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Associated Press
Students in Texas are not fac
ing tuition increases alone.
All the nation’s four-year pub
lic colleges and universities, tradi-
lionally among the best buys in
higher education, are getting
more expensive. They now
charge an average of $4,587 a
war for tuition, room and board.
I That is 7 percent more than a
year ago, according to a survey
released Monday by the Ameri-
[can Association of State Colleges
and Universities and the National
•Association of State Universities
and Land-Grant Colleges.
Tuition alone jumped by 8 per
cent for students attending col
lege in their home state and 1 1
percent for out-of-state students.
The steepest increases, in per
centage terms, were in Texas, for
years the home of the nation’s
least expensive public universi-
Ities. Tuition and fees for state
presidents jumped 57 percent
from $446 a year to $701, while
‘out-of-state students saw their
fibills soar 162 percent from
$1,437 to $3,764.
i The legislature in Texas
boosted the colleges’ charges
'amidst a budget crunch brought
about largely by depressed oil
and gas prices.
> Louisiana, another state hit by
falling energy prices, had the sec
ond highest increase in tuition
See Colleges, page 10
Erik Welsh, a freshman in general studies at Texas
A&M, tries to find a pair of sunglasses to help him
fight the glare of the sunny winter days. Tempera
tures in the College Station area have been unsea
sonably warm. The weather service says the next ;
few days will be sunny with temperatures in the
middle to high 70s. The sunglass sale is being held
near Rudder Fountain.
Coup expels
Jonathan as
Lesotho ruler
Associated Press
MASERU, Lesotho — Thousands
of people danced in the streets Mon
day to welcome an apparently blood
less coup that ousted the authorita
rian prime minister. Chief Leabua
Jonathan, a day after he declared
himself “in complete control.”
The takeover by a military com
mander described as a moderate ap
peared to presage the end of a South
African economic blockade that had
nearly paralyzed this mountain king
dom since the first of the year. South
Africa, whose territory surrounds
Lesotho, accused Jonathan of har
boring guerrillas.
Maj. Gen. Justin Lekhanya, who
overthrew Jonathan, is said to be
about 55 years old. He commands
the 1,500-man Lesotho Paramilitary
Force that serves as both army and
police.
Government radio reported the
coup at dawn to the 1.3 million peo
ple of Lesotho, which is about the
size of Maryland. The radio said Ox
ford-educated King Moshoeshoe II,
47, remained as head of state.
No information was available
about the whereabouts of Jonathan
or members of his Cabinet, who also
were swept from office.
It appears that Lekhanya wants
more amicable relations with South
Africa. He was reported to be an
gered by Jonathan’s risky policy of
militant opposition to the white-mi
nority government’s apartheid racial
policies.
South Africa sent commandos
into Maseru in 1982 and has occa
sionally squeezed Lesotho’s depen
dent economy when Jonathan
stepped up his anti-apartheid rhe
toric. Nearly everything the king
dom needs comes across the borders
from South Africa.
Chief Jonathan told reporters
Sunday: “Although you never know,
I would say that I am in complete
control. Never before in my 30 years
in politics have I been so accepted.”
Twenty-four hours later, Lesotho
radio said Jonathan had been de
posed, and “there is peace and calm
prevailing over the country.”
The new military commanders
imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew,
which restricted journalists to their
hotels, so there was no way to verify
the radio’s description.
Earlier in the day, soldiers ap
peared to be welcomed as cham
pions.
The military presence in the capi
tal was light, but crowds cheered the
soldiers when they appeared.
Youths climbed atop government
buildings, pulled down flags and
tore them to shreds. The sentiment
See Bloodless, page 10
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A&M fraternity remembers King with candlelight vigil
ice,
By SAM BUCHMEYER
Staff Writer
I “I have a dream,” said the Rev.
