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Geneva talks
end; another
anticipated
United Press International
GENEVA, Switzerland — Sec re
in ul State Shultz .nul So
ld foreign Minister Andrei C»r<>-
nko I uesda \ c n <1 e«l t h e
uperpowers Inst arms talks in
tore than a veat vvith an apparent
gveement to continue the dialogue.
A Soviet source at the talks said
ihult/ and Gromyko agreed to an-
icv meeting, with the date and site
kt to be determined. It was not im-
nediatelv clear il that meeting
tould also be at the foieign minist«*i
L i
The two sides delay <‘fl issuing a
pint statement on the outcome ol
|he 11 hours and 40 minutes of talks
nertwodavs aimed at finding com-
iton ground lot new arms tontrol
iegouations.
Soviet state television said the
alks opened the way to continuing
ihedialogue but warned that Amer
ica was presenting positions that
complicated'' the situation.
Soviet television commentator
Leonid/Ifn in descrilted the talks as
“animportant lac tor contributing to
the continuation of the dialogue.
But he said “it should be noted
that the position of the United States
contains certain old aspects, certain
old Washington concepts, which
complicate the search fora mutually
acceptable solution."
I he Soviet comment appeared to
refer to President Reagan's Strategic
Defense Initiative for an anti-missile
svstem in space which the Soviets
want to halt as part of any
agreement on the limitation of of
fensive nuclear weapons.
\\ Idle Shultz remained at head
quarters to give a midnight press
conference, the other four members
of the U.S. negotiating team re
turned to the delegation hotel
“looking glum," according to a UPI
reporter at the scene.
Hiev were National Security Ad
viser Robert McFarlane, special ad
viser Paul Nitze, U.S. ambassador to
Moscow Arthur Hartman and Jack
Matlock, a Soviet expert on the Na
tional Security Council.
I he meetings between the two
live-member delegations were held
.mud a near total news blackout de
spite the presence of an estimated
TOO reporters who kept a vigil out
side the U.S. and Soviet missions on
Geneva s Avenue de la Paix in icy 14-
degree weather.
Ihe Geneva talks, first an
nounced on I hunksgiving Day, were
aimed at restoring the superpower
dialogue that was cut off Nov. 23,
1983.
College Station, Texas
Wednesday, January 9, 1985
Burning daylight
Photo by DEAN SAITO
Roof spraying of the MSC continued Tuesday afternoon un
der a scenic display of sun and clouds. Scenes like this have
been visible since the spraying begun last semester. The last
few days have produced fair weather for outdoor activities.
Aides switch jobs in White House shake-up
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President
Reagan, approving a surprise role
reversal at the top echelon ol gov
ernment. announc ed I uesday
White House duel ol stall James
Baker and I leasury Secretary Don
ald Regan will trade jobs.
In a move that intensified the
game of musical chairs tomTied off
by a second-term exodus, Reagan
awarded Baker a long-coveted Cab
inet post and Regan will reign over
the White House staf f .
Standing before reporters- at the
White House with Regan and Baker
at his sides, Reagan praised the two
for serving him “loyally and admi
rably" over the last four years “at
considerable sacrifice for which I am
deeply grateful.”
“Kacn has indicated to me that
while willing to serve in whatever ca
pacity I would wish, each would wel
come an opportunity to assume new
responsibilities and new challenges,”
Reagan said. “After four grueling
years in their current positions, their
desire for change is completely un
derstandable.
“This particular change will allow
them each to meet new challenges
and will bring renewed vigor to their
respective responsibilities while it
gives me and the public the benefit
of the continued Service of two ex
traordinarily talented individuals.”
The announcement signaled the
end of the troika that has shaped
policy and mapped strategy for Rea
gan since the outset of his presi
dency: Baker, deputy chief of staff
Michael Deaver and presidential
counselor Edwin Meese.
The switch Tuesday, worked out
by Regan, Baker and Deaver and
brought to the president’s attention
only Monday, makes a clean sweep
of the “Big Three” — Baker, Deaver
and Meese — that has run the White
House for four years.
On Capitol Hill, reaction was gen
erally favorable to what Sen. Richard
Lugar, R-Ind., called “a remarkable
swap of responsibilities.”
House Speaker Thomas O’Neill
said Regan, 66, and Baker, 54, are
both “very able and talented public
servants who always do a job well.”
Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill.,
chairman of the House Wavs and
Means Committee, said both “are
sound on substance and able poli
ticians.”
Further to the political right,
movement conservatives who have
accused Baker and more pragmatic
White House aides of not staying
true enough to the Reagan agenda
were diviaed over ramifications of
the high-level switch.
