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need for more education
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College Station, Texas
‘Serving Texas A&M since 1893’
8 Pages
Wednesday, February 19, 1992
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WASHINGTON (AP) - In a
[jarring reminder that Cold War
dangers haven't disappeared, the
Navy said Tuesday that one of its
nuclear-powered attack sub
marines was hit by a Russian sub
last week in the Arctic Ocean.
U.S. officials said they weren't
sure which vessel was at fault.
Pentagon officials said the USS
Baton Rouge, a Los Angeles-class
attack submarine whose home
port is Norfolk, Va., was on a rou
tine patrol in the Barents Sea at the
time of the collision, but they
would not discuss its mission or
exact location.
There was no report of nuclear
contamination in the area of the
accident.
"The question is, why are we
doing this kind of operation now?
The Cold War is supposed to be
over," said James T. Bush, a re
tired Navy captain and sub T
mariner. "They really haven't ad
justed to the fact that the Cold
War is over."
Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, the
Navy's top uniformed officer as
chief of naval operations, ada-
mently refused to discuss the inci
dent. He stressed that the U.S.
fleet would continue to operate as
usual in international waters.
"The seas are free for every
body to operate in," Kelso said in
an interview with the AP. "I don't
think anything is going to change
that."
American officials have ac
knowledged that Soviet sub
marines no longer patrol regularly
off the U.S. Atlantic shore.
The Defense Department said
that the accident occurred Feb. 11,
and that it waited a week to dis
close it because Secretary of State
James A. Baker III wanted to dis
cuss it with Russian President
Boris Yeltsin before the announce
ment.
"Given the change in the na
ture of the relationship between
Russia and the United States, we
thought it best to notify Boris
Yeltsin," the department said in a
brief statement.
Bob Hall, a Pentagon
spokesman, said he believed it
was the first time the department
has announced a submarine colli
sion, although this was not the
first involving U.S. and Russian
vessels. He said the mishap was
disclosed in this case "because of
the unusual nature of this inci
dent."
Hall told reporters the U.S.
Navy has 84 attack submarines in
operation around the world. Their
wartime role is to destroy enemy
ships, particularly submarines. In
peacetime they often are involved
in intelligence-gathering opera
tions.
The naval forces of the former
Soviet Union include 212 attack
submarines, according to the latest
published Pentagon count.
Nations take steps to set up
early warning defense center
MOSCOW (AP) - The United
States and Russia, in a first step to
ward a joint defense system,
agreed Tuesday to set up an early
warning center to alert them to
ballistic missile attacks, U.S. offi
cials said.
Secretary of State James A.
Baker III and Russian Foreign
Minister Andrei Kozyrev also
agreed on accelerated high-level
talks toward an accord to sharply
reduce their long-range nuclear
arsenals, Kozyrev said.
Baker and Kozyrev decided to
jettison the cumbersome arms con
trol negotiating procedures of the
Cold War, which involved large
teams of experts working for years
to reach agreement. They agreed
instead to conduct the negotia
tions themselves with a comple
tion goal of July, when President
Bush and Russian President Boris
N. Yeltsin meet in Washington.
"Hopefully we're beyond the
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protection
Attorney offers ways
to stop thefts, attacks
By Melody Dunne
The Battalion
Easy and inexpensive ways to
be protected from burglary and as
sault were demonstrated Tuesday
evening by the
Brazos county
attorney dur
ing the first
presentation at
a two-day
Women's Is
sues sympo
sium.
Former po
liceman Jim
Kuboviak told
a small group
at a Memorial
Student Center Great Issues sym
posium he didn't want to frighten
them by his presentation.
"What I do want you to do is
be cautious," he said.
Kuboviak brought small mod
els of doors, which consisted of
doorknobs and different kinds of
locks attached to a piece of wood.
He demonstrated how burglars
break certain types of locks and
said deadbolt locks should be used
in all doors, but cheap deadbolts
are practically worthless.
"You can buy a deadbolt for as
cheap as $7," he said. "Anything
under $15 is useless. If you don't
have a good deadbolt on your
door, you're as good as dead."
Always leave a light on, or buy
a timer that will turn lights on at a
certain time, Kuboviak said.
"Bad guys don't like light," he
said, and warned his audience
never to walk into a dark house
alone.
Better than deadbolts and even
lights, Kuboviak said, is neighbors
who watch out for each other's
property.
Cars can best be protected by
an inexpensive hidden switch that
kills the motor when the car is
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Woman's best friend
Nancy Lively, a senior Psychology and English Tuesday afternoon in front of the System
major, waits with her Great Dane, Blue, Administration Building.
