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THE BATTALION Page5 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1979 Lawyer faces sentencing in heroin conviction United Press International EL PASO — An attorney con victed on four counts of heroin pos session will be sentenced this week in federal court. A jury deliberated four hours on Oct. 19 before convicting lawyer Joseph Ray Sr. of the narcotics charge. The conviction could carry a maximum 19-year prison sentence and $25,000 fine. U.S. District Judge William Ses sions is scheduled to pronounce the punishment at a court session Friday. AT shop quartet from the Singing Cadets, and the All-Class Quar tet. First place in the sorority category went to Kappa Alpha Theta, Sigma Phi Epilson won first in the fraternity competi tion and first in the mixed competition went to Sigma Chi and their little sisters. Battalion photo by Lynn Blanco extbooks approved United Press International AUSTIN — The State Board of education has approved new tex- pooks for Texas public school stu dents at a cost of $6.8 million, but equested that a paragraph dealing vith homosexuality be deleted from i health book. State school officials adopted the lew textbooks in six subject areas Saturday, voting to delete from tfii “Health and Safety for You” a para graph asserting homosexuality is not mental disorder. Mary Ann Leveridge, chairman of the textbook committee, said the committee thought sufficient evi dence was unavailable to prove whether homosexuality was a mental lisorder. “We have no objections to the subject of the book, just that para graph,” she said. The questionable paragraph read: w-w-w OGOLO rings, wor tc. Room >plng Centc Bryan B • These lily Dpies >age copies lie-line for sheet) )uble 3ity Market) “Some now believe that homosex uality is not a mental disorder but is another, less common kind of sex uality.” The board also recommended five civil government textbooks that Leveridge said might make the sub ject more stimulating for high school students. “Most students learn about gov ernment through television. We want to make government less dry that it has been, and more interest ing for the students,” she said. The board also named a special committee to help the Texas Educa tion Agency identify and evaluate challenges faced by urban area school districts. The committee and TEA will con duct a five-month study on the impli cations of federal court orders deal ing with the education of minority students. TUNITIE <LY EED ig semeste 135/mo. ter: itian ■n Ship owners sued over Galveston collision United Press International GALVESTON — The owners of the crude oil leaking from a burning tanker in the Gulf of Mexico have filed a $10 million suit against the owners of the tanker and the freighter with which it collided, claiming both vessels were unseaworthy. Crowncen International N.V. filed the suit in Houston against the owners and operators of the tanker Burmah Agate and the freighter Mimosa, which collided before dawn Nov. 1, killing 32 crewmen. Named in the suit, filed Friday, were Allseas Maritime S.A., Con solidated Maritime and New Energy Shipping Ltd. for the Burmah Agate and Juniper Shipping Ltd. and World-wide Shipping Agency Ltd. for the Mimosa. Coast Guard spokesman Richard Griggs said a firefighting tug, aided by subsiding winds and seas, managed to pull alongside the crippled tanker early Saturday and spray water over the burning ship to begin cooling it enough to allow chemical firefighting attempts later. “There was another explosion last night, so there is still the possibil ity of more damage (to the ship) and more oil spilling. It’s like what we learned from the Mexican oil spill (Ixtoc I) — conditions change each day,” Griggs said. Griggs, who expects more oil leakage, said officials were planning to install more oil containment booms near the ship. Two booms already were installed on one side of the vessel, and additional booms were to be placed on the opposite side, to help catch some of the oil before it washed onto the Texas shore. The owners and operators of the tanker filed a $10 million damage suit Thursday against the owners and operators of the freighter, blam ing the Mimosa for the accident because of “negligence in navigation. AGGIE MUMS Accents forUvtng ALPHA ZETA SMOKED TURKEY SALES AZ, the National Agricultural Honor and Service Society, is selling Smoked Turkeys to raise money for student scholarships and community service projects. To order your Thanksgiving or Christmas Turkey call: 845-7616 7-10 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. 8-14 lb. range. $1.50 per lb. Delivered to you! We re giving " away a book that's truly inspirational. Need a decorating idea? We have a good book to recommend. Accents for Living. It's packed with ideas for sprucing up the house. And with every room we show you how a phone fits in. You'll read about tricks with fabric, storage ideas, making space, mixing and matching patterns and even stenciling the floor to match the wallpaper. 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