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fASHINGTON (AP) — Presi
lt Reagan said Monday night that
s Iceland summit with Soviet
lei Mikhail Gorbachev left the
fcrpowers “closer than ever” to an
Irecedented cut in nuclear arse-
i|, but also said he would not trade
ftv his futuristic anti-missile plan
n accord.
ise Mhe summit almost produced an
Hrecedented agreement to elimi-
[ iate all long-range nuclear missiles
ini |om the face of the Earth by
(it p ,” Reagan said in a broadcast
tt |jiess from the Oval Office. He
talks ended when the Soviets in-
perts hope
arms talks
continue
WASHINGTON (AP) — A vari-
4of Soviet affairs experts said
Jday they hope the failure of the
nnd summit will not lead to a sus-
fcion of arms control efforts or an
winded period of superpower hos-
iit)
Ixperts normally symphathetic to
idem Reagan’s strategic arms
ip ons raised questions about the
risdnm of his decision to meet with
■et leader Mikhail Gorbachev
ithi'iit prior assurances of a con-
ptive outcome.
inceton University Professor
hen F. Cohen said he was con-
td about whether Gorbachev
persist with his policy of “com-
lise and conciliation” with the
ted States, given the setback at
davik.
“I think historians may look back
Hesterday, Sunday, Oct. 12, as a
ind of turning point and a very sad
me; Cohen said on NBC’s “Today”
m.
Former Secretary of State Alexan-
trM. faigjr. said he saw “a veiled
Nat” by the Soviets “to stretch
leir muscles” in West Berlin, Eu-
ope or some othej trouble spot
round the world.
However, Haig told the Cable
tws Network he is not too con-
rled that such a scenario will hap-
Srfbecause it was the Russians that
ledwl this summit, the Russians
latnanted it and the Russians that
Id have achieved the most bene-
from it.”
Helmut Sonnenfeldt, who served
a top aide to then-Secretary of
late Henry A. Kissinger in the
is, and now an associate fellow at
ie Brookings Institution here, said
:does not believe the Soviets “are
repared to let the entire
pnship sour.”
don’t see them taking any huge
Sonnenfeldt said in a tele-
pe interview.
puis G. Fields, a former U.S.
psentative to the Conference on
rmament, said he believes the
isides will be able to build on the
reductions proposals they
:at Reykjavik.
lit, he said, progress will not be
pie if the Soviets continue to in-
that any agreement include U.S.
liiantling of “Star Wars” or the
htegic Defense Initiative.
Zbigniew Brzezinski, national se-
irrjty adviser under President
y Carter, praised Reagan for
ling firm on SDI but said Reagan
-advised to go to Iceland in the
[place.
sisted on confining Star Wars re
search to the laboratory.
Reagan, in putting an optimistic
face on the Iceland impasse, said,
See related story, page 6
“We are ready to pick up where we
left off.”
The next step is up to the Soviets,
he said. “There was no indication
from Mr. Gorbachev as to when or
whether he plans to travel to the
United States” for a follow-up sum
mit, the president said, adding:
“Our invitation stands. We con
tinue to believe additional meetings
would be useful. But that’s a decision
the Soviets must make.”
Near the conclusion of his 20-
minute address, Reagan said, “if
there is one impression that I carry
away with me from these October
talks, it is that, unlike the past, we
are dealing now from a position of
strength.”
Reagan painted a more optimistic
picture than Secretary of State
George P. Shultz, who announced
the collapse of the summit talks in
Iceland 28 hours earlier, saying
there were no plans for resumption
of bargaining.
Gennadi Gerasimov, a spokesman
for the Soviet foreign ministry inter
viewed in Moscow by ABC News af
ter Reagan’s speech, said the Soviets
still hoped for compromise on SDI.
“We want some kind of insurance,
which you also want,” he said. “What
worries us is, if you have the possibil
ity of this research in space, then
maybe you can come out with some
kind of technological breakthrough
which will disbalance the whole situ
ation.”
Reagan’s spokesmen hurried to
announce the initial telephoned re
sponse to Reagan’s speech, report
ing that a half hour after the address
some 1,214 calls had been received
by the White House switchboard.
