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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.