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Jimmy Buffet weaves a tropical web see page 12 Basketball star returns to reach new goals see page 13 The Battalion Serving the University community i 78 No. 46 USPS 0453110 16 pages College Station, Texas Thursday, November 3, 1983 Remove Marines, McGovern says B by Rhonda Snider ■ Battalion Reporter I.S. Marines should be removed from Central erica and Lebanon, the U.S. should work out a :lei|ir freeze with Russia and the administration uld pay more attention to unemployment, far- rs and revision of the tax code, presidential can- ate George McGovern said Wednesday night at Jder Auditorium. "liran’t tell you I’ll always have the wisdom to ite ill the right decisions,” the former South iota senator said, “but I’m determined to say ah' what I believe on issues that face the fljntrv Y^cCiovern, in his second bid lor the presidency, trasted his determination to make the public utre of what he is thinking, to former President on — his opponent in the 1972 election — and i , way the former president handled issues during jp time in office. “ .xioking back on the 1972 election, he said, there e some events worse than losing the election — dj^Rtofwhich was having most of his topstaffend up Kii. P'T« come here tonight I didn’t even have to Kick with my probation officer,” he said. ^^■Govcrn moved to more serious topics when 3 million __ffered to henadians United Press International WASHINGTON — The United —ties Wednesday announced a $3 llion economic aid program for enada, partly to repair damage ised by the U.S.-led invasion that jpled the Marxist government of : Caribbean island-nation. M. Peter McPherson, administra- • of the Agency for International velopment, told a news conference ; United States will provide Grena- with $3,475 million in aid this year an amount that works out to $31.59 ' each of the 110,000 residents of : island. The administration said a survey is Qing taken for longer-term aid pro- ^ ts for Grenada, possibly involving i U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Q “I’m not prepared to say how much Ql will be given eventually,” McPher- said. ^ McPherson said the first priority in U- U.S. development aid will be re- w iring roads and water supply he said he would like to see the U.S. Marines taken out of Central America and Lebanon. He said withdrawing troops from these military struggles would not be practicing isolationism. In stead, he said that leaving troops there is isolating the United States by leaving the U.S. military open to attack from other countries. “If in fact there needs to be an international peace-keeping force (in these countries), they should exclude troops from the two super powers,” McGovern said. “It’s just too juicy of a target for everyone who hates Americans.” McGovern also said he promotes a freeze on nuclear arms and a halt to MX missile production. He said an agreement similar to the SALT II treaty is necessary because of the high degree of paranoia between the United States and Russia. Nuclear weapons need to be kept where both sides realize that a war will bring both down, — anything above that would be redundancy, he said. McGovern said by eliminating MX missile pro duction and other defense projects the administra tion could transfer funds into public works projects for the nation’s unemployed. While the current administration has made some progress in reducing unemployment, 12 million to 13 million people still are unemployed in the na tion. McGovern said he wants to institute projects such as building roads, railway systems, bridges and water treatment facilities to employ these people. The IRS income tax code is another item that should be revised, McGovern said. He said he would like to see the tax code replaced with a simple flat tax with some progression but few loopholes. “Our tax structure is the most complicated, loophole-ridden tax structure anywhere in the world,” he said. “It takes a Harvard business gradu ate to understand how to figure it out.” McGovern would not say who he is considering as a running mate, but said he would consider asking a woman. Currently he is rated lower than his democratic opponents in national surveys. McGovern said he decided to run for president a second time for the same reason the Aggies keep playing football games after they lose. “If public figures believe in the political process, they don’t quit after a couple of kickbacks,” he said. But will he win? “I think it’s possible,” he said. “It may not be likely, but it’s possible." Presidential candidate George McGovern I U) if) n c 3 3 CD Q rt 3 D £ D -5 5 Alcohol a problem among CS children Some of the damage to the water items and roads was caused by in- jding forces, some by the internal (0fining and destruction that pre- (J)ded the invasion — and followed a £x)dy coup — and some simply re lied from normal deterioration, he id. He said the eventual U.S. aim is “to Ip, the Grenadians to help them- Ives” and to build up the agriculture d tourist industries. There had been no previous U.S. onomic aid program for Grenada, ^ hough the United States gave $50 illion in the current year to other — ilions in the eastern Caribbean tsin. _ McPherson sal id it is not antici- ited that the United States will help 3 lish the 10,000-foot airport runway. 