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Page 16/The Battalion/Tuesday, AugustSO; They are all mine !!! staff photo by John Makely Over two dozen flower arrangements were delivered to the Commons Monday by University Flowers. Tracey Baber, a j unior mechanical engineering major from Houston tries to sort through the flowers at the front desk. Indian militants protest violently SCHULMAN THEATRES S 1 OFF ADULT TICKET 1st SHOW EACH DAY United Press International NEW DELHI, India —Sever al people were injured Monday when police fired plastic bullets and tear gas at thousands of sword-wielding Sikhs who stormed government offices in several cities in the northern state of Punjab, officials said. The tear-gas bullets were re- peatly fired to break up a violent mob of Sikhs which was raiding the district magistrate’s office in the Punjab town of Gurudaspur, 310 miles northwest of New Delhi. The violence in Punjab erupted when an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 militant Sikhs, armed with canes, swords, spears and other weapons, cut barbed wire barricades and attempted to break into the de puty commisioner’s office in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar, 280 miles north of New Delhi. The “large numbers” of Sikhs across the state also participated in sit-down strikes to stop local administrative offices from functioning, reports the domes tic news agency Press Trust of India. The protests were sponsored by the militant Akali Dal Party, which is demanding greater political and economic auto- mony for Sikhs, who make up the majority of the state’s popu lation. A separate protest in the east ern state of Assam brought com merce and transportation to a virtual standstill in Spring 1983, according to reports received by New Delhi. About 4,000 people died in this secotid ethnic con flict . SCHULMAN 6 775-2463 775-2468 20G2 E. 29th 7:15 9:45 MR. 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It’s a thirst quenchin^deal you can’t beat. aS 7 ■<V steaks c* In the Skaggs Center 317 College Avenue, 260-9172 Mon-Sat 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. New Texas laws to go into effect United Press International AUSTIN — Many of 800 new Texas laws which were approved by the Texas Legisla ture in Spring 1983 go into effect this week. The Texas bills passed con cern: making motel roompeep- ing a crime, requiring re staurants advertising Jewish food as “kosher” to serve high quality meals, and declaring U.S. Highway 83 a Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial. Other laws went into effect just a few days after Texas legis lators adjourned on May 30, while a few stragglers — includ ing strict new drunk driving penalties — will not take effect until January 1, 1984. In addition to the newly effective laws, the state begins operating under a two-year $30.8 billion budget on Thurs day — the first day of a new fis cal year. Among the laws that take effect this week, an increase in unemployment compensation taxes is probably the one that hits pocketbooks the hardest. Some new laws took affect on Monday, while others will take affect on Thursday. Bosses who pay the minimum per-worker tax — about 70 per cent of all Texas employers — will find their taxes have almost doubled from $62 to $120. The maximum tax paid by only one percent of the Texas employers has greatly increased from $296 to $779 per employee. Other new laws restrict poli tical candidates from continuing to transfer their campaign con tributions to their personal bank accounts. A new state ethics commission has assumed au thority for watching over the morals and actions of Texas law makers. Further changes in Texas legislation have made it tougher for law-breakers to successfully plead insanity as a defense to violent crimes. A new law re stricts the legal definition of in sanity and requires a trial judge’s consent for an insane cri minal to be released from a men tal hospital. Habitual criminals — offen ders with at least two previous felony convictions — no longer face mandatory life prison sent ences. A new law gives juries the discretion of imposing sentences ranging from 20 years to 99 years or for life. Another law that begins this week establishes a new defini tion.of rape that declassifies it as a sexual crime and lists it instead as assault. New laws also allow: semi annual surprise inspections of nursing homes, videotaped tes timonies from children involved in sexual abuse cases, and cri minal penalties for the sale of fake “lookalike” drugs. 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