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Monday, December 12, 1983/The Battalion/Page 7 R.I. Finals WeeKin A^^igland... (feEZiIHAJE Rm HANDED DESkS! o Physics 219 Final Exam NAME xgX If a square loop of wire of side 2L has a current of ij flowing around it, what is the B-field ? - C2£a+y\ i g ontana debates old law aiding vets, handicapped I United Press International '■HELENA, Mont. — The Leg- liture opens a special session today to consider repealing Montana’s unique law giving preference to veterans, their Bjiuiioia! spouses and the handicapped for jobs in state and local govern- ■nt. BThe 1921 law gives veterans, p Join tlieir spouses, even dependents us ) [jj of disabled veterans, as well as l ]m , physically and mentally disabled is, absolute preference in ing for state and local govern- jent jobs. Unnoticed during nearly all of its existence, the law pro- yoked a storm last summer when 'Xd'i’r 35 resurrecle< l t>y a legally blind woman whose attorney won a state Supreme Court deci sion declaring the “absolute” provision means just that — veterans and the handicapped move to the front of the hiring line for government jobs. Immediately, plaintiff Vivian Crabtree, 45, of Helena, had the right to claim preference for a job with the State Library. Later, more than a dozen other lawsuits were filed by veterans and handicapped peo ple seeking jobs in state offices, cities and counties as well as local school districts. More than 54,000 Montana jobs are subject to the law. Legislators will decide whether the law should be changed or repealed. After the Crabtree suit, women’s lobbyists, noting that veterans are 97 percent male, started a drive to change the law. That effort led to a charge of “dirty tricks” last week. Using a forged letterhead of a women’s advocacy committee, someone sent a letter to legislators and a newspaper calling veterans “misfits” who should be stripped of their benefits. Riddled with misspellings, the letter said: “Why should these war mongolers be rewarded for thier killing! Let the people who stand for peace and sociolistic brotherhood be rewarded. In fact now is the time to take away all veterans benefits from these misfits.” The letter was “just awful” and “real disturbing,” said Laurie Lamson of the State De partment of Labor’s Intrade- partmental Coordinating Com mittee for Women, whose letter head was forged. Brenda Schye of Helena, a lobbyist for the Women’s Lob byist Fund, said she was amazed that some veterans “would be re sorting to political dirty tricks.” But a spokesman for veterans organizations. Rich Brown of Helena, said, “The letter is un believable. I don’t put any cre dence in it.” A legislative committee drafted a new law recently that erases the “absolute” provision in the law. ed Walesa says Solidarity alive cnutiom! ISTt- and (kft United Press International fl in mci lorida to and Mb wo-da) 1 lay OSLO, Norway — Nobel |ce Prize winner Lech Walesa, gder of Poland’s banned trade njon, said in a speech delivered jinday that Solidarity is still ingeiMive and is ready to talk to the ttee tkt tommunist regime, stateandii In a speech released the day nt officw jter his wife, Danuta, accepted nal9:15 ie 1983 Nobel Peace Prize for ayfrontPli r husband, Walesa also called r. ‘ freedom for all jailed Soli- aent oil rity members, increasint |‘We shall not yield to vio- jnal natc:; “TexasCt lence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions,” said Walesa in a lecture read by exiled Solidarity editor Bogdan Cywinski. Cywinski was Walesa’s top aide during the 1980 strike at the Gdansk shipyards that led to the formation of Solidarity, the union banned a year ago before the lifting of martial law. “I am conscious that the hon or i« bestowed not on me person ally, but upon Solidarity,” he said. “While Polish authorities may have declared Solidarity dead, the union is, in fact, alive and ready for a renewed dia logue with the authorities.” Walesa remained in Poland for the ceremony, fearing au thorities might not let him back in the country after he accepted the prize. Danuta Walesa said the $190,000 prize money would be kept by the Nobel Committee until officials establish a Polish onventions to be Inodern, colorful ntofdie i in tk Antonio and thee® United Press International onnetwon*:Lights! Action!: Delegates to el said. Mxt summer’s Democratic Na- s of the tional Convention might be Sam fti peefed with indoor fireworks nonOrt |®d a laser light show. Visual ith Texa Effects being considered might the heaiitfco turn Moscone Center’s mas- in Gilte jf* ve arches into colorful con- ng minflwte rainbows. kadelaCii Techniques to give the con- jothDTTmion a contemporary look j have been submitted to the event’s planners by FM Produc tions, which has designed special 1 1 111 effects for such rock groups as 13. VC The Rolling Stones and David [) ere k Claudius of Gensler & infer-Associates, the architectural . ■ , firm hired to prepare Moscone > Renter for the July 16-20 event, ie ‘TeStpid Democrat Party officials » J : frired his firm to consider non- traditional approaches to the rad# convention. „!,& “We may end up with the ,l same old red, white and blue j] {bunting,” said Rosalind Wyman, ^ chief executive officer of the invention. “But I’d sure like to dll foe 11 * come up with something diffe- tdeb? I%ent ” ration^ Meanwhile in Dallas: The orcfinfr ‘manager of the 1984 