,19$( Tuesday, July 10,1990 The Battalion Pages iPoll: Americans oppose Soviet aid HOUSTON (AP) — Americans’ views of the Soviet Union and leader Mikhail Gorbachev are lositive, but they strongly oppose providing that juntry with financial assistance, according to a Newspaper poll published today. J Financial aid to the Soviets is one of the major issues to be discussed at the International Eco nomic Summit that officially began today, but imericans apparently have already made up icir minds. The Houston Chronicle’s copyrighted poll showed that 58 percent of the respondents op- direct economic assistance to the Soviet Jnion, while 24 percent support it and 16 per cent are unsure. Seventy-nine percent favored more open trad- ig, 69 percent supported providing the Soviets nth technical assistance and 50 percent were for We’re worrying less and less about the Soviet military threat' and more and more about issues that have for years been on the back burner.” — Richard Murray, University of Houston political science professor favorable credit terms. The national survey, taken June 25 through July 2, was conducted through telephone inter views with 773 U.S. residents 18 or older. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage poll respon- tfu points. The environment was named by dents more than any other issue as the probable greatest threat to the United States in the next century. It was named by 30 percent of those in terviewed^ “We’re worrying less and less about the Soviet military threat and more and more about issues that have for years been on the back burner” such as the environment and international ter rorism, said Richard Murray, the University of Houston political science professor who con ducted the survey for the Chronicle. The poll also shows that 64 percent believe that Japan is the country that poses the greatest long-term economic threat to the United States. Forty percent believe the U.S. trade deficit re sults from unfair trade practices by the Japanese. Eloisa Herrera, Volanda Silva and Pat Stetson (left to right) cut pictures out of magazines in the A&M Youth Opportunities Unlimited program’s art class. YOU is a federally funded program that encourages high school students to stay in school and to go to college. Each weekday 125 Photo by Ted Albracht students from across Texas work at campus jobs for four hours and attend high school-level classes for another four hours. This is the fourth summer A&M has hosted Youth Opportunities Unlimited’s eight-and-a-half week program. Members say the program is a success. iwardf; nges' Police need leads on burglary nocraii ilutioflfl )f Voi«j ituden: Is of it g e ite own specie 1 then ■nifkar. A thief entered Texas A&M’s Fer- jjmier Hall during the weekend of January 3 and stole an AT&T com- mter system equipment valued at 8,500, according to a Crime Stop pers report. The report said that sometime during the weekend of January 3, a thief entered the offices of Fermier Hall and pried open a locked door leading to a room containing com puter equipment. The person(s) stole the following computer equipment: • An AT&T Mini Computer, f model 3B2/310, serial number pn 000142 20C, A&M number 0655336 • A hard disk drive 72 mega byte, [; serial number 0409682, A&M num- T her 0655512 • A cartridge tape package TM60, serial number 8951554, 1|A&M number 0655505 Hs fa I STOPPERS 779-TIPS A&M investigators report there were signs of forced entry through an exterior window of the office complex and the stolen equipment served a specific purpose in the de partment. This leads investigators to believe the thief knew the lay out and opera tion of the office and either wanted access to information stored in the computer or wanted to hinder de partmental operations. Five weeks ago, Crime Stoppers featured this burglary as crime of the week. Since this time, Crime Stoppers has received only two calls about this offense and detectives have exhausted all leads. This week the Texas A&M Uni versity Police Department and Crime Stoppers need your help in identifying the person(s) responsible for this burglary. If you have information that could be helpful, call Crime Stop pers at 775-TIPS. When you call, Crime Stoppers will assign you a coded number to protect your iden tity. If your call leads to an arrest and grand jury indictment, Crime Stop pers will pay you up to $1,000 in cash. Crime Stoppers also pays cash for information on any felony crime or the location of a wanted fugitive. Summit spouses dine with friends of Bush, tour HOUSTON (AP) — As the sum mit leaders focus bn global issues, their spouses have a full schedule of sightseeing and socializing, starting with a private dinner at friends of President Bush’s Monday night. The seven leaders of the industri alized world planned a working din ner Monday at Bayou Bend, a man sion-turned-museum, while their spouses were guests of Betty and Hugh Liedtkes. The Liedtkes, close friends of both Bush and his wife, Barbara, in vited the spouses