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Texas A&M Mori Serving the University community College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 30,1983 Results now visible on UT, A&M efforts by Michelle Powe (Editor’s note: This is the second in a two part series on coopera tion between Texas A&M and the University of Texas.) Battalion Staff Administrators from Texas A&M and the University of Texas are hopeful about the growing cooperation between the two schools — and are begin ning to reap the first rewards of their combined efforts. Administrators from the two schools have met several timei this year to open the lines of communication between the two schools and discuss ways they can cooperate in academics. Less than three weeks ago, the schools saw the first result of their cooperative meetings — the first joint marine operation between the schools since they formally agreed earlier this year to share Galveston-based marine facilities and personnel. About 40 university, federal and energy company officials, on a six-day research cruise aboard two ships, conducted geological and geophysical ex periments on the continental shelf off the Texas Coast. The officials, aboard the 174- foot Gyre from Texas A&M and the 165-foot Fred H. Moore from UT, were specifically look ing at the rock structure under the sea bed in the Gulf of Mex ico, said T.K. Treadwell Jr., associate professor of Oceanog raphy at Texas A&M. The experiments were sup- ported jointly by the U.S. Geolo gical Survey and oil company representatives. Treadwell said there prob ably will be another research cruise in about a year, and even tually there probably will be similar cruises several times a year. He said that by sharing pier space, machine shops, radio equipment and personnel, the universities will save money — possibly as much as $50,000 to $100,000 a year. Texas A&M President Frank E. Vandiver said the financial and academic advantages of the two schools working together are boundless. “This cooperation is going to enable us both — both the Uni versity of Texas and A&M — to do things that we wouldn’t be able to do otherwise,” he said. One program that Texas A&M and UT are considering for joint support, which neither school could afford alone, is a telecommunications network between the schools. Committee Sen. Parmer asks locals to advise him by Elaine Engstrom Battalion Staff State Sen. Hugh Parmer swept through Bryan-College Station Tues day morning on a brief whistlestop to announce a committee of supporters from the 6th Congressional District. Parmer’s Federal Exploratory ity Committee includes local people such Ht outside the Memorial Student Center Tuesday morning for the Lambda Sigma sophomore honor society. The money made will go towards their spring banquet. More violence in both sides bomb, Lebanon: kidnap United Press International BEIRUT, Lebanon — New secta- violence battered Lebanon Tues- with a Druze Moslem artillery bardment crashing into Christ- held areas of the country and a of kidnappings by both Christian Shiite Moslem gunmen, he Druze barrage swept from the tistian town of Jounieh north of eirut, through the Christian east of 1 capital and onto the southern sub- he near U.S. Marine positions at work"((eirut Airport. ed a P residents scrambled for cover into wages'■enients anc [ hallways as 700 shells oy saw ■shed down, Christian Phalange intial: adio said. Preliminary reports listed tive. ive people dead and about 27 iounded, some seriously, oh Ref jOfficial Beirut radio identified the nofiR>TOrce of the shelling as the Upper :d4O0' r jfetn mountains, a Druze area within ian-controlled sector of Leba- east of the capital. in. I 1 the Syri lated non eas “’I— ID A main power station was reported hit, forcing Beirut back onto power rationing after only a one-week break from three months of restrictions. The darkened streets made a 3- month-old 8 p.m. curfew even more oppressive. After Christian Phalange militia men kidnapped several Shiites on the highway south of Beirut, Moslem gunmen retaliated by seizing two buses loaded with 60 Christian em ployees of Middle East Airlines, the Lebanese flag carrier. Intervention by the committee of Lebanon’s warring factions that su pervises an oft-broken 2-month-old cease-fire reportedly won the release of the airline employees and the other kidnap victims. It was the first reported outbreak of kidnappings between the pro government Christian militia and the Shiites’ militia, Amal, since the Shiites sealed off their southern suburbs of Beirut at the end of August. as College Station Mayor Gary Halter, former county judge W.R. Vance, and Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, associate dean for research in the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M, and civic leader Marlene Muse. The committee was formed to advise Parmer on his campaign for the congressional seat. Parmer said he is asking the com mittee members to visit with their friends and neighbors to see if they feel a Parmer campaign for congress Would be well-received. Although he has not officially de clared his candidacy for the 6th Dis trict seat, Parmer said he would announce any decision to run within 10 daiys. If he becomes a candidate for U.S. representative, Parmer, a Democrat, will join the crowd of politicians an xious to fill the seat to be vacated by present Congressman Phil Gramm. Gramm will seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. senator posi tion to be vacated by John Tower. Parmer, 44, currently lives in Fort Worth and served as mayor of that city and on its city council before get ting elected to the Texas Senate. Par mer was co-author of the Public Util- Commission reform bill of 1983. He also was the author of legislation authorizing the use of video tape testi mony in child abuse cases. When asked about his support in the 6th District, Parmer said that the district is “an unusual one.” “The 6th District,” Parmer said, “includes urban areas, rural areas and small town communities. People in the district have a strong concern for this country. It is a microcosm of America.” Parmer said recent polls showing him behind by a five to one margin are too early to give any real measure of his support. “Polls at this stage of the cam paign,” Parmer said, “are simply a measure of name visibility. This is a wide-open race. I intend to use a lot of shoe leather and get to know the peo ple in this district. “I wouldn’t claim to be a frontrun ner at this point. I’ve never been on the ballot in any county in this district except Fort Worth. I believe that 50 percent of the voters are undecided.” Parmer said that if he runs, one poll he would take would be to find out what the issue concerns of the people in the 6th District are. Speaking about