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Vol.87 No. 180 6 Pages
College Station, Texas
Friday, July 22, 1988
.Speaker says
‘not to question
Iran cease-fire
1« NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Ira
nian Parliament speaker Hashemi
iBafsanjani said Thursday he wept
'’“While listening to Ayatollah Ruhol-
B h Kh ome i n i’ s statement reluctantly
M ! > B :ce P t i n g a cease-fire in the war with
1 Iraq, official Tehran radio reported.
M B Raf san j an *> a l so commander-in-
"'^B'ief of Iran’s armed forces, was
M '■noted as saying Iranians should not
a ,B^ to ° man Y questions about the de-
sion.
“We should not ask why and how,
,ot create more problems for our so-
qety,” Rafsanjani was quoted as say-
|g-
I In Baghdad, an Iraqi official crit-
Jized Iran’s rejection of face-to-face
negotiations. Diplomats said Iraq
4Wared U.N. mediating efforts would
[nil short of peace.
First Deputy Foreign Minister
dssam al-Zahawi told the official
| Klraqi News Agency that Iran’s refu-
" ^ sal to hold direct talks was “tanta
mount to rejection” of the U.N.
ase-fire resolution.
Iran on Wednesday rejected a call
y Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz
friailor direct U.N.-sponsored talks on
ending the 8-year-old Persian Gulf
conflict.
A team of U.N. observers was be
ing assembled Thursday to hold
consultations in Iran and Iraq on
military aspects of the truce.
Iran’s official Islamic Republic
News Agency reported one civilian
died and two were injured Thursday
morning by Iraqi shells falling on the
village of Sardasht in northwestern
Iran.
Rafsanjani was quoted as saying
Iranians would come to accept Kho
meini’s change of heart in accepting
the U.N. cease-fire resolution.
Until this week, Khomeini was ad
amantly opposed to ending the war
with Iraq until Iraqi President Sad
dam Hussein was driven from
power.
The war, which has killed and
wounded an estimated 1 million
people, began in September 1980
when Iraq invaded Iran after several
border skirmishes.
In a statement Wednesday, the
87-year-old Khomeini stressed how
difficult it was for him to accept the
cease-fire resolution.
A kitten at one of the construction sites on campus makes its way best-of-shows, was taken by Stacy Clifton, a high school student who
through some pipes to be used in the building. The photo, one of two attended the Taylor Publishing Company workshop this week.
Clements
still affected
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AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Bill Clem
ents will remain hospitalized until
at least Saturday after suffering a
slight stroke that continues to af-
(OUi feet some of the vision in his right
eye, doctors treating him said
Thursday.
Drs. David Morris and Jerry
Tindel said a slight irregularity in
01 Clements’ heart rhythm may have
been the cause of a small blood
dot which moved from the heart
to the brain Monday night.
Clements remained in good
ondition, and the doctors said
]the likelihood of his suffering an-
bther stroke was small.
“The situation now is not se
rious. In fact, he’s doing quite
well,” Tindel, a neurologist, said.
“I don’t think it’s going to affect
his future functioning at all.”
Morris, a heart specialist, said
tests conducted at Seton Medical
[Center indicated that Clements is
'suffering from a slight irregular
ity in his heartbeat, which could
have caused the tiny clot to form
in his heart.
Tindel said the clot apparently
broke free and traveled through
the governor’s bloodstream until
reaching his brain and an artery
which was too small for the clot to
pass. “The clot probably dissolved
at that time,” he said.
“This particular rhythm distur
bance is one of the most common
we deal with” in people of the 71-
year-old governor’s age, Morris
added.
Tindel said Clements contin-
_,ued Thursday to have a small vi-
'' [ ision problem with his right eye.
“He now has only a very slight
area of lost vision in the upper
right field. Otherwise, neurologi-
cally, he’s intact,” Tindel said.
“We would expect that when he
leaves the hospital in a short
while, he’ll be able to resume his
normal life, duties, etc.”
iest
Dukakis vows ‘new era of greatness’
Texans prepared for Bentsen nomination
ATLANTA (AP) — Texans planned Thursday to
unfurl a giant Lone Star flag and cast the ballots that
would give Sen. Lloyd Bentsen the Democratic vice
presidential nomination.
The balloting was set for Thursday night at the clos
ing session of the Democratic National Convention.
“The floor plan called for other states to pass as nec
essary in order to make sure Texas cast the deciding
votes, according to party officials.
Another option was to allow the Texas delegation to
move for unanimous approval of Bentsen and not have
a roll call vote.
Many Texas Democrats believe putting Bentsen on
the ticket gave Dukakis a needed boost in the crucial
battle for the state’s 29 electoral votes.
Republican presidential nominee-to-be George Bush
is a former Houston congressman with strong ties to
Texas.
“Bentsen is someone who those independents and in-
dependent-leaning Republicans can vote for,” said Ken
Molberg, a Democratic delegate from Dallas who pre
dicted a close race in Texas, even with Bentsen on the
ticket.
Delegate A1 DiRienzo of Kingwood called Bentsen
the “deciding edge” in the Texas race.
