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Battalion/Page 3 August 11, 1982 Clay boy takes a tumble photo by Susan Dittman aama Marti, a sophomore nvironmental design major, oncentrates on the details as she Ipts a cowboy falling off his horse. The MSC Craft Shop helps Marti, who is from New Orleans, to continue the hobby she began in high school. itudents file suit to halt llan rally at high school United Press International [.OUISVILLE. Ky. — A ip of black students and civil tits leaders filed a lawsuit lesday to block the use of a plic high school for a Ku Klux rally next month. iThe lawsuit filed in U.S. Dis it Court said the use of Valley M, School by the Klan on pt. 4 would worsen racial ten- hs at the school, which has In a center of opposition to Irt-ordered busing, llhe protest rally, featuring national Klan leader Bill Wilkin son, has been arranged to mark the seventh anniversary of de segregation busing in Louisville Jefferson County. The lawsuit asked the court to prohibit the use of the school by the Klan, saying it would violate the 13 th and 14 th amend rnent guarantees of equal protection of the law. Jeffrey Segal, one of four Louisville attorneys who filed the lawsuit with the clerk of the court, said he expected a hear- valde deputy dies Ifter severe beating United Press International VALDE — A chief deputy the Uvalde County Sheriffs department died Tuesday of a Jating he suffered along a ladside, authorities say. 1 Clyde Hobbs, 34, apparently r Depart®® s i) ea ten “ a j-oek anc i prob- ;e chiefflWy a tire tool” late Monday asury I’ "'Die investigating a report of 'Mien merchandise being trans ported in a car 3 miles outside pie city on Highway 83, Sheriff Kenneth Kelley said. jnal I Hobbs had called the dis- ®tcher after stopping the car to iduct on the background of one by the f ^ the people in the car, the sher- des perf said - 1 eworko | f q e failed to respond to the attempt 1 Dspatcher’s answer and sear- all the j ' jrodut# ! rroups thers t chers found him minutes later unconscious beside his car. Kelley said officers today were questioning a man found later driving the car involved in the incident, but it was not known if he was involved. Officials suspect three or four people were in the car stopped by Hobbs. The sheriffs office had re ceived a report Monday night that items stolen from a house and a business in Uvalde were in the car. TS-O Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired BRYAN 216 N. Main 799-2786 Mon.-Fri.8-5 Sat. 8-1 COLLEGE STATION 8008 Post Oak Mall.. 764-0010 Mon.-Sat. 10-9 p.m. Texas State m Orticae k Textbook hearings bring criticism from both sides United Press International AUSTIN — The annual tex tbook hearings have opened with criticism from nationally known critics who say the prop osed books glorify communist nations, give too much space to feminism and fail to tout Amer- i ican accomplishments. Norma and Mel Gabler have been a fixture at textbook hear ings for years, which has gained them national notoriety and enough private support for a $120,000 budget supporting a staff of eight. This year’s hearings also have drawn attendance by People of ing to be set in late August on the request for an injunction to block the Klan rally at the school. The plaintiffs include three black students whose names were given only as “Tom, Sally and James Doe” to prevent pos sible reprisals for filing the suit. Interviewing black students from the school was an “eye opening” experience, declared Segal, who said the “school ex perience is a continuous battle” for black youngsters facing ra cial jokes and threats. Since 1935. nt quart f[ way throj j-e, acm for intf j end o' qp readirf revision- J export 5 ; t app^t ontractrt . 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In hundreds of pages of testi mony, they continually sug gested a variety of textbooks be revised to give more instruction on traditional family values, the dangerous aspects of drug use and advancement of free- enterprise economics. They frequently criticized proposed books for failing to tout American accomplish ments, “glorifying” communist countries and giving too much space to the feminist movement. In response to a question from a committee member, Haralson denied the critics were out of touch with the feelings of most Texans. “I think I’m not a fanatic or an extremist,” Haralson said. “I think most Texans would want that if something is presented in detail that it be patriotic in na ture. We are concerned that our students have something that is uplifting.” Although they did not testify before the committee, members of People for the American Way made their opposition known through a formal news confer ence and several impromptu question-and-answer sessions. Executive Director Anthony Podesta said Texas was chosen for intense scrutiny because of the Gablers’ reputation and the state’s influence on the purchas ing practices of other states. Unemployed Texas migrant workers deserve federal help, attorney says United Press International HEREFORD — Thousands of migrant and seasonal farm laborers unable to find work in west Texas weather-beaten cot ton fields deserve federal disas ter aid similar to that provided to area farmers, a legal aid attor ney says. William H. Beardall, a staff attorney for Texas Rural Legal Aid Inc., said Monday that thousands of migrant men, women and children were sleep ing in cars, trucks and parks throughout the Panhandle be cause farms jobs were not avail able and they do not have enough money to eturn home. He said a coalition of farm, labor and political groups would officially announce a call for aid Thursday in a news conference at a migrant labor camp in Dim- mitt. “Essentially, the problem is the devastating weather condi tions,” Beardall said. “The crops destroyed provided ' employ ment for an estimated 80,000 workers in the High Plains area. Most of them were affected in one way or another.” He said workers who usually hoe weeds in cotton fields and harvest onions during this time of year will find their $5,000-a- year wages cut in half or erased because so few farm jobs were available. “We have seen a lot of trouble this summer with the migrants, who will feel the most tragic effects,” Beardall said. “They spend all their money to travel to this part of the state to make enough for the leaner months in the fall and winter. “They are broke and stranded,” he said. About 80 percent of the affected workers are from the Rio Grande Valley and southern New Mexico, 10 percent are sea sonal laborers already residing in the High Plains area and 10 percent are undocumented aliens from Mexico. Beardall said he had located several potential sources of funds for thejobless workers but declined to specify the source of such funds. He said migrant workers de served federal assistance similar to that provided last month to area producers, who lost an esti mated 2.5 million acres of cot ton, wheat, corn and other crops to a series of rain and hail storms. Your Danskin Headquarters Manor East Mall 779-6718 S€BRING... For the cut that falls into place noturollu- * Full service salon for men and women by cer tified Sebring designers — 846-2924 Open 9 Q.m. to 6 p.m. Mon.-Sot Next to the Romodo Inn, C.S. 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