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Voters to decide local bond issues See page 4 mm Bryan planning for Texas' anniversary See page 5 Super Bowl XVIII: LA Raiders win See page 13 The Battalion Serving the University community Vol 78 No. 80 USPS 0453110 14 pages College Station, Texas Monday, January 23, 1984 egents hear parking proposals By KELLEY SMITH Staff writer The Texas A&M System regents, Lting as the board’s planning and uilding committee Sunday, heard ;poi tson the University parking and afiic flow study, plans for increased Jliolarships in the Corps of Cadets recommendations for appropria- ons for a new engineering building. ■Vice President for Operations hades R. Cargill presented a status nrt on the University parking and ■affic flow study which was pre- :jited to the board in November, ■ncluded in the report were several ossilde solutions to the campus park- ■ problem, including construction ■parking garage, increases in park- ■permit fees and better use of re- iote lots. ■Cargill discussed action taken on ejiommendalions made by Barton- Himan Associates, Inc., a consul- int firm that conducted a study of ijji parking and transportation sys- :m at Texas A&M. The plan focused ■four major areas — bicycle, bus, ■dway and pedestrian traffic and bile Cargill said most of the re- f)mmendations on bicycle, bus and Oadway and pedestrian traffic have ieien accepted and will be im- ilemented as finances allow, several ^rnatives still are being considered bfhe parking problem. ■ Construction recommendations include the building of a parking gar age where the Physical Plant and the offices of Facilities, Planning and Construction are located. This would create 2,000 new spaces. Also discus sed was the building of second levels on parking lots 50 and 51, which would eliminate the need for reloca tion of any buildings. Both construc tions would cost about the same amount, but for the garage there would be the additional costs of re locating the buildings presently on that site. The report also recom mended parking by the proposed spe cial events center. Costs for construction of a garage were estimated at $13.5 million. That figure includes the demolition of the present buildings. The costs to re build the buildings in another area would be about $12 million. Funding for such construction would come through revenue bonds. Cargill also said that for whatever solution was adopted, the permit fee structure would have to be modified and increased. “This is not out of line when you realize that the fees have not been changed in 10 years,” Cargill said. He also recommended that stu dents pay the same rates as faculty and staff. Such a program would be phased in over about three years. Cargill outlined the following proposed fee schedule: • Random street: 1984 -— $36; 1985 —$55; 1986 —$75; 1987 —$95 • Reserved lots: 1984 — $48; 1985 — $74; 1986 —$100; 1987 —$126 • Reserved numbered lots: 1984 — $72; 1985 — $111; 1986 — $150; 1987 — $189 Another possible solution would be to encourage fuller use of the re mote parking areas which currently are not used well. This could be done by increasing bus transportation from remote areas and pricing permit fees in accordance with the parking loca tion. However, regent Royce E. Wisen- baker expressed his concern for lives that could be endangered by utilizing the remote lots because of the railroad track dividing them from the main campus. Regent Joe C. Richardson Jr. cal led for a definite plan to be presented to the board for a final vote at its May meeting. The board also heard Richardson’s report on the newly formed Corps of Cadets enhancement Committee. The committee’s tgsk is finding ways and means to encourage membership in the Corps. The board heard from Corps Commandant Col. Donald Burton who said the Sul Ross Endow ment is one of the Corps’ stronger recruiting tools. See REGENTS, page 11 Board of Regents Chairman H.R. “Bum” Bright, at the head of the table, and other regents listen as Gen. Wesley Peel, vice Photo by DEAN SAITO chancellor for facilities, planning and construction, addresses the group from the podium. ittorney General Smith resigns; leese expected as replacement Mondale leading in Congressional race for delegates United Press International WASHINGTON — Attorney eneral William French Smith is res- ning from President Reagan’s abinet, an administration official lid Sunday, and White House coun- :lor Edwin Meese is expected to take leJustice Department post. JThe official said Smith, 66, in- irmed Reagan in a private meeting tednesday that he wanted