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Muster speaker has been named See page 3 Aggie women lose to Texas Tech, 76-55 See page 13 —--Texas A&M • __ __ The Battalion Serving the University community /o! 78 No. 106 CJSPS 0453110 14 pages College Station, Texas ' Thursday, March 1, 1984 Momentum swinging toward Hart United Press International Gary Hart said Wednesday “peo- e know who I am now and contri tions are pouring in after his upset -tory in New ftainpsfiire, while ai'er Mondale went Soutii and lailenged the Colorado senatoi i<> )battle for the vote-t u h Sun Belt. 1 he first-in-the-nation New ampshire primary was the last hur- h tor Sen. Alan'(a anston of Cali- ril ia who dropped out of the race Tuesday, telling a news confer eein Concord, N H., “I know the Terence between reality and earns.” •cannot hide my disappointment that I won’t be the Democratic nomi nee for president,” the 69-year-old Cranston said. Another New Hampshire also-ran, former Gov. Reubin Askew of Flor ida, said in Miami he was pondering his situation and would have a major announcement later in the week. Hart, passing through Boston en route to Denver, told reporters, "We’re going to be campaigning hard in Massachusetts” for the March 13 primary. ‘*W 7 e think this is a good state for us.” Reminded that Mondale also said Massachusetts is a good state for him. Hart, who will begin a Southern swing Thursday, joked, “Thai’s what he said about New Hampshire.” Mondale was back on the trail for the “Super Tuesday” states, which in clude Georgia, Alabama and Florida, with a promise to try harder to gel his message across. The former vice president told re porters in Atlanta that Hart had said te might actively contest only one Southern state, and added: ’’that’s not good enough. In my opinion a potential presidential nominee of the Democratic Party cannot write off a major part of our country.” If Hart makes a serious challenge in the South, he said, “I’m confident that when the people of the South see the contrast between us, I’ll win.” Joking and maintaining good hu mor about his stunning loss, Mon dale tried to quash any interpretation that he represents the politics of the past. “My whole purpose is to serve the future,” the former vice presi dent said in Boston before beginning his long tour through the South. “If I haven’t been communicating that ef fectively, then I will.” Mondale campaign manager Jim Johnson told reporters Mondale now considers Hart his main rival but re mains confident he will win the nom ination and plans no fundamental changes in his campaign. Mondale admitted defeat to a mob of supporters, telling them that “I won one, and lost one,” referring to his victory last week in the Iowa cau cuses. He predicted that in the 25 primaries coming up in the next three weeks he would defeat Hart. With 100 percent of the total vote reported, Hart had 39,062 votes or 40 percent; Mondale, 27,710 or 29 percent; Sen. John Glenn, 12,041 or 13 percent; civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, 5,280 or 6 percent; former Sen. George McGovern, 5,145 or 5 percent; Sen. Ernest Hollings, 3,583 or 4 percent; Sen. Alan Cranston, 2,087 or 2 percent, and former Gov. Reubin Askew of Florida, 1,023 or 1 percent. Those percentages would translate into 10 delegates for Hart and eight for Mondale. Mischief making conservatives or ganized a campaign to have indepen dents write in Reagan’s name on the Democratic ticket and he got 5,032 votes — putting him ahead of three Democrats. Reagan had only token opposition on the Republican side. Wo men charged n theft By SARAH OATES Stall Writer Two men were jailed Wednesday n charges of stealing Texas AftM Mipmetequipment valued at more •an $30,000 from the Blocket '•hlcling early W'ed nesday morning. College Station Police Lt. Greg Le- ls > investigating a confidential tip •ata burglan was going on, said the m men were seen carrying com- ntcr components wrapped in cart as mailbags out of the building. Hie nen were identified as Roy hsen Worthington, 36, a wrestling D ach for the College Station Parks mi Rec reation Department, and ferny Samuel Campbell, 45, a •icsnian for the Aplo Music Co. of buston. Lewis said the men made m trips back and forth as they •atled the components into a station 'agon parked on the northeast side bhe building. He said that after the components ' er e loaded into the car, Campbell 01 into the station wagon and Wor kington got into another car. The "'ll men then drove off campus, Le ns said. College Station police pulled the •cn over as they drove through the block of University Drive, he a| (i The University Police were alkd to the scene. Lewis said he saw computer key- oavds in the front seat of the station fagon, and several components par tly covered by a quilt in the