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