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retie seas. Oil spills ° 1 narrow water chan ice and tra\el. ' Tar pley also! e thei irrow's only veterinarl^ol. 78 No. 11 USPS 045360 20 pages nt six weeks ■ ’ * The Battalion Serving the University community studying College Station, Texas Thursday, September 15, 1983 l<1 in San Diego., L>ify dealt with s unique to the ( ,on « rabies ™ ^ w the Arctic fox andu aJT ised hy sewage «ini s in an area where th <> water pipelines. ike 1UFHERS N CAR SPECIALIST rnm lashow scheduled o visit next week •FITS MANY SMALL CADS AT ( participating dealers FOREIGN CARS CUSTOM DUALS HEAVY DUTY SHOCKS ISTOM PIPE BENDING d... 775-0188 rCASES S-8PM by Kathy Wiesepape Battalion Staff Nobel Prize-winning Harvard physi- Sheldon Glashow, will be at Texas (M next week for the first of eight -week visits scheduled for the year. Glashow, who received the Nobel ize in 1979, will head up a group of ecialists in the area of particle phy- ;, Peter McIntyre, associate profes- of physics, said. The four other mbers of the group also will be here extended visits during the year. McIntyre said the physics depart ed will try to arrange the visits to incide as much as possible so the oupcan have several test runs to see if ey are able to work well as a team. Eventually Texas A&M hopes to re- uit the visiting scientists as penna nt faculty members, he said. “If they succeed, and if we are able to Ip them with the things that they ed, there’s a possibility that we may rsuade some or all of them to stay, he fexas A&M received national atten- photo by University News Service Dr. Sheldon Glashow tion last year when Glashow was quoted by the Harvard Crimson as saying Texas A&M had offered him a salary package rivaling the one offered to Athletic Di rector and Head Football Coach Jackie Sherrill. Glashow later said he had been misquoted. However, Glashow met with Texas A&M President Frank E. Vandiver and other University officials to discuss th6 possibility of spending his year-long sabbatical at Texas A&M. The discus sions were part of an effort to bring out standing faculty members to Texas A&M. Texas A&M was later upstaged by the University of Houston, when UH offi cials announced that Glashow had agreed to take the position of “affiliated senior scientist at the University of Houston Central Campus College of Natural Sciences and Mathmatics.’’ Under the agreement, Glashow will spend one week a year at UH and be a long-distance consultant for the rest of the year. Glashow's second visit is scheduled for Oct. 3-7, McIntyre said, with the remaining six visits to be spread throughout the year. ieadquarters dedication banned for Saturday .staff photo by Guy Chandler Hood by Wanda Winkler Battalion Staff Die Texas A&M University Press will dicate its new headquarters as the in H. Lindsey Building at 1:30 p. m. turday. The dedication ceremony will he in idder Forum, followed by an open use in the Lindsey Building, on the utheast comer of Duncan field on is Street. The Frank H. Wardlaw Collection of :xas Art will be on display during the house. Wardlaw established the iversity of South Carolina Press in jjihS, the University of Texas Press in iO and Texas A&M’s press in 1974. Wardlaw “should be in the Book of 'orld Records for founding three Uni- rsitypresses,” Lloyd G. Lyman, dire- jor of the press, says. He saved the best for last, ” Lyman jThe press, previously within the Ixas A&M System, recently became Irt of the University. The administra- ■echange means Lyman will report to ■esident Frank E. Vandiver instead of lancellor Arthur G. Hansen. Lyman said the press, with at least ISbooks in print, is committed to serv ing the scholarly community and gener al readers throughout Texas and the Southwest. “Very few university presses have de veloped as quickly as us,” Lyman said. The press has published about 20 ti tles a year and 12 more are planned for publication this fall. Faculty, former students and the Board of Regents strongly support the facility, he said. “They seem to like us, and we re proud of it. ” Anyone can submit a manuscript to the press, regardless of experience, occupational status or financial re sources. Each manuscript is evaluated by at least one expert in that particular field. When a manuscript receives a posi tive evaluation, it is submitted to the University Press Committee for approval. Publication depends on the quality of the manuscript, Lyman said. The committee consists of faculty members from Texas A&M, Prairie View A&M University, Texas A&M University at Galveston and Tarleton State University. After