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Vol. 80 No. 75 CISPS 045360 20 pages
College Station, Texas
Monday, January 14, 1985
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United Press International
MOSCOW — Stiviet Foreign Min
ster Andrei Gromyko warneti
Washington Sunday the new Soviet-
4merican arms talks would lx* jeop
ardized if NATO continued to de
ploy U.S. cruise and Pershing 2 tnis-
ilesin Western Europe.
Gromyko, in a rare television ap
pearance, also warned that
agreement in any area of the arms
negotiations must be linked to pro
gress in President Reagan's "Star
Wars" initiative.
The warning came as a surprise to
Western diplomats because Moscow
previously had drop|X‘d all public
reference to the intermediate-range
nuclear missiles that NA TO began
deploying in December 198:1 to
counter Soviet SS 20s aimed at West
ern Europe.
Gromyko’s remarks came in an
appearance on a television talk show
in which he fielded questions from
lour Soviet political commentators
about his meeting last week in Ge
neva, Switzerland, with U.S. Secre
tary of State George Shultz.
Both sides agreed to hold arms
talks covering strategic and interme
diate-range nuclear arms as well as
space weapons, with the location and
date to be set in the next month.
Gromyko said that during the
meeting he “clearly warned the U.S.
that the new talks would l>e jeopar
dized if it continued to deploy its
missiles in Europe” and that “the sit
uation will grow more complicated,
very much more complicated’’ if the
deployment continues.
In Washington, a senior U.S. offi
cial said the position voiced by Gro
myko was the same the Soviets have
taken for months and he played
down its importance.
“We’ve always assumed that in
their public discussions they would
put as much emphasis as possible on
the missiles in Europe in an effort to
drive a wedge into the alliance,” the
official said.
He noted the statement came as
Reagan prepared to meet with llel-
gian Prime Minister Wilfried Mar
tens Monday to underscore the need
to press ahead with cruise missile de
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ployments in Belguim scheduled for
March.
The Soviet Union walked out of
Geneva talks on intermediate-range
and strategic nuclear weapons after
NATO countries began deploying
the missiles and said it would not re
turn until all missiles had been re
moved.
It was not clear after the Geneva
talks whether the failure of one set
of talks could derail the others. Gro
myko said Sunday that was the case.
“The Soviet Union would he will
ing to curtail strategic weapons if the
opportunity arose but if no progress
were made in space, then none could
l>e made in the question of strategic
weapons," Gromyko said. "It is im
possible to regard the question of
strategic and medium-range weap
ons without the question of space."
He warned that i( the United
States began testing and deploying
space weapons, “The talks would be
blown up. We made suc h a warning
to U.S. delegates,"
The United States is now u ting a
prototype of an anti-missile defense
system, but any deployment of such
a system is not expected before the
turn of the century.
Grbmyko said he received a letter
from Shultz, since the Geneva meet
ing in which Shultz said the Ameri
cans intended to honor the
agreements made at their meeting.
“This is a positive sign." Gromvko
said, “hut we shall have to wait and
see."
In Washington, Shultz said Gro
myko’s comments linking space
weapons to other arms topics "cer
tainly don’t doom" prospects for
reaching new accords.
“The fact that there is a
relationship among the different
kinds of arms that we’ll he talking
about is something that we believe
and we have advocated," Shultz said.
Defense Secretary Caspar Wein
berger, speaking on CBS’s “Face the
Nation," ruled out giving tip work
on the space weapons system, saving
it will he useful in a U.S. effort “to
bring the Soviets around to the idea
that defense is a much better means
of deference than offense."
Parsons' Cavalry
to ride in parade
United Press International
COLLEGE STATION — The
Parsons’ Mounted Cavalry — a
ceremonial mounted unit of the
Texas A&M Corps of Cadets —
has been invited to join the more
than 50 organizations that will
march in the Inaugural Parade in
Washington, D.C.,Jan. 21, school
officials said.
The unit was selected by White
House officials to represent the
State of Texas in the parade that
follows the president’s swearing-
in ceremonies about mid-morn-
ing.
