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u 1 il Dirniet xu/mjj Z4cm. Senator Gary Hart tospeakatA&M See page 3 Freshmen A-K must pre-register today Baseball team splits with Pan American See page 11 —.(-Texas A&M —^ 1 * The Battalion Serving the University, community 179 No. 134 USPS 0453110 14 pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, April 18,1984 imeone else'st said. horses’’ wett sitioned near«! i and pulled ilit i politics, a ame an ind o put together paign, he said. duck" is onetli but isn’t quite , a “lame dud’ vho has not bee t must remaim is term ends. ssyfoot” is to omething will ; oneself, Misk first appeate Construction Injury Construction worker Elias Godinez was trapped when a large section of mudwall collapsed on him Tuesday morning. Godinez was working underground on pipes which run beneath Spence street near the Zachry Building. Both Texas A&M Emergency Medical Services and College Station firefighters were called and Godinez was lifted by crane from the 25-foot deep hole. Godinez is listed in stable condition at St. Joseph hospital with a fractured pelvis and possibly other internal injuries. (ension in photographer, 12, also won tie: igraphy award m Lebanon sk I men, women iglu in the t lenceofwar, >e found dial iosl powerful , bankers, univi r leaders and editors, met, icks present.! enfranchismea (he city's pop •iters named looper, 28; 35; Jonathan (j s’orman Lod® IcMillan, 39; g. 40, and D* r" Geisel, read* La Jolla, Calif, rbergasted” Photos by JOHN MAKEL Y ooks are [ illiteracy. IB Iren to read n to the p it get them tu fully, the verse s reading fun. [he liming especially ext ; on a wed»' f his. books Book,” becanx] h the a its, at Gunman opens fire near Libyan Embassy United Press International LONDON — A gunman inside the Libyan Embassy opened Fire with a machine gun Tuesday on a crowd of masked demonstrators in the street chanting “Khadafy murderer,” kill ing a policewoman and injuring at least 1 1 other people. Hours after the automatic Fire stuttered from a grill-covered win dow in the central London embassy, BBC television said Libyan troops in the Libyan capital of Tripoli sur rounded the British embassy, trap ping 18 diplomats inside. In London, police evacuated the area and sharpshooters on rooftops ringed the embassy, which the Li byans call their “People’s Bureau.” Witnesses said anti-terrorist police dropped from a helicopter onto the Libyan embassy’s roof, but authori ties would not confirm the reports. Police erected Lwo-slory-high plas tic sheeting around St. James Square and its five entrances to block views of the building — a tactic they used four years ago when elite Special Air Service commandos.stormed the Ira nian Embassy to end a Five-day siege. “Shots came from an upper win dow of the bureau,” said witness Jen nifer Bowman, 26. “Someone stuck a machine gun out and sprayed into the crowd.” “All of a sudden there was a burst of machine-gun Fire from the Libyan bureau building towards the demon strators,” said Alex Dobrochodow, a director at an advertising agency overlooking the embassy. “There was panic,” said witness Douglas Bay. “I saw one Arab- dressed gentleman appear to be clutching his stomach.” A bullet struck police officer Yvonne Fletcher, 25, in the abdo men. She died during surgery at Westminster Hospital. Eleven other people were wounded, two seriously, a hospital spokesman said. A tense standoff continued into evening. A British crisis team set up a direct telephone link with the em bassy and was negotiating with those inside. “Top-level negotiations are taking place with a view to resolving this matter without further bloodshed,” Wells said. But the “People’s Bureau” ranks as an embassy, and under in ternational law British forces could not enter without permission, he said. “It isn’t a matter of going in,” Wells said. “We want them to come out.” Wells said no demands had been made by those in the building. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher kept in touch on her ofFi- cial visit to Portugal. Security around the prime minister was increased af ter the attack. The shooting erupted after about 60 masked demonstrators protesting the regime of Col. Moammar Kha dafy converged outside the embassy in a corner of the posh Georgian square, chanting “Khadafy mur derer” and carrying signs reading “Khadafy poisons children.” About 40 pro-Libyan demonstra tors also gathered at the building, which is considered an official em bassy by Britain. Ray Barker, an advertising exec utive, said the shots appeared to come from high in the six-story building and were aimed into the anti-Khadafy demonstrators. Authorities have recently warned of possible attacks by Libyan “hit squads” against opponents of the Khadafy government. Five Libyans were expelled after 26 people were injured in a wave of bombings last month in London and Manchester. Police, already at the scene to rhonitor the demonstrations, imme diately surrounded the building when the shooting started, crouching behind a red truck at the embassy front door, behind parked cars and in sheltered doorways. Haig, Kissinger and Kalb to lecture here Thursday Lebanese summit planned United Press International 1 BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Inin Gemayel will meet Syrian Tader Hafez Assad this week for a ing-awaited summit as Christian d Moslem factions implement a Ian to disengage their forces, Leb- on said Tuesday. State television said Gemayel and Irian Vice President Abdel Halim [haddam agreed to a Thursday Jmmit in Damascus, regarded as a jgn of movement toward resolving fe Lebanese crisis, in a telephone hversation Tuesday. IA military committee composed of ipresenLatives of Lebanon’s rival kctions will meet Wednesday to try to reach an agreement to disengage their forces within 48 hours, state television said. Triple pay is being offered to vol unteers to a 2,000-man buffer force slated to patrol between the Christian and Moslem militias in the moun tains east of the capital and divided by the Green Line in Beirut. Both the summit and buffer zone plan were expected earlier this month, but were delayed by per sistent feuding between the factions and an escalation in the fighting. In Beirut, police reopened the Museum crossing on the Green Line dividing Christian east Beirut and the Moslem west of the city. The crossing was closed most of Monday by mortar shelling and heavy ma chine-gun fire. Christian radio said Druze Moslem rebels fired rockets and artillery shells into Broumana, east of Beirut, and Souk el Gharb, a Lebanese army stronghold overlooking the Defense Ministry and President Amin Gem- ayel’s palace. The right-wing Voice of Lebanon radio said Druze gunners shelled the two Christian villages from Syrian- held territory in the Metn and Shouf mountains above Beirut. Druze Voice of the Mountain ra dio accused the Christian-led army of breaking a truce by shelling the Druze villages of Aitat and Aley in the Shouf with heavy tanks. By ED ALANIS Staff Writer An air of summitry will likely settle over the campus Thursday, with the arrival of Henry Kissinger, Alexan der Haig and Marvin Kalb for the Endowed Lecture Series. \ An air of tenseness will also likely engulf the campus, as security is beefed up for the visiting dignitaries. Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Pol icy is the topic of Thursday night’s program, which is sold out. Tickets are still available for the video simul cast that will take place in Rudder Theater. In a discussion moderated by NBC Chief Diplomatic Correspondent Marvin Kalb, Kissinger and Haig will address U.S.-Soviet relations, aid to Central America and nuclear age foreign policy. In particular, they will share their views on the economic and military aspects of aid to Central America and arms control policies. In addition to the main program, five invitation-only seminars will be held with the dignitaries Thursday. Haig will host two seminars, one on U.S. Far Eastern policy after Viet nam and the other on U.S. — Euro pean relations. Kalb will also host two seminars. One will focus on journalism behind the Iron Curtain, while the other will be a discussion on decision-making in the Kremlin. Kissinger will host a seminar on U.S. Middle Eastern policy after- Camp David. Kissinger served as secretary of state from September 1973 untifJan uary 1977. He also served as assistant to President Nixon for National Se curity Affairs for six years. Most re cently he has served as chairman of the National Bi-Partisan Committee on Central America. He was a consultant to the White House during both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Also, Kis singer has written several books U.S. foreign policy and international af fairs. Gen. Haig served as secretary of state during the Reagan Administra tion, from January 1981 until July 1982. Prior to that he served as mili tary assistant to the secretary of the army and deputy special assistant to the secretary of defense. He was also White House chief of staff at the end of