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Page 12 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1980 Court lifts funding ban on welfare abortions United Press International WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Tuesday cleared the way for the government to resume financing abortions for the poor — at least until the justices have a chance to review the constitutionality of Congress’ ban on the practice. The justices lifted a stay granted last week by Justice Thurgood Mar shall that blocked a lower court order that federal funding be resumed. Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justices Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist said they would have granted the government’s request for a stay. The court also agreed to give full- scale review, before the end of this term, to a New York case overturn ing Congress’ ban on federal funding of welfare abortions. Pro-abortion groups had been urging the court to consider the rul ing, handed down Jan. 15 by U.S. District Judge John Dooling, along with a Chicago case raising the con stitutionality of Congrss’ Hyde amendment. In his Jan. 15 ruling, Dooling held that the Hyde amendment — named for Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill, who sponsored it — was unconstitutional because it infringed on a woman’s liberty and religious freedom to choose to have an abortion. 66 Chelsea Bash, Wednesday Night' Three-for-one drinks • 9pm - Midnight Prizes • A small $ 1.00 cover The best live entertainment in town (Ehelfira Street FOOD • SPIRITS • ENTERTAINMENT 4425 TEXAS AVE. Under the Hyde ame dment, enacted each year for the past four years, only women whose lives are endangered by carrying the child to term, or certain victims of rape or incest, may have federally funded abortions, ed abortions. The federal government asked the high court last week to continue the stay Dooling had issued, postponing the effect of his order for a month. The order had been scheduled to take effect Friday, but when Mar shall continued Dooling’s stay, the order was suspended pending furth er action by the full court. Marshall, who is on record as favoring government funding of abortions, took his action without comment. Also Tuesday, the court rejected over three dissents — a request by two congressman and former New York Sen. James Buckley — to stay Dooling’s order. Since he held an act of Congress unconstitutional, Dooling’s injunc tion barring the government from withholding federal funds for abor tions affected the 26 states whose Medicaid programs do not fund medically necessary abortions. Prior to passage of the Hyde Amendment, there were about 300,000 welfare abortions a year. The number has now dwindled to less than 2,000, according to the Na tional Abortion Rights Action League. what’s up at Texas A&M WEDNESDAY POLITICAL FORUM: John Sharp, a 1972 Texas A&M graduate, former student body president, and now a Texas Legislator, will speak on “The Permanent University Fund: What It Means to Texas A&M and to You” at noon in 206 MSC. HILLEL: Rabbi Joseph Izakson will speak on “How Jewish Tradition Gave Birth to Christian Holy Days” at 8 p.m. at the Hillel Jewish Student Center. RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATION: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 103 Soil and Crop Sciences-Entomology Center. AGGIE SCOUTS: Will meet at 9 p.m. in 501 Rudder. NEWMAN ORGANIZATION: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center. RUDDERS RANGERS: Will have a general meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 315 Military Sciences Bldg. “BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN”: This film will be shown by the History Department and the Russian Club at 7:30 p.m. in 301 Rudder. MICROCOMPUTER CLUB: Will meet at 8:15 p.m. in 104 Data Processing Center. There will be a demonstration on the IBM Series 4 Minicomputer. SHARE GROUP: The Student Y sponsored group will meet at 9 p. m. in the Mediation Room of the All Faiths Chapel. Everyone is welcome. STUDENT Y: The Concessions Committee will meet at 5 p.m. in 308 Rudder. NURSING SOCIETY: Two nurses from the armed forces will speak at a meeting at 7:30 in 139 MSC. STUDENT SENATE: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 204 Harrington. The public is invited. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS: Will have a meeting for all seniors going to the Houston Interview Day at 6:45 p.m. in Arichtecture C Auditorium. ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA: Will meet at 8 p.m. in 607 Rudder. While it& still free. Jeni Malara, Student “I had C’s in high school. After Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics, I was able to maintain an A average!’ Chris Walsh, Engineering “It’s boring to read the way most people are taught. 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Texas Avenue □ EVELYN WOOD READING DYNAMICS THURSDAY TEXAS STUDENT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: Will meets p.m. in 601 Rudder. RESIDENT HALLS ASSOCIATION: Will meet at 6 p.m. iriLy.