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state /national Battalion/Page 5 September 13, 1982 r arped by Scott McCullar fgisieil MSCsj loses i a liull indt nmin^ it845i MAW, THIS PLACE SEEMS TO BE IWOTHIWG BOT HALLWAYS. I VJONDER WHERE... WHAT ' HAPPEA/ED? you WERE DRIV/A/6 ME "BERZERK." —v Mondale, Hart jeer Reagan’s veto defeat ropical storm causes flooding Mich, eSt United Press International LAKE CHARLES, La. — ale-force winds, heavy rains nd flooding from Tropical torm Chris forced thousands I heurjAf people along the Louisiana iieeiiJIoast to evacuate their homes the Saturday, but no injuries result- pig from the storm were re- ciiih . i orted - *r§| The National Weather Ser vice late Saturday downgraded Chris to a tropical depression ? ind said the storm was centered nceB. 15 miles south of Alexandria in ’■sini® tentral Louisiana, moving . ilightly northeast at about 12 i nph. randa ( The storm dumped five to 10 cade: ji hches in many coastal sections <f] »f Louisiana, and the NWS said v p a ||i evere rainfall and possible tor- ’1 lado were continued threats. Tornado and flash flood watch- 'P/ is were posted throughout ■ m v „ouisiana and southern Missis- I Wi ns wtt! Louisiana State Police early v me4 Saturday evacuated about 6,500 eople in Cameron, right on the ulf, and all roads leading into he city were closed for a time, bout 35 people who went to he beach to watch the storm W^Were (emporari/y stranded, offi- 1^)^, ials said. Residents were allowed to re turn to their homes Saturday afternoon. Civil Defense officials in the parish, which has a population of about 10,000, said no damage estimate had been made. The storm, which packed winds of more than 55 mph, reached land early Saturday east of Sabine Pass on the northeast ern Texas coast, the NWS said. Winds at speeds of about 50 mph tore down electrical lines in the Sabine Pass area, where ab out 900 people live, but emergency generators were sent in to restore power. On one oil rig, officials said the seas rose more than 25 feet, the wind was blowing at 50 to 70 mph and the rig was swaying. Another crew, evacuating on a crew boat, was reported safe af- Now know 111 S I,in Jlen citvco res< ip United Press International Jane Fonda attended Vassar for one year — in 1955 — and once raced through the Victo- rian-style halls on a high- powered motorcycle. BIOCHEMISTRY SOCIETY MEETING Tuesday, September 14 7:30 p.m. #113 Heep Speaker DEAN KENKEE “The Future of Biochemistry in Agriculture” ram Avoid the rush... EXPOSE YOURSELF EARLY IN THE WEEK! AGGIELAND portraits are now being taken of the Class of 85 and 86 A thru F SEPT. 7-10 G thru O SEPT. 13-17 P thru S SEPT. 20-24 T thru Z SEPT. 27-30 Your sitting is FREE, so get over to YEARBOOK ASSOCIATES AT 1700 PERYEAR STREET ter the 80-foot boat got stuck off Sabine Pass. In a helicopter operation con ducted under ink-black skies early Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued three men whose small craft was stalled a few miles from the coastline. Chris made landfall on the 21st anniversary of one of the coast’s most devastating hurri canes. On Sept. 11, 1961, Hurricane Carla came in near Port Lavaca, Texas, battering the central Texas coast with 175 mph winds and unleashing a vicious torna do that swept across Galveston Island, killing 45 people and doing $300 million in damage. United Press International DALLAS — Potential Demo cratic candidates for the 1984 presidential nomination, includ ing former vice president Wal ter Mondale and Colorado Sen. Gary Hart, Saturday jeered the Reagan administration for two major defeats in Congress this past week. Mondale, who was the last of the five speakers to open the second day of the state Demo cratic convention, called on the 4,000 delegates to give their thanks to Texas senior senator, John Tower, a Republican. Tower was in Austin for the state Republican convention Fri day when the Senate overturned the president’s veto of a $14.2 billion spending bill by a 60-30 vote, exactly the two-thirds ma jority needed. The president had reported ly counted on Tower’s support of the veto and one vote would have been enough to prevent the overturn. The House Thursday overturned the veto, 301-117. “Tower did something for us in the past couple of days,” Mon dale said. “For the first time, he did a sensible thing. He stayed home. John, that was a good idea. I think the next time you run for office, we’ll give you a big hand and let you stay home all the time.” Hart opened the convention with a charge for the state party members to support Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark White, attorney general candi date Jim Mattox, agriculture commissioner candidate Jim Hightower, land commissioner Gary Mauro and U.S. senatorial candidate Lloyd Bentsen in the November general election. The senator said he was “proud to be a member of a sen ate which had finally reasserted the priorities of this country in overriding the president’s veto.” Also appearing at the conven tion were California Sen. Alan Cranston, former Florida Gov ernor Reubin Askew and South Carolina Sen. Ernest Hollings. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio — the other two early prospects for the Democratic nomination — were unable to attend. The five speakers struck com mon themes in their 15 minute addresses, including a call for greater spending on education, sounder fiscal policy, more sup port for American workers and small businesses, and wiser de fense spending. MSC • TOWN ♦ HALL An Encounter with Today’s Finest JAZZ GROUP c3 in Rudder Auditorium September 24 at 8 p.m. ■ A tr -Jr:: Tickets: *6 50 $ 7 50 -*8 00 MSC Box Office 845-1234 General Admission Sept 13