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/ol 78 No. 17 USPS 045360 16 pages in 2 sections
College Station, Texas
Friday, September 23,1983
^Former A&M prof Gramm
reveals Senate candidacy
by Kathy Wiesepape
Battalion Staff
U.S. Rep. Phil Gramm announced
hursday that he will seek election to
T’ U.S. Senate.
^ ^y “Since 1978, Bryan-College Sta-
has had its own hometown con-
ressman,” Gramm said. “I think it’s
me Bryan-Gollege Station got a
romotion. I think we deserve our
,vn hometown senator.”
Gramm’s first formal announce-
lentof his candidacy came at a press
inference Thursday morning at
isterwood Airport. A group of sup-
t frequently hasbeai orterscametosee the Bryan-College
f controversy forst*ation representative off on a four
ty kickoff campaign to 21 Texas
ties.
Gramm asked for the continued
ipport of his friends and neighbors
sreand stressed his past record as a
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crusader against high government
spending. He reminded his consti
tuents that he supported Carter’s
efforts to rein in government spend
ing and that he co-authored the
Gramm-Latta budget that incorpo
rated the Reagan economic plan.
He said he has consistently fought
against the abuse of federal social
programs and has pushed for greater
efficiency in government programs
and agencies.
His philosophy of government and
his political goals are “deeply rooted
in traditional Texas values,” he said.
“I’ve tried to write the common
sense ideas of our people into public
policy,” Gramm said.
He said he used a test for evaluat
ing spending programs proposed in
Congress. He thinks about specific
people at home and specific consti-
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Mass Spectrometry
David Wade, senior physics major from Nederland,
adjusts the laser guiding mirrors of a mass spectrometer.
The unit is used here to analyze the energy spread in
organic molecules.
by Karen Hoefle
Battalion Reporter
It's not unusual for the biology de-
irtment to change leadership. Dr.
elmut Sauer, former department
ad of the Texas A&M biology de
triment said Thursday.
Sauer submitted his resignation
:pt. 9 which took effect immedi-
ely.
Dean of Science John Fackler Jr.
is appointed Dr. Walter Kemp as
terim head of the department.
“The department has been very
astable; there have been eight
tanges of department heads within
ie last ten years,” Sauer said.
When Sauer came to Texas A&M
1981, he was interested in the
portunity to lead the University’s
lology department, his goal was to
aild basic modern biology in
, aching and research.
23'l This was a goal, he says, that has
it been reached.
“The building process has not
ken place to the extent I had
iped,” Sauer said.
The biology department is a com-
lex department, Sauer said. There
re a few ingredients which contri-
, ute to this complexity, he said. For
tn ne thing, the academic interests of
ie faculty are very diverse.
Secondly, the faculty consists both
f those who are teaching-oriented
ind those who are research-oriented.
Until ten years ago, this depart-
nent was a teaching department,
jauer said. Then it was decided to
Dr. Helmut Sauer
make it into a good research depart
ment where scientists would only do
basic research.
This transition is not easy and it
takes time, Sauer said.
Such a transition is a period of in
stability, Sauer said, because it’s a
period when the faculty isn’t sure
whether they are a teacher or a re
searcher, he said.
Sauer said that there were no ill-
feelings between him and the admi
nistration and that he plans to con
tinue to teach and do research in the
department.
“The bottom line is that the admi
nistration and myself feel my resigna
tion will benefit the University as well
as myself as a professor,” Sauer said.
“My own background is such that I
am more of a professor than an admi
nistrator.”
tuents that are depending on him and
then looks at the effects the program
will have on them, Gramm said.
If it won’t improve their situation,
he said, .then he won’t favor the prog
ram. Not many spending programs
are able to pass that test, Gramm said.
A former economics professor at
Texas A&M, Gramm said his back
ground in economics and his strong
belief in the free enterprise system
can help him play an important part
in government.
Gramm said he felt obligated to
take a leadership role in government,
but he emphasized his opposition to
partisan politics.
“I didn’t go to Congress to play the
old game of‘go along, get along,’ ” he
said. “I went to Washington to make
things happen.”
U.S. Rep. Phil Gramm
Aggie-Indian clash
to be on television
The Texas A&M football team,
coming off a 38-0 win last weekend
over Arkansas State, will host Oklaho
ma State Saturday at Kyle Field in
what many football observers say will
be a dose game.
