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ational What’s up : v: ' ' Juterspid.; Mitiv k r yer, ie a; l from si placed ij ellblockj ■d bem^ : if he taj -2 yeanij le said. Robert i msuitaHil posed ail e publicli tnson’scri! , reprele to leaf s.” ;eles Steven ute Maas reject pa said Mas irley-'i crazy.” 1 usheb oind y friglitffii need ini: I lowers l(i inglate.: olgeran:, bring-i y excel,! d his »i vas conv o other at theS| Los Anj ith sent i term Friday DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES; Hons are now available at the Student Activities Office, MSC, for 1982 Cotton Bowl Representative from Nov. 2 to Nov. 16 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. MSC HOSPITALITY: Fashion show at the MSC lounge from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. AMERICAN HUMANICS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Field trip to J. A., Girl Scouts, YMCA, and the American Red Cross in Dallas. IDS STUDENT ASSOCIATION; Don Lind, astronaut will speak at noon at the LDS Institute. INTER-VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP; Jackie Driver will speak at 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder. MSC HOSPITALITY: Applications deadline at 5 p. m. for Miss Texas A&M Scholarship Pageant. Applications available in the hospitality cubicle. Saturday UPE-ACM-IEEE/CS: Annual programming contest from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Wylbur lab. BONFIRE REDPOTS: Third mandatory corps cutting weekend today and tomorrow. SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM: Motorcycle safety I course begins today. Sunday UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL: Fellowship meal (cost) at 5:30 p.m. in the University Lutheran Chapel, 315 N. College Main. AGGIE OLYMPICS: Co Rec Special Event sponsored by Intramurals at 5 p.m. in 303 East Kyle. SCE EARTH SCIENCE HONORARY SOCIETY: Vol leyball tournament will be held at Bee Creek Park. Registra tion begins at 1 p.m. $50 prize and beer will be provided. the stt-i digjhfe xt year, ison's [ idered rs. g in 19i!| oclaimec: ■dnesda-j e did noil isiblefei ocial Security eforms refused United Press International WASHINGTON — House Ipeaker Thomas O’Neill, D- lass., Thursday defended the 'emocrats' latest move to crush ances for long-term Social [ecurity reform this year and said House will take up a stop-gap next week to restore the mini- tium benefit. On orders of the Democratic airship, the House Ways and leans Committee voted /ednesday, 18-14, to reject prop- jsals for long-term changes, and Jgreed instead to meet with Sen ate representatives to iron out dif- Jerenees in two stopgap bills, f 1 O’Neill denied reports he Illilo-uld have kept the Ways and jyleans Committee bill off the House floor if it had included long- jerm reforms, but he said Social / h security does not now require big lenefit cuts to be able to meet inancial obligations. O’Neill again accused Presi- lent Reagan of backing down from protect Social repeated that to eel) Democrats Would look out for the ally in i4 elderly. ting a i: ? “We’re not trying to play games zard, all Ibut there,” O’Neill said. “We’re iday. he ones who have protected the get off [senior citizens. ” , nieo& The $122-a-month minimum g yo«) lenefit is paid to 3 million people ty phaij ivho did not earn enough to qualify jr Mai* 'or regular benefits. Congress eli- nitrilf mina’ted it at President Reagan’s the III request this summer, but lawmak- SocW 3rs ant ^ t ^ e president later i mill their minds, theIt5 ^he Senate bill restores the be nefit for all but 450,000 people — thatit) government pensioners receiving link# more ^ an a month and peo- et noW hvfog overseas — and allows rjjjjjJJpriests and nuns to receive it in se ational istantfli )j s promise to ;asure i Security, and women,’ Pickle said of current be neficiaries. Two other major issues faced conferees: how to bail out Social Security over the next few years, when experts say it will run in the red unless something is done, and how to make up the money lost by restoring the minimum. The Senate bill reallocates taxes among the three trust funds and allows them to borrow from one another, but recent Social Secur ity figures show the bill leaves Medicare funding dangerously low. The Senate bill also imposes a tax on the first six months of sick pay, which Pickle indicated he would accept, and a cap on the maximum family disability pay ment, which he said he would fight. Earlier, the House Way and Means Committee voted to kill a long-term bailout by rejecting Pickle’s proposal to slow the rate of benefit increases, restrict cost- of-living excalations, and phase in a boost in the