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Wednesday, October 22, 1980
College Station, Texas
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Phone 845-2611
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Hacked off
Rick Mulkin, a senior member of the Corps of Cadets,
company P-2, tries to stress his point by “hacking off” the
head of freshman Joe Navarro. Navarro may look a little
worried, but he survived the gag ordeal.
Debate scheduled
for next Tuesday
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Next Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time,
President Carter and Ronald Reagan will confront each other for
90 minutes in a nationally broadcast debate that, because of the
number of undecided voters in critical states, could determine the
outcome of the 1980 election.
When Reagan and Carter step on stage in Cleveland before the
glare of television lights and a nationwide audience of millions
tuned in at home, they will carry with them — by virtue of the
timing of this faceoff — the power to secure their place in the
history books.
The debate will take place exactly one week before Election
Day.
Each man is expected to take perhaps as many as three days to
prepare for the crucial encounter — the product of two negotiat
ing sessions between the rival camps.
The format for the debate, sponsored by the League of Women
Voters, is this:
A panel of four, separated by a moderator, will ask questions ot
the candidates for about 40 minutes during the first segment.
Follow-up questions will be permitted, and a candidate will have
a chance to rebut his opponent s responses.
Then, during the second 40-minute segment, the candidates
will engage in a more realistic give-and-take. A candidate will
answer his question, listen to his opponent’s rebuttal, and then
have a chance to respond to that rebuttal.
Brief closing statements will conclude the debate, according to
Ruth Hinerfeld, chairman of the league’s Education Fund.
“Questions will deal with the full range of issues before the
nation — domestic, economic, foreign policy and defense,” she
said.
Hinerfeld said the panelists had not been selected, but the
league will have the say in who participates. The moderator will
be television commentator Howard K. Smith.
No verdict yet in Brilab
United Press International
HOUSTON — A Brilab jury was unable in its first day of
deliberations to decide whether House Speaker Bill Clayton took
$5,000 as a down payment for future illegal financing of his dream
to become governor.
U.S. District Judge Robert O’Conor Jr. ordered jurors to reas
semble today after they failed to agree on verdicts for Clayton and
two co-defendants during two hours of study Tuesday.
Deliberations were to resume at 9 a.m.
With his right leg encased in a custom-made ostrich boot and
crossed beneath him, Clayton appeared relaxed during four
hours of closing arguments. During deliberations he strolled the
courtroom and hallways sipping soft drinks with his wife, Delma,
and receiving the good wishes of friends and politicians.
After jurors told O’Conor they wanted to recess, a smiling
Clayton told reporters it would be inappropriate for him to com
ment before a decision was reached.
In closing arguments, prosecutors described the 52-year-old
three-term speaker as a politician compromised by a desire to
become governor, a man who, if he wanted to, could have refused
offers of cash and future payments from a friend seeking special
treatment on a state insurance contract bid.
The friend, Houston labor leader L. G. Moore, had been prom
ised quick riches by FBI informant Joseph Hauser, who was
posing as a Prudential Insurance Co. agent seeking access to
influential labor and political figures.
The convicted swindler’s real mission was to offer those figures
bribes in the form of kickbacks on insurance contracts and to
record their responses.
“He (Clayton) still could have said, ‘no,’” prosecutor Wendell
Odom said of Moore’s $5,000 political contribution and Hauser’s
promise of $600,000 more during their visit to Clayton’s office last
Nov. 8.
“How difficult would it have been for him to take L.G. aside or
call him the next day?” Odom asked, emphasizing to jurors that
Clayton’s explanation of his intent to return the money was in
contrast to his actions.
“He sat on it for three months and it came down to the crucial
time and he tells (FBI agent) Fred Ligarde there was no money,
there was no offer,” Odom said.
Odom recalled character witnesses who swore to Clayton’s
honesty and fairness, and said they no doubt were right in terms of
their dealings with the milhonaire Panhandle cotton farmer.
But, Odom argued, “We’ve got two different Bill Claytons
here. You know the speaker was offered a bribe. He had to have
heard Joe Hauser’s offer, and yet when asked by Ligarde if he had
been offered any inducements, he said no.
“A different Bill Clayton comes forward. That’s the Bill Clayton
that’s heard on these tapes.”
Defense lawyers said the tapes supported Clayton and that
prosecutors only listened to them for the “evil” that could be
inferred.
Rep. Craig Washington, D-Houston, one of Clayton’s lawyers,
said there was no direct reference to bribery in taped conversa
tions with Clayton and his co-defendants, Austin law partners
Randall Wood and Donald Ray. He asked jurors to ponder why
Hauser did not ask the question directly if the FBI really wanted
to know whether the three would engage in bribery.
