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[motions in’s c:hi< nlikely lihiro N; Wednesday & Saturday Special Buy a LARGE one topping PIZZA I plus a pitcher of soft drink for only ^ 99 good every Wednesday & Saturday WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi dent Reagan’s National Security Council has approved the sale of a $900,000 computer system to Iran, industry and administration officials said Tuesday. The approval represents the first major U.S. transaction involving Iran since disclosures in late 1986 that the administration had been se cretly selling arms to Iran. Analysts suggested the move un derscored a growing sensitivity on the part of the Reagan administra tion to problems faced by U.S. man ufacturers of high-technology goods as they seek to compete in overseas markets. The NSC had been asked to ref eree a high-level dispute within the administration over the sale. Administration officials said the council ruled late last week in favor of Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige and Secretary of State George Shultz — and against De fense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. Approval of the sale of the com puters, described as relatively unso phisticated devices to be used in an electric power grid, had been op posed by Weinberger on grounds the United States should not l>e pro viding any aid to the Iranian regime. Spokesman Robert Sims said Weinberger feels “it is not in our in terest to sell Iran any equipment ex cept for humanitarian grounds.” Baldrige and Shultz contended the computer involved — the PDP- 11 manufactured by Digital Equip ment Corp. of Maynard, Mass. — had no military application. A spokesman for Digital. Jeffry Gibson, said the company was noti fied last Friday of the NSC action. I le said a second projKised sale in volved in the dispute, a $30,000 computer add-on memory system intended for the Iranian news agency, apparently still is awaiting NSC action. It was requested by an affiliaid Swiss company, Brown, Boverii Co., which has incorporatedtheDf ital units in a system it planstoseli Iran lot monitoring electric pom generation. The computer units are alreadtii Switzerland, Gibson said. But under various tradt agreements, the equipment a* not he shipped from Switzerland Iran without approval of the It] government. Last month, Baldrige told aSti ate Banking subcommittee he t; baffled In Weinberger's opposilit to the sale, saying the computtn issue "have technologies that u eight to 10 years old.” Baldrige said in an iiuervbtlu “we should not put the very comp nies that we’re counting on foratii i t ease in te< hnology at a disathat (age by unilaterally control products that the rcstol thew doesn’t.” Senate panel OKs limited immunity for former adviser Giant pandas 501 University Northgate Anniversary Entire Stock 15-50% Off All Prom Dresses & Formals All Silk & Cotton dresses All Mens Tuxedos All Jewelry & Accessories for men & women Hours Mon-Sat 40am-8pm Sun , 1 pm-5 pm 900 Harvey Rd • Post Oak Village (Next to Computerland & Video King) MC/Visa/Amex/Layaway/Checks Wolcctne WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate panel investigating the Iran- Contra affair voted Tuesday to grant limited immunity to President Reagan’s former national security adviser, Rear Adm. John M. Poin dexter, opening the way for him to break his silence. Poindexter, 50, one of the key fig ures in the affair, resigned as Rea gan’s national security adviser last Nov. 25 after Attorney General Ed win Meese III disclosed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to help the Nicara guan rebels. Because Poindexter, in his job, had been seeing Reagan each day, he has been regarded as the prime witness concerning what the presi dent may or may not have known of the apparent diversion of the money. Meanwhile, a top Pentagon offi cial said the Defense Department now believes a secret Army unit, es tablished and shut down in 1983, opened a hidden Swiss bank account that could have been used later to support the Contras. leged diversion of profits from those transactions to the Contras. The Pentagon disclosures fol lowed a report by CBS News Mon day night detailing what the network said was a secret account maintained at the Credit Suisse Bank in Geneva. The network reported that in 1985, during the period when U.S. mili tary aid to the Contras was banned by Congress, $2.5 million was with drawn from the account and $75,000 of it used to charter a ship that ferried arms to the Contras. Rollert Sims, the Pentagon’s chief spokesman, said