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^ally m. f Daytos teie Loii “zici eliii . 6-3; I Jadayli MdestUS. prisoner n prison hospital Miss Lies 6-3, Wi, is drew i '02-lit for a tom. story. 41 Associated Press WASHINGTON — The federal ivemment’s oldest convict is lan ding in a prison hospital because "has nowhere else to go. At 83, Vincete Sanza is the only deral prisoner born in the last cen- ry. When he last knew freedom, alvin Coolidge was president, the rswere Model Ts and Pierce Ar- ws, and airplanes were the new itional craze. Whatever he learned of depres- ras and wars, Sputniks and moon civil rights marches, ck’n’roll music and Watergate was tered through the bars of a cell. It was 1926 when Sanza went to ison. Alaska was one of the last maining frontiers for adventurers, idhewas one of them. There was a lootout in Wild West style, three enlaydead, and Sanza’s future was icmed. Now he’s an old man recovering om a broken hip at the Federal ureau of Prisons hospital in mngfield, Mo. Last year, the bureaucrats who itermine such things decided it astime to bring Sanza’s case before leParoleCommission and offer him taste of freedom in his final days. Be would have received the parole earing years earlier but for a medi cal report judging him mentally ill soon after he entered prison. The planned release of Sanza be came a problem because he had no family, no friends outside the prison, and no way of earning money or tak ing care of himself. The situation clearly required more than simply releasing him with a bus ticket, $5 and a new suit of clothes. Officials finally arranged for him to be admitted to a nursing home, and the commission approved his parole. Then he fell and broke a hip and the parole had to be delayed for six months while he recovered, accord ing to Justice Department spokes man Dean St. Dennis. “The people who thought they could arrange the nursing home care, well, it turned out they could not,” he continued. So the parole was rescinded, and Sanza remains at the Springfield Medical Center while officials try to make other arrangements for his care. “The commission had no recourse but to rescind his parole,” St. De nnis said. “The commission was faced with no place for him to go. He just couldn’t be turned out.” The commission reviewed the case in August and ordered a new hearing when a panel of examiners visits the institution later this fall. Israel fires on ship; ill rights issue cited Associated Press WASHINGTON — Firing warn- igshots, Israel hustled an American ilship out of its zone of the Gulf of !uez, Israeli authorities reported psterday. The State Department, confirm- igthe weekend shooting affair, em- hasized Israeli gunners fired at larker buoys dropped by the vessel id not at American personnel. The incident dramatized a long- stering but little-noticed dispute ptween the Jerusalem and Washington governments over oil rilling rights in the 18-mile-wide lilfseparating Egypt from Israeli- ccupied territory. Slate Department spokesman rederick Brown told reporters the pocounfries have for months been [rassing the complex legal prob- imsinvolved. He disclosed Under- wetary of State for Political Affairs hilip Habib summoned Israel’s nbassador Simcha Dinitz for a rare unday meeting immediately after e shooting to insure new clashes re avoided. Asked if the United States had ex- ressed anger over the affair to Is- Steelman accuses Bentsen of abusing franking privilege Steelman is running for Bentsen’s seal in the Senate. “For the past several weeks, we be received numerous unsolicited tomplaints alleging Bentsen is abus- the franking privilege,” Steel- Ban said in a statement distributed iyhis ampaign staff. Bentsen, he said, was using the tanking privilege to mail out letters hat “are slanted more to political hetoric, rather than conveying per- inent information.” One franked envelope contained a lews release concerning a meeting rael. Brown said merely: “We have made our position clear to the Is raelis.” This position is that the State Department considers Amoco, the big U.S. oil company, to have every right to drill for oil in the gulf under a 1964 concession granted by Egypt. The concession relates to a precisely defined area straddling the dividing line between Egyptian and Israeli zones. Israel, however, contends the Egyptian concession effectively lapsed when Cairo lost control of part of the gulf. Under last year’s disengagement of forces agreement, control of the waters of the gulf was divided between Israel and Egypt. Amoco has been drilling in the Egyptian zone. Israel insists it has the right to exercise total control over all vessels entering its zone. Part of the confusion between Is rael and the United States seems to have stemmed from their differing interpretation of what forms the area of disengagement. Israel considers the area extends into the gulf. The State Department said, “There is no such thing as a disengagement zone in the gulf of Suez. ” From AP and Staff U.S. Rep. Alan Steelman, R-Tex., iccused Sen. Lloyd Bentsen Tues- of abusing his free mailing suppc Lavaca, Steelman said. A spokesman for Bentsen said, “This is obviously an unjustified and unwarranted accusation. Senator Bentsen knows the limits of the franking privilege and uses it accord ingly. “The senator contacts people who write him if an issue they have asked about has come before the Senate, and a significant decision has been reached on that issue.” Football Weekend Sleeping Rooms at Aggie Hall 693-9891 ALPHA PHI OMEGA NATIONAL SERVICE FRATERNITY FRIENDSHIP, LEADERSHIP, and SERVICE. What’s it all about? Come to one of our pledge rush meetings and find out: September 6 and 8 Rm 206, MSC 1 8:00 P.M. OR COME BY ROOM 216 OF THE MSC ANYTIME THE BATTALION Page 15 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1976 we’re receiving dozens upon dozens of your favorite shirts from Circus Maximus, A. Smile, and Devil Shirt. Grab an armload and save! 323 University Above McLaughlin’s TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY TOWN HALL SERIES presents cAfiiftj Qfiit tij f)ikt nd with Augie Meyers FRIDAY, SEPT. 10, 1976 8:00 P.M. G. ROLLIE WHITE COLISEUM TICKETS A&M Student Non A&M Student Date General Public GENERAL ADMISSION reserved; Free W/Ticket $4.50 $3.00 $4.50 $4.00 $6.50 All season tickets honored. Everyone must pick up a ticket Tickets and information available at M.S.C. Box Office, first floor ofRudder Tower. Open 9-4 Mon.-Fri. 845-2916. No cameras or recording equipment allowed. WE WANT YOU! IN THE 1977 Aggieland CLASS PICTURE SCHEDULE Freshmen and Sophomores A - D E - H I - L M - S T - Z MAKEUPS SEP 13 - SEP 17 SEP 20 - SEP 24 SEP 27 - OCT 1 OCT 4 - OCT 8 OCT 11 - OCT 15 OCT 18 - NOV 5 Seniors and Graduates A-F NOV 15-NOV 19 G - K NOV 22 - DEC 3 L-O DEC 6-DEC 10 Christmas Break P-S JAN 17-JAN 21 T - Z JAN 24 - JAN 28 MAKEUPS for Seniors and Gradu ates only thru FEB 11 Juniors A - F G - M N - S T - Z FEB 14 - FEB 18 FEB 21 - FEB 25 FEB 28 - MAR 4 MAR 7 - MAR 11 MAKEUPS for Juniors only thru MAR 25 university studio 115 COLLEGE MAIN (NORTHGATE) 846-8019 BATTALION CLASSIFIED caii^n $L: li-S&ciipifc:-' (♦xTvx-; Jr yy.'ty. 2001: a space odyssey Thursday, September 9 $ i Rudder Auditorium 8 & 11 p.m. CEPHEID VARIABLE SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY COMMITTEE