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Vol78 Ho. 93 GSPS 0453110 18 pages in two sections College Station, Texas Thursday, January 9, 1984
USS New Jersey
shells Lebanon
United Press International
BEIRUT — The U.S. battleship
few Jersey fired scores of 16-incn
Mis Weanesday at rebel artillery
rations east of Beirut acting on
takient Reagan’s orders to protect
he city as multinational peacekeep
ers withdraw.
Svria charged the bombardment
tiki “dozens ot civilian women,
thildren and old men."
Britain began the pullout troin
he four-nation peace-keeping force
itevacuating its 115-man unit hours
for Reagan said the 1,400-member
L'S. Marine contingent would with-
hwtobth Fleet ships in the Medi-
erranean.
Scattered shooting and firelights
nadethe streets of the battered Leb-
inese capital dangerous, but Moslem
Militiamen controlling west Beirut
formed an uneasy truce with the
Ltbanese army to end the worst
fighting.
Witnesses said Lebanese soldiers
irtually ceded authority to the rag-
agmilitiamen, manning checkpoints
ngether as militia leaders tried to
lisarm some of the combatants and
tstore some semblance of order.
Lebanese President Amin Gem-
tyelmet with U.S. Middle Last envoy
Donald Rumsfeld and U.S. Ambassa-
dorReginald Bartholomew in urgent
consultations to save his disintegrat-
ingChristian-dominated regime.
At least 600 people were re
ported wounded Monday and Tues
day alone.
The New Jersey, the only active
aitleship in the world, responded
nffthe Lebanese coast by unleashing
isavage five-hour barrage, three sal-
rasatatime, from its 16-inch guns,
nhicli had not been fired since Dec.
Id.
It was the first time U.S. forces
struck other than in retaliation for at
tacks on Americans. Reagan coupled
permission for the barrages with his
withdrawal order Tuesday, hoping
to end the “sanctuary from which to
bombard Beirut at will.”
The Marine spokesman, Maj.
Dennis Brooks, said ISO-150 explo
sive rounds were fired from the re
conditioned World War II battleship,
whose guns launch shells weighing
1,900 and 2,700 pounds each. He
said 300 tons of ammunition were
fired.
In Damascus, official Syrian ra
dio said the bombardment had lev
eled buildings and killed civilians but
inflicted no Syrian losses.
Italian officials said they planned
a gradual withdrawal but not until
safely was assured for the Palestinian
refugee camps protected by Italian
troops. It was after the September
1982 massacre of civilians in the
camps that the multinational force
was fully deployed.
French officials said they had no
immediate plans for a withdrawal but
were considering it if a U.S. force was
deployed to assume the peace-keep
ing role.
Three U.S. Navy helicopters also
evacuated 51 people, mostly “non-es
sential” U.S. diplomatic personnel
and family members, from the seaf
ront British Embassy in west Beirut
where U.S. offices have been located
since the American Embassy was
blown up last year.
Thirty-nine Americans were air
lifted out Tuesday and arrived on
Cyprus by boat Wednesday, telling
harrowing tales of survival in gunfire
and shelling.
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Winston Crite (21) stuffs over Arkansas’ Ricky lost to the Razorbacks, 5&-59. For more on the
Norton at G. Rollie Wednesday night. The Ags game, see page 12.
Moreno
receives
death
United Press International
RICHMOND — A jury Wednes
day decided on a death sentence for
lawnrnower repairman Eliseo
Moreno in the killing of a stale
trooper during an alleged five-hour,
130-mile rampage triggered by mari
tal problems.
The six-man, six-woman panel
convicted Moreno, 25, Monday in
the Oct. 1 1 death of Department of
Public Safety Officer Trooper Rus
sell Lynn Boyd.
Boyd, 25, was one of six people
prosecutors say Moreno killed in the
five-hour, 1-30-mile rampage trig
gered by estrangement from his wife,
Blanca. Two of his in-laws in College
Station and three elderly Hempstead
residents also were killed.
As the verdict was read Wednes
day, Boyd’s father cried silently to
himself.
Afterwards, Ralph Boyd said: “We
feel like the jurors had a burden on
them to make this type of decision
(for death). The evidence was over-
whemingly for the conviction.”
