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Photo by Jay Janner
Jay Cruz Dimas of McKowan Bridge Company works on the Rock Prairie project should be completed and open to southbound traffic in two to three
Road overpass on Highway 6 south in College Station Monday afternoon. The months.
&I student, two A&M athletes
volved in public disturbance
By Stephen Masters
Senior Staff Writer
A public disturbance report was filed
iklay by the College Station Police in
■ncident involving two Texas A&M
Hrtes and a Texas A&I student.
nge Allen Sacky. a 28-year-old
pas A&I student, told 7'hc Battalion
■Hl^ ■disturbance began Sunday evening
MSHHi a student athlete and another indi-
Hal accosted his brother's girlfriend
Kflcat Dirty Juan's restaurant in Wood-
-item Center.
tflG lntrai cky sa ' c * * lc as * <et * to leave the
Wogian alone prior to the fight breaking
i said the fracas moved to the park-
ot where the other athlete became in-
ed.
|acky said “a couple of members of
Ifoutball team” threatened him fol-
iber29at' |wiug the fight in front of police offi-
]agecategoil|
ar LateEulltW e CSPD released one page of a four
' report Monday. The public portion
b incident report filed by officer Joe
hing lists Sacky as the complainant,
ther names are mentioned in the re-
d portion of the report.
|cnning directed all questions to the
tment’s public information officer,
■no one from the PIO was available
jlolday night.
A spokesperson for the CSPD said
there were eight names other than
Sacky’s mentioned on the final page of
the report, but said the names af the indi
viduals were not open to the public.
• The spokesman said other names were
of “either witnesses or people involved
in some way or another in the incident.”
The spokesman told The Battalion that
no charges had been filed because none
can be filed for a public disturbance. She
said if assault charges arc to be filed, the
complainant will have to do so in person.
Sacky, who lives in Corpus Christi,
said he told Henning at the scene he
wanted to press charges and was told he
could do so at a later, datp.
He said Monday that if he had to re
turn to College Station to press charges,
he would do so.
Sacky suffered a cut over the eye
which required stitches and said his vi
sion is still blurry.
A related incident report for criminal
mischief listed damage to a motor vehi
cle in the 'parking lot which the owner
blamed on “several fights that erupted in
the parking lot earlier.” The damage was
estimated at $ l ,650.
Sacky said he did not remember how
the car became damaged.
“All I remember is there were four of
us between two cars,” he said. “I’m still
kind of fuzzy on the whole thing.
“It just seems kind of strange, because
just a couple of hours before we were
watching them play ball.”
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Delays plague flu vaccine supply
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Produc
tion of the nation’s supply of flu vac
cine has been delayed up to two
months, and supplies will be short
during the best time to protect pa
tients. pharmaceutical firms and pub
lic health officials said Monday.
The companies blame the problem
on late notification from the federal
Centers for Disease Control about
what type of vaccine would be
needed this year. The CDC says the
problem stems from the fact that
some of the viruses causing this
year’s flu take unusually long to culti
vate for vaccines.
The largest producer of the vac
cines, Wyeth Laboratories inc., of
St. Davids in suburban Philadelphia,
usually hav, shipped the bulk of its 9
million doses by September.
Company spokesman Audrey
Ashby said that this year, Wyeth will
be sending vaccine to physicians
through early to mid-November.
Then it will take additional time to
get people in for their shots.
Paul Stehr-Green, an immunolog
ist with the Centers for Disease Con
trol in Atlanta, said the highest risk
group for the flu, and traditionally
last on the list of those immunized,
are older people living in close quar
ters in big-city nursing homes.
Soviet reforms call
for more choices,
limited promises
MOSCOW (AP) — The long-awaited
Soviet election reform calls for a choice
of candidates but sharply limits what
they can advocate.
“The program of the candidate must
not contradict the Constitution or Soviet
law,” says the draft election law pub
lished in Sunday’s newspapers.
It is not clear whether that restricts
candidates to mere promises, like more
meat in stores or a new movie theater.
But since the Constitution defines the
Soviet Union as a socialist nation led by
the Communist Party, the phrase seems
to rule out other political parties, and tie
unaffiliated candidates to the communist
system.
Still, citizens may see something
slightly akin to a Western-style election
campaign for the first time next spring,
as nominees grapple with new concepts
like competing candidates, television
time and a campaign staff.
The draft law says candidates for the
2,250 seats in the new Congress of Peo
ple’s Deputies will be given time off
from work to campaign, free public
Tansportation within their district, and
access to the state-run media. They also
may ask 10 friends to help them cam
paign.
The election proposal is part of an
overhaul of the government proposed by
President Mikhail Gorbachev at the party
conference in June. The lengthy draft
laws published this weekend are to be
debated in the media before the current
Supreme Soviet legislature considers
them in November.
Traditionally, Soviet elections have
had only one candidate for each position,
so campaigning was limited to a biogra
phy and a few nights to meet the candi
date. Election officials obtained 99 per
cent voter participation by persuading
busy citizens to have a relative take their
identification to the polls and vote on
their behalf.
