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The DQttQiion Serving the University community A/ol 78 No. 46 USPS 0453110 16 pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 2,1983 Jamaica expels Cuban, Soviets United Press International KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Edward Seaga Tuesday ordered the expulsion of four Soviet di plomats and a representative of Cuba’s official news agency for their alleged role in a murder plot. and ordered him to reduce his current embassy staff to a size “consistent with bonafide activities between the two countries.” Sources close to the prime minister said Seaga’s action was designed to link Soviet and Cuban activities in Jamaica to the situation in Grenada, where U.S. troops landed last week after a bloody coup that killed Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. Seaga, an ally of President Reagan who contributed 150 soldiers to the U.S.-Caribbean task force that invaded Grenada, told parliament he was giving the four Soviet diplomats 72 hours to leave Jamaica and Cuba’s Prensa Latina news agency bureau chief Dario Ibanez was told to leave within 48 hours. “I warn saboteurs that in these dan gerous times when the future of our country is at stake, we will respond to any act of sabotage with a shattering offensive that will once and for all re solve any dilemma that may exist in the minds of some as to whether saboteurs and traitors will be allowed to destroy our country,” Seaga told parliament in a nationally broadcast speech. No more work permits will be issued for the Cuban news agency. Seaga said. The prime minister identified the four Russians as Viktor Ivanovich Andrianov, senior first secretary. First Secretary Oleg Ivanovich Malov, embassy staffer Vladimir Bondarev and interpreter Andrei Nikiforev. The total size of the embassy staff was not immediately known. There was no immediate response from the Soviet Union or Cuba. Seaga told the parliament that Fore ign Minister Hugh Shearer called in Soviet Ambassador Dmitri Petrovich Seaga said security officials disco vered the five men were involved in a plot to murder a woman at the Jamaica foreign ministry’s protocol section. The woman, who was not identified, allegedly had learned that the Soviets were obtaining information frorfi Joseph Burie, a ministry employee who was fired Tuesday. Seaga also named 25 prominent Jamaican leftists who he said were in creasingly involved with Cuba, the Soviet Union and the former Marxist government of Grenada. Seaga said the leftists had stepped up visits to Cuba, the Soviet Union and Grenada. He said Cuba had asked Tre vor M unroe of the Marxist Workers Par ty of Jamaica to recruit volunteers to defend Grenada’s Marxist government against last Tuesday’s U.S. invasion. Among the leftists he named were Dudley Thompson, a former foreign minister and a member of the pro- Cuban Peoples National Party and party secretary general Paul Roberts. Carlyle Dunkley, a former utilities minister and member of the Peoples National Party also was on the list read by Seaga. Seaga’s Jamaica Labor Party won an election victory against the leftist Peo ples National Party, led by Michael Manley, Oct. 30, 1980. There was no immediate response from the party to Seaga’s accusations. Group Study Facts about n ukes John Makely, Battalion staff Sitting in the shade of Rudder Tower, hun. senior biochemistry students Anne Smith at|Vf from Carrizo Springs and Karen d — ■ 7 i ii ■ i i Davenport from Altus, Oklahoma compare notes for an upcoming test. not faced by public , tht is exp McGovern to discuss I ^residential platform by Rhonda Snider Battalion Reporter Former Senator George McGovern, i the midst of his second race for presi- fent, tonight will discuss his presiden- B|platform in Rudder Auditorium. _ where he served until I960. In 1962, he was elected to the U.S. Senate and re elected in 1968 and 1974. He was defe ated in his bid for a fourth term in the 1980 elections. wlcGovern, a Democrat from South >akota, will be the first in a series of esidential candidate speakers spon- d by MSC Political Forum. Hie will discuss his platform as well as is work as chairman of Americans for 'ominon Sense, John Hickson, national ipgram coordinator for MSC Political orum, said. Hickson said McGovern is on his way to California from Washington, D.C. He agreed to speak here, but like most political candidates only recently gave Political Forum official confirmation that he would speak. MSC Political Forum generally receives confirmation of a candidate two or three weeks prior to the program. with other universities to arrange sever al speaking engagements for the candi date to make it worth their while to come, Hickson said. McGovern spoke at the University of Texas Tuesday night. Other speakers scheduled for MSC Political Forum are George Strake and Bob Slagle in a debate tentatively set for Nov. 21, Longin Pastusiak on Nov 22 and Ambassador William Sullivan on Nov 29. IcGovem was elected to the U.S. To increase its chances of having presidential candidates speak at Texas louse of Representatives in 1956, _ A&M, MSC Political Forum confers Hickson said Political Forum cur rently is working with the other pres idential candidates to arrange to have them speak here. There is no charge for the program, which begins at 7 p.m. by Steve Thomas Battalion Stall' “Let us never disarm out of fear, but let us never fear to disarm,” Paul F. Walker said, ending his lecture on nuc lear war Tuesday in Rudder Theater. The former U.S. Army Russian intel ligence specialist told the sparse Aggie crowd that the atomic superpowers are in danger of running amuck with nuc lear armament build-up unless some boundaries are set. And it is up to the people to help set those boundaries, he said. In a program sponsored by the MSC Great Issues Committee, Walker said the public suffers from “psychic denial,” a social phenomenon where people ignore great tragedy and deny its possi bility of happening to them. The public must first realize the sev erity of this problem, he said, then pur sue its solution as intensely as issues such as minority rights have been pur sued, issues which he feels are much less important than his topic. “Everything pales in significance when compared with nuclear war,” he said. Walker lectured for about an hour using slides and films to emphasize how extensive and powerful nuclear weapons have become since Hiroshima and how dangerous the world situation really is. Speaking hypothetically. Walker said if 100 percent of the U.S. population was warned of a Russian first strike, and Russia only hit U.S. military bases that have nuclear weapons on them, leaving urban areas alone, the United States still would lose 25 to 50 million people instantly, not counting deaths afterward from radiation sickness. And he said a limited attack of this kind is unlikely. . To illustrate the immense power of each weapon, Walker said a one mega ton bomb creates a fireball 7,000 feet in diameter, and everything inside it is vaporized. The wind from this explosion could push a 2-ton boulder 5 miles high, and would inject 2,000 pounds of rock and soil into the atmosphere. And Walker added that even the smaller weapons are usually three to five megatons. Walker said the answer with this issue depended upon the public’s in volvement. “I think we’ve got to come up with new ideas,” he said, “we” being the public. However, he did have some sug gestions of his own. Walker supports the nuclear freeze and said he thinks it is the simplest and most effective solution. He said the Un ited States should continue negotia tions, including the SALT talks, until a compromise is reached. The United States and Russia, he said, should sign a comprehensive test ban treaty to stop nuclear testing, in cluding a flight test ban on ballistic mis sile testing. Walker said restrictions of this type would dampen both sides’ con fidence in accuracy. He said the superpowers need to tot ally ban anti-satellite weapons before we enter a nuclear space race. And both sides need better command control communication, he said. “We have seven false alerts a day,” he said. “And if we have seven imagine what the Russians have.” roup demands renada answers by Kay D. Mallett Battalion Reporter The Brazos Valley Peace Action wants rswers. i“We want the people to be able to nake their own decisions as to the right- xess or wrongness of the U.S. govern- nent actions in Grenada, ” Kris Parsons, HBVPA member, said Tuesday. L 'he BVPA has sent a list of 17 ques- s dealing with the U.S. invasion of Grenada to President Ronald Reagan, lep Phil Gramm, Sen. John Tower, ien. Lloyd Bentsen and other congress- nen and senators. Parsons said the BVPA wants to know vhy the United States violated articles 18 and 20 of the Organization of Amer- can States as well as the United Nations Hurter by interfering in the internal Burs of Grenada. B“We have serious concerns about the delations,” Lamar Hankins of the BVPA said. The group says other countries might use the U.S. invasion of Grenada as a precedent for future action of their own governments. The BVPA also fears the reputation of the United States has been damaged. “Does this (the invasion of Grenada) mean that we can’t be trusted?” Parsons said. “Are we special or something?” The BVPA’s second main concern is the secrecy the Reagan administration has kept on the invasion of Grenada. The group wants to know why the press wasn’t allowed to observe the U.S. operations in Grenada like it did in Viet nam, Korea and World War II. “We had to take the word of the gov ernment as to what was happening,” Parsons said. She said the BVPA wonders what Reagan has to hide and said others should be concerned too. “There is a great deal of secrecy in the present administration,” Parsons said. She said the BVPA will release to the public all the information it receives. inside Around town 7 Classified 10 Heal 3 National 5 Opinions 2 Sports 13 Itate 4 hat’s up 4 forecast pigh in the upper seventies with a 30 percent chance of rain. Freshmen officers announced Results of runoff elections for fresh man class officers: President: Van Leftwich Vice President: Dodie Rodger Social Secretary: Cindy Webb Treasurer: Joe Lessard Mauro says veterans will stimulate Texas ’ program economy by Karen Wallace Battalion Staff Texas Land Commissioner Gary Mauro said Tuesday the proposed Veterans Housing Assistance Program would stimulate the Texas economy and would be one way we can thank veterans for sacrifices they have made. obligation bonds will be sold for the housing program and another $300 million in general obligation bonds will be offered for the land program if the measures are approved,” he said. The proposed program would allow veterans to borrow up to $20,000 at a low interest rate for the purchase of a home, Mauro said during a public hearing at the Brazos Center. The proposal, as a constitutional amend ment, will be up for voter approval Nov. 8. Veterans would repay the loans through the house payments they would make, he said. The current Veterans Land Prog ram allows only the purchase of rural land whereas the proposed Veterans Housing Assistance Program will en able veterans to choose between rural j and urban purchases. The program would enable veter ans — who at one time could not buy homes because they were serving the country — to purchase now at a lower interest rate, Mauro said. The program will stimulate the Texas economy because 25,000 new homes will be constructed and 45,000 new jobs will be created, he said. “This is a model program which will benefit both veterans and private busi ness without costing the taxpayer one penny,” said Mauro, chairman of the Veterans Land Board. “No new gov ernment bureaucracy will be created as private lending institutions will handle the loan transactions and paperwork. ” Mauro said the program will be funded by the sale of general obliga tion bonds. “^total^of^^SOOjniHion^Jn^eneraT “We will be adding a dimension to a very sucessful program,” Mauro said. If the program is approved, the Veterans Land Board will choose lend- — ing institutions to participate in the program. Texas veterans choose lending insti tutions that have been approved, and the institutions determine veteran qualification for a mortgage with the same standards used for all loan appli cants. The Veteran Affairs’ Commission of Texas will determine veteran eligibil ity in terms of service in the Armed Forces and residency in Texas. If the veteran is eligible, the board will arrange payment of up to $20,000 to the lending institution toward the - purchase of a home for the veteran. “I am hoping that more people in the Brazos County will become aware of the program,” Mauro said. “Re member, we don’t need to do the veterans a favor, we just need to repay one.” Gary Mauro John Makely, Battalion staff hit