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■ Wednesday, December 7,1983/The Battalion/Page 7 by Paul Dirmeyer OS 2,03 4=/AMC n 1 ^ ' Finals WeeK in A^ieland, lJAt-tb A To 4UE/VI6E you/? 6/WOE cMSS. ItfAPr/etf&l ra7 '^^ j( _ JFfT^Ttz ).tT. 15] TtttA) pAlfJT 1G ID foR(^[ , mof\^mW. 2.0 C^A/77aA/£ Lawyer enters insanity as kidnapping def ense irit of penance lost United Press International GALVESTON — The de fense introduced into evidence Tuesday artwork depicting dark, shrouded figures that it said showed the artist, a Conroe electrical engineer on trial for kidnapping, was mentally in sane during the time a man was buried alive in an extortion scheme. Lawyer Elmo Schwab said Ronald Floyd White, 39, be cause of mental illness, often dreamed of dark, shadowy fi gures coming to get him. Schwab therefore claimed White was not responsible for his acts. The prosecution rested Mon day after presenting evidence that White was involved in the abduction of Michael Baucom from his Santa Fe home Sept. 21, 1982, and in the burial of Baucom during an extortion attempt. She said it read: “I have the power and I have the will to keep the dope from getting to the young.” Schwab, who has tried to have White committed since taking the case, introduced into evi dence several bizarre oil paint ings and sketches depicting shrouded people. He said White began seeing those people in his dreams in 1981. United Press International L PASO — The church law o| abstinence has changed and feian Catholics in Texas and throughout the United States ai£ again being asked to abstain from eating meat on Fridays, idergvinen said Tuesday. ■The Rev. Francis J. Smith, pastor of St. Pius X Church, said that Catholics for centuries not eat meat on Fridays “as a form of self denial as they remembered the suffering of Jesus Christ, who was crucified on Friday.” ■The Catholic Church revised itslaws in 1966, lifting the absti nence rule for all Fridays except for the Fridays of Lent, clergy spokesmen said. But as of Nov. 27, the abstinence rule is back in. When the church law was re vised in 1966, Smith said, Catho lics who ate meat on Friday were encouraged to perform some other kind of penance or self sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins. The new law reflects a con cern by the church that Catho lics are not doing any penance and priests are urging their faithful to return to the meatless Fridays, Smith said. The Diocese of El Paso, which includes 10 counties in West Texas, sent a letter to pastors on Nov. 27, stating that all Catholics between the ages of 14 and 60 “are bound to abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year.” Catholics were reminded in the letter from Bishop Raymun- do J. Pena that the law of absti nence was never completely re moved from the laws of the church. Bill Ryan, a spokesman for the U.S. Catholic Conference Bishops Administrative Com mittee, said bishops from throughout the United States discussed the abstinence rule at their November meeting and concluded that Catholics in the United States “had lost the spirit of penance.” Smith said Texas bishops are considering “spelling out” some suggestions of penance substitu tions for those Catholics who do not abstain from meat. Charity work and prayer would be acceptable alternatives, Smith said. The Rev. Vicente Calderon, vice chancellor of the El Paso diocese, said “more prayer, pe nance and sacrifices are needed with so many problems around the world.” MSC Cepheid Variable presents winner of 60 international awards OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB. 701 Rudder 11:00 DIRECTED BY 7:30 9:45 Stanley Kubrick Thursday, December 8 democratic candidates unite in, BMtiltoi®i c presidential candidates “iatn |uesday joined together to help He money for their party’s Rock, Ailgesidential Trust,” which will ning entrvpiiirned over to the Democra- i contesiHiominee for president next Iwimer. landidates Jesse Jackson and . John Glenn of Ohio and Hart of Colorado each said as optimistic that the next idem of the United States luld not be Ronald Reagan or other Republican. |The “1984 Democratic Pres- jential Trust” will be put jether through fundraisers onwide, officials said. The onal goal is $1.9 million. indl ride i the crowdei , killing omj sly injuritj gondola, ere treated A::| i cause of tliti been detei actions gui )lts were mi the ride, i second fsitj g a State Fi-'l rs. In off the Snisl me man an! :her peoplt d investipicj >m the safe 1 e going w | larks to cW r rides, 'exas hasnd ions of am# iut 22 otto 1 olice eat paying q(>0UU each tor lunch, met with the candidates in Houston. The three candidates started their day in Atlanta for break fast, flew to Houston for lunch and left for a dinner in Albu querque. Officials had hoped to raise $400,000 in Houston. Candidate Reubin Askew missed the event because of a death in the family. The candidates made a three- minute speech, in which they stressed party unity and Demo cratic policies, although each man politely campaigned for himself. “I think we (Democrats) can win next year because some of the policies of this administra tion have to change if this nation is going to have the future it can have,” Glenn said. “I think we can do this with and not over promising mem things we can’t do. I think we can do it with a great deal of inde pendence saying we have to do what is best for the greatest number of people,” he said. Hart took a more direct approach in criticizing the cur rent administration. “We Democrats believe that we must tell the American peo ple that there will not be any thing worse for this country that four more years of Ronald Reagan,” Hart said. “I don’t think it will be (an easy election). We will not win by personalities. We can’t out grin the champion grinner of all time. We will not win by slogans and generalities reminding pe- ple what we have done for them in the past,” Hart said. And Jackson took the oppor tunity to stress his “rainbow” coalition of blacks, Hispanics, poor people and women, many of whom Jackson claims are not registered to vote yet. It has been reported that Jackson wants to have a woman as his vice presidential candi date. “If Mrs. Indira Ghandi can run India, a nation of 600 mil lion people; if Mrs. Golda Meir can run Israel at a time of war; if Mrs. Thatcher can run Britain and we can survive three years of Reagan, then surely a woman can run this country,” Jackson said. The three men agreed the main issue in this election will be the nation’s economy and its foreign policy. 14 Karat Gold Chains up to 70% OFF Retail! LARGEST SELECTION IN TOWN! 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