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\ The Battalion Vol. 92 No. 2 (14 pages) “Serving Texas ASM Since 1893” Tuesday, September 1, 1992 'No-fly THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.N. weapons experts arrived Monday for their first inspections since the U.S.-led allies set up a southern no-fly zone to protect Iraqi Shiite Muslim rebels. Italian team leader Maurizio Zifferero said inspection of nu clear sites would begin Tuesday. He said he did not expect fallout from the allies' quarrel with Bagh- zone ' heats up after U.N. inspectors arrive dad. Fourteen chemical ex perts also trav eled to Iraq to join a team preparing to de stroy 40,000 chemical weapons at the Mutnana facility outside Bagh dad, said Doug Englund, re- Hussein gional chief of the U.N. inspection operation in Bahrain. U.S. and British warplanes are flying more than 100 missions a day to prevent Iraqi military and civilian aircraft from flying below the 32nd parallel. Four French Mi rage 2000 planes were flying Tues day to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to join the patrols, said Gen. Vincent Lanata, chief of staff of the French air force. The Pentagon has given no cost assessment for its part in the mis sion. At a news conference Sun day, Lt. Gen. Michael A. Nelson, commander of U.S. forces in the gulf, said he didn't know how much Operation Southern Watch was costing. Saddam Hussein issued a blis tering statement over state radio and TV Sunday, urging Iraqis to prepare to resist the flight ban. He threatened "to reject the bold aggression and confront it with all means available and on all levels." He gave no specifics. The official Iraqi News Agency said Saddam presided over a meeting Monday of members of the military council of Iraq's rul ing Arab Baath Socialist Party. It gave no details. Travelers from Iraq arriving Monday in Amman, Jordan's capi tal, said the party had reopened recruiting and training centers throughout Iraq. It appeared Saddam was mobi lizing the paramilitary Popular Army that was assembled after Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, and disbanded after the U.S.-led coalition drove out the Iraqi occupiers and a cease-fire was declared. Dozens of Soviet-designed T-72 tanks were sent south from Bagh dad in recent days, said the travel ers, who spoke on condition of anonymity. All-U Night gives freshmen glimpse of Aggie traditions By JENNIFER SALCE Reporter of The BATTA UON The yell leaders and the Fight- in' Texas Aggie Band generated excitement that could be heard and felt outside Kyle Field dur ing All-University Night Monday evening. The enthusiasm of the student body was overwhelming as Texas A&M President William H. Mobley began to welcome the students. Mobley stressed that students have many demands and opportunities for their time. His advice was, "Number one, make your grades. Number two, be involved." Lynn Hickey, the assistant athletic director for the women's volleyball team, introduced her team as the crowd whooped and cheered them on for their game against Eastern Washington next Monday. Hickey said that All-U Night was a way to show unity and support for Texas A&M. "Our challenge to you is that it doesn't stop tonight," she said. "All-University Night is im portant because it gets the fresh men very motivated from the be ginning," said Michelle Clay, a biomedical major from Plano. Brian Trusty, a political science major from Wimberley, said, "It is good for the freshman to expe rience what Texas A&M is like when the university gets togeth er. They get to know what the Aggie spirit is all about." R.C. Slocum, the Texas A&M head football coach, entered the field as the students were led into yells by the yell leaders. The crowd cheered Slocum on as he spoke of the game against LSU this Saturday. Slocum said, "The Spirit of the Twelfth Man de serves credit and must continue to be a strong tradition." Finally, tne yell leaders and the student body concluded the night with a yell to fire up the Texas A&M football team. Amy Collins, a sociology ma jor from Houston, was excited that the season has started again. "It was great that there were lots of freshman because they are the ones who have to carry on the tradition," she said. KARL A. STOLLEIS/The Battalion Daylen Borders, senior drum major of the Fightin 1 Texas Aggie Band, enjoys All-U Night that took place on Monday night at Kyle Field. Railey waives extradition, returns to Dallas THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — Walker Railey flew back to Dallas Monday to face an attempted murder charge in the 1987 strangulation of his wife. The former Methodist minister, once one of the most prominent