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i one state Battalion/Page 7 February 11, 1982 )eep Throat shown at UH, :duc; H United Press Inter Hney isn’t sure if the controv- movie “Deep Throat” is urn A " district irning r shareof!|! iXtional or not, but he says Eesn’t plan any legal action ,st University of Houston , nt s who organized a ■ee^end showing of the film, bspite pressure from sever- | n ti-pornography groups, ■arri^ County Distrait Attorney e xan s SN oillion [„ ‘hon insuj he drinki, e of the receii dal way j vake his^ 1 Katarii abbed the Idren, tlij >ugh a 4 ;e roof at i ground er escapt window, ai ded I lal Re- 1 mem back of the book.” Holmes said he does not be lieve the students wanted to break the law. “If they really wanted to flout the law, they wouldn’t have called us,” he said. raphy, and members of Morality in Media, the Moral Majority and anti-abortion groups asked the district attorney Tuesday to take action. “I don’t send my children to college so they can see obscene movies,” Brooks said, very concerned this is pening.” We are hap- acUU. uH^den^cKd^hZ Today’s Almanac million,wfl hf Holmes 7 said Tuesday he 1( i I no actions against the stu nts who organized the free owing to about 500 other stu- 1 Saturday. Holmes said “Deep Throat ■ be shown at the university T)as for an educational pur- J even though the movie y j been judged obscene "ft has to be of educational | ue ," Holmes said. “A jury Id have reasonable doubt ijjfnovie has any educational kid. We are dealing with a sci- district attorney’s office to make sure they were not violating Texas pornography laws. Julie Huebner, student presi dent of program council, said she was told by prosecutors that the audience would have to be limited to a private university audience. No fee could be charged for entrance, and view ers had to be over 18. “They told us we had to follow these procedures because the movie was obscene,” Huebner said, adding she did follow the rules. Geneva Kirk Brooks, United Press International Today is Thursday, Feb. 11, the 42nd day of 1982, with 323 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. American inventor Thomas Alva Edison was born Feb. 11, 1847. On this date in history: In 1861, President-elect Lin coln and his wife set out from Springfield, Ill., for the nation’s capital. In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet dictator Josef Stalin en ded a week-long World War II conference at Yalta. In 1965, U.S. and South Viet namese planes staged the first bombing raids on North Viet nam in retaliation for a Viet Cong attack. A thought for the day: Amer ican inventor Thomas Edison said: “There is no substitute for hard work.” Attention all Engineering Students... STUDENT ENGINEERS COUNCIL PRESENTS “CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN ENGINEERING” Feb. 17-18, 1982 9:30-5:00 MSC Room 212 & 224 Second Floor STUDENTS WILL TALK DIRECTLY TO COMPANY REPRE SENTATIVES ABOUT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. 40 COMPANIES REPRESENTED presi- lano boy spots loors ad error attempt! 'isk ofth Stacy Gii exteml United Press International \NO — Millard Fillmore have been the best presi- jjjj—as actors in a Coors beer ercial contend — but their stif eation is wrong, and it took ■alias area eighth grader to ■ the brewery of its mistake. In the Adolph Coors adver- ■ campaign for its premium let, Herman Joseph’s, two entxchange comments on the ll-time bests” of various eate ries Ip one commercial, one man yslMillard Fillmore was the president — “less time, less kes.” avid Jurcak, a student at )r sni(M|aid Middle School in Pla- l, claiming no offense to Fill- g spei | or |, says the 13th president’s Wwas not as short as that of ills sho;iP‘ ani ff Harrison, who died ilewlifiJ P' -umonia in 1841 — one ipai’i P 11 a f ter h* 5 inauguration. eysaid.1 Bnce he was in the hospital e initiatil dhole time, he couldn’t have :anydo(i?4 an y mistakes,” Jurcak night, i ■ more served for two years, rising pn succeeding Zachary iril 16,li W r w h° died in office. Jurcak, 14, who admits to day- Mniing i n American his- class, wrote the Colorado |ery of the mistake. Coors als responded with embar- Wnent. At least we know that some- y knows the history of the d States,” said Mel Linn, >rs vice president for sales in F n > Colo. He said Jurcak he first person to notify the pany of the error. : added that the company mbarrassed by the mistake, nathan Runge, who hand- ^le Herman Joseph’s account |he fed Bates of New York ■advertising agency, said the percial was meant to ex- f an opinion, not a fact. that a young man like that would notice it; apparently most peo ple didn’t.” IS ssionai riional acuity phone rty or >f the rility, mare GUADALAJARA SUMMER SCHOOL University of Arizona offers more than 40 courses; anthro pology, art, bilingual educa tion, folk music and folk dance, history, political sci ence, sociology, Spanish lan guage and literature and in tensive Spanish. Six-week session. June 28-August 6, 1982. Fully accredited grad uate and undergraduate pro gram. Tuition $360. Room and board in Mexican home, $395. EEO/AA Write Guadalajara Summer School Robert L. Nugent 205 University of Arizona Tucson 85721 (602) 626-4729 Saturday February 27 7:00 p.m. Rudder Auditorium Student: $3.50 Non-Student: $5.50 tickets available at MSC Box Office MX %spfofcy Introducing. . . a very special guest Miss Tejcas A&M—Cindy Green Special Sale Thurs. Feb. 11, from 3:00-8:00 p.m. Register for Valentine gift package to be given away to night. Now Open Thursdays till 8 p.m. t 3fi09 Place, E. 29th Bryan vat ROIC icsen Iinge, who said the agency jreceived a few letters com- tingon the “less time” angle he commercial, said the °rs knew Fillmore had not ! d the shortest time, but that 7 books recognize the lack _ tion by the man who later | or president for the “Know- Jjttg” party. ■ t up Umorous really,” Linn ™ It seven more interesting I Italian cuisine FINE ITALIAN FOOD AND WINES OPEN MON.-THURS. . 11:00-2 p.m. 5-10 p.m. FRIDAY 11:00-2 p.m. 5-11:00 p.m. SATURDAY 5-11:00 p.m. RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED MSC FREE UNIVERSITY Long Course Registration Room #201 MSC 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17