White House deputy press secretary
Peter Roussel said that of those calls,
1,022 were positive and 192 were
negative.
Reagan’s national security adviser,
Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter, told
reporters Monday that U.S. arms ne
gotiators in Geneva will try to sal
vage elements of the accord that won
tentative approval at the summit.
Meanwhile, an official traveling
with Secretary of State George P.
Shultz en route home from Brussels,
Belgium said that Shultz will attend
an international human rights con
ference in Vienna in early Novem
ber, and may at that time meet with
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard She
vardnadze.
In his speech, Reagan said, “Our
ideas are out there on the table.”
He was referring to the two super
powers’ unfinished agreements to
phase out medium and long-range
nuclear missiles by 1996.
“They won’t go away,” he said.
“We are ready to pick up where we
left off... So there is reason — good
reason — for hope.”
Reagan said, “We made progress
in Iceland, and we will continue to
make progress if we pursue a
prudent, deliberate and, above all,
realistic approach with the Soviets.”
Vice President George Bush said
Monday he feels the Soviets must be
convinced that “ . . . SDI is not a
threat to Soviet missiles on the
ground. SDI is not a threat to the
Russian population. It is simply a de
fense against weapons that have
been launched. It is more important
to put weapons at risk, not people.”
T
tions of these talks are enormous
and only just beginning to be under
stood. We proposed the most sweep
ing and generous arms control pro
posal in history . . . While we parted
company with this American offer
still on the table, we are closer than
ever before to agreements that could
lead to a safer world without nuclear
weapons.”
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Spinning Wheel
Karen Glenn shows students in her University Plus
class how to throw clay on the potter’s wheel at the
Photo by Tom Ownbey
MSC Craft Center. Glenn has been teaching pot
tery for six years.
Congressional reaction to summit mixed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Con
gressional reaction to the failure of
the U.S.-Soviet summit to agree on
nuclear arms cuts generally fell
along partisan lines Monday, with
Democrats saying President Reagan
missed a historic chance and Repub
licans applauding him for refusing
to compromise on “Star Wars” re
search.
Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., said, “I
am puzzled by the decision to pass
up the real opportunity to destroy a
large portion of the Soviet nuclear
arsenal through arms control.”
“Instead,” said Biden, “the admin
istration insists on spending vast
sums of money on the development
of untested, unproven defensive sys
tems that are alleged to address the
same objective — the destruction of
offensive nuclear weapons.”
But a different view was ex
pressed by Rep. James Courier, R-
N.J., one of the staunchest House
supporters of Star Wars, known for-
'No place for political wrangling'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Political wrangling has no
place in the aftermath of President Reagan’s unsuccess
ful attempt to reach an accord on arms control with
Mikhail Gorbachev in Iceland, both U.S. senators from
Texas said Monday.
Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, said the president knew
his trip could be politically damaging if an agreement
failed to materialize, but decided to go ahead with the
talks because the issue of arms control is all-important.
“We have always had a tradition of politics ending at
the water’s edge,” Gramm said. “I hope this fine tradi
tion continues here.”
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas said failure of the lead
ers to reach an accord at the Iceland summit should not
become an election issue.
“This is an issue that is above partisan politics,” Bent-
sen said. “We want what is best for this country and
what is best for this country is to be free of the threat of
nuclear war.”
But Bentsen and Gramm openly disagreed over
President Reagan’s refusal to offer any concessions on
the “Star Wars” Strategic Defense Initiative.
“I have always supported using SDI as a bargaining
chip to bring the Soviets to the table,” Bentsen said.
“It seems we got very close to verifiable reductions . .
. The president decided he wasn’t ready to trade SDI
away yet. I hope we haven’t missed an opportunity.”
mally as the Strategic Defense Initia
tive.
“From what I know, Ronald Rea
gan did precisely the right thing,”
Gourter said. “ . . . Obviously, I’m
saddened by the fact that no
agreements will be reached in the
near term. But Reagan did the right
thing. He should not give up SDI.”
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-
Mass., said a “grand and historic op
portunity was there in Iceland, but it
has been sacrificed — at least for the
moment — on the uncertain altar of
SDI.”