to quit nd Reagan told him he “could stay as ng as he wanted.” The official said lith signed the letter of resignation he president on Friday and it will formally announced at the White use today. “He thought it was time to leave,” source said. “He felt it was time to urn to Los Angeles,” where he was artner in a major high-powered firm. The official said he expected that Heese would replace Smith, saying: ‘Itsure looks like it. That’s the job he’s wanted all his life.” Smith would be the sixth member of Reagan’s Cabinet to leave govern ment service. Secretary of State Alex- der Haig, Transportation Secret- Drew Lewis, Interior Secretary mes Watt, Health and Human Ser es Secretary Richard Schweiker and Energy Secretary James Edwards all left. The disclosure came as Reagan was wrapping up a weekend at the pres idential retreat at Camp David, Md., Spokeswoman Sheila Dixon said the White House would have no com ment on the matter. As to why Smith decided to resign just before Reagan’s anticipated re- election campaign, the official said: “I guess the best thing to say is he accom plished what he hoped to achieve over three years in law enforcement. He increased the budget over 50 percent for law enforcement, refocusing that effort on drug traffic and crime and reversing the trend toward reduction of forces in the FBI and law enforce ment.” “He also made dramatic changes in antitrust and civil rights,” philosophy, the official said. Smith’s longtime personal re lationship with Reagan — as a mem ber of his “Kitchen Cabinet” and as his personal lawyer in California — made his job secure, despite controversy surrounding his policies and his per sonal life. During his first two years as attor ney general, Smith came under fire from feminists for refusing to resign from two exclusive clubs that do not admit women, for his association with Frank Sinatra (also a close friend of the Reagans) and for sizable invest ments in two lucrative tax shelters. To avoid any appearance of im propriety, he also returned a $50,000 severance payment from the Earle M. Jorgensen Co., a California steel com pany owned by fellow “Kitchen Cabinet” member Earle Jorgensen. The payment, questioned under a statute barring salary supplements for federal officials, was listed on Smith’s 1982 financial disclosure statement. Smith served on the Jorgensen board for six years. Under Smith’s direction, the Jus tice Department implemented often controversial civil rights policies, tried new antitrust policies favoring busi ness and worked toward major re forms of immigration and criminal law. Smith also advocated moving away from mandatory busing for school de segregation and hiring quotas for em ployment discrimination —changes in direction Reagan endorsed, despite vigorous protests from civil rights groups. In other areas, Smith played a key role in the selection process that led to the appointment of the first woman on the Supreme Court — Sandra Day O’Connor. He made immigration his personal issue, working toward a major reform of the nation’s immigration policies, although the effort has bogged down in Congress. Also during his tenure, the govern ment reached a settlement in an eight- year-old suit to break up American Telephone & Telegraph Co., a move that has wrought fundamental changes in the nation’s communica tion system. However, Smith was not involved in the case since he had been on the board of an AT&T subsidiary. Smith also was instrumental in bringing the FBI and Drug Enforce ment Administration into a closer working relationship to crack down on drug trafficking. Born in Wilton, N.H., Aug. 26, 1917. Smith graduated from UCLA summa cum laude in 1939 and from Harvard Law School three years later. He was admitted to the California bar in 1942. After wartime service in the Navy, where he reached the rank of lieute nant, Smith began private practice of law in Los Angeles with the firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher and be came a partner, specializing in man agement operations in labor relations. United Press International WASHINGTON — Walter Mon dale holds an overwhelming lead in the race for the first 164 Democratic National Convention delegates to be picked this week by House Demo crats, a United Press International survey showed Sunday. The survey of the 272 House Democrats showed that 93 — 34 per cent — support or lean to the former vice president, while 29—11 percent — back Sen. John Glenn of Ohio. Next in line is Sen. Alan Cranston of California with 14 supporters, or 5 percent, followed by Jesse Jackson with eight, or 