3 |e large airport first aroused the iagan administration’s suspicions •y at the island was being turned into a ^ iviet and Cuban satellite. In another development Wednes- ly, Deputy Secretary of State Ken- :th Dam told the House Foreign f'fairs Committee that papers found ter the invasion revealed “secret freements” between Grenada and e Soviets, Cubans and North Ko- U.S. officials had feared the island ould be used as a staging area for bversion of nearby countries, for terdiction of shipping lanes, and for msit of troops and supplies from iba to Africa and from Eastern nope and Libya to Central Amer- i,” Dam said. “We now know that the Soviets, -ibans and North Koreans had a ilitary relationship with Grenada -aich led to signed agreements to mate $37.8 million in military uipment,” he said. John Makely, Battalion staff Walking on water Alison White, a sophomore Horticulture student from Orange, tiptoes around a puddle in front of the Academic Building, taking advantage of the break in the clouds to get to class. The rains, which drenched the campus Wednesday, are expected to continue at least through today and possibly on into the weekend. by Karen Wallace Battalion Staff Billy Stark, College Station Police Department juvenile investigator, said Wednesday there is an alcohol and drug abuse problem in College Station among children under 17 years old. “We do have a problem,” Stark said during a drug and alcohol abuse meet ing at A&M Consolidated Junior High. The meeting was part of the na tional campaign against drug and alcohol abuse sponsored by First Lady Nancy Reagan. Part one of the televi sion broadcast “The Chemical Peo ple” was viewed at the meeting. A panel of experts then commented and answered questions from the audi ence. Those on the panel included Stark, Jerry Elledge, drug education profes sor at Texas A&M, Steve Crump, che- mical dependence counselor at Greenleaf Hospital, Esther Herd, nurse for the College Station Inde pendent School District, Janet McNutt of the Brazos County Juve nile Services, and Jaime Galvan and Anthea Jenkins, two seniors from A&M Consolidated High School. “The television program was the best I’ve ever seen because it tells it like it is,” Elledge said. “There is an epidemic.” The television program reported statistics taken from high school seniors from across the country. Of the 93 percent that had tried alcohol, 6 percent drank daily and had started drinking between the ages of 11 and 14. Over 60 percent of the seniors had smoked marijuana, 17 percent had tried cocaine and 15 percent had ex perimented with hallucinogenic drugs. “This year, 11 out of the 49 mari juana related arrests (in College Sta tion) involved chidren under the age of 17,” Stark said. These problems stem from a lack of communication between parents and their children, he said. “The only way to correction is in the home,” Stark said. “It’s got to start in the home.” One of the biggest problems in dealing with drug abuse is denial, said Crump, a counselor from Greenleaf Hopital. “Parents go through a denial pro cess where they either ignore or wish away the child’s unusual behavior caused by drugs,” Crump said. Parents sometimes pass off un usual behavior as typical ‘teenage’ be havior, Crump said. “Parents should pay attention to their children,” said Herd, a panel member and school nurse. “Parents Soviets deny Jamaican charges United Press International KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Soviet Embassy Wednesday denied Jamaican accusations that four Rus sian diplomats plotted murder, call ing their expulsion an attempt to worsen relations between the two na tions. A Soviet Embassy spokesman said the four diplomats planned to leave Jamaica Friday, just under the dead line imposed in Tuesday’s expulsion order issued by Prime Minister Ed ward Seaga. The prime minister told Parlia ment he was expelling the Soviets and the Jamaica correspondent for the Cuban