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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1977)
Oklahoma approves ejection executions te ’• B. Smitl United Press International )KLAHOMA CITY — Gov. ivid Boren’s ofFice indicated yes- day he would sign the lethal drug icution bill passed by the Okla- ma legislature if it is cleared by attorney. in aide said Boren had no objec- ns to the bill’s purpose but ited legal counsel to check it. he bill provides for execution of tninals by a dual injection of drugs one to put the victim to sleep and second to kill. The bill provides for execution by “continuous, intravenous adminis- ion of a lethal quantity of an ultra Jrt-acting barbiturate in combina- aduate dejj iw jth a chemical paralytic agent” uhematicv j) death is pronounced. Sponsors rk at Rice l jd (he method would result in ith in less than five minutes. Die bill states that if the courts d the drug method unconstitu- d, the state would revert to the method of executions in the ctric chair. If both methods are d for invent ed unconstitutional, the bill des- ?d for invent ates the firing squad as a second mative. iponsors of the bill said lethal are more humane, calling the ctric chair a “violent” method ich would encourage further vio- ce. )pponents contended that lethal ry drugs would not provide as much deterrence to crime as electrocu tion. Rep. Bill Wiseman, R-Tulsa, commented, “I think we all know in our hearts we are proceeding in the proper way. ” Fruit supplies mostly adequate United Press International WASHINGTON — The April supply of fresh winter pears is 50 per cent greater than a year ago the U. S. Department of Agriculture says in its monthly “Food Marketing Alert” newsletter. Most other fresh fruit supplies are only adequate. The canned vegetable picture is better. The US DA reported plenti ful supplies of canned sweet corn and canned green peas, up 29 and 45 per cent respectively over the canners’ 1973-75 average. Frozen corn-on-the-cob and cut corn inventories were 39 and 11 per cent above average for the same period. Stocks of fresh potatoes were at a record high on March 1, seven per cent above a year ago and four per cent above the three-year average. IIIMIIlfllllllllllllllllllN Ride a bicycle Help keep our I environment clean WtDNESUAY, MAY 11, 19/7 loving poster-artist Irawn to universities *r a karate nen have I* 1 yesterday aid Torres l enson, 27, said the )t into trail Bond creatsl MARY ALICE WOODHAMS 3-bullet sit Battalion Staff ;ed beating /hen Bob Waldmire visits a col- etown — and likes it — he’s apt eturn and spend a few months king a poster of the university. COUfl w0 y ears a 8 0> Waldmire stop- 1 in College Station while driving .• I , the Gulf Coast. He walked to buildad ^ M em °ri;d Student Cen- rht nprmit! P icked U P a cit V ma P and a co Py ’ , . , (he Battalion, and later decided ,whlc ? Irawthe school. r V ,r be small, bearded man wearing u w ic s ^ an{ j a f.ghjrt was j n College tion last week to deliver his a pen-and-ink wing of Texas A&M University. iValdmire has illustrated 25 uni- ities in 13 states, specializing in dent-oriented posters of college ms. he A&M poster, which Idmire took four months to com- te, shows several campus land- ks and shops of some of Bryan College Station merchants. In- ded are enough bits of Texas ia, comical maps of the area and er material for hours of wall- rneys for ittan a; ipparently t trouble, mio, Tex, in a theaiii •oadwayai m era of Hotel," •d in 1945, g at 4:451 wford le Dola. aent puttings: — goes to ud a whole ;ial swe parti'e 1 aldmire was in College Station week delivering copies to adver- rs. I had a stack — maybe four or inches high — of clippings and ichures that I used as reference terials,” he said. “I don’t do ich research. I’ts already been le doesn’t consider himself an s govern® ist. An artist has a style, and I’m still ing to develop one,” he said. he estimi' ddmire said he includes favorite otes, historical information and 8 — goes! :ts about the environment in ircentofl ery poster. And for the students, in a visis hree-year campus calendar. does most of his ncil-sketching “on location.” He outside and draws each build- l, then compiles the sketches into Here’s Team-Work For YOU! mi mm IS ted to i lolicyforj terdayfj station^ ration fei ofi oung, t decisiol esterda'f been r ncy, Col- 0 e»clu- lews do- udion d nd-Ctoi . Alike Kiel* 11 I Mew' lAmd 1 esaloxd Irickson odh*" 11 Onrsfll ti, Jot" 1 er Jr- . Will*, Jrs*' Bop”, ey; ^ dido wW i»p f . mm Jerry H. Birdwell Tim Birdwell Here’s a team that offers the best in professional client protection, through knowledge that comes from experience, combined with energetic youth to provide the best in service. Jerry Birdwell is a specialist in Optional Retirement, Tax Sheltered Annuity, and Deferred Compensation programs. 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His poster contains a graffiti-like “gallery” where about 60 A&M students have contributed drawings. “The first calendar-poster I made, five years ago, was in Austin,” he said. “I flooded the market with those posters, and the merchants couldn’t give them away.” Now, he keeps the volume low — 1,800 posters — depending on how much money merchants spend on advertising and how many copies they order. “I’ve made a lot of mistakes over the years. I’ve streamlined the op eration.” Waldmire, 32, was a zoology stu dent at Southern Illinois University. He took a a drawing course, became inspired by the work of an artist he met at school, and dropped out to begin illustrating college campuses. His work includes posters of Amarillo, Tallahassee, Fla., and Laramie, Wyo. Bryan-College Sta tion marks the half-way point to wards his goal of 50 college posters. 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