Nixon’s presidency and later served as commander of NATO. He is currently serving on the President’s Commission for Strategic Forces. Marvin Kalb will again act as mod erator for the program, as he did at the first Endowed Lecture Series program, held last year. Kalb ap pears regularly on the NBC Nightly News and Meet the Press. Over the past 25 years he has trav eled with nearly every president and secretary of state on their trips abroad. He received an Emmy for his reporting in Moscow in 1962 and 1963. He is the author of five books. At the close of last year’s program, he had this to say: “If we can continue to gather peo ple who have lived history — and made history — to come and share their views with us so that we might learn from them and be better pre pared to meet the future, I think you here at the University will have started something truly wonderful.” Special purpose’ aspect giving way o broader program at A&M-Galveston In Today’s Battalion J*' ttfAllborn By PATRICE KORANEK Staff Writer (This is the first of a two-part series on ixasA&M University at Galveston) Texas A&M University at Galves- 'n may soon become more of a peet institution” than a “little broth- "ofTexas A&M at College Station. Sen. Chet Brooks, D-Pasadena, is onsidering sponsoring legislation to ke away the “special purpose” as- ciof the Galveston campus and al- 'W it to offer degree programs in loader academic areas. The bill is in the discussion stages and will * introduced when the Coordinat- ng Board and others — like the Texas A&M Board of Regents —con- *rned with the legislation agree to it, ays Mignon McGarry, Brooks’ ad- ninistrative aide. “He (Brooks) is concerned with heir (Galveston’s) mission and their rork and he wants it to continue,” rfcGary said. “It may be best for the community and the system if it (Gal veston) could be expanded. “Sen. Brooks plans to continue working with the appropriate offi cials ... to work out a mutually agree able solution.” The special purpose status was given to the school when House Bill 181 was passed during the 1981 ses sion of the Legislature. The bill states: “Texas A&M University at Galveston is a special purpose school for instruction in the practice of seamanship ... and educational pro grams related to the general field of marine resources. The school is un der the management and control of the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System, with de grees offered under the name and authority of Texas A&M University at College Station.” Dr. William Clayton, president of the Galveston campus, said the bill limits the school’s ability to function. “Does the special purpose hurt us? Yes,” Clayton said. “People here (in Galveston) would like to take more history and English courses and we can’t offer that. Clayton said he would like to intro duce a general studies program to serve the local community. “In short, an undeclared majors program that would encourage peo ple to come (to Galveston) for their first or second year or just to broa den their educational base,” Clayton said. Interest at Texas A&M in marine life and maritime operations began in the 1950s when University admin istrators wanted a “window on the sea.” Administrators wanted to estab lish a school near the coast to give students an opportunity for hands- on experience. In 1959 the Legislature authorized the establishment of the Texas Mari time Academy of The Texas A&M University System. The school in Galveston is one of only five mari time academies in the country and the only one on the Gulf Coast. The state gave $75,000 per year for maintenance and support of the academy and the federal govern ment agreed to match the state fund ing. The academy operated from Fort Crockett on Galveston Island until the Mitchell Campus on Pelican Is land was dedicated in 1963 to honor the parents of George Mitchell, a Galveston builder and contractor. The school now uses both campuses. When the Texas A&M University Board of Regents established the Moody College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources in 1971 the maritime academy was made a part of the new college. See GALVESTON page 5 Local • A service sorority For black women has been formed here. See story page 3. • Wheelchair track gets added to intramural pro grams. See story page 3. State • At least one Texas prisoner dies every other day while in captivity. See story page 8. Nation • Mass murderer Henry Lee Lucas discloses four grave sites that positively link him to murders in California. See story page 8.