Congressman Gramm, Parmer said he was “less flamboyant” than Gramm, but he i thinks Gramm has done a good job. Research parks Vice chancellor sees need for long-range perspective )X UG inside Lround town 5 llassified 14 jocal 3 ational 5 )pinions 2 ports 15 tate 4 that’s up 4 on forecast lunny and cool, with a high of ab- l)ut 62. Memorial services for Jolie Mailhos will be Thursday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Father Leon Strider and Father A1 Palermo will officiate at the 4:30 p.m. service. Mailhos, who was an active mem ber of Student Government, was kil led along with her father, grand father and brother in a plane acci dent Saturday. Mailhos was travel ing to Louisiana after the Texas A&M-University of Texas football game. The following is a list of impor tant dates for the remaining of the semester: Dec. 5 Degree candidate grade reports will be mailed to local addresses. Dec. 7 Degree candidates clear list posted by 8 a.m. Dec. 8 Degree cendidates must be cleared by 12 p.m. Dec. 9 Last day of fall semester classes. Last day to withdraw from e University. Dec. 9-10 Commencement. Dec. 12-16 Final exam period. Dec. 20 Final grades will be distri buted and mailed to permanent addresses. fh, by Ronnie Crocker Battalion Staff The growth of the planned Texas A&M research park should not be ex pected to come quickly but should be looked at in a long-term perspective, says Dr. Mark Money, vice chancellor for research park and corporate rela tions. His remarks were made Tuesday night at a presentation about the four Bryan-College Station area industrial parks. Mail-outs have been sent to several companies about locating in the new f >ark, which will be on 318 acre tract of and near Easterwood Airport be tween University Drive and Jersey Street. The initial response has been that the companies are not now consider ing expansion but that they would be interested in finding out more about Texas A&M if they should consider expansion in the future. Money said. He said this is due to several reasons. One is the narrowness of the field of industries that would be acceptable in the new park’s environ ment. Money said also that in these early stages mail-outs are usually stored for later consideration and people shouldn’t “expect a mushroom effect” of growth anyway. One building, however, already is committed to the park. Ocean Drill ing Research, a National Science Foundation project related to worl dwide deep water scientific drilling, will be part of the new park. The approval last week of the park’s master plan by the Texas A&M Board of Regents allowed the park planners to proceed to the design of the first construction stage, which in cludes the building of roads, land scaping and utilities hookup. Money said the University should be ready to accept bids on the actual construction next summer. The com pletion of this first stage is scheduled for 1985. In relation to the other three in dustrial parks in Bryan and College Station, Money said a recent govern ment report showed that the “pre sence of a university acts as a magnet” in attracting industry to an area. In a separate interview Tuesday, Money said that industries can benent from locating in the Texas A&M park for several reasons. One of the most important advantages to locating in the Texas A&M park is that it is an attractive site with a campus-like en vironment. He said it will be an exten sion of the campus. Other advantages include: Students and graduates would be available for part-time and full-time employment. Small companies that cannot afford certain equipment would be able to borrow from the University. Employees of the various indus tries would be able to attend con tinuing education classes and the sporting and cultural events on the campus. The University also would benefit from having research companies so near. Employees could serve as con sultants to faculty. Money said the University’s image would be enhanced by having so much research capability so near. He said he hopes some industries will donate equipment to the University. B-CS a good area for industrial growth, officials say by Brigid Brockman 1 Battalion Staff Representatives from the four local industrial parks agreed Tuesday night that Bryan-College Station is ideally positioned to serve a variety of ‘‘industries, but they also said the parks will face stiff competition from those in the Houston-Dallas area. The presentation at the Brazos Center was sponsored by the Bryan- College Station Chamber of Com merce. More than 3,000 acres of industrial sites are available in the four indust rial parks, and sites are available for such industries as manufacturing, warehousing, high-technology and research laboratories. Each of the parks have a slightly different focus. The Brazos County Industrial the park, said the sole purpose ol park is to create jobs. By having immediately available for Indus Park is a 470-acre park at the intersec tion of FM 2818 and Highway 21 in Bryan. Dick Peacock, a representative for the park, said the sole purpose of the sites industrial prospects, he said, the community and industry will benefit. Job opportunities in the park exist in printing, construction, petroleum related fields, machine shops, distri buting and warehousing. The Bryan Industrial Park is a 610- acre park at FM 2818 and Mumford Roaa. It was created in 1982 by the Bryan City Council. Edwin Latta, executive director of the Bryan Development Foundation, said some of the features of the park will be concrete streets and boule vards, sites suitable for campus-type research and rail served sites for light !to heavy industry. A 20-acre recrea tional park also is planned within the ,610-acre tract to provide facilities for park tenants. Latta said the main goal is to en hance the total economic develop ment of the Bryan area, but another major goal is that of downtown revita lization. College Station’s “The Parks” will cover 2,300-acres, five miles from Texas A&M on Highway 6 South. The park will be jointly owned by the city of College Station and the pri vate sector. Approximately 700 acres of business sites will be available. The development plan also includes an 18- hole golf course, country club, resort hotel, convention center and more than 400 residential sites. D.H. Goehring, representative for “The Parks,” also cited the creation of jobs as a major goal of the park. Texas A&M will be an asset in luring indus tries to this area, and it is the “anchor to economic viability,” he said. The Texas A&M University Re search Park is on a 318-acre site on the campus. Dr. Mark L. Money, vice chancellor for Research Park and Corporate Relations, said he is look ing forward to the next 20 years, and that the four industrial parks should accomplish a lot if they work as a team.