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College Station, Texas
Thursday, March 3, 1983
I United Press International
■ HSTIN — Supporters of stron-
lawson drunken driving in Texas
■flict, R Ihey’re pleased with the way a Sen
's hasb Subcommittee pieced together a
ids ofaii-|(Bromise that would abolish de-
id. ulctried sentencing and raise fines,
isorden |i can't see any loopholes right
a\* Sen. Bill Sarpalius, D-Amarillo,
ef sponsor of DWI legislation in
^Henate, said Wednesday. “I feel
-* Iwe’ve got a very good DWI bill for
■tizens of Texas.”
|he bill, which could be consi-
by the full Senate as early as
i 9, also drew the support of
irinelle Timmons of Houston,
urn Is director of Mothers Against
Ik Drivers.
“Overall, I'm very pleased," Tim-
m> said.
^■rpalius said he exfjet ts a move in
<|enate to restore deferred sen-
1ctig but said he has enough Senate
| to defeat such an amendment.
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Under current law, deferred ad
judication allows a DWI conviction to
be set aside if the offender successful
ly completes a probationary term.
The new bill would hike minimum
fines on first offenses from $50 to
$100, while second offense fines
would be $300 and third offense
$500. Jail sentences would remain the
same — 72 hours on the second
offense and 30 days on the third.
The bill would allow police officers
to obtain both breath and blood tests
from DWI suspects. A ref usal to sub
mit to the tests could be used as evi
dence in court.
The subcommittee delayed con
sideration of bills to ban open alcoho
lic beverage containers in cars and
raising the drinking age to 21. But the
panel is expected to consider the open
container bill Monday, said subcom
mittee chairman Sen. Ray Farabee,
D-Wichita Falls.
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WASHINGTON — A Sl<>5 billion
■oheal Social Security’s ills by tax
Vases and benefit tins is headed
khe House floor, its prospects
)jt«l by a surprisingly strong
■rtisan endorsement from the
a\s and Means Committee.
■ The committee voted, 32-3,
Inesday for the financing bill that
liides payroll tax hikes, a six-
oi th benefits freeze, a first-ever be
fits tax and a requirement that new
atjral workers join.
■t was a stronger showing than
pporters expected, and contrasted
■ply with last week’s subcommittee
tion on the bill, when all four Re-
picans voted against it.
■hairman Dan Rostenkowski, D-
;., called the committee action a
teace pact” to end bitter partisan
mts. Ranking Republican Barber
■ableof New York termed it a “his-
rii vote.”
Still to be decided is the touchy
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LAUDERDALE
Ready to hit the road
staff photo by Ronnie Emerson
With suitcases packed, Puryear Hall residents Mitch
Dudek, left, Chad Johnson, Keith Reagen and Mike
Cook are ready a little early for an annual Puryear
event: the “Suitcase Party.” At the party, scheduled for
April 8, someone will win a weekend trip to Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.
issue of raising the 65-year retirement
age. The committee bill combines
payroll tax hikes and a reduction in
the basic benefit for new retirees next
century to erase Social Security’s
long-term debt.
But House leaders will allow sepa
rate floor vote on whether to substi
tute a retirement age increase, which
conservatives favor, or a straight
payroll tax increase proposed by li
berals.
The retirement age change is ex
pected to win Senate approval, and
Rostenkowski said he thinks the
House’s preference is to change the
age.
Only three conservative Republi
cans — Reps. Bill Archer of Texas,
Philip Crane of Illinois and Richard
Schulze of Pennsylvania — voted
against the bill in committee.
The House will vote next week, af
ter a debate Rostenkowski predicted
will be short. Congressional leaders
hope to pass a bill by Easter.
Carter, Egyptian leaders meet
in unofficial Middle East talks
United Press International
CAIRO, Egypt — American envoy
Philip Habib briefed Jimmy Carter on
Middle East developments Wednes
day on the first day of the former
president’s unofficial peace mission
that will include meetings with Pales
tinian leaders.
Carter flew into Cairo late Tues
day a few’ hours after Habib arrived
from Israel to brief him and Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak on the stal
led Lebanese-Israeli troop withdraw
al talks.
Habib met privately with Carter
and then with Mubarak at his resi
dence before flying back to Israel
Wednesday. Carter met separately
with Foreign Minister Kamal Hassan
Ali and Prime Minister Fuad Mohied-
din before calling on Mubarak at his
residence in suburban Heliopolis.
After his meeting with Ali, Carter
said the stalled Israeli-Lebanese troop
withdrawal talks are distressing.
“But our government has had the
same goal in mind that the Egyptians
have and that is the total withdrawal
of both Syrian and Israeli forces,” he
said.
Carter's meeting with Habib kicked
off his 17-day, five-nation Middle
East trip that will include meetings
with Palestinian leaders on the West
Bank. But Carter has ruled out a
meeting with Palestine Liberation
Organization leader Yasser Arafat.
Carter, who led Israeli Prime
Minister Menachem Begin and Presi
dent Anwar Sadat to sign the 1978
Camp David peace accord, said, “It
would be improper for me to speak to
Arafat until the PLO recognizes
Israel’s right to exist.
“But I will see other Palestinian
leaders in Gaza and the West Bank,
and some of them might be members
of the PLO.”
Carter, a professor at Emory Uni
versity in Georgia, came to the Middle
East unofficially. He denied reports
he might succeed Habib as the top
U.S. envoy in Middle East peace
efforts.
