KLS charges Wasson acted
Aquino government called
Former Longhorn coaches
beyond scope of authority
dictatorship by Marcos
admit to breaking NCAA rules
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The Battalion
Vol. 83 Mo. 124 (JSPS 075360 10 pages
College Station, Texas
Monday, March 31, 1986
BISD Place 1 hopefuls
similar only in goals
Sandblaster
Photo by Bill Hughes
A&M’s Chris Walker lands in the sand pit during Relays Saturday. Walker won the longjump with a
the long jump competition at the College Station leap of 26 feet, l 3 /i inches. See story, page 7.
Mother says she wanted large family
By Sue A. Krenek
and
David Steel
Reporters
If the candidates for Place 1 on
the Bryan school board have any
thing in common, it is the diversity
of their viewpoints and their person
alities.
Candidates Hillary Jessup, Travis
E. Nelson and E.N. Rutherford have
the same basic goal — improving
Bryan schools — but because of past
experience each emphasizes a differ
ent area for improvement
Jessup is a soft-spoken 40-year-
old who brings experience as a par
ent and educator to the race for
Place 1.
She received her undergraduate
degree in physical education from
the University of Southern Califor
nia in 1969 and has been a teacher
and couselor in the public schools
and at the college level.
She says, “I think my counseling
experiences will add a new dimen
sion to the school board — one that’s
not being met right now. I feel it’s
my turn to serve the community.”
She says parents and educators
• Also See Candidates, page 4
• Also See Hopefuls, page 4
are underrepresented on the Bryan
school board, while members of the
financial community hold a dispro
portionately high number of seats.
“I think the school board needs to
represent the population of the
city,” she says. “I don’t think it can
only be white, I don’t think it should
only be men. I don’t think it should
only be business people — or only
educators.”
She joined the staff at Texas A&M
in 1977 as an academic counselor to
the general studies program, a posi
tion she still holds.
Jessup’s views on the problems
facing the district are primarily fac
ulty-oriented. She says changes
should be made in the policies on
See Candidates, page 5
Test-tube quintuplets born in London
LONDON (AP) — A London woman has
jiven birth to five babies, reported to be the
world’s first test tube quintuplets. University Col
ic Hospital on Sunday said the five infants
were in intensive care.
fhe weekly newspaper Sunday People, which
)roke the news of the birth, said the babies all
were boys.
Hospital spokeswoman Annie Pearce said the
<liiintuplets were delivered there Wednesday by
Caesarean section and that all were stable and as
well as could be expected.
She said they ranged in weight between 1
pound, IS'/a ounces and 2 pounds, 2 ounces and
that their mother was in salisfactoTvcondition .
Pearce said the hospital would give no further
information, at family request, and said it had
“absolutely no comment” on the Sunday People
account.
The Sunday People identified the parents as
33-year-old teacher Linda Jacobssen and her
husband, Bruce, 31, an engineer. It said the ba
bies were three months premature and that their
names were Alan, Brett, Connor, Douglas and
Edward.
The mass-circulation tabloid called the babies
the world’s first test tube quintuplets, but the
hospital said it could not confirm this.
The paper quoted Jacobssen as saying she al
ways wanted to have a large family.
Trra~way, "it’s-better to .have an instant family
than stretching it out over 15 years or so,” she
was quoted as saying. “I just can’t believe it . . .
they’re beautiful.”
Test tube is the term commonly used for the in
vitro technique in which a human egg is fertilized
in a glass dish and implanted in the womb.
English gynecologist Dr. Patrick Steptoe and
his partner Dr. Robert Edwards pioneered the in
vitro method. The first authenticated test tube
baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born in Oldham
General Hospital in northern England on July
25, 1978.
The world’s first test tube triplets were born in
Australia in 1981, and the first test tube quadru
plets were born to an Australian woman in Jan
uary 1984. ___ ... _ -...
Candidate's assertions
don't match records
By Jo Ann Able
and
Kim Roy
Reporters
Discrepancies were found by
Battalion reporters in statements
made by Marty Peterson, one of
three candidates for Place 2 on
the Bryan School Board.
Peterson said March 12, in an
interview with The Battalion, that
he earned a bachelor’s degree
and a master’s degree in psychol
ogy from the University of Utah.
However, Marie Larsen, super
visor for student records at
Utah’s registrar’s office, said
March 13 that no one by the
name of Marty Albert Peterson is
on record as receiving any degree
from the University of Utah.
Another discrepancy was dis
covered concerning Peterson’s
age. Peterson told The Battalion
he is 31, but his voter registration
card, filed at the county court
house, says he is 32.
When asked about the discrep
ancies, Peterson said he was con
fused and disorganized at the
time of the interview and may
have given false information.
Peterson requested a second
interview but canceled shortly be
fore the scheduled time.
He said he was not available for
the second interview because he
had to work.
Peterson was contacted
Wednesday and asked to com
ment on the discrepancies.
“I was ahead of myself when I
was talking,” he said.
Peterson said the reporters
must have misunderstood what
he said about his education.
He said he told other reporters
he had a high school education.
“I don’t want to misrepresent
myself or anyone else,” he said. “I
had a lot on my mind that day.”
He said he is sorry about the
situation.
“But it’s no reason for them
(the reporters) to get bent out of
shape,” he said. “It was a misquo
te.”
But the interview was tape-re
corded, and the recording
showed he was not misquoted.
Peterson was contacted again
Wednesday evening.
He said he wanted to attend
University of Utah and major in
See Inconsistencies, page 4
Choose peace, pope
tells Easter audience
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope
John Paul II called upon the
200,()()() people jammed in St.
Peter’s Square and on human
kind Easter Sunday to accept the
most demanding challenge of all,
“the great challenge of peace. To
choose peace means to choose
life.”
