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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1981
Local / State
Austin voters decide
to sell nuke project
United Press International
AUSTIN — Citizens have voted
to discontinue their involvement
in the financially plagued South
Texas Nuclear Project, but the
nine-year emotional controversy
could continue if the city cannot
find a buyer for its 16 percent
share.
Voters overwhelmingly de
cided in Tuesday’s election — the
sixth one since 1972 over partici
pation in the project — to autho
rize the council to sell Austin’s
portion of the STNP. The clear
victory for opponents of the STNP
was a reversal of the last election
in 1979 in which citizens narrowly
decided to continue participation
in the project.
City Councilman Roger Dun
can, led the drive to sell Austin’s
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share. He said massive cost over
runs at the project were probably
the deciding factor in the vote.
“I think the difference is that
the economic faults of the project
became very obvious,’’ he said. T
think people are pro-nuclear in
general, but are against this pro
ject.”
Dr. Tom Griffey, a University
of Texas physics professor who led
the fight to retain STNP participa
tion, said economics was the
reason for the defeat.
“I think the numbers are rather
convincing,” he said. “I think the
voters were convinced about the
economic future of the project. ”
The project has been plagued
since the beginning with cost
overruns. Austin’s orginal share
was $167 million, hut the city’s
share has risen to almost $500 mil
lion.
Recently, Brown and Root Con
struction Co. was discharged as
the main engineer because of cost
overruns and safety problems.
Bechtol Corp. has been given the
job of finishing the project.
San Antonio owns a 28 percent
share of the STNP, and that city’s
mayor, Henry Cisneros, recently
predicted the final cost could be
$6 billion or more. If Cisneros
predictions are correct, Austin’s
share could have eventually
reached $1 billion when the pro
ject is finally completed in 1987.
Duncan said the city council
will immediately notify the other
owners of Tuesday’s result. The
partners have first right of refusal
if another partner decides to sell
its share.
Campus parking spaces addei
By BARBIE WOELFEL
Battalion Staff
Contrary to what the 16,000
people who received parking
tickets in September may think,
the University Police Depart
ment has been doing more than
just looking for illegally parked
cars.
It’s been looking for ways to
alleviate the problem of student
parking. The department has
added 329 spaces throughout
the campus this semester.
In October, 176 parking
spaces were opened to students
with green parking stickers in
Lot 40 behind Mosher Hall,
Thomas Parsons, University di
rector of security and traffic,
said.
Previously, the entire park
ing lot was reserved for only
blue and red permits.
Blue day-student permits are
for students with 60 hours or
more, green permits are for stu
dents with less than 60 hours
and red permits are for students
with 60 hours or more who live
on campus.
Campus parking lots are di
vided into designated areas for
staff faculty, students, em
ployees and visitors. The col
ored parking stickers are distri
buted to car owners permitting
them to park in the color-coded
areas.
Lot 23 behind Aston Hall
gained 81 spaces, and Lot 31
adjacent to Old Main Drive,
picked up 32 additional spaces.
Both parking lots were re
striped for smaller cars between
the summer and fall semester.
Two areas open for parking
that some students may not be
aware of are Lots 62 and 69 be
hind Kyle Field. Since Sept. 1,
anyone with a valid permit has
been eligible to park in both of
these lots. Parsons said that
lights eventually will he instal
led in Lot 69 and the area will be
resurfaced and striped.
“We also added 40 spaces in
Zachry parking lot (Oct. 9) by
taking one row from the re
served staff section. Parsons
said. Day students can now park
from the first median to the
back of Lot 50.
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cars registered on campus
have only 18,000 total part;]
spaces available,” he said."]
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served staff permits, 441 r pim«' or
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Students with unpaid tide 1 ; ■Tliey
may graduate, but theywilh ' vor ^
receive a grade transcript upm ■ r ^ e *-
request after graduating.
Former senator sues paper
United Press International
GALVESTON — A former
Texas state senator has filed a libel
suit against a newspaper, claiming
that it printed a false story about
him days before the election that
turned him out of office.
A. R. “Babe” Schwartz, a Gal
veston Democrat, filed suit
against the banking firm of W.L.
Moody & Co. and the Rockport
Pilot. He said a telegram sent by
the firm to the paper, which was
subsequently printed, libeled him
by stating that he had been
charged with assault.
Schwartz, 55, said the company
erroneously stated in the telegram
last year that he had been indicted
for a felonious assault in October
1980, when the senator was in-
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volved in a courtroom scuffle with
an attorney representing Moody.
Schwartz said he lashed out at
Moody attorney Briscoe Swan ab
out a civil matter. Swan accused
the legislator of striking him in the
face during the courtroom argu
ment.
No charges were filed against
Schwartz by the grand jury that
investigated the incident.
In his lawsuit, Schwartz said the
telegram was libelous and the
newspaper knowingly used
erroneous information contained
in the telegram.
The information in the telegram
was not detailed in the lawsuit,
nor did it say how the newspaper
used the information.
Schwartz, who cou Id not be
reached for comment, did not spe
cify the amount of damages he was
seeking. He is asking for punitive
and exemplary damages, plus
attorney fees.
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Named as defendants in
lawsuit are Perry Carter, edit
the Pilot; Norman Revie,
Moody employee who signed4
telegram; the banking:
company executive Ski|
Moody'Jr. None could be read
for comment.
Pageant applications due
Friday for Miss Texas AM
By LAURA WILLIAMS
Battalion Reporter
If scholarships, travel and a shot
at being Miss America sound
appealing, take note. The MSC
Hospitality Committee is accept
ing applications for the Miss Texas
A&M University Scholarship
Pageant through Friday.
Students with a minumum 2.0
grade point ratio are eligible to
enter the committee’s third
annual pageant to be held Feb. 22.
Applications are being accepted in
216 Memorial Student Center.
In the past, students have
waited until just before the dead
line to apply, Leyba said. But, he
said he has already received 25
applications this year, compared
to three at this time last year.
“We will only accept 75 appli
cations, and if we don’t have 75 by
Friday, the deadline will be ex
tended until Tuesday,” Leyba
said.
Contestants will participate in a
screening that will include a talent
performance and a personal inter
view Nov. 21-22. Nineteen appli
cants will then be selected to par
ticipate in the pageant’s talent.
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Boys praying Brooke Shields
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United Press International
ANNAVILLE —The 35 boys in
the Annaville Baptist Church
ninth-grade Sunday school class
are praying for Brooke Shields in
hopes she will speak out for God
instead of blue jeans and sham
poos.
R. E. Buntrock, who teaches
the class, says he fired off a letter
to the star because her roles make
it even more difficult to teach
adolescent boys to follow the
proper moral path.
Buntrock, 57, said he urged
Shields, 16, whose latest film
“Endless Love” centers on adoles
cent premarital sex, to adopt a
“more Christ-like image” and put
aside her trumpeting of shampoos
and blue jeans in favor of God.
Buntrock’s letter also criticized
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Shields’ mother, Teri, saying
had exploited her daughter.
"I hope and pray years
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God, what have I done?”
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portrayed a 12-year-old pi#
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Students who plan to Pre-Register for the Spring
Semester in the General Studies Program are URGED
to pick up a Pre-registration Form in Room 100 of
Harrington Tower from Oct. 26 thru Nov, 6.
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