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Page 10/The Battalion/Tuesday, November 1, 1983 Congressman fears for Beirut Marines United Press International WASHINGTON — The Marines in Lebanon will be vul nerable to another major terror ist attack and daily bursts of sniper gunfire until the United States takes steps to better pro tect them. Rep. Ike Skelton, D- Mo., said Monday. Skelton, one of 1 1 House members who this weekend toured Beirut and the West Ger man hospital where wounded American Marines are recuper ating from the Oct. 23 attack that killed 229 of their com rades, said he was impressed by the high morale but feared for the safety of the Marines. “If the administration insists upon keeping Marines in Beirut, which I oppose, there must be some changes,” Skelton told a news conference. BRAZOS VALLEY GOLF DRIVING RANGE Mon.-Fri. 2-9 p.m. Sat. 12-9 p.m. Sun. 1 p.m.-8 p.m. 696-1220 East Bypass and Hwy. 30. Service Road Going South - y« miles. “First, we need better intelli gence, particulary about terror ist groups. Second, we must allow the Marines to defend themselves and to be in a better position, that is to take the high ground. “And we’re going to have to change the rules of engagement and allow them to defend them selves better, keep their clips in their guns and fire under cer tain conditions,” he said. wide hole, Skelton said. “In my opinion, the threat assessment was not adequate,” said Skelton. “However, it’s very difficult at best to anticipate someone bent on suicide, a Kamikaze type person.” Skelton, who has opposed the presence of U.S. Marines in Lebanon, was one of 11 mem bers of the Veterans Affairs and House Armed Services commit tees in the delegation led by Rep. Sonny Montgomery, D-Miss. Skelton said he believed the recent tragedy bolstered his claim that U.S. Marines are no longer in Lebanon as part of a peace-keeping force but now are in a defensive position. “In the long term, we’re going to have to change our operations there,” said Skelton, a member of the House Armed Services Committee. “We could have another major disaster similar to this one or an attrition by snipers on a daily basis.” “The role of the Marines has changed,” he said. “They went there as peace-keepers as an American presence. All of this is now a thing of the past. As the (military officials) told us, a new crowd in town came in August — terrorists, snipers — and now we are in a defensive and enclosed shell.” Skelton said military officials told the delegation they had be lieved the Marines were safe in a He said he had the opportun ity to visit with several Missouri residents among the Marines in Lebanon and the wounded in west Germany. ‘%p G 11 a.m.-9p.m. Mon.-Thurs ’Til 11 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 11:30-9 p.m. on Sun. if a&G 1 HAPPY HOUR WITH FREE APPETIZERS Sunday thm Thursday 2pm-9pm Friday and Saturday 2pm-7pm and lOpm-llpm 2 for 1 at Happy Hour Prices 4 pm - 7 pm Mon. - Thurs. Loading Zone of Aggieland 404 University Dr. East “Aggie Owned & Operated ’ CO-OP OPPORTUNITY IN CANCER RESEARCH On Tuesday, November 8, and Wednesday, November 9,1983, representatives from the Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research (associated with St. Joseph’s Hospit al in Houston) will interview students interested in the Cooperative Education Program. They will interview for students who are interested in starting co-op with them in the Spring, 1984 semester. A minimum GPA of 2.7 is required. The Stehlin Foundation wants to interview pre-med, pre-vet, and pre-dental students as well as ANSC, Biomedical Science, Biology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Micro biology and Zoology majors. The pay is $950.00 per month for the first work term, and the positions are in Houston. You must call the Co-op Office at 845-7725 or come by Room 107, Harrington Tower for an orientation to co-op and complete your application prior to your interview with the Stehlin Foundation. NOTE: In the past, the Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research has employed summer students from other universities and co-op students from Texas A&M Univer sity. All students who worked for them and desired to go on to medical school have been accepted to medical school. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION '84 Senator GEORGE MC GOVERN WED. NOV. 2 RUDDER AUD. 7:( 19J1 M FREE sfcTTlernonicd Student Centen 5 11 • ?: lily , large, strong building near the Beirut airport, and none of the guards had ammunition in their guns when a “suicide-bent ter rorist” drove a bomb-laden truck into the building just be fore dawn Oct. 23. The building collapsed, leaving a 40-foot- ‘ ‘ Tu ' ‘ IHii O a by Bo m Batta -may h* 111 but u : •ss fm the ,ball team ,r k fr ()in a Jthe Rice 11 and If 1 he Aggi L v but the /lit \ vl " u Jto caive .pi, win colt ™ A&M gained f« A simpl infidencc ^ft? Perhaj Hies dichi ' in- up tb |‘\Ve die utli as Rii [je coat! [ “1 wasn joiuld losei iat they wo Ra e grabl (II igga s, sen Jet down to JilmptIv ; Id-l'idmin jie OuK m ttjng the n st of the i |VVe wen ame,” said Iho hit If ^eOwls. - '*••• Am hg ihem to ™ really s Bi inkma Hiferem nun 11 11 ' 1 1 ' H ° r 10 Finger lickin ’ good John Makely, BiOhR az by Chap] Charlotte Krumnow who works in the Degree Check Office in Heaton Hall, prepares to feast on goodies brought to workll her co-workers. I Bait The Ark an the me Cities feud in New Mexico "mversity < on the wo Tuthwest >untry ch ouston M United Press International rivalries. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In California, it’s San Francis- As in most states, New Mexico’s C o and Los Angeles at odds. In chief cities have longstanding Texas, Dallas and Houston resi- -dLifii. cJ-fciLr AGGIE SPECIAL $3.00 Discount on your haircut/style 4343 Carter Creek >-8700 2551 S. Texas 696-8700 dents share mutual contempt. And in New Mexico, the com petition is between Albuquer que and Santa Fe. Newspaper columnist Keith Raether has examined the cu rious penchant for residents in 7,000-foot-high Santa Fe to look down on Albuquerqueans — and for denizens of the state’s largest city to speak disdainfully of their lofty neighbors in “The City Different.” “In the past few weeks, I’ve heard the following said in bars and restaurants of each city, be fore and after cordials were poured,” Raether wrote in Mon day’s Albuquerque Tribune. “Everyone in Santa Fe eats Brie and drives a new Volvo.” He disputed the statement at once. “Not everyone drives a new Volvo either. There are a lot of faded Mercedes and BMWs in town. A friend of mine swears to having seen an old Jag* s ter with dual exhaust w of-state plates hobbling® ta Fe’s) Canyon Road j ; “Question: HowcanB you’ve left Santa Fe:B When you see a car Mexico lic ense plates."] Raether noies thalj there are a lot of Nffll license plates on carsinS It’sjust that they’ref reserved lots around! Capitol. . He also addressed! 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Come by on Friday, November 4 for a free sample (2 p.m.-4 p.m.) FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 845-4511 HOURS: MONDAY 12-6 TUESDAY 3-6 THURSDAY 3-6 FRIDAY 12-6 conception that even Santa Fe is radical chic| “First of all, you’rep ing ‘chic’ wrong. Youj ihinking of the jeans.I thing in Santa Fe siiiipl!| wrote. As for Albuquerque] said it is simply wrongwj that no one would settf city if it weren’t forttii “There will alwaysl* depot, with shuttle if and from Amarillo, “And Rome 66, where!] rents discovered Whj| filling stations and yd stretch of mobile ho longer than the drive] Oklahoma. “Question: Howcan| an Albuquerquean froi Fean in the lift line! Answer: The Albuquel the one with spurs boots'.” Another falsehoo®^^ Raether. Display win! library contj The Acquisitions De| of the Sterling C. EvaniJ won first place in the lit corating contest. The 1 design was a miniature! house display. The Processing D £ L won second place withy, phase display. 4 he M!