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Outlet •••nil Aggie walk-on player plays with big heart See page 9 Student Affairs hosts rape crisis program See page 7 Ag Volleyball team downs UT-Arlington See page 11 The Battalion Serving the University community NT 1 Vol 80 Mo. 19 CJSPS 045360 14 pages College Station, Texas Tuesday, September 25,1984 Follow the Leader Hypnotist Edwin L. Baron puts a group of 30 Aggies in a post hypnotic trance. See story page 3 Photo by DEAN SAITO "IGeneric drugs lid's I Rl ityle oit! 'do im? mal /rite and iou our the t t t M ce is he he art *ily ►ur DU to 3Q e, D6 , 3 Reagan signs law projected to save consumers money United Press International WASHINGTON — President Reagan Monday signed into a law a measure intended to save sick peo ple hundreds of millions of dollars by making available cheaper generic versions of brand-name medicines. During a signing ceremony in a sunny White House Rose Garden, Reagan included himself among those who will benefit most by the new law. “Senior citizens require more medication than any other segment of our society,” he said. “1 speak with some authority,” he added, provoking chuckles among the audience of 80 executives from drug companies and the Depart ment of Health and Human Serv- “We use about 25 percent of all the drugs sold,” Reagan said. The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 speeds up the lengthy federal approval process for medicines that are merely copies of already ap proved formulations sold under brand names. It also gives the pharmaceutical industry up to an extra five years of patent protection on new drugs, to make up for time lost in the appro val process before sales can begin. “It’s estimated that consumers will save more than a billion dollars over 10 years,” Reagan said. The federal government, the larg est single customer of the drug com panies with $2.4 billion spent in 1983 through Medicaid and veter ans programs, will be able save money as well, he said. Under the law, a drug manufacturer must only demonstrate that a new generic product is equivalent to a brand name product that has al ready been approved for sale instead of duplicating a lengthier review and testing procedure. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., who looked on as Reagan signed the leg islation. The law also includes an unre lated regulation fought for by the domestic textile industry that re quires clothing to be labeled with its country of origin, and even requires mail order catalogs to specify which articles were made in America. The president appeared in the Rose Garden just 35 minutes after arriving by helicopter on the South Lawn from a United Nations speech in New York. Reagan was applauded as he re ferred to his U.N. speech. “I’m cer tain you share my hope that the inti- tiatives that were presented to the General Assembly will lead to a new beginning in the search for a safe and a proud future,” he said. Regents dedicate animal pavilion By DAINAH BULLARD Stuff Writer A new animal science pavilion was named in honor of Louis M. Pearce Jr. on Monday during a dedication ceremony conducted by the Texas A&M System Board of Regents. Pearce was present at the cere mony which honored him for his strong support of animal science programs at A&M. Regent Clyde Wells, who presided over the ceremony, said the naming of the pavilion is a tribute to the friendship between Pearce and A&M. Regent Chairman H.R. “Bum” Bright, University President Frank E. Vandiver and President of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Joseph T. Ainsworth also spoke in honor of Pearce. After the dedication speeches, Pearce responded to the honor. “I’m proud of what part I may have had in the education of the young people at A&M,” Pearce said. “They’ll accept anybody if they’ll ac cept a teasipper and name a building after him.” The regents met for regular busi ness prior to the dedication cere mony, and reconvened after the cer emony. The regents heard a presentation concerning the progress of the Re search Park, a project planned for West Campus. Among the topics dis cussed was a $7,000 magazine adver tisement designed to reach 32,500 executives and attract attention to the project. The regents were told that the construction of two buildings in the Research Park area — the new Sys tems Administration Building and the Ocean Drilling Project Building — would encourage interested busi nesses to invest in the park. After hearing a report from Re gent Joe C. Richardson about rec ommendations from the planning and building committee, the regents approved 13 construction-related proposals. The proposals include plans for the A&M campus, the Prai rie View A&M University campus and the Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station. The regents granted the title of “Baseball Coach Emeritus” to Tom Chandler, and the title of Professor Emeritus to Professor Morris Blood- worth. The regents approved 17 additio nal items during the meeting. Among the approved items are: • The appropriation of $37,000 from the Available University Fund for the purchase of .1722 acres of land, including the dwelling on the lot and the lot’s mineral rights. • The naming of the Eli L. Whiteley Medal of Honor Park, a small park south of EM 60 and west of the railroad underpass, to be ded- Photo courtesy of Texas Agricultural Extension Service University President Frank Vandiver presents a dedication plaque to Louis Pearce during ceremonies Monday. icated Armistice Day, Nov. 1 1. • A supplemental appropriation $10 million from the Available Uni