a manuscript is approved, the press can publish the work. The majority of manuscripts recom mended by the press are approved, Ly man said. The facility publishes non fiction books about Texas, economics, natural history, veterinary medicine and the Southwest. The University president and at least 20 faculty mem bers have published works through the press. Regional books are a specialty of the press. They include “Texas Wildlife,” “Coastal Texas,” and “Landscapes of Texas. ” “I’m very optimistic about the future of the press, and I think it will continue to grow and be an increasingly impor tant part of Texas A&M,” Lyman says. In June, the press began distributing new books and backlist books of Rice University Studies, Texas Christian University Press and the Texas State Historical Assocation. The original University Press head quarters was in the old Board of Dire ctors Building, the current site of Hob by and Neeley halls. But in 1979, when it was destroyed by fire, the press was moved in to several mobile trailers lo cated north of Hotard Hall, behind the Northgate Pos$ Office. In April, it was moved to its current location. Aggie skydiving The Sport Parachute Club held a demonstration jump on the polo field Wednesday evening. Jumping from an altitude of 8000 feet, the chutists free fell to 2000 feet before opening their chutes. Gramm assembles financiers United Press International WASHINGTON — Rep. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, announced Tuesday he has named 37 supporters to an “ex ploratory finance committee” to gauge possible support for a bid to win the U.S. Senate seat of John Tower, who has decided to retire. Gramm is expected to decide within the next two weeks whether to enter the race for Tower’s seat following the five- term senator’s announcement last month that he planned to step down for personal reasons. The list of Gramm suppporters in clude Texas Rangers owner and oilman Eddie Chiles of Fort Worth, Hunt Oil President Ray Hunt of Dallas and Mesa Petroleum Chairman Boone Pickens of Amarillo. “I am honored that so many men and women who have played such major roles in the economic and political growth of our state have urged me to run and offered to serve on this explora tory committee, seeking further pledges of support” Gramm said. The former Texas A&M economics professor switched to the Republican Party earlier this year after Democrats threw him off the House Budget Com mittee. He won a special election to regain his seat. Several Democrats have announced their intentions to seek Tower’s seat and Gramm’s fellow GOP congressman, Ron Paul of Houston, announced his candidacy immediately after Tower announced his retirement last month. Soviet Union purchases 100.000 tons of wheat United Press International WASHINGTON — The Soviet Un ion has bought another 100,000 metric tons of wheat as part of active buying of American grain under a new five-year grain agreement, the Agriculture De partment said Wednesday. It was the second annnouncement this week of a Soviet purchase of Amer ican grain from private exporters at un disclosed prices. On Tuesday, officials announced the Kremlin bought 135,000 tons of American corn. The most recent purchases continue a flurry of sales since Sept. 1, the day the Soviets shot down a Korean jetliner. President Reagan has said the airliner incident will not jeopardize the grain deal. The recent sales add up to 2.585 million tons of grain — 1.635 million tons of corn and the rest wheat—as well as 390,000 tons of soybeans. Under the agreement, the Soviets are obligated to buy at least 8 million tons of grain and 500,000 tons of soy beans a year and can buy up to 12 mil lion tons of grain without specific U.S. permission. The Agriculture Department also announced the sale of 250,000 tons of wheat to unknown destinations, which could possibly turn out to be the Soviet Union, as well. sticated orth ollars. gjger chal- ot more y than ttions give le rewards io. There’s nefits, 3 starting nost com- ; of college. Dromo- alary will 131,000. w, through >ur skills) ortunities our edu- iing the f attending ool while Navy, st take a a Navy ake charge- staff photo by John Makely Kind of confusing Marc Henn, a graduate exchange student from West Germany majoring in mechanical engineering looks at the engine of a 1983 GTI Volkswagen in the Texas A&M Sports Car Club’s show Wednesday by Rudder fountain. Fate of foreigners unknown Planes collide in China, 10 die United Press International PEKING — A Chinese airliner col lided with a military aircraft on the run way of Guilin airport