neither Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger nor Secretary of the Army John Marsh “approved or authorized anything remotely like the activities described in the report." New Shipments Daily The official, who commented on condition he not be named, said the Pentagon suspects Lt. Col. Oliver North and retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard Secord might have had access to the account. North and Secord are already un der investigation for their roles in the sale of arms to Iran and the al- As for Poindexter, Reagan’s for mer national security adviser repeat edly has invoked his Fifth Amend ment rights against self- incrimination in declining to testify before congressional committees. The limited grant of immunity from prosecution would compel Poindexter's testimony in exchange for a guarantee that his words could not he used against him in a later criminal prosecution. Poindexter still could be pros ecuted on evidence Walsh gathered independently. The House committee investigat ing the matter is expected to vote to grant him limited immunity today. to be shown at Bronx Zoo ■ Forme Ister Shin lo-inimit lent, lie luctor > Ihasizecl lied as (| I White litzwater |nlikely t lake a c fore the j: I Nakasc in April 1 ie presic | state di leagan z Inme mi Reagar [>me fide lent U.S Strain on De sp WASH |ith debt pilot killt pud Tries Redon to lills he in antra r< "The 1 eginnin lawyer S ■ew fro Irk. I His s< Jr., died Co lec at i NEW YORK (AP) - Hk Bi onx Zoo is bracing forahuK stampede it expects to folloKik ai rival of two giant pandas. The zoo expects as mam as! million people will come to® Ling Ling and Yong Yong.lffl In China and on display April thiough |uly SI. I he beloved but endanger panda is “the Rembrandtoffe animal world,” said WilliamC* wa\, general director of the Nn Y<>ik Zoological Society, vjiil i tins ihe z.tx). 1 it kets to see die pandas- <>nl\ one will lie on displayead day — u ill he designated forstS t ilit Itotus to ease congoiioi Coinvay said, estimating that if to 1.800 people will get to seeih pandas every hour. I he pandas yvill beiiianoiw jHMi. about 7") feet bv45feeun filled yvith bamboo, trees and n rious flora. Proceeds from ticket sales*! go to i be Chinese effort to prow the pandas, which occurnatuni onh in China. Only about7W main in the wild. 1 he pandas arrived Satnrdu hom China, and were placed it (|uat .inline for lOdays. Ling Ling, a male, was burin' the Beijing /unlnigiial (ianl®Migulfe< on Sept. 5, 1985, and weighsllf^lsses s; pounds. Yong Yong, a femiR| Ihe I u.is i <s( ued as an abandoned 111 Bice Fr lant in the wilds of SichuanPfd ■ COLO car bomb Irnc) at t day that ;150 peoj from ten YV He; about 20 |ome mi wounds. 1 Many death or lation in nice. Estimated to be 5 I A',shewed 187 pound India, w waged a majority dent nat 1T2 pe< tanka Fi Witne WANTED Video Aqgieland Editor applicants Application forms: Available 8 a.m. 5 p.m. Journalism Department office. Room 230, Reed McDonald Building. Deadline: Return to Room 230 by 5 p.m. Monday, April 27. Suggested strengths: Widespread and up-to-date interest in campus® and all activities at the University; experience and/or training in managemeo t/administration; experience and/or training in planning; experience and/of training in video production work, both field and post; experience andlof training in video editing. s: Yc BA' Job Interviews: At Student Publications Board meeting starting 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, in Room 215 Reed McDonald Building. Requirements: Must have strong interest in video and be currently en rolled student at Texas A&M University, and continue enrollment throughout job tenure from June 1, 1987, through end of Spring Semester 1988. Current GPR of 2.0 both overall and in major, and necessity of maintaining that aver age throughout job tenure. Willingness to devote time and effort necessary to plan, staff, and produce a master videotape of a year's campus life at Texas A&M University, which can be used to reproduce saleable tapes for students and others.. Responsibilities: Will include but not be restricted to selecting andhiS student staff; planning year's shooting schedule; setting budget (within pie set limits) for staff and other activities; overseeing shooting of all film net essary for a tape of 60-90 minutes; overseeing editing of raw tape necessary background sound and technical devices for finished film. Technical assistance: As available. Journalism Department faculty staff and Student Publications staff will assist in all management and technic? operations as requested.