Regents approve refund. Soviets modernizing arsenal. A&.M's in-house inquiry into sale of government bonds challenging U.S. technology recruiting violations continues — Page 3 — Page 7 — Page 9 wmmmmmmmmmmmmummmmmmmKmmmmmmKm lancvi tests selon Servitf 3r. The Battalion 83 No. 121 CJSPS 075360 12 pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, March 26, 1986 mos nps ^J.S. forces knock out 2 more Libyan ships • Trade lepau ssons C.S. SHINGTON (AF) — U.S. jets arships destroyed two Libyan trol boats and damaged a radar ssile site Tuesday, and the Penta- Bedared the renewed American —lion a defense against ‘‘hostile in- ™itions,” even though no hostile lie provoked it. Fm a second straight day, the Na- s pth Fleet opened tire on Col. janimar Khadafy’s forces in the ipnte over Libya’s claim to sover- 9 ^Jity over the Gulf of Sidra. Ca|first, on Tuesday morning, the Vntagon’s chief spokesman said the £ Delved attacks came in retaliation ^).S. strike *l!>n Libya raised ■ Favoriti t a very st $1J 5 p.m.! rs nd b (NED against Libyan missile attacks aimed unsuccessfully at U.S. planes. Later, the administration said there had been no new fire from the Libyans. One of the patrol boats was sunk by the cruiser Yorktown, marking the first time a Navy ship had used its surface-to-surface missiles against a Libyan vessel. U.S. officials said the attacks, which occurred during the pre dawn hours Tuesday, Tripoli time — or late Monday night Eastern Standard Time — were justified to protect American sailors and ships from attack by a country that had al ready demonstrated “hostile inten tions.” The attacks came even though the Libyan boats and missile installation did not fire on American forces. But U.S. officials said the battle force had standing orders that declared any Libyan plane or boat ap proaching them to have hostile in tentions. Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims, referring to Libya’s launch of ground-to-air missiles against U.S. planes on Monday, said “We have been given ample evidence of hostile Libyan intentions . . . and we will de fend ourselves.” There were conflicting reports, meantime, as to whether the United States might end its maneuvers be low Libya’s so-called “line of death” before the scheduled deadline of April 1. Secretary of State George Shultz said the Mediterranean exercise, which began Saturday night, would continue as planned. But Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger and Sims both suggested that the commander of the 6th Fleet, Vice Adm. Frank Kelso, could decide to end the exercise before April 1. The United States has three air craft carriers and 27 other combat ships operating in the region. Three surface ships remained inside the gulf, but the carriers remained out side it to the north. In other developments: • Pentagon sources said the U.S. armada was being closely shadowed by six Soviet combat ships and that the flagship of the Soviet flotilla re mained in port in Tripoli, passing along intelligence information. Sims would not provide a precise count on the Soviet ships, although he in dicated at least four were near the American vessels. • Libyan air forces remained ab sent from the combat arena. Wein berger said Libyan fighters had been detected in the air, but all had re mained over land and had made no move toward the gulf. • White House spokesman Larry Speakes and Sims said there was an other “event” on Tuesday involving a Libyan patrol ship, but no further details were immediately forthcom- See U.S. forces, page 12 as leaders say ponse justified )rder Washington (ap) — Mem- rlof the Texas congressional del- ation supported U.S. military re- l-gnil'fation against Libya, calling it a Pfed response to Libyan aggres- rnes m. . Rep. Charles Wilson, D-Lufkin, a JliDii e^ber of the Defense Appropria- ■ subcommittee, said, “It was a V%?p ;arcase Libyan aggression.” M 1 * isjto fexas legislators reacted to Mon- ly’s missile attacks on U.S. planes _ (crating in the Gulf of Sidra that to retaliatory raids against some rol boats in the gulf and missile cries on the Libyan shore. "The Libyans deserve what they Wilson said. Republican Sen. Phil Gramm, i0 is on the Armed Services Com- :tee, said, “I think our reprisal is totally justified. “We can’t let pirates go around lling us we can’t operate in the Biterranean Sea.” Democratic Sen. Lloyd Bentsen jrl, “You can’t let (Libyan leader pammar) Khadafy close down in- rnational waters. “He has no more right to shut of f e Gulf of Sidra than we would ve to keep everybody out of the If of Mexico, and when he fires iles at U.S. airplanes you have ^'take steps to protect the people ' 'ng them.” Republican Rep. Dick Armey of ton said, “If you take a loud- jlith bully like Khadafy and call ■“bluff, he’ll pull in his horns.” jRep. John Bryant, D-Dallas, ed, but added that there could risks. “Anytime you confront a bully, |u run the risk of losses,” Bryant K | “And I think our whole nation is laced at risk, but the price of not Infronting a bully is much higher ujiTie