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87 Mo. 179 8 Pages The BattalionThursday, July 21, 1988 College Station, Texas eorge Bush’s son claims U.N. group will work on details ather holds edge in Texas of peace treaty By Alan Sembera Staf f Writer UNITED NATIONS — The said, he will announce a starting date The Vice President’s oldest Bush’s son not bothered by attacks U.N. secretary-general said Wednes “promptly” and set dates for troop on, George W. Bush, said at a day he is sending a team to Iran and withdrawal, prisoner exchange, Iraq to work out details of a cease peace negotiations and the investiga jrief campaign stop in College AUSTIN (AP) — George W. Bush, kicking off a “I’m really not worried about those kind of sarcastic fire and will announce a starting tion of responsibility for the war. itation Wednesday that Demo- Texas campaign tour for his father’s presidential bid, remarks because people wall see that George Bush date soon. Iraq proposed direct talks When the cease-fire takes effect, :ratic candidate Michael Dukakis’ Wednesday said he isn’t bothered by the personal na fought for his country, and George Bush built a busi between the belligerents. Perez de Cuellar said, he will send :hoice of Texas Sen. Loyd Bent- ture of attacks on the vice president at this week’s Dem ness in Odessa and Midland, out there in the oilfields,” Javier Perez de Cuellar, the secre up to 250 military observers into the ien as his running mate will not ocratic National Convention. the younger Bush said. area to verify and supervise the 3e enough to sway Texas voters. “It’s good red meat for a crowd that wanted to tary-general, called the cease-fire date “D-Day.” He said he prefers di truce and withdrawal of military Bush maintained that Massa- cheer,” the younger Bush said. “It really doesn’t discuss “He’s survived political wars a lot longer than Ann rect negotiations between the par forces. :husetts Governor Dukakis is just the record.” Richards has and is a strong guy for it,” Bush said. ties, but Iranian Ambassador Mo :oo liberal for Texans, and he Texas Treasurer Ann Richards in Monday’s keynote The vice president’s son laughed off the personal na hammad Ja’afar Mahallati declared: He said the team leaving immedi ;aid his father still holds an edge address poked fun at non-native Texan Bush’s accent ture of this week’s criticism, noting that the “Doones- “No, No.” ately would be from the U.N. Truce acre. and said the vice president was “born with a silver foot bury” cartoon strip had been portraying his father as Iran announced Monday it would Supervision Organization based in “Vice presidential nominees in his mouth.” invisible for about a year now. accept 598, a year-old Security don’t win elections,” Bush said, State Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower on Jerusalem and led by Lt. Gen. Mar Council resolution demanding an ‘presidential nominees do. Tuesday told convention delegates that Bush is “a too “I expect it. Listen, I’ve been living with ‘Doonesbury tin Vadset, the group’s chief of staff. end to the 8-year-old war. A political officer, whom he did not CO “I am convinced that Texans thache of a man.” for 12 months,” he said. are going to want to see a Texan In the Persian Gulf, the war con identify, is to join the group. as president, and not as a vice tinued. Iran said its jet fighters flew Perez de Cuellar said he would president.” the United States is not in Texas. visits Houston, which is about five and longer prison terms for crim four sorties Wednesday over north continue separate negotiations in Bush defended against charges “I wish it were. He’s been serv to 10 times a year. inals. eastern Iraq, bombing the area New York with Iranian and Iraqi being raised that his father is not ing his country in the capitol. On the matter of specific is Tom Loeffler, a former Texas around the Dukan Dam and troop representatives. a true Texan because he lives in That’s why he’s been living up sues, the younger Bush said his congressman who is campaigning positions near Haj Omran. It said Asked about the Iraqi proposal Washington, D.C., and claims a there.” father was completely against with the younger Bush, was far, the attacks were retaliation for Iraqi for direct talks, he said: “I have no home in Kennebunkport, Maine, abortion, while Dukakis sup more critical in his attacks on Du raids Tuesday on industrial targets objection. I have a preference for di for tax purposes. Since the Vice President sold ported federal funding for low kakis, saying he was pro-homo- in southwestern Iran. rect negotiations.” He noted that “The only thing I can tell you is his Houston home in 1981, he has income women to have abortions. sexual and for gun control. Resolution 598 calls for negotiations this is where he raised his family listed a Houston hotel suite as his He also said his father would Bush said his father enjoys Iraq said two Iranian jets tried to between the two sides. and built his business,” Bush said, voting residence. The Vice Presi take a strong stand against crime speaking at A&M and will stop bomb the dam near Kirkuk at about Mahallati, the Iranian envoy, re “and