3 percent — and Sens. Gary Hart of Colorado and Ernest Hollings of South Carolina each with four supporters or 1.5 percent. Former Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota had no House suppor ters. Rep. Morris Udall of Arizona, running as a favorite son, has one home state supporter. Most of the 119 other Democrats in the House did not state a preference and a few could not be reached. Although the delegates can choose to be personally committed to a candi date, they are unpledged under the rules, which gives them the freedom to switch their affiliation before the convention. Not all of these members, of course, will be chosen as delegates, but all will cast votes under new rules that will send three-fifths of the House Democrats — and 27 senators to be chosen later — to the convention .in San Francisco July 16 to 19. House delegates will be chosen in committees this week and ratified by all House Democrats next week. The survey shows that most of the pres idential candidates have regional or special interest strength, while Mon dale is strong across the board and even cuts into the home bases of some of his rivals. For example, 12 of Cranston’s 14 supporters come from California. Mondale has 11 supporters in Cali fornia. Jackson depends largely on mem bers of the black caucus for his House support, but Mondale also has mem bers of the black caucus, such as Rep. Mickey Leland of Texas. Mondale has even cut into Glenn’s home state of Ohio, where he is back ed by Rep. Tony Hall. Glenn, howev er, has not cut into Mondale’s home state support in Minnesota. IValesa meets with cardinal Polish police break up rally n Today s Battalion United Press International GDANSK, POLAND — Trun cheon-wielding riot police chased "solidarity supporters through the treats of Gdansk Sunday during a lemonstration by 3,000 people that rupted after former union leader ^ech Walesa appeared at a special mass. The mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral vas celebrated by Cardinal Jozef jlemp, the Polish primate, who ear- ier met with Walesa and hailed the sravery of the people of Gdansk where the now-banned union was stablished in 1980. Chanting “Down with food price hikes” and “There is no freedom vithout Solidarity,” a crowd of 3,000 urged from the cathedral through the streets of the Baltic seaport to ward the Lenin Shipyard, home of Solidarity. The riot police, brandishing trun cheons, turned back the crowd as it neared the shipyard and chased scores more who tried to break through to a monument to workers who were killed in 1970 riots. It was not known if any protesters were arrested in the spontaneous demonstration. A crowd of 12,000 mobbed Wale sa, winner of the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, when he appeared outside the church after the mass. They broke out into Solidarity songs and anti government chants. A quarter of the crowd then broke off and marched through the old town of Gdansk. Before the mass, the Nobel laure ate met with Glemp for 30 minutes at the rectory of the 13th century cathedral and presumably discussed the cardinal’s talks with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican last week. “We talked about what every Pole is talking about in his home,” Walesa said in an interview after the meeting. The most pressing issue facing Poles is the government decision to raise food prices Jan. 30. Others topics likely to have been discussed include the status of political prison ers, harassment of Walesa’s associ ates and the church’s move to estab lish formal diplomatic relations with the Polish regime. After the meeting, Glemp cele brated mass before a cathedral pack ed with 7,000 people. Another 5,000 stood outside in a furious snow storm to hear the cardinal’s sermon. “The church in Gdansk is diffe rent,” Glemp said in his sermon. “The faithfui of this church are full of dynamism and broad mindedness and they also feel that which the whole of Poland lives.” “Nec temere, nec timere, (neither timid nor frightened), this slogan was translated into this genius way — a brave but thoughtful way,” Glemp said in an oblique reference to Solidarity, “This slogan should govern your conduct at the time of this jubilee as it has done during these last difficult years for Gdansk and the mother land,” said Glemp. Local ♦ Area residents marched in nuclear arms. See story page 7, State • Seventy-three illegal aliens were the back of a rental truck that was violation. See story page 6. Notional % ♦ Olympic swimmer Johnny Weismuller, role as Tar/an, was entombed Sunday. See story pi