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NT 1 Vol 80 Mo. 19 CJSPS 045360 14 pages
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, September 25,1984
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Hypnotist Edwin L. Baron puts a group of 30 Aggies in a post hypnotic trance. See story page 3
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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.