in the city, was indicted last week by the Dallas County grand jury after prosecutors re-evaluated some ev idence. Police arrested Railey, 45, last Tuesday at Immanuel Presby terian Church in Los Angeles, where he has been an administra tor for more than a year. Late Monday, police were fly ing Railey back to Dallas. He waived extradition. Railey's wife Peggy was found unconscious on the garage floor of their home April 22,1987. She has since been in a persistent vegeta tive state and is cared for at a Tyler nursing home. Last Wednesday, Dallas Coun ty Criminal District Judge Pat Mc Dowell set a $25,000 bond for Rai ley and imposed a gag order in the case. Arrangements had been made to post the bond when Rai ley was brought to the Dallas County Jail. Railey was senior minister at First United Methodist Church at the time of the attack. Afterward, Railey attempted suicide, resigned his ministerial credentials and forfeited custody rights to his children. In late 1987, Railey moved to California with his lover, Lucy Papillon, formerly of Dallas. In 1988, Mrs. Railey's mother and legal guardian, Billie Jo Nico lai, won a civil suit against her son-in-law. Railey is ordered to pay $16.5 million in damages to Nicolai for the near strangulation of his wife. In 1989, Railey unsuccessfully tried to divorce his wife. Although considered a suspect from the start, Railey had never been criminally charged before last week. He has maintained his innocence. Last October, Railey told the Los Angeles congregation about his past in a dramatic sermon that touched on, among other things, an extramarital affair. He told the congregation he had betrayed his wife, his children and his Dallas parishioners. First Methodist in Dallas has continued to support Mrs. Railey. The Rev. Hal Brady, now senior minister, said church members visit her and raise money for her care. Bush revisits Florida, Louisiana President to inspect local relief efforts, assure storm victims of support THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Bush said Monday he will return to Florida and Louisiana on Tuesday to Inspect Hurricane Andrew relief efforts and to assure victims of the storm that "we're with them for the long haul." After a series of meetings with top aides, building trade officials and humanitarian lead ers in the White House, Bush told reporters he Would be taking his wife, Barbara, and De fense Secretary Dick Cheney on the trip Tues day. The president said he would be meeting with civilian and military officials in south Florida and Louisiana as well as volunteer or ganizations helping in the recovery. Bush stressed that he was focusing on the longer-term recovery needs for south Florida. "In many ways the hardest work is yet to c ome," he said. He said he wanted the victims 2nd Florida and Louisiana officials to know, Ve're with them for the long haul." Speaking at the outset of a late-afternoon Meeting with insurance industry officials Bush said all Americans should "give generously to fhese volunteer organizations who serve so Valiantly." Earlier, Bush said he was pleased with the Pace of the federal disaster relief effort. "I think real progress is being made, but fhere's still an awful lot of human suffering Hiere," Bush said as he sat down in the Cabi net Room with the secretaries of housing, edu ction and health and the head of the Small business Administration. Bush had canceled a West Coast campaign swing to be in Washington to monitor the fed eral role in helping south Florida recover from Hurricane Andrew. His spokesman said the president would resume campaigning on "I think real progress is being made, but there's still an awful lot of human suffering." - President Bush Wednesday. Marlin Fitzwater, the presidential press sec retary, told reporters that Bush wanted to hear from insurance industry executives on how they planned to handle the flood of claims from victims of the costliest hurricane in American history. "The insurance industry obviously has nev er seen anything like this in the history of the country," Fitzwater said, adding that residen tial and commercial claims against private in surers already top 100,000 and will "go up wards of 700,000 before this is over." Bush also met with the heads of the Postal Service and the Social Security Administra tion. Fitzwater said delivery of benefit checks was a major concern, particularly because the south Florida population includes large num bers of retirees. "The problem is the people in the region need to know where to get" their Social Secu rity checks and other mail, Fitzwater said. He said trucks with loudspeakers were being used to deliver the word on mail service cen ters. Some Florida