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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, April 20, 1983
'Whoops, missed a spot'
staff photo by Guy Hood
embers of Company K-l participated in a
amf nd-raiser Tuesday for their outfit by
8 linting the Art Adamsom swimming pool
“ stn Bee Creek Park. The outfit will apply
' 1 veral coats of paint to the pool this week.
Charles H.Szabuniewicz, aquatic superinten
dent for College Station, said that without
the cadets’ help, painting the swimming pool
would have been a costly, time consuming
task.
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uban envoys to U.N.
xpelled for espionage
United Press International
NITED NATIONS — The Un-
States ousted two Cuban diplo-
s to the United Nations for
onage Tuesday, gave them 48
rs to get out of the country and
led them for life from returning.
e expulsion order brought the
iber of Cuban envoys at the Un-
Nations expelled in less than 10
ths to five.
1 expect these two cats to go in the
t48 hours,” said Joel Blocker, a
kesman for the U.S. Mission to the
:ed Nations.
/
He declined to detail the alleged
espionage activities of the two diplo
mats — Rolando Salup Canto, a third
secretary, and Joaquin Penton Cejas,
an attache.
In Washington, State Department
spokesman Alan Romberg described
the activities of the two Cubans as
“blatant and directed against this
country.”
“Diplomats at Cuba’s Mission to the
United Nations, which is the fourth
largest mission at the United Nations
and larger than those of most major
world powers, have a record of con
tinuing abuse of their privileges of
residence,” he said.
Cuban Ambassador Raul Roa
Kouri, in a note to the U.S. Mission,
said he “firmly rejects” the expulsion
order and a diplomatic source close to
the Cuban mission said the ambassa-.
dor would contest the expulsions un
til evidence of spying was produced
by U.S. authorities.
The U.S. Mission served the origin
al notice Monday, giving Roa Kouri
24 hours to prove the charges wrong,
and Tuesday sent the final expulsion
order.
IPA withdraws experiment
hermit for illegal toxin use
„ United Press International
IVASHINGTON — The govern-
ient has revoked an experimental
|gram’s permit to kill coyotes with
iison-laced bait, despite pleas for
tip by coyote-plagued ranchers and
ieepherders.
The Environmental Protection
[ency withdrew a U.S. Fish and
lldlife Service permit for use of
[impound 1080 after its investiga-
n—prompted by complaints from
: Humane Society of the United
fetes—verified 5 milligrams of 1080
as being used in bait rather than the
milligrams allowed under the
rmit.
mpound 1080 is so toxic that the
4 permit only allowed usage of one
one-seventenths of a tablespoon
1080 for a total of 4,800 laced-baits
testing in one county each in Ida-
and Montana, and nine in Texas.
The poison has been banned for
idator control in this country since
72 because of fears humans and
ier species would be affected. But
stern ranchers and sheepherders
;ed use of the toxin again to help
spc
id
reduce the growing population of
livestock-threatening coyotes.
“We were in technical violation,”
said Wildlife spokesman Alan Levitt
Tuesday. “But it was done with the
full knowledge of the Environmental
Protection Agency. We thought we
were doing the right thing.’”
Levitt and spokeswoman Inez Con
nor said, EPA officials had suggested
in March 1982 that the testing dosage
be higher than 3 milligrams and the
Wildlife service had agreed in April,
but the permit issued a few months
later in October only allowed 3 milli
grams.
They said EPA officials said dos
ages as high as 5 milligrams could be
used as long as the total amount used
in the testing was not changed. The
Wildlife service reiterated that in a
Jan. 11, 1983, letter to EPA officials.
“We told them we were using this.
By the time the EPA law enforcement
people found out about it, it was
already done and we had already
stopped,” Levitt said.
Connor said the part of the experi
ment involving only 220 baits in
Washington County, Idaho, was com
pleted before the permit was revoked.
Testing had not begun in other areas.
Heier said EPA officials did not
realize the higher levels were being
used because the original permit had
not been amended.
“We revoked it when we found
they were using bigger doses,” said
Heier. “Even though we’d talked ab
out it before and suggested it before,
it was their petition — not ours.
“When the Humane Society felt it
was being used unlawfully in counties
in which it was not approved and pro
tested, we felt it would be best for us to
recall the petition until they (Wildlife)
figure out what they want and can
address the Humane Society con
cerns,” Heier said.
Heier said all future experimental
permits were being held up until new
ly named EPA Administrator William
Ruckelshaus decides whether to allow
predator control resumption of the
chemical he banned in 1972.
