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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1981 Page 11 Reagan asking to put lid on files ZACHABrAS IGBEEIIHOUSE! Iclub & game gaplor^ United Press International WASHINGTON — The Reagan administration asked Con gress Thursday to allow the gov ernment to exempt its files on ter rorism, organized crime and fore ign counter-intelligence from the Freedom of Information Act. Under the proposal submitted to the Senate Judiciary Commit tee by the Justice Department, the attorney general would be able to decide to make the files public, either in broad categories or in specific cases — but other wise they would remain secret. “This procedure would allow the attorney general to continue to permit access to such files where disclosure would not endanger personal safety or impair law en forcement,” a Justice Department statement said. The administration says the Freedom of Information Act has seriously hampered intelligence gathering and law enforcement by making potential informants afraid of their identities being disclosed under the act. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Rose presented a broad overview of the proposal in testi mony before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitu tion, but the bill itself wa? not im mediately available. Jack Landau, director of the Reporters’ Committee for Free dom of the Press, said without the j Freedom of Information Act, the massive public disclosures of the FBI’s undercover counter intelligence program in the mid- 1970s would have been impos sible. The disclosures, as a result of media requests under the act, re vealed the FBI had spent millions of dollars on dirty tricks to thwart extremist organizations under its Cointelpro program in the 1960s. Landau testified amendments already proposed by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah., chairman of the subcommittee, and other senators would mutilate the act. He testified neither the CIA nor the FBI can point to the forced disclosure of the identify of a con fidential federal government source in the 15 years of the act’s existence. i I | LIVE ROCK & ROLL ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHT Featuring: THE OZ’S $2.00 COVER CHARGE 1201 HIGHWAY 30 IN THE BRIARWOOD APTS, s Is N i: s N S s s N Tk ate clog ited States) ind pei th impua- 1 speak oil nt voice, denishinf ;per. dart said, sarrassinj) ?d States Iventures power, t level of proposed ibyan oil SI billioi es would Strategic sr prod that the ’ import' Is of Li- ig to 48 rrts and sports. ‘ Libyan “a small ed force lankroll- ►tw-te: o StafT Photo by Brian Tate Are trees warm-blooded? Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired No, but they do have temperature, and that is what Mark McIntyre (left), Barry Hill (center) and Ray Ullrich are checking. With the diffusion meter that Ullrich has, a leaf s temperature can be read, as well as its wa ter diffusion rate — how fast water spreads through the leaf. The three range science majors are doing the work as part of their physiology 313 lab, under the instruction of Tim Sherman. MSC AGGIE CINEMA. PRESENTS Qcf /$ 2jO t !W ll Marine , more to the recruit mmer, , says. igation iandall 57 in a Diego, .vasan vever, ‘with- safety d. ncon- n the sday. were it” to Gen. ;hard ouse 36 on w to dan’s jung thin ..var- jfall ■ his for- -the- zcon- ttox if at 3p0t 3Sti- ard had jim Effects of waste probed by book United Press International NEW YORK — The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation said Thursday a new guidebook will aid health detectives probing environments for possible hazards to unborn babies and hopefully prevent future Love Canals. The book, “Guidelines for Stu dies of Human Populations Ex posed to Mutagenic and Repro ductive Hazards,’’ is dedicated “to the residents, past and present, of the Love Canal of New York S tate: Lest you think it was all in vain.” The book aims to improve and coordinate scientific efforts to de termine whether toxic chemical wastes and other environmental agents present significant risk of causing spontaneous abortion, birth defeccts, fetal and newborn deaths, early childhood cancer or inheritable genetic damage. The toxic waste dump at Love Canal has become a symbol of how disorganized or delayed assess ment of environmental contami nation can compound the concern of exposed residents and govern ment officials to whom they turn for help. “The 163-page special report describes state-of-the-art methods for detecting and measuring risks as a basis for prompt, rational ac tion in emergencies, and for long term preventive planning and public policy,” Foundation offi cials said. The “Guidelines” were de veloped by scientists at a confer ence in Washington, D.C., spon sored by the March of Dimes Foundation and four government agencies — the Centers for Dis ease Control, Environmental Pro tection Agency, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Private industry, independent and government research labor atories and universities were rep resented on three panels focusing on aspects of the problem. EARN QUICK CA$H ON CAMPU$ TEXAS SPORTS is looking for Texas sports fans to sell the top sport publication in the Lone Star state. You can earn $5.00 for each subscription you sell, simply by dorm-hopping around campus. 20 subscriptions will get you $100; 100 subs will get you $50Q. You just can’t beat that for spare time cash! So, hurry, be the first fan on your campus to cash in with TEXAS SPORTS. Call or write: Subscription Representative Dept. TEXAS SPORTS P.O. 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