in southern China Thursday, killing 10 people and injuring 21 others, the official Xinhua news agency said. The agency said foreigners were among the 100 passengers on board, but it was not immediately known if fore igners were among the dead or injured. The plane, a British-made Trident jetliner, collided with the military air craft as it was about to leave Guilin, a popular tourist resort, for Peking, Xinhua said. It was the fifth air accident in China in 17 months but the first involving a collision between two aircraft. A spokesman for China’s state air line, CAAC, said the injured included two crew members. Xinhua said the crash occurred at 9:34 a.m. as the jetliner, flight number 264, was taxiing down the runway. It did not identify the military plane involved. It said a CAAC investigative team was “rushed to Guilin, 450 miles northwest of the provincial capital of Canton and scene of Chinas worst known air disaster to date. Guilin is famous for its mountains. In April of last year, a Chinese airliner slammed into one of them, killing all 112 people aboard. Last Christmas, 23 people including three Americans were killed when afire Reagan authorizes Marines to protect peace keepers United Press International BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Reagan, in a move that could step up U.S. military involvement in Lebanon, authorized Marines to call on American air and naval power to protect all foreign peace keepers in Beirut. The shift in U.S. policy Tuesday came as Syria and Lebanon exchanged sharp words and the Lebanese army re pulsed a major Syrian-backed Druze Moslem assault on the approaches to Beirut. U.S. envoy Robert McFarlane re turned to Beirut after talks with King Fahd and other officials in Saudi Arabia to discuss a possible cease-fire in the war between the Druze and the Christ ian militias, backed by the Lebanese army. Prince Bandar in Sultan, the Saudi mediator between Lebanon and Syria was back in Damascus Tuesday, state- run Beirut radio said. Two British Buccaneer jets, urgently dispatched to a Cyprus base last Veek, swooped low over Beirut and the Shouf mountains south and east of the capital Tuesday, spreading panic among civi lians. In Washington, Reagan authorized Marine commanders in Beirut to order air strikes from warships off the coast of Beirut and naval bombardment to pro tect diplomats and peacekeeping troops if they are threatened by hostile fire. On Monday, 2,000 fresh U.S. troops arrived on warships off the coast of Beirut to back up the 1,200 Marines already on Lebanon’s soil. The Reagan administration, howev er, said it did not expect the Marines to take the offensive against Syrian troops despite the new authorization. “We re still in a defensive role,” he said. “We still believe that we can get a cease-fire and the Lebanese govern ment can extend its control over a grea ter area” in Lebanon, the aide said. President Amin Gemayel’s govern ment lashed out at Syria in response to a statement by Syrian Minister of State for External Affairs Farouk Sharaa who warned of “grave dangers” ahead, accusing Washington of escalating de velopments in Lebanon. “The Lebanese government does not need a certificate from anyone (Syria) that it is legitimate,” state-run Lebanese television quoted Lebanon’s Information Minister Roger Chikhani as saying. The heightening of tension between the two governments coincided with a massive Druze attack on Souk al Gharb, 8 miles southeast of Beirut, the last army line of defense protecting the presidential palace in suburban Baabda. The attack, launched by “foreign forces’ — the Beirut government’s re ference to the alleged involvement of Syrian, Palestinian and Iranian fighters alongside the Druze — was beaten off after four hours, Beirut radio said. After two postponements because of persistent shelling of their base at the foot of the Shouf, the Marine unit held a memorial service for the two Marines killed Sept. 6 when their bunker took a direct hit by a rocket. Two hundred Marines led by Col. Timothy Geraghty sang “Amazing Grace” and marksmen fired 21 shots into the sky in a tribute to Cpl. Pedro del Valle, 25, of Puerto Rico, and Lance Cpl. Randy Clark, 19, of Minong, Wise. swept through a Chinese airliner land ing in Canton. Another Chinese airliner crash- landed in Fuzhou last February in what was later described by Chinese sources as an attempted hijacking. Last September, a Japan Airlines DC-8 crash landed in Shanghai, injur ing 23 people. inside Around town Classifieds. . Local Opinions. . . 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