^jKE Harrington. Hf s BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: Will sponsor an internationaldJTexas at 6:30 p.m. at the Baptist Student Center. Wits last he NEWMAN ORGANIZATION: Will hold a Bible study at 7p.m.. Tuesday nig Mary’s Student Center. ^me closer HILLBILLY HOE-DOWN: The Student Y sponsored squaredif st Con {' ei will feature Manning Smith at 7 p.m. in 225 MSC. Admissioni*j 1 P lons H ! for Y members and $1.50 for non-members. Everyone is imitr^ vlctt ^T^ CIRCLE K: Will meet at 6:30 p.m. in 607 Rudder to discuss the Htl| ( fr own Fund drive. lu ded the CAMAC: Will meet at 7 p.m. in 410 Rudder. ^fcars will TAMU ROADRUNNERS: Will leave for a fun run at 5 p.m. fronJ| to Rice ^ front steps of G. Rollie White Coliseum. sen ^ SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF WORLD RELIGION: la at 7:30 p.m. in 321, Physics Bldg. ^Kollie Wl YOUNG AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM: Will show the filmT§iwed its a] Incredible Bread Machine” at 7:30 p.m. in 226 MSC. Everyonweral tim welcome. Sliding oval PREFATORY THEOLOGY SOCIETY OF TEMAS A&M:Willnj icher en at 7:30 p.m. in 305 A&B Rudder. There will be presentationsfrr! area ministers. Everyone is welcome. 1 «xasA „ ho got to u: GOLDEN GIRL : Susan Anton stars as an Olympic athlete who» j n W] been scientifically altered to always win in this movie at 7:30ifc jj ornec l 9:45 in Rudder Theater. Wqu cam ANNE MURRAY: The MSC Town Hall concert will beginatfip.tfearn the w G. Rollie White Coliseum. Tickets are available from the MSCERyed a vei Office for $5.25, $6.50 and $7. --Bilso gooi BASEMENT COFFEEHOUSE: Shake Russell will be playi«jJ im ) K through Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Basement Coffeehouse.Tickp 8 ' ^ ooc are $3 at the MSC Box Office. illingswc Ryers in th ‘WHEN YOU COMIN’ BACK RED RYDER? ”: This Aggie Pla j t h out a sei production by Mark Medoff will run through Saturday and aptg ame w it Feb. 28-March 1 in Rudder Forum at 8 p.m. each evening. TheKillir centers around a group of people in a New Mexico diner whietkyed to be overtaken by a bitter Vietnam veteran on the brink of beingme:;% league h ly ill. Tickets are available at the Rudder Box Office or at the dootifWe had a $2 for students and $3 for non-students. L s i n the TEXAS A&M EMERGENCY CARE TEAM: Will meetat7:30p in the Health Center Cafeteria to elect squad leaders. PENTECOSTAL UPPER ROOM: Will have a Bible study ati p.m. in the Meditation Room of the All Faiths Chapel. FRIDAY ALL GIRLS FREE PARTY: Walton and McGinnis Halls will this party at 8 p.m. in Q-Hut A. NEWMANS ORGANIZATION COFFEEHOUSE: Will have and live entertainment free of charge from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. al Mary’s Student Center. GROMETS: Will meet at 7 p.m. in 140 and 140A MSC to historical and fantasy war games. The T. leating t |ield. “WHEN YOU COMIN’ BACK RED RYDER?”: The Aggie Flaijlj! 1 ® Al will present this play at 8 p.m. in Rudder Forum. “BREAKING AWAY”: The story concerns a group of four teen-i fresh out of high school. One of them wants to be an Italian cy champ. He talks and acts like an Italian, while his parents try decide what to do with him. The feature will begin at7:30and9i p.m. in Rudder Auditorium. “THE WARRIORS”: A battle of gigantic proportions is loomingini neon underground of New York City. The armies of the nip ino powei number 100,000; they outnumber police five to one; and tonid pie third they’re after the Warriors — a street gang blamed unfairly forarii 4pen the gang leader s death. The feature will be shown at midnight: m junior Rudder Theater. |Little. Ir ce me to I staff pitc In the out of a j; ses wit as relie Offens In the Heavy machint thefts on rise innings Mary’s, \ Lueke pitched, gave up Hodd< the score for the / Chanc 60 pitch' United Press International NEW YORK — The theft of heavy construction machinery in the Un ited States has become a $700 mil lion a year racket, says Brian Dry of the Associated General Contractors Washington office, and Texas has been one of the hardest hit states. “Thefts have mushroomed alarm ingly in the past five years,” Dery said. In states like Texas and California where there is more cons going on with sites widely contractors are more likely expensive machines parked guarded construction sites instead of bringing them h added. In Texas 636 backshoes, cranes and other machines stolen in 1978 and in Califomiil bulldozers disappeared. Bycori pendent thefts of such machines were^three-ga New York, 67 in Newjrseyai in Pennsylvania. m Dery said 3,545 construction! eles were stolen nationwide since some are never reports police the figure could bellies Many of the machines,' from $30,000 to well over) eventually turn up in the East, South America and A" where they fetch double their value in resale, according Case, the construction equip division of Tenneco Co. ©Copyright 1 976 Evelyn Wood Rending Dynamics Inc EXPERIENCE PERFECTION. SEE Henry Dunn At Guys 'n Gals Suite208, 4103 Texas Ave., South 846-5018