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THE BATTALION Page 13 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1981 * as Senator votes ‘present’ in protest against abortion stance Senate committee votes 17-0 in favor of O’Connor! h an fflenli United Press International WASHINGTON — The Senate (Judiciary Committee Tuesday nanimously recommended San- ira Day O’Connor be the first oman Supreme Court justice. The vote of 17-0 meant the full Senate could confirm her historic omination as early as Wednesday - plenty of time for O’Connor to claim her seat when the Supreme Court reconvenes Oct. 5. Sen. Jeremiah Denton, R-Ala., saying he was dissatisfied that O’Connor had declined to give her “judicial view” on abortion during three days of confirmation hear ings last week, cast a mild protest vote of “present. ” O’Connor, an Arizona appeals court judge, is assured Senate confirmation. While a number of conservative senators still grum bled private misgivings about her votes on abortion when she was an Arizona legislator, there was no chance serious opposition would develop. Even Denton, who questioned O’Connor at great length about abortion, said he would not vote against her because her reluctance to answer was partly a defect in the confirmation process. “Thus, Mr. Chairman, my vote is to respond ‘present,’” Denton concluded after reading a four- page prepared statement. Sens. John East, R-N.C., and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, voted for confirmation but joined in a statement read by East saying they have reservations about O’Connor’s responses to abortion questions. While she said abortion is per sonally “repugnant,” O’Connor refused under repeated questions to say whether her votes on the matter as a member of the highest hale holds two fishermen hostage Host kli'l 19 leg ncreaifi motken their rmii United Press International MONTEREY, Calif. — Some where off the coast of California rims a whale with a tale about ! two fishermen who got away. It sounds like a fish story but ; two fishermen have the Coast Huard as a witness. It began when the 36-foot shing boat Mary Syres apparent- hit the whale off the coast of lonterey Monday. The whale hit back — hard. So hard that Norman Longacre, the boat’s owner, had to cut his en- gine. “It was a bunch bigger than my boat, ” said Longacre, who said the whale appeared to be a humpback between 50 and 65 feet long. Then when Longacre and Richard Hallbrook tried to restart the engine, the whale banged the boat again. They tried once more and again the whale struck the boat. “We tried to start the engine, but he wouldn’t let us go so we idled and drifted,” said Longacre. The two frightened men drifted for almost three hours, radioing for help. The whale swam along side and occasionally nudged the boat. Shortly after dawn, a Coast Guard 40-foot cutter showed up j|®50 billion suit against late shah of Iran dismissed mdandfc manyya ghl asesaits e Co ey wantl m Harbl United Press International NEW YORK — A state Sup- me Court judge dismissed the ;anian government’s suit to re- up $50 billion it claims the late tab of Iran and the royal family pie before going into exile. State Supreme Court Justice ing Kirshenbaum told Paul 0 Dwyer, a former City Council esident who now represents Ira- ian interests, New York was an appropriate forum for the litiga tion. The events in the complaint occurred in Iran, he said, and trial in New York would require Ira nian witnesses and place an “un necessary heavy burden” on the state court system. The suit, filed in November 1979 but delayed by State Depart ment requests, claimed the late shah looted the Iranian treasury and accused him and his family of resorting to murder, torture and international corruption. Kirschenbaum told O’Dwyer to go to an international court. O’Dwyer said that “doesn’t make sense at all” because there is no international forum to hear the O’Dwyer said he would appeal because the ruling was “the most inconsistent decision that has ever been rendered in this court.” hspectors dash with workers United Press International ■HOUSTON — A power com- panv applying to operate the $2.7 bill ion South Texas Nuclear Pro ject told a federal government ienjnvo!f Cens ' n g board there have been = n a | IfiPree clashes between construc- nninifer 011 wor kers and quality-control Inspectors during construction, the ik® ^ staternent submitted by Houston Lighting & Power Co. tinuift Monda y Clte d only one physical ignflict, a one-punch fight, but ot of duAVAg testimony it was disclosed oo fr in another case a worker pulled a fe sail knife on an inspector, p hj 1 ® 1 ® Witnesses presented by HL&P |fore the Nuclear Regulatory mmission said there was no iattern of intimidation” of quali ty inspectors at the site near Bay jlefall ne tliii !than« heyca®® Interveners opposing the pro- f , : ject were granted a motion to Bestion each of three witnesses while the other two were outside the room. Former project quality control nager G. Thomas Warnick said B brief fist fight March 7, 1979, maxed a two-day dispute be- een a construction engineer and inspector. He also told of two idents in November, 1979, en an engineer “threatened to jme across the table” after an in lector and when a worker pulled nife because he thought the en- ineer was using his ladder. ‘Warnick said in each instance those involved were either repri- |anded, moved to another job or fed. The NRC board is considering ether HL&P has shown the ^^Bharacter and competence” to merit a license to run the plant. vT* "vT-* -vL* sp* sp* sf* sp* •'v* *** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * little | as $2.19 plus tax? You will | * * * from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. each * ■jf ^ * evening. * $ “QUALITY FIRST” | *X- "X - vL» vL* vL - * ^ vL* vL - vX** SI* Sf% Sf* Sf% Sjs» ✓f* Sf-* Sf+ yj* y[* yp% yf* Sf* Sj* yj* yy* yf* TIRED OF COOKING 6* WASHING DISHES? Then dine at the MSC each evening. 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Marine experts said the whale’s behavior was unusual and not enough was known about the mammal to explain what occurred. “There’s no precedent for it,” said Alan Baldridge of the John Hopkins Marine Laboratory at Monterey. court would reflect that personal view. East said O’Connor’s responses to other issues dear to conserva tives — in favor of the death penal ty and preventive detention and against compulsory school busing — indicated she would be a good justice. Sen. 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