“That’s how you find out if a person is susceptible to taking a
bribe,” Washington said. “Why do all this dancing around? Why
didn’t they just come out and ask?”
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President Carter is making a three-city
tour of Texas today, hoping to generate a
little excitement for his candidacy in the
lorthem half of the state while leaving the
Kmthem half to the man he whipped for the
nomination, Ted Kennedy.
Mexican-American leaders have said
Latins are not enthusiastic about either
Carter or Republican challenger Ronald
•Reagan, though they lean toward Carter
and — if persuaded to vote — could save
Texas for the president.
” That was the foundation of the trip Tues
day and Wednesday by the Massachusetts
enator to Houston, McAllen and San
Antonio.
Carter also starts his trip today in south-
eastTexas, at Beaumont. But he then heads
north, to Waco and Texarkana before flying
back to Washington.
The president’s trip will be whirlwind at
best.
He will visit the Bethlehem Steel Co. at
Beaumont to inspect a recently constructed
oil rig and speak to workers. He shifts to
Waco for a rally on the campus of Texas
State Technical Institute and two hours la
ter arrives in Texarkana for another rally,
this one at the Federal Building.
Texarkana is a good example.
Organizers of the rally said country sin
gers Johnny Paycheck and Johnny Rodri
guez and several area high school bands
will begin performing at 3 p.m. on the Tex
arkana Post Office steps straddling the
Texas-Arkansas state line.
Aggies elect president
today in mock election
ter, Republican nominee Ronald Reagan,
independent party nominee John Ander
son and Libertarian party candidate Ed
Clark.
Students may also vote for either Demo
crat Kent Caperton or Republican N. A.
McNiel for state senator.
Democrat Phil Gramm and Republican
Dave Haskins are in the race to represent
the 6th U. S. Congressional District.
Committee Chairman Sam Gillespie said
Texas A&M has held mock elections each
election year since 1968. He said Political
Forum hopes today’s elections will gener
ate student interest in the national elec
tions set for Nov. 4.
Ticket distribution bill to be read
Senate to vote on three bills
By NANCY ANDERSEN
Battalion Staff
The student senate will vote on the con
troversial documentation of academic
minors bill at its meeting tonight.
This bill would require the Registrar’s
Office to place a student’s minor on his
transcript, if applicable, to ensure official
recognition.
The bill has faced some opposition be
cause it was reported that before going into
effect it would have to be approved by the
Coordinating Board in Austin. It was ex
pected that the board would not have
approved it.
However, bill sponsor Phil Hannah said,
“It would not be necessary for it to go
through the board since it’s not a major
change.”
The bill was referred back to the acade
mic affairs committee last meeting, and
Hannah said the bill will be reported favor
ably out of committee.
The senate will also take action on the
Only One Date a Semester Bill, which re
commends that the Athletic Department
sell individual date tickets instead of the
current $50 book. This would go into effect
next season.
A bill requesting row indication of Texas
A&M University parking lots will also be
considered. This bill recommends that the
University Police place row markers in
nine of the larger parking lots on campus.
This bill was referred back to the student
services committee after a question was
raised over the $50-per-sign cost.
The senate will hear two bills on first
reading tonight, which will probably not be
voted on until the next meeting, Nov. 5.
One of the bills to be read, the Ticket
Distribution Bill, could ensure seniors and
graduate students tired of watching Aggie
football games from goal-line seats a
guaranteed ten-yard line or better seat if it
passes.
This bill recommends that the Athletic
Department issue tickets randomly only
from sections 133-136, 228-235 and 329-
334 on senior draw day. These represent
four sections between the 10- and 50-yard
lines on the first deck, eight sections be
tween both 20-yard lines on the second
deck and six sections between both 30-yard
lines on the third deck.
The bill recommends using this system
starting with the Nov. 22 game against
Texas Christian University.
Passage of the bill would guarantee good
seats without eliminating the current sys
tem or creating long lines, said bill sponsor
Brian Shepherd.
The second bill to be read will recom
mend replacing the missing plaques on the
oak trees surrounding the drill field. The
trees serve as memorials to Aggies who
died in World War I. The bill also recom
mends repairing the plaques as necessary.
The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. in 204
Harrington.
The shaded areas of Kyle Field represent the sections in which tickets would be given out randomly for football games on
senior draw day, if the Ticket Distribution bill in the student senate passes.