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Corps raises $31,000 for March of Dimes See page 6 Grad registration begins today One win, twb losses for Ags in Arkansas See page Hr w '9 No. 127 (JSPS 0453110 12 pages ennsylvania: oo close to call United Press International IILADELPHIA — Walter Mon- Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson in- led their battle for Pennsylva- mday as polls and most experts iTuesday’s critical primary is too Itocall. campaign for Pennsylvania’s invention delegates took on [d meaning since it is the last st in the race for the Demo- presidential nomination before exas caucuses May 5, giving the lera long lime to capitalize on |ctory. nnsylvania has a politically vola- reputation. In 1976 it gave ly Carter the big industrial state ry he needed to block all re- ling challengers for the nomi- [n. But in 1980, Sen. Edward ledy came close enough to Car lo allow his struggling campaign pintle its challenge to an incum- president all the way to the [ocratic convention, ate political leaders say the race iclose to call, even though many endorsed Mondale. Much will nd on how big a vote Jackson Is in Philadelphia, where black |or Wilson Goode has endorsed former vice president. »ABC-Washington Post poll tra- g the vote Thursday through rday gave Mondale 42 percent, ;39 percent and Jackson 13 per- with 5 percent undecided. The jgin of error is 5 percent. Ihc latest nationwide count by lited Press International shows dale has 946 of the 1,967 dele- i needed for nomiantion, Hart and Jackson 152, with 358 un- imitted. Mondale stood in the shadow of crippled Three Mile Island nu- r power plant and told a cheering m the facility “should not be al- :d to reopen.” Hart, speaking there a couple of |ks ago, said the plant should re- only if certain unspecified con- Joiis are met — failing to please the residents who wanted a definitive statement. Mondale said he was speaking only of the Three Mile Island plant and that current nuclear plants should be able to continue running based upon their safety record. Hart, in East Conemaugh, Pa., boasted of having a strong labor vot ing record, but told a group of un employed steel workers: “I am not going to jump every time the lead- ershsip of the AFL-CIO jerks my chain.” He said there’s a “gap between the labor leadership and working peo ple.” “I have voted with labor not be cause labor wanted me to but because that’s what I believe,” he said. Earlier, in an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Hart was highly critical of President Reagan’s foreign policy and said neither Reagan nor “too many Democrats” had “learned anything from Vietnam.” In Philadelphia, Jackson aimed his message at peace activists and the poor, trying to prove himself not just a magnet for black pride but a candi date for all. Before making a quick stop at a Philadelphia 76ers basketball game, he took the pulpit at four churches including an integrated congregation in an affluent Mount Airy neighbor hood. He said the massive black turnout for last week’s primary in New York is no “isolated vote.” “When blacks vote en masse, pro gressive white allies can win, women can win, Latinos can win — everyone can win peace, jobs, justice,” Jackson said. He made an acrimonious appear ance on NBCs “Meet the Press,” spending more than half the broad cast being grilled about the warnings Black Muslim supporter Louis Far- rakhan made to the black reporter who revealed that Jackson referred to Jews as “Hymies” in private con versation. At one point Jackson was asked whether he was a black man or an American first. Battalion Serving the University community College Station, Texas Monday, April 9, 1984 Photo by JOHN RYAN March to the Brazos Escorted by the University Police, the Corps of Cadets make races throughout the day. Entertaiment was provided by radio their annual trek to the Brazos River. The cadets ran in various station KORA and 3 Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. Faculty senate meeting today By DAINAH BULLARD Staff Writer The Texas A&M Faculty Senate will meet today from 3:15 to 6 p.m. in 701 Rudder to discuss guidelines for accepting scholarships, grants and loan donations. Approval of new courses and changes in prerequisites, course titles and numbers, credit hours and descriptions also will be discussed. Selection standards to be consid ered as guidelines for awarding scholarships, grants and loan dona tions will be recommended by the Academic Affairs Committee. The standards are designed to prevent unfair stipulations on donations. Standards proposed by the com mittee are: academic record, finan cial need, course of study or college major, classification and other condi tions designed to increase numbers of women and minorities in under represented areas. Other selection standards (to be considered as preferences of the do nors) are: letters of recommenda tion, U.S. citizenship, Texas resident, geographic area, demonstration of leadership skills or extracurricular activities and participation in recog nized University activities or organi zations. Unacceptable selection standards proposed by the committee are: race, color, religion, sex, age, national ori gin, educationally unrelated hand icaps, personal characteristics or ap pearance and marital status. Other unacceptable standards are desig nated relatives and required partici pation in varsity athletics except funds administered through the Ath letic Department. Five new courses approved by the University Curriculum Committee will be presented to the Senate for approval. The Senate will consider changes in prerequisites for Math ematics 417, Numerical Analysis I, and Mathematics 418, Numerical Analysis II. Changes of four course titles, two course numbers and laboratory and lecture hours for three courses will be discussed. The Senate will also consider changing six course descrip tions. Changes in the Dairy Science cur ricula will be presented to the Senate for approval. Approval of redesigna tion of the Department of Plant Sci ences to the Department of Plant Pa thology and Microbiology in the College of Agriculture also will be considered by the Senate. The Graduate Council will present nine new graduate courses for ap proval from the Senate. Changes in the