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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, March 2, 1983
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Artistic assistant
staff photo by Irene Mees
t nvironmental design student Kirby
apstein, left, helps Lori Bell with a
perspective drawing of the System
Administration Building for her Design
Media class. Kirby is a junior from
Brazoria and Lori is a freshman
studying environmental design from
Joshua.
IT, {jroup opposes measure
‘ticket’ for marijuana
United Press International
I'STIN — A proposal to use t ita-
is similar to traffic tickets for mari
na use drew strong opposition
dm i he Texans' War on Drugs Coin-
Itee which argued the measure
ould give moral respectability to
I'K ibuse. ,
■After more than two hours of testi-
k ny, during which the bill’s sponsor
f ended his proposal against the
lu on Drugs Committee, the House
riminal Jurisprudence Committee
lesday assigned the bill to a sub-
immittee for more study.
J Sponsored by Rep. Bill Blanton,
•)-Farmers Branch, the measure
youjd let policeoflicers issue citations
o people accused of marijuana pos
ition, prostitution, gambling,
lomosexua! activity anti certain mis
demeanor offenses.
Rick Solwan of the War on Drugs
Committee said t he bill would suggest
that “it’s OK to do drugs, it's not bad
to be a homosexual, and it's OK to be a
prostitute.
“II you change the process of get
ting the criminal offender into the
criminal justice system, you will have
decriminalized these offenders," Sol-
wan said. “You will not be treating
them like accused criminals.”
But Blanton said morals and de
cency are not the issue.
“YVe're just letting the police use
their discretion,” he said.
Penalties for the crimes would not
be reduced under Blanton’s scheme.
Sondra Buckner of the War on
Drugs Committee said, “Passage of
this hill would give a strong ‘Do
Drugs’ message to our youth."
Supported by the Dallas Police De
partment and the Dallas County
Commissioners Court, the proposal is
designed to free police from time-
consuming arrests and bookkeeping
proceedures and to allow them to
spend more time searching for more
serious offenders, Blanton said.
“This is an ef fort to keep the police
on the job working and trying to stop
major crimes rather than being hack
at the police station booking people
in,” he said. “This hill does not touch
penalties in any way and does not de
criminalize the offenses.”
Blanton said the measure allowed
police to arrest and hook offenders at
their discretion. A similar hill was
approved by the House in 1981 hut
died in the Senate.
housands without power
s storms thrash California
United Press International
Heavy rains, tornadoes and an ear-
fquake pounded California, flood-
larstii' jg waterways, wrecking homes and
jisinesses and leaving thousands of
6 MMfcple without power. Torrential
Ins today canceled even the plans of
lueen.
. A' least nine people have died
(lice the latest wave of had weather
Ined into California Sunday, cut-
(rg power to at least 200,()()() people
taiewide and setting loose mudslides
S far north as Oregon. Up to 7 feet of
low fell in the Sierra Nevada moun-
Jns.
I Three tornadoes ripped through
Los Angeles metropolitan area 1
liesdav. The worst of them cut a
3-mile swath through south Los
Angeles, damaging about 100 homes
and businesses, overturning cars, top
pling palm trees and power poles.
A third of the Los Angeles Conven
tion Center’s roof was snatched from
the building, causing an estimated
$2.5 million in damage.
A minor earthquake also rocked
the city, hut caused no damage.
“But my Cod, we’ve already had a
tornado arid Hoods and rains and now
an earthquake. Enough already,” Los
Angeles police spokesman Dan
Cooke said.
Queen Elizabeth II’s 400-mile
yacht trip up the coast to San Francis
co was canceled by the fierce storm
that churned up 18-foot seas off the
California coast. The queen is on her
first Western U.S. tour.
Queen Elizabeth was forced to ride
a Navy bus through flooded streets in
Long Beach Tuesday, then switch to
four-wheel drive vehicles en route to
a meeting and lunch with President
Reagan at his Santa Barbara ranch.
Forecasters said the storm would
last another three days. Up and down
the coast, the steady hammering of 15
to 20-foot waves battered beachfront
houses and splintered boats against
the rocks.
Traffic on U.S. 101 on the south
Oregon coast was disrupted as high
way crews worked to clean up three
mudslides unleashed by heavy rains
in the area around Gold Beach, Ore.
