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THE BATTALION Page 9 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1979 he nation Bach was jailed for changing job without asking permission from his velcome. New Beet ted at the . .Marriage gelist, welcome, ftoom s will •esidential 18 p.m. in :es will be il meeting bat/ police recruits shun publicity United Press International NEW YORK — Composer Johann Sebastian Bach once went to jail for 30 days for changing his job without permission. Bach, who wasn’t all that famous in his own day, accepted an appoint ment from a neighboring prince employer, the Duke of Weimer, and was put in prison. The 250-year-old incident is one of those recalled on a television special, “The Joy of Bach”, to be aired on the PBS network Dec. 23 at 7 p.m. CST. United Press International SAN FRANCISCO — The city’s st group of acknowledged homose- iial police recruits is keeping a low rofile to avoid becoming “media su perstars. ” Les Morgan, director of San Fran- jsco’s Gay Outreach Program, said in an interview Monday 16 of the 199 Remits to begin at the Police Icademy within the next eight Jonths are known homosexuals. I Morgan declined to specify how pny of the seven lesbians and nine ' men were among the 40 recruits who were to start the training prog ram Tuesday. “We don’t want these people to become media superstars,” he said. “They have requested that for the present their identities be kept secret. “The reason they are going into the Police Department is because they want to be good police officers, not to make points for the gay move ment, so anything which might in terfere with their ability to succeed in that goal, such as heavy press attention, would be undesirable.” Statistically, the gay candidates have done remarkably well. One of five homosexual applicants was selected for training, compared to one in 10 for all applicants, and the gays generally scored high on the entrance tests. Until recently, there was a policy prohibiting admitted gays from join ing the force and there currently are no declared homosexuals on the police force. Police Chief Charles Gain changed the policy by publicly stat ing no police candidates would be barred because of sexual preference. Last year, the acting coordinator of affirmative action for the Civil Ser vice, Sylvie Jacobson, proposed homosexuals be openly sought as police recruits. More than 18,000 notices assuring that “candidates will be considered without regard to sexual orientation” were distributed in bars, restaurants and other meeting places of the city’s large homosexual community in what authorities said was the nation’s first officially sanctioned and encour aged gay police recruitment drive. “There was some resentment among officers over the question of morality, but it wasn’t especially di visive,” Robert Barry, president of the 1,400 member San Francisco Police Officers Association, said. He said most officers oppose dis crimination, but would object to a quota system or preference afforded an officer because of homosexuality or membership in any minority group. ger of the [j ic Rudder " .nn at 7:30 I ing will be nie Jones, Moeller, 1 speak. uid Susan dominate 1 Rudder, loom 204, at 11 a.m. G. Rollie ox Office, ntman in i star. Will m. in the frop tirline’s M ifter a DC- cost of jet In Six saidjetli percent sb 1 Top court to hear Ipetition case United Press International WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, in a case with possible nationwide impact, agreed Tuesday to hear arguments on whether a private shopping center may bar distribution of non-business related I petitions on its property. If, after hearing the arguments, the justices decide they have juris diction in the California case, they will rule on a lower court’s decision that the public may exercise its free speech rights on private property. The International Council of Shopping Centers urged the high court to enter the case because it “affects the daily management and legal I rights of every shopping center in the United States. ” Justices Thurgood Marshall, Lewis Powell and Byron White were I absent from the bench Tuesday. The court press office said Powell was I delayed in traffic, but did not explain the absence of Marshall and I White. Marshall is recovering from a fall in which he broke bones in both I arms and has missed some of the court’s recent conferences and oral I arguments. Marshall did, however, take part in the court’s single written opin- I ion handed down Tuesday — its first of the term. In that action, the I court ruled 5-4 that private investors have a limited right to sue I investment advisers, but not for money damages. The court also agreed to rule on the constitutionality of money I penalties the government imposes for violation of child labor laws. And in other actions, before starting a two-week recess, the court: — Let stand a decision that it is unconstitutional for the United I Methodist Church to have its own police and other municipal powers I at a camp meeting ground in New Jersey; I — In another blow to laetrile supporters, let stand the conviction of I a California doctor for prescribing and conspiring to sell the purported I cancer-curing substance; and — Dismissed the appeal of an Oregon man who challenged the 55 I mph speed limit on grounds it violates both the Oregon and U.S. I constitutions. The shopping center case was brought to the high court by owners of I the big Pruneyard Shopping center in Santa Clara County, Calif. The center bad a policy of prohibiting circulation of handbills and I petitions, and when a group of high school students began soliciting signatures on a petition dealing with thh ’Middle East, they Were ordered to leave. 1 ' 1 nfrfrtsifP btinJ n > / Ia*>i boiiscj an>i>6 ....... m Attorney says not enough evidence Iranians released kidnap plot United Press International ST. PAUL, Minn. — Four Iranian students arrested in an alleged plot to kidnap Minnesota Gov. Albert Quie were released Tuesday for lack of evidence. Ramsey County Attorney Tom Foley said there was sufficient evi dence to arrest the students but “not enough to charge them at this time. ” He said the case will remain open and law enforcement officers are “following up on various leads.” He denied there was any over reaction in the arrest of the four Ira nians and a Sudanese student from Mankato State University Friday during a reception for international students at the governor’s mansion. The Sudanese student, Antoun Stamboulieh, was released Saturday because police said they couldn’t connect him with the alleged plot. The four Iranians were Hormoz Asadi, 31, Hady Heidary, 35, Ferai- doon Ghodoosi, 29, and Mohammad Noori, 34. Three of the students were in the mansion when arrested and the other two were in a parked car out side. Investigators said they found two shotguns and a pistol in the car. The weapons were not loaded, but there was ammunition in the car, Foley said. The officers acted on the basis of tips from an informant and Foley said the information “was accurate. ” He refused to say whether or not the four Iranians still were consi dered suspects. “We are not actively looking at these four students,” Foley said. “We are not hounding them.” AGGIE MUMS FOR THE ARKANSAS GAME NOVEMBER 17th MADE FOR AGS &\\ BY AGS” \a\L - FREE CORPS DELIVERY - MADE BY STUDENT sn i FLORAL CONCESSIONS f t A * ORDER AT MSC tJ I ▼ 06 MON.-FRI. 9 A.M. 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