Fledgling opposition groups like the
Democratic Union may find it tough to
field a candidate in the face of a require
ment that candidates for territorial dis
tricts be nominated by workers’ groups
of at least 500 people.
The Democratic Union itself would
seem to be specifically barred from par
ticipation since it seeks to repeal the sec
tion of the Constitution that grants a mo
nopoly to the Communist Party.
However, the reform law seems to
open possibilities for groups with broad
backing, such as the nationalistic Peo
ple’s Front organizations in the Baltic re
publics. These associations in Latvia,
Lithuania and Estonia have won official
approval by advocating not just cultural
freedom but also economic reforms akin
to those of Gorbachev.
The People’s Front of Estonia and its
counterpart, the Lithuanian Restructur
ing Group, have said they plan to put for
ward candidates.
The draft law also gives candidates
complete immunity from arrest and pros
ecution without approval of the Central
Election Commission, a provision that a
legal expert writing in the latest edition
of Ogonyok magazine said is necessary
to ensure deputies against unjust perse
cution.
“Imagine an unprotected deputy con
trols the prosecutor’s office, exposes il
legalities, tries to fight the mafia, and
courageously criticizes the police and
prosecutors at a session of the council,”
A.N. Yakovlev, a professor of law at the
Academy of Sciences, said.
“This cannot be a reality, because to
morrow he will be arrested on trumped-
up charges,” he said.
Boulter gives
facts of race
at A&M forum
By James D. Ezell
Staff Writer
U.S. Senate candidate Beau
Boulter questioned the ethics of his
opponent Lloyd Bentsen for running
for both the Senate and the vice presi
dency before an audience of approxi
mately 50 people at Monday night’s
MSC Political Forum. He is the Re
publican nominee in the senate race.
“I’m not running for both my
House seat and the Senate seat be
cause I’m not allowed to do that,"
Boulter said. “I wouldn’t do that even
if I was allowed to.
“I really want to serve people in the
U.S. Senate. I’m the only candidate
running for the Senate that really
wants to be there. To me it’s not a
consolation prize. Bentsen considers
the seat to be a consolation prize.”
Boulter was referring to Bentsen’s
dual candidacy for the Senate as well
as the vice presidency under Gov.
Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts.
Under Texas law, Bentsen is allowed
to seek both offices simultaneously.
Boulter discussed his views on
how to aid the ailing Texas oil econ
omy. He criticized Dukakis for not
knowing about the oil industry.
“I’ve always favored an oil import
fee, but we’re not going to have one
so there’s not much point in talking
about it.” Boulter said. “There’s just
not any support for it. The tax incen
tives and tax credits are much more
doable. I want to see Texas once
again be the engine that drives the
train of economic growth.”
Boulter stressed he would be best
suited to serve Vice President George
Bush in the Senate by giving him a
Republican controlled Congress.
“My vision and my plan for Texas
are to continue with the progress that
we have been making under President
Reagan and George Bush,” Boulter
said. “I think that George Bush will
be the next president, but he will sure
need some help in the U.S. Senate.”
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■k&M institute looks for scholars, experts
By Alan Sembera
Senior Staff Writer
Directors of Texas A&M's newly established
A»her Institute for Defense Studies are looking
l parts of Texas for interested scholars and
jtperts in an attempt to create a major mil.itary
ink tank here.
. Arthur Blair, deputy director of the Insti-
said he thinks Texas is a good place to cre-
military think tank because of its large rc-
capability.
1 See related story, page 3
|“II you look at all the colleges and universities
|i Texas, wc ought to have enough experts to
Indie darn near anything." Blair said.
Even though the Mosher Institute is a part of
■Texas A&M University System. Blair said.
I Wants it to be thought of as a "Texas institute"
Biot just as a Texas A&M institute.
Bhat's why we're writing all the colleges and
10 TOTAL''j n l crs ' t ' es ' n Texas to get their faculty mem-
Bnvolved so that wc can speak for Texas and
jotjust for Texas A&M." he said.
Blair said the military think tank will give
[e»s more influence in defense policy plan
ting.
0 YDS B he mam reason why we've even established
if Be at all. " he said, "is that there arc a lot of
"link tanks on the East Coast, a lot on the West
■R TOTALTl 0 ! 1, b ut t * lc m ‘ ( J ( -lle of the country is almost
BW' jBtrcsented with a think tank.
1 'But Texas does an awful lot for defense.
'"’el'e put an awful lot of people in important
sgions. but we don't have much voice in the
5 YDS
red ini
lall, Hwy/ Bulation of defense policy." he said.
raDhiCSaief" l ,onest ly bcleivc the point of view of the
^ piddle of the country is not quite the same as the
*' < ”^Band West coasts." he said. "I don't mean
y^tter or worse. it's simply different."
The Mosher think tank also will be different
from other think tanks. Blair said, because it will
look at defense in the context of the military's in
teraction with society.
He said the institute will consult experts from
many fields. Areas studied will include econom
ics. history, sociology, psychology, political sci
ence. medicine, art. philosophy and ethics.