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Around Town 4
classified 9
Local 3
'Jational 7
Ppinions 2
rolice Beat 4
Sports 13
Hate 3
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forecast
Partly cloudy skies for today with a
high of 80. Winds from the south at
10 to 15 mph. Cloudy to partly
cloudy tonight with the low near 62
and a 20 percent chance of show
ers. For Thursday, cloudy to partly
cloudy with a high near 78 and a 50
percent chance of showers.
Battalion, Aggieland
applications available
Applications opened today for the
summer and fall editorships of The
Battalion and for the 1983-84 editor
ship of the Aggieland ’84.
Application forms are available in
the Student Publications Of fice, 216
Reed McDonald, between 8 a.m. and
5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Completed applications must be
returned to Dr. Edward Smith, chair
man of the Student Publications
Board, in 301 Reed McDonald by 5
p.m. April 1.
The Battalion summer editor will
serve from May 18 through August
29. The Battalion fall editor will serve
from May 2 through May 11 and
from August 30 through Dec. 9.
Qualifications for editor of The
Battalion include holding a 2.0 over
all and major GPR at the time of tak
ing office and during the term of
office. At least one year of experience
in a responsible Battalion editorial
position, on a comparable student col
lege newspaper or on a commercial
newspaper is required.
At least 12 hours of Journalism
courses including Journalism 203 and
204, Reporting and Editing I and II,
or the equivalent may be substituted
for this requirement. The 12 hours
also must include completion of Jour
nalism 402, Mass Media Law, or en
rollment in that course during the
first semester served.
Aggieland ’84 editor will serve for
the full academic year 1983-84 until
the final pages of the book are com
pleted. ,
Qualifications for Aggieland ’84
editor are 2.0 overall GPR and major
GPR at the time of taking office and
during the term of office. At least one
year in a responsible staff position on
the Aggieland or equivalent yearbook
experience elsewhere also is required.
Two Israeli officers
hand in resignations
United Press International
TEL AVIV, Israel — Director of
Israeli Military Intelligence Maj. Gen.
Yehoshua Saguy resigned Tuesday in
compliance with recommendations
by the Beirut massacre commission,
the military command said.
Chief Infantry and Paratroop
Officer Brig. Gen. Amos Yaron also
resigned, the command said. Yaron
commanded Israeli forces in Beirut
during the Sept. 16-18 massacre of
civilians in the Palestinian refugee
camps of Sabra and Chatila.
Both Saguy and Yaron will remain
in the army, the command said, but
new posts were not named.
The Israeli commission investigat
ing the massacre recommended last
month Saguy “not continue as dire
ctor of military intelligence.” Ii also
said Yaron should “not serve in the
capacity of a field commander” for a
period of three years.
The three-man panel’s report said
Saguy was guilty of “breach of duty”
for “shutting his eyes and ears” to the
possibility of a massacre by Lebanese
Christian Phalangists allied with the
Jewish state.
It said Yaron also “committed a
breach of duty” over his “insensitivity
to the danger of the massacre” in the
west Beirut refugee camps.
The resignations were expected
because the Cabinet accepted the
commission’s recommendations last
month, rejecting former Defense
Minister Ariel Sharon’s plea the com
mission was too hard on military offi
cials.
“Saguy completed his duties (as the
Director of Military Intelligence) and
Brig. Gen. Arye Ben-Tov, now serv
ing as Chief Intelligence Officer will
replace him until a new director is
appointed,” the command said.
“The commission’s recommenda
tions pertaining to Yaron have been
implemented as well,” the announce
ment said.
The massacre commission charged
Sharon with “personal responsibility”
for the massacre by ignoring the dan
ger of a slaughter by the Phalangist
forces. The commission recom
mended Sharon resign or be fired.
Prime Minister Menachem Begin,
however, allowed Sharon to remain in
the Israeli Cabinet as a minister with
out portfolio.
The massacre commission — which
does not have the power to enforce its
recommendations — also said in its
report last month the Begin govern
ment bore “indirect responsibility”
for the Beirut killings.
Illegal soliciting worries
dorm residents, officials
by Robert McGlohon
Battalion Staff
Despite University regulations that
forbid door-to-door solicitation on
campus, magazine salesmen in dor
mitories have been a problem recent
ly. But the chairman of the Texas
A&M Concessions Committee says
they’re gone now — at least for a
while.
A group of independent magazine
solicitors for Circulation Builders of
America Inc., a magazine clearing
house based in Fort Worth, recently
solicited in the dormitories on cam
pus, said Dave Bergen, concessions
committee chairman.