Bill Hollars, a delegate from Plainview, said there is
“no way” Dukakis could carry Texas without B'ehiseTi.
Even with Bentsen, the Democrats’ chances are “real
slim,” Hollars said.
Bentsen backers also tried to drum up enthusiasm
among Texans for Jesse Jackson.
State Rep. Wilhelmina Delco of Austin told fellow
Jackson backers that she has “no problem” with Bent
sen but realized some J ackson delegates did.
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, a
Jackson floor leader, has complained about Bentsen’s
civil rights record.
Price said he might not be enthusiastic about the Du-
kakis-Bentsen ticket, even if Jackson is.
Bentsen known for successes
during 40-year political career
ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Du
kakis launched his drive for the
White House on Thursday, accept
ing his nomination from the Demo
cratic National Convention with a
vow that he and running mate Lloyd
Bentsen would “forge a new era of
greatness for America.”
“We’re going to win because we
are the party that believes in the
American dream,” the 54-year-old
son of Greek immigrants said in re
marks prepared for the closing ses
sion of the most peaceable Demo
cratic convention in a dozen years. “I
know because I am a product of that
dream.”
Dukakis issued his call after dele
gates embraced his selection of Bent
sen as vice presidential running
mate.
“Of course we have differences of
opinion,” said the Southern moder
ate brought onto the ticket to pro
vide balance for the fall campaign.
“But on the basic issues of justice
and opportunity we stand united.
Democrats agree that a good job at a
fair wage is the passport to opportu
nity in America.”
The Dukakis-Bentsen ticket is set
for a three-day cross-country cam
paign swing when the two men de
part the convention city on Friday.
They embark with a modest lead in
most polls over the Republicans.
Party officials worked to script the
traditional unity tableau for the clos
ing moments of the convention.
The plan called for Dukakis and
Bentsen and their wives to be joined
at the podium in prime time first by
Jesse Jackson, and later by most of
the candidates who earlier fell by the
primary campaign wayside.
Campaign chairman Willie Brown
said shortly before the delegates
convened for the final convention
session that “Jackson’s people and
Dukakis’ people are one and the
same.”
Jackson met with party chairman
Paul Kirk to discuss party affairs,
and said he didn’t feel let down
about the end of his campaign. “Our
work continues . . . this quest for jobs
and peace and justice and fairness,
expansion and inclusion, that cam
paign isn’t over with,” said the man
who earned 7 million votes during
the primary campaign.
Delegates were well-advised to be
in their seats early. Gates were
locked on Wednesday night for the
second night in a row because of
overcrowding, and some delegates
didn’t make it to the floor in time to
vote on Dukakis’ nomination.
Bush campaigned in North Caro
lina, where he predicted the
cratic unity drive of convention week
would fade and “we will remember
Gone with the Wind.”
“There’s a lot of bubbling discon
tent on their side,” he said, although
he termed Dukakis a “very good
man” and arranged to watch the
speech on television.
In his prepared remarks, Dukakis
portrayed himself as a believer in the
American dream, “so powerful that
no distance of ground, no expanse
of ocean, no barrier of language, no
distinction of race or creed or color
can weaken its hold on the human
heart.”
He said, “Maintaining the status
quo — running in place — standing
still — isn’t good enough for Amer
ica. Opportunity for some isn’t good
enough for America. My friends,
we’re going to forge a new era of
greatness for America.”
Bentsen roughed up the Republi
cans in his prepared text. “The Rea-
gan-Bush administration likes to talk
about prosperity,” he said. “But the
farmers in Iowa don’t hear them.
The oil field workers in Texas and
Oklahoma and Louisiana don’t hear
them. The factory workers in John
Glenn’s Ohio don’t hear them.”
Bentsen was Dukakis’ pick to join
him on the ticket, a bid to reassure
skeptical Southern conservative vot
ers about his candidacy — and not
coincidentally to lure Bush’s
adopted home state of Texas into
the Democratic column in the fall.
Dukakis confidant Paul Brountas
said the governor would use his ac
ceptance speech to introduce him
self and “tell the American people
who he is, where he came from, what
he has done and what his vision of
the future is.”
ATLANTA (AP) — While Vice
President George Bush has been the
target of many speakers’ criticism at
the Democratic National Committee,
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen said he would
not make personal attacks against
Bush in his vice presidential race.
Like Bush, Bentsen claims Hous
ton as his hometown. Bentsen vowed
Wednesday to avoid a bitter per
sonal campaign against his friend.
“Mine will not be a personal at
tack,” said Bentsen. “He’s a friend of
mine, and our wives are friends.
We’re talking about differences on
issues and differences on results.
That’s the basis of the campaign.”
Bentsen is best known for what he
has done in a 40-year political career
— win elections and then get the job
done in office.
“I know there are those who
would take perhaps the political ver
sion of a St. Ignatius approach, say
ing that they want pure ideology.”
he says. “And if you practice that to
the ultimate, you finally have your
self a party of one, and you sure
don’t win any elections.”
The Democrats’ vice presidential
choice is the son of a wealthy land-
owner in the Rio Grande Valley,
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr.
Bentsen was a 24-year-old World
War II veteran when he won his first
office, Hidalgo County Judge.
