The Battalion Serving the University community bl. 76 No. 155 USPS 045360 14 Pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, June 1, 1983 on-PUF schools to receive funding for construction ■from staff and wire reports LIST IN — The Texas state col- eges and universities that do not hare in the billion dollar Permanent JiiTersity Fund are in line to receive ilOO million in construction funding. Bn a compromise move that took ve|ks of negotiations between repre- em itives of both legislative bodies, lAtse members voted 128-12 and he Senate voted 29-2 in favor of a (reposed constitutional amendment hai would fund construction, re- lov itions and repairs at the institu- ions. The non-PUF facilities previously funded construction with proceeds from a state property tax. But because that tax was repealed last year, the schools were left without a source of construction financing. If the prop osed amendment is approved by vo ters in November, non-PUF facilities will have their own constitutionally- dedicated construction fund inde pendent of the PUF. PUF facilities — Texas A&M and the University of Texas — now use bonds backed by the fund to Finance construction, maintenance and re pairs. Legislators approved provi sions in the amendment that will open the fund to the other branches of the two systems. They also approved a provision that would earmark $60 million for Prairie View A&M Uni versity over the next 10 years. Originally, the House version cal led for a $75 million non-PUF fund while the Senate proposal set aside $125 million. The conference com mittee settled on $100 million and also agreed to allow the Legislature to review the appropriation every Five years and change it by a two-thirds vote of each house. Further, the $100 million com promise extends legislative review of spending by the universities and col leges to all but UT, Texas A&M and Prairie View. Under the proposal, state colleges and universities also would be able to bond against part of their allotment under the funding formula — as Texas A&M and UT do with the PUF. The resolution also would require legislative approval for new institu tions to become eligible for funds under the program. rucellosis quarantine stopped y temporary restraining order United Press International ’ BUSTIN — Texas cattle breeders Bed at least two weeks in their Fight Bust a federal quarantine which night have cost their industry $180 Bion had it gone into effect today. B)espite claims by the Agriculture Bartment that a “paramount mergency†exists in the state’s itucellosis program, a federal judge asetBed against the USA and in favor io« ifpthe state attorney general’s ofFice which asked for a restraint against the quarantine. Brucellosis is a contagious, infec tious bacterial disease that causes cows to fail to conceive, abort or bear weakened calves. U.S. District Court Judge James Nowlin said Tuesday his temporary restraining order will remain in effect until a full hearing can be held, poss ibly as early as June 13. David Richards, an assistant attor ney general, argued that the USDA had failed to justify its emergency quarantine. He pointed out that Texas had signiFicant reductions in brucellosis cases recently. “We don’t say a problem doesn’t exist,†he said. “We say no emergency exists.†Nowlin said a quarantine by the U.S. Department of Agriculture would cause irreparable harm to Texas’ cattle industry. Earlier, the USDA earlier estimated a quarantine would cost Texas cattle breeders be tween $80 million to $130 million annually. The Agriculture Department announced its quarantine because Texas lawmakers failed to approve a brucellosis bill that would bring the state’s program into compliance with federal standards. iummit sought for pullout plan ''~r staff photo by Barry Papke Aggie ingenuity An anonymous passerby left a live Aggie joke for students traveling east on Highway 30 just outside the College Station city limits. ■United Press International Lebanese officials have become plterned a failure of American Bits to achieve a pullout of foreign s |,j .■‘‘V from I .yhatu+n might leave " Pni in the lurch†and are plotting 1 diplomatic drive to win the with- e 1,1 (rivals. ' lA Foreign Ministry official said :, r ftfiday in Beirut, an Arab summit ^^Bld be sought with a possible role ar France to break the impasse in ptt ig Israeli, Syrian and Palestinian Bes to withdraw from the country. TThe official, who was not identi- I in a statement released by the ficial National News Agency, said tiers in Beirut were concerned quiet U.S. and Saudi Arabian inter vention with Damascus might fail. “Lebanon is concerned about the effectiveness of the Saudi role and about the possibility America might leave Lebanon in the lurch,†the offi cial said. Syria has refused to withdraw its 40,000 troops from Lebanon, block ing Israel’s planned withdrawal of 30,000 troops. Another 10,000 Pales tine Liberation Organization Fighters are positioned in the country. Lebanese ministers, serving as Lebanese President Amin GemayeTs envoys, will consult with Arab na tions. “If a summit is not desirable, Lebanon will seek a conference of Arab foreign ministers,†Lebanese official said. the Lebanon earlier sought backing from Arab states, particularly Saudi Arabia, with mixed success. The official said Lebanon wants another shuttle mission to the Middle East by Secretary of State George Shultz, who mediated the Israeli- Lebanese troop withdrawal accord signed two weeks ago. U.S. officials said they did not ex pect Shultz to return to the region although Syrian officials have refused to meet U.S. envoy Philip Habib. Shelling erupted Monday in the hills near Beirut, apparently between rival Christian and Druze militiamen, police said. The shells landed near U.S. Marine peace-keeping outposts, but a Marine spokesman reported no casualties. Near the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, officials said a Fijian mem ber of the U.N. peace-keeping force was shot to death in a gunbattle with militiamen of Maj. Saad Haddad, Israel’s ally in the border region. In Tel Aviv, a top defense official said Monday Israel wants to see whether Syria is ready to remove its troops before deciding on a unilateral pullback to southern Lebanon. Number of Soviet missies questioned 'overnment can demand repayment 15 states misspent education grants United Press International Washington — The supreme lourt unanimously upheld today the 4eral government’s power to collect isspent educational funds from ales. Iln a case from Pennsylvania and lew Jersey, the court reversed a rul- igthat the Department of Education dec! the authority to collect some Ik million in educational funds iven in grants to the states. ■Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said ie Elementary and Secondary Edu- Ition Act of 1965 plainly gives the overnment the right to force the ajes to return misused funds. The states had argued their violated by being held liable for the money, much of it spent 10 or more years ago. “We cannot agree,†wrote O’Con nor, who has established herself as a states’ rights advocate. “Requiring states to honor the obligations volun tarily assumed as a condition of feder al funding before recognizing their ownership of funds simply does not intrude on their sovereignty.