Kennedy asked, “Must we sacri
fice the certainty of significant and
sweeping reductions in nuclear arse
nals today for the uncertainty of an
unproven and unprovable defense
in the distant future?”
Strong support for Reagan came
from Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., and
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., chair
man of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
Kemp said he was pleased that the
president “walked away from an
agreement that violated one of his
highest goals, the development of a
strategic defense for ourselves and
our allies.”
Lugar said the Soviet offer “at
tempted to trap the president and
put the United States into perpetual
jeopardy.” He added, “Their propo
sal would have prohibited the
United States from developing any
defensive deterrent while the Soviets
would be able to maintain their of
fensive superior capability.”
Rep. Thomas Downey, D-N.Y.,
campaigning in his district Monday
on Long Island, said constituents
were disappointed with the results of
the summit.
“My sense was from the people
that I spoke to, there was a much
greater desire to see something,” he
said.
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Class of ’90 chooses
Gattis as president
By Rodney Rather
Staff Writer
Dan Gattis was elected Class of
’90 president in Monday’s fresh-
mart class run-off elections,
according to election results re
ported by election co-commis
sioner D.B. Thomas.
Run-off elections were held to
fill all five freshman offices be
cause last Tuesday’s elections
closed with no candidate for any
office receiving the majority vote
necessary to secure a victory.
According to Monday’s elec
tion results, Gattis, a business ma
jor from Dallas, pulled in 67.1
percent of the votes to defeat
Mike Lister, who netted 32.9 per
cent.
In the run-off race for vice
president, Michael Aspinall
emerged victorious over Rachel
Powitzky.
Aspinall accumulated 58.6 per
cent of the votes while Powitzky
received 41.4 percent.
The contest for treasurer
ended with David Gribble as the
winner. Gribble tallied 65.3 per
cent of the votes while his oppo
nent, Jennifer Sauter, got 34.7
percent.
The run-off election for secre
tary resulted in Jeff Brennan de
feating Sharon Brunner. Bren
nan drew 61.4 percent of the vote
while Brunner received 38.6 per
cent.
In the runoff for social secre
tary, Kathleen Broderick de
feated Clay Harris. Broderick
pulled in 52.9 percent of the
votes while Harris finished with
47.1 percent.
CS Council delays action
on electricity rate increase
By Craig Renfro
Staff Writer
The College Station City Council
Monday voted to get additional con
firmation on certain clauses of Gulf
States Utility’s acceptance of a 7 per
cent rate increase for its wholesale
electric customers.
Mayor Larry Ringer said the
council and city staff talked about
GSU’s latest proposal and decided to
“firm up some ideas” before taking
action.
One obstacle to approval of the
proposal is a clause which allows
GSU to back out of the contract
within 30 days notice, Ringer said.
The current proposal doesn’t allow
the city the same option, and Ringer
said that is not acceptable.
“Once we get things to our satis
faction well sign the contract,”
Ringer said.
North Bardell, Lone Star Munici
pal Power Agency executive direc
tor, said GSU approved the increase
Sept. 29.
The pending confirmation fol
lows more than eight weeks of nego
tiations with GSU. Negotiations on
the contract began Aug. 25 when the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commis
sion granted GSU an interim 40 per
cent rate increase.
If the increase had taken effect,
College Station would have had the
highest electricity bills in the state,
Bardell said.
College Station and three other
cities — Caldwell, Newton and Kir-
byville — buy electricity wholesale
from GSU, then resell it to their resi
dents.
After GSU’s wholesale customers
complained, GSU proposed a 24
percent rate increase Sept. 8, Bardell
said.
Following a special session Sept.
11, the council proposed the 7 per
cent increase, Bardell said.
If the proposal is approved, the
new rates will be retroactive to Aug.
25, but consumers’ bills will not re
flect the change until October, he
said. The contract will run through
July 1991, Bardell said.
Under the proposal the city will
buy bulk amounts of electricity at re
duced rates and pass the savings on
to the consumer in the form of a 4
percent increase.
Bardell said the contract still must
be approved by the FERC, which
regulates wholesale rates.