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Vol.92 No. 180 (6 pages)
1893 - A Century of Service to Texas A&M - 1993
Tuesday, July 27,1993
Israel escalates attack on Lebanon
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NABATIYEH, Lebanon - Is
rael hammered guerrilla strong-
iolds with warplanes, gunboats
and artillery for a second day
Monday as civilians on both sides
of the border fled the worst Arab-
israeli fighting in 11 years.
At least 38 people were report
ed killed and 143 wounded on
kith sides of the border.
Most of the casualties were in
Lebanon, where an estimated
50,000 villagers left their homes
during lulls in the shooting and
led north. About 150,000 Israelis
kiddled in bomb shelters during
asecond day of rocket attacks on
northern Israel by Arab guerril
las; thousands headed away
from the border.
Israeli forces hit at suspected
guerrilla targets across Lebanon
hour after hour to retaliate for re
cent attacks on Israeli troops.
The intense attack brought
warnings from Arabs that the hos
tilities could jeopardize the 21-
month-long negotiations for a
Middle East peace settlement.
"Israel's escalating attacks con
stitute not only a military blow to
Lebanon, but also a political strike
to the United States and its peace
making efforts," Lebanese Foreign
Minister Paris Bweiz told re
porters in Beirut.
In New York, the U.N. Security
Council met privately to discuss
Lebanon's request for a formal
condemnation of Israel.
The flare-up came a week be
fore Secretary of State Warren
Christopher is to visit the Middle
‘East to promote peace talks. Arab
guerrilla groups have vowed to
poison the atmosphere for talks
by escalating the fighting in
southern Lebanon.
Israel said it had no intention
of widening its operation into
anything resembling its 1982 inva
sion of Lebanon. It promised to
keep hitting hard at guerrillas that
have intensified attacks on the Is
raeli-occupied "security zone" in
southern Lebanon.
Israeli soldiers were ambushed
outside Baraachit village in the
buffer zone Monday in an attack
claimed by the Syrian-backed
Amal, a Shiite Muslim militia that
shares influence in the area with
the more dominant pro-Iranian
Hezbollah.
Security sources said two Is
raelis were killed, but Israel said
one soldier died and three were
wounded. Attacks by two other
guerrilla factions had killed seven
Israeli soldiers and wounded sev
en in the zone since July 8.
Hezbollah countered the Israeli
assaults by firing scores of
Katyusha rockets at Israel's north
ern towns and the security zone.
At least two Israelis were killed
and 24 injured in northern Israel.
Israel warned ships, fishing
boats and water skiers to stay out
of a 25-mile strip of the Mediter
ranean coast between the south
ern Lebanese ports of Sidon and
Tyre "or take the consequences."
An Israeli navy Cherburg mis
sile boat cruised off the coast all
day Monday, and reporters said
no cargo vessel or fishing boat
See Israel/Page 6
Lunchtime Soccer
MARY MACMANUS/The Battalion
Leslie Boockoff, a senior geology major from Stratford, Conn., A group of faculty members and students get together every
blocks a shot in a soccer game Monday afternoon at Simpson Field. Monday, Wednesday and Friday to play soccer during lunch.
A&M, city council
agree to meetings
Officials hope planning sessions
will end communication problems
By REAGON CLAMON
The Battalion
A problem in communication has prompted College Station and
Texas A&M University officials to set up monthly meetings between
the two entities to begin in August.
Difficulties arose when the College Station City Council adopted a
resolution July 9 requesting that A&M enter into negotiations to end
the 12 years of free fire service provided by the city and a possible new
fire station at Easterwood Airport.
In a July 11 interview with The Battalion, A&M's vice president for
finance and administration, Robert Smith said he had not received any
communication from the city about the resolution and had serious
doubts as to the possibility of some of the resolution's requests.
College Station Mayor Larry Ringer said it was this confusion and
miscommunication, in part, that prompted him. City Manager Ron
Ragland, and City Councilwoman Nancy Crouch to meet last
Wednesday with Texas A&M President William Mobley and arrange
monthly meetings to begin in August. Ringer said a group of council
members will meet once a month for breakfast with Mobley and some
of his staff to help keep the University and the city abreast of each
others' goals.
