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on Texas A&M ^ — Jb The Battalion <1 Serving the Gniversity community Vol 78 No. 95 CISPS 0453110 14 pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, February 15, 1984 ld upafamilij lure of I loesn’t sees! the Mahrsi ratures. apt to i at these! out my i want to i itrated t for life, I y about i Iso blew; ndropov successor alks with Bush, others United Press International MOSCOW — Soviet leader tnnsianiin Chernenko bid farewell Olympic* 1 h* s predecessor and rival Yuri An- their con J ro P ov with a stirring hero’s funeral hemselvew ues d a y and then held talks with 1984, tta testern leaders on the need for im- p roved relations, luchemplu Chernenko, 72, met with Vice roldmedak resident George Bush and other ie wants it legation heads after eulogizing lat seems# ndropov as “a glorious son of the iommunist Party” who consolidated viel military power and Moscow’s pternalional standing. Thousands of mourners, some feeping openly, filled Red Square ndropov’s black-and-red draped Joffin was lowered into a grave next lo the Lenin mausoleum after a final liss from his sobbing widow, Ta- iana. The bells of the Kremlin rang, mnons boomed and factory whistles lew as citizens across the Soviet inion observed five minutes of si nce in honor of Andropov’s 15- lonth rule of the communist super- lower. rsi-ruunw After the ceremony, dignitaries ew Yorlfont around the world withdrew to anadian urtnall, 'oronto draft three ic eye andi "or mvselh esn’t i is.” ahres, aniil a chance s| s week M face thei irst gamei jst as the.ll ). irst-round he Kremlin’s ornate St. George’s hall t> pay their condolences to Cher- |enko, Foreign Minister Andrei Gro- ijko and Prime Minister Nikolai ikhonov. J “I Chernenko later met privately delegations from the United goalsH ftates, Britain, West Germany, ovakiai® France and Italy and also met with ha7-2 waders of the communist bloc and |ndiari Prime Minister Indira Gan- who heads the non-aligned f, movement. /■yff Bush, who with other members of UH J 16 American delegation met with ■■hernenko for 30 minutes, handed he new Soviet leader a letter from resident Reagan expressing read- ■iress to improve relations with Mos- *"W. He said Chernenko welcomed the wericans “from the heart” at a meeting that he described as “devoid of polemics.” “The tone, the way the whole relationship was discussed, was very temperate, very reasonable,” Bush said. Bush said the Reagan letter ex pressed determination “to move for ward in all areas of our relationship with the Soviets and our readiness for concrete, productive discussions in every one of them.” The Soviet version of the meeting was reported by official Soviet news agency Tass. “Soviet-American relations, Konstantin Chernenko said, should be based on equality and equal secu rity, mutual account for lawful inter ests and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs,” Tass said. “A display by the American side of practical readiness to adhere to these principles would make it possible to start the righting of relations be tween the two countries.” British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl French Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy, Italian President Sandro Pertini, Greek Prime Min ister Andreas Papandreou also met with Chernenko. The West German news agency DPA said Chernenko accepted an in vitation to visit West Germany but set no date. Kohl also urged the new So viet leader to hold a summit with Reagan to improve East-West rela tions, which under Andropov plunged to their lowest point in de cades. At the somber but lavish state fu neral for Andropov in Red Square, Chernenko hinted that Moscow might resume the Geneva arms talks suspended in November in response to deployment of American missiles in Europe. He said the Soviet Union was re ady for negotiations but insisted on “honest talks on the basis of equality and equal security.” Standing in a dark coat against 12 degree cold atop the Lenin mauso leum, Chernenko faltered several times and stumbled over words as he read the eulogy for his former rival for power 15 months before. At the end of the ceremony, Cher nenko failed to hold a prolonged sa lute for Andropov, dropping his arm to his side three times. Chernenko’s delivery of the eu logy evoked memories of Leonid Brezhnev’s difficulties in public speaking during the final years of his life. “A glorious son of the Communist Party, an oustanding political figure, a person of great soul and kind heart has departed from life,” Chernenko said before thousands of workers, dignitaries and troops in the square below. “Yuri Andropov did a good deal to consolidate the international posi tions of our country, to increase the defense capability and combat might of the country,” he said. He said Andropov’s policies were in the cause of peace. “The Soviet Union will continue its policy of peace, a lasting and just peace for