Prosecutor Jim Keeshan said he
felt vindicated.
“I feel vindicated and I hope the
loved ones and those who suffered
the loss — the famiy members —
achieved at least some degree of sat-
isifaction or relief or comfort,” Kee-
slian said shortly after the verdict was
reached.
Moreno’s case will automatically be
appealed.
He is also charged with the Oct. 1 1
killing of two of his in-laws, Juan
Garza, 30, and his wife, Esther, 31, in
their College Station apartment after
a day-long argument over Blanca.
Changes mark ‘Old Army’ demise: former cadets
By KIMBERLEE NORRIS
Reporter
Some r ' adets are mourn
ing what they see as another “death
if‘Old Army’” — some of the dearly
)eld traditions of the Texas A&M
Corps of Cadets — after policy
Jianges were made this semester.
Former members of the Corps
ttmember other times when “Old
lrmy"died and other reasons for its
lemise. They predict this death, too,
la false alarm.
“There is always the same fear
imong cadets of losing the ‘old
Corps’— it’s a very emotional issue to
lent,’’says Lt. Col. Donald Johnson,
distant Corps Commandant.
Johnson said many cadets view
is “tradition” any activities they
tamed as freshmen that continue to
((practiced as they progress to up-
[erclassmen.
The current unhappiness stems
jtotn the banning of several Corps
ftaciices, including “fishbites” — re
fining freshmen to eat in small por-
l»ns which can be swallowed in three
fe, and “lists” — rosters listing va
rious lost privileges or punishments
assigned by juniors and seniors to
underclassmen. “Quadding” — up
perclassmen ordering freshmen to
hold another upperclassman spread
eagle under a second floor window
while trashcans of water are poured
on him — also has been banned.
Corps Commander Preston Ab
bott acknowleges that some upper
classmen are upset about the
changes.
“The military is slow to change,”
he said. “The numbers of changes
this semester is not unusual, but they
were highly publicized and hit home
to many cadets.”
The degree of discontent is dif
ficult to pin down, because cadets
who oppose the changes are unwil
ling to talk for publication. Privately
they say they believe many of the ba
sic principles of the Corps are being
discarded.
Abbott disagrees: “The Corps
wasn’t built on quadding or fishbites
— the Corps was formed to make
good citizens and military officers.”
Although no one seems to know
exactly what “Old Army” is, almost
anyone will tell you when it died.
Lt. Col. Johnson, Class of ’5i5,
says “Old Army” died the year after
he graduated.
Lt. Col. Jerald Linsey, professor
of military science, says it died before
the Viet Nam era, ten years before he
graduated from Texas A&M in 1965.
And 2nd Lt. Jess Jackson, an ’82
graduate now serving at Fort Sill,
Okla., claims it died his junior year.
“The ‘traditions’ of the Corps,
and people’s conception of ‘Old
Army’, are relative to when you are
here at A&M and have constantly
changed,” Johnson said.
A good example is the tradition
of “quadding”.
When Linsey was a cadet from
1961-65, being “quadded” meant be
ing forcefully stuffed into a mattress
and tied to a tree in the Quadrangle
for an indefinite amount of time.
“Fish quadded fish, and upper
classmen quadded other upperclass
men,” Linsey said, “but -getting
caught meant being relieved from
your command or even expelled
from the college.”
Johnson, a cadet from 1951-55,
said in his time cadets with a grudge
would drag other cadets to “the
grode hole” — muddy puddles in the
Quad which served as mud baths for
the offender and occassionally the
grudge-holder as well. Johnson said
the current method of quadding
would never have been tolerated in
earlier Corps years.
“Freshmen would not have pre
sumed to lay hands on an upperclass
man, “Johnson said. “The method of
quadding is not what makes a tradi
tion, the tradition is getting back at
someone for unfair treatment, by
whatever method.”
Mike Kelly, a senior in Squad
ron 10, said he didn’t think the ban
on quadding and lists was actually be
ing enforced in individual outfits,
and that lists exist in several outfits
now'.
“Most lists come about as ‘good
bull’; as a fun kind of punishment for
a ‘good bull pull-out’ (intentionally
flaunting an upperclass privilege),”
said Dawson Clark, a senior on Corps
staff.