back. Lour Texas Instruments cornput- p. including four disk drivers, four •splay terminals, four keyboards ml tour printers were recovered. Photo by JOHN RYAN Detective Bill Wade, of the Campus Police is shown here with some of the computer equipment recovered in an attempted theft from the Blocker Building. Two of the printers were Diablos. Several computer manuals also were recovered. Boh Wiatt, director of security and traffic for the University Police De partment, said the equipment is worth more than $30,000. “We are certainly going to look at these two characters in previous com puter thefts can campus,” he said. Campbell and Worthington were in the Brazos County jail Wednesday morning. Bondwas set for each at $ 10,000 surety or $400 cash. Student credit hoax costly By MARK E. LISH Reporter Students tempted by advertise ments guaranteeing credit cards without the hassle of credit checks or income requirements, may find the “unconditional moneyback guar antee” is something less than that. A consumer alert by Attorney General Jim Mattox, dated Feb. 3, warns that many people have lost money to companies making such guarantees. On the same day, The Battalion ran an ad paid for by First National Bancard of San Jose, Calif, which of fered “the easiest, fastest, and most certain way for students to get a Mas terCard...all for just $30.” The ad said there was no risk involved be cause of “First National’s Guarantee: if you should fail to get a MasterCard after following the simple step-by- step instructions, you will receive a full ref und.” Mattox writes that many guar antees apply only if the instructions mentioned in the ads are followed explicitly. The instructions, which usually are received after an initial investment of about $30, often re quest an additional $300 for an ac count at the bank issuing the card. The $30 is refunded only if a second check has been sent and credit is den ied. The Battalion attempted to con tact First National Bancard’s adver tising manager. Ivy Daniels, at the company headquarters in San Jose to find out more about the offer stated in the advertisement. Daniels’ an swering service said he was unavail able for comment. The Better Business Bureau in San Jose said it tried to contact First National Bancard in August to estab lish an informational file on the com pany, but the company never re sponded. “I don’t think I can call it a fraud,” Dan Usiak, Texas A&M legal adviser, said Thursday. (Feb. 16) “They tell you what your rights and obligations are. They just put it in fine print and hope you don’t read it.” Usiak said that legal action can be taken only if an ad is proven to be fraudulent. For those intent on getting a credit card, Attorney General Mattox wri tes,“If you have an extra $300 to put into a savings account, you could probably get a bank to issue you a credit card.” Banks in Bryan-College Station contacted by The Battalion say they don’t issue credit cards unless credit references are provided. Their ad vice to students: get one through your parents. Trudeau stepping down United Press International OTTAWA — Canada’s flamboy ant prime minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, announced Wednesday he was retiring after nearly 16 years in office. “The experience of being leader of our great party has been one of the joys of my life. But I now feel this is the appropriate time from some one else to assume this challenge,” Trudeau said in a letter to Liberal Party President Iona Campagnolo. Stepping down as leader of Cana da’s Liberal Party automatically means Trudeau will leave the post of prime minister. It was not clear when the resignation would take effect. The news of Trudeau’s decision broke as his staff was summoned to an emergency meeting. Trudeau then left his office and went to his of ficial residence to inform his three sons. Asked why he picked Wednesday to resign, he said: “Why today? Well, because it’s a good day,” Trudeau told reporters outside his Parliament Hill office. “It’s the first day of the rest of my li fe.” Trudeau recently met in Moscow with the Soviet Union’s new leader, Konstantin Chernenko, as part of a series of visits to world capitals on a self-styled international peace mis sion aimed at nuclear disarmament. Speculation had been rife for months that Trudeau, 64, who has been Canadian prime minister for all but nine months of the last 16 years, was preparing to step aside. No clear successor has emerged. Trudeau has said that he would re main as prime minister until a lead ership convention could be held. Conservative Party Leader Brian Mulroney was informed of Tru deau’s resignation while on vacation in Florida and his press aide, Bill Fox, said Mulroney had no immedi ate comment. It was uncertain whether he would return. Trudeau can count among his ma