all nations, big and small,” he said. Earlier, Chernenko had led the full Politburo to the House of Unions, where Andropov lay in state for three days after his death of kid ney disease Thursday at 69. Andropov’s casket was taken from the House of Unions on a caisson drawn by a motorized armored vehi cle into the vast cobblestone square and placed at the foot of Lenin’s tomb. Chernenko, Gromyko, Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov and others read eulogies from the mausoleum as thousands stood in the square and hundreds of statesmen, government leaders, members of royalty watched from a reviewing stand. r ' Dozier speaks Photo by JOHN MAKELY Brig. Gen. James Dozier addresses a Rudder Auditorium crowd Tuesday night. Dozier spoke on his kidnapping by Italian terrorists last year. See related story, page 8. CONA to focus on roles, responsibilities of media -rays sfw 1 " and es to ma‘ e detached taken no night ■ retori so bruised i over am t the nose would touldnt id? n Chats' sorry ^ 'm not (!»■ ; been feels t king 1 . -lean do deep do", caused ■ he ted hit”' ost h ornef. , £ a mis 1 " hadn’t -rossed JP •tered i^ By ROBIN BLACK Staff Writer Topi c . Tj ie mec ij a Goal: To create intelligent interest in the complexi- ! es °d problems and policies, na- nonal and international. Budget: S 90,OOO. Result: SCONA 29. the 29th annual Student Confer- nc e on National Affairs, better _j n ow n as SCONA 29, starts its 3 1/2- ‘•y run today focusing on “Media: e nind the Headlines,” Speakers on the agenda include e d Friendly, a former CBS presi- ^nt, Harvard law professor Arthur J ; 1 er an d Newsweek’s White House tKi p°, rres pondant Thomas DeFrank. 1Cs e med ‘ a experts will speak on top- ranging f rom media and privacy Grenada in Retrospect.” CONA, which was established at kh!? 5 A&M tn 1955, brings together dal entS ’ facult y’ government offi- ’ l and we ll-known public figures IC s not u be bad. ’ moi'" for ay ring , 00. if 1,01 esday. hard 1 ’ last fXj prepay V Mood e two car was red f° r acked? J R^d, wat^ saw k® ,re tos ee iky' 5 rtr ed In 5 ca ibly tllC •ace i V 011, „ k of .edsid^ tra< MEDIA tio i Ca ^ t0 exam i ne a topic of na- aa lor international importance. •nm° • ec fHe on a topic, the executive g®jmttee, about 25 students who acl u p the various SCONA sub- MSC SCONA 29 committees, meets each spring to re view topic ideas. Alan Hill, SCONA 29 chairman, said about 40 ideas are submitted to the group by anyone from faculty to students to SCONA sponsors or members. Each idea’s strengths and weak nesses are evaluated to determine its potential as a conference topic. “We use a ‘nominal group tech nique,”’ Hill said, “where each exec utive, apart from the rest of the group, evaluates the list of ideas and ranks what he or she thinks are the ten most promising topics. “Then the executive committee meets as a whole and goes over the ten highest-ranked ideas and nar rows those down to three, then down to just one, which happened to be the media.” He said the good thing about this process is that there is no politics in volved. “You don’t have people split up into groups pulling for one topic or another,” he said. After a topic is chosen, the exec utives choose the general committee members, and it’s full steam ahead to get the conference on its way to com pletion for the February debut. SCONA is a Memorial Student Center organization, but receives none of its funds from the Univer sity. Donations are solicited by com mittee members throughout the year from individuals, corporations and foundations. The budget for SCONA this year is $90,000, up $9,000 from last year’s budget of $81,000. Most of the planning For the con ference is done over the summer, Hill said. This summer he traveled to New York and Washington D.C. to research the topic and possible speakers. “I went out there this summer and talked to people from Time mag azine, NBC, PBS, the New York Times and the Washington Post,” he said. There he asked around to find out who was most qualified to speak at the conference about the media. “We had to decide on particular ideas though, because the first thing I was told when I talked to people was ‘there’s no way you’re gonna be able to cover the topic of media in three and a half days—it’s just too broad,”’ Hill said. As a result, the topic was split up into four subtopics: Business and the Media, Media and Privacy, The Me dia’s Responsibility in Reporting In ternational Events, and The Media’s Responsibility in Reporting Domestic Events. One thing the group didn’t have any difficulties with was coming up with qualified professionals, he said. “We had a lot of qualified people recommended to us, but we had two things to consider in narrowing the list down,” he said. “First, the person needs to be able to speak, to be able to communicate with the students at the conference. Second, we had to get people who could give us a con crete ‘yes’ or ‘no’ about speaking. “That