The ex-president praised the Mid
dle East peace plan President Reagan
proposed last September but said the
U.S. administration was not “adequ
ately forceful in pursuing the peace
process.”
Carter said Reagan should use
maximum influence to secure the
withdrawal of Israeli troops from
Lebanon.
In Khalde, Lebanon, a Lebanese
government spokesman accused
Israel of intransigence after the nego
tiators held their 19th round of talks
Tuesday.
Women cadets’ role to be discussed
by Kelley Smith
Battalion Staff
A member of the Defense Advisory
Committee on Women in the Service
will be here Friday for an orientation
with the Corps of Cadets and to dis
cuss the role of women in the Corps.
Carlos Madrid Jr. of the defense
advisory committee will tour campus
and talk with cadets and Corps faculty
to get an idea of what the Corps is
about, said Corps Commandant
Donald Burton.
The Defense Advisory Committee
on Women in the Service was estab
lished in 1951 and is composed of
male and female civilians appointed
by the Secretary of Defense. The
committee’s duty is to research and
report to the defense secretary on
policies and matters related to women
in the service.
Committee members travel to
military institutions across the nation
to examine housing, pay and job
opportunities for women in the ser
vice. They also look for any differ
ences in the treatment of men and
women, Burton said.
“They recommend measures to
best utilize the women in the service,”
he said.
The committee meets twice a year
to discuss what the members have
observed. They then make recom
mendations for policy changes based
on the observations.
“The recommendations over the
last 25 years have been very effective
in the recruiting and retention of
women,” Burton said.
Although the members spend
more time at active duty installations,
the tremendous growth of the ROTC
nationwide has caused the committee
to become interested in the program,
he said. About 75 percent of the offic
ers in the Armed Forces come from
college ROTC programs.
Committee members, who serve
three-year terms, represent the civi
lian community when visiting the'
military institutions, Burton said.
“They are a vital link between the
armed forces and the civilian com
munity,” he said. “They interpret to
the public the need and role of
women in the volunteer services.”
Madrid, president of Madrid Con
struction, Inc., is from San Antonio.
He graduated from St. Mary’s Col
lege and is now a faculty member
there.
Braniff plan to lease
planes may be dead
Kyle Waak, a junior petroleum engineering major from
Beeville, alternates between practicing his trombone and
studying mechanical engineering during an Aggieland
Orchestra rehearsal. Waak is a member of the orchestra.
United Press International
DALLAS — Braniff president Ho
ward Putnam met with attorneys ear
ly today to review a federal appeals
court ruling that could end a prop
osed joint operating agreement be
tween his airline and Pacific South
west Airlines.
He told reporters late Wednesday
it would be today before he knew the
future of the Braniff-PSA deal.
“Our attorneys will look through it
tonight (Wednesday) and we’ll have
to see where we can go.
“If there are no alternatives, then
(today) we’ll tell everybody. We’re not
giving up until (today),” Putnam said.
But reports from San Diego,
where PSA is headquartered, indi
cated the proposal which has been
under negotiation since last fall was
dead.
“The deal is dead as far as we’re
concerned,” said Carole Hoffarth,
PSA public relations manager. “We’re
very disappointed, but we do not plan
to appeal the decision.
“We will immediately close our re
cruiting office in Dallas.”
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in New Orleans reversed a
lower court decision that reverted to
PSA 350 “time slots” for takeoffs and
landings at U.S. airports.
“All of us are in a state of shock. It’s
incredible to believe the court over
turned all of the decisions from (U.S.
District Judge Eldon) Mahon and
(U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John) Flow
ers,” Putnam said.
Braniff filed for bankruptcy and
ceased operations in May 1982. Offi
cials hoped the agreement with PSA
would generate needed capital to re
tire some of the company’s staggering
debts and also provide former em
ployees with air industry jobs again.
Under the agreement, PSA would
have leased 30 of Braniff s idled air
craft and hired up to 2,000 former
Braniff employees. For PSA, the
agreement presented the opportun
ity to double its operating area by
opening a new' Texas-based division.
Rings ordered
during fall ready
Students who ordered senior
class rings from Oct. 25 through
Dec. 3 may pick them up in the
Pavilion Registration Center start
ing Tuesday.
The rings will be available at the
counter in Room 119, which is
across from the snack bar in the
recently converted pavilion. The
counter will be open from 8:15
a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to
4:45 p.m. until Friday.
For students who want to order
senior rings, orders will be taken
from March 21 to May 6. Students
should go by the ring counter in the
registration center to leave their
names as soon as possible. A stu
dent’s eligibility to order a ring
must be verified before the ring
may be ordered. The verification
process takes several weeks to com-
plete. ^
To be eligible to order a senior
ring, a student must have 92 or
more hours, at least 30 from Texas
A&M. A copy of the student’s mid
term grade report is necessary to
order a ring, but students may
leave their names for verification
before receiving mid-term grades.
Rings must be paid for in full at
the time the order is placed.
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forecast
Mostly cloudy skies today with a 40
percent chance of showers and a
high of 77. Gusty southerly winds
at 12 to 24 mph. Continued cloudy
for tonight with a 50 percent
chance of thundershowers and a
low near 59. For Friday, cloudy
skies and a 50 percent chance of
rain or thundershowers. The high
will be about 73.