Apparently, the CBS television
network also thinks the game will go
down to the wire. The network
announced earlier this ween that the
game’s kickoff was moved up to 2:50
p.m. to accommodate a regional tele
cast.
Verne Lundquist will call the play-
by-play for the network and former
University of Oklahoma running
back Steve Davis will handle the color
commentary.
A crowd of more thn 55,000 is
expected at Kyle Field as the Aggies
and Cowboys line up for a rematch of
the 1981 Indepenaence Bowl game
which the Aggies won, 33-16.
When Texas A&M lines up to kick
the ball off to OSU, the Twelf th Man
Kickoff Team will likely ignite the
crowd as it has for the Aggies’ first two
games.
The Aggie kickoff team has proved
to be a valuable asset for Texas A&M
in the first two games. The Twelfth
Man team has held the opponents to
an average kickoff return of 15.3
yards so far this year. For more on the
Texas A&M-OSU game, see page 11.
U.S. warships
shell Lebanon
United Press International
BEIRUT — American warships
and French jets pounded rebel posi
tions in the mountains near Beirut
Thursday in retaliation for artillery
attacks on their installations in the
capital.
The attack by eight French Super
Etendard jets on rebel artillery units
in the Syrian-held mountains
marked the first time members of
the multinational peace-keeping
forces used air strikes against the
Druze Moslem militiamen trying to
oust the government of President
Amin Gemayel.
Gemayel was in contact with the
leaders of Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq and
Jordan during the day in an attempt
to speed up Saudi Arabian and
American efforts to achieve a cease
fire in the civil war, Beirut radio
said.
The French strikes came only
hours after two American des
troyers shelled the Druze units with
5-inch guns and U.S. Navy F-14
fighter-bombers roared over the
area on reconnaissance missions.
Beirut radio said the French jets
hit targets in the Syrian-held village
of Dhour Shoueir, about 12 miles
east of the capital.
In Paris, Defense Minister
Charles Hernu said he ordered the
eight French jets from the aircraft
carrier Foch to strike Druze artillery
batteries following attacks on
French positions in Beirut that
wounded nine soldiers.
A French foreign ministry state
ment also said Paris had warned
Syria of such attacks if the Druze
shelling continued.
The United States, France, Italy
and Britain have had 4,800 troops in
the Beirut area for the past year in
an effort to restore peace in
Lebanon.
French officials warned two
weeks ago they would strike Druze
positions after a shelling attack kil
led two French soldiers. Seven
French soldiers have been killed in
rebel attacks over the past year.
The Druze responded to the air
and naval strikes by firing about 40
Soviet-made Grad rockets on the
makeshift airstrip used by the
Lebanese air force 20 miles north of
Beirut and renewing their assault on
Lebanese army positions in the
strategic village of Souk el Gharb in
the Shouf mountains 8 miles south
east of the capital.
Beirut radio said the latest fight
ing around Souk el Gharb was light
er than in previous days but that
Druze gunners also shelled army
units at Khalde near the Shouf
mountains.
The Druze, members of a reli
gious sect that split away from the
mainstream of Islam 1,000 years
ago, are trying to consolidate their
hold on the Shouf mountains south
east of the capital in an attempt to
win more power in the central gov
ernment.
Lebanese government troops
earlier beat back a series of Druze
assaults on Souk el Gharb, which has
been under sporadic attack the past
three weeks.
The Druze and their Palestinian
allies launched the attacks Wednes
day night, but the army said it killed
25 attackers in stopping the assault.
The U.S. bombardment of Druze
positions in the Shouf mountains
was carried out by the 6th Fleet des
troyers USS John Rodgers and USS
arthur W. Radford. The two vessels
fired 30 5-inch shells in response to
rebel shelling Wednesday night that
forced U.S. Ambassador Robert Dil
lon and his assistants to abandon his
residence. No American casualties
were reported in the attack.
Building proposals on agenda
Regents to meet this weekend
by Karen Schrimsher
Battalion Staff
Building proposals and renovation
plans top the agenda for Tuesday’s
Texas A&M Board of Regents meet
ing. The committees within the Board
will meet Sunday and Monday.
The regents will hear a number of
bid proposals from the Planning and
Building Committee. Bids will be dis
cussed for the modification and con
struction ol buildings at Texas A&M,
as well as the Tarleton State and
Prairie View A&M university cam
puses.
Modification of the Veterinary
Medical Complex and the Agricultu
ral Engineering Research Laboratory
will be discussed, along with designs
for a new chemistry building, a new
stallion barn, and renovation of the
College Avenue married student
apartments and the Animal Indus
tries Building.
Also to be considered, is the purch
ase of medical malpractice insurance
for veterinary staff members, profes
sional staff and veterinary students at
Texas A&M. The board has the pow
er to authorize Chancellor Arthur G.
Hansen and President Frank E. Van
diver to purchase the insurance.
The concern over malpractice in
surance stems from the current suit
against a Texas A&M faculty mem
ber, Texas A&M and the State of
Texas in the amount of $450,000.
The proposal to be brought before
the board states that the incidence of
veterinary malpractice suits is increas-
Four promotions in the Texas
A&M Board of Regents office were
announced Tuesday.
Vickie Burt has been promoted
to assistant secretary of the board.
Burt, a 1981 graduate of Texas
A&M, has served as senior secretary
and administrative secretary during
the last two years.
Shirley Lightfoot has been
named director of the Division of
Records and Reports. She has work
ed for the University since 1966 and
currently serves as assistant to Chan
cellor Arthur G. Hansen.
Pamela Maddox, a former em
ployee of the athletic department
and the Office of International Stu
dents, has been named administra
tive assistant.
Pamela Bryson has been prom
oted to senior secretary. She was
previously employed by the Univer
sity of Tennessee.
ing rapidly throughout the nation
and that veterinary colleges in other
states have been providing malprac
tice coverage for years.
The annual premium for the first
year is estimated cost about $6,000 for
the staff of the Texas Veterinary
Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, and
$25,000 for $1 million coverage for
the veterinary staff and students.
The board also will discuss the
approval of the establishment of a
Quasi-Endowment — a graduate fel
lowship in the College of En
gineering.
The money for the endowment
would be funded by a Pooled Life
Income Fund set up in 1971 by James
M. and Ada S. Forsyth. The agree
ment provides that the fund be used
for any educational purpose deter
mined by the University.
The late James M. Forsyth, a gra
duate of the College of Engineering,
often expressed his interest in impro
ving engineering education.
Opposition leaders promise
to topple Filipino president
United Press International
MANILA — Opposition leaders,
amid warnings that Manila’s streets
could become “rivers of blood,”
vowed Thursday to press a campaign
to topple President Ferdinand Mar
cos despite his threats to reimpose
martial law.
“We’re just beginning,” said for
mer Senator Jose Diokno, head of the
recently formed “Justice for (Benig-
no) Aquino, Jistice for All” that
helped sponsor a “National Day of
Sorrow” rally Wednesday attended by
som 100,000 people.
The capital was tense but quiet
after the rally erupted into the worst
outbreak of rioting to rock Manila
since Marcos came to power in 1965,
leaving 11 people dead and 247
wounded.
“Yesterday’s observance was just a
first step. Many more will follow,”
said Diokno, who was jailed by Marcos
for two years under martial law.
His group is named after the for
mer opposition leder who was assas
sinated Aug. 21 on his arrival home
from exile in the United States.
Hundreds of riot police carrying
shields took up positions along the
darkened streets leading to Marcos’
riverside Malacanang Palace after the
violence by thousands of jeering de
monstrators who tried to storm the
palace gates.
“We have something planned ev
ery day and we are not going to stop .
until truth, justice, freedom and
democracy are achieved for our coun
try,” said opposition leader Salvador
Laurel.
Diokno told a nels conference that
his group’s objective was the resigna
tion of the “entire Marcos govern
ment by peaceful means. we expect to
produce results at the very latest by
the first quarter of next year.”
Agapito Aquino, the brother of Be-
nigno, said the group was considering
mass sitdown strikes in the streets of
Manila.
In an interview with UPI, Marcos
said he should have been firmer in
battling the “terrorism and gangster
ism” near his palace.
The Philippine leader said he would
understand if U.S. officials are con
cerned about security and cancel
President Reagan’s planned Novem
ber visit.
“What is safe for President Reagan
is what we want,” he said.
In Washington, White House officials
said they had no plans to change
Reagan’s itinerary.
But a White House source told UPI
that Nancy Reagan, who is to join her
husband on the journey, is “strongly”
opposing her husband’s planned trip,
fearing “that he might be in danger.”
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