Tsongas,
Bush win
primary
Buchanan garners 40 perce
of vote, pressures incumbe
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -
President Bush gained a grudging
victory Tuesday night in the New
Hampshire presidential primary.
with challenger
Buchanan
claiming more
than 40 percent
of the Republi
can vote to fuel
his conserva
tive rebellion.
Former Sen.
Paul E. Tsongas
of Mas
sachusetts won
the five-way
Democratic
race, ratifying
the frontrunner
Patrick J.
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for 14 of New Hampshire's 23 del
egates; Buchanan 25,384 or 42 per
cent and 9 delegates.
Polls of voters leaving their
polling places showed that the
economy and
George Bush
Paul Tsongas
status even he
called improbable. Arkansas Gov.
Bill Clinton ran second and pro
nounced himself "the comeback
kid."
New Hampshire's blighted
economy was the consuming issue
in both parties' campaigns, and
Bush said he got the message of
discontent.
"This election was far closer
than many had predicted," he
said. "I think the opponents on
both sides reaped the harvest of
discontent with the pace of New
Hampshire's economy.
Bush vowed to "take my case
to the voters in the next eight-and-
a-half months," and said he was
confident of beating Buchanan to
win the GOP nomination. "Now,"
said Bush, "on to the South."
The Republican vote, with 51
percent of the precincts counted:
Bush 34,767 or 57 percent. He led
jobs were the
issues that
mattered most
to both Repub
licans and
Democrats.
Early exit polls
reported by
ABC found
that 52 percent
of Buchanan
voters said
they voted for
him to send a message, compared
with 47 percent who said he
would make the best president.
More than half said they would
not vote for Bush in November.
In the Democratic primary,
with 38 percent of the precincts re
porting, Tsongas and Clinton both
were splitting New Hampshire's
18 convention delegates. The vote
was: Tsongas 19,634 or 33 percent;
Clinton 16,440 or 28 percent.
For Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebras
ka and Tom Harkin of Iowa, the
challenge was to defeat the other
and emerge as the more liberal al
ternative to Tsongas or Clinton.
Kerrey had 12 percent and Harkin
11.
Democratic National Chair
man Ronald H. Brown said the
New Hampshire results put Bush
"in incredible peril."
"George Bush is a one-term
president."
In Advance
University sponsors training sessions
The Texas A&M University System Safety and Health Office
will conduct Hazard Communication Category 1 training sessions
in today and Thursday in Rudder Tower.
System policy states every employee (full-time, part-time and
student employees) must attend a general orientation session at
which time information on the Hazardous Communication Law, its
purpose, employee rights and an explanation of TAMUS's program
of compliance will be explained.
Each session will last approximately 45 minutes. An attendance
form will be provided for attendees to carry back to their work sta
tion for placement in their personnel files.The sessions will be held
today in 308 Rudder and Thursday in 410 Rudder at the following
times:
8:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m.
10:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m.
noon 5:00 p.m.
Reservations are not required.
Student alcohol violations climb
By Sharon Gilmore
The Battalion
Alcohol violations at Texas A&M shot up to
334 during the 1991-1992 school year from 133
in 1990-1991, but the in
crease in transgressions
stems from more law
enforcement efforts, a
University Police officer
said.
A recent U.S. sur
geon general report re
vealed that 23 million
college students drink
close to four billion cans
of beer each year. The
amount of wine and
liquor they consume is enough to raise annual
consumption to 34 gallons per person, accord
ing to the report.
Lt. Bert Kretzschmar of the University Po
lice Department's Crime Prevention unit said
the University has stepped up enforcement of
alcohol violations. He said it is up to individu
als to avoid citations.
"The key word is responsibility," Kret
zschmar said. "People have to know their lim
its."
Minors in possession of alcohol accounted
for 261 of this year's violations. Most citations
were given to students who were in parking
lots or were walking from the Northgate area,
Kretzschmar said.
The Northgate Task Force has contributed
to the increase in students receiving alcohol ci
tations. University and College Station police
began patrolling the Northgate area last
semester to decrease the number of alcohol re
lated problems. The force patrols Thursday
through Saturday, during peak drinking hours.
"Given the population of 41,000 students, I
think the students are being responsible be
cause of more awareness."
Most college students drink to socialize and
some groups seem to create a pressure to
drink, Kretzschmar said.
"Not as many people are getting really
drunk," said Clyde Collins, district supervisor
of the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commis
sion.
However, Collins said the number of alco
hol violations was much higher during the reg
ular semesters.
. One A&M student, however, said she
didn't think students go out just to get intoxi
cated.
"I think a lot of people go out to have fun
more than just getting drunk," Emily Taylor, a
sophomore business major said. "I think a
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