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Page 12/The Battalion/Tuesday, December 3, 1985 Photo by Mike Sanchez College Station’s Central Park and its buildings received the gol- monies. After the lights were turned on, children from the Bryan- den glow of Christmas Monday evening during the lighting cere- College Station area sang Christmas carols. Phillipine’s Marcos reinstates Ver as chief continued from page 1 “calm and reason will settle on this most distressing and tragic case.” Marcos welcomed Ver with a handshake and a salute at the pres idential palace right after the acquit tal, and issued a handwritten order restoring him to his post. The presi dent, who has governed the Philip pines for 20 years, said the reinstate ment was “for such a period as may be Apology- continued from page 1 served as operations director of the Mossad, Israel's intelligence service. Sources identified the other two men as Yosef Yasur and Jlan Ravid, Israeli science attaches stationed in the United States who have been cal led home. Savir refused comment on the radio report, which came after Stephen Trott, assistant U.S. attor ney general, said Israel’s apology Sunday appeared to be an invitation to question the three Israelis. Israel's statement of apology pledged that the secret intelligence unit would be disbanded and disci plinary action taken against those re sponsible for the Pollard affair. It made punishment conditional on a decided upon by me and by senior officers of the armed forces.” The qualification appeared in tended to blunt criticism here and in the United States of the return to command of a man under whose direction the army has been accused of widespread human rights abuses. U.S. officials have demanded re forms in the military to counter a growing communist insurgency. finding of wrongdoing by an Israeli investigation now under way. Peres told reporters Monday: “I think that if you make a mistake, the best way to handle it is to have the courage to admit it and apologize.” Most of the American Jewish lead ers said they did not foresee serious long-term damage to relations. Howard Squadron of the Amer ican Jewish Congress said, however, that the case could “have an effect” on Israeli efforts to persuade Con gress to reduce interest rates on the repayment of debts from 11 to 7 per cent, which would save this country an estimated $700 milion. Israeli news media said most of the information supplied by Pollard con cerned Arab and other counties wit h out ties to Israel. Some American congressmen had urged that Ver not be returned to the top military job. Sen. Richard Lugar, chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, criticized the verdict and Ver s reinstatement. “The court rul ing does not contribute to the crying need for credibility in the Philippines government, nor does it answer the need for reform and reorganization continued from page 1 319 public public employees with drew from the system. But as apprehension grew in the 1970s over the financial future of So cial Security, such withdrawals be came more numerous. Between 1977 and 1981,96,000 state and local em ployees dropped out of the system. And in 1983, termination notices were pending from 634 state and loc al governments representing 227,000 employees. Congress that year amended the act to say “no agreement . . . may be terminated, either in its entirety or with respect to any coverage group, on or after April 20. 1983.” The amendment barred termina tion even by those state and local gov ernments with notices pending when in the military,” the Indiana Republi can said in Washington. I here was no immediate comment from the Reagan administration, but top administration officials said re cently Marcos should not return Ver to command. Marcos called Ver and other senior commanders to a meeting Tuesday on reorganizing the military. the amendment was enacted. California had filed such a notice on behalf of 70 local governments within the state, representing 34,000 workers. California slate officials and a group called Public Agencies Opposed to Social Security Entrap ment sued the federal government, challenging the 1983 amendment. U.S. District judge Lawrence K. 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