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The Battalion
Serving the University community
Vol 79 No. 176 GSPS 045360 8 pages
College Station, Texas
Friday, July 27, 1984
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By KARI FLUEGEL
Staff Writer
Water. It’s used for drinking,
washing clothes, washing cars and
watering lawns. O u i te often, water is
taken for granted until it isn’t there
to use.
In 71 Texas cities, water is no
[longer taken for granted. Dry
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1 immi “®*water restrictions into effect in cities
throughout central Texas including
San Antonio, Austin and Corpus
Christi.
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datory restrictions such as prohibit
ing all car washing and lawn water
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Department of Water Resources,
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Corpus Christi Lake has only a
one year supply of water left. Cities
and towns drawing water from the
lake must reduce their water usage
30 percent, Stearman said.
While Corpus Christi residents
| are cutting their water usage, Bryan
and College Station residents are en
joying such luxuries as washing their
cars and watering their lawns.
“We are having no problem meet
ing the demand,” Bennie Luedke,
College Station water and service su
pervisor, said. In fact, the single day
water usage record of 8.5 million
was broken and is now 9.6 million
gallons, he said.
Bryan and College Station pump
water from the Edwards Aquifer.
Luedke that College Station can get
water while other cities also using
the same aquifer cannot get water
because of new water pumping fa
cilities, used by Bryan-College Sta
tion.
The new facilities were installed
after the area experienced a water
shortage three years ago, he said.
Although it depends on the
drought’s continuation, Luedke said
he does not see College Station hav
ing any water problems.
When water conservation be
comes necessary, conservation pro
grams begin with educating consum
ers, Stearman said. Then, voluntary
water conservation is put into effect
and finally mandatory conservation
is enforced. Fines for breaking man
datory codes are usually about $200.
The drought really began in
March, Bob Riggio, head of weather
and climate at the Department of
Water Resources, said. Precipitation
was below normal during April and
May, which are usually the wettest
months of the years.
According to the state climatolog
ist’s office, 15.78 inches of rain fell
during the first six months of the
year, down from the average of
The outlook does not look much
better for the next 90 days, Riggio
said.
The light rains that fell earlier this,
week did little to ease the drought..
Thursday’s rains in Bryan and Col
lege Station only measured 0.0 ll
inches at Easterwood Airport and
0.23 inches at KBTX-TV station.
Austin and Houston didn’t get any
rain.
Riggio said the interesting thing
about the drought is that it is affect
ing all areas: agriculture, (reservoirs)
and municipalities.
More than 35 counties have re
quested assistance from the Depart
ment of Agriculture based on 1984
crop predictions.
Games ready to begin
United Press Internationa]
LOS ANGELES — Olympic head
: Peter Ueberroth said Thursday the
|Summer Games are a celebration of
fathletes and athletics, and nobody is
out to embarrass the Soviet Union
and its boycotting friends.
But all the president of the Los
;j Angeles Olympic Organizing Com-
.mittee did was heighten the mystery
! of who will light the Olympic flame
during Saturday’s opening ceremo
nies.
Despite the politicking leading up
; to the Games, a rare serenity has de
scended on Los Angeles only a day
before their official opening.
Problems exist, but they are of rel
atively minor import, like a broken
basketball floor.
“The focus,” Ueberroth told a
news conference, “is going where it
belongs. The focus of these Games is
going to the athletes.”
The biggest guessing game con
cerned who will carry the torch up
the Los Angeles Coliseum steps to
light the Olympic flame that will
burn throughout the two-week ath
letic extravaganza.
Speculation that it would be Nadia
Comaneci, the famed Romanian
gymnast, was fanned when she at
tended Ueberroth’s news confer-
But both were close-mouthed.
“I would be very honored but I
have not heard anything of the sort
and Mr. Ueberroth has the final
word on it,” said the young Roma
nian, who charmed the world as a
14-year-old by winning three gold
medals in gymnastics in the 1976
Olympics.
Never has the honor of lighting
the flame gone to someone not living
in the host country, and it was sug
gested the choice of Comaneci
would embarrass the Soviets and
their fellow boycotters. Romania and
Yugoslavia defied Moscow
Fire!
Photo by Connie Hutterer
Firefighters training at the Brayton Fireman
Training Field battle a practice blaze which
was caught by the winds and rolled over
their heads Thursday afternoon. Some fire
fighters suffered burns on their faces and
feet from the 500-degree heat. The fire was
brought under control in a few minutes,
and no one was seriously injured.
Immigration bill’s troubles reveal Hispanics’ force
United Press International
As Congressional support for the
Simpson-Mazzoli immigration re
form bill erodes, Hispanic leaders
Thursday hailed their lobbying ef
forts as a new American political
force to be dealt with in the future.
Passage of the controversial bill is
in doubt. President Reagan said he
would not accept the House version
of the bill, which was passed in May
by only five votes, and support ap
peared to be eroding in the Senate as
well.
William Velasquez, director of the
Southwest Voter Registration Edu
cation Project, said Hispanics suc
cessfully snowed representatives of
both parties the “depth of their feel
ing” in opposing the bill they
claimed would lead to racial discrim
ination.
