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— |rex«MM Ai |! The Battalion Serving the University communily ™te |ol, 76 No. 154 USPS 045360 12 Pages College Station, Texas Tuesday, May 31,1983 Corrupt Soviet leaders to die out of | i prer ' tratiom low of mey it theyjBThc national champion Texas A&M women's tbodvtfl team poses for photos at Easterwood Airport after ■ returning from the College World Series at Omaha, Neb. :hosei pleadf National champs softball They defeated Sunday to related story page 9. staff photo by Peter Rocha Cal State-Fullerton 2-0 in 12 innings win the NCAA championship title. See Dean elected to College Board idude ing mil ;al tn-.fc id inct* by Robert McGlohon Battalion Staff Bean Edwin H. Cooper, Texas Bl’s dean of admissions and re- )rds, recently was elected to the I Bd of trustees of the College •;# d - ■he board of trustees oversees the Bides of the College Board. That ^ £11^65 reviewing the SAT, LSAT hd the MCAT — the entrance ex- ■nadons used by more than 2,600 , igh schools, colleges, universities I P(| educational systems throughout He United States. ■The College Board, formerly the itnnaii-dlege Entrance Examination - SeiBrd, is a non-profit organization nain ItBoted to assisting students in secon- beenw and higher educational systems, h biivrl United Press International TBILISI, U.S.S.R. — The Soviet Union’s drive against corruption has resulted in death sentences and long prison terms for several public offi cials in the republic of Georgia, a member of the country’s ruling Poliebro said. In a speech to a Georgian Com munist Party meeting, Eduard She vardnadze admitted economic crimes are still a problem in the Soviet Union. Shevardnadze’s May 24 address, reprinted in provincial newspapers during the weekend, indicated many of his listeners already knew about the strong punishment that has gained public exposure for the first time. “You will recall in recent times the court organs of our republic have taken the strongest measures against cases of embezzlers, plunderers, bribetaking and dealers up to the highest means of punishment,” he said. Soviet officials use the expression “highest means of punishment” as a euphemism for the death penalty. He did not specify how many people had been sentenced to die or if any death sentences had been carried out. “Many have been sentenced to long terms of deprivation of freedom,” he said. “Why then should one knowing ly ruin oneself and one’s dear ones?” Shevardnadze, 55, is a member of the 19-man party Politburo that runs the Soviet Union. He also is first sec retary of the Georgian Party. Georgia has a flourishing economy but historically has suffered from free-wheeling corruption and pro fiteering. Giving one example, Shevard nadze mentioned an “especially large- scale” case in which food warehouse officials ignored warnings to quit dec laring some goods spoiled so they could be sold on the black market for personal profit. In another case, the republic’s fi nance minister was dismissed in 1981 for bribery and blackmail. His fate also was not known. “There will be no weakening (of prosecution) in the future, either,” Shevardnadze said. “This struggle will require even greater sharpness and sternness.” Shevardnadze, the party’s first sec retary in Georgia for 11 years, urged all public officials in the Soviet Union to sharpen their personal responsibil ity for “every governmental kopek (the smallest unit of Soviet cur rency).” both public and private, Cooper says. “I would simply say (the board’s purpose is) to assist, in every way pos sible, young people in making the transition from secondary to college education,” he said. The board serves that purpose in ways other than achievement tests. Cooper said. One of its many other functions is assisting students in ap plying for financial aid. Before the College Board’s assist ance, different applications were used by the many institutions offering student financial, aid. Now, Cooper said, thanks to the College Board one standard form is used. When Cooper assumes his duties in October as one of the 25 members of the board of trustees, he will enter the top ranks of an organization he has been associated with for 11 years. “I can tell you it is a real honor,” Cooper said. During the past year, Cooper was the chairman of the Executive Com mittee of the Southwest Region of the College Board. The region, one of eight in the United States, comprises four states: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkan sas and New Mexico. It was at the February meeting of the region that Cooper, after stepping down as chair man of the executive committee, was elected to the position of a trustee. Cooper also has served for the past 11 years as the Texas A&M represen tative to the College Board. Each member of the board, whether a high school, university or other education al institution, has a representative to the College Board. He was elected to his new four-year position by the rep resentatives. Cooper has been associated with Texas A&M for many years, both as a student and an administrator. He re ceived a bachelor’s degree in wildlife management in 1953 and was a mem ber of the Aggie Band. He also served as a county agricultural agent and in the 2nd Armored Division of the