The permit allows testing in
Washington County, Idaho; Cascade
County, Montana; and the Texas
counties of Nolan, Kinney, Calber-
son, Bosque, Lamb, Midland, Pesidio,
Comal and Hays.
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forecast
Cloudy to partly cloudy skies today
With a high of 70 and a 20 percent
â– chance of showers. Northeasterly
â„¢ winds of around 10 to 15 mph. A
20 percent chance of showers
tonight with a low near 55. Partly
cloudy Thursday with a high near
78.
Official says legal bets
will up illegal wagers
United Press International
AUSTIN — Legalized betting on
horse and dog racing in Texas will
increase the amount of illegal wager
ing on such races, the state’s public
safety director warns.
In letters to Rep. George Pierce,
R-San Antonio, chairman of the
Urban Affairs Committee, Depart
ment of Public Safety Col. Jim Adams
indicated his concern of increased cri
minal activity in the state if pari
mutuel betting is authorized.
“The availability of legal betting
does not reduce the amount of illegal
betting because of the obvious tax
advantages, credit convenience and
better odds often available through
illegal betting,” Adams said, in re
sponse to Pierce’s request he examine
Run-off to decide 34
faculty senate seats
by Kim Schmidt
Battalion Staff
Faculty senate elections were held
Tuesday with 48 of the available 85
seats being decided.
Thirty-four seats will be decided in
a run-off election that will be held
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday.
The three remaining seats, which
represent the College of Medicine,
were not included in the results tabu
lated Tuesday because ballots cast in
Temple had not arrived here.
Dr. Walter Buenger, assistant pro
fessor of history and member of the
faculty senate steering committee,
said the first faculty senate elections
went as smoothly as planned. He attri
buted part of the election’s success to
large voter turnout.
Sixty-one percent of the total fa
culty voted in the elections. This
see election results page 6
means that 1,159 of the 1,915 faculty
members eligible to vote cast their bal
lots.
Turnout was heaviest in Sterling C.
Evans Library where 100 percent of
the eligible faculty members voted.
The College of Architecture and En
vironmental Design had the next
heaviest turnout with 90 percent of
the eligible faculty members voting.
The College of Business Administra
tion had the poorest turnout with 45
percent of the eligible faculty mem
bers voting.
In other colleges, turnout was as
follows: Agriculture — 63 percent,
Education — 73 percent, Engineer
ing — 48 percent, Geosciences — 51
percent, Liberal Arts — 66 percent,
Science — 46 percent, and Veterinary
Medicine — 80 percent.
“I was extremely pleased with the
elections,” Buenger said. “We had a
heavy turnout. It was steady all day.”
After run-off elections are held
and all seats are finalized, the new
senate will meet May 3.
Habib reportedly target
of Beirut embassy blast
United Press International
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The plotters
of the U.S. Embassy bombing re
portedly intended to assassinate U.S.
Middle East envoy Philip Habib in the
blast that left at least 34 people dead
and 28 others presumed dead.
Up to 16 Americans and U.S. sol
diers were believed dead — seven
Americans and a U.S. soldier with
British citizenship were confirmed
dead and eight Americans were trap
ped in the concrete rubble of the
building and presumed dead, a U.S.
spokesman said Monday.
Among the victims of the explo
sions was the CIA’s top Middle East
analyst.
In addition, at least 20 Lebanese
citizens who were employed by the
embassy were still missing in the ruins
of the building, bringing the toll of
dead and presumed dead to 62, the
spokesman said.
At least 105 Americans and
Lebanese were injured in the explo
sion.
A report by Beirut’s Central News
Agency said Tuesday that Habib and
aide Morris Draper narrowly escaped
being in the building at the time of the
blast because they failed to keep a lun
chtime appointment at the embassy.
The facade of the eight-story seaf
ront embassy was demolished by a
powerful bomb Monday. A militant
Islamic group, supporters of Iran’s
Ayatollah Khomeini, said they set the
blast as a protest of U.S. Middle East
policy.
“The explosion aimed at the Amer
ican envoy and the American delega
tion mediating between Lebanon and
Israel proves those behind it are not
amateurs,” said the private news
agency, quoting government sources.
“The government has firsthand in
formation and security authorities
are conducting investigations to find
out who was behind it,” it said. U.S.
officials said they were looking into
the report.
‘Tent city’ bill approved
United Press International
AUSTIN — The House has
approved a bill that would legislate
“tent cities” out of Texas by placing
restrictions on the use of Highway
Department rest areas.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Tony
Polumbo, D-Houston, would make it
illegal for anyone to remain in a rest
area for more than 24 hours and to
erect any kind of structure. It was
approved by the House Tuesday.
