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Daniloff, U.S. News 8c World Re- f iort correspondent in Moscow for ive years, told reporters after land ing in Frankfurt: “I’m grateful to the president of the United States. I’m free, I’m in the VVest. I cannot tell you about any other arrangements .. . . All I know is that I am free.” The 51-year-old journalist ap peared to be in good health but tired. “It’s obvious to everyone what has happened,” he said. “I was arrested without an arrest warrant. The case against me was fabricated.” He said he was taken into custody to give the Soviet Union leverage in its efforts to obtain the release of Zakharov, who was arrested in New York a week before Daniloff was picked up. “The KGB did not punish me,” he added. “The KGB punished itself.” His wife Ruth held up a T-shirt reading “Free Nick Daniloff.” In Moscow Daniloff had said: “I leave more in sorrow than anger.” _ In an emotional departure, he read a verse by 19th-century Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov that bids farewell to “unwashed Russia, land of slaves,” and to its “all-seeing eyes . . . all-hearing ears.” He and his wife then boarded a Lufthansa flight that landed in Frankfurt three hours, 40 minutes later, at 8:55 p.m. (3:55 p.m. EDT), ending a suspenseful month during which his arrest had threatened to derail relations between the world’s two most powerful nations. On hand to welcome Daniloff was Richard Burt, U.S. ambassador to West Germany. The KGB secret service jailed Daniloff as an accused spy Aug. 30, in what U.S. officials described as re taliation for the arrest in New York a week earlier of the 39-year-old Zak harov, a physicist and Soviet U.N. employee. Although the U.S. administration had insisted there would no swap of the two men, Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze ne gotiated for long hours in Washing ton and New York in recent days over their fate. Some sources in the United States had said a broader deal also might include the release of some Soviet dissidents. And the Soviets, at the same time, were seeking relaxation of a U.S. or der expelling 25 Soviet U.N. diplo mats from the United States. The U.S. government alleges that some Soviet U.N. employees are engaged in espionage. At the United Nations, the usually well-informed Soviet bloc source said Shultz and Shevardnadze had agreed during a meeting Sunday night that Daniloff and Zakharov would be exchanged. But the source provided no further details. In Washington, a source at the U.S. Justice Department, which brought the charges against Zakha rov, would not say what deal, if any, had been made for Daniloffs re lease. He did say, however, that Zak harov would not leave the United States on Monday. Like the Soviet bloc source, he in sisted on anonymity. Earlier, the U.S. attorney’s office in the Brooklyn borough of New York City said there was no change in Zakharov’s status. 'olunteers drink, 'toe the line' [or sobriety testing workshop IH&LOMBf off Ray-Bans azos Proffesioro Opticians. SUITE 21 BRIARCRESTDR (409) 775' i-9111 By John Coles Reporter |Nine people spent Monday af- oon taking breathalyzer tests, nding on one leg and “toeing line” for police officers. But re was a catch — they had vol- teered for ttie job. 1 , ■The volunteers drank free as I 11 sobriety instructor’s Id J.l.Ull(urse held by the Law Enforce- ntand Security Training Divi- fion of the Texas Engineering Btension Service and the Texas • /*» jBghway Department. C Cl |1 P(1Bwith a toast of “Here’s to the kT 0111 vWIp’S,” the volunteers began [inking at about 1:30. Two urs and several drinks later, y took the three-step intoxica- ^ ^ dficn test, some of them with blood jBohol levels of more than .14 Six of the nine were legally in- itated, with blood alcohol lev- Bofmore than . 10 percent. M % ■"It all depends on your toler- K B Bee level,” said Paul Battaglia, ■ ■ pstant training specialist for the ■ M pension service. “But it doesn’t B Bite any difference whether a Brson drinks rum, gin or what- ler. It all works at getting you drunk.” ■And get drunk they did. After Be drinks, one volunteer spilled ir drink on her dress. Later she set a napkin on fire while trying to put out a cigarette. Shoes were Shed as the drinks went down and tEegroup got louder. ■ The volunteers then were liven the three sobriety field tests | officials. 