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Page 12AThe Battalion/Friday, March 23, 1984 Kissinger demonstrators jailed — United Press International ! AUSTIN — University of NTexas police arrested 50 of about 200 noisy demonstrators who chanted slogans and beat on pots and pans outside a hall where former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger spoke Thurs day. UT Police Capt. H.J. Eastman said the protestors, most of them students, were booked into the Travis County Jail on a misdemeanor charge of disruptive activity. “They started yelling differ ent chants anti making a lot of noise, and we have classes going On out there,” he said. UT Vice President for Stu dent Affairs Ronald M. Brown said the protestors were warned before they were arrested. He said those arrested will be pros ecuted and students will be sub ject to university disciplinary ac tion. “The university plans to pur sue both to assure that future speakers may come to this cam pus with full assurance of being heard,” he said. The demonstrators, orga nized by the Committee for Sol idarity with the People of El Sal vador, said they were protesting Kissinger’s role in United States foreign policy. Kissinger, who was partici pating in a panel discussion on nuclear arms at a public policy conference, is chairman of Pres ident Reagan’s bipartisan com mission on Central America. Police moved in when some of the crowd of about 200 dem onstrators sat down inside po lice lines around the Lyndon B. Johnson Library on the UT campus. The demonstrators chanted: “One, two, three, four, get out of El Salvador,” “People united with not be defeated,” and “Reagan, Reagan, he’s no good, send him back to Hollywood.” Some carried placards saying, “Kissinger, Nobel Prize Killer” and “Strangelove, Go Home.” Meanwhile, about a dozen people were removed from in side the auditorium — some of them dragged up the aisles by police — as Kissinger was intro- dneed. As the former secretary of state was being introduced, one woman yelled: “I have a ques tion for you Kissinger. What about Vietnam, what about Cambodia, what about Nicara gua?” Another woman shouted: “This man’s hands are stained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of people.” Kissinger, who got a standing ovation from the audience, said: “A democracy cannot sur vive unless there is an assump tion that all concerned citizens tend to promote freedom and charity. ery time a new president is elected. “We must restore the biparti san consensus that existed in this country up to the late 1960s,” he said. “We cannot possibly survive in this world if we do not... assume there is no dispute about our ultimate ob jectives.” He said the world’s chances of avoiding nuclear war are be ing diminished by the fact that U.S. foreign policy changes ev- He said the United States and the Soviet Union should engage in a “quiet dialogue about goals,” and advocated the ap pointment by the president of a nuclear arms negotiator whose identity would remain secret to avoid accusations by the Soviets that the negotiations were polit ically motivated. Texas continues its search for waste site United Press International AUSTIN — An option to buy 456 acres in South Texas for a low-level nuclear waste disposal facility will be extended, but the state will continue its search for other possible sites, officials said Thursday. Tom Blackburn, spokesman for the Texas Low-Level Radio active Waste Disposal Author ity, said the agency’s board of directors expects to select a prime site this summer. The $903-an-acre option on a privately owned site in Dim mit County was scheduled to expire Friday, but Blackburn said the board ordered it ex tended until Aug. 31, the end of the fiscal year. i GHEi 'OP' APPLICATIONS FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Now Open Due Morch 30 by 5:00 Applications and all Information Available in Town Hall Cubicle in 216 MSC “We’re going to try to com plete the siting effort by Aug. 31,” he said. “That’s the end of our budget year and we’ve got money for the purchase of land this year and that’s what we’re really looking at.” Earlier this week the authori ty’s directors ordered the staff to expand its search beyond the 16 counties currently being re viewed. Blackburn conceded the state would be looking at areas of Texas it had ruled out pre viously. But, he said: “When we first dropped down to 16 counties, very general criteria were used to get to that point. In the 16 counties, we’ve applied pretty specific criteria.” The area outside (the 16 