Republi- illiciu 1 ' can National Convention says untr) ’ that while it will be a “corona- ioiitl'f tion” of President Reagan for another term, he hopes to make e e pre' it an exciting “high tech” event. Tiics “We mean to do what we can lomake it exciting,” said Ronald Walker. “We would like to have a con- mtion with a modern look and ern feel about it,” Walker said. “We are moving into the tee mc ; ; high tech age, and we would like ’ j n this our party to show that.” , re asW 1 ’ | One means used at the Aug. illicit f 20 opening event may be com- ,id niit puter displays to show delegates ” others what is happening at ricMnP 16 convention and in Dallas- rll g fnt'jFojrt Worth. High tech visuals tio n ai f' .may also be used to brighten up -ney f4'be convention. Mondale winning are possible. However, I support your efforts to stop the liberals from con trolling both houses of Con gress.” Marathon: The House Demo cratic Caucus has announced the ground rules for their de bate among the Democatic pres idential candidates to be held at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire on Jan. 15. It will be a three-hour marathon, with Ted Koppel moderating the first half and Phil Donahue, the second half. And for those worrying about the candidates holding out for that long, the rules state “there will be two ‘commercial’ breaks of approximately two minutes in length . to enable candidates to use off-stage lounge facilities.” aveL Cordially iniites you to attend their Open House celebrating their Grand Opening Tuesday December 20, 1983 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. TJ" 7 Texas Ave., Suite 121B Drawing for free Mexico tripl id t off*® Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: „ s . Do* 1 The latest fund-raising effort by the National Conservative Poli- i l|ll tical Action Committee gives two postcards to mail in, one r and paying “yes” and the other jj, Sn saying “no.” But the idea is not “yes, I will V[ el vOr give money,” or “No, I won’t.” eflingW-. One card says “Yes . I know that the union bosses, the liber- ^.jH Rot ahand the Democrats are laun- •yatidj{ thing an all-out effort to defeat ; eS Co Reagan and elect Walter Mon- ct 0 fcie.” ii and^■jrhe other says “No . I don’t jll e are think the news stories about □V* 1 COLD HARD CASH! FOR YOUR USED BOOKS NOW! And $5.00 Bonus toward Spring Books (25 dollar minimum from used books) NORTHGATE At The Comer Across From The Post Citlce Jury recommends life for Klansman church fund for independent Polish farmers. In his speech, Walesa stressed Solidarity’s non-violent approach as he denounced the trial pending against 11 Solidar ity members and called for the release of all jailed union sup porters. “As a nation, we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mold our own future. This does not pose any danger to any body,” Walesa said. United Press International MOBILE, Ala. — A mostly white jury found a Ku Klux Klansman guilty Saturday night of the brutal murder of a black teenager whose body was left hanging from a tree, and recom mended he spend the rest of his life behind bars. Henry Hays, 29, was found guilty of beating, strangling and slashing the throat of Michael Donald, 19, then hanging his lifeless body from a tree on a downtown street. The jury deliberated for some four hours before finding Hays guilty. The jury then quickly decided to recommend the life sentence without possi bility of parole. The prosecution sought the death sentence. Mobile County Circuit judge Braxton Kittrell said he would formally sentence Hays on Jan. 19. Kittrell may accept the jury’s sentence or impose a heavier one, but judges usually accept a jury’s recommendation. Hays followed his father and mother to the stand during the sentencing hearing, but left in tears after speaking only briefly. “It’s not fair,” Hays said in a quivering voice when defense attorney M.A. “Bubba” Marsal asked him if he had anything to say to the jury. Marsal then asked Hays if he killed Donald. “No,” a weeping Hays replied before stepping down from the stand. Hays, who said he was an officer in his Mobile Klan unit, had stood motionless as the jury announced the guilty verdict, but members of the victim’s family burst into tears. Hays’ mother and father both asked the jury of 11 whites and one black to show mercy. “From my heart, I hope you can live with yourself,” said Ben nie Hays, 67, father of the de fendant. Hays, a senior Klan official, later accused the “communist- federal government” of a ven detta against his son and the Klan as he led about 20 Klans- men from the courtroom filled with mostly black spectators. “Pay attention,” he told the Klansmen. “No destruction or destroying of anything from this decision.” District Attorney Tom Harri son urged the jury to send Hays to the electric chair for what he called “a most atrocious thing.” Marsal said he would appeal and predicted the case would be overturned. “This will be the easiest case ever appealed in my life,” he said. “There’s no way the courts will uphold it. This case won’t last as long as the ink to dry for the court to set it aside,” he said. Harrison said Hays and codefendant James Llewellyn “Tiger” Knowles selected Donald at random to vent their anger over a mistrial granted a black Chicago drifter charged with killing a white Birming ham, Ala., policeman. 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