Rep. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen,
suggested the 24-hour limitation was
too restrictive, citing the example of
migrant farm workers who some
times travel great distances and need
to rest longer than 24 hours.
“It concerns me when we’ve got
farm workers going on long trips who
might just get kicked out,” he said.
But Polumbo said, “Twenty-four
hours is sufficient for the purpose for
which roadside stops were designed
for.”
The bill is a response to problems
created when a group of jobless peo
ple congregated at a roadside park in
east Harris County last year. The
population eventually grew to about
300 and the area was dubbed “Tent
City.”
The settlement, drew national
attention as a symbol of the nation’s
troubled economy under the Reagan
Administration.
Polumbo said residents of “Tent
City” had the option of accepting
food and lodging at a facility in near
by Baytown, but he said many refused
because it barred alcoholic beverages
and required residents to jobhunt
each day.
The camp was closed early this year
by authorities because of health
hazards and repeated violations of
fire safety codes that led to at one fire
death. Polumbo said it cost $30,000
for Harris County to restore the rest
area.
The legislation defines a “rest area”
as any public land designated by the
Highway Department as a rest area,
comfort station, picnic area, roadside
park or scenic overlook.
the horse racing issue.
Adams said his review did not in
clude an assessment of race track-
related problems such as prostitution,
narcotics, thefts and burglaries.
Bills to authorize betting on horse
and dog racing are pending in the
Texas House and Senate.
Rep. Carlyle Smith, D-Grand
Prairie, Tuesday released copies of
Adams’ letters and called on the
Urban Affairs Committee to take
note of the warnings.
“We will have a nightmare on our
hands if we do not address the prob
lem of law enforcement presented in
this bill,” he said. “And we are fooling
ourselves if we deny that there will be
serious, expensive problems.”
100th Muster will honor
Aggie dead on Thursday
by Wanda Winkler
Battalion Reporter
The 100th anniversary of Mus
ter — a ceremony that honors stu
dents and former students who
have died during the past year — is
Thursday.
“Muster is what makes Aggies a
cut above the rest,” Muster Com
mittee Chairman Paul Cooper
said.
The event is celebrated by
Aggies around the world on April
21, San Jacinto Day. Roll calls for
the absent are held worldwide in
more than 450 places.
The Brazos County A&M Club
holds its Muster in conjunction
with the campus ceremony. Dur
ing the ceremony, a friend or rela
tive answers “here” when the roll
call is read for those who have
died.
Cooper said the names of 15
students and 24 former students
from Brazos County who have
died since the last Muster will be
called.
The name of a deceased Aggie is
called at the muster closest to
where the Aggie lived.
“The caring for people makes
Muster a rich tradition,” Cooper
said.
First held in 1883, muster be
gan as a social event when alumni
could relive their college days.
During the late 1890s, the Corps of
Cadets traveled to the San Jacinto
battlefield to practice maneuvers
and to stage battles.
In the early 1900s, Aggies held
a track and field day April 21. The
event was cancelled in 1903 and
students rebelled against the admi
nistration because classes were
scheduled for that day. The cadets
promised to celebrate San Jacinto
Day in the future.
The March 1923 issue of the
Texas Aggie magazine told former
students: “If there is an A&M man
within 100 miles of you, you are
expected to get together, eat a little
and live over the days you spent at
the A&M College of Texas.”
During World War I, musters
were held in foxholes all over
Europe and at American Army
posts, but no musters were held on
campus.
Aggie muster was given world
wide recognition in 1942 when 25
Aggies stationed at Corregidor Is
land in the Philippines held a mus
ter during intense Japanese fire.
Their post fell to the Japanese 15
days after the muster.
It also was reported that two
men held a muster during wartime
in a submarine.
In 1923, former students began
meeting in College Station to hold
Muster. The campus ceremony al
ways has been the largest and most
elaborate Muster.
Muster was held in Guion Hall,
on the site of Rudder Tower, until
the Memorial Student Center was
built in the 1950s. During the
1950s and early 1960s, Muster was
held in front of the MSC.
In the 1960s, the ceremony was
moved to the front of the System
Administration Building. It now is
held in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
This year’s ceremony will begin at
7 p.m. in the coliseum.
The speaker for Muster will be
Dr. Haskell M. Monroejr., former
dean of faculties and associate vice
president for academic affairs.
Muster activities will include
speakers, roll call and music by the
Singing Cadets and Aggie Band.
During roll call, a candle is lit for
each name called.