†In addition to Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the court’s ruling affects 13 other states the federal education officials say have misspent education grants — Maryland, which owes $11 million, and Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, California, Texas, Illinois, Hawaii, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, and Oregon. Precise Figures on what those states owe are not available. The government sought repay ment for federal funds given to states for the special needs of educationally deprived children. The program, in augurated under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Educa tion Act, was designed for areas with high concentrations of children from low income families. However, in auditing state expend itures, the Education Department found that New Jersey and Pennsyl vania had misspent the funds during fiscal years 1971, 1972 and 1973. The department asked New Jersey to refund $1 million and Pennsylva nia to pay back $422,000. The states took the government to court, arguing that the department had the authority to recoup illegally ex pended funds. The appeals court agreed, finding that the only express authority to order repayment of the misappropri ated funds was in the 1978 amend ments to the act — amendments pas sed after the funds were spent. The appeals panel also said the government could not offset the miss pent funds by denying the states fu ture educational funds. United Press Internationa] BONN, West Germany — Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said to day the Soviet Union had stepped up production of its SS-20 medium range missiles in a move to maintain nuclear superiority over the West. “The Soviet Union now has at least 360 SS-20 missiles — that is more than their official figure of 351. They are determined to maintain a monopoly in this field and keep superiority,†Weinberger said at a news conference at the end of a two-day visit during which he discussed planned deploy ment of U.S. Cruise and Pershing-2 missiles in Europe. He said the nine more SS-20 mis siles are above the officially recog nized statistics. Weinberger was to fly today to Brussels for a meeting of Western de fense ministers. Weinberger denied that it was the West’s intention to achieve nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union by planning the missiles’ deployment. “We simply believe it is essential to gain an effective and credible deter rent after some years of neglect, which makes the rearmament prog ram in which we are engaged in the United States essential,†he said. The United States and its NATO allies have said they will deploy 572 cruise and Pershing-2 missiles in Western Europe late this year if no agreement is reached at the Geneva disarmament talks with the Soviet Union on limiting the number of medium range missiles. Western sources say the Soviet Un ion has about 500 medium-range nuclear missiles targeted on Europe and another 100 aimed at Asia. “It is my hope that we will get an agreement,†Weinberger said. “But if we stop at any point with the planned deployment, we will not be giving the Soviet Union an incentive to come to an agreement.†He said he would not speculate on the possibility of any compromise solution at Geneva. “The best solution would be to have them (the missiles) all out and then we would not have to go ahead with our deployment program,†he said. Weinberger rejected recent sug gestions that the United States was not serious in its attempt to achieve a solution at the Geneva arms talks. “I find these remarks basically un believable. President Reagan has put forward the most drastic reduction proposals possible. The people who make these comments must be those who don’t want to be convinced under any circumstances,†he said. Both Weinberger and his West German counterpart, Manfred Woerner, stressed that production and the planned deployment of Cruise and Pershing-2 missiles was on schedule for the end of 1983 as planned. “We are keeping to the end of 1983 schedule,†Woerner said. Mexico to extradite terrorist to U.S. United Press International MEXICO CITY — Puerto Rican terrorist William Morales denied all charges against him as authorities be gan formal proceedings for his extra dition to the United States. Fifth District Court Judge Roberto Gomez Tuesday ordered Morales de tained for 60 days after the Ministry of Foreign Relations received a for mal extradition request from the State Department. Morales, who escaped from a New York City hospital prison ward four years ago, was captured Thursday in Puebla, about 70 miles east of Mexico City, in a battle in which two federal agents were wounded. Mexican charges could complicate the extradition request because one of two agents wounded in the arrest died from his injuries Tuesday. Morales’ Mexican attorney, Jose Rojo Coronado, filed two motions at the jailhouse arraignment: one that he no longer be held incommunicado, and the other that he not be mistre ated. The prisoner said he had been beaten by Mexican police in front of FBI agents, one local reporter said. In a brief interview in his cell with three Mexican reporters, Morales de nied charges made by Mexican police that he was planning to wage a bomb ing campaign in Mexico and Central America. Police claim he was planning a bomb attack against U.S. and Mex ican congressmen slated to meet in Puebla. “I came to Mexico to recuperate, because I was hurt very badly, and I was thinking of leaving Mexico for another country other than the Un ited States,†the prisoner said. He denied links with either Mex ican or Central American revolu tionaries, as police have charged. U.S. Embassy officials said Tues day a consular official had visited Morales. The speed of the extradition processing has surprised local offi cials close to the case. The process could take several months, however. Morales, a leader of the Puerto Rican independence group knowm as FALN, escaped while serving an 89- year sentence for a terrorist bomb fac tory explosion. Enrollment Registration for first summer ses sion classes at Texas A&M is up by 6 percent over last year. So far, 12,475 students have enrolled, compared to 11,767 last year. Late registration will continue through the week. inside Classified 10 Local 3 Opinions 2 Sports 11 State 4 National 7 forecast Partly cloudy skies today and tonight with a high of 79 and tonight’s low near 67. Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday with a high of around 84.