description of Accounting 614, Current Topics in Taxation will be considered. The Senate also will hear reports from standing committees. In new business, the Senate will consider ap proval of candidates for graduate and undergraduate degrees to be conferred May 4 and 5, 1984. tongress blamed for failure in Lebanon Reagan’s conference adds ‘fuel’ to campaign United Press International Washington — in his latest for bipartisanship in foreign pol- President Reagan struck an ac- Hory tone that sets the stage for Analysis ther confrontation with Congress adds fuel to the debate of the ipaign. Top White House officials con tend Reagan, in his broad discussions of foreign policy over the last week, has set “a benchmark” for the cam paign and extended an olive branch to Congress. But the underlying message of his comments in a prime-time news con ference, a major foreign policy speech two days later and his regular paid political radio broadcast Satur day, was unmistakeably clear. Beneath his concern for presi dential prerogatives and desire that the U.S. government speak with a single voice, Reagan blamed Con gress for failure in Lebanon and hinted a similar charge may be loom ing in Central America. The finger-pointing was more subtle than the statements offered by some of his top aides and advisers. But it brought the question of “Who lost Lebanon?” into the political arena — perhaps achieving just what he had sought to avoid. During his Wednesday evening news conference, Reagan fired a shot at Congress that shattered a de facto rhetorical cease-fire on Lebanon. Democrats were in a poor position to turn Lebanon into a campaign issue after giving Reagan an 18-month mandate to keep the Marines in Bei rut. Reagan seemed content to not press the point — at least until last week. Then why the administration of fensive? In private, senior officials talk of disappointment over the course of events in Lebanon. Secretary of State ideast experiences skirmishes espite cease-fire agreement United Press International BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanese militiamen clashed Sunday along the “green line” dividing Beirut government troops exchanged artillery fire with Druze Moslem re- Isin the mountains as Israeli spy fanes flew over the area. The latest skirmishes came de spite agreement by a military-secu rity committee on a “final and total tease-fire” and plans to separate the warring militiamen. The fighting also occurred as the Lebanese army’s 6lh Brigade, a mainly Moslem unit, stepped up its patrols in west Beirut in a bid to tighten security. The sound of heavy machine guns and artillery blasts drowned out the crackle of sniper fire at one point in the capital, with right-wing Christian radio reporting two sol diers killed and six people wounded in Christian east Beirut. “Please be careful,” warned Voice of Lebanon, the Christian Phalangist radio that reported “fierce fighting” in the southern slums and shelling of Christian neighborhoods. New clashes also were reported in the Shouf mountains southeast of the city, with Druze Moslem re bels exchanging artillery fire with Christian-led government troops. Israeli warplanes thundered over the mountains and the northern port of Tripoli in another wave of reconnaissance flights, Lebanese radio stations said. The latest round of sectarian vio lence followed artillery and rocket battles that killed at least four peo ple and wounded 36 Saturday night and early Sunday in Beirut. In a six-hour conference that ended just after midnight Saturday, a military-security committee tried to arrange a halt to the fighting. It was meeting at President Amin Gemayel’s palace east of Beirut. The panel, a subcommittee of the “Higher Political Committee” working on long-term reforms for Lebanon, agreed on a “final and to tal cease-fire” and a disengagement of the warring factions in Beirut and the Shouf mountains. “Implementation depends on the formation of a 2,000-strong force from the Internal Security Forces, armed forces recruits, retired offi cers and Frenchmen,” the An Na- har newspaper quoted a committee source as saying. But fighting erupted hours later, frustrating attempts to stop the vio lence. The Internal Security Forces, a group of neutral Lebanese police, and 40 French observers have tried to guarantee security at the Mu seum crossing through the green line, dividing east Beirut and the city’s mainly Moslem western sec tor. The ISF, with help from 6th Bri gade troops, increased patrols around west Beirut in response to Shiite Moslem leader Nabih Bern’s call for the brigade to act as “a de terrent force” to restore law and or der. Heavily armed gunmen have roamed the streets of west Beirut since Feb. 6, when Moslem rebels gained control of the west from the Christian-led army. Berri said the decision for 6th Brigade patrols was made jointly by his Amal militia and Druze Moslem militiamen. George Shultz acknowledged the failure cost the United States credibi lity in one of the most strategic areas of the world. Adding to the disappointment over Lebanon, the officials said, was a building sense of frustration over Central America — the inability to convince Congress of the urgency of the situation even after embracing the recommendations of the much- touted Kissinger commission. Together, the weight of Lebanon and Central America led the admin istration to lash out at Congress. The response from Capitol Hill was even more pointed, drowning out Rea gan’s invitation for Congress to par ticipate in the formulation of foreign policy, then keep quiet once presi dential decisions have been made. The chief architect of this view was Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, R-Mich. Since Vandenberg first coined the phrase in 1950, the cliche has been invoked by a succession of presidents faced with congressional resistance to their policies. In Today’s Battalion focal • TAMU accounting professors give some advice to last-minute income tax filers. See story page 4. • Zachry’s first-floor vending machines have been relocated to make room for a new computer. See story page 4. State • A Fort Worth woman and her baby were trapped inside their home by burglar bars and burned to death. See story page 6. »C :d l P';; til f N H ' 4'; *! XI A A .x 3C a: