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Page 14/The Battalion/Monday, December 9,1985
U.S. businessmen
gather in Moscow
for trade talks
Associated Press
MOSCOW — U.S. Secretary of
Commerce Malcolm Baldrige ar-<
rived Sunday for a three-day trade
meeting attended by about 400
American businessmen hoping to
use the spirit of the Geneva summit
to clinch new contracts with the Sovi
ets.
Welcomed at snowy Shereme
tyevo Airport by Vladimir N. Sush-
kov, the deputy foreign trade min
ister, Baldrige said he was attending
the meeting because the Reagan ad
ministration views trade as “a very
good building block for our rela-
The meeting begins Monday and
the contingent of senior executives
representing* 192 U.S. firms will be
the largest group of American busi
nessmen ever to gather in Moscow at
one time.
In the past, Reagan has drawn
sharp criticism from the Kremlin for
his trade policies, including restric
tions on imports of high technology
and his 1982 embargo on imports of
U.S. technology to build a Siberian
natural gas pipeline.
But none of that acrimony sur
faced as Sushkov and Baldrige
chatted cordially before television
cameras, expressing hope that su
perpower trade will increase as a re
sult of this week's meeting, the first
in Moscow since 1982.
Athletic Department
under investigation
for NCAA violations
Committ
to fund S'
Ultimate Catch
Photo by JADE BOYD
Scott Ei
Epps’ flying catch secured a victory for the
Texas AacM team in the Ultimate Frisbee Invita
tional Tournament hosted by the A&M club over
the weekend. A&M defeated a team from the Uni
versity of Houston, 17-15. Eleven teams from
around the state competed in the tournament
Ags line up for Cotton Bowl tickets
(continued from page 1)
said. "I liked A&M and I have noth
ing to say against them.”
• Rogers claimed Couch gave
him $5,000 in 1981 when he was a
high school junior and another
large, unspecified payment when
Rogers signed a letter of intent in
1982 to attend A&M. Rogers left
A&M after sitting out the 1988 sea
son on a disciplinary suspension.
Rogers said, while in high school,
he went directly to the bank where
Couch worked to get money. After
enrolling at A&M, tie would go to a
Western Union office adjacent to the
campus to get money that Couch
wired him, Rogers said.
But Couch denied any improprie
ties. He said he has sent items to
A&M players, including Rogers,
from their families. He said that
players’ families occasionally ask him
to bring items to the games, and if he
forgets, he has to mail the items to
the players.
• Linebacker Cal Peveto of Vi
dor, who played at A&M under head
coach Tom Wilson before Sherrill
was hired and said he does not know
Rogers, also told of receiving large
amounts of cash from Couch, get-
your shoes,” said Ingram,wW
ished his career at Sam H
State.
• (Quarterback Marvin
from Navasota, who played all]
in 1981-82. said he once waion
washing his car whenamamj
himself an A&M alumnusM
and gave him a $100 bill. TW
didn t give his name, said y
who added, “I had neversttil
before.”
• Sophomore quarterbacUi
Murray, named SWC oiy
plaver of the year this season,
a 1985 Audi IDOO-Soncami®,
leased through Pro Sports"
ment Inc., operated by F H;
“Buzz” Green, a Cincinnati
and professionalsportsagent
Green said he has a contrattij
Murray's brother, Vince,a
East Texas State defensivebad
now is working in his family
Mo I. s>z
Acc
ing busing
for ban
Kevin Murray has registei
car. which has a list priced^; .
than S Iti.OOO with lease
.iIhuii $ inn iiiunilih. inhisJMrLJUv^»L
A&M.
1 he car is not Kevii
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Dwayne O. Andreas, U.S. co-
chairman of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Trade
and Economic Council, Inc., which is
sponsoring the meetings, said they
were taking place under “a new wave
of optimism” following the summit
meeting Nov. 19-20 between Presi
dent Reagan and Soviet leader Mik
hail S. Gorbachev.
About 160 businessmen arrived
with Baldrige on a direct flight from
New York aboard a chartered Pan
Am jumbo jet.
tites. They also plan to make runs to
fast food restaurants.
But two A&M students and their
group of campers won’t have to miss
out on a hot, homemade meal.
have a portable grill with them.
Thev also won’t he at the mercy of
the elements when they sleep be
cause they have tents to sleep in.
Jerry Fulsome, a senior industrial
engineering major from Dallas, and
James Fairfield, a senior marketing-
management major from Rosharon,
Despite the generally positive and
enthusiastic attitude of the large and
growihg group of devoted Aggie
Ians, some students aren’t satisfied
with the method being used to sell
the 8,()()() student tickets.
Nickerson and her troop are
among those unsatisfied students.