counties) has not been looked at as closely as these 16 counties have,” Blackburn added. Specific sites in Dimmit, Hudspeth, Borden and LaSalle counties are being reviewed. The option is on land near Asherton, in Dimmit County. Authority staff members met Thursday with officials of the University of Texas System to discuss two parcels of land in Hudspeth County owned by the university. The authority’s directors ear lier asked the staff to pursue the design of engineered safety bar riers to improve the natural in tegrity of the West Texas sites. spt cial UT System committee that is reviewing the sites to delay its final report until the specific engineering factors can be evaulated. Hudspeth County lartdown- ers have said they fear the fa cility could threaten groundwa ter supplies. Like other states, Texas faces a Jan. 1, 1986, federal deadline in building storage facilities for low-level radioactive material. Texas’ wastes, mainly from hos pitals, universities and indus tries, now are shipped to dumps in South Carolina, Nevada and Washington. But after 1986, those facili ties will not be legally obligated to accept wastes from other states. Texas produced 27,000 cubic feet of low-level nuclear wastes in 1983, but that figure will jump by 500 percent in 1990 when two nuclear power plants in Texas are operational. Texas hopes to have its $10 million facility open by 1987 or 1988. Dam it! — Austin warned United Press International AUSTIN — A state judge gave the City of Austin until Thursday to correct problems at a sewage holding pond. The pond is threating to overflow and dump 320 million gallons of raw wastes into the Colorado River. Earlier this week the Texas Water Commission denied the city’s request to pump 65 mil lion gallons of sewage into the Colorado River to ease pressure on the pond. sludge and sewage into the river. Developers proposed a pri vately funded sewage treatment tht City officials said the holding pond needed to be lowered 2 feet to avoid the possibility of a dike breaking in a storm and sending 320 million gallons of plant to relieve tlie overbur dened Williamson Creek waste- water plant. They said a plant could be built with private money and turned over to the city to operate. AT&T offspring faces lawsuit by union to prevent layoffs United Press International HOUSTON — The Commu nications Workers of America filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Southwestern Bell Tele- Live close to the Excitement Cripple Creek Condominiums offer you style. Located in the heart of student living, these new con dominiums are close to restaurants, shopping, clubs, banking facilities and right on the shuttle bus route. Cripple Creek is affordable for even the most discriminating budget. Starting as low as $39,950. you get free features that are charged for in most con dominiums. You'll enjoy a microwave oven, automatic icemakers, large walk-in closets, tennis courts and a swimming pool. For a lifestyle that can be yours, visit the new Cripple Creek Condominiums. 904 University Oaks #56 (409) 764-8682 (409) 846-5741 Models Open Daily Developed by Stanford Associates. Inc. phone Co. and four other com panies in an effort to prevent the loss of about 100 jobs due to the divestiture of AT&T. A hearing will be held Tues day to consider a temporary re straining order to stop the five defendants from laying off any workers or eliminating any jobs until a union grievance on the matter has been resolved. The defendants in the suit in- THE BATT DOES IT DAILY Monday through Friday elude Southwestern Bell Tele phone Co., Southwestern Bell Telecommunications Inc., Southwestern Bell Corp., Southwestern Bell Mobile Sys tems Inc. and AT&T Informa tion Systems Inc. The suit claims Southwestern Bell, since its divestiture from AT&T, has refused to recog nize the CWA as the bargaining unit for its employees. CWA contends union work ers employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. are not be ing allowed to transfer to jobs in the new company while many management workers were. The suit also claims many em ployees were forced to quit the former company before start ing with the new Southwestern Bell, thereby losing accrued benefits and seniority. APRIL 28 MCAT THERE’S STILL TIME TO PREPARE Call Days Evenings & Weekends Classes Tests & Tapes Home Study Materials Educational Center TEST PREPARATION SPECIALISTS SINCE 1938 Call 696-3196 for details 707 Texas Ave-301 -C IN DALLAS: 11617 N. Central Expwy Around town Rape Crisis Center hosts workshop The Brazos County Rape Crisis