THE BATTALION Wednesday, December 6, 1972 College Station, Texas Page 5 tfTAUOl am exhibit thj| allzed a pa®] wainied and ij e .. n. 3 over she 11% n money wii ’eople can i “But I ( namese will she says, ve had so _ trust America Reinstatement Of Capital Punishment Desired Resonance CORONADO, Calif. <•#*)—Near ly 8 H of the nation’s state attor ns general want the death pen- 4 ltjr to at least be available, says t l, e chairman of a committee drafting proposals to reinstate jjpital punishment. Proposed laws .to reimpose capital punishment are being pre- pared for consideration at the winter meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General here. Oklahoma Atty. Gen. Larry Derryberry, chairman of an 11- member volunteer group which worked out suggested laws to be taken back by the states attorney general, said: “I think we will find that perhaps all of them, plus our friends from the Virgin Islands and Guam, recommend that the death penalty be an available punishment for the states that decide to have it.” A few attorneys general, in cluding those from Idaho and Alaska, oppose reinstating the death penalty. The head of the national asso ciation, Atty. Gen. Gary K. Nel son of Arizona, said the group decided to take the lead because “the vast majority of the public, even higher than the public opin ion polls say, favor the death penalty in certain kinds of cases.” Derryberry said eight or 10 states now prohibit all capital punishment, but “we think even those states would favor the availability of it.” Atty. Gen. Clarence A. H. Mey er of Nebraska, who has served several years as chairman of the association’s Criminal Law Com mittee, agreed. He said in an in terview : “The people in the states are going to insist that it’s going to be restored.” But Idaho Atty. Gen. Tony Park said he doubts capital pun ishment will ever be reinstated generally. “In addition to the humanitarian aspects, I don’t be lieve it to be a deterrent,” he said. A member of Derryberry’s com mittee, Alabama Atty. Gen. Wil liam J. Baxley, said he “very much” favors the death penalty but added: “In some certain times in the past we have abused capital punishment nationwide in that only black people, poor peo ple and disadvantaged people would actually go to the electric chair.” STORE WIDE SAVINGS!/^ a SKAGGS ALBERTSONS GS & FOODS CUT FROM U.S.D.A. GRADE A FRYERS RKtiS Runs SPECIALS GOOD WED., THUR., FRI., SAT., DEC. 6, 7, 8, 9, 1972 - LIMIT RIGHTS RESERVED U. S. D. A. GRADE AH HMS! FRYER BREASTS ,58' FRYER THIGHS ,48' FRYER DRUMSTICKS ,48' PIT (1 PHIPK ’~ IATS riu u^umImii j oRuMst ' c '