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THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1981 Page 5 State Houston ^ and 'I thina Cai e nt, nt lillion wj l> a ges i\ the obij United Press International HOUSTON — Night people — instead of watching television or roaming the streets — may be able to channel their energies in the classrooms of a midnight high school. For biological, personality or financial reasons, some people are night people and Hous ton Independent School District officials consid ering midnight high school classes say those stu dents might be lost to the system without special officials consider ‘midnight school’ “Some people have different rhythms,” says psychiatrist Harvey Rosen stock, who suggests that students given the opportunity of night class “will opt for school rather than roam the streets. ” Rosenstock said he has worked with teen agers who are night people for biological reasons. One girl went from being an A student to failing because she stayed awake at night and had trou ble going to school. HISD officials say other students are night people by preference or because they work. Both often sleep through classes and eventually fail or drop out. The HISD has used enriched program “mag net” schools to attract white students into minor ity schools, and officials are studying a possible midnight magnet school. They will need school board approval, but they suggest classes from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. might keep more students in school and even reduce van dalism. “We have some involved in drugs ... others involved in minor transgressions ... (we) even had some fire-setting,” Rosenstock said. “Let’s see if a number of these kids couldn’t be helped. ” Faye Bryant, assistant HISD superintendent for magnet schools, pointed out HISD has one of the largest magnet school programs in the coun try, operating 61 magnet programs as part of its desegregation effort. “We constantly try to find ways to get them (students) back into the system, she said. Rosenstock said HISD suffered $750,000 worth of vandalism last year and might reduce the figure if some of the “roamers” were in class at night. The HISD might also increase average daily attendance — increasing state funds, he said. Rosenstock, who has volunteered to be a con sultant, said the program should be tested with about 25 students. If it proves out, it might attract several hundred students, he said. tkParty leader says Gramm il to built ~ ~ y x falls short of promise ish/’Or A United Press International AUSTIN — A leading Texas Democrat says Rep. Phil Gramm, D-Texas, the point man in President Reagan’s battle of the budget, is failing to act like a Democrat. State Democratic chairman Bob Slagle said Mon day other Texas Democrats who voted for Reagan’s budget cuts should not be criticized, but Gramm deserves the heat he’s getting for promoting the Reagan program. Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Texas, is calling for party (ague l sanctions against Gramm, and Reps. Kent Hance, I9f>0 w Charles Steinholm and others who supported arepi' Reagan. me rew Slagle said Gramm once promised to vote and act Hoem ^ te a Democrat in exchange for an appointment to l|mz the House Budget Committee. officiabt “While many Texas Democrats are distressed that \ r .. . a number of the Democratic congressmen from our , |77 state did not vote with the majority of House Demo- crats on the budget last week, I would point out that ic cotin it rnere ^y reflects our diversity as a party and that still t ^ ere are important distinctions to be drawn in judg- ( II ing each Democratic congressman’s vote and role,” I Slagle said in a statement. Although not naming Gramm, Slagle said all but 1 “ one of the Democratic congressmen from Texas had mce ca ined thr openly supported and campaigned for the party’s ticket in 1980, and all but one had cooperated in party events and fund raisers. Slagle said Stenholm, Hance, and Reps. Jack Hightower and Richard White, who voted for the Reagan budget cuts, all participated in a Democratic fundraiser in Abilene in April. “This is typical of all of our Democratic congress men but one,” Slagle said. “That one is being lio nized in the press and media for being a leader of Republican causes. I, for one, find this media atten tion offensive as he is the one who received his post on the Budget Committee of Congress by giving his word to the majority leader, Jim Wright of Texas, that he would vote and act as a Democrat in Con gress.” He said the average businessman in Texas, when he agrees to a transaction, keeps his word. “A businessman in Texas usually refuses to have further dealings with a fellow who welshes on his word,” Slagle said. “But we in the Texas Democratic party can decide whether we believe Majority Leader Jim Wright, as to receiving such a pledge of conduct from Phil Gramm. And we can decide whether Congressman Gramm’s subsequent conduct fulfiills that pledge. I believe that most Texas Democrats will conclude that Gramm’s conduct falls far short of his promise. ” $1 million bond set for Texan •dtob 1 il, pnwc 1 l "l • • l • v held in cocaine smuggling case iey, tape till iCf United Press International SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — A Texas man is being held under $1 million bond on charges he piloted a (plane loaded with 600 pounds of South American cocaine to the Sevierville airport. He was arraigned Monday before a circuit court judge and ordered moved to a nearby jail. Clarence Dennis Newell, 51, of Kemah waived the reading of his indictment and entered a plea of not guilty. The $200 million in cocaine was seized in March denur by federal, state and local law officers. The plane was nasu found abandoned at the airport, which is located couldii about 25 miles from Knoxville. ^toston Newell was moved front Texas to Tennessee last ' .Jen. week after waiving extradition. He is charged with possession of cocaine for resale. asolinf No trial date was set. I thin* f orrner Texas International Airlines pilot was ' csn ordered moved to Jefferson County on a request by •ton District Attorney General Al Schmutzer. The attor- ; oil pn° ney general sought the move because Sevier County Sheriff Carman Townsend said he was having diffi culty keeping Newell separated from inmate Charles Leslie Kageler Jr., 24, a Lubbock man also charged in the case. Due to the construction of the jail, it was impossi ble to keep the men separated, Townsend said. Judge Ken Porter first refused, then granted the motion on the move. Porter had denied the motion because Newell’s attorney was reportedly en route to the hearing and not able to speak for his client. But, following a discussion with Schmutzer, the judge reversed himself. Newell, arrested in Houston May 18 on a Tennes see warrant issued in Sevier County, was moved to Jefferson County about 10:30 a.m. Two others have been charged in sealed indict ments returned by a grand jury, but their names have not been released. Kageler, whose father also is being sought in the case, is charged with possession of cocaine for resale and with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. iteverv jorsuip .. First female police chief tsoftf _ f /V'* takes othce s nee# United Press International RED OAK — Texas' lone ",' female police chief took office 1111 Monday, climaxing a meteoric rise in her 2-year-old police career. Chief Judy Ransom — 37-year- n ^ a old mother of two, who technically outranks her husband, a police corporal in nearby DeSoto — says --^he is supported by most of Red ^ Oak’s 1,800 residents. 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