“We think this is ridiculous,"
Nickerson said. “There has to be a
better way to do this, especially with
finals coming up.” she said.
ting a loan for a new Pontiac I rails
Am through the brother of assistant
A&M head coach R.C. Slocum,
ting S4U0 from Slocum to |
get-
his car
s from
mg
Ridiculous or not, people
^ fun, including Fairfield.
le are hav-
“Even if it is stupid (to he in line
already), you sometimes have to say
'What the heck,”’ he said.
repaired and $500 in $100
Couch to buv new tires.
• Kenny Ingram, a former A&M
linebacker and heavily recruited
player out of Corpus Christi, said he
received cash payments of $50 or
$1U0 after a couple of games while at
A&M in 1979 and 1980.
“lust in lockers and stuff, like
said. “It's his brother's. In
even met or talked t" Kevin
when Kevin Murray’s tit!
come out of Texas A&M. hi!
itv's up. I'm sure we'dbeia
But trial's where it stands
purely a deal with hisbrolhti
Associate!
WASHINGTON
of a tobacco-free 1
the year 2000, the
Atnei ican Medical J
on Tuesday for law:
using and promot:
Brazos County health officials say number of AIDS cases on the rise
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ihe Audi, replied, 1 domi| ^f ter p ass i n g th,
what von ie talkini'.tbiuL Jgjolution, the a:
Slid i ill said, hiis .Ia.b-Quaking House c
not have a t at and ad(KdtlMKj~| to p i ess f or
rav (lines lamib•member® mum age for buyii
|cts; for a ban on
Pan American World Airways has
rights to resume direct flights to
Moscow and Leningrad next April
under an accord reached with the
Soviets two days after the Geneva
stopped flying to the
in 1978, saying the
summit.
The airline
Soviet Union
routes were unprofitable.
The U.S. businessmen will spend
three days in conferences, meals and
seminars with about 200 Soviet offi
cials from the trade ministries, the
State Planning Committee and state-
run foreign trade groups.
(continued from page 1)
said a handful of people have come
in to the health center for AIDS
blood tests.
But due to the confidentiality of
the test results he is not aware of any
positive findings.
(ioswick also said he is unaware of
any students at A&M who have
AIDS.
the Texas Department of Health,
said her office has recorded seven
cases of AIDS in Brazos County
since 1981.
Marco Roberts, president of Gay
Student Services Organization, said
he is unaware of anyone in his orga
nization who has AIDS or who has
been tested for it.
Bea Sneed, an epidemiologist in
Of those seven, four are homosex
uals, one an intraveneous drug user,
one a hemophiliac and the last is un
known.
All are white males. Two of the
seven are between the ages of 20 and
29, two are between the ages of 30
and 39 and three are in the oldest
age group of 40 to 49.
Christy Reed, an epidemiologist
in the Texas State Health Depar-
that there may be more seropositives
in Brazos County hut if they were
tested for AIDS in a different county
they will not be listed with the Brazos
County health department
The state has set up testing facili- discouni
ties in 26 metropolitan areas, includ- the
ing the Brazos Valley. Anyone who
wishes to take the test is screened by
the staff.
ment, said there is a slight chance
“We want to make sure we’re giv
ing the test to people who need it,”
Reed said. “If you're not in one of
the high risk groups, you probably
don't need it (the test).”
Reed also said the health depart
ment has ensured that all testing be
confidential, so gay men do not feel
intimidated when taking the lest.
“We had problems when the test
ing first started because Gay groups
ged other gays from taking
test/' Reed said. “They were
af raid it might turn into some kind
of witch hunt if the state decided to
follow up on them."
Roberts said he is satisfied with
the test’s confidentiality. And he is
encouraging any of his members
who feel they need to take the lest to
use the Brazos County testing ten
ter.
If members decide to take the test
cigarette sales; ar
health warning lab
tobacco such as che
snuff.
, Association of:
edged it would b<
such proposals th
especially in light
ready raised concer
•where, he said, the) sk
reveal their names) ;;
"We don’t recommend it
pie take the test unlessthei
main unidentified,’ Roberts!
But while gays are btinj
and don.US .tic pondeiiMi^^ of ^ee -speec
suits, there is sullagreaiib But doctors con
mains unknown about AID' |h at tobacco and
Rea said it may be too earl)to% a rly linked, that
ol impact AIDS mavking encoura g es Ait
bacco products ant
profession has a c
mat k(o,nething about it.
“We expect a
kind
the community.
“We are still in the in
disease,” Rea said,
years down the road before*
what type of impact thisdiie
have on the community.''
xpe
dlling to fight it,” :
jqunsel Kirk John
conference.
