Chandler to retire
after 26 years here
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Sen. Gary Hart to speak
in Rudder Auditorium
Ags lose to Rice
2 games out of 3
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Monday, April 30, 1984
leagan strengthens
;hina-U.S. relations
United Press International
PEKING— President Reagan, ig-
ring the shadow cast by friction
trTaiwan, ended his five-day stay
this communist capital today by
aising a trio of agreements to ex-
ndSino-U.S. trade and cultural re
ions.
During ceremonies at the Great
illof the People, the site of his dis-
ssions with China’s top leaders,
agan capped the working portion
his trip by concluding agreements
aling with lax and trade, cultural
sand nuclear cooperation.
“Today, we are taking further
epslo broaden and strengthen our
es based on shared principles of
lutual respect and mutual benefit,”
eagansaid in prepared remarks.
“Let us hope that, as contacts grow
between the Chinese and American
people, each of us will continue to
learn about the other and this impor
tant new friendship of ours will ma
ture and prosper,” he said.
Reagan signed a bilateral tax
treaty to spur U.S. investment in
China and a pact that resumes cultu
ral exchanges, which were curtailed
by the Chinese last year after the
United States granted asylum to ten
nis star Hu Na.
The centerpiece was the initialing
of an agreement that will permit U.S.
companies to sell nuclear technology
to China and compete for a projected
$20 billion commercial nuclear
power program during the next 20
years.
Nuclear power is central to China’s
modernization plans, and the
agreement, a breakthrough in nearly
three years of negotiations, came
only after China bowed to the dic
tates of U.S. law on the handling of
spent nuclear fuel.
“Our agreement is based on our
shared desire to prevent the prolife
ration of nuclear explosives in the
world,” Reagan said, “and it brings a
new dimension of peaceful cooper
ation to our relationship.”
The agreements gave Reagan the
ammunition he had sought to claim
progress toward better Sino-U.S. re
lations. However, nettlesome issues
remain — especially arms sales to
Taiwan and restrictions on access to
U.S. technology and economic aid.
On Sunday, Reagan took a break
from statesmanship to fly to one of
the world’s great archeological finds,
the huge army of statues guarding
the tomb of China’s first emperor at
Xian, 550 miles southwest of Peking.
Khadafy’s behavior triggers
concern among his subjects
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Libyan leader
iol. Moammar Khadafy constantly
Ears for his life and takes large doses
f sleeping pills as his authority
eakens and his health deteriorates,
he Washington Post reported Sun-
ay.
Quoting unidentified lop Libyan
fails, the I*ost report said Khada-
y’s recent behavior has triggered
oncem among his subordinates.
“The country is in turmoil,” the
'ost quoted a Libyan official as say-
ngin a dispatch from Tripoli.
"We expect something,” the un-
lamed official added, indicating a
[towingfrustration within Khadafy’s
fyear-old revolutionary govern-
iierilin northern Africa.
One Tripoli government official
ailed Khadafy “small, out of it ... a
Imhead,” according to the Post re
tort.
The report described Khadafy as
icing in poor health and often with-
Irawn, walking aimlessly and utter-
hff’gibberish.”
Libyan officials also said Khadafy
Moammar Khadafy
constantly fears he will be assassi
nated and no longer has the wide
popular, support he once enjoyed
among his people.
Secretary of State George Shultz
declined Sunday to discuss Khadafy’s
reported troubles.
Asked if he was aware of Khada
fy’s reported problems, Shultz smiled
and said, “No. ... But if it’s true, why
that’s fine.” He made the remarks in
an interview from Peking on ABC’s
“This Week with David Brinklej^.”
The Post reported that highly clas
sified CIA reports confirm the analy
sis, saying that Khadafy is often un
der the influence of sleeping pills.
One unidentified U.S. official said
Khadafy is “burning the candle at
both ends ... high anxiety, high en
ergy.”
The Post reported that during the
recent crisis at the Libyan Embassy in
London, “It was apparent from here
that government authority was al
most hopelessly spread among Kha
dafy, the Foreign Ministry and the
so-called people’s committees that
theoretically rule the country.
The 11-day crisis, triggered April
17 when a gunman inside the Libyan
Embassy fired on a group of anti-
Khadafy demonstrators, killing a po
licewoman and injuring 11 civilans,
ended when Britain deported the 30
Libyans inside the facility and broke
diplomatic ties with Tripoli.
Under the watchful eye of Dr. Don Hunt, gional Special Olympics track meet at Bryan’s
Vickie Me Daniel, 17, from Conroe gives her Viking Stadium. The event drew over 600 ath-
all in the standing broadjump event in the re- letes from 28 area schools.
Largest Aggie class to graduate with ‘flags flying’
By JAN PERRY
Stall Writer
This year, the largest graduating
fcs ever at Texas A&M University
‘illgo out with flags waving.