After several students complained,
one person f rom the magazine solici
tation group was picked up by Uni
versity Police, he said. Finally, the
group w as asked to stay off campus.
Bergen said he first was
approached by a supervisor of the
group two weeks ago. The supervisor
w r as cooperative, he said, and did not
object when told of University regula
tions regarding solicitation.
He said he explained to the man
that no solicitation — commercial or
charitable — is allowed in residence
halls unless sponsored and approved
by the hall council.
Soon after that meeting, Bergen
said, he began receiving complaints
that magazine salesmen were solicit
ing in the residence halls.
A week later, a student called the
campus police, the salesman was pick
ed up, his supervisor was called in and
the supervisor was asked to keep his
salesmen off campus, Bergen said.
Since then, the crew chief Bergen
dealt with has checked out of the local
motel room that he had been using as
an office.
Bergen said students confronted
by solicitors in the dormitories should
record the name, student identifica
tion number (not all solicitors are stu
dents, however) and company identi
fication number of the solicitor and
call the University Police.
Complaints about magazine sales
men — and solicitors in general — are
not new to Bergen. In the past year
he’s had more than 30 such com
plaints from students, mostly about
solicitors from newspapers and pizza
delivery companies. He also has
heard complaints about solicitors for
magazines and religious groups.
He said he is working toward a per
manent solution to the problem with
Ron Blatchley, director of student
affairs, and Bob Wiatt, director of
security and traffic. T he plan prob
ably w ill be announced soon, possibly
before spring break, Bergen said.
staff photo by Eric Evan Lee
Right down the line
Lee C. Demottier, who has been working for Texas
A&M for 10 years, edges the sidewalk in front of
Walton Hall Tuesday afternoon. The sunny, warm
weather helps make working outside more pleasant.
While solicitation is forbidden by
the University, it is allowed by the city
of College Station. Door-to-door soli
citation in College Station is subject to
licensing and is not allowed in the city
after dark.
The license issued by the city is a
green, three-by-five card with “city
license” printed in bold letters on the
front of the card. The licenses must
be carried by solicitors at all times
during their rounds.
Lt. Bernard Kapella, public rela
tions and crime prevention officer of
the College Station police, said resi
dents being pestered by solicitors or
confronted by a solicitor after sun
down should try to get the solicitor’s
name and permit number and should
note his or her description. They then
should call the police and report the
incident, he added.
If the police receive more than one
complaint about a solicitor or some
one w ishes to file a formal complaint
and prosecute a solicitor, the police
can revoke the solicitor’s license,
Kapella said.
Solicitors found working after
dark will be arrested and fined more
than $200 and their licenses probably
will be revoked, he said.
Residents have a right to ask to see
a solicitor’s license, Kapella said, and
always should do so.
Brinkley
to replace
Koppel
ABC Nightline anchorman Ted Kop
pel has been replaced by David Brink-
ley, host of ABC’s “This Week with
David Brinkley,” as the moderator for
a MSC Endowed Lectures forum, the
MSC Council announced during
Monday night’s meeting.
The April 4 forum on “NATO and
the Western Alliance” will feature
former president Gerald Ford, for
mer British prime minister Edward
Heath and former West German
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.
Tickets for the forum will go on
sale Monday at the MSC Box Office.
Also in Monday’s meeting, the
council approved chairmen for MSC
committees. The new chairmen are:
Aggie Cinema, Cathy Reily;
Amateur Radio, Cray Schlichting;
Arts, Wendi McDonough; CAMAC,
Carlos Cavazos; Camera, Scott Fergu
son; Cepheid Variable, Kathy
Mitchell.
Free U, Jana Scott; Great Issues,
Julia Sullivan; Hospitality, Cara
Huegele; Outdoor Recreation, Mela
nie Boone; Political Forum, Cathy
Hay; SCONA, Alan Hill; Town Hall,
Karen Snow.
Video Tape, Mike Alderfer; All-
Nite Fair, Caroline Williams; College
Bowl, Patrick Choi; Discovery, Mike
Gardner; Endowed Lecture, Jason
Wischmeyer; Madrigal Dinners,
Annette Richardson.
Spring Leadership. Julie
Caruthers; MSC Variety Show, Anne
Stauch; and Welcome Back Picnic.
Brad Bowen.