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DRIVE-THRU
MCDONALD’S
INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS
Asked for comn
er, Anne Browde
stitute, which r
stry, said that a
‘ ing would vio
of free spec
in other natio
WINDOW
University Drive
Hwy 21
Texas and S.W. Parkway
Manor East Mall
McDonal(K lnyway
I. ®E y Ward of
„ wcco-rich North <
BREAKFAST EVERV petor speaking a
MORNING pi, said his state’s <
^red the action
IM GAMEPLAN
ENTRIES CLOSE:
OUTDOOR SOCCER: Sharpen up your cleats. Entries close
Tuesday, December 10. The entry fee is $20.00 per team and
classes include A, B, C and D- Recreation. The team captains
meeting will be Thursday, December 12 at 6 p.m. in 164 Read
Building. Play will begin January 22 so be sure to sign your team
up now!
ENTRIES OPEN:
BASKETBALL: All you hoopsters get ready to hoop. Basket
ball entries are being taken in the Intramural-Recreational
Sports Office, Room 159 Read Building. Entries close January
21, but don’t wait around. The entry fee is $25.00 per team. The
earlier teams sign up the better choice of times there are to
play.
PRESEASON BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Here’s your
chance for a little competitive practice. The Preseason Basket
ball Tournament entries are open until January 21. Sponsored
by the Sports Officials Association, the cost per team is only
$5.00. Play will be January 23-25 so be sure and sign up your
team.
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SCHICK SUPER HOOP TOURNAMENT: Entries are open for
the Schick Super Hoop 3-on-3 Tournament. The divisions are
Men’s and Women’s and the cost is only $5.00 per team. En
tries will close January 20 and play will be January 21-22. This
tournament is sponsored by The Sports Officials Association.
The top two Men’s A teams will be given the opportunity to ad
vance to the regional level of national 3-on-3 competition.
SPORTS CLUB NEWS
The TAMU Racquetball Club fared well in a tournament re
cently held at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville.
Team members Curtis Acheson, John Wyatt, Scott Heath,
Tracy Deitrich, Curtis Muncy, and John Gallucci racked up 25
points to the SHSU team’s 18. MVP for the tournament was
Scott Heath who earned 6 team points by going undefeated in
the tournament.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
McDonald’s Intramural Highlights is sponsored each Monday
in the Battalion by your local McDonald’s Restaurants at Uni
versity Drive, Manor East Mall and on Texas Avenue. Stories
are written by Liz Dillow, graphics are by George Clendenin and
photos are by Tom McDonnell and David Tatge.
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HELP WANTED;Nlhas champioi
fedoms.”
Need a student interest 'I He argued th,
working with Outdoi ! fc uld be allowe<
Recreation equipmem^K^^;; £
individual will b6 dl)i:o voluntarily stoj
equipment checkout at! |d'only modest s
maintenance. FornfiF f ld ; estimaur
information, contact 5
Greiner at 845"7826. As for produc
lobert McAfee, tl
"^mpte, physician
HOLIDAY H0UC“ n |„f
light be addresse
The hours for the future.”
Building and G. Role W ° th er doctors,
for the holiday break ateasi;^^ 6 ^ 11
r»\A/o • Li- ^
lows:
December 21-
Monday-Sunday
lOa.m.-IOp.m.
The Building will be
December 31 and Jan
Beginning January 2, th
ties will resume their
working hours.
moking.
$10.J
6® Associ;
!#<, HOUSTON -
Tuesday accept
Mike Land and his Mad Dog teammate ‘bump’ their way to the final games of volleyball.
OFFICIALS NEEDED!
The Intramural-Recreational Sports Office is
still looking for individuals who may be inter
ested in officiating Outdoor Soccer and Bas
ketball. A training program is set up to train
all officials so lack of experience should not
keep individuals from applying. Scheduling is
flexible and is made to meet individual
schedules. Thhis is a great part-time job to
earn extra money.
Interested individuals should contact
Mike Waldron or Chris Koperniak in the In
tramural-Recreational Sports Office, Room
159 Read Bldg, 845-7826.
ARCHERY SINGLES CHAMPIONS
largest civil dam£
Kith a jury that
Pennzoil Co. $10
Unethical tactics
Congratulations to the Champions of the Archeff
Singles competition held Tuesday, Decembers.
nerger between
Jil Co.
Visiting State
non Casseb Jr. u
er lawyers and
:ompanies hudd
tours behind cl<
Class A
Men’s--JeffTaque
Gary Boecker
Women’s-Kathy Craig
mt an agreeme
he iiation’s thi
of b;
Class B Men’s-Mike Malone
Women’s--Annelise Weiner
LOCKER RENEWALS
«Aany out
256 h s s '
S Casseb said in
merest payment
" e total award t<
'illion.
He also said i
al, the award *
ent interest fro
ward is paid.
Pennzoil attoi
always
Individuals who rent recreational lockers must renew themlf
January 21,1986, 6 p.m. to avoid having the locker cleared ^uld^ent
All lockers not renewed will be cleared beginning January! PennzoUchaii
1986. Individuals may renew their locker at any time in W sked if he want
Intramural-Recreational sports Office, Room 15|Re!laugh*
Building. Locker rental is $10.00 per semester.
ould not. I thii
moment.”
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