gave us the most trouble, because most media people are con stantly on the go, and a lot of the people we were considering couldn’t tell us for sure if they could be at our conference at the set date. We were still getting confirmations from speakers as late as January.” Hill said everything worked out though, because the group could be flexible. “We had a lot of top-notch people we could choose from, and I don’t think we made any sacrifices in qual ity in working out the schedule,” he said. In fact, he said, they added a new topic to the agenda in January when Thomas DeFrank, scheduled speaker and White House correspon- dant for Newsweek, suggested that the committee consider including a panel discussion about the no-Ameri- can-press-in-Crenada situation. But, Hill said, everything is fi nalized now for the speaker part of the conference. The other main component of the conference is the student delegates. About 150 students from Texas high schools and national and inter national colleges and universities will gather to discuss the topic of media, hopefully to leave the conference with broader horizons on the subject. The delegates will attend all activ ities of the three-and-one-half-day event, but the most important activity will be that of the round-table dis cussions. The delegates will split up into groups of 15 to 17 after hearing each speaker and discuss the topic pre sented and look at all sides of the is sue. Other activities planned for the conference include receptions after each speaker has presented a topic. Judge rules Texas A&M doesn’t own Old Sarge, Ag thumb or other symbols In Today’s Battalion /id The By SARAH OATES Staff Writer Aggies may be possessive of fhi lus nd ^nufa •ndaTif: {’ ut ?“ ordin .S l ,° a ! r ulin 8 U a oca * district judge, Texas - University doesn’t own him. ^ University also doesn’t have ex- We rights to four other symbols shouldn’t charge a royalty to i.k * acturer s who produce items 'S Aggie logos. F niversity officials and the owners ev eral local student book stores ionj Uec ^ Texas A&M were notified k.i a y a bout the order filed by nald ^ J Udge W T ’ “ Tom ” Mt> cr J' f U-CV Dist 'tore Utupot’s Book Store, the Texas ° le hook Store, Rother’s Book Hte University Book Store and Designs of Huntsville were the plaintiffs in a suit filed against the University in August 1981 over its state registration of Texas A&M trademarks. The suit argued that the registra tion of Texas A&M symbols such as Old Sarge, the Gig ’Em Aggies thumb sign, the letters TAMU, the symbol ATM and the name Texas Aggies hurt people who support Texas A&M because it allowed the University to charge manufacturers a 6 percent royalty on items that dis played these logos. The manufacturers then charge the retailers for the licensing fee and this cost is passed onto the consum ers, who the plaintiffs said are mostly students. . Genevieve Stubbs, a senior stall at torney for the University, said the revenues from the royalty are used to fund student organizations, but that some of the money was used to pay attorneys specializing in trademark law hired to represent the University. She said that “a little over $112,000” has been generated from the royalty. The University said it owned the rights to the symbols not only be cause they are registered with the Texas Secretary of State, but also they are identified with Texas A&M, a requirement of the trademark law. McDonald disagreed, saying that although the court understood why Texas A&M feels it owns the sym bols, the law doesn’t support its posi tion. He said that since the University did not originate the logos, it can’t claim exclusive rights to them. Stubbs said that she and other at torneys will meet with University of ficials later this week to decide whether to appeal the decision. She said that according to trademark law the symbols belong to the University and the fact that it did not create them is irrelevant. “The law of trademarks states that when certain conditions exist, you’re the owner,” she said. If a business wants to claim the rights to a mark, Stubbs said, the mark must be used in commerce or trade and be identi fied with the business. She said the University feels these marks are identified with it. Stubbs said the plaintiffs’ argu ment dealt with emotional “periph eral issues,” that have nothing to do with the University’s right to the lo gos. See LOGO, page 12 Local • A&M students involved in the Village of Hope pro ject presented actress Sally Struthers with $24,500. See story page 5. • Student leaders are protesting the proposed location of the absentee ballot boxat the College Station City Hall. See story page 3. • Two A&M profs will give a seminar on how to do business in a foreign country. See story page 3. State • A grand jury is investigating a horse meat factory in theft charges. See story page 5. • Gay SMU students are seeking recognition in their student senate. See story page 8.