Inside Tuesday » A&M graduates guard Lady Bird Johnson — p. 3. » Manilow concert scheduled for this fall is canceled — p. 3. The Battalion • Impressions of Sunday’s race Tuesday, August 8, 1978 News Dept. 845-2611 - p. 8. College Station, Texas Business Dept. 845-2611 Pope’s successor to be named by large group of cardinals By ERNEST SAKLER Italian “papabili ’ — potential papal candidates — year-old Segri-born Felici is a polished and pungent United Press International include Cardinals Giovanni Benelli, Sergio Pignedoli, speaker who leans toward the conservative. He is dis­ VATICAN CITY — Pope Paul Vi’s successor, whose Sebastiano Baggio, Pericle Felici, Giovanni Colombo, trusted by church progressives. A cardinal since 1967, election will decide the future of the Roman Catholic Michele Pellegrino, Antonio Poma, Corrado Ursi and his lack of pastoral experience could hurt him in papal church and perhaps the allegiance of nearly 700 million Albino Luciani. balloting. faithful, probably will come from a group of fewer than Non-Italian cardinals, who were given long-shot Luciani: A theologian and philosopher, he is one of 20 cardinals, Vatican experts said Monday. chances for election, include American Cardinals John the newest cardinals, named in 1973. Born in Forno di Predicting the outcome of a papal election is always F. Dearden and John J. Wright, Leon Duval of Canale in 1912 he is vice president of the Italian difficult, but particularly so this time because the Col­ Algeria, Gabriel Garrone and Jean Villot of France, Bishops’ Conference. lege o* Cardinals is the largest in history. James Knox of Australia, Franz Koenig of Austria, Pellegrino: The retired archbishop of Turin is There will be 115 cardinals meeting in Maurice Roy of Canada, Johannes Willenbrands of Hol­ viewed by many traditionalists as too liberal. Born in Miehaelangelo’s Sistine Chapel to elect a new pontiff, land and Stefan Wyszynski of Poland. Centalo in 1903, he prefers to be called “Padre” rather compared with the 80 who elected Paul in 1963 and the Here are capsule biographies of the leading candi­ than “your eminence,” lives frugally and wears simple 51 who elected John XXIII in 1958. dates: cassocks instead of more regal cardinal garb. His pec­ Many of the newer cardinals are from distant lands Benelli: Paul’s 1977 appointment of Benelli as a car­ toral cross is wooden rather than jeweled. Unlike other —- rare visitors to Rome who are as yet unacquainted dinal and archbishop of Florence was seen as an obvi­ cardinals, he has no limousine, but drives a green com­ with the various Vatican lobbies. • ous attempt to smooth the way for the Tuscan prelate to pact . Most observers feel the traditionalists will prevail become his successor — or at least play a key role in Pignedoli: A veteran Vatican diplomat who has and choose an Italian, just as all other popes have been the election of the next pope. Benelli, 57, has three visited 156 countries, he has long been mentioned as a for more than 450 years. But some think the chances decades of experience as a Vatican diplomat and last leading candidate to succeed Paul. Born in Felina in for a non-Italian pope are the best so far this century — served as assistant secretary of state. No. 3 post in the 1910, Pignedoli often strolls around the Spanish Steps possibly a liberal central European or a cardinal from Vatican. But the efficient, sharp-tongued Benelli has in the heart of Rome, meeting students and hippies and the Third World. many enemies and at 57 is considered too young. sometimes inviting them to tea or dinner. Election of an American would be virtually impossi­ Baggio: At age 65, a former papal ambassador to Poma: Quiet and unassuming, he is president of the ble, most Vatican experts said. Brazil who now heads the Sacred Congregation for Italian Bishops’ Conference. Colleagues describe him Only 46 of the church’s 262 popes have been non- Bishops, one of the most powerful Curia departments. as a “man of the center,” open to ideas in the doctrinal Italians. The last was Hadrian VI of Holland who Paul made him a cardinal in 1969. A rather rigid field, but rigid on matters of morals and discipline. reigned for 13 months in 1522-1523 and was booed by character and his comparative youth may be handicaps Born in Pavia in 1910, he is rated an outsider in the Roman crowds at his election. in the papal sweepstakes. papal voting unless the conclave wants someone akin to The new pope could be a conservative, bent on Colombo: Paul s personal choice in 1963 to succeed the manner and method of Paul. maintaining the Church’s traditional dictums on papal him as archbishop of Milan, Italy’s largest diocese, he is Ursi: Praised by the Vatican newspaper for his "out­ authority, priestly celibacy and birth control. Or he a distinguished educator