Edward Feulner Jr., head of the
Heritage Foundation, said Regan
“has shown over the last four years
that he sticks to the president’s
agenda and is a loyal, capable Reaga-
naut.” Baker, on the other hand, is
more likely to “be responsive to that
agenda” as a Cabinet secretary with
specific delineated responsibilities,
he said.
Upon Senate confirmation, Rea
gan said Baker would become his
chief economic spokesman — a role
Regan has appeared to share with
others at times — and remain a des
ignated member of the National Se
curity Council.
Spring enrollment
expected to drop
By SARAH OATES
Stun Writer
United Press International
Students who didn't preregis
ter for the spring semester have
until 5 p.m. Friday to complete
delayed registration. Fees must
be paid by Monday .
Late t egistration-begins Jan. 14
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closes
Jan. 18. All students who register
late will be charged a $10 late fee.
Fee payment for late registration
continues until 5 p.m. Jan. 21.
Fees can be paid at the Exhibit
Hall in Rudder Center until Jan.
15. Beginning Jan. 16, fees must
be paid at the Fiscal Department
in the Coke Building.
Irene Lopez, a student worker
at the Exhibit Hall said I uesday
fee payment was “flowing pretty
easily," and so far, the lines have
been short.
Drop/add also began Monday
and will continue until Friday,
Jan. 18. The last day for drop
ping courses with no record is
Tuesday, Jan. 29. Students who
wish to drop/add need to pick up
a request form from their depart
mental advisors. After filling out
the form, tire hard copy should
be turned in at the drop/add loca
tion in the Pavilion. Students also
must bring the yellow or pink
copies of their class schedules.
Registration officials expect a
decrease in enrollment for the
spring semester. Associate Regis
trar Don Carter said that as of
Tuesday morning 27,568 stu
dents had preregistered. He- said
he expects that number to in
crease tp more than 30,000 by
Friday.
Carter said he expects between
32,500 and 33,500 students will
enroll for this semester, a drop
from last spring’s 34,100. He said
it is difficult to precisely estimate
enrollment figures because so
many factors are involved.
For example. Carter said, the
large number of December grad
uates — 2,731 — and tougher
academic policies probably will
shrink spring enrollment.
"We nave no large influx of
new students coming in,” Carter
said Tuesday.
If enrollment drops this semes
ter, it will be Texas A&M’s second
consecutive semester with de
creased enrollment. In fall 1984,
36,827 students were enrolled,
0.05 percent fewer than the
36,846 who enrolled in fall 1983.
Three gunmen kidnap
U.S. priest in Lebanon
United Press International
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Three gun
men forced an ailing American
Catholic priest into a car in west Bei
rut Tuesday and sped off in a hail of
gunfire in the eighth kidnapping of
an American since Moslem mili
tiamen took over west Beirut last
February.
Martin L. Jenco, 50, the director
of Catholic Relief Services in Leb
anon, was abducted a day after a
Swiss diplomat was released by kid
nappers who hoped to exchange
him for a Lebanese man accused in a
plot to bomb the U.S. Embassy in
Rome.
Police said the three gunmen in
tercepted a Pontiac sedan carrying
Jenco, hit the Lebanese driver on the
head and threw' him into the trunk
before bundling the priest into an
other car and speeding off.
Witnesses said the kidnappers es
caped past at least one police station
and two guarded embassy com
pounds in west Beirut, firing their
weapons in the air to clear traffic.
Jenco, a native of Jolliet, II}., has
headed CRS in Lebanon for four
months.
“CRS is gravely concerned that his
abductors be aware that Father
Jenco was en route to medical treat
ment for a severe heart condition,” a
CRS spokesman said in an appeal
for Jenco's release.
“His physicians are extremely
anxious that Father Jenco be re
leased for continued treatment,” the
spokesman said. Police said Jenco
was kidnapped on the way to his of
fice and later had an appointment
with his physician.
Government sources said various
militias in west Beirut were con
tacted and had pledged to search for
the kidnapped clergyman.
In other attacks on foreigners,
Col. Claude Cuenot, a retired army
officer attached to a French military
observer force in Lebanon, was shot
dead Monday night outside the
heavily guarded French ambassa
dor’s residence in west Beirut, police
said.
The private Central News Agency
said the killers stole an attache case
and some money from Cuenot.
The Shiite Moslem Amal
movement secured the release Mon
day of Swiss Charge d’Affaires Eric
Wehrli, kidnapped by relatives of a
21-year-old Lebanese man arrested
in Zurich in November and charged
with plotting to bomb the U.S. Em
bassy in Rome, militia sources said.
“We do not yet believe the taking
of the Swiss and the American are
related,” said a police source.
The U.S. Embassy in Beirut has
reported no progress in the search
for the four othef Americans miss
ing since Februarv.