Page 8/The Battalion/Friday, September 2,1983 Networks mark 20 years of news United Press International NEW YORK — Gov. G«orge Wallace delayed the opening of an Alabama school, Robert Ken nedy cut short a holiday to keep on top of the fight for civil rights and Walter Cronkite had an ex clusive interview with President John F. Kennedy. It was Sept. 2, 1963, and these were some of the day’s events covered by CBS News on net work television’s first daily half- hour evening news broadcast. “CBS Evening News” marks its 20th anniversary as a half- hour broadcast Friday. NBC News went to the format a week later on Sept. 9, 1963, and ABC’s half-hour early evening news show premiered Jan. 9, 1967, with none other than Pe ter Jennings anchoring from New York. Since then a competition worthy of Olympic entry — the anchor toss — has been under way at ABC and NBC as the two networks struggle to knock CBS out of favor with television’s ear ly evening news audience. The latest round in the rat ings race starts Monday night when Jennings becomes the first single anchor on ABC’s “World News Tonight” since Oct. 1, 1976 — his co-anchor Max Robinson still is awaiting reas signment — and Tom Brokaw begins a solo run at NBC. Bro- kaw’s co-anchor, Roger Mudd, will become host and principal reporter of “NBC White Paper” and senior political correspon dent. For their efforts, Jennings, 45, will earn a reported $900,000 a year and Brokaw, 43, a reported $1.5 million. Top-ranked “CBS Evening News” has always used the sing le-anchor format, with Cronkite holding the spot until March 9, 1981, when he was succeeded by Dan Rather, 51, who makes a reported $2 million a year. When NBC announced last July that Mudd would be reas signed as of Sept. 5, a spokes man for the network com mented: “CBS has had a single anchorman and I guess we found out that single is what the people want.” Whether this really marks the end of the 20-years of guess work that has seen ABC and NBC juggling with single-, dou- ble-and triple-anchor formats, remains to be seen. ABC News had used the tri ple-anchor format since July 1978, with Frank Reynolds broadcasting from Washington, Jennings from London and Robinson from Chicago. Reynolds died July 20, and on Aug. 9, ABC News President Roone Arledge announced that Jennings would be assuming the post of single anchor and, like Brokaw and Rather, be based in New York. Jennings, only 26 when he assumed the post, left his initial anchor post at ABC in 1967 to gain experience in field re porting. School faces charges for sexual segregation FIRST MEETING Mon.; SepE 5 7:00-S*-30P.M.~HIO Rudder Conrunii+ee sign-ups will be. held. Come gef involved ! United Press International VAN ALSTYNE — Some pa rents in a north central Texas community are concerned about the gender gap that has put boys and girls in separate classrooms at Van Alstyne Middle School. One parent said Wednesday he’s ready to take the school dis trict to court to ensure his daughter receives an equal edu cation. “I don’t believe the girls are being ^iven an equal opportun ity,” said Jim Wolfe, an air traffic controller whose daughter Ra- quel is in the seventh grade. “The boys are separated because they play football and the girls don’t.” Wolfe said separating the sexes in the seventh and eighth grade classrooms deprives stu dents of a vital educational ex perience. “I think boys and girls should learn to get along and coeduca tional classes are an important part of their education,” he said. “I think the school is wrong in taking state and federal money and then doing as they please.” But Wolfe’s threat to file a sex discrimination suit against the school district has drawn little response from school officials. Principal David Campbell said the gender segregation was necessary to accommodate school athletic schedules. Charles Williams, Van Al styne school district superinten dent, said he is not concerned about a sex discrimination suit and denied that parents are up set at the arrangement. “We’ve had one call,” he said. “We discussed the scheduling and we decided it was the best arrangement.’ Campbell explained the sche dule of classes was arranged so the the boys’ coach — who dou bles as a math teacher — could spend more time teaching math. In previous years the school had separate coaches for seventh and eighth grade boys and girls, he said. “This year the seventh and eighth grade boys meet together in a combined athletic class and the seventh and eighth grade girls meet together for their class,” he said. “That gives the math teacher an extra period to teach math.” Campbell said that because of the combined athletic classes, it was necessary to keep the stu dents separated all day. Some students also have ex pressed dissatisfaction with the arrangement. “I don’t like going to class with all boys,” said one eighth grader, who asked not to be identified. “It just isn’t the same.” Campbell and Williams both denied claims by a number of parents that the scheduling was arranged to prevent disciplinary problems. But Caroline Beaty, whose son is in the eighth grade, said the school has had minor clas sroom problems in the past with teachers “who couldn’t control the eighth grade.” LAW SCHOOL? LSAT Weekend Review is an intensive, three-day course developed by graduates of the University qC Texas Law School. $175. Success rate: 8 point average improvement on the 10-50 LSAT scale based on a com parison of diagnostic and mock LSAT scores. For free information packet call toll-free: 