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By Scot Walker Staff Writer American foreign policy ex perts, including the head of a Texas A&M military research fa cility, will meet with Soviet and British counterparts next week for informal talks to improve East-West relations. The agenda for the four days of talks in Edinburg, Scotland covers the future of Europe, a possible new Soviet military doc trine and Perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev’s program for Soviet economic reform. However, Dr. Richard E. Thomas, the director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station’s Center for Strategic Technology, who will be partici pating in the annual talks for the third consecutive year, said that he expects these talks, like those in the past, to stray from the offi cial agenda. “None of us will be present as an official representative of any government,” Thomas said. “Be cause of that, we are able to stray from the agenda and have no- holds-barred discussions on other topics.” Although the Soviet, British and American teams all include military officers, Thomas stressed that these meetings are not for mal negotiations. “What these meetings are is an exchange of views between pri vate citizens,” he said. The scheduled talks are the lat est in a series of informal meet ings initiated by Professor John Erickson, a Soviet analyst at the University of Edinburg. The first meeting, in 1980, brought together representatives from the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. In 1984, an ob server from the United States was invited, and in 1985 the talks be came officially trilateral. Last year’s talks were in Mos cow. Thomas said he has invited the representatives to hold meet ings at Texas A&M, but said the British generally have been op posed to the idea. “Because the talks were origi nally just between the Soviets and the British, they (the British) are very sensitive about anyone downplaying their role,” Thomas said. “But I do intend to remind the Soviets that the offer to come to College Station is still open.” Thomas said that in the past the Soviets have been less than candid in the formal sessions, possibly because one member of their team is usually a representa- “Formally, we hear the straight party line, often heavily laced with propa ganda and what would ap pear to be outright lies.” — Dr. Richard E. Thomas tive of the KGB, the Soviet secret police and intelligence agency. “Formally, we hear the straight party line, often heavily laced with propaganda and what would appear to be outright lies,” he said. “However, in private or over dinner, they have for the most part been very candid.” Thomas said in the Soviets’ de fense that they often do not know the complete truth about many is sues themselves. He said that in 1986 the Soviets accused him, because of his work on the Strategic Defense Initia tive, of promulgating the arms race in space. He then reminded them of their own SDI, which they vehemently denied having, he said. “They might have been lying in 1986, or they might not have known about it,” he said. “The left hand indeed does not always know what the right hand is doing.” MADD designs red ribbons to reduce drinking, driving By Sherri Roberts Staff Writer Champagne-popping Christmas parties, New Year’s Eve parties, and office parties are popular traditions enjoyed by many during the holiday season. However, where good cheer abounds, good sense may not. To remind people not to drink and drive, members of the Brazos chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving are asking motorists to par ticipate in their “Project Red Rib bon” campaign. The nationwide public awareness program that lasts through New Year’s weekend encourages drivers and individuals to tie a red ribbon to their vehicles as a reminder against drink and drive. Holiday fatalities often involve large groups of people who are drinking and traveling together, Florence Wagner, Brazos County MADD president, said. “Christmas Eve is the highest sin gle day that alcohol-related crashes occur,” she said. Many people, she said, underesti mate the effects of a “buzz.” An in toxication level of .05, which is half of the legal intoxication level in Texas, causes sensory impairments that may be fatal in driving situa tions. Differentiating between colors and between right and left becomes more difficult. Because reflexes are slowed at that intoxication level, a driver may hit his brakes less quickly, she said. Wagner said MADD is not against drinking, but wants to encourage re sponsible drinking. The public has MADD been responsive to MADD’s “Don’t let friends drive drunk” campaign, she said. “A lot of students are thinking ‘designated driver,’ ” she said. “I think that’s going to become a trend.” Project Red Ribbon has gained in creased public attention since its in troduction two years ago. More than a million ribbons were distributed nationwide in 1986. Ten million rib- bions were distributed in 1987, and this year, more than 20 million rib bons are expected to be distributed, with 