1 First they walked nine steps del to toe, turned around and diked back. Then they tried standing on peleg and counting to 30. JFinally they were checked for Ipid involuntary eye movement, lithe test, which Battaglia said is accurate 77 percent of the time, [Subjects tried to follow the lovement of an object from left !toright in their peripheral vision. The involuntary eye pvement is hard to detect in a iber person, Battaglia said, but hen a person is intoxicated, the iky movements are more bla- Jlouisiana state trooper D.D. pido III said the tests provided •good opportunity for people to iclate their blood alcohol level to |e number of drinks they’d had. | But some of the volunteers had Idifferent idea: As one said, “We i)uldn’t be drinking here for free if it wasn’t for the fed.” 3onald's ■ I 1ST EVERY INING Photo by Tom Ownbey Texas Department of Public Safety officer Mike Ashy watches as Jimmy Emerson prepares to walk the line for an intoxication test. riathlon. ws >n Friday, Octo- Saturday, Octo- >tin on Sunday, the Southwest at 11:00 AM on ednesday at 1 ollie White. Ev- mation contact ittalion by your ar East Mall on / Genni Millet, i/lcDonnell and GSU accepts proposal for 7% . increase By Craig Renfro Staff Writer College Station residents may pay slightly higher utility bills following Gulf State Utilities’ approval of a 7 percent rate increase for its whole sale electric customers, a College Sta tion official said Monday. North Bardell, Lone Star Munici pal Power Agency executive direc tor, said the College Station City Council must approve the settlement before the rate change takes effect. He added, however, that even if it is approved, residents will still be paying less for electricity than they did two years ago because of sagging oil prices. “With the realities of the gas price situation residents will be paying less than they did two years ago,” Bardell said. The LSMPA serves as an advisory agency to College Station in energy- related decisions, Bardell said. Bardell said that under the propo sal the city will buy large bulks of electricity at reduced rates and pass the savings on to the fconsumer in the form of a 4 percent increase. If the council approves the con tract, a residential customer who was paying $100 a month will now pay $104, he said. Mayor Larry Ringer said the council and city consultants will re view the contract thoroughly before deciding its fate in a special session early next week. If the council approves the con tract it then must be approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis sion, which regulates wholesale rates. GSU public affairs officer Sharon Englade said she expects to hear College Station’s decision by the middle of October. In a telephone interview from GSU headquarters in Beaumont, Englade said the con tract will reflect the current oil situa- Englade said cheaper fuel and coal will allow GSU to pass lower en ergy costs on to its wholesale custom ers. Englade said that she didn’t know if a provision allowing for a fuel cost adjustment will be included See Utilities, page 10 Senate committee OKs temporary sales tax increase AUSTIN (AP) — Facing a no amendment warning from the House, the Senate Finance Commit tee approved Monday an $869.2 mil lion temporary increase in sales and gasoline taxes. Leaders said they hoped for a vote by the full Senate today, which would bring the Legislature near the end of its second special session. Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, when asked what he thought of the tax measure, said “I hope we get out of here.” The temporary tax package would raise the sales tax from 4'/a percent to 514 percent, and add 5 cents to the 10-cent per-gallon gaso line tax. Both would take effect Jan. 1 and expire on Aug. 31. Also included is a provision to al low counties and cities not now col lecting a transit tax to add a half penny to their local sales taxes. A companion spending cut plan, which also has received a House OK, would trim the budget by $582 mil lion, eliminate nearly 2,000 state jobs and wipe out a 3 percent state em ployee pay raise scheduled for 1987. The Senate panel’s favorable tax vote — without amendments — came after House leaders said any changes made by senators would de lay or possibly kill the tax bill in the House. House Ways and Means Commit tee Stan Schlueter, D-Killeen, noted that only 69 House members voted for all parts of the tax bill on Satur day, and he said mustering 76 votes to accept Senate amendments would be very difficult. “It’s not a threat,” Schlueter said. “It’s just saying that there’s not but 69 votes over here. “I just really believe it’s dead if they send it back.” House Speaker Gib Lewis, D-Fort Worth, who helped muscle the tax hike through his chamber, said any Senate amendments “mean we can probably be in session for another week or a month or however (long).” Chairman Grant Jones, D- Temple, said he would seek to sus pend Senate rules and bring the tax bill up for a vote today. If the Senate OKs the bill as is, the legislation would go to Gov. Mark White, who Monday said he favored it. Search for missing pilot to resume From Staff and Wire Reports BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) —The search for a former commander of the Texas A&M Corps of Ca dets and another Marine flier, missing off the coast of Georgia since their jet collided with an other fighter jet last week, is ex pected to continue today. A spokeswoman for the Coast Guard in Miami, Fla., however, said Monday that the number of aircraft and services involved in the search was not known yet. Two military aircraft covered 700 square miles during Mon day’s search for 1 st Lt. Charles K. Castleberry Jr., 26, Class of’82, of Lake Jackson, Texas, and Maj. Christopher J. Brammer, 37, of Cortez, Colo. Castleberry was Corps com mander at A&M in 1981-82. He was a recipient of the Brown- Rudder Award, presented to an outstanding graduating senior, and earned a bachelor’s degree in agronomy. The search had been called off Friday night and the men were declared lost at sea and presumed dead. But some lawmakers in Texas apparently persuaded searchers to try again. “We received some contact from some senators and con gressmen in the Texas area and we have resumed searching,” Lt. Jennifer Yount, officer on duty for the Coast Guarcl in Miami, said Sunday. She said officials would determine on a daily basis how long the search would last. Castleberry, the pilot, and Brammer, the radar intercept of ficer, were on a routine training mission when their F-4 Phantom and another F-4 collided Tuesday night. The crew members in the other F-4 were picked up by a fishing vessel . 29% of Brazos voter registrations invalid in 1985 By Patty Pascavage Reporter iAs the deadline for voter registra nt approaches, officials in the Bra- County registrar’s office are rloaded with stacks of rejected lications. ferald “Buddy” Winn, Brazos mty tax assessor-collector, said two common problems with las A&M students’ voter registra- applications this year are incor- permanent addresses and incor- birth dates. Winn said he’s concerned with the lication problems because more m 29 percent of the total applica- ns received in Brazos County last — 17,782 out of about 60,000 ere rejected. The majority of the ctions were student applications. Students naturally write their Cents’ address for their perma- ®nt address on the cards because it’s the normal procedure for all campus documents,” Winn said. However, the permanent address written on the voter registration form must be the applicant’s current street address within the county in which he wants to vote, he said. Post office boxes are not acceptable, and will be rejected. “Applications are also rejected if today’s date is written in place of the voter’s date of birth,” Winn said. Incomplete applications or appli cations containing either of these two errors cannot be processed and, therefore, are rejected from the sys tem. Rejected applications immedi ately are returned to the sender for corrections, but it is the applicant’s responsibility to return the card to the registrar before the final dead line. “If people would just take a little more time when they fill out their cards, it would save us and them a lot 13 VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION (SOUCITVD PARA REQISTRO DE VQTTANTE) <S«cs. 13.002. 13.122, VTC.A.. Election Code) Fot Offietal Only AopUcMnn Numbw ColMlcal* Number FWt Name |MOT HUSaANOt) — ***) (HO Of l tSFOSOl mm (II anyl M»W«n Mem (Smfvmfm Hmmftmt (ml Hmnml (AmmHtfrn *m tmnmrml S*K D«f» o< Skth Court o( N»hir«Rx*ti«A TiUphont Muerrtm (OpMonaf) r$+—t ifPCKt 09 (C+rtp 09 N9tW9*fC*6*l fN*m9rr) 09 T* *4+9*01 (H9 o**fatOf»9l <J*y. yin *««••• ~ 9*s r» of time and hassle,” Winn said. To alleviate registration errors, Winn said he has deputized 80 Texas A&M students. He said he hopes the deputies will keep regis tration running smoothly from the outside this year by answering ques tions for students when they register to vote. Deputy voter registrars keep a log of the number of cards distributed and must return completed cards to the County voter registrar within 10 days. The only requirement for a deputy voter registrar is to be a reg istered voter in the county. The voter registration deadline for the 1986 Texas general elections is Sunday. The elections will be con ducted Nov. 4. Tracy Smith, a deputy voter regis trar in Brazos County, said the office has received more applications than it had at this time last year. To vote, individuals must be: • At least 18 years old on or be fore election day. • A United States citizen. • A Texas resident. Voter registration cards are avail able in the registrar’s office, on cam pus, and in banks, churches, and pofet offices in Brazos County. Completed cards must be re turned to the office of the county tax assessor-collector, or to a volunteer deputy registrar, who returns com pleted cards to the county voter reg istrar. Applications for voter registration also will be accepted by mail. Mail-in applications must be sent on official voter registration cards approved by the State of Texas and postmarked by Oct. 5. No postage is necessary for mail-in applications. Voters can be registered in only one county, so registration will be cancelled in the previous county each time an applicant files a new card in the registrar’s office. The voter will not be notified of the cancellation, but all registered voters will receive a new voter’s certificate every two years. Accepted registration forms then are passed to a deputy voter regis trar who enters each name into a computer and places them into pre cincts to begin processing. Voter registration becomes effec tive on the 30th day after registering in person at the registrar’s office or on the 30th day after the mail-in ap plication is postmarked.