1-800-252-9146 ext. 770 Dallas Austin Sept. 9-11 Sept. 16-18 Houston Sept. 23-25 MSC Print n' Copy tv >> the ehiyintii. room 221D-MSC 845-7294 8-8 M-Th, 8-5 F, 10-1 Saturday papers flyers posters resumes transparencies featuring a variety of paper colors and weights lexic United Press Internation; MXICO CITY — In < Around tom O'Dell named squadron commander Commander Jack O’Dell, of Richardson, has been named commander of the Naval air transport squadron VR-59.The reserve force squadron, comprised of 203 officers and en listed men, flies missions to such diverse places as Japan, Alaska, Europe, Canada and the Caribbean, including sup plying U.S. troops to Beirut. ' O’Dell, Class of'63, graduated with a bachelor’s degree business. He was recruited into the Navy in 1962 and served his active duty career in the Western Pacific, including Viet nam. He joined the reserves in Dallas in 1969, and hasbeena pilot for Braniff and is now a pilot for Muse Air. Hew named to the command of the VR-59 squadron in early August. ging review of his fir: in office, Pre iguel de la Madrid said' his government has e the worst of the e« isisbut urged each Mex ;ht from his “own tren "The challenge is eno termsofthe economy, rtime. The destiny of is at stake," said de I in his first state of the dress since taking ofl in the midst of th s worst economic cnsi century. Campus to hold open house Sunday Sunday’s MSC Open House, which will feature more than 150 student organizations, will be the largest ever Organizations from around the campus — academic, service and honor, sports and recreation, religious, MSC, music and dance, and general groups —^ will have booths and displays open from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on both floors of the Memorial Student Center, offering information about their groups and activities. Refugee, a band from Dallas, will be playing in frontofG. Rollie White Coliseum for the annual street dance from8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Students also will be able to meet their deans, department heads and other administrators at a re ception in 201 MSC, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Guided tours through the MSC will leave every 20 mi nutes from the main lounge from at 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. ISA needs exhibits for Open House Any international students’ organization that wants to parti cipate in MSC Open House is encouraged to prepare' al Studen owned arm United Press Internatu Farmers in the nation owing belt say an reactior jviet’s shooting down t lercial Korean jetline irried a U.S. repre nd several other Ai be an unfair bi he nation’s farmers. “Somebody starts lanes down and kills y le," said Ivan Wyatt armer's Union direct ou just can’t overlook lent. “But why an embr id. “Farmers shoulc he brunt of the poli ft'e're always a politic; “I think farmers w jort a grain embargc iody in the nation wa share in the burden, labeled exhibit to be displayed at the International Students’ Association booth. Members should attend in their national dress if possible, and will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Memorial Student Center to prepare the exhibits. Positions open on ISA committees Anyone interested in serving on committees in the Interna tional Students’ Association should stop by the ISA office in Bizzell Hall or call 845-1824. The positions are open to any Texas A&M student. The appointments will be confirmedat the first administrative cuncil meeting Sept. 23 in Rudder. To submit an item for this column, come by the Battalion office in 216 Reed McDonald or contact Cheryl Burke at 845-2611. ‘ Si St Ev\ Sept ALL INV SPONSORE Police Beat The following incidents were reported to the University Police Department on Tuesday and Wednesday. THEFTS: •A green Schwinn 10-Speed bicycle, from the Hobby Hall bike rack. •A yellow Schwinn 10-speed bicycle, from the Crocker Hall bike rack. •A red Montgomery Ward 10-speed bicycle, from the staff parking lot across from Sbisa Di ning Hall, north of Haas Hall. •A maroon backpack, from the shelves outside the Memo rial Student Center Basement Bookstore. The backpack con tained a textbook, a gold Cross pen, a pair of prescription^ ses, $7 in quarters and oth personal property. diet, from t •A wallet, from the firstfloi of the Teague Research Cenifi The wallet was found later in trash can in the first floi women’s restroom of the bu! ing. All property was recover) except $209 in cash. • A General Electric AMlFl radio, from 264 Veterinai 1 Medicine Complex. • A sign from the Penbertl' Intramural Complex. Twopfl sons were apprehended, gut written statements and werett leased. G TE Cavitt Church of Christ PARK AVI^lJE CLUB invites you to ; attend Bible Classes and Worship Services Wednesday Night: Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Sunday Services: 9:00 a.m. Bible class 10:00 a.m. Worship service 6:00 p.m. Worship srvice NEWEST, HOTTEST NITE CLUB IN COLLEGE STATION Located 3200 Cavitt Street, Bryan off Villa Maria John W. Leonard, Minister 822-4844 BURGLARY: •A set of tools worth from 327 Zachry Engineer^! Center. • Two Phillips 100 watt rj| stereo speakers from Dorm H OTHER: •A gate arm was broken i| the staff parking lot adjacentl the Creamery and the PaviM • A person was arrested in ^ parking lot across from ' Northgate Post Office for dri' ing while intoxicated. The son was taken to Brazos Counf Jail. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NITE 7 to 9 p.m. — 25