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national Battalion/Page 15 December 10, 1982 Convicted draft dissenter given alternative sentence United Press International ROANOKE, Va.— The first man convicted for failure to re gister with the Selective Service has been ordered to perform two years of volunteer work at a federal institution. Enten Eller, a minister’s son, was sentenced Wednesday. Citing the biblical command ment against killing and the teachings of the Brethren Church against war, he said God did not want him in the military. He made his stand entirely on principle — he refused to allow his attorneys to attack the consti tutionality of the law. “I hope I set an example for other Christians, if not necessar ily by my actions, then by my motivations,” Eller, 20, said at the sentencing. When Eller was convicted in August, U.S. District Court Judge James Turk ordered him to register within 90 days or face a prison term of up to six years. Eller refused to register for the draft. “I’m sorry that I did not com ply with the conditions of proba tion,” he told Turk Wednesday, but he said God’s law came be fore Washington’s. “I felt I had no choice.” Turk rejected the arguments of federal prosecutors and prob ation officers that Eller should be jailed as an example to other draft resisters. “Because you are in the for mative years of your life and be cause you have an exemplary re cord otherwise, the court is con sidering alternative service in ' your case,” Turk said. Turk said Eller’s volunteer, j work could begin after he gra- T duates from college in June and he could work at any federal, facility approved by his proba- tion officer and the court. Eller, 20, a physics major with a straight-A average at Bridge- "i water College, told reporters af-’’ ter the hearing he welcomed the chance to perform alternative “' jerly. the natural weakly dial feted front an to malta Susan Lochte, a sophomore Petroleum with her piano playing in the MSC themostl l' n §* neer * n S m aj or from Olean, New lounge on Thursday. Lochte has been wasak York, puts a little life into dead week playing piano for 10 years. ice s. Doctors li ish Clark’sli the d a special li n his stoniii | led highh [ ssium, diem irentlywi Play it again photo by Ann Kappler MISA EN ESPANOL DIA: SABADO 11 DE D1CIEMBRE DE 1982 LUGAR: IGLESIA DE SAINT MARY’S HORA: 7:00 P.M. Todos los estudiantes estan cordialmente invitados. Organizado por la Asociacion de Estudiantes Catolicos Internacionales. £PA relocation ngers residents ilark prol the critical: while his 1%; United Press International d. |ST LOUIS — Residents of a suburban area where the soil is ’^^'’"p^jMntajninated with dioxin are : n; (Jisatislied with Environmental \ a ^ Protection Agency plans to tem- ' ie ,. porarily relocate them and re- o roiiii r { ( mnt m ‘ ,Ve l ‘ le so1 ’- 11 he « “I think the EPA > the state ‘ 'and whoever else is involved in ^STdhis mess should buy us out,” m William 1 ., p. • . , J, ved ^ enn * s Lynch, who lives at . one of the contaminated sites in with | nipena i t Mo r 116 , i. “We don’t want a temporary e ’ ore n move. When I leave my house, I neasure Jwam to leave for good,” he told h ullian ‘ ap EPA official at a news confer- t previous enc e I The EPA said Wednesday it Hi pay for the voluntary, tem- Brary relocation of residents at die six houses near an area re- iirred to as the Minker site, which is contaminated with high levels of the deadly chemical. Assistant EPA Administrator Rita M. Lavelle, reversing an earlier decision, said federal Su perfund money will be made available for the clean up. The EPA maintained its posi tion that no health emergency exists from the dioxin, which is in soil dumped eight years ago as fill material. Dioxin is one of the most toxic substances known and is a suspected carcinogen. Lynch bought his house three and one-half years ago and said he never would have moved in had he known — as the EPA did at the time — that the area was contaminated. Only two abandoned mobile homes are at the other residen tial area referred to as the Stout site. There are no residences in a third area along Romaine Creek also included in the EPA’s cleanup proposal. The highest dioxin level is 301 parts per billion at the Mink er site, the EPA said. Amounts of only 1 part per billion are said by the Centers for Disease Con trol to pose a health risk. Preliminary test results from more than 300 soil samples taken in October indicated a dioxin level of more than 900 parts per billion in one area. La ter quality assurance tests on the same samples showed those re sults were wrong, the EPA said. “After the behavior the EPA has exhibited so far, I don’t find much comfort in these results,” said James Cisco, another area resident. “It seems to me some what suspicious that, after the widespread criticism of the EPA, these test results come back so low.” Optn VI8 pjn. t!ifpU9h Fbiait W* siv* 20% mom In ttKte on UMd books! r ▼ T T ▼ V <»< D ' h. 361^ AGGIE LAND PHOTOGRAPHERS will be at the MSC Rm. #137 from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6 - Friday, Dec. 10 to take yearbook pictures THIS WEEK ONLY! Note: All Jrs., Srs., Grad Students, Med Students, & Vet Students MUST have pictures taken he- fore leaving for the Christmas holidays or THEY WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN AGGIE LAND ’83’! WANTED CURRENT TEXTBOOKS!!! 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