10,000 of those in Bryan and College Station. Community support of the pro gram has been widespread, Wagner said. Vehicles from the College Sta tion and Bryan police departments, the Department of Public Safety and Federal Express will display the rib bons, she said. “What has made our ‘Tie one on for safety’ theme so successful is that this simple red ribbon gi\es every one an easy way to show their sup port,” she said. Individuals can pick up ribbons at various locations in the community, including all area 7-Eleven stores, the College Station Community Cen ter, the Bryan and College Station police departments and the Post Oak Mall information booth. Members of Chi Omega Sorority also will distribute ribbons during the Holiday Parade on Dec.4. Groups who are interested in dis tributing the ribbons should call MADD at 690-0512. The holiday campaign follows the success of MADD’s Labor Day cam paign, “Drive for Life.” Buttons with the “Drive for Life” slogan were dis tributed to the public in the week be fore Labor Day to encourage re sponsible drinking and driving habits throughout the holidays. No alcohol-related accidents or fa talities were reported in the Brazos Valley during the weekend follow ing the campaign, Wagner said. MADD lists some statistics related to the national drunken-driving problem: • Every 22 minutes, one person dies in an alcohol-related auto crash, • Nearly 560,000 people are in jured each year in alcohol-related traffic crashes, an average of more than one per minute. • It is estimated that two out of every five Americans will be in volved in an alcohol-related crash during their lifetimes. • Drunk driving is the most fre quently committed crime in the na tion. DWI arrests in 1986 totaled an estimated 1,793,000 — more than three times the total for all other vio lent crimes such as murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated as sault. Boeing tests dispute theory of pilots’ union in Delta case IRVING (AP) — A Boeing aero dynamics expert testified Wednes day that Delta Flight 1141, which crashed Aug. 31, had reached suffi cient speed to fly even without its wing flaps extended on takeoff. Ronald J. Halvarson, a supervisor in aerodynamics technology, told a National Transportation Safety Board public hearing that Boeing recently ran tests that showed the plane could easily have become air borne even with a flap configuration that a pilots’ union contends may have caused the crash. “Even in the flaps’ up position, the airplane could have been tlyable, in my opinion,” Halvarson said. But Paul McCarthy, a lawyer heading the Air Line Pilots Associa tion delegation, said: “Before you hang these pilots, give us a chance to review this data. This is insufficient (data) .... That’s not enough, espe cially if it’s going to crucify thx ee pi lots.” The plane crashed shortly after takeoff Aug. 31 at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14 of the 108 people on board. Survivors included the three-man crew. The position of Flight 114 Us wing flaps has become a central issue in the NTSB inquiry, which will seek information but draw no conclusions for at least half a year. The flaps — devices located on the trailing edge of the wings to pro vide extra lift during the slow speeds of takeoff or landing — were found in a retracted position after the bro ken plane slid to a stop about 3,000 feet past the end of the runway. Lubbock St. blocked off for 2 months Lubbock Street will be blocked off between Coke and Nagle streets beginning Friday during construction of a chilled-water line for the new utility plant, Tom Williams, director of Texas A&M’s Parking, Transit and Tra ffic department, said. Lubbock Street, which runs be tween the Military Sciences Build ing and the Corps of Cadets dor mitories, will be closed for about two months. Williams said motor ists will have to travel Throck morton Street to Lewis Street (be tween Duncan Field and Duncan Dining Hall), turning onto Bizzell Street, and then Lubbock Street, as an alternate route. Rick Flores, assistant director for special services at the Univer sity Police Department, said La mar Street will become two-way between Spence and Nagle streets to handle extra traffic congestion. Parking Annex 22, located on Coke Street, also has been closed because of the construction, he said. Patrons of the staff lot have been notified and will park in PA 60, near Rudder Tower. Parthenon the HURRICANE ROWE RASH Come watch the Aggies beat XT, : CTCJ 1116 HELL outta Alabama on our big screen t.v.! Htjj E Hurricanes 7-10 p.m. ^Voodstone Center 815 Harvey Rd. 764-8575 iiiii Get up to 40% off an IBM PS/2. IBM wants to give you a break on the IBM® Personal System/2® computer. Just stop by to see us, and we’ll show you how the IBM PS/2 can help you organize notes, write and revise papers, produce high-quality graphics, and more. It’s easy to learn and easy to use. And not only will you get IBM quality and reliability, but if you’re eligible, you’ll also get up to a 40% discount. 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