on Tuesday and talked to University administrators after the Texas A&M Board of Regents’ meeting. At Tuesday’s meeting, Chancellor Arthur G. Hansen was authorized to hire a Prairie View president without prior board approval, which indicates a decision is near. Hansen said Tuesday that Pierre will be named president, “if every thing falls into place.” The press conference will be held at Prairie View at 2 p.m. today. from staff and wire reports The Texas Rural Legal Aid and others opposed to the Feb. 12 special election for the 6th Congressional District will present their reasons for opposition Saturday in a Beaumont courtroom. Federal Judge William Wayne Jus tice denied a request Wednesday to postpone the election but granted the hearing for Saturday. Texas Rural Legal Aid representa tives argued that former Secretary of State David Dean did not obtain needed clearance for the election with the Justice Department as required by the Voting Rights Act. The group also says that former Gov. Bill Clements allowed potential candidates only five days to file and collect petitions and that the election is not scheduled for one of the state’s four uniform elec tion dates. Texas Attorney General Jim Mat tox said he opposes the Feb. 12 elec tion. “It does appear that Mr. Dean did not submit to the Justice Department the election arrangements,” Mattox said. “Also, the Feb. 12 date is not one which is authorized in the Texas Elec tion Code as one of the four uniform dates for special elections. “At this stage, we can only say that the plaintiffs contentions raise suffi cient questions as to cast doubt on the present election schedule.” Phil Gramm, the Republican candi date, has a different view on the sub- ject. “Given the timing of the lawsuit — three weeks after the election was set and three days after absentee'ballot ing began — I have to believe this lawsuit is an act of political harass ment,” Gramm said. Dan Kubiak, Gramm’s main Democratic challenger, said the spe cial election delay would be good for him, but said he still is preparing fora Feb. 12 election. “I have never been happy with the scheme of Mr. Gramm and his lame duck Republican cronies in the gov ernor’s office to manipulate the elec tion in the 6th Congressional Dis trict,” he said. In Austin, Gov. Mark White said that he did not know Dean had failed to clear the election with the Justice Department. “All those pieces fell together rather fast,” White said. “It looked like it was a very well-planned called election. It seems that we’ve had a lot of little special elections here recently seemingly designed to help one per son or another.’’ inside llpsified 6 local 3 ■onal 9 ppiaions 2 Iplrts 11 ile 6 that’s up 10 forecast ffflstlv clear with occasional clouds gty and tonight. Today’s high : i| be 61, and tonight’s low near f2. SE winds at 10 to 15 mph. Most- wear skies on Saturday with a igli of 68. For Saturday night, in- Ir^ising cloudiness with a 20 per- Ht chance of showers. On Sun- H. cloudy to partly cloudy with a ppercent chance of rain. I almanac ■ United Press International Boday is Friday, Jan. 28, the 28th ay of 1982 with 33/ to follow. JConcert pianist Artur Rubin- ein was born Jan. 28, 1889. #)n this date in history: ■n 1878, the first commercial lephone switchboard was put in |pe ation in New Haven, Conn. It Red 12 subscribers. ||n 1915, the U.S. Coast Guard as established under legislation ped by Congress, jin 1979, Chinese Deputy Prime inister Teng Hsiaoping arrived The first official U.S. visit by a ■ Chinese Communist leader. Jn 1982, kidnapped U.S. Army ftp. Gen. James Dozier was re- wd after 42 days in the hands of ilian terrorists. Suspended football players indicted by Grand Jury by Kim Schmidt Battalion Staff Two former Texas A&M athletes were indicted Thursday by the Brazos County Grand Jury on separate charges of misdemeanor assault and misdemeanor theft in connection with the Dec. 6 asault of a pizza deliv ery man. Gary Rogers, 19, a freshman de fensive end from Dallas, was charged with misdemeanor assault and Burnis Simon, 22, a junior linebacker from Houston, was charged with misde meanor theft. The two now await trial in the Bra zos County court. Both charges are Class A misdemeanors punishable by a $2,000 fine or up to one year in prison. The incident began when Brenton Bailey, 20, of San Antonio, an em ployee of Domino’s pizza, went to 306C Cain Hall, the Texas A&M athletic dormitory, with an order. Bailey later told police that the room was a storage closet, and when he turned to leave he was grabbed from behind. He told police that two men, wear ing cloth bags over their heads and holding wooden clubs, approached him. Bailey said one man took the pizza while the other grabbed Bailey around the neck and threw him down the stairs. Bailey sustained cuts and bruises as a result of his fall. Rogers and Simon were removed from the football team because of the incident. Assistant Student Affairs di rector Bill Kibler said the university is considering disciplinary action against them. Jackie Sherrill, Texas A&M athletic director and head football coach, and four other Texas A&M football play ers testified before the grand jury. Rogers and Simon also testified. Bob Wiatt, special investigator with the district attorney’s office, said the hearing went well. “All of the witnesses, including the two boys that were charged, were very cooperative and very candid,” he said. New unemployment claims drop to lowest in months United Press International WASHINGTON — New claims for unemployment benefits dropped to their lowest point in 16 months dur ing the week ending Jan. 15, the Labor Department said Thursday. The number of benefit recipients fell below the 4 million mark for the first time since last July. The department’s Employment and Training administration re ported that 491,000 workers filed ini tial claims for the jobless benefits in data adjusted for seasonal factors. That was 7 1,000 individuals below the previous week’s revised figure and the lowest one-week total since the week ending Sept. 19, 1981, when the total was 472,000. The department also reported that total recipients of jobless benefits under regular state programs during the week endingjan. 8 was 3,932,000, the lowest point since the week en ding July 3, 1982 when it was 3,896,000. It reflected a decrease of 346,000 from the previous week’s revised level and caused the seasonally adjusted rate of insured unemployment — the number of people receiving benefits out of the 87.2 million covered by un employment insurance — to drop from 4.9 percent to ,4.5 percent. The nation’s overall jobless rate was 10.8 percent for December, with January data scheduled to be released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Feb. 4. The seasonally adjusted total does not include nearly 1.2 million persons receiving some form of unemploy ment benefits under other programs. staff photo by Rob Johnston Come on mom! Cindy Handcock, a sixth-grader at Brazos Christian School, impatiently waits for her mother to pay the checker at Safeway Tuesday.