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Vol. 83 No. 113 USPS 075360 14 pages
College Station, Texas
Friday, March 7, 1986
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Associated Press
AUSTIN — Although state
agency plans to<cut spending so far
have failed to reach half of Gov.
Mark White's $1.3 billion goal, the j
governor pronounced himself
pleased Tttursday with those
achievements.'
According to W'hite,“That’s $604
million we wouldn't have had other-
ap-
still
While said about 70 of the
proximately 200 state agencies
haven't submitted the plans he re
quested on Feb. 18. Another. 29 were *
submitted but need more work, he
said.
“I think it's very important that we
demonstrate cutbacks can be made,**
White said. “We're not cutting into
performance. This does not require
any layoffs. It does not require dra
matic reductions in any service I'm
aware of.’’
The governor issued an executive
order asking all agencies and state
cottPgfrs and universities to submit
plans by March 1 telling how they
would reduce spending by 13 per
cent over the next li8 months.
The cuts are needed to make sure
the budget balances, since the comp-
.roller hai predicted dial declining
oil revenues wHI leave state govern
ment $1.3billion short bv the end of
the 1987 fiscal year.
\ Some of the largest agencies, in
cluding the Department of Human
Services, said they couldn’t cut 13
percent without laying off employ
ees. -
Although pressed by reporters.
White refused to say what action he
will take if the agencies don’t submit
S ans that save the full $1.3 billion.
e said he would ask agency heads
to study one another's plans for ad
ditional ideas.
He also flatly rejected lawmakers’
suggestions that a special legislative
session be called to trim the budget.
Sen. John Traeger. D-Seguin, ear
lier this week said the Legislature
should be called back into session
and that officials should “gut up” to
enact a sales tax hike.
Raising the current sales tax rate
from 4W percent to 5 percent, Tra
eger said, would raise $1 billion and
cover most erf the projected shortfall.
Silent Praise
The Reflective Light Productions Group panto
mimes the biblical story of Jairus in Mark 5:22-43.
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MIKE SANCHEZ
The story, entitled “Go to I ell Somelxxly.
presented Thursday at Rudder Fountain
Death urged
for murderers
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of hostages
Aseocieted Press
WASHINGTON — A presi
dential task force recommended the
death penalty for the murder of
American hostages anywhere in the
world on Thursday, but described
U.S. policies against terrorism as
generally sound and recommended
no major overhaul.
The Cabinet-level task force
headed by V'ice President George
Bush called for increased use of
spies to penetrate terrorist organiza
tions as well as strengthened extradi
tion treaties to bring terrorists to jus
tice.
Immediately after taking office in
the wake of the Iranian hostage cri
sis, President Reagan pledged that
terrorists would face “swift and ef
fective retribution.” In reacting to
more recent terrorist incidents, how
ever, he has refused to use force that
he said might harm innocent victims
or bystanders.
Adm. James Holloway, former
chief of naval operations, who
headed the task force working
group, said." The principal conclu
sion of she task force is that U.S. pol
icies and priorities are sound, well
conceived and properly organized.”
Holloway said the task force en
dorsed the president’s policy and fa
vored “swift and effective retribu
tion against the perpetrators, not
just random retaliation against peo
ple that may involve innocent lives."
The task force released a declassi
fied version of its report.
Holloway said a classified version
containing 44 recommendations
went to the president on Dec. 20 and
that he approved it in full on Jan. 20.
The report suggested consider
ation of raising rewards for informa
tion on terrorists from $500,000 to
$1 million. It also urged that immu
nity from prosecution and grants of
U.S. citizenship be included among
incentives for those who help iden-
ufy terrorists and bring them to jus
tice.
Reagan's plan labeled 'offensive'
Congress debating rebel aid
, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President
Reagan’s plan for sending $100 mil
lion in military aid to Nicaraguan re
bels bogged down Thursday as seve
ral key members of Congress
objected to harsh White House rhe
toric aimed at opponents, and two
more House panels opposed the re
quest.
The House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee. by a vote of 23-18, recom
mended that the proposals be de
feated. Earlier in the day. the House
Appropriations Committee voted
against the measure and the House
Armed Services Committee ap
proved it. Two House panels had
voted against it Wednesday.
Sen. Nancy Kassebaum. R-Kan., a
member of the Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee, complained that
attacks on the patriotism of oppo
nents was “highly offensive" and an
nounced she would oppose Reagan s
package “as it is now formulated.”
In the House, Rep. Dave Mc-
Curdy, D-Okla., a principal swing
vote in sending non-lethal aid to the
rebels last year, said “ihe tactics by
the administration are backfiring.
The level of rhetoric, the shrillness
of attack, has lost them votes."
Rep. Michael Barnes. 1)-Md..
chairman of the House Foreign Af
fairs subcommittee on Western
Hemisphere Affairs, said the admin
istration is “using red-baiting tactics
like we haven't seen in this city since
Spiro Agnew was vice president.”
But Rep. Henry Hyde, R-UI., saici
Ixith sides had used "harsh rhetoric"
and said that he and other Reagan
backers were not questioning “the
See Rebel aid, page 14
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Showtime in Houston:
City site of TV pilot
Associated Press
HOUSTON -t— Houston offi
cials are hoping Hollywood can
boost the image of the nation*!
fourth-largest city.