^lartin Luther King, Jr., and the na
tional recognition of his birthday as
)i federal holiday has become a sym-
i\ of the dream that King envi-
lioned.
|A standing-room-only crowd at
[Texas A&M paid tribute to the slain
fivil rights leader Monday with a
Candlelight vigil conducted by the
pembers of the Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity.
During the service, members of
the fraternity read selected words of
King. And Dr. Alvin Larke,Jr., assis-
tant professor of agricultural educa-
ion, outlined King’s biography, giv
ing the predominately black crowd
n nsight into the kind of man King
vas.
Larke told the crowd that al-
hough the holiday is being recog-
Protests, parades mark first federal holiday honoring King
Associated Press
Protests mingled with parades'
Monday on the first federal holi
day in honor of Martin Luther
King Jr., a day in which ironic
touches measured how close the
country has come to achieving the
slain civil rights leader’s dream.
Parades and gatherings hon
ored King in Washington, D.C.,
Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Los Angeles and Honolulu,
among others. Church bells
pealed in Minnesota, Illinois and
Rhode Island, and radio stations
around the nation’s tiniest state
joined broadcasting portions of
King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
Five hundred blacks gathered
on the Capitol steps at Montgom
ery, Ala., where Gov. George
Wallace had vowed “segregation
now, segregation forever” in
1963, to hear a proclamation
honoring King. Wallace, recently
released from a hospital, did not
attend the ceremony, where press
secretary Bill Joe Camp read his
proclamation.
In Birmingham, Ala., where
King led marchers against fire
hoses and police dogs in 1963, a
seven-foot statue of King was un
veiled in a city park.
By federal law, the third Mon
day of January is a day in hono.
of King, who was born Jan. 15,
1929, and assassinated April 4,
1968, in Memphis, Tenn. The
day is a legal holiday in 27 states,
including three that also honor
Confederate generals. Two other
states have a holiday on Jan. 15.
Monday’s protests focused on
states and communities that stood
aloof from the holiday.
In Memphis, 300 people gath
ered in the pot-holed parking lot
of the Lorraine Motel where King
was murdered. The motel is now
owned by a civic group.
After King’s son Dexter laid a
wreath at his father’s tomb in At-
See King, page 10
nized nationally on Jan. 20 this year,
King was actually born Jan. 15, 1929
in Atlanta, Georgia.
He said King’s life was not uncom
mon as a child, but during the 39
years that he was alive he would be
come one of the most controversial
and respected men in American his
tory.
Larke’s speech was followed by a
video presentation about King titled
“I Have a Dream,” which featured
dramatic footage of King and some
of his most famous speeches.
The second featured speaker was
Kevin Carreathers, a Texas A&M
adviser of student activities.
Carreathers told the audience
what the observance of King’s birth
day as national holiday means to him
and all Americans today.
Both Carreathers and Larke said
it was important that we now offi
cially celebrate King’s birthday be
cause then future generations will
understand better what King stood
for as well as what can be achieved
by the unity of all men.
Carreathers said that although
King was killed 18 years ago, his
memory is still a major force in so
ciety today, especially with the racial
problems in South Africa.
Kevin Johnson, president of Al
pha Phi Alpha, said the plans were
made for the commemoration serv
ice in the Fall but that actual prepa
ration began about two weeks ago.
Alpha Phi Alpha is a service fra
ternity that was chartered at Texas
A&M on Sept. 15, 1985.
This semester the organization
will be helping with clean up opera
tions at Hensel Park as well as partic
ipating with such on-campus func
tions as the Big Event.
Libyans ready for suicide missions
'oft.
Students get military training
Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya — All Libyan
igh school students are required to
ndergo intensive military training
that includes preparation for possi
ble suicide missions, the military
ommander of a boys’ school said
Monday.
A group of Western reporters was
taken to Ali Awarith High School in
downtown Tripoli, where they
watched uniformed students per
form military drills and firing exer
cises with four Soviet-designed, BM-
21 multiple rocket launchers.
One of the students was Seifeddin
Khadafy, the 13-year-old eldest son
of Col. Moammar Khadafy, the Li
byan leader who has warned that
iuicide squads would strike in the
United States and Israel if the two
ever attack this country.