Several members ol The Texas
A&M University System Board of
Regents are personally contribut
ing funds and leading fund-rais
ing efforts, and Texas A&M’s As
sociation of Former Students has
agreed to provide financial sup
port.
Capt. Edwin Kennedy, the fac
ulty adviser to the Parsons’
Mounted Cavalry, says that cadet
members of the organization
have begun making preparations
for the trip.
“We plan to take 36 horses and
42 cadets, as well as the caisson,”
Kennedy said. “We will be the
only mounted unit in the parade
from a college or universitv and
will be fourth in line, so this is
quite an honor."
Kennedy added he felt the
president's background as a sec
ond lieutenant in the U.S. Cav
alry nearly 50 years ago might
have been a factor in the selec
tion.
President Reagan left the cav
alry to enter the Air Force in
1942 and was discharged from
service in 1945 with the rank of
captain.
The Parsons’ Mounted Cavalry
has been a traditional part of
Texas A&M pageantry since the
unit was revived in 19^2. Combat
horsemanship had always been
an important part 61 the military
training conducted at Texas
A&M. Kennedy noted. At the
turn of the century Col. John
“Black Jack" Pershing recruited
many troopers from among the
students at Texas A&M on his
way to West Texas to chase die
Mexican bandit Pancho Villa.
The Parsons’ Mounted Cavalry
is composed of junior and senior
cadets who are responsible for
the care and upkeep of the horses
used bv the outfit. A select group
of sophomores also assist in the
care of the animals .
Stormy weather
The scoreboard temperature reading at Olsen Field provides
a digital account of the weather in College Station Sunday.
Due to below freezing temperatures, ice remains on car win
dows and bumpers. . . . v - ..
Photo by FRANK 1R WIN
Snowstorm creates problems
United Press International
A winter storm that dumped
more than 16 inches of snow on San
Antonio and was blamed for at least
one death weakened Sunday, but icy
conditions kept many parts of west
and south-centrai T exas paralyzed.
In Juarez, Mexico, just across the
border from El Paso, police Satur
day found the body of a woman who
apparently froze to death. Her iden-
titv was unavailable and she was be
lieved to be f rom Mexico’s interior.
Record snowfall blanketed the
I till Count i v and portions of central
Texas Sunday. San Antonio police
repot led 16 'A inches of snow there,
and die weather service reported 1 1
inches in El Paso, 10 in Hondo, up to
9 in Sonora, 4 in Midland and 3 in
Austin.
In San Antonio, which got the
worst snow in its history, police
spokeswoman Frances Barrera said
(h iving conditions were treacherous
and more than 300 accidents were
reported.
“It was 16 '/> inches (of snow), and
above that there’s about 3 inches of
sleet and ice because it started rain
ing last night, and it’s like a sheet of
ice,” Barrera said.
Fire Department spokesman Joe
Montanez said emergency vehicles
were being sent to the scene of fires
and medical emergencies at 15 mph.
A winter storm warning remained
in effect Sunday for much of south
and southwest Texas due to a wide
band of freezing rain and sleet, but
the snowstorm that buried much of
the state with record snowfall weak
ened, and the National Weather
Service predicted a thaw Sunday.
Freezing rain and sleet ranged
from the middle Texas coast south
to the Lower Rio Grande Valley,
where rain and a low of 29 degrees
early Sunday froze water to citrus
trees.
But afternoon temperatures rose
above the freezing point in south
Texas, and the weather service said
the sleet would change to rain as the
melt off began.
In Austin, where a 4 inches of
snow fell, University of Texas
spokeswoman Amy Long reported
all Monday morning classes were
cancelled.
However, lawmakers were ex
pected to return to the Capitol on
schedule, said Dick Merkel, press
secretary for House Speaker Gib Le
wis.
In San Angelo, which received 6
inches of snow, Blaine Palmer, man
ager of Palmer Feed and Supply,
said the snow and icy roads forced
all traf f ic to a halt.