The Institute takes a multidisciplinary ap
proach because wars involve societies, he said,
so all aspects of society must be integrated into a
national defense policy.
Although the planners behind the institute
have far-reaching goals, the staff currently con
sists of only four people.
The institute is directed by former A&M Pres
ident Dr. Frank E. Vandiver, who resigned as
president in September to head the institute. In
addition to having served seven years as A&M's
president, he is a military historian and has held
several national defense-related advisory posi
tions.
The staff also boasts a former arms negotiator.
Dr. Ron Hatchett.
Hatchett, who is in charge of military pro
grams at the institute, was the Defense Depart
ment's chief conventional arms negotiator in Eu
rope until August.
But the institute is still in its embryonic stage.
Blair said it would probably take three or four
months to get organized. Even then, he added,
the full-time staff at A&M w ill remain relatively
small.
"Wc don't want to waste money by building a
large staff that sits around doing nothing. " Blair
said. "Wc want people, in effect, on call, who
have volunteered to work in certain areas.
"We'll know their areas of expertise and if a
proposal comes in. we can go through the propo
sal. see what kind of experts w e need, then w rite
the people on our roster."
Those people w ill be considered to be research
associates. Blair said. Interested researchers can
apply to become associates of the institute by
submitting their resumes.
Blair said he has written to every college and
university in Texas inviting the faculty members
to apply to become research associates. Graduate
students also can submit resumes to the institute,
he said.
When research associates are used on a pro
ject. he said, they probably will stay on their
own campuses and use their own laboratories.
Also, he added, they will not be paid unless they
work on a funded project.
In addition to conducting defense research,
the institute also will organize about two de
fense-related conferences every year. Blair said.
The Institute's first conference will be in Jan
uary. he said. The conference will feature top
arms negotiators from the United States, the So
viet Union. Sweden. Yugoslavia, the United
Kingdom. Germany and other European coun
tries.
The negotiators will exchange ideas infor
mally on what arms control negotiations arc pos
sible to establish a more stable balance in Eu
rope.
Topics of discussion will include the possibil
ity of negotiations on chemical and biological
weapons, and increasing the openness about
what other countries' militaries are doing.
The Mosher Institute also is preparing to do
research on civil defense planning.
This type of research will deal with urban
problems resulting from military or paramilitary
activity, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and
major accidents, Blair said.
"It's all in dealing w ith the unexpected." Blair-
said. “Suppose some tornado comes in and
dumps a freight car into a reservoir and contami
nates all the water? What are you going to do ?
"People are sick," he said. “Can you truck in
enough water? Do you even have a plan to?
Where would you get the water? Where would
you get the vehicles?
"Just asking simple questions like that may
not have occurred to people." Blair said.
“Dr. Vandiver and 1 know that probably every
city in Texas has some sort of disaster plan if we
have a great big fire or tornado or hurricane," he
said. “But I'm not just exactly as sure as I'd like
to be that these plans have been tested and really
work very w'ell.
"What would you do if a hurricane came
through Houston or Galveston ?" he said. “What
would you do if a tornado hit Dallas? Suppose
we had a major chemical spill here in Bryan-
College Station. Is Bryan-College Station pre
pared to handle that?"
One of the things the Institute aims to ac
complish. Blair said, is to offer Texas cities help
wflth disaster planning.
The Institute is considering setting up a simu
lation center to test disaster plans. Blair said.
The tests would involve having the officials
from a city going through a simulated disaster.
The disaster would be controlled by a team of
experts, he said.
In the simulation exercise, gaps in disaster
planning could be uncovered in advance.
Blair said the Institute would like to offer the
simulation service free to Texas cities. But for
that plan to work, he said, the Texas Legislature
must approve an extra $70,000 per year in
A&M’s special-item budget to pay for the simu
lation center.
To show the Legislature how the simulation
center would work, Blair said, he is considering
performing a trial simulation in Bryan-College
Station early next year.
“What I’d do is have a disaster right on the
boundary of Bryan-College Station,” Blair said,
“where both of them would have to get involved,
and plenty of people from A&M."
He said the simulation would test the officials’
knowledge of what local resources are available
and who is responsible for different problems
created by the disaster.
In addition to the $70,000 per year requested
for the simulation center, Blair said, the Institute
also is requesting an extra $90,000 per year for
overhead and publishing.
The Institute currently is supported by a
$175,000 grant from Edward Mosher, Class of
’28. Mosher will fund the Institute at that level
for 10 years.
The Institute plans eventually to wean itself
from outside support, Blair said, and will at
tempt to support itself through grants and con
tracts from the government and private industry.
“If at the end of 10 years we can’t do it on our
own . . . and we haven’t built up a reputation
where grants are coming in,’then we’ve flat
failed,” he said. "The object is to be self-suffi
cient, but it will take a while to build a reputa
tion.”
“If you look at all the colleges and universities in Texas, we
ought to have enough experts to handle darn near anything.”
Dr. Arthur Blair,
Deputy Director, Mosher Institute