“It was without question a break
through,” he said. “We’re going to
start seeing Hispanics making their
observations about U.S. public policy
? [uestions. It earned a lot of respect
rom the political pros.”
Tony Bonilla, former national
E resident of the League of United
atin American Citizens, hailed the
bill’s demise as a major victory for
Hispanics.
“It represents the arrival of a po
litical force to be reckoned with
hereafter,” he said.
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I think that the efforts of the His-
anic leadership at the Democratic
ational Convention made Simp-
son-Mazzoil the focal point and ...
many Democratic members of the
Congress (took) note just how se
rious the Hispanics were about get
ting this bill defeated.”
Bonilla said the committment by
Democratic presidential candidate
Walter Mondale had a positive im
pact on the party leadersnip.
“If the bill had passed, it would
have opened the doors to discrimi
nation against Hispanics, resulted in
human rights violations and encour
aged a climate for revolution in
Mexico.”
John Abriel, deputy district direc
tor of the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service in San Anto
nio, said he was not surprised that
the bill was in trouble.
“It’s common knowledge (that) in
In Today’s Battalion
Local
• A Texas A&M professor shares his life as a foster par
ent. See story page 4.
State
• A marine biologist confirms woman was victim of ‘shark
accident’ at South Padre Island. See story page 4.
• A 15th floor room in Dallas’ Fairmont Hotel burned in a
2-alarm fire. See story page 3.
National
• A retired Bronx carpenter wins $20 million in New
York’s Lotto jackpot. See story page 6.
• Geraldine Ferraro joins Walter Mondale in opposing tu
ition tax credits for parents who send their children to pri
vate schools. See story page 3.
Law officers hone abilities
By SARAH OATES
Staff Writer
“We have to redirect Texas law
enforcement to provide a service,”
says Pat Dalager, a Texas A&M law
enforcement expert. “Law enforce
ment officials have four responsibili
ties: to prevent crime, protect life,
protect property and apprehend
criminals.”
The Law Enforcement and Secu
rity Training Division of the Texas
Engineering Extension Service of
fers an extensive selection of courses
to help law enforcement officials im
prove their abilities to do just that.
For example, one course offered
by the division teaches officers how
to handle domestic violence. Da
lager, who is head of the division,
said that contrary to popular belief,
police officers run the greatest risk
of being assaulted when investigat
ing reports of domestic violence,
such as a fight between a husband
and wife.
Also, Dalager said, domestic vio
lence is the most common type of vi
olence offi cers in Bryan and College
Station must handle. Specialized
training is necessary to prepare offi
cers to handle these delicate and
sometimes dangerous situations.
“Crisis communication skills are
extremely important,” Dalager said.
“The situation must be handled then
and there to stop it.”
All local police officers are re
quired by law to attend the basic cer
tification course taught by the Divi
sion. But the Bryan, College Station
and Texas A&M University Police
Departments have also sponsored
officers to attend specialized vio
lence reduction classes such as police
baton training and confrontation
and street survival.
Calling them “the best in the
country, Dalager said the division’s
violence reduction classes are in the
greatest demand among local law
enforcement officials.
These courses are designed to
hone an officer’s ability to immedi
ately react in a violent situation, as
well as to control overreactions such
as panicking and shooting.
This year the classes were at
tended by 2,500 officers from seven
federal agencies, such as the Secret
Service and The U.S. Marshall Serv
ice. Dalager said officers represent
ing such diverse countries as Bolivia,
Korea and Indonesia have attended
the class. He said a group of Ca
nadian Mounted Police will partici
pate in the course next month.
Chief Charles Phelps, of the
Bryan Police Department, said that
he thinks the specialized training is
necessary, especially the training in
confrontation and street survival.
“We’ve reduced the number of as
saults on officers through training,”
he said.
The Department’s training bud
get has been cut back until October,
but Phelps said that it will resume
paying for specialized training as
soon as possible.
Bob Wiatt, director of security
and traffic for the University Police
Department, said 30 University Po
lice officers attended the baton
training class last February.
“We routinely send our men to
these classes,” he said.
See POLICE, page 4
election years Congress is reluctant
to address controversial issues,” he
said.
Abriel said the House version of
the bill became a “hodgepodge of
amendments” and was not as well
thought out as the Senate version.
“It had something in it for every
one to hate,” he said. “If it was
passed as proposed by the House, it
would prove not to be advisable be
cause it was watered down a lot.”
Campus
intersection
to close
The intersection of Spence and
Ross streets on the Texas A&M Uni
versity campus will be closed to traf
fic beginning next week at the en
trance to Parking Area 14.
The intersection will be closed
while the new chemistry building is
built.
Bill Scott, project director for the
chemistry building construction,
said the intersection probably will be
closed Monday. Work on the build
ing is expected to take about two
years and the intersection will re
main closed throughout the project.
North-South traffic on Spence
must detour to Bizzell Street in front
of the System Administration Build
ing.
Entrances to Parking Areas 13
and 14 will not be affected by the
closing, but a portion of Lot 14 will
be lost to a construction staging area.