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tile CE5SING 2 LOOKS OF V011 LOWEST PRICES [ 'OWN! x9s 939 mu C. 1 FULL PAGE] >r high lypt-iU piJllnj tJwsi. L US AT or Visil us si The Battalion 2315515 Hi 82 No. 212 GSRS 045360 16 pages College Station, Texas Friday, September 19, 1986 IAN THEM [dmIssSi lafor* 3 PM Jl S«ati Local Studrlifc ’a. ulmanThaitmpi ta tvary 'PiunSir drlvtr'i llctflH i md ba admlttMitE 5 DOLBY STEM ssassin kills rench official t embassy irrorist attack in Lebanon test targeted at France ULMAN5 001 mi SAi tlRUT, Lebanon (AP) — A lone pin using a silencer-equipped killed the French military at- outside the French Embassy jifsclay. It was the latest of a series rorist attacks on French targets and in Paris. Alonymous telephone callers in ton and France claimed re- ibility for the assassination in ante of two obscure groups and -AR DAYSlj tresiKKYSlOir i related story, page 12 e beginning furth ^ r hlo ” s - 9‘ ie de ' ek wewillof'r i^nled release or an alleged terror- if just Sl.oaA •.■Bed in France. tSchulmsn8 , ‘ p,|i ce sa i ( | (; () | Cibristian Gon- llad P a| hed his car near 46Flench Embassy in Christian east NlGHTi In. at 8:30 a.m. and was about to [cSF eHout when the gunman ap- ijoat hed him. Hey said the attacker shot Gou- Tre ihree times in the head with a ■er-eqnipped pistol and escaped waiting green BMW. Police de- ■d the gunman as a tall, dark- Jjlexioned man, believed to be in late 20s. butierre had parked his car out- the embassy’s security zone, [extends 100 yards around the ■story building and is patrolled ibassy guards and Lebanese po- Tiere was no immediate expla in why he did not park in the se- zone. Hitierre had been stationed in Jt since October 1084. lance, like most Western coun- ■ moved its embassy to Christian |Beirut from the Moslem west ern sector two years ago because of frequent kidnappings and bomb ings. Switzerland and Greece are the only Western countries that still have embassies in west Beirut. The first claim of responsibility came f rom an anonymous telephone caller to a Western news agency in Beirut. He said the assassination was carried out on behalf of the Revenge and | ustice Front. “Let (French Prime Minister Jac ques) Chirac know our next blow will be more crippling,” said the caller, who did not say what the group wanted. Later, a caller to a Western news agency of fice in Paris claimed the at tache had been killed by Anti-Impe rialist International Brigades “revo lutionaries.” That group name was used before in rocket and bombing attacks last May on the U.S., Japanese and Ca^ nadian embassies in Indonesia. Tubular Members of the Aggie Band practice marching formations Thursday on their drill field in preparation for this weekend’s halftime show. Photo by John Makely 1 he Aggie football team faces off against North Texas State Univer sity Saturday at 6 p.m. at Kyle Held. "uniiwuT: ifij. Senate approves deferred-payment bill IINGIN TMON >9:45 J ZAIRE, E CAJUN :25 9:30 AUSTIN (AP) — The Senate nar- rowly approved a bill Thursday that would delay until February the first payment this fiscal year of $860.5 million to the state employee and teacher retirement systems. The proposal was approved 2T5, barely the two-thirds needed to put the measure into immediate effect if it also clears the House by a two-* thirds.margin. Rep. Kent Caperton, D-Bryan, was one of the 21 in favor of the bill. The proposal would become ef fective only if the current special leg islative session enacts a tax bill. John Traveger, D-Seguin, spon sor of the legislation, said, “That is one of the most important facets of the bill.” Sen. Chet Brooks, D-Pasadena, said, “Not that I think it’s best solu tion . . . but I think it may be the only one of the major solutions we have at hand that will work and get out of this rather serious trap we re in.” State payments from February through August 1987 would be pro rated for a 12-month period. At the end of that period, the state also would pay a minimum of 8 per cent interest on what the payments would have earned in interest had they not been deferred. The delay of retirement payments is one of several measures designed to avoid state checks bouncing later this year as lawmakers try to cope with a projected budget deficit of $2.8 billion. Traeger said earlier the bill would not have any effect on current re tirement benefits or benefits for em ployees thinking about retiring. In other action Thursday, the Senate: • Approved 27-0 a bill that would require payment of a 25-cent fee each time a person brings beer and liquor into the state. The Legislative Budget Board estimated the bill would raise $600,000 to $750,000 a year, with the money going for state enforcement of import restrictions. • Approved ori voice vote a reso lution urging the Texas congressio nal delegation to change a federal tax proposal that would eliminate the deduction of the state sales tax. :ors must e moved “ rch from lots To provide extra parking space or the Texas A&M football team’s line opener, students need to their vehicles from nine cam- arking lots by 10 a.m. Satur- aid Bob Wiatt, director of secu- nd traffic. JJIJ the Athletic Department has re- ■ i liHted that those vehicles not in noved by the Saturday morning II ll| ' ne 136 “ r e-positioned” by a tow II llruck, Wiatt said. Wiatt said those parked in the fol ding lots must move their vehicles risk the consequences: PA 37, PA ,PA 48. PA 49, PA 56, PA 60, PA VA 63 and PA 69. Aquino seeking peace Filipinos Vill fighf if rebel negotiations fail WASHINGTON — Philippine President Corazon Aquino, in a speech to a joint session of Con gress, pledged Thursday to take tip “the sword of war” if peace making with communist rebels fails. Aquino, in the seventh month of her leadership of a major U.S. ally which was led for more than 20 years by Ferdinand Marcos, offered thanks for the role Con gress played in changing U.S. policy toward her country. Within hours of her speech, the House passed 203-197 a bill giving the Philippines a $200 mil lion cash infusion to help 'deal with economic distress. The mea sure was sent to the Senate, where . prospects for approval were un certain. Aquino underscored her policy of negotiating with, the Commu nist New People’s Army guerrilla movement but said, “I will not stand by and allow an insurgent leadership to spurn our offer of peace and kill our young soldiers and threaten our new freedom. “We face a communist insur gency that feeds on economic de terioration, even as we carry a great share of the free-world de fenses in the Pacific,” she said in her only reference to U.S. mili tary bases in the Philippines. Invoking the name of Presi dent Abraham Lincoln, Aquino said, “I understand that force may be necessary before mercy. Like Lincoln, I don’t relish it, yet I will do whatever it takes to de fend the integrity and freedom of my country. “I must explore the path of peace to the utmost, for at its end, whatever disappointment I meet there, is the moral basis for laying down the olive branch of peace and taking up the sword of war.” Aquino is on a nine-day official visit to the country where she lived for 10 years, first as a stu dent and later in exile until her husband was assassinated on his return to Manila. She is to ad dress the United Nations in New York on Monday. Rehnquist seeks end to controversy over nomination to the Renovations estimated at $4.4 million Range I Duncan Dining Hall to get facelift By Bob Grube Staff Writer ket casket in adult Bter 47 years of faithful service 0f and Octofc: g the Corps of Cadets, Duncan Din- igjHall is getting a well-deserved acelift. lie estimated $4.4 million con- ■ffuciion job will begin at the end of RQfl 1/’ ln l exams week in December, and 030- ■)u| can vv ju p e c | osef i un til Spring Moffatt Adams, a chief architect jhe Facilities Planning and Con- pitftion Department, says that after Me novations are completed 2,200 Kfits coitld be served in 10 min- ites, ■his new, innovative service was elopec) by the Food Services De tent,” Adams says, “and there’s Bing (ike it in the country — ybe in the world.” 0 ''Tr 16 wa T cac > ets are fed will be the Test change at Duncan, he says, ey currently are fed family style, ith bowls of food on the table in om of them. This style of eating jh.s very little food variety to the jets, Adams says. “H you don’t like what they serve r if you’re on a diet, you’re out of n'C6 CUStOlrt 1 ck," he says. The new serving system will be rssi ount ion- faster and offer a large variety of foods, such as fried chicken, ham burgers and pizza. “Our youngsters are accustomed to fast food and fast service,” Adams says. “They know what they want and now they will get it.” The closing of Duncan will pre sent the problem of where to feed the 2,200 cadets. While no decision has been made about where to feed the Corps, Lt. Col. Don Johnson says one will be made soon. “We want the students to be aware that they are going to have to work together because there will be 2,200 more people eating in the Commons and Sbisa dining halls,” Johnson says. Some of the funds for the renova tion are coming from the Food Serv ices Department, but at least $3 mil lion is coming from interest earned on non-pledged auxiliary enterprise accounts. Auxiliary enterprise accounts, like the bookstore in the Memorial Stu dent Center, are not connected with the instructional part of the Univer sity. The interest earned on these ac- counts may be used for self-support ing entities of the University, such as Food Services. Available University Fund monies can’t be used for the renovations be cause the Food Services Department is self-supporting. Adams says lack of food variety is not the only reason for the renova tions. “Duncan Dining Hall has been op erating at a loss the last few years,” Adams says.'