Eadi college will be colorfully rep-
csented by newly designed banners
lipicling each college’s motto or
i'tnbol.
A student chosen by the dean
fom each college will bear the 2'Ai-
iT/i-feet banners during the corn-
nencement ceremonies.
“The ganfalons (banners) are ab
solutely beautiful,” Mary Helen Bow
ers, director of educational informa
tion services, said. “They’re made out
of velvet and satin, and have appli-
queing and quilting.”
The graduating class will also be
treated to three speakers — one for
each commencement. Don Gardner,
assistant registrar, said at one time
only one speaker was used.
For the first ceremony on Friday,
May 4th at 2 p.m., Mayor Henry Cis
neros of San Antonio will speak. This
ceremony will be for undergraduates
in the Colleges of Agriculture, Geos
ciences and Liberal Arts. Graduate
students will also receive their de
grees Friday afternoon.
Gov. Mark While will speak Friday
at 7:30 p.m. for undergraduates in
the Colleges of Architecture and En
vironmental Design and Engi
neering.
Vice President George Bush will
speak on Saturday, May 5th at 9 a.m.
for undergraduates in the Colleges
of Business Administration, Educa
tion, Science, and Veterinary Medi
cine. Students from Texas A&M at
Galveston will also receive their de
grees at this time.
In all, about 3,300 students will re
ceive their degrees. During the first
ceremony, 963 students will grad
uate; Friday evening, 1,075 students
will graduate; and about 1,000 stu
dents will graduate Saturday morn
ing.
Following commencement cere
monies on Saturday, graduating se
niors in the Corps of Cadets will re
ceive their commissions from Gen.
Paul X. Kelly, USMC, Commandant,
H.Q. Washington, DC. The commis
sioning will be at 1:30 p.m. in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
Immediately after the commis
sioning ceremony, final review will
be held on the drill field.
However, before seniors can grad
uate they should check to make sure
they are clear, Gardner said. The in
famous list came out at 8 this morn
ing, and students have until noon
Thursday to clear up any problems.
Gardner said that if a student has a
red dot by his name it usually means
they have been blocked because of
fiscal or police department problems.
Occassionally, a student may be
blocked because of academic prob
lems.
Gardner recommends students
not to wait to the last minute to clear
up their problems.
And for those students who have
found that they didn’t order enough
invitations, the Student Finance Cen
ter has extras.
lew Salvadorian battalion
amed in honor of Reagan
United Press International
SAN FRANCISCO GOTFRA, El
Salvador — The newly formed Ron
ald Reagan Battalion, part of the Sal-
'adorian army, and armed with U.S.-
funded weapons, swept the hills of
southern Morazan province Sunday
ban intensified drive against a leftist
febel offensive.
Seventy soldiers of the battalion,
named in honor of President Rea
gan, were deployed Saturday af
ternoon in a “sweep patrol” into Yo-
baiquin, 75 miles east of San
Salvador.
Armed with American-made M-16
automatic rifles, mortars, bazookas
and rifie-mounted grenades, the bat
talion is fighting leftist rebels who
military sources said have tried to
take over towns in southern Morazan
province in their 4-year struggle
against the government.
No casualty reports were available
on the weekend fighting.
The 350-man Ronald Reagan Bat
talion was formed and named by Lt.
Col. Jorge Adalberto Cruz, com
mander of the military base in San
Francisco Gotera, the Morazan pro
vincial capital 74 miles east of San
Salvador.
Cruz, widely considered to be one
of the Salvadoran army’s most inde
pendent officers, formed the battal
ion without the authority of the army
chief of staff, official sources said.
The battalion, to be officially inau
gurated next Monday on National
Soldier’s Day, was named to honor
Reagan because of his support for
the Salvadoran army.
Congress recently turned down
Reagan’s request for an additional
$62 million in military aid for El Sal
vador, but he later sent $21 million in
already approved Pentagon funds
for the army.
“We don’t want heroes. We want
good soldiers,” said a battalion leader
Saturday in a pep talk to his troops
near the highway leading from San
Francisco Gotera to Osicala.
The commander, who asked not to
be named, said the counter-offensive
“is not an operation of aggression but
of deterrence. If they (the rebels) can
take Morazan, they will have a politi
cal triumph on an international
level.”
In Today’s Battalion
Local
• Educators with insight into the problems this coun
try is experiencing with the educational system will speak
today as part of a lecture series at 1 p.m. in 701 Rudder.
See story page 4.
• Gerald Bratton, head of Texas A&M veterinary
anatomy department, defeated Robert Stallings, business
manager of the agricultual economics department, in the
run-off election for Place 7 on the College Station School
Board. See story page 3.
• The Bryan and College Station parks and recreation
departments are going to sponsor the Kids’ Summer Day
Camp with activities for children 6 to 12 years old. See
story page 4.