In 1948, he won a seat in the U.S.
House of Representatives, making
him the youngest congressman . at
the time. During his first term, he
cast a vote against the poll tax, which
was being used to keep blacks from
voting. He was one of just two
Southern congressmen to vote that
way, and he frequently now points to
that as an example of his strong
commitment to civil rights.
People were beginning to talk
about Bentsen as a governor or sen
ator, but in 1954, he dropped out of
politics after only three terms in the
House.
With his wife Beryl Ann, a former
fashion model whom he married
while in the service, Bentsen moved
back to Texas to raise two sons and
one daughter. Over the next 16
years, Bentsen built a successful in
surance and investment business
that left him a millionaire.
He entered the Democratic pri
mary and upset incumbent Sen.
Ralph Yarborough. In the general
election, he defeated Republican
Rep. George Bush, a feat he’s now
trying to repeat in the national
arena.
! Texas schools miss deadline for minority enrollment goals
out By Ashley A. Bailey
Staff Writer
er ’ j Five years after Texas promised
t to boost minority enrollment in pub-
| lie colleges and universities the fig-
I ure has risen by only one percent,
j. Saccording to an Associated Press ar-
jjicle released earlier this month.
se( | H According to the report, when
ira- ifr exas submitted its desegregation
iC( | plan in 1983, minorities made up 27
nits S >ercent t ^ ie enrollment in Texas
Id colleges and universities.
ve p Five years and thousands of dol-
lars later, the figure is 28 percent
>ar and the number of black students
has actually decreased 3.6 percent —
Ifrom 29,703 in 1983 to 28,622 in
hat 1987 -
JO I
pie This summer was the state’s dead-
Jpne to attain the minority enroll-
^pnent goals and state government
and higher educational officials said
p)udget shortfalls were at least par
tially responsible for the failure of
the plan.
They also said there must be a
change or the resulting greater gap
between minorities and whites in ed
ucational attainment and income
could mean serious consequences for
the state.
In that same five-year period, mi
nority enrollment at Texas A&M has
increased from about 5.5 percent to
about 9 percent.
The state’s figures do not nec
essarily reflect individual universi
ties’ participation and success, said
Edwin Cooper, director of the A&M
office of school relations.
Cooper said Texas A&M has been
actively involved in minority recruit
ment since 1979 and has made great
progress.
“I don’t want to get in a bragging
situation because I know that in
creased enrollment has been the re
sult of a total University effort and
not just one office, but we have given
leadership to recruiting bodies and
we’ve spent a lot of time and money
doing it,” Cooper said.
Black and Hispanic enrollment
has increased at A&M from 1.4 per
cent in 1978 to the about 9 percent
to date, he said.
And, in the past five years alone,
the black and Hispanic enrollment
has increased about 400 percent
from what it was, he said.
Cooper said A&M has about 3,400
minority students currently enrolled
and, based on figures from the of
fice of admissions, it looks like A&M
will have a sizable class of freshman
minority students this fall.
A&M uses a rifle approach to re
cruiting, rather than a shotgun ap
proach, Cooper said.
“We identify prospective minority
students through various detailed
lists that come from college boards
and organizations and then we con
tact them by mail and/or by telepho
ne,” he said.
“We start seeking these students
out as early as their junior year and
try to help them understand the ad
vantages of attending A&M and how
very much a degree from here
means at the time they enter the job
market.”
Cooper said word-of-mouth re
cruiting is one of the best types of re
cruiting.
“The best recruiting is done by
the students who are currently en
rolled at A&M,” he said.
“If they’re having a good experi
ence here in their classrooms, social
life and extra-curricular activities
then they’ll go home and brag about
it to prospective new students.
They’re actually more effective than
a faculty or staff member who’s
doing it on purpose.”
A&M has a lot of plus factors and
if recruiting can get them to come
here and see what is offered, then
A&M is that much closer to success,
he said.
Although standard recruiting has
been and will continue to be reward
ing, A&M has begun a new recruit
ing program with hopes of even
greater success, Cooper said.
In June of 1987, A&M, in con
junction with the University of
Texas and the University of Hous
ton, developed a recruitment task
force called the Minority Outreach
Program, Cooper said.
A&M has established offices in
San Antonio, McAllen, Houston and
Dallas where a permanently posi
tioned staff will work with teenagers
in seventh and eighth grade, he said.
“The staff will help school coun
selors to persuade the students to
think seriously about college,” Coo
per said. “They also will be there to
talk to the teenagers’ parents about
financial aid and to help them un
derstand that it is possible to get
them through college.
“They (parents) need to under
stand how important it is for some
one in the family to go to college.
Part of the staffs job also will be to
set up campus visits when they are
juniors.”
Cooper said working with the stu
dents at such a young age should
help with minority enrollment in
Texas universities.
“We think that working with sev
enth and eighth grade students will
help to really get them excited about
college, so by the time they’re seniors
the question won’t be whether
they’re going to college or not — it’ll
be where they’re going to college,”
he said.
Recruiting is very important as an
initial endeavor. Cooper said, but re-
See Minority, page 6