Abbott said the practice of re
quiring fishbites actually ended in
November after bonfire, although
the final decision wasn’t reached un
til Jan. 13. Abbott said he feels fresh
men deserve to eat the food they pay
for, and that a well-fed freshman will
perform better in all areas.
Lt. Col. Johnson said freshmen
managed in the past because upper
classmen left the dining hall before
the last 10 minutes of each meal, al
lowing freshmen toeat.
“The problem arose when
freshmen were required to leave with
seniors.” Johnson said.
Abbott dismissed as rumor the
report that a decision had been made
requiring underclassmen to be in
uniform when within a 15 mile ra
dius of campus.
“The idea was mentioned, but
was never seriously discussed,” he
said, referring to a Jan. 13 meeting
of Corps staff and military advisers.
Another change, running in
tennis shoes instead of combat boots,
will be phased in throughout the se
mester, Abbott said.
“We haven’t decided yet which
uniform to run in,” he said. “Because
our fatigues were tucked into our
boots, they may be too long or short
for wearing with tennis shoes.”
Abbott said all the changes were
intended to bring a better quality of
life to the Corps of Cadets.
“Definitions of ‘tradition’ and
‘Old Army’ differ from person to
person,” he said. “Probably more im
portant is each cadet’s definition of
what is important to, and best for,
the Corps.”
Trained students volunteer hours,
skills through the university ECT
By MICHELLE POWE
Senior Staff Writer
This is the third of u three-part series
Emergency care services at. Texas
Many college students hold jobs
'liile they’re going to school, and a
M number feel they work too
hours for too little money. But
^ many students do you know who
was many as 40 to 70 hours a
'Mt for nothing? Probably not
Hany.
The members of Texas A&M’s
Emergency Care Team do.
The ECT is a volunteer student
C: (anization. Its members provide
^balance service for Texas A&M,
‘lend all University events to give
Urgency treatment when it is
r 5eded and educate the public about
^taid.
The president of the ECT,
Louis Gonzales, says ECT members
must be certified in first aid, at least
— a certification which requires 14
class hours.
Gonzales said only a few of
ECT’s members are first aiders; most
have higher certifications.
The next step after a first aider
is an emergency care attendant. A
Texas EC A certification requires a
minimum of 40 class hours and a
state board exam.
After an additional 120 hours
an ECA can be certified as an emer
gency medical technician.
David Phillips, chief of ambu
lance operations for Texas A&M,
says first aiders, EGAs and EMTs are
trained for basic life support. Basic
life support includes bandaging,
splinting, taking vital signs and asses
sing victims for injuries. People
trained for basic life support also
have limited training in extrication,
for example removing people from
wrecked cars, and can administer ox
ygen. But oxygen is the only sub
stance they can administer. They
cannot give injections or “invade the
body” in any way, Phillips said.
He said nearly all emergency
care personnel in Brazos County are
trained only as far as basic life sup
port.
The final two certifications after
EMT are trained in advanced life
support.
The next step after EMT is
EMT Special Skills. This certification
requires another 70 classroom hours
including about 100 working hours
crews.
Phillips said EMT Special Skills
can start I Vs and intubate, or put
tubes down a victim’s esophagus to
help him breathe.
The next and highest certifica
tion is the EMT Paramedic. Para
medics have 250 more hours than
EMT Special Skills. They can admin
ister drugs and can defibrillate, or
shock, a victim to start his heart.
Texas A&M’s ECT has two
working paramedics, two EMT spe
cial skills. Nearly all the other mem
bers are either EMTs or EGAs.
The City of College Station has
one paramedic, four EMT special
skills and 55 EMTs.
Bryan runs an EMT service;
most of its personnel are certified
EMTs. Some are EGAs. Bryan has no
EMT special skills and no paramed
ics.
In Today’s Battalion
Local
• IBM is loaning the engineering department an in
dustrial robot system. See story page 3.
• Annoying chain letters are circulating the campus.
See story page 7.
• Mothers (and Others) against Murder, a group to
prevent child abuse has formed in the Brazos Valley. See
story page 4.
State
• Proposal to protect 34,000 acres in east Texas will
probably pass this week in the legislature. See story page 10
• The court prepares to hear the defense of Genene
Jones, the nurse accused of killing a 15-month-old child.
See story page5.