"The group will have no set agenda, no items for decision, but will
just talk about what's happening," Ringer said. "Perhaps they will
talk about some of the long-range visions that we have for the city and
what it's going to do and where the University is headed and how the
two can match what they're doing and compliment each other."
Ringer said he and the other city officials used last week's meeting
with Mobley to present the University with the fire service resolution.
Ringer said he also communicated the city's future plans for fire service
and the University's need for a new crash, fire and rescue station at
Easterwood Airport. Ringer said the two needs could be met with a
new fire station at Easterwood Airport.
The University may be required under Federal Aviation Administra
tion regulations to have crash, fire, and rescue trained personnel within
three minutes of an active runway. The airport's crash, fire and rescue
service is currently provided by the city.
Ringer said he felt the meeting with president Mobley would help
clear up the crossed lines of confusion.
"We can't continue to communicate to each other through the news
papers," Ringer said. "I think (Mobley) has the honest desire to try to
cooperate with the city, keeping in mind that he has to look out for the
University's interest. But there are a number of situations where both
the University and the city can come out as winners."
Mobley could not be reached for comment at his office Monday.
The monthly meetings are part of a movement within the Bryan and
College Station city governments to integrate the goals of the two city
councils, the Chamber of Commerce, the Bryan and College Station
school districts and Texas A&M.
College Station spokeswoman Peggy Callihan said the project is be
ing called Vision 20-20.
Represexitatives from the entities involved have met over the last
three months to discuss the program and possibly bring their long
range goals together, Callihan said.
"Different entities have different resources," Callihan said. "If we
don't share, there's going to be a problem."
Callihan described the situation the various entities are in now as a
group going on a trip in different cars.
"If we all don't know where we're going, it's not going to be much
of a trip," she said.
Senate bill
nay expand
local toll-free
calling area
By J. FRANK HERNANDEZ
The Battalion
Residents of Hearne and other
neighboring communities will
soon have the opportunity to ex
pand their toll-free telephone call
boundaries to include the Bryan-
College Station area.
A call from Hearne to Bryan-
College Station is currently a
long distance call, but it may not
be for long.
Senate Bill 632, signed into
law by Gov. Ann Richards May
25, makes it possible for a com
munity to petition the Public
Utilities Commission (PUC) for
expansion of its toll-free calling
area.
Jim Boyle, an Austin lawyer
and a member of Texas Commu
nities for Expanded Local Calling
Areas, said Hearne would be a
logical community for expan
sion.
"I think they can prepare a pe
tition to expand the calling area,"
Boyle said.
"There are quite a few com
munities in the Bryan area that
'vould want to take advantage of
this legislation."
According to SB 632, which
takes effect Sept. 1, the petition
ing exchange must not serve
more than 10,000 phone numbers
and must be located within 22
miles of the exchange requested
lor toll-free service.
An exchange refers to all
Phone numbers beginning with
the same first three digits, al
though more than one exchange
c ould file the petition. In
Hearne, all phone numbers are
Part of the 279 exchange.
See Calling/Page 4
S. Korean airplane crashes
in bad weather, 43 survive
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEOUL, South Korea — Rescuers searched a muddy hillside
where a domestic airliner carrying vacationing families crashed
Monday while trying to land in bad weather. At least 43 of the 106
people aboard survived.
A search for bodies and more survivors continued through the
night at the isolated site as rescuers struggled through rain, muddy
access roads and debris strewn over the rocky hillsides.
There were no immediate reports on the number of bodies found
in the wreckage, but KBS Television said 43 survivors, some in criti
cal condition, were flown by helicopter to nearby hospitals.
"There was a crashing sound and I lost consciousness," said
Yoon Ui-jung, a policeman on board. "When I woke up, the plane
was broken into pieces. There were many bodies and the injured
were screaming for help."
KBS said two survivors hiked from the crash site to the nearby
village of Haenam to seek help. About 100 villagers rushed to the
site and were later joined by 410 police and rescue officials.
The Asiana Airlines Boeing 737-500 was en route from Seoul to
the southwestern port city of Mokpo when it crashed at 3:50 p.m. in
a heavy wind and rain storm, officials said.
