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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, January 30,1990
heney proposes
ilitary cutbacks
■ WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense
Becretary Dick Cheney recom-
ProtcsiBjgHdcd Monday closing or scaling
iPjack more than 60 U.S. military
fmJi9 ases ’ ' nc ^ u ^* n S eight in Texas, and
^■nding operations at 12 overseas fa-
; Bilities, a plan that immediately drew
•^—^congressional Fire.
I “I understand the problem
Biey’re faced with, but it’s absolutely
vital that Congress have the guts to
take the right decisions as we go
(hrough this period of time,” Che
ney said as he released a $292.1 bil-
Bon fiscal 1991 spending plan—with
■he base closing proposal — and sig-
tialed lawmakers that the battle has
egun.
Cheney said he had no Figures yet
lor the potential savings from the
Inoves. He said the numbers were
|till being analyzed.
But because it costs money to shut
ases down and legislation is needed
jo do so, the savings are not usually
Iccrued until years later.
The Texas installations Cheney
broposes to close are the Army am-
[nunition plant at Karnack, Chase
•ield Naval Air Station at Beeville,
iergstrom Air Force Base at Austin
ind the Defense Contract Adminis-
[ration regional office in Dallas.
Reductions were proposed for
r ort Hood near Killeen, where the
6nd Armored Division is proposed
tor disbanding; Fort Sam Houston
and Kelly Air Force Base in San An-
pnio and the Red River Army De-
)ot at Texarkana.
The plan, far less extensive than
khe 86 closings and five realignments
hat Congress adopted last year
from a federally-mandated commis-
ion, also calls for closing a signifi-
:ant number of facilities in Califor-
Figart
I
Japan tightens grip on U.S. economy Career week helps
students find jobs.
■
II
mbers
• Clements offers plan/Page 4
Among the candidates for closure
there are Fort Ord, Alameda Naval
Aviation Depot and Naval Air Sta
tion, Long Beach Naval Shipyard,
Moffett Field Naval Air Station and
Oakland Naval Supply Center in
California.
Asked whether politics influenced
the choices on the closing list, which
largely targets bases in the districts
of liberal Democrats on Capitol Hill,
Cheney said the charge “wasn’t a
valid one.”
“I did not assemble this list,” said
the former Republican congressman
from Wyoming. The list was com
piled by the services, said Cheney,
who smiled at suggestions that the
services may have been political in
their choices.
The proposed deactivation of the
2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood
would involve the loss of 12,000
troops. Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas,
rushed into action to try to work out
a deal to save the division.
“We worked out an agreement
that if we are able to successfully ne
gotiate round one of the conventio
nal disarmament agreements with
the Soviets, that would bring home
21,600 Army personnel from Eu
rope, and the first 12,000 of those
would go to Fort Hood,” Gramm
said in Texas.
But he added, “The Army is
looking at a reduction of 135,000
men in uniform. There’s no way you
can do that without affecting us. We
want to minimize that effect.
Brian Rogers, a senior management major from Longview, tea
ches 8-year-old Tamra Garvin, a yellow belt from Caldwell, the
proper technique for a front kick. Rogers has taught Tae Kwon
Photo by Fredrick D.Joe
Do since he was a high school junior and has owned Tae Kwon
Do USA in the Manor East Mall since his freshman year in col
lege. Ten classes are offered per week at Tae Kwon Do USA.
By CHRIS VAUGHN
OiThe Battalion Staff
The United States must become more compet
itive in the ’90s or Japan will continue to tighten
its grip on America’s economy, a Dallas business
woman said Monday.
Valerie Freeman, president of Word temps
Inc., recently returned from a tour of Japan’s
business industry. She told a group of Texas
A&M business students gathered for the Women
n Business Symposium that America is lagging
far behind Japan in areas critical to competing in
a global economy.
Freeman said U.S. business philosophy must
put more emphasis on long-term rather than
short-term gains.
“1 hey (Japanese) are willing to operate at no
profit Tor a while to grab mote of "tlie market stia-
re,” Freeman said. “They have done it to us time
and time again. Our stockholders are banging on
the door wanting immediate dividends (while)
they just wait. Pretty soon, they win out.”
The Japanese are more interested in market
share analyses than Americans, Freeman said.
She said Japanese companies currently have 90
percent of the VCR market, 80 percent of the vi
deogame market and almost one-third of the
auto market.
Freeman said LJ.S. companies also must com
mit more resources to research and development
if they want to become more competitive.
Japan spends more on research and devel
opment, $1,600 per worker, than any country in
the world, Freeman said. The United States
spends $500 pei workei oi resea’rch and d vel-
opment.
“Many of our companies have too much debt
to be able to spend money on R&D,” she said. “A-
nother reason is because of our short-term busi
ness philosophy.”
Because of the shortage of research and devel
opment, Freeman said many American compa
nies must form unequal alliances with Japanese
firms.
“We may have the idea, but few of our compa
nies have the money to carry it out,” she said. “I
don’t think alliances are bad, but I think they
See Business/Page 9
By PAM MOOMAN
Of The Battalion Staff
Texas A&M students can get a
hand with job-hunting this week
during Business Career Week, spon
sored oy the Business Student Coun
cil.
Lynn Zimmerman, adviser to the
council, said Business Career Week
has grown continually since its be
ginning in 1980. It now has 27 com
panies setting up booths for one day.
“I think we’ve had more compa
nies come each succeeding year, with
the exception of one year,” he Said.