jor achievements creation of a new constitution with a Charter of Rights, official bilingualism for Canada, cre ation of a national oil corporation 9nd a national energy policy. .ar bomb wrecks apartment n Beirut, 3 killed, 43 injured United Press International BEIRUT, Lebanon — A car bomb we apart a Beirut apartment build up Wednesday, killing ai least three •topicand wounding 43 others, only •ours after Defense Secretary Cas- )ar Weinberger made a surprise visit othe capital. President Amin Gemayel was wel- flnied with a 21-gun salute in Dam- Bcus by Syrian President Hafez As ad to discuss the cancelation of tfbanon’s May 17 troop withdrawal Kcord with Israel. Gemayel, battered by Syrian-sup ported Moslem rebels and with U.S. iupport eroding, was reported ready ocave in to Syrian demands for the ancelaiion of the May agreement Bat had ended Lebanon’s state of »arwith Israel. Weinberger, after a visit to Lon don, helicoptered from Cyprus to the 6th Fleet off the Lebanese coast to thank U.S. Marines for what he tailed “the toughest and I suppose •ne of the most miserable tasks that •asever been assigned.” Weinberger also made a quick un announced trip to the U.S. Embassy along the Beirut waterfront to see the Marines who remained behind after the withdrawal of the U.S. con tingent in Lebanon’s multinational peace-keeping force. Less than three hours later, the blast of a 100-pound car bomb roared through the heart of west Bei rut. No one immediately claimed re sponsibility for the blast. “There was a massive explosion, the biggest I have heard,” said a woman who asked not to be identi fied. “I was standing in the kitchen and the blast blew me to the floor. There was glass flying everywhere. My mother and I were lucky not to be killed.” The blast blew' glass and debris for blocks and sent huge clouds of smoke billowing into the sky. The fronts of two high-rise buildings were de stroyed. Dozens of smashed cars lit tered the streets. The radio station of the Sunni Moslem rebels, Mourabitoun, said the bomb ripped open the front of an 11-story apartment building, kill ing three people and wounding 43 others, police said. The car bomb was only the most spectacular attack in a day of shelling and shooting that saw ambulances racing through the streets and burn ing gas tanks lighting up the sky in Christian east Beirut. Another three people died and 20 were wounded in unusually heavy shelling on both sides of the “green line” that divides Christian east Bei rut from the Moslem west, police said. Witnesses saw a 5-year-old child with shrapnel wounds in the head and neck. Christian radio reported shelling of east Beirut both by the rebels in the other half of the city and in the mountains overlooking the capital. Druze Moslem shelling from the mountains also hit the last Lebanese army stronghold in the mountains, Souk Al Gharb, and along the Chris tian-populated coast stretching north from Beirut. Moslem rebels in w'est Beirut fired in the air to celebrate Gemayel’s first visit to Syria since taking office 17 months ago. He was met at Damascus airport by Assad who ordered the 21- gun salute for the Lebanese leader. A Lebanese government source said the Gemayel-Assad talks would deal mainly with the “Lebanese-Is- raeli troops withdrawal agreement and a suitable way to abrogate it.” The agreement, brokered by Sec retary of State George Shultz, gave Israel military and political conces sions in return for an Israeli promise to end the occupation of south Leb anon. It amounted to a peace treaty — the only Arab country other than Egypt to sign a formal accord with Is rael. There was immediate reaction from Christian leaders who have warned against cancelation of the accord signed in the aftermath of the Israeli invasion. Israel also has warned against canceling the agreement. “I am still attached to my position and oppose the abrogation of the May 17 agreement ... if it is not con ditional on the withdrawal of Syrian troops,” said Christian militia leader Fadi Frem, who had earlier warned the cancelation would “ignite” the Christian community. In Today’s Battalion Local • A used-bicycle auction will be held Friday morning at Rudder fountain to benefit “Operation; Mop-Up.” See story page 5. • For students who’d like to vote absentee in the March 10 election and don’t feel like driving to city hall. State Rep. Candidate Richard Smith is financing a shuttle bus system to get you there. See story page 6. » “Leverage,” a board game designed by an Aggie, is currently being sold by Milton Bradley. See story page 3. State • Braniff Airlines is scheduled to be back in the sky to day with many new changes. See story page 8. Nation ■ • A Louisiana man went to the electric chair Wednes day, but not before proclaiming his innocence for the last time. See story page 5.