to their home for dinner in the upscale Memorial neighborhood. Liedtke is a wealthy oil man who knew Bush when the president was in the oil business in Texas before entering politics. On Tuesday, the spouses planned to fly to San Antonio to tour the Alamo, the Mission San Jose and the renovated Majestic Theatre. San An tonio also was in the running to host the economic summit, but the city lost out to Houston, Bush’s adopted hometown. / After visiting San Antonio, the spouses are to return to Houston. They also plan to tour the Texas Medical Center on Wednesday, the final day of the summit. Besides Barbara Bush, the spouses include France’s Danielle Mitterrand, Canada’s Mila Mulro- ney, Italy’s Livia Andreotti, Japan’s Sachiyo Kaifu and England’s Denis Thatcher, the only male spouse. Hannelore Kohl, wife of West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and Marie Delors, wife of European Commission President Jacques Del ors did not accompany their hus bands to Texas. The wives of several other local leaders also planned to attend Mon day night’s dinner at the Liedtke home. The menu included quail, gazpacho soup, shrimp creole re- moulade, poached snapper and as paragus. Dessert was called straw berries summit. After dinner, the group was to be entertained by a string trio and a singing duo. The trio’s members are all teen-agers. Bush and Liedtke met years ago in West Texas while both were in the oil business, and they helped form Zapata Petroleum. Eventually, the company’s investors split, although Liedtke and Bush remained friends. Liedtke is the former chief of Houston-based Pennzoil Co., the oil company that won an $10.3 billion judgment in 1985 from Texaco Inc. over Texaco’s takeover of Getty Oil Co. Pennzoil later settled for $3 bil lion. re no : said, • $120 >f the s dur-! odist- 1 film- 4 pro se the from fast- :o tea- achet ■ than esub- c tha 1 e iotio» The ; odist ?motf s ha'- n40« What’s Up Tuesday NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at 8:30 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information. BRAZOS COUNTY A&M CLUB: will have a monthly lunch meeting at noon at the Clayton Williams Alumni Center. Call 774-7080 for reservations. BRAZOS VALLEY BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S CLUB: Me linda Loggins will speak about “Your Credit and You” at 6:15 p.m. at Holi day Inn. Call 825-6798 for more information. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information. COLLEGE REPUBLICANS: will have a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Flying Tomato. For more information, call Scott at 847- 3084. Wednesday .J steii' - say ■ninj! 1 ■i-aTI on s! " ■d T Eiool _ writ' ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at 8:30 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information. TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION: Joe Bruegging of Bruegging Paper Stock will discuss recycling at 7 p.m. in 118 Civil Engineering. Committees will meet afterward. For more information call Charlie at 822- 3577 or John at 823-0969. TEXAS A&M ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT STAFF: Brent and Jan Paterson from the Department of Student Affairs and the Depart ment of Student Activities will discuss “Helpful Hints in Managing a Semi- Perfect Dual-Career Marriage” at noon in 302 Rudder. All support staff are invited to attend. For more iraformation call Kathy May at 845-5360. Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only publish the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What’s Up is a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are run on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. Texas transit systems receive smaller funding than needed for plans Associated Press Operators of proposed rail transit systems in Houston and Dallas said Monday they’re looking to the Sen ate after a House panel knocked their 1991 funds off track. The House appropriations com mittee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a recommendation that Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority, or Metro, get $30 million in 1991 and Dallas Area Rapid Transit, or DART, get $20 million. Metro asked for $60 million and DART wanted $30 million in federal money next year. But agency officials and congres sional aides said the committee is un likely to increase the lower recom mendation made last month by its subcommittee on transportation. Metro wants the $60 million for its 22-mile rail system designed to link downtown Houston with the Univer sity of Houston, Texas Southern University, Greenway Plaza, the Gal leria and Texas Medical Center. The appropriation would be added to $115 million Congress has given to Metro since 1988 to start the rail system, said agency spokeswo man Carol Boudreaux. The agency is asking for between $600 million and $700 million in increments, she said. None of the money has been spent while plans are incomplete. 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