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Pre-registration Seniors A-K today ■ p»»7' " . ; No upset tor tennis team I | r J Aggies bucked by No. Page 10 v | v - : s •• ^ The Battalion n/$35 w V$30 fV$25 .80 Mo. 129 USPS 045360 14 pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, April 10, 1985 I students >pen! Ion >877 a.m.-4 p,m culty Senate n-off election Mermines last e members JJL ir ons rams bicle now Desk and in e on By REBECCA ADAIR Ife: St<i// Writer Buesdav’s Facult) Senate run-off I Blion provided the Senate with I new inemhers, voted in by over KIku/n inemhers from the can- jidptes respet u\ e «. olleges. Ibis )ear s election participation was around 35 perc ent of the fac ulty dose to last year's approximate Rtrient. Hu the College of Agric ulture’s raii between Donald E Farris and (.at > 1' Hai l foi Place I d Han won witji lb cotes lo F;u i is JO Blare 14 in the same college is to Hilled by (>ai y Fb Briers, who won ^■r Edward Funkhouser by 44 to Htiiles. ') Y'l es'ies wi\\ sev\e vr> PVace 4 foil the College ol (»eoscienees, hav^- H deleated Dusan Djuric with 26 vuiESto hei 14. the original race loi Place 4 in B College ol (.eosc lenc es. three .candidates split the 32 ballots with |4. 9 and 9 votes. To determine cvbich candidate winning nine votes would go on to the runof f, the elec Hcommittee used a lot system. e h itaries MSC ire? in Of lent AMU )l the 62 ballots east in the race Place .3 in the College ojj Science. |lli,un II ICisMclus received 34 to defeat Dana P. Williams who Beived 28 votes ■ 1 hc j College ol Veterinary Medi- • tfie's new Senator for Place 4 will be live Gloss, who received 38 votes to ICssell B, Simpson s 34 \otes. Biltese results are unofficial until igifilfied h\ the Facultv Seriate in lit n May meeting lexas firms iffected by lankruptcy Associated Press four lexas financial institutions nuotig more than 60 across the ilation c:a ight by surprise when a JCw Jersey government securities acaler soughi refuge in federal l. nkruplcy toui i. ■ Of the four lexas firms, Vernon Havings & Loan Association of Ver- Bion, about 50 miles northwest of Wi Bhiia Falls, is the largest creditor | tMthSlO.5 million at stake. I Ibe others are (Government Ern- Blovruent Credit L ruon of San Anto- tiiH). Hi Plains Savings & Loan Asso- Biaiion ol Flereford and Mainland ||avings & Loan in Houston. Pat Malone, president of the Ver- jton bank’s Dallas division, said his inn holds $10.5 million in LFS. FreasUry securities through Bevill Pursier & Schulman Asset Manage- nent Corp. and “we are taking legal feinedies now to gei those securities returned to us. ' - “We feel theie will be, if any, a minimal loss that will occur, he said there were to be a loss, it uldn't have a material impact on the net worth of Vernon Savings & nan Association." Japanese will open markets to U.S. trade Associated Press TOKYO — Japan announced a three-year plan Tuesday to open its markets to foreign products. Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone urged his people to buy imported goods, saying a trade war would bring eco nomic disaster upon them. No quick results were expected from the Japanese plan, and initial reaction from'the United States was muted. Congress, frustrated by a $37 billion U.S. trade deficit with Ja pan in 1984, has demanded the United States retaliate if Japan does not ease trade barriers. The Japanese also stressed the need to reduce the dollar’s value against the yen, which contributes to the trade imbalance by making Japa nese products cheaper to the con sumer and U.S. goods more expen sive. Japan’s three-year program deals with telecommunications, electronics and other major trade areas of most concern to the United States. Nakasone urged the Japanese, in a nationally televised speech and news conference after the program was announced, to “please buy for eign products.” He said Japan must move rapidly toward freer trade because “terrible depression and unemployment” would result if such trading partners as the United States took protection ist measures. Japan has few natural resources and its economy is built on industrial exports. Japan had an overall trade sur plus of $44.2 billion last year, $36.8 billion of it with the United States. Congress has called for sanctions un less Japan makes it easier for Ameri can goods to enter its markets and redress the balance. The report on “external economic measures” issued Tuesday includes the plan to open markets and says an outline of the program will he com pleted by J uly In the package are pledges pt foreign clinical test dat to ac cept foreign cluneal test data for medical equipment, eventually to lower tariffs on plywood products, to simplify technical standards for computer equipment and to ease the wav for the purchase of American communications satellites. It also promises greater freedom for foreign lawyers to practice in Ja pan, another U S. demand; more Japanese aid to developing natrons, and attention to tire interests of Southeast Asia and Europe in future tariff cuts. The United Stales sees telecom munications, electronics, medical See JAPAN, page 11 Skull Crusher Photo by ANTHONY S. CASPER Democrats bill Stroke for votes High-flying Kevin Von Erich lets loose on Texas State Wrestling Champ, the Hand some Half-breed, Gino Hernandez, Tuesday night at the Brazos County Rodeo Arena. Von Erich won the contest which was spon sored by the Bryan Jaycees in cooperation with the Paris, Texas, Jaycees, KTAW, McCaw Cablevision and Miller High Life. The Bryan Jaycees are looking into the pos sibility of offering professional wrestling to the area -on a semi-annual basis with the money made going to local charities. Battleship Texas Gift shop closing down to upgrade image Associated Press HOUSTON — Would you like to own a toothpick holder inscribed Battleshii with the Texas? Flow snip about 18,451 matchbooks, or a set of cufflinks featuring the famous ves sel? Now’s your chance the state is getting out of the memorabila busi ness. I he Battleship Texas, veteran of two Wars, is docked at the San Ja cinto Battleground near Houston and: is open to tourists. The Texas Parks and Wildlife De partment, which operates and main tains the floating tourist attraction, decided in 1983 to close a gift shop on the vessel, and officials said the state has no plans to get back into the tourist trinket business. As a result, about 1,600 different items are now offered for sale by sealed hid. There is a catch, though; the suc cessful bidder has to buy all of the trinkets. The memorabilia include 18,451 matchbooks featuring a picture of the battleship and 2,168 key rings in scribed with the ship name. There also are 151 salt and pep per shakers, 720 toothpick holders, and 27 bronze ashtrays. Those items make sense for a bat tleship souvenir store, say officials, but what they can’t explain is the 19 clam-shaped piggy banks or the col lection of costume jewelry. “I don’t know what the hell that has to do with the Battleship Texas, but we have it,” said Dan Flarrison, superintendent of the docked warship. Texas is attempting to renovate the battleship and it was decided to remove the gift shop. “We are trying to bring the ship up to the standards it. was at in 1944 and the interpretive people felt a gift shop was not appropriate,” said Har rison. By MEG CADIGAN Reporter A $260,000 bill from the Brazos Valley Democratic Party to the Texas Republican Party was un veiled at a press conference Tues day. In October 1984, l exas Republi can Party Chairman George Strake said he would pay $1,000 for each il legal vote cast in Brazos County, said Ron Gay, chairman of the Brazos County Democratic party. Gay pointed out that in a recent Brazos Valley Court decision 260 votes were found to be cast illegally in the November 1984 election. Stu dent votes were said to account for 80 percent to 90 percent of the ille gal votes. “Mr. Strake, it's time to pay up,” Gay said. “We will accept cash, checks, and major credit cards.” The number of illegal votes af fected the outcome of the November race for Brazos County Sheriff be tween Republican candidate Ron Miller and Democratic candidate Howard Hill. The results were de clared void April 2 by State District Judge Arth .tr Lesher of Houston. Since neither Miller, who won the November race by 162 votes, nor Hill was the incumbent sheriff, the office of Brazos County Sheriff is open and an interim sheriff should be appointed, Cay said. “Mr. Miller shouldn’t be allowed to serve an office until this matter is resolved,” said Gay. Lesher ordered a special election to be held on the earliest possible date allowed by Texas law, which is August 10, 1985. Miller will serve as sheriff until the special election is held. Miller has appealed the case and the appeals court could postpone the election until it reviews the case. Classes do not begin at Texas A&M until Sept. 2; therefore, many students will not be present to vote in the election. Gay said he feels it is impossible to choose a day when ev eryone would be able to vote. “No matter what day is chosen for the election, it won’t be convienient for the entire voting public,” Gay said. Fie said the decision to have the election in August was a nonpartisan decision made by the court. Students will be able to vote ab sentee if the August election takes place. ut-of-state students fighting tuition hike By JEFF L. BRADY Stuff Writer Out-of-state students at lexas I A&M are battling to keep the Texas [legislature from boosting their tu I “If sou were m our posit ion, how ■ would sou Ice 1?” asks Maty Ellen ■Cull, president of the Out-ol-State at 8:30 P'" 1 ■Student Assoc i; nion. [ “Right nosv ii seems like every- <e( ■ one’s hands are tied and nobody can ■ do amthing.’ she savs. “But there \ ■ has to be someone svho t an step out. 1 help us and tell us we r e not freeioa- Society ^ J. ■ ders. A bill sponsoi ed b\ state Rep. Wil- Iheimina Delco svil! hike in-state tu- ition to $8 per semester hour and out-ol-state tuition to $ 120 per hour, if approved without change. In addition, many out-of-state tu ition exemptions will be struck down completely, Cuff says. The result could be a jump in tu ition from $4 per semester hour (for an out-of-state student paying in state tuition) to $120 per semester hour (for the proposed out-of-state tuition), or an increase of 3,000 per cent. (George Torrez, a staff member of the legislature’s Higher Education Committee, points out that the cur rent form of Delco’s bill includes many measures added on the House Hoot that Delco does not favor. The result could be a jump in tuition from $4 per se mester hour (for tin out-of-state student paying instate tuition) to $120 per semester hour (for the proposed out-of-state tuition), or an increase of3,000 percent. Torrez, special assistant to Rep resentative Delco, sa\s he agrees with congressional attempts to gen erate emergency funds. But savs “the legislature is not going about it in a responsible way.” He savs the legislature’s intent was to generate more money to cover the state budget after a sudden drop in expected oil revenue. He also points out that 25 percent of all tuition revenues would circu late back into financial aid under Delco’s original plan. “To come up with that kind of money in three months is practically impossible,” Cuff says. “I don’t have that much further to go,” She adds. “I can make it — take 18 hours and graduate. But some people are much worse off.” Cuff points out, however, that her organization is not against all forms of a tuition increase. “There’s no question about it,” she says. “It needs to go up.” What concerns her organization. Cuff says, is the dramatic increase students already attending the Uni versity will experience. Non-resident students at most other state universities pay twice as much as residents, she says. But at Texas A&M, non-residents would be paying more than 10 times the in state tuition. She admits, however, that many students may still find Texas A&M to be the best bargain for a quality education. ' It’s still cheaper for some out-of- state people to come here than to go to their own state schools,” she says. Cuff has collected 393 signatures in the last two weeks on a petition advocating a reduced percentage in crease for non-resident student tu ition. Another option, she suggests, would be to work a grandfather clause into the Delco Bill, so that those students already enrolled would not be affected. See TUITION, page 11