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Wednesday, August 29, 1984AFhe Battalion/Page 3 State fights crime with large grants United Press International AUSTIN — Gov. Mark White an nounced the award Tuesday of more than $24 million in crime fighting grants that were funded through the assessment of fines for criminal offenses in Texas. The largest single grant, $1,009,271, went to the Texas De partment of Public Safety to fund a | telecommunications control system. Smaller awards were made to gov ernmental units in cities and coun ties all over the state to help hire Imore law enforcement officers, op erate projects to discourage juvenile crime and organize neighborhood crime-fighting programs. “To establish safer communities, we must encourage citizens and the police to work together to swiftly apprehend criminal offenders and to support programs designed to discourage young people from eng aging in criminal activity,” White said in a statement. The Drug Abuse Research and Education Foundation and the Tex ans’ War on Drugs were allocated $412,286. The Department of Public Safety got $388,937 for an electronic surveillance program in drug traf ficking and another $258,352 for a unifortn crime reporting program. Iranian jet hijacked; ; hostages safe in Iraq United Press International BAGHDAD, Iraq — A man and a woman fleeing persecution in Iran hijacked an Iranian jetliner Tuesday and forced it to land in Iraq where they freed all 204 hostages in good condition, the Iraqi government said. The air drama, which involved two nations at war for nearly four years, was the second international nijacking in a week and the third in less than six weeks involving Iran. In Tehran, the Iranian govern ment said two Iraqi warplanes forced the Iran Air jetliner to land in Iraq and demanded the 'United Nations and other world organizations move to "secure the release of the hos tages.” But in Baghdad, the Iraqi News Agency said the 193 passengers and 11 crew members were safe after the forced landing at an airfield south of the city and were free to return to Iran if they wished. The news agency said a man and woman, who claimed to be armed with explosives, hijacked the French- built A-300 Airbus after takeoff from the southern Iranian city of Shiraz to “escape from Iran and per secution in that country. "They said they were not mem bers of any political party and car ried out this operation as part of the struggle against the regime of Kho meini,” the government news agency said, referring to Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. After the forced landing, the hi- at poweri jjackets, crew, and passengers were protect viil nher he ii it’ liantlysumi sses and n his policies ion isasfoo tobe ; now I that has Mat caniel uuntior. i me to p'® ill fait v licits ar sion. ty, Reaga red a ft /hat canid iwing ini s thatisei just temJ tomofsotnfi r conflict: Reagan lis, isible Amo treed thei flown by civilian aircraft to the capi tal and taken to a hotel, where Iraqi officials said they were in good con dition after being fed. “They are waiting to decide what they want to do next — stay in Bagh dad, return to their home country or to any other place they choose,” the Iraqi news agency said. The Iranian Foreign Ministry called the hijacking “an open theft” by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s government and demanded the United Nations and other interna tional groups “take action against hi jacking by a regime.” (Vhatcanli 1 record of itral Ame/i ;d any coli Iran first reported the hijacking occurred on a flight from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, but Du bai airport authorities and Iraqi offi cials said the plane was flying be tween Shiraz and Tehran. The hijackers sought permission to land in Kuwait, a desert sheikdom south of Iraq, but Kuwaiti authori ties refused and it flew on toward Iraq. According to unofficial Iraqi re ports monitored in Israel, Iraqi secu rity men forced the crew to leave the jet after it landed in Iraq. Iranian au thorities reportedly had ordered the crew to remain in the plane with the female hijacker after the passengers were released. Last week, seven Sikh extremists seized an Indian Air Lines Boeing 737 with 93 people aboard and forced it to land Saturday in Dubai, where they freed their hostages. lion }60 f iciaiion Confer®' aril .1984, Editor laging Edi® City Editor News Editor , ws Editor ,rts Editor n Staff dair.W Kellie Dwora Travisti AUTUMN HEIGHTS 4 - FLEXES • On site manager • Close to A&M • 2 bdrm., 2 bath • Water, Cable pd. • W/D Conn. • On Shuttle Route • $200 lease deposit We will give you $50 if you sign a 9 month lease before September 1st. $375 846-0506 1114 A Autumn. Circle College Station, Tx. Jr iditot' Angeli ,ran ?iS wn, ^ ;lark.T° n > n -fS,i hnRy 3 "' 1 Policy ono'^f, •sy AN AD TO ADD IT I INTERESTED IN BECOMING A BETTER STUDENT LEADER WHILE RECEIVING CLASS CREDIT? THEN ADD 481 C TO YOUR SCHEDULE. MANAGEMENT OF STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS COURSE OBJECTIVES The seminar has been carefully designed to provide an overall picture of operation of a student organization. In addition to a Survey of the management principles involved, students will gain functional knowledge of the various activities Involved in success fully leading a student group. The class setting will also provide students with the opportunity to interact with fellow students and professional staff on a routine basis. INSTRUCTORS The course will be taught primarily by the professional staff of the Student Activ ities Office. The instructors will utilize various guest speakers in addition to a team teaching approach in order to provide the most effective presentation of course material. REGISTRATION Due to demand, this course will be offered twice In the fall. Students Inter ested In taking the course should register/ add "Seminar in Management" 481 C. Section 50G(A(^kntf o£ I Aday) or Section S06 (meeting on Thursday) to their fall 1984 schedule. Each class will meet at 2:00 p.m. In Room 205, Agriculture Bldg. The course Is north one credit hour. Questions? Call 84S-1143. 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Antonio, admires one of the crafted items on display in the GM offers ‘slight’ pay increase, no talk of job security for union United Press International DETROIT — General Motors Corn, offered union members a small raise in contract proposals Tuesday, but Ford Motor Co. did not, saying workers should be satis fied with current profit sharing plans that may yield nearly $2,000 in 1984. United Auto Workers leaders re acted angrily to the three-year GM and Ford proposals, which did not deal specifically with the union’s chief goal of job security for union members. “I laid awake all night — it was like the night before Christmas,” said UAW Vice President Donald Ephlin. “When I got here this morn ing, I found Santa'didn’t stop here — Scrooge did.” Concession contracts covering 350,000 workers at GM and 114,000 at Ford expire Sept. 14. Wages were frozen at GM and Ford under the 1982 pacts. Neither company proposed reinstitution of the union’s annual 3 percent wage increase, which workers received for decades and is a key union goal. But under the GM plan, workers would receive lump sum payments of $600 in the first year and $300 in the second year. No language was offered on the third year. Union leaders meet Wednesday to consider the plans and select the strike target in current talks. GM’s willingness to grant the union at least a small increase in pay may give the No. 1 automaker the inside track. GM said its plan could provide more than $8,000 for each GM worker over three years. But it would retain the right to send work to outside firms — a practice called “outsourcing” that is heatedly op posed by the UAW. “This proposal is designed to fur ther enhance the well-being of our employees and the corporation’s ability to succeed in the market place,” said GM Vice President Al fred Warren. 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