“A lot of food is wasted because it’s not eaten. If it’s not eaten, it is thrown away. The new serving system will stop the waste.” The dining hall will greet the Corps with more than just a re vamped serving system when its doors reopen. A lighted, high-tech menu will tell the cadets what each line is serving, Adams says. There will be two connecting din ing rooms because the serving area will be between them, he says. For years, cadets in one room have been separated from the cadets in the other dining room. The kitchen will be reworked and a new public address system will be installed, he says. A new tray collector that accepts trays from many openings and then stacks them has been developed by the Food Services Department and Food Services consultants, Adams says. The machine will save time by make busing of trays obsolete. “The objective of this new system is not just fast service,” Adams says. “When 2,200 cadets get served at the same time, they’re going to finish eating at the same time too. We have to be able to clear them out as fast as we serve them.” WASHINGTON (AP) — William H. Rehnquist, saying he is looking forward to his new job as chief jus tice, sought Thursday to set aside the bitter controversy sparked by his promotion. “I’m not going to address myself to the past.” Rehnquist told report ers the morning after his 65-33 vic tory in the Senate. “I’m glad the con firmation process has finally run its course. I’m looking forward to the future and trying to be a good chief justice.” Antonin Scalia, the federal ap peals court judge who won unani mous Senate approval to become the newest Supreme Court justice, re fused comment Thursday. Both men are to be sworn in offi cially on Sept. 26, just three days be fore the Supreme Court begins a weeklong conference to prepare for the start of its 1986-87 term. While Scalia’s nomination sailed through the Senate, getting 98-0 ap proval, Rehnquist’s was subjected to prolonged scrutiny. Democrats as saulted his integrity and commit ment to equaljustice. He drew the most negative votes in history of any Supreme Court nominee to win confirmation. Rehnquist, 61, has been the court’s most politically conservative member but Scalia, 50, generally is regarded as just as fervent a conser vative. Both men win high marks from those who know them best for their conviviality and intellect. But whether President Reagan’s elevation of Rehnquist and appoint ment of Scalia will have any substan tive effect on the Supreme Court’s decision-making is far from clear. Reagan was quoted by Senate Ma jority Leader Bob Dole as calling Rehnquist’s opponents “a lynch mob,” and in a statement released by the White House the president added: “The attacks came from those whose ideology runs contrary to his profound and unshakeable be lief in the proper constitutional role of the judiciary.” Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said Democrats had conducted “a Rehn- quisition” marked by distortions and misrepresentations. But Democrats noted that Scalia and Reagan’s only other Supreme Court nominee, Sandra Day O’Con nor in 1981, won unanimous confir mation. Liberal arts enrollment up at A&M By Mike Sullivan Staff Writer Texas A&M’s official fall en rollment of 36,561, up 886 stu dents from last fall, reflects large enrollment increases for the lib eral arts and business colleges. Dr. Candida Lutes, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts, said the 60G-student in crease in that college is not sur prising. “There are publications com ing out all the time with articles about how much CEOs (chief ex ecutive officers) like liberal arts majors,” Lutes said. She said fewer students and parents are fearful of liberal arts degrees, and as a result, enroll ment in that college has been in creasing steadily in recent years. The College of Business Ad ministration has 300 more stu dents than last year, and graduate student enrollment increased by 279 students. There also are 500 more women at A&M this year, which brings total enrollment for women to an all-time high of 14,678, about 40 percent of the student body.