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Wednesday, March 3, 1971
College Station, Texas
Page 5
No jailings allowed if unable to pay
WASHINGTON (A*)—The Su- protection of the laws.
Tate, a Houston laborer who Maryland, Massachusetts, New
March should show a warming
nd of about 10 degres, but the
nth’s weather can be extremely
o-faced.
Prof. John F. Griffiths, clima-
ogist in the Meteorology De-
rtment, said Brazos County’s
jidiest month can normally be
anted on for some surprises.
He said the beginning of March
tally has 66-degree average
afternoon and 45-degree average
pre-sunrise temperatures. By
month’s end, the figures rise to
76 and 54 degrees.
"About one freeze should occur
during the month,” he stated, "but
these are rare after the 15th or
16th.”
Though the temperatures are
beginning to trend upward, March
is known for rapid temperature
lood, urine tests for alcohol
pproved by Senate committee
AUSTIN (A*)—The Senate Ju-
jprudence Committee approved
bill Tuesday that would author-
retable * blood and urine tests of motor-
‘T its suspected of drunk driving.
£ The bill now goes to the Senate
loor for action.
Under present law, only a
Jiver’s breath may be tested for
:oholic content, but the instru-
mt to test the breath some-
les is not available in isolated
s of the state.
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opening for
two weeks
Criminal law, traffic investiga
tion and special FBI courses are
scheduled during the next two
veeks for 20 law enforcement
officers from the Brazos Valley
Development Council area.
Ira E. Scott, chief instructor
(or the Police Training Division,
said the men are completing the
second half of a four-week pro
gram. The first two weeks of the
BVDC-sponsored training were
held in early February.
Scott said the officers will re
ceive all the training for certifi
cation under the new Texas law
for policemen.
Ten Bryan-College Station men
are enrolled. They include Bryan
patrolmen William M. Foster,
Frank C. Lewis Jr. and Teddy
L. Tumlanson.
A&M has patrolmen Dudley S.
Paver, Jerry Hutchinson, Billy
McCoy and Garland L. Sparks
enrolled. Robert S. Evins, en
forcement supervisor for the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart
ment, also is attending.
Representing the College Sta
tion Police Department are Car
rol T. Adams and Melvin Maddox.
This week’s schedule includes
criminal law, first aid, traffic
law and investigations, accident
records and reporting and traffic
engineering.
FBI Special Agent Bob Wiatt
of Bryan will guest instruct spe
cial FBI courses Tuesday through
Friday next week. Wiatt will
discuss mob and riot control, de
fensive tactics, firearms and
supervise the firearms qualifica
tions the afternoon of March 12.
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
Junior Class Council will meet
at 7:30 p.m. in room 1133 or Na
gle Hall.
Semper Fidelis Society will
meet at 7:30 p.m. on the front
steps of the MSC to have Aggie-
land pictures taken.
SCOPE will meet at 7:30 p.m.
in room 3B of the MSC to plan
for Earth Day.
Host and Fashion Committee
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 2A
of the MSC to select a new
executive committee and discuss
coming events.
THURSDAY
Rio Grande Valley Hometown
Club will meet at 8 p.m.. in the
lecond floor lobby of the MSC
o select a sweetheart.
Irving Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. at Ralph’s
Pizza at Eastgate.
Dallas Hometown Club will
meet at 8 p.m. in the Social Room
of the MSC to select a sweetheart.
Mid-Jefferson County Home
town Club will meet at 8 p.m. in
the Bowling Alley of the MSC
for a bowling party.
SATURDAY
Army Cadet Wives Club will
meet at 9:30 a.m. in room 210 of
the Military Sciences Building
for a panel discussion of Army
etiquette and uniforms. Wives and
fiancees of junior and senior
Cadets are invited to attend.
TUESDAY
TAMMBA will meet at 7:30
p.m. in Building E.
Tech tops Rice
LUBBOCK, Tex. CP)_Texas
Tech, with four of its five sen
iors scoring in double figures,
rolled over the Rice Owls 99-87
Tuesday night in a Southwest
Conference basketball game.
the prosecution to show in every
case that certain levels of alcohol
in the blood are proof of intoxi
cation.
The Senate bill, by Sen. Charles
Herring of Austin, establishes a
presumption that .10 per cent
alcohol in the blood proves in
toxication.
Failure to submit to a test
would subject the motorist to a
suspension of his driver’s license.
A similar bill is in the House
Criminal Jurisprudence Commit
tee.
drops, with 20-degree differences
from one day to the next “quite
common,” accordin gto Griffiths.
Falls of 40 degrees are known.
In 1955, the minimum went from
59 degrees on the 25th to 25 de
grees on the 26th. The maxima
for the same period went from
85 to 40 degrees, the record.
Along with usually high winds
and an average of three inches
rainfall, March has recorded four
consecutive days of below-40 tem
peratures (in 1932) and in 1946
a 96-degree reading on the 30th.
Griffiths said temperatures in
the 90s occur once in five years
and in the 80s six times per year.
Afternoon highs below 50 usually
happen once each year. Once
every eight years, lows in the 70s
are taken.
“On the average, about half the
days in March have minimum
temperatures in the 40s and 30s,”
the meteorology professor said.
March usually has seven days
of rain and an average of one
day with a fall of more than an
inch. The driest March occurred
in 1904 with four tenths of an
inch while 1926 was wettest with
8.0 inches.
preme Court unanimously ruled
out Tuesday jailing people sim
ply because they are too poor to
pay their fines.
The decision, in a Texas traffic
case, could have enormous im
pact across the nation since a
large percentage of the people in
jails and prisons are there only
because they cannot pay a fine.
Justice William J. Brennan
said imprisoning a convicted
poor man for an offense punish
able only for a fine is invidious
discrimination in violation of the
Constitution’s guarantee of equal
In a second ruling, the court
ordered the states to open their
divorce courts to poor people
who are unable to pay the cost
of their suits.
The 8-1 decision came in a
case ffom Connecticut where
people seeking divorces have to
pay about $60 each in court costs.
Justice John M. Harlan said the
right of all citizens to due proc
ess of the laws, and to the only
avenue for dissolving an untena
ble marriage, makes the system
unconstitutional.
In the Texas case, Preston A.
earns $25 to $60 a week accumu
lated fines of $425 on nine traf
fic convictions. Unable to pay
the fines, he was committed to
the municipal prison farm for 85
days.
Brennan said that since Texas
has legislated a fines-only policy
for traffic offenses, it cannot
subject poor people to the harsh
er penalty of a jail term merely
because they cannot pay the fine.
He suggested the states might
have fines paid off in install
ments, as California, Delaware,
York, Pennsylvania
ington do.
and Wash-
In the Connecticut case, a
group of New Haven women who
were on welfare were barred
from filing for divorce because
they could not pay court and
sheriff’s costs.
The New Haven Legal Assist
ance Association took up their
cause, but a three-judge federal
district court ruled in 1968 that
the states may limit access to
their civil courts by the require
ment of fees.
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