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Monday, January 30, 1984/The Battalion/Page 5 Lewis denies asking for special election y KARL PALLMEYER Reporter State representative candi- daie Neeley Lewis denied Friday Vat he had asked Gov. Mark While to call a special election diiring Texas A&M’s Spring Break. I “I believe the voters in Brazos County realize this whole issue fts been manufactured in an attempt to gain publicity and ^■anipulate the student vote,” Lewis said. I White has set March 10, the , j first day of Texas A&M’s Spring Break, as the date for a special ^■Sceticm to fill the term of Rep. B|ll Presnal, who resigned. Stale i t Republican Chairman George | M |iHrake charged Thursday, that .. [r- | Lewis, a Democrat, had asked ^Hhite, also a Democrat, to set i dir date for March 10. Republi- ; jiao candidates generally do well ^MgSiong Texas A&M students, ^Hld most students leave the campus during Spring Break. “To set the record straight,” Lewis said, “I never discussed holding the election on March 10 with Governor White or any body in his office.” Lewis said the only contact he has had with the governor’s office was to request that the special election be held as soon as possible after the effective dale of Rep. Presnal’s resigna tion. “I realize that in prior special elections there have been any number of accusations made that the date chosen by the gov ernor was done so for political advantage of one candidate or the other,” Lewis said. “This is clearly not the case in this parti cular choice of dates.” He said the students are a very important part of the com munity and it is vital to work to get the students’ votes. “I have never said that the student body at Texas A&M was insignificant,” Lewis said. He Antitrust suit against Texaco begins today said that his opponents seem to believe they will do better among students’ than he, but he plans to show them differently. Lewis said the date of the election should not affect any one’s right to vote. Any person who will he out of town on March 10 can vote absentee be tween Febuary 20 and March 6 “In certain ways,” Lewis said, “it is easier to vote absentee be cause you have several days to vote and you do not generally have to wait in lines to do so.” ■Seminars, booths offered tu Hit ulie her n’s Career Fair begins today United Press International TULSA — Pennzoil’s lawsuit alleging antitrust violations in Texaco’s $10.1 billion merger with Getty Oil Co. is to have its day in court today. The lawsuit, which Pennzoil officials said was filed in Tulsa because it is the heart of the “oil patch” wherejudges are familiar with the oil business, is an effort by Pennzoil to halt Texaco’s plan to acquire California-based Getty. Houston-based Pennzoil alleges such an acquisition would have a detrimental effect on energy exploration, produc tion and marketing. Getty officials say the deal with Texaco would benefit pub lic investors, consumers and Getty employees. Getty’s refining and market ing division is headquartered in Tulsa, with 1,100 Tulsa em ployees. In a statement issued Friday, Getty officials said “actions to postpone or prevent the merger would injure many groups and would conflict with public policy interests, especially those re lated to securing reliable, effi cient energy supplies.” The Pennzoil lawsuit was filed against Texaco and Getty. U.S. district Judge James Ellison scheduled a hearing for 9 a.m. today to consider Pennzoil’s re quest for an injunction to pre vent what would be the largest such merger in history. Pennzoil went to court in Del aware this week contending Get ty made an agreement to merge with Pennzoil before the Texaco offer, then backed out. Pennzoil Chairman J. Hugh Liedtke has contended Getty officials destroyed the minutes of a meeting in which Getty and Pennzoil made an agreement to merge. Texaco initially offered Getty $125 per share for its stock but upped the figure last week to $128. Please come join r OUR AFFAIR! Business Career Fair Feb. 1 & 2 i thelj | By MELINDA L. HANSEN Reporter H The Business Career Fair Inas • *984 will be a highlight of Texas expenJj A&M’s Business Week which be- ' M id'® ins , loda y- il'ewJl Sponsored by the College of keyouii Business Administration, Busi- *S*H,i® ess Week will offer booths, ouwerj^enunars, panel discussions and B banquet to give students a Bhance lo learn more about sMisslBorne of the nation’s leading 'J 1 ' 'Companies. laUqpJ Marianne Dominguez, presi- daysl)(B|. en i of the Business Student Bouncil, said the career fair f|$erves three purposes: First, it Bives A&M students and faculty Bie chance to know more about Bompanies. Second, it allows Bompany representatives a time Bo find students who might fill in rt |^future job openings. Third, Pboth recruiters and students can Ifind out more on goals, in terests, and future employment opportunities. “This gives students an excel lent opportunity to meet with company representatives on an informal basis,” Dominguez said. “I strongly encourage stu dents, especially juniors and seniors, to bring their resumes with them for the recruiters too. These companies are anxious to meet A&M business students, but students must express in terest and show initiative in the company.” Among the more than 50 companies to be represented at the Business Career Fair will be First City Bancorporation, Au- thur Andersen-Houston, Ran dall’s Food Markets, Tandy Cor poration, Neiman-Marcus, Ex xon, IBM, General Homes, Price Waterhouse, and Tenneco Oil. Dominguez said an impor tant seminar will be the “Career Symposium for Women in Busi ness.” It will be presented by the Executive Women of Dallas Fri day at 9 a.m. in 102 Blocker. “This is an all-day workshop for all female students and busi ness women in the community,” she said. On Wednesday night, the Annual Business Career Fair Banquet and Awards Presenta tions will be held at 7 p.m. in the MSC Banquet Rooms. The prin cipal speaker will be John A. (Gus) Blanchard III, vice presi- dent-Midwestern Region for AT&T Long Lines. Thursday night will be “Take a Student to Dinner” night. Par ticipating companies will be hosts to students at Bryan- College Station restaurants and the Business Student Council will pick up the dinner tab. Lynn Zimmermann, Busi ness Student Council adviser, said that Career Fair 1984 will expose more students to com panies and more companies to students than ever before. Both he and Dominguez said the fair has grown considerably in the past five years and prob ably will continue to do so be cause the economy is gradually becoming better and more com panies have time and money to spend on recruiting. “With the college dean, Dr. William Mobley, and the faculty becoming more involved, the career fair will continue to have an impact on students,” Dominguez said. Zimmermann