The pope chose the theme of
-li(e.and death.Tor his traditional
Easter message “Urbi et Orbi” (to
the city of Rome and the world),
saying Easter testifies that “God
does not resign himself to man’s
death.”
John Paul referred to abortion,
terrorism, and guerrilla warfare
during his speech at the conclu-
| sion of a Mass in the square on
the steps outside St. Peter’s Ba
silica.
“Man unfortunately resigns
himself to death and not only ac
cepts it but also inflicts it,” said
the pope, standing before the al
tar and reading his speech in Ital
ian as a light wind blew his gold
robe.
“Men continually inflict death
upon others, people who are of
ten unknown, innocent people,
people not yet born,” the pope
said.
John Paul said humanity was
“faced with a challenge, one more
pressing and demanding than all
others, the great challenge of
peace. To choose peace means to
choose life.”
Faculty Senate to hold elections
By Sondra Pickard
Stall' Writer
Nominations are in and absentee
voting is complete for Faculty Senate
regular elections to be held Tuesday
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Absentee voting was Monday
through Friday and nominations for
the 33 available positions were
closed before spring break. At least
one candidate has filed for every
available seat, five of which are
newly create?!. Of the 33 seats, 13
are contested elections. All places in
Tourof the IT electoral units are un-
con tested.” - ’
Runoff elections, if needed, will
be Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The following are candidates for
Senate seats (Polling.places are listed
belov' each college):
College ol Agriculture
107 Scoates Hall
217 Soil and Crop Sciences Center-
Entomology Center
Place 4
• David Zuberer, soil and crop sciences
Place 6
• James B. Woolley, entomology
Place 7
• Edward A. Funkhouser, biochemistry
College of Architecture & Envi
ronmental Design
Langford Architecture Center, Gal
lery
— Place 3 "
• John B. Evans, environmental design
Place 4
• Walter V. Wendler, architecture
College of Business Administra
tion
Blocker Building, 2nd Floor Lobby
Place 6
• Samuel M. Gillespie, marketing
College of Education
Harrington Education Center, 1st
Floor Lounge
158 Read
Place 4
• Jon J. Denton, educational curriculum
& instruction
•Victor L. Willson, educational psychol
ogy
• James R. Woosley, health and physical
education
Place 5
• Max M. Stratton, health and physical
education
• Jerome T. Rapes, industrial, vocarid-
nal and technical education
College of Engineering
Zachry Engineering Center, 1st
Floor Lobby
Place 2
• Thomas J. Kozik, mechanical engi
neering
• John T. Tielking, civil engineering
Place 4 (Note: This is to complete a two
year term.)
• Tibor Rozgonyi, petroleum engi
neering
• Neilon J. Rowan, civil engineering
Place 6
• C. F. Kettleborough, mechanical engi
neering
Place 13
• James T. Rollins, petroleum engi
neering
• William H. Sprinsky, civil engineering
College of Geosciences
204 O & M "
352 Halbouty. Geosciences (Depart
ment of Geophysics)
Place 1
• Peter Hugill, geography
Place 3
• Anthony F. Gangi, geophysics
• John H. Wormuth, oceanography
See Voting, page 10
Report says Soviets won’t reduce military buildup
WASHINGTON (AP) — Soviet
leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s ambi
tious strategy for modernizing his
nation’s troubled economy isn’t
likely to slow plans for building new
military weapons, according to an as
sessment by two major U.S. intelli
gence agencies that was released
Soviet military leaders generally
support Gorbachev’s economic
plans, although that backing could
"mne within two to three years,
according to the Central Intelligence
Agency and the Pentagon’s Defense
Intelligence Agency.
The CIA-DIA report was made
March 19 in a classified meeting with
the congressional Joint Economic
Committee. A declassified version
was made public Sunday by Sen.
William Proxmire, D-Wis., a mem
ber of the panel.
The study noted that since Gorba
chev came to power in March 1985,
he has announced plans to overhaul
and modernize the Soviet economy.
“Gorbachev’s plans call for boost
ing economic growth through mas
sive replacement of outdated plant
and equipment and an emphasis on
high-technology industries,” the
study said.
Achieving his goal would require
record growth in the machinery allo
cated for modernizing Soviet plant
and equipment, it said, noting that
the machinery is produced by the
same sector of the economy that
builds military hardware.
In the near term, the Soviet de
fense establishment is well posi
tioned to accommodate the possible
shifts in machinery demand implied
by the industrial modernization pro
gram because defense industries
have been upgraded in the past de
cade, the study said.
But it noted that “competition for
resources could be intense for some
basic materials and some interme
diate goods, such as high-quality
steel and microprocessors and for
skilled labor — resources tradition
ally supplied on a priority basis to
military production.”
Praise by Soviet officials for Gor
bachev’s economic moves seems jus
tified, the analysis said. “After a mis
erable first quarter last year, non
farm output rebounded strongly.”
By contrast, U.S. industrial pro
duction grew just 2.2 percent in
1985. That was a substantial de
crease from an 11.5 percent increase
the previous year, according to fig
ures compiled by the Federal Re
serve Board. The decrease was at
tributed to stiff foreign competition
for U.S. products, which forced
widespread lay-offs and plant clos
ings in American industry.
The study also noted that the rate
of Soviet military spending has gen
erally shown little increase since
1975.
Critics of the Reagan administra
tion’s defense buildup have cited
that finding in past years as reasons
for cutting back the president’s re
cord Pentagon buildup.
But Defense Secretary Caspar
Weinberger has responded by not
ing that while the rate of increase
may have slowed, the Soviet military
starts from a much larger base,
meaning that even small increases in
spending produce large numbers of
new weapons.