Army. Cooper has served as assistant to President Earl Rudder, director of civilian student activities and director of admissions. In 1971, he became assistant to President Jack K. Williams and in September of the same year was appointed to his current position of dean of admissions and records. Leaders devise economic plan ically fo widesi ictorji ilnited States may be in jeopardy because of poor science education the ilf|| United Press International smalla®ETROIT — A weakening of sci re invipee education has placed the United d,25 ’bies in “jeopardy,” and more fund- werectoj. a better curriculum and qualified liven Rchers must be sought to correct the rertPuBblem, scientists said Monday. charttB' A shortage of pre-college science Gregorfed mathematics teachers, first mea- i Ha:'^ re( i in 1980, has continued to i possf# rsen ,” Betty M. Vetter of the Scien- , rt R, ilc Manpower Commission said. jthpoBln 1982, 42 states reported a shor- ;e of physics teachers, 43 of mathe- tics teachers and 38 of chemistry Ichers. ‘New graduates are not available,” she said at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting. “Courses are being dropped, un qualified teachers hired and test scores falling. The quality of teacher aspirants also is down and experi enced teachers are leaving for other jobs.” F. James Rutherwed, A A AS chief education officer, said in an inter view: “But there are some deeper, more fundamental problems why we’ve gotten ourselves in this trouble.” He cited a failure to crystallize goals for education in general. “We’ve gone for a long period with out any leadership,” Rutherford said, adding President Reagan seems to be more concerned with school prayer than the major issues. “It is now abundantly clear to near ly everyone that the United States has placed itself in jeopardy by allowing a weakening of science education,” he said. “The question is not at all about the problem and its nature, but rather what action needs to be taken by each level of government and by the pri vate sector in order to re-energize and re-establish our ability to provide a strong scientific education to all stu dents. “Communications, transportation, health, military — everything we in vest a large fraction of the total ex penditure in — is getting new know ledge. In science education, that amount is almost trivial,” he said. Rutherford said an “antiquated sci ence and math curriculum” needs to be updated. He suggested a modern delivery system by satellite with re ceiving stations at schools. “School administrators are willing to assign teachers from other fields — such as history — to teach science courses. That’s not leadership in my judgment,” he said. United Press International WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Leaders of the largest industrial democracies head home from their seven-nation summit today, agreed on a broad strategy to maintain the emerging economic recovery and spread it around the world. President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, arranged to say goodbye to the leaders this morning after hosting an elegant banquet for them Monday night under a big tent. Reagan — seated next to French President Francois Mitterrand, who led Allied pressure on him to ease high U.S. budget defits — toasted the success of the summit at the dinner. “I think we can drink to the causes that have brought us here, to the suc cess we have had and to the dream of continuing on this road as far as we can see,” he declared. During candid private talks around an oval conference table Sunday and Monday, West European leaders pressed Reagan to ease the United States’ projected $200 billion budget deficit they blame for high interest rates they fear in turn will slow re covery. The “Williamsburg Declaration,” as it is being called, included that view, described by all as sharply but cordially expressed. Reagan, involved in a budget dead lock with Congress over how to re duce the U.S. deficit, argued the U.S. recovery will bring interest rates down regardless of the deficit. Reagan won the show of unity he wanted from the Allies — sensitive to the growing nuclear freeze move ment — Sunday, however, pledging commitment to global arms control and deployment on schedule of medium-range nuclear weapons in Western Europe if Moscow does not join in an agreeent. Report questions inaugural practices EC official may be probe subject United Press International VASHINGTON — The enforce- Ifent chief at the Securities and Ex- lange Commission has been ques ted by a federal grand jury in New Irk investigating his role as a consul- am for a firm indicted for conspiring oribe a state tax official, it was re tted Monday. But The Washington Post, quoting federal sources, said John Fedders currently is not a target of the grand jury probe, which already has re sulted in the indictment of the Dallas- based Southland Corp., parent of the 7-11 chain, for a bribery and kick- back scheme. The sources said Fedders, who has appeared before the panel twice, is only a subject of the grand jury, de fined by the Justice Department as a “person whose conduct is within the scope of a grand jury investigation.” The Justice Department did not have an immediate comment on the report. A House subcommittee also is in vestigating Fedders to determine whether he was aware of the alleged bribery and kickback scheme. Fed ders’ lawyer told the newspaper that Fedders did not know of any wrong doing. United Press International WASHINGTON — The use of military personnel as chauffeurs and aides during President Reagan’s inau guration was of questionable legality, the General Accounting Office con cluded in a report. Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., re quested the report after he gave his monthly “Golden Fleece” award to the Inaugural Committee for using 1,533 military personnel as chauf feurs and aides “to 274 inaugural VIPs as well as several hundred addi tional inaugural celebrants.” Proxmire said Monday the GAO report said there is “no specific au thority” for the Pentagon to provide drivers, personal escorts and social aides for inaugural activities.” The cost to the Defense Depart ment was estimated at $1.8 million said Proxmire, a member of the Sen ate defense appropriations subcom mittee. “To this day. Inaugural Committee members still claim no public funds were spent,” he said in a statment. Proxmire said the GAO concluded the Pentagon could pay the expenses of military personnel by actually tak ing part in the ceremony and provid ing medical and safety support. “But logistics and administrative support for other participants was clearly ruled out,” the senator said. The Defense Department pro vided “similar though less extensive” support for Jimmy Carter’s inaugura tion in 1977, Proxmire said. inside fplassified 8 Local 3 Opinions 2 Bports 9 State 4 National 11 Memorial Day honors America’s war dead forecast \ 30 percent chance of thunder- ihowers today and tonight with a tich of 80 and a low near 61. Vari- ble cloudiness Wednesday with a 20 percent chance of showers and a tigh near 81. United Press International Memorial Day ceremonies honored America’s war dead from the Revolu tion to Vietnam, along with military men killed recently in El Salvador and Lebanon, and a stockbroker in New York offered the most unique tribute by climbing the 110-story World Trade Center to unfurl an American flag. Cities and small communities across the nation put on parades, de dicated plaques and had 21-gun sa lutes Monday. Some people marked the day with quiet graveside visits. The Vietnam War remained the most sensitive subject with veterans from that war refusing to march in an American Legion parade in Sag Har bor, N.Y. At the new Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., De puty Secretary of Defense W. Paul Thayer placed a wreath and said, “There are few memories more pain ful than the Vietnam War. There are few wounds that took longer to heal.” Six Vietnamese restaurants in Houston opened their doors to Viet nam veterans and their families to thank the people who fought their war. “We wanted to do something to re member the servicemen who died and honor them and those who came back,” said restaurant owner Tran Vuong Quang. “And this is our way of reminding them of one of the nicer things about Vietnam: the food.” About 250 veterans and their fami lies gathered in National Cemetery at Little Rock, Ark., to hear Gov. Bill Clinton urge Americans to honor those who died in the small conflicts as well as the major wars. Cattle raisers to file suit to stop blockade on livestock shipments United Press International AUSTIN — With a federal quarantine on Texas cattle that could cost ranchers millions of dol lars looming at midnight today, it appears the issue will be settled in the courts. A spokesman for the Southwest ern Cattle Raisers Association said his group will file suit in U.S. District Judge James Nowlin’s court in Au stin today to stop the U.S. Agricul ture Department from imposing the blockade on interstate shipments of Texas cattle. Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox said he also will go to court to stop a quarantine. Last week, the Independent Cat tlemen’s Association of Texas and two individual south Texas ranchers filed suit in Hidalgo County and obtained a temporary restraining order prohibiting the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service from imposing the quaran tine. However, APHIS said it was un sure if a Texas district judge had that authority. “A federal quarantine on inter state shipments of Texas cattle will cost our livestock industry and a lot of decent ranchers millions of dol lars,” said Cattle Raisers Association spokesman Steve Munday. The USD A said it called the quarantine because Texas’ brucello sis eradication program does not meet rigid federal standards fol lowed by other states. The Texas Senate Friday defe ated a measure to bring the prog ram into compliance. a cutoff of most federal funds to fight brucellosis in the state. Those funds totaled about $11.5 million in 1982 and were projected to amount to more than $8 million in 1983, said USDA spokesman Don Nielson. Under the quarantine, breeding cattle may be shipped out of Texas only from qualified herds that have passed two tests for the disease 120 days apart, he said. Animals from herds that do not meet those requirements — includ ing unspayed heifers over 6 months of age coming out of feedlots — must be branded with an “S” and can only be shipped for slaughter, Nielson said.