and writer. Now aged 76, Paul standing multifarious and fervent pastoral activity,” he could be a progressive trying to align Roman Catholi­ made him a cardinal in 1965. was born in 1908 in Andria. He was ordained in 1931, cism with what he feels is the spirit of the times. Felici: An expert in civil and canon law, the 67- became bishop in 1951 and cardinal in 1967. American not likely to he pope United Press International VATICAN CITY — Vatican sources said The only way to dig a ditch Monday there is little chance a non- Italian, much less an American, could be Thomas Lopez, who works for J.W. Bell Christie Contractors, is using a elected to succeed the late Pope Paul VI as mechanical trencher to dig a ditch for a new natural gas pipeline at the leader of the world’s Roman Catholics. corner of Ross and Bizzell Streets on the University campus. The Nevertheless, two U.S. cardinals were pipeline will service the wood shop adjoining the Landford Architecture mentioned as possible papal candidates. Building. Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley Of the two, the sources said, only Car­ dinal John Francis Dearden, 70, arch­ bishop of Detroit and a noted activist in the struggle for human rights and racial earn investigates justice, had the necessary experience. The other man mentioned was Cardinal John Joseph Wright, 69, prefect for the Vatican’s Sacred Congregation of the ood death count Clergy. I United Press International around Horseshoe Bend, Rio Brazos and The Vatican sources said neither man pcials in Parker and Palo Pinto coun- Dennis. had any, but the slimmest chance of step­ 1— on the flood-swollen Brazos River ping into the papacy. In Albany, the water and sewer systems wnstream from last week’s destruction "The church hierarchy (in the United were functioning throughout most of the are bracing for a 10-foot rise that is ex- States) has consistently identified the led to carry away buildings in low-lying town, about a third of which washed away church interests with those of their own las. last Thursday and Friday. Telephone serv­ nation. This is an important factor against le river is up about 25 feet with water ice also had been restored. the Americans,” one source said. Disaster relief has been streaming into lased from Possum Kingdom Lake, Other sources said it was highly unlikely |i|h collected the flood runoff. The lake town since the weekend, according to that any Cardinal from a nation involved in sheriff’s dispatcher Bobbie Hoard. big power politics could be elected pope. thority has advised officials in ____________________________ L_________ jvnstream counties that more flood gates “We received a planeload of supplies The sources said most of the 10 current llpe opened today, adding 10 feet to the from Albany, New York, and I think most U.S. cardinals were considered prag­ every Albany in every state is sending /er level. matists and able administrators, but lacked Who says it's a dog’s life} something,” Mrs. Hoard said. “The the pastoral, prophetic point of view Bventy-eight people were killed in a This canine visitor to the Universityiversitv campuscamous seems eek of flooding in the agricultural area of people in Abilene and the surrounding praised by the Second Vatican Council the north side of the Academic Building. area have been just great. Individuals are quite content to stretch out in the flower beds on It central Texas and the Hill Country that ended in 1965. Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley the south central portion of the state. bringing in pickup loads of clothing. ” The town also reopened an abandoned Jthorities today continued their search light more bodies. nursing home to provide temporary hous­ Extension services to undergo change ing for the homeless, she said. In the Hill Country, a disaster survey tm from the National Weather Service “But the death toll still remained high,” ived in Kerrville Monday to determine Cressman said. “We need to find out the lythe death toll was so high despite ad- reason for those deaths and if there are any ice warning by the media. Prairie View to receive $1.4 million aspects of the warning system that need National Weather Service Director Dr. correcting, we need to correct them.” By DOUG GRAHAM designed to restore agricultural extension He said, however, there is a time con­ operations. He said the project would eorge Cressman said evidence indicated Meanwhile, the rain-swollen Brazos, Battalion Staff programs to the 1890 schools. straint on the federal funds. The act re­ supply information to nurseries and indi­ forecasts and flood warnings were is- which engulfed more than a third of Texas’ traditional statewide agricultural Prairie View lost their program because quires funds to be contracted within 12 viduals about growing plants.