“We’ve had about 3.5 inches of
snow (Sunday), and it's still freez
ing,” he said. “What we’ve got is
slick, slicker than glass.”
Palmer, who owns about 60 head
of cattle on pasture, said they could
not get to grass buried beneath the
snow and ice, and he and ranchers
were trying to get hay to their stock,
but the icy roads made that nearly
impossible.
In the Lower Rio Grande Valley,
which was ravaged by a viscious win
ter freeze last year, rain and low
temperatures plastered citrus groves
with ice.
“We had a freeze here,” said Ed
die Garza of Mission. “It got down to
29 degrees, and of course it rained a
little bit all day yesterday and last
night."
Belgian diplomat in U.S. for talks
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Belgian
Prime Minister Wilfried Martens
traveled to Washington Sunday on a
delicate political mission of mollify
ing both President Reagan and lead
ers of his own party on the touchy
subject of installing cruise missiles in
his country.
Reagan was prepared to tell Mar
tens that the March 1 deployment of
the first of 48 medium-range mis
siles must go ahead in order to
strengthen America’s hand in arms
control talks with the Soviets.
Martens heads the largest of the
four parties forming his govern
ment, but his own Flemish Social
Christian party has twice called for
postponing the deployment, most
recently last week after the Geneva
arms talks between Secretary of
State George Shultz and Soviet For
eign Minister Andrei Gromyko,
Martens is scheduled to meet Rea
gan at the White House today.
In an interview with the Belgian
publication La Libre Belgique, Rea
gan said the prospects for a Geneva
agreement to reduce European mis
siles is not, as Belgian opponents
contend, a valid reason for delaying
deployment.
“It was alliance solidarity behind
NAT O’s two-track decision (to nego
tiate while deploying cruise and Per
shing 2 missiles) that helped to bring
the Soviets back to negotiations, and
alliance solidarity behind the dual
track approach is crucial to our pros
pects for success in renewed negotia
tions,” he said.
And the president blamed “an
enormous disinformation cam
paign” by Moscow for swaying Euro
pean public opinion against the al-
ied buildup, which he said was
necessary “to redress the balance in
Europe.”
West Germany, Italy and Great
Britain have already begun deploy
ing the missiles, and Belgium is
scheduled to start taking them
March 1.
Reagan is prepared to maintain
that allied resolve in the November
deployment caused the Soviets to re
turn to the bargaining table, an offi
cial said.
Center provides graduate students with training
Counseling available to students
By MARY COX
Reporter
Few students or faculty members
know about the Counseling and As
sessment Center located in 701 Har
rington lower.
"We can serve anyone who has a
genuine need in the community,”
said Jan Hughes, director of the cen
ter.
“Our main mission is to train
graduate students in counseling and
our second purpose is to help peo
ple.”
Graduate students videotape the
counseling sessions and the tapes are
viewed by supervisors. This allows
for ‘hands on’ experience for the
graduate student, Flughes said.
Three counseling programs are
provided for the graduate students,
she said. A doctoral program in
school psychology involving child
counseling and family therapy, a
doctoral program in counseling psy
chology involving adult-oriented
counseling such as group therapy
and a master’s program in counsel
ing psychology that provides indi
vidual counseling, particularly voca
tional counseling.
Though the center has been in
operation since the late 1960s,
Hughes said, it lias suffered an up
and down history. T his year, how
ever, the center is adequately staffed
and the emphasis has been changed.
Hughes said the center operates
on a sliding lee schedule which is
uite low. T he fees range from $2 to
60 per hour, depending on the in
come of the client and the number
of people in the session.
Last semester, the counseling
services were free to Texas A&M
students, she said, but that policy
may lie changed for this semester.
T hough the center relies on a
word-of-mouth referral method, the
center’s growth has not been hin
dered. Hughes said that due to an
increase in family counseling, the
center has more cases than it can
handle.
The center offers aptitude, per
sonality and intelligence testing. Bio
feedback training, which monitors
and affects responses to stress, is also
available at the center.