officials have complained that the federal government's response to the hur ricane was slow and meager, but Fitzwater de fended Bush's role. "If you talk to those people in Florida now, I think they're pretty understanding and pret ty grateful for what's been done and how fast it's been done," he said. Bush toured parts of both states after the hurricane struck early last week. Bush held' talks in the White House with of ficials of several building trades, including plumbers, concrete makers and construction outfits, as well as executives of humanitarian organizations such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. Building industry executives told reporters after thdf 45-minute meeting that Bush wanted ideas oh overcoming bureaucratic red tape that could impede the recovery. Fitzwater said Bush was "quite sympathet ic to Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles' plea to Washington to pick up the full tab for recon struction, but no final decision had been made. Damage estimates range up to $20 billion. Fitzwater said the number of federal troops now on the scene in south Florida stood at 11,500 on Monday, and in addition 6,500 mem bers of the Florida National Guard are on duty. He said the combined total would top 20,000 in a few days. Fighting blocks aid to Yugoslavia THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herze- govina — A grenade slammed into a funeral at a Sarajevo ceme tery Monday, killing one person, while continued fighting in Gorazde kept U.N. officials from sending an aid convoy to the city. In Belgrade, nationalist deputies in Serbia's federal par liament demanded a no-confi dence vote against the govern ment of Yugoslav Premier Milan Panic. In their strongest chal lenge to Panic yet, they accused him of overstepping his authori ty at last week's London peace conference. And the U.N. Human Rights Commission’s special envoy to former Yugoslavia submitted a damning report in Geneva that blamed Serb forces for the worst human rights violations in the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The report, by former Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Ma~ zowiecki, urged creation of an international commission to in vestigate war crimes. t The attack at Sarajevo's Lions Cemetery was the second in a month on mourners burying their dead there. In early August, an elderly woman was seriously wounded while burying her baby granddaughter,, killed wben a children's convoy was fired on. The grenade Monday morning hit during a soldier's funeral. One person was killed and three injured. Overnight fighting continued on Sarajevo's outskirts. In a 24-hour period ending early Monday, 23 people were killed and 259 wounded around Bosnia, the Ministry of Health re ported. U.N. officials canceled a Mon day convoy to Gorazde because of heavy fighting. They said they hoped to send it Wednesday. It remained unclear exactly what was happening in Gorazde, the lone government holdout in eastern Bosnia. Tens of thou sands of people were trapped there. Serbs announced over the weekend they were lifting their five-month siege of the city. But Muslims also claimed to have "liberated" 80 percent of Gorazde after several days of fierce fighting. Radovan Karadzic, leader of Bosnian Serbs, told The Associat ed Press that Muslim forces were attacking Serb villages as Serbian fighters withdrew. State-run press in Sarajevo on Monday called Karadzic's an nounced withdrawal "only a slight loosening of the noose." Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic said he would boy cott peace talks this week in Geneva if the "murderous as sault on the Bosnian people in Sarajevo does not cease." He called an attack on a Sara jevo marketplace Sunday, which killed 15 people, a "premeditat ed act of murder." "How is it possible to negoti ate with people like this?" he told the AP. "They are killers. They don't want peace, they want blood." The United Nations and the European Community are spon soring another round of talks, to begin Thursday in Geneva. At least 8,000 people have died — U.S. congressional inves tigators put the figure at up to 35,000 — in fighting that erupted after majority Muslims and Croats voted tor independence on Feb. 29. In Serbia, accused by the Unit ed Nations of supporting aggres sion by Bosnian Serbs, Panic has come under fire from opponents for proclaiming that the new-Yu- oslavia — comprising only Ser- ia and Montenegro — would respect the borders of all former Yugoslav republics. The harshest criticism has come from Serb nationalists and members of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's Socialist Party, who backed Panic's elec tion two months ago.