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Friday, January 28, 1983
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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.
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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.
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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.’’
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gty and tonight. Today’s high
: i| be 61, and tonight’s low near
f2. SE winds at 10 to 15 mph. Most-
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Ir^ising cloudiness with a 20 per-
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H. cloudy to partly cloudy with a
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■ 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.