Seifeddin, whose name means
|“sword of the faith,” seemed intim
idated when presented to the report
ers and made no comment.
The reporters were not allowed to
question the students individually,
“All Libyans are training for suicide missions. We are all
ready to launch such operations, even in the United
States and into the White House itself. ”
— Maj. Saeed Ali Awedat, military commander of the
Ali Awarith High School.
but the demonstration illustrated the
increasing militarization of Libyan
society under Khadafy’s rule.
The school’s military commander,
Maj. Saeed Ali Awedat, told report
ers that all Libyan secondary stu
dents — both girls and boys — un
dergo two hours of military training
a week as a compulsory part of their
curriculum. The training also in
cludes one month during each sum
mer vacation.
Asked whether the students also
train for the suicide commando mis
sions that Khadafy has threatened to
launch against the United States and
Israel, Awedat replied:
“Yes. All Libyans are training for
refutable” proof that Khadafy as
sisted the Palestinian extremist
group believed responsible for the
attacks, and he has imposed eco
nomic sanctions ordering all U.S. cit
izens and companies to stop doing
business with Libya.
Awedat said the students in his
school were not allowed to take their
pistols and Soviet-designed Kalash
nikov machine guns home with them
at night.
With almost perfect precision, the
blue-bereted students dismantled
and reassembled their Kalashnikovs
in less than 50 seconds.
One group plotted the firing tra-
to discuss details of jectory for their rocket launchers,
suicide commando known as “Stalin organs.” The
rocket launchers were unarmed; the
target marked on their plotting
board was Israel’s Star of David.
Awedat seemed pleased with his
students. Their high precision led
some of the reporters to question his
claim that they received only two
hours of military training per week,
compared with 36 hours of civilian
instruction.
suicide missions. We are all ready to
launch such operations, even in the
United States and into the White
House itself.
“We are ready to carry out any or
der given by the leader.”
He refused
the students’
training other than to say it was re
served for older age groups. Most of
the 2,000 students at his school, he
said, ranged in age from 15 to 18.
U.S.-Libya tensions heightened
after the Dec. 27 airport attacks in
Rome and Vienna that left 19 people
dead, including five A.mericans, two
Israelis and four of the attackers.
President Reagan says he has “ir-
Southern states setting
up regional primary
Associated Press
AUSTIN -— The South can
grab its fair share of the national
political spotlight by setting up a
regional primary that commands
the attention of presidential can
didates, Texas and Florida law
makers said Monday.
Legislators from the two states
met in the Texas Capitol to forge
a coalition among leaders of the
growing states. California law
makers had planned to partici-
E ate but could not because their
igislative session is under way.
Florida has moved its presi
dential primaries to the second
Tuesday in March, the date
pushed as ideal for a “super Dixie
primary.” A partisan fight in the
Texas Legislature prevented such
a move here last year.
But Texas Sen. John Traeger,
D-Seguin, said he is confident
Texas would establish a March
presidential primary. Presidential
delegates from Texas now are se
lected through a caucus system
that begins in May.
Sen. Chet Edwards, D-Duncan-
ville, and sponsor of the ill-fated
1985 primary bill, said, “It would
be nice to see presidential candi
dates spend time in the sun of
Texas and Florida than tromping
around the snow of New Hamp
shire and Iowa.”
The early primaries also would
“encourage people from the
South to run for president,” Ed
wards added.
The 14 southern states have 47
percent of the Democratic dele
gates, he said.
Florida House Speaker Desig
nate Jon Mills, D-Gainesville, said
the South is the right place for an
early, regional primary because it
is “as ethnically diverse” as any re
gion.
Florida Rep. T.K. Wetherell,
D-Daytona Beach, said Texas is a
“key player” in persuading other
southern states to join in a re
gional primary.
“You probably have the ability
to bring eight or 10 or 12 others
along,” he said.