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« ■ = 1 lattalion/Pagf July 6,1 3S local / state Battalion/Page 3 July 6, 1982 'tie else. Saudi milding onti lit now —Kb Saudis'inteni amp challenging o genius-level kids I more lastinp iances—tW ten agreemi an convictioi exas A&M University’s Gal- [ton Island Adventure is no y summer camp. But rn universitvfl n > >t’s not for ordinary chil- uing to estaKp"' arts of thewoiBThe children who join this We atTexa« enture en j°y a debate in the ■m lobby as much as a mud- >di ticularlyjB An / when they do p | ay v inediane.M lesdtcou j c |j ustaseas j| y | )t . j,, g that 1 seem manor french as in English. I Some 90 “very bright to sit\ c onceptB,j us w i|| S p en( j three J n world pt |fcksstudying veterinary medi- tes, once tlifBe, microcomputers, space sci- not be unlinHe, marine biology and d technicalifchitecture when the camp be- is Sunday at the Texas A&M Iveston campus, said Dr. Wil- Nash, director of the Texas M Gifted and Talented Insti- . . B e, which is sponsoring the problem inBjip f or third year, of acttviOftBj'hg p Ur p 0se of the camp is to iversities wiBvideeach participant a broad pestilence -I ill usinlargei take their i )omb, buttln i a broad seal e terrible dm ce of EthiopI ct on all of® g political« „ . , „ 1 , K United Press International tics minor,» AKER) La . _ The Ku Klux ;d about boiKn will throw its white hood xiut surviwBo the political arena to lappen tonsftenieve the racist organization’s n food goesflab. Imperial Wizard Bill Wil- e bold stepsM' so f' sa1 ^- . shouldbel. J he F . In i y ,s, S e F ; m P ire .■nehtsol the Ku Klux Klan en- rsity concept^ national convention in iversities l« ton RoU g e over the weekend stions agai*h a cross-burning and rally in it sounds di» s small, southeast Louisiana ition, techmlty. 'al resource® About 300 klansmen essential quldiered in a rural field several Mies from an all-black skating ■rty attended by nearly 1,000 Mople, but authorities reported clashes or trouble. I The cross-burning topped a jbnvention at which klansmen Mtedtostep up pcjlitical activi- Msand increase youth recruit- Bent. I “The next phase is to move |to the political arena both ertly and covertly, as klans- look at the field of study he or she has chosen, to offer training in some of the basic techniques of that field and to offer the opportunity to work on a related project. Texas A&M professors and graduate students will serve as instructors for the five fields of study. “These kids generally show a great deal of independence, a high curiosity level and a prop ensity for investigating the com plex and the difficult,” Nash said. “You find a lot more high- level discussions going on in the lobby of the dorm than you would among average kids and there are a lot of spontaneous debates and chess tourna- But for many of the children, the camp will be the first time they have been really challenged intellectually, he said. “A lot of bright kids in some school settings aren’t really chal lenged and breeze through making the highest grades with little effort,” Nash said. “Then they receive scholarships to out standing universities and are forced to compete and some of them don’t handle it very well and even flunk out.” Nash, who is currently the second vice president for the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), will become president in 1985. “I feel that we can serve as a model for other universities to develop similar programs,” he said. “Universities have tremen dous resources that generally are not as tied up during the summer and a summer camp of this kind provides an excellent opportunity for those facilities to be put to use.” KK to enter politics, ecruit schoolchildren men and through front groups we form,” Wilkinson said Satur day. “We have come to the con clusion the time is ripe for us to enter political activity in the states.” Klan-backed candidates in several states have not won elec tion, but have raised a few eyeb rows with the number of votes they received, Wilkinson said. Klansmen believe a candidate they back will be elected soon. “We are gaining expertise in the political arena that we need to eventually field a candidate that will win,” he said. “The political climate is in our favor at this time and w e certain ly intend to capitalize on it.” The klan, which has grown in nationwide membership each month since March 1978, also will concentrate on bolstering its youth corps, Wilkinson said. He declined to reveal the number of members in the corps, which in cludes 10- to 17-year-olds. “We will go straight to schools and pass out literature in schools where officials have tried to work against us,” the klan leader said. Wilkinson said he was not aware the black skating party was occurring only miles from the klan rally Saturday night. But he said residents of south east Louisiana would not disturb a KKK meeting. “The klan is strong here and the vast majority of people are behind the klan,” he said. “No one would have the audacity or the courage to give us any trou ble on our own property. “We certainly don’t go look ing for trouble, but this is our property and we certainly would prevent any other race from coming on our property.” Baker is about 15 miles north of Baton Rouge and 20 miles west of Denham Springs, head quarters of the Invisible Empire Knights of the KKK. yk San Antonio police chief denies force has low morale IP United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Manage- lent consulting firm Arthur oung & Co. has released its udyol San Antonio’s police de- rtment but Chief of Police lobert Heuckdisagrees with the 150,000 management study lowing 60 percent of city offic- s believe morale is bad. While the report states, laiiy officers do not believe ie city places high regard on icir services and thus they per- nm accordingly,” Heuck ilaims that is “just disgruntled Ik." The chief said: “We have a 6 percent turnover rate and many of those that leave come back to their old jobs. Why would they othat if it were so crummy?” Heuck did say he was not sur- irised by other parts of the tudy that found his department s inefficient and ineffective, md spends too much time in offee shops. The report said the depart- nent is understaffed, suffers irom morale problems, has in- fficient management and laims to arrest more people han it actually does. The study also says managers ow their patrol officers to spend too much time in coffee shops. The report said: “Present management systems are not working, resulting in poor allo cations of resources and ineffec tive and inefficient use of those resources.” The study said the patrol divi sion, with 469 officers, needs 90 more people. 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