Columbia Pictures came to
town this week to film the pilot
for a possible television series.
“Houston Knights.’’
v And Houston officials say they
Ithink a prime-time series would
- ?bring the kind of exposure that
“Dallas' Or ought to Dallas and
“Miami Vice’’ brought to Miami.
The show stars Michael Beck,
Michael Pare and Leigh Taylor-
Young as three cops tackling
crime in the Bayou City. Linda G.
Miller portrays a cquntry singer.
The cast has been filming at va
rious locations throughout the
city, including Intercontinental
Airport, the Houston Livestock
Show and Rodeo, a suburban
country club and a local mansion.
Students work to establish
fund in memory of Scobee
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By BOBBY FOSTER
, Reporter s
A Texas A&M student group is
working to establish an endowed
scholarship fCind in memory ot
Francis R. “Dick” Scobee, com
mander of the fatal space shuttle
Challenger mission.
The Mathematics/Science Teach
ing Scholars Loan Program. sp<m-
sored by the College of Education,
recruits and sponsors exceptional
students in the math and science
fields and fosters then commitment
to be teachers.
Sharon Brooks, an undergrad
uate counselor for the C College of Ed
ucation and the group's adviser, said
Scobee realized the importance of a
quality education. es|»e< iallv in the
aix'as of math and science.
He was especially concerned with
an accelerating shortage of teachers
in those fields, she said.
“Given our high-tech sexiety, and
especially the use of computers,
those are fields in which we need
teachers who arc dedicated and
competent,” Brooks said. “Dick Sco
bee thought there was a critical need
to meet that shortage of teachers.”
Scobee helped form the scholars
loan program at A&M in 1983 after
becoming a member of the Devel
opment Council for the College of
Education in 1982.
The program has helped the Col-
See Students, page 14
Commission
warns against
pirating logo
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Associated Press
AUSTIN — The Texas Sesqui-
cemennial Commission is on the
lookout these days for pirates —
not sea-faring buccaneers but
those who plunder the official
Sesquicentennial logo.
I he commission has sanc
tioned 903 items for sale as of fi
cial mementoes of this year's
150th anniversary of Texas' inde
pendence.
The Sesquicentennial logotype
itself is a registered trademark
with the U.S. Patent office and
protected by federal law .
Rebecca Richards, marketing
director for the commission, said
some people have sold merchan
dise with the logo on their own in
violation of the trademark and
the law.
“It’s not widely known that this
is a registered trademark. There’s
also been some misunderstanding
as to who can use it — w here and
when they can,” Richards said
Thursday.
According to the commission,
individuals using the Sesquicen
tennial logotype without permis
sion. or individuals trafficking in
counterfeit goods, are subject to
fines of up to $250,000 and
prison sentences of up to five
years. Richards said that since un
authorized use violates federal
law. the FBI investigates such
cases.
In addition, the commission
staff, local Sesquicentennial
groups and licensed vendors also
are watching for illegal logotype
use. she said.
So far, Richards said, much of
the unauthorized use has been by
communities around the state
where local officials didn’t realize
the logotype is a registered trade
mark.
ary eni
curious spectators from throughout the nation —
many dressed in the animal skins and coonskin
caps made famous by Davy Crockett — gathered
at the Alamo Thursday to remember the fall of
the Spanish mission 150 years ago.
More than 1,50 people, clad in period costumes
of the Alamo days, ht candles and about 1.000
others looked on as deafening volleys from mus
kets were fired in early morning ceremonies. . j
Thursday’s activities recalled the dawn attack,
by 4,000 Mexican soldiers led by Gen. Antonio
Lopez de Sdma Anna. All 188 Alamo defenders
were killed jn the bloody battle which ended a 13-
day siege.
Charles M or fin. 44. who portrayed Alamo de
fender Gregorio Espara. said he came with his
Commemorated
two sons from Santa Fe Springs. Calif., to partici
pate.
“I love Mexico and 1 love Texas," Morfin said.
“And to me, freedom is precious. “We wanted to
be a part of it.
“M’S been a wonderful experience.”
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The prolonged fight at the Alamo served to
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stall Santa Anna’s advance and
ive the Texas
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army lime to gather forces for a final victory 47
days later at San Jacinto.
T exas became a republic after that victory and
became part of the United States nine years later.
in 1845.
Thursday's Alamo ceremonies were a mile
stone in the Texps Sesquicentennial, which cele.-
•I ares, the 150th anniversary of Texas’ indepen
dence from Mexico.
San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros said,
"This is a very rare event. One hundred fifty
years of Texats history begins at the moment of
this re-enactment this morning.
“Try to put yourself in this exact spot, this
same piece of real estate 150 years ago. Imagine
the screams of human pain that must have
pierced the air — 188 human beings not possibly
knowing frieir sacrifice Would lead to a victory by
Sam Houston or what I exas would become to
day.”
Gov. Mark White, in ceremonies later in the
day, said the "sacrifice of the men here made in
dependence possible.
White said. “The Alamo is a guiding star in the
epic of liberty. It made Texas possible.”
At the dawn ceremonies, San Antonio radio
newscaster Henry Guerra read a narrative of the
13-day siege. He called the defenders, many of
See The Alamo, page 14
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