unfortunately the capitol of dent stays in the suite when he by supporting capital punishment here later during the campaign. dawn but missed and anti-aircraft jected direct talks in comments to re fire chased them off. The Iraqis said porters. Another Iranian diplomat, their own planes attacked two oil Mohammad Javad Zarif, told jour pumping stations near Izeh in south nalists his country will observe a 67 western Iran and captured territory cease-fire during the technical Noustonians begin in the mountainous northern border team’s visit and continue an informal campaign region. cease-fire later if Iraq does the same. Wednesday was the anniversary Iraq’s proposal for direct talks was illy 6, of the adoption last July of Resolu contained in a letter to Perez de i two tion 598, which provides for an im Cuellar from Foreign Minister Tariq mediate cease-fire, withdrawal of Aziz. (form or ’92 Democratic Convention military forces to recognized bor Aziz said it was necessary to test ders, prisoner exchange and an in whether the Iranian acceptance of ■ ATLANTA (AP) — Houstonians Wednesday night presidential nomi thing under one roof.” Omni. “If you like being crammed in vestigation to determine who started the resolution “is serious or tactical . Bi Wednesday cranked up their nation vote. The press is housed in the like a sardine it’s a pretty nice place the war. . . with partial or temporary solu '[^■tdi for the 1992 Democratic Na- Back in Houston, Mayor Kathy Georgia World Congress Center ad to be.” The Iraqis said soon afterward tions instead of a comprehensive so ®“Bnal Convention, trying not to Whitmire planned to attend a con jacent to the Omni. Claire Giesen of Houston, an aide they would accept it if Iran did, but lution.” i tht Bund too pleased about the prob- vention watch party at the George R. “We’d like to show them what a to U.S. Rep. Make Andrews, asked the Iranians said no truce could take The Iraqis have said Iran appears 1 0,1 kms Atlanta is having. Brown Convention Center, the mas real convention center looks like,” Texas delegates to rally around effect until Iraq was branded the ag to be buying time to rebuild its econ ^■Officials locked the doors to The sive, new downtown building that Ward said. Houston’s 1992 bid. gressor. Iraq invaded Iran in Sep omy and army so it can resume the mi® Qinni arena Tuesday night because Houston unsuccessfully pitched for Texas Democratic Chairman Bob tember 1980 after several border war. is 1 0} an overflow crowd that wanted to the 1988 convention. Slagle said he did not want to sound She told reporters The Omni and skirmishes, ytv Another Iraqi proposal is that the Hear Jesse Jackson’s speech. Don Ward of the Houston Con like an ungrateful guest here, but he Atlanta have come up short. Perez de Cuellar said a team of Shatt-al-Arab waterway, which ■ Houston officials, supporting vention and Visitors Bureau offered said, “It’s always embarrassing when “It’s too small and transportation 10-12 military officers from U.N. forms the delta of the Tigris and ,Meir 1992 bid, on Wednesday a graphic comment on the relative anybody gets locked out of a Demo is poor,” she said. Middle East operations would work Euphrates rivers and is Iraq’s only IQnllpbssed out T-shirts that jibed the merits of The Omni and the Hous cratic convention for any reason. We Giesen did not complain about the out cease-fire details with officials in sea outlet, be cleared under U.N. pramped Atlanta headquarters. ton site. pride ourselves on inclusion. It’s a weather as she handed out stickers Baghdad and Tehran and return in auspices. I “We have space for you in ’92,” “The George R. Brown would shame and I’m sorry it happened.” that feature a big blue “92,” which at no more than a week. He did not an It forms the southern border be to Iwid the shirts distributed to Texas contain three Omnis,” he said. “You “It’s not the most useful hall we times can seem like the average hu nounce their itinerary. tween Iraq and Iran and where the mm |(|elegates for wear during the could keep all the press and every ever worked in,” Slagle said of The midity on a summer day in Houston. After that, the secretary-general line lies is in dispute. Dukakis one ‘very lucky guy,’ ets his party’s nomination
ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Du- the winner would come to the hall to political salons when the campaign kis, musing that he was a “very acknowledge the cheers of his dele year began. lucky guy,” awaited his nomination gates — perhaps with Jackson — or Dukakis made short order of on Wednesday as the most peaceable whether this methodical man would those scenarios, as he did of his ri Democratic National Convention in wait for his acceptance speech on vals. apecade formally anointed its candi Thursday, the convention’s final date for president. night. He won the bronze medal when ■ “I feel great,” said the survivor of Dukakis’ ticketmate, Lloyd Bent- the first votes were counted in the nade the marathon party primary wars, sen, spent part of his day working on Iowa caucuses on a freezing cold otolif Jesse Jackson, Dukakis’ sole sur- his vice presidential acceptance night in