full retirement age from 65 to 66 late in the century. Jury acquits Elvis' doctor in drug case United Press International MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jurors acquitted Elvis Presley’s former physician of overprescribing thousands of pills, saying he helped the rock n’ roll singer with his drug problem when other doc tors just washed their hands of him. Dr. George Nichopoulos, de scribed by his attorney as a good Samaritan who prolonged Pre sley’s life, closed his eyes and smiled Wednesday after the six- man, six-woman jury found him innocent of 11 counts of overpre scribing drugs for Presley, 42, sin ger Jerry Lee Lewis and seven others. After five weeks of testimony, highlighted by descriptions of Presley’s enormous drug intake, Nichopoulos, 54, hosted a celeb ration at his home. “I’m in a dazed state,” he said. “I feel relieved and have mixed emotions. Relief is the main thing.” Testimony indicated Nicho poulos prescribed 19,000 addic tive pills to Presley in the last 31 months of his life, but jury fore woman Diane Blair, a waitress, said she was impressed by Nicho poulos’ decision to try and substi tute dummy pills for Presley’s drugs. “I mean, Dr. Nick, he went to the trouble of getting placebos (for Presley),” Blair said. Blair said only one juror had mixed feelings about the verdict, but the single juror agreed with the other 11 after a brief discus sion. James F. Neal, the defense attorney, recalled testimony from Presley aides who said the rock star would have died much sooner without Nichopoulos’ care. Neal compared the doctor to the good Samaritan who went out of his way to save a man left by thieves to die in a ditch after a priest and a levite (priest’s assis tant) passed the victim by. After Criminal Court Judge Bernie Weinman adjourned court, Nichopoulos and his attor ney hugged each other. Then holding back tears, the doctor embraced relatives and suppor ters who attended the trial. Nichopoulos’ wife, Edna, and their two daughters broke down in tears upon hearing the verdict. Prosecutors told the jury the rock n’ roll king took at least a dozen stimulants, depressants and narcotics daily the last years of his life and died Aug. 16, 1977, with 14 different drugs in his body of the type Nichopoulos prescribed for him. Despite autopsy results show ing traces of the drugs in the body of the overweight singer, the cause of death was ruled heart dis- NOW SHOWING HANDMADE FILMS TIME BANDITS , vjjiw^ 6 future. The House voted to restore the benefit to current and fiiture beneficiaries. House conferees, at the first meeting, appeared willing to drop thebenefitfor future retirees. But ch $ Rep. JJ. Pickle, D-Texas, and nax, rt chairman of the ways and means Social Security subcommittee, said he would insist on restoring it r (hit* 'for all three million current reci pients. “Eighty percent of them are old buy iking i* a’ iscos • ^ ...they didn’t make history, thattk rayed ; ” Ma«> itritft' 1 ’ 10 lESSSTFri., Sat.. Sun ' Frl. &Sat. midnite show 12:15 am 52.00 (R) “Used Cars”&Pink Pan ther Cartoon Fri., Sal., Sun. •The Best Film So Far This Year. -Rusty Cawley- The B-CS Eagle MERYL STREEP JEREMY’IRONS Jtiejmnch lei rot' Fri., Sal., Sun. !:20 9:45 Sal., Sun. 2:30 4:55 7:20 9:45 Fri., Sat., Sun. Corner of University & College Aves. 846-6214 Adult $2.00 first 30 min. from opening Sat & Sun 2:00 Dudley Moore Liza Minnelli PG Arthur Fri. 7:45 9:55 Sat. & Sun. 2:15 4:05 5:55 7:45 9:55 Midnight THURS. -FRI. -S AT. NOW IS THE TIME THE BATTALION Page S ! FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1981 MANOR EAST Manor East Mall 823-8300 HALLOWEEN II The Nightmare Isn't Over! ©1981 Universal Cuy Studios. Inc CINEMA l&ll $ 2 .oo r Skaggs shopping center/Across from A&M Friday & Saturday Midnight Show Ruthlessly “Maniacally funny.” funny. ff Rona Barrett, ABC-TV Steve Edwards, CBS-TV 3ED £ fTA »4< . "yAmmWkjP 9 lit oft&m wmivsK Indiana Jones- the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR WARS. ^HAflR60N F0R0 KAREN ALLEN ttU. FREEMAN RONALD LACEY JOHN RHYS DAMES 0ENH01M ELUOTT 4 WILLIAMS i—*«~GEORGE LUCAS ~ HCVUflO KAZAMIAN , ^ LAWRENCE KASDAN w. .GEORGE LUCAS. WHIP KAUFMAN K MARSttU. i>»w>STEVEN SR6LBERG r ■’j DOLBY STEREO Marsha Mason NE ll SIMON’S .... ONLY WHEN Nf IL SIMON 5 0 D|(CC , 0 ral ' ’° ruan SI8IBS “ GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION Rex & Betty Smith, owers of Town & Country Furniture would like to thank everyone for the tremendous welcome we have received during our grand opening ot our new store. We will continue to give the best possible service and value in the Bryan, College Station area. 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