A flight attendant. Park Jin-ah, 23, said the plane was on its third
attempt to land when it slammed into a hillside near Haenam, about
30 miles south of Mokpo.
"There was a huge crashing sound soon after the pilot's an
nouncement that we were about to land," she said.
Regents name building after Koldus
By J ASON COX
The Battalion
Dr. John J. Koldus III, vice president for student
services, called the Texas A&M Board of Regent's
decision to name a building after him "humbling"
and said it is a great honor to know his work at the
University was acknowledged in such a special way.
The Regents voted Friday to name the Student
Services Building after Koldus, who is retiring in
August after over 20
years with the Uni
versity.
The building is lo
cated opposite the
University Center and
houses several offices
for which Koldus has
been responsible, in
cluding the depart
ment of Student Ac
tivities, Student Gov
ernment, the Off Cam
pus Center and the
Office of Support Ser
vices for Students
with Disabilities.
Koldus said it is his
approach that is being
reinforced through the
name change.
"My perception is that it is sort of honoring my
style and the relationship I've had with students and
the University," Koldus said. "That's what it's all
about. It makes me feel good that people vyant to
honor that."
Koldus has always maintained a close rapport
with students. With the help of a card file contain
ing more than 30,000 names, Koldus learned the
name of each student he met.
To keep in contact with students, he has held
weekly luncheons that have become a campus tradi
tion and has availed himself to student leaders for
advice and help.
Koldus has served as vice president for student
services since 1973 and has been responsible for the
department of student affairs, recreational sports,
multicultural services, the Corps of Cadets, student
health services, financial aid and the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
Koldus said A&M is about "spirit, camaraderie,
family and tradition" and said even though he is re
tiring, he intends to remain in the community.
"We're going to stay close," he said. "All my kids
went to A&M. We're a big Aggie family and the re
lationship will last for a lifetime."
Student Government passed a resolution earlier
this year asking the Board to approve the name
change.
"Everyone has been so supportive, but then, they
have been for the past 20 years," Koldus said. "My
appreciation is extended to everyone."
Koldus
Research examines spread of tuberculosis
By MICHELE BRINKMANN
The Battalion
Texas A&M University re
search may help explain why resi
dents living on the U.S.-Mexico
border are not responding to tu
berculosis treatments. The once
rare disease is now spreading
among the poor and migrant pop
ulation.
Immunologist Dr. David N.
McMurray of the A&M Health
Science Center has conducted re
search on guinea pigs to deter
mine reasons some people are not
responding to current treatments
of tuberculosis (TB).
Malnutrition and the failure to
detect new cases are also reasons
the disease is spreading among
the poor, he said.
The laboratory studies suggest
that malnutrition interferes with
the immune system's ability to re
spond to the disease.
John By bee, director of the Tu
berculosis Elimination Division in
the Texas Health Commission said
TB is spreading faster among the
poor and disadvantaged because
of the crowded living conditions
and exposure to high-risk groups.
"Children aren't responding to
treatment because they are becom
ing drug resistant by non-compli
ance," Bybee said. "Missing\a
treatment can be a tremendous
problem because the children that
have become drug-resistant are in
fecting others with the anti-drug
resistance."
McMurray said a treatment
that does not require daily intake
would be more successful because
infected persons would be more
apt to complete treatment.
"It is not surprising that they
stop the treatments," he said. "Af
ter a short while the person starts
to feel better and think they no
longer need to take the pills."
McMurray said AIDS may also
have something to do with this re
cent outbreak of TB.
"Tuberculosis is on the rise
mainly due to the HIV and AIDS
epidemic and from the migration
See Tuberculosis/Page 4
Sports
•Patrick Bates, Raiders visit
Cowboys training camp
•A&M tennis player goes to
Junior Davis Cup
Page 3
Opinion
•Guest column: Religion an
important aspect or marriage
•Column: Vasquez - you can't
go home, they sold your bed
Page 5
•Tuesday: partly cloudy
highs in the mid 90s
•Forecast for Wednesday:
partly cloudy, highs in me
90s to near 102. Hot*!
Your Battalion extended
forecast: Same old stuff,
partly cloudy, highs in tbe
100s, lows in the 70s