This is the first year that cor
porate booths have been manned for
three days, Zimmerman said.
Usually the companies only are here
on Tuesday and Wednesday, he
said.
“All those business skills students
learn about in the classroom they
put to work this week,” Zimmerman
said.
Although a few companies may
See Career week/Page 9
Aggie Watch offers bike registration
By SEAN FRERKING
Of The Battalion Staff
Many students at Texas A&M
are unknowing accomplices to the
thefts of their own bicycles, said
Lt. Bert Kretzschmar of the Uni
versity Police Department’s
Crime Prevention Unit.
During the past year bicycles
worth more than $60,000 have
been reported stolen. UPD found
this Figure alarming and decided
to offer free bicycle registration
during Aggie Watch, a forum
promoting public awareness and
stressing the prevention of crime,
Kretzschmar said.
The event, taking place this
week and Monday, is sponsored
by the Residence Hall Associa
tion, the Department of Student
Affairs, the Department of Food
Services and UPD.
Various programs will be fea
tured throughout the week in
cluding discussions on theft pre
vention and bike registration.
Kretzschmar said some of the
programs will focus on bicycle se
curity.
On Wednesday, the Depart
ment of Parking, Transit and
Traffic Services, in conjunction
with Alpha Phi Omega service
fraternity, will offer free bicycle
registration at two locations on
campus. Registration booths will
be in front of the Commons and
by the Rudder fountain.
After completing registration
cards, students will be given re
flective stickers with control num
bers.
The control numbers on these
stickers are entered into the
Texas Crime Information Cen
ter/ National Crime Information
Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack See Bicycles/Page 9
A&M organization
aids Vietnam vets
HELP created to educate public
By STACY E. ALLEN
Of The Battalion Staff
Some Vietnam veterans and their
families have needed HELP for
years.
Now a Texas A&M organization
with that name has been created to
do just that.
Carol Maxwell, president of
HELP and a graduate sociology stu
dent at A&M, said the organization’s
objective is to make people aware of
veterans’ issues.
HELP devotes most of its time to
educating the public about post trau
matic stress syndrome, which affects
many war veterans.
PTSD causes damage to the cen
tral nervous system. Maxwell said
We want to alert
veterans of (post traumatic
stress syndrome) because
some may have it and not
know it yet.”
- Carol Maxwell,
HELP president
the symptoms of PTSD include
nightmares, hallucinations, lack of
emotional control and reclu’siveness.
Suicide is the leading cause of
death among veterans and Maxwell
said PTSD is largely the reason for
it.
“People who sustain life-threaten
ing injuries themselves or see some
one else sustain them are likely can
didates to develop the symptoms of
PTSD,” Maxwell said. “The younger
you are, the more likely you are to
develop it.”
Through research in her grad
uate studies, Maxwell found that 4.8
million people have PTSD and most
do not know about it. Most of the
time, it can only be detected by a spe
cialist.
Maxwell said HELP is launching a
national public awareness campaign
this month. “We want to alert veter
ans of PTSD because some may have
it and not know it yet,” said Maxwell.
“Since PTSD also travels through
the family, the spouses and children
need to be alerted so that they can
also be tested.”
HELP will give presentations all
over the nation about veterans, and
Maxwell said many of the presenta
tions will be given to student groups
on A&M’s campus to increase stu
dent awareness and membership in
HELP.
The campaign will kick off at 7
p.m. Wednesday at the College Sta
tion Hilton. Another show will be at
9 p.m.
Maxwell said the shows will be a
tribute to veterans and will feature
Nashville stars.
Tracker, a country star, will per
form his famous song “Cripple Cow
boy.” Tracker received his inspira
tion to write the song about veterans
after meeting a Vietnam veteran in a
wheelchair struggling to get into a
van. The veteran referred to himself
as the cripple cowboy.
Tracker was so impressed by the
man that he wrote the song “Cripple
Cowboy” and is donating half the
proceeds from the video and the
song to HELP.
Tickets are $5 and can be pur
chased at Copy Corner or Wednes
day at the door. Those attending can
register for a Nashville trip for two.
Silver Taps
ceremony
to honor 3
The solemn sound of buglers
playing “Tims” and the sharp
ring of gunfire will be heard on
campus tonight as three Texas
A&M students who died during
December and January are
honored in a Silver Taps
ceremony
at 10:30 in
front of the
Academic Build
ing.
The deceased
students being hon
ored are:
• Kirk Jason Mauthe,
18, a freshman biomedi
cal sciences major from
Plano, who died Dec. 26.
• Marjorie Ann
Johnson, 21, a junior ki
nesiology major from El
Lago.who died Dec. 24.
• Timothy D. Hogg,
19, a freshman business adminis
tration major from Lamesa, who
diedjan. 1.
Dating back almost a century,
the stately tradition of Silver Taps
is practiced on the first Tuesday
of each month from September
through April, when necessary.
The names of the deceased stu
dents are posted at the base of the
flag pole in front of the Academic
Building, and the flag is flown at
half-staff the day of the cere
mony.
Lights will be extinguished and
the campus hushed as Aggies pay
final tribute to fellow Aggies.
The Ross Volunteer Firing
Squad begins the ceremony,
marching in slow cadence to
wards the statue of Lawrence Sul
livan Ross. Shortly after, three
volleys are fired in a 21-gun sa
lute and six buglers play a special
arrangement of “Taps” three
times — to the north, south and
west.