Center and Humana Hospital Bryan-College Station are sponsoring a workshop about Personal Safety and Awareness. The program wi| include effective metnods for preventing personal assault, ways to positively educate children about safety and meth ods of self-defense. The program, which is free of charge, will be Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the A&M Consol idated High School Auditiorium. to Rugby Club hosts championship The TAMU Rugby Club will host the Texas Colligiate Rugby Championship this weekend on the fields nexttothe Zachry parking lot. The games begin at 9 a.m. Saturdayand 11 a.m. Sunday. The Texas A&M Rugby Club has won nine Texas Colligiate Championships in the last 10 years. In this year’s tournament eight teams will be competing including teams from the University of Texas, the University of Houston and Southern Methodist University. Fr< By 1 Defensive driving course offered The Brazos Valley Safety Agency will conduct a de fensive driving course today and Saturday at the Ramada Inn. The eight-hour course will be from 6 to 10 p.m. todat and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Students must attend both sessions. Registration begins at 5 p m. at the Ramada Inn or students can pre-register by calling 693-8178. Cost for the course is $20. If the re even 4-5 recc ie Tex; in look eal test est Con TCU, ams to town, b ing sire )r a thrt ggies th The fn riday at hernian lound fi Engineers to travel to Germany Any Students interested in travelling to Germany this summer through the College of Engineering are invited to attend an informational meeting March 28 at 5 p.m. in 342 Zachry. The trip will be May 10-30 and will cost $1,000. The entire fee is due April 10. For more information call Lou Ann Morris, 845-72/0. a junior ia 4-2 rea Saturd m., Te: orned [eader. tched orth T |ear, will lorn A rr ■ five s Bound ii Sportscar club to host autocross The Texas A&M Sportscar Club will host an autocross Sunday in the Zachry parking lot. Registration begins at a.m. and a drivers’ meeting will be at 11 p.m. Timed runs will begin at 1 p.m. All students are welcomed to attend and participate. Ington h _jainst \ | by throw! I The H Iree gai lech last ‘Hams’ to gather at Techni-fesf The MSC Amateur Radio Committee will sponsor tht Fourth Annual Texas Aggie Techni-fest Saturday in tht lobby of Zachry Engineering Center. Techni-fest, formerh called Swapfest, is an event where amateur radio operaton gather to buy, sell or trade radio equipment. Seminars radio and technical subjects will be presented throughouti the day. The public is welcome. top o PU hat g their ednesd hmna Cit 1 After ij es will JCU in Field I The A| four gam rrying l 6. Coa le Hor taken ligl •TCU is fo ■‘TCU’i ff,” he be toug Orchestra performs Beethoven The Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra will presents 1 Beethoven proerram with the Texas A&M Century Sint le\ all Beethoven program with the Texas A&M Century Sing ers. The performance will include “A Choral Fantasy" ST. LOU Symphony No. 8. The performance will be Sunday at 3:' j)uy Lewi in the Brvan Civic Auditorium. Ticket prices are $5 fa adults and $4 for students and senior citizens. APO to destroy army barrack Alpha Phi Omega will be helping the Twin City Missiot jcTj United H)t cent* noi to let i em haur NCAA Mi ttals match Tl told 1 >assive be about the [ecause i player lajuwc the n nder of Bryan tear down a condemecf army barrack. The project: will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. APO also will paint Kyle Field’s row numbers Sunda' from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The first shift will paint from 10a.ni to 1 p.m. and the second shift will work from 1 to 4 p.ffl let a teat The group will meet at the north entrance of Kyle Field | c k jgy next to G. Rollie White Coliseum. 16.3 point ®The Cc |is State Scientists discuss biology research NCA. Texas A&M is hosting the Second Annual Regional De [ velopmental Biology Conference this weekend at Ruddei Tower. The conference is hosted by Texas A&M’s bi< department and the Institute of Developmental Biology-1 Texas A&M President Frank Vandiver presented the for mal welcome this morning. Scientists and researchers from Texas and the neighboring states will be discussing thelau test research in developmental biology. Seventy participantij are expected to participate, a third of which will be | uate students. pight. ] [rest in t i jMemph To submit an item for this column, come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed McDonald.