versity Fund to match private grants to A&M under the endowed faculty scholars program. • The appropriation of $450,000 from the Available University Fund to supply initial basic support to young, new faculty members. Also, the regents acknowledged the first official meeting of the Chancellors’ Student Advisory Board, a board composed of student representatives from each campus of the Texas A&M University System. The representatives will meet to dis cuss concerns of students, such as the increase of in-state tuition. Dr. George W. Kuhze, dean of the Graduate College and professor of agronomy, was honored by the re gents for his service to the Univer sity. Kunze retired from his position Aug. 31. A copy of the resolution to honor Kunze will be presented to the Archives, as well as to Kunze. Islamic group threatens U.S. United Press International BEIRUT — A threat attributed to the group blamed for last week’s at tack at the U.S. Embassy annex said Monday another “large operation” soon would be launched against American interests. A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman said the threat was being taken se riously. The statement published in the As Safir newspaper and quoting a caller claiming to represent Islamic Jihad (Islamic holy war) said the new strike would avenge 13 villagers slain by Is raeli-backed militiamen in South Lebanon Thursday. In South Lebanon, Israeli occupa tion authorities Monday closed the port of Sidon to all shipping amid a crackdown that apparently was launched in retaliation for an escala tion in anti-Israeli attacks. A military spokesman in Tel Aviv said an Israeli soldier and an officer of the undercover, anti-guerrilla General Security Services were killed in south Lebanon late Sunday when their car was ambushed in Mechki, 24 miles southeast of Beirut. He said a soldier was wounded in the attack, the fourth against the Is raelis in south Lebanon on Sunday. Apparently refering to the same incident, official Beirut radio said guerrillas firing machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades killed three Israelis early Monday. In Damascus, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Murphy met Syrian President Assad and discussed “the situation in Lebanon, particularly the proposed withdrawal of the Is raeli forces,” Damascus radio said. Murphy then flew to Israel for talks with Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Shimon Peres, Direc tor-General David Kimche of the Foreign Ministry, and Defense Min ister Yitzhak Rabin. Murphy’s visit to Damascus came a day after Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir said he would ask the United States to act as a go-be tween with Syria to arrange an Is raeli withdrawal from southern Leb anon. Shamir said Israel no longer in sists on a simultaneous withdrawal of Syria’s 40,000 troops from Lebanon as a condition for removing its esti mated 10,000 troops, who invaded Lebanon in June 1982. Murphy flew to the Middle East in the aftermath of the Embassy annex bombing Thursday in East Beirut to lead an investigation into the attack. His mission later was expanded. “We blew up the U.S. embassy,” said the man who telephoned As Sa fir, adding that “a large operation will be carried out against American interests soon.” Without identifying the next tar get, he said the attack would be “in revenge for the martyrs of Sohmor,” where members of the Israeli- backed South Lebanon Army killed 13 villagers and wounded 30 others Thursday. The caller did not spell out why the United States was being blamed for the Sohmor slaying, although he implicitly blamed the United States for Israel’s two-year occupation. Oceanography prof dies, services Sept. 30 By KARI FLUEGEL Staff Writer Associate Professor of Ocean ography David McGrail, 40, died of cancer early Monday morning in a local hospital. Memorial services will be Sept. 30 at the First Presbyterian Church in Bryan following cre mation. McGrail began working for Texas A&M as an assistant pro fessor in 1976. He was named as an associate professor in 1981 and as director of technical serv ices in 1983. While at A&M, he was voted Outstanding Faculty Member by the Oceanography Graduate Council in 19/8-79 and was pre sented with the Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University’s Distinguished Teach ing Award in 1983. Born in Florida on April 30, 1944, McGrail attended the Col lege of Wooster and received his bachelor’s degree in 1967. He re ceived his master’s in 1972 and his doctorate in 1976, both from the University of Rhode Island. McGrail was a member of the Society of Sigma Xi, the Ameri can Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society. He also was a member of the Shelf and Nearshore Dynamics and Sedimentation Society and served as secretary/treasurer for the group from 1980 to 1982. David McGrail A member of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, McGrail served as chairman during 1979-80 and co- chairman in 1978-79 and chair man during 1979-80 of the SEPM Research Group on Turbidites and Deep Marine Sedimentation. McGrail is survived by his wife, Susan; one son, Harlan Shannon McGrail of College Station; and his mother, Rosaleen McGrail of Titusville, Fla. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be sent to the David W. McGrail Memorial Scholarship Fund which will be established in the near future. In Today’s Battalion Local • Professor says only financially needy senior citizens should receive a discount on products. See story page 6. • Mom’s Diner has served generations of Aggies. See story page 3.