. ., . . ... ... . Page 4/The Battalion/Tuesday, January 17, 1984 Tu Reagan says arms talks with Moscow ‘essential United Press International WASHINGTON — Presi dent Reagan, seeking to ease a mood of superpower confronta tion, said Monday U.S. nuclear might is “making the world a saf er place” but renewed arms talks with Moscow are essential to global peace. Softening his recent anti- Soviet rhetoric but standing by to his philosophy of peace through strength, Reagan chal lenged the Kremlin to resume negotiations “to work for prac tical fair solutions on the basis of mutual compromise.” The Soviet news media dis missed Reagan’s speech as “a pseudo-peacable tirade.” The Soviets walked out of negotiations aimed at limiting nuclear and conventional arms late last year in response to NATO deployment of U.S. medium-range, nuclear war head-equipped missiles in West ern Europe. Since talks broke off, the Kremlin has been warning that deteriorating U.S.-Soviet rela tions have increased prospects for a military confrontation. Reagan sought to counter public concerns about a possible war, and to set the stage for his re-election campaign as a man of peace, in a 24-minute address televised nationwide Monday and aimed at a prime-time audi ence in Western Europe. “Strident rhetoric from the Kremlin,” Reagan said, has led some people “to speak of height ened uncertainty and an in creased danger of conflict. This is understandable but pro foundly mistaken. “Look beyond the words and one fact stands out. America’s deterrence is more credible and it is making the world a safer place — safer because now there is less danger that the Soviet leadership will underestimate our strength or question our re solve,” the 72-year-old president said. “But to say that our restored deterrence has made the wmi safer is not to say thatitisu enough. Nuclear arsenals are fart high. And our workingrelatit ship with the Soviet Unionist what it must be. These arecoij lions which must be addres* and improved.” ...sale District judge denies AT&T rate request United Press International MAJOR MARKDOWNS ON ALL MEMOREX PRODUCTS rvieivioRex HIGH BIAS RECORD JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE now through January 25 rvieivionex MRXI T-120 PRO SERIES Video Cassette reg. 12.99 on sale rvieis/JORex HI-BIAS II C90 (3 pack) reg. tL99 on sale HI-BIAS II C90 (2 pack) reg. 6.99 on sale MRXI C90 (3 pacIO reg. 8.99 on sale S099 $K99 rvieivioRex dB SERIES SQ99 L-750 Video Cassette reg. 12.99 on sale DB 60 C60 (2 reg. 3LI on sale Record Bar (S) RECORDS, TAPES & A LITTLE BIT MORE. AUSTIN — AT&T Com munications must pursue its re quest for a $115.4 million emergency increase in Texas long distance rates through the Public Utility Commission and not the courts, a state district judge ruled Monday. After less than an hour of arguments. District Judge Jerry Dellana refused to let the com munications giant begin collect ing the rate increase, even though the company claims it has been losing money at a rate of $300,000 a day since Jan. 1. AT&T lawyers had asked De llana to issue a temporary in junction against the PUC that would have stopped the com mission from interfering with the company’s efforts to collect the additional revenue. The company said it needed the 10.7 percent increase in long distance rates to offset more than $617 million in charges it must pay Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. for access to Bell’s local telephone lines. The access charges, which AT&T began paying New Year’s Day, were included in a $653 million interim rate hike granted to Bell in December. The PUC rejected the com pany’s request for an immediate rate hike in one previus hearing, saying more time was needed to study the request. AT&T reacted by taking its case to the courts. However, Dellana ruled the company had not exhausted all its appeals at the PUC and the commission still had jurist tion over the case. A hearing on the AT&T ouest was set for Friday beft the full commission. During Monday’s heari AT&T attorney Joyce Beat! said the PUC had refused grant the higher rates, ei though the agency ordered added access charge expena “Every day that theydoso another day that we must dure an operating loss/’Beai said. However PUC consult! counsel Jim Boyle said aniid pendent accountant hiredb|i office had issued an opira stating that AT&T’s records dicated the company was earning a profit. Privately-funded program proposed as an alternative to ‘floundering’ Medicare United Press International DALLAS — The National Center for Policy Analysis, a Dallas-based conservative think- tank, Monday released a prop osal for replacing what it de scribes as a floundering Medi care program with privately- funded individual health care schemes. The proposal, under study by the Social Security Advisory Ken’s Automotive 421 S. Main — Bryan 822-2823 “A Complete Automotive Service Center" to a.