February, but won the gold lingdBving rival, said he too would have speech. His nomination comes in the New Hampshire primary the J|s name entered in nomination in Thursday night. following week and methodically be n ofd the traditional prime-time roll call of Dukakis’ fall opponent, Vice Pres gan piling up delegates, first by the uto the states. But Jackson, who made a ident George Bush, embarked on an handful and later by the hundreds. in p^tirring plea for unity in a campaign eight-state campaign tour in an un It was a success that capped a re thati valedictory address Tuesday night, usual attempt to steal some of the markable political comeback. ni oft also pledged his eventual endorse media attention during Democratic Elected governor of Massachu ment and help in the fall campaign. convention week. setts in 1974, he lost a re-election bid I! Dukakis made a brief visit to the He claims his nomination next in a primary campaign four years agrifWmni convention hall to check out month at the Republican National later in what his wife termed a “pub :ll cro'ithe speaker’s podium and later, at a Convention in New Orleans. lic death.” port r reception in honor of his wife Kitty, The Dukakis campaign asked Ar He renewed himself in his four ipied his reputation as an emotion- kansas Gov. Bill Clinton to place his years out of power, and has twice ; y, ph less manager. fellow governor’s name in nomi won statehouse terms since. to-1" nation, yet another decision that un The Massachusetts governor went ■pl°«l“I’m a very lucky guy,” he said lo- derscored Dukakis’ effort to be com into the roll call with 2,798 delegates r'-v-'w* to savingly as his wife of 25 years stood by petitive in the South during the fall according to the Associated Press :ascathis side at the luncheon podium. He campaign. count, to 1,168 for Jackson. That . :>'■ wf*®**-* Mid he had only one regret. “When I Jackson’s choice to nominate him was hundreds more than the 2,082 W.-'.. , +**•'**;>.\-■<-isV<: was a senior at Brookline High was William Winpisinger, president needed to win. Spool nobody told me about a of the International Association of By day three the convention city || freshman named Kitty Dickson. If Machinists. had settled into a routine, from the Photo by Sam Myers U they had this might all have started Thus was the stage set for the street vendors hawking everything even earlier.” most peaceful nominating night the from T-shirts to jars of vidalia onion Raindrops keep failin’ If Dukakis also met with Jackson a Democrats have known since 1976 relish to the demonstrators showcas few hours before the convention ses — a result entirely unlike the tumul ing their causes in a parking lot set Kimilee Kimrey, sophomore motor fitness major afternoon’s showers in front of the Reed McDon- sion opened for the night. tuous brokered convention scenarios aside for them a few blocks from the from San Angelo, shields herself from Wednesday aid Building. ■The only suspense was whether that were fashionable in Washington hall. A&M dean discusses nation’s higher education
By Sarah Cowan created, enrollment, and on what aspects of “You have to have some idea which stu the students wanted. And now that we say world-class universities is putting A&M Reporter the university puts emphasis. dents are best served by this institution, for that students have to have a core, we must through a major transition, he said. The education of students is only as good example, another emerging group is stu also decide how to define the core and how Ihe purposes of the nation’s higher edu as the quality of the teacher’s education, he dents from other countries and . . . the much flexibility is in it,” he said. “Of the almost 40,000 students, 6,000 are cation institutions differ depending on sev said. mechanisms we have set up to respond to There is debate in many universities as to graduate students and we want to change eral different issues, said Texas A&M’s “The aspirations of the society, whether serve them.” how much emphasis there should be on re the mix,” he said. dean of education. they’re economical or moral, cannot exceed The Texas legislature now requires that search, teaching, and service. iiDean Corrigan spoke Wednesday during the qualifications of America’s teachers be every institution in the state have a core State, federal and foundation grants pro “The most important resource that the annual Summer Session on Academic cause you cannot have a better society than curriculum, which has forced educators to vide for more than $200 million that come Texas has is brains, and what you have to Administration about some critical issues in that society’s teachers,” he said. decide which courses should be mandatory. through Texas A&M for various forms of do is invest in higher education and the higher education. It also is important to understand whose “In the late ’60s we had the cafeteria ap research. knowledge we come up with will, in fact, illssues he discussed were the purpose of education the system is catering to. proach, building the curricula on whatever The trend toward more research in help the economy.” the institution, for whom the institution is