news agency in connection with an alleged plot to kill a female employee of the Jamaican Foreign Ministry. Seaga said security officials had learned the five men hatched the alleged murder plot because the un identified woman had learned that another ministry employee was pas sing information to the Soviets. A Soviet spokesman said his embassy “resolutely refutes and re jects allegations against its members” and will “hold (Jamaican) authorities responsible for the consequences that their actions can have on bilateral re lations. “Allegations against members of the embassy staff as to the nature of their activities are definitely not true and could be aimed only at intentional worsening of relations between our two countries.” Seaga’s accusations of Soviet- Cuban meddling in Jamaica was seen as part of a stiff anti-communist drive afoot in Caribbean democracies sup porting the U.S. invasion of Grenada. Coming home to a hero’s welcome 57 Cuban wounded arrive in Havana United Press International HAVANA — A Red Cross jet car rying 57 Cubans wounded in the U.S.-, led invasion of Grenada arrived in Havana Wednesday to a hero’s wel come by President Fidel Castro and a military honor guard. Eleven of those aboard were car ried off on stretchers and the other 46 hobbled off the plane, some assisted by International Red Cross per sonnel. Castro personally greeted the wounded Cubans as they left the Swiss four-engine Balair DC-8, which land ed in a light rain at Havana’s Jose Marti Airport on an afternoon fiight from Barbados in the eastern Carib bean. The wounded had been ferried from Grenada to Barbados aboard a U.S. c-130 Hercules transport jet, apparently because American milit ary officials decided the DC-8 could not land safely at the Point Salines airstrip on Grenada. Ten unharmed Cuban doctors also were evacuated in the first airlift of Cuban nationals from Marxist-led Grenada, invaded by U.S.-led forces last week. A rainbow broke through the clouds behind the jet, and individual ambulances lined up to receive the wounded as they got off the Swiss jet liner. Castro, looking grim and wearing his familiar olive-drab fatigues, sa luted as a military band struck up the Cuban national anthem in a hero’s welcome for the wounded. He macle no official statement on their arrival. Among those waiting to greet the wounded were Raoul Castro, the president’s brother and Cuba’s de fense minister, and Raoul’s wife, Vil- ma Estin, who kissed each wounded man on the cheek as they made their way to the waiting ambulances. Castro also touched and spoke briefly to each wounded person. One of the most seriously wound ed, a man with an apparent chest wound, raised a clenched fist when he saw Castro and a 100-man honor guard waiting nearby. The wounded looked as if they had not bathed or changed clothes in more than a week. should wait up for the children to come home and should be aware of any unusual behavior.” Changes in personality, eating and sleeping habits, attitudes toward family members and a drop in grades and social activities, are characteristics for which parents should look, Herd said. Schools have not denied the drug abuse problem, she said. Schools have done a lot to combat the problem of drug abuse. For example, the drug dogs that are brought in to detect drugs in lock ers have helped reduce the number of drug cases found during school hours, she said. “The dogs have helped, but there’s nothing we can do after school lets out for the day,” she said. Jaime Galvan, a high school senior and panel member, said there is a large drug problem in area schools. “We do have a problem and should face up to it,” he said. Two more meetings will be held at 6:30 on Nov. 9 — one at A&M Con solidated High School and the other at Bryan High School. The second part of the The Chemical People tele vision program, focusing on solving the problem, will be shown and dis cussed. Bomb threat in Langford called hoax At about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, University Police responded to a bomb threat at the Langford Architecture Center. University Police Chief Elmer E. Schneider Jr. said an anonymous person called saying a bomb would go off in the building at about 5 p.m. Officers secured and went through the building, but found no bomb. The building was locked, and everyone was sent home for the day. Schneider said he thinks this is the first bomb threat that has been reported to University Police this year. inside Around town 12 Classified 11 Local 3 National 11 Opinions 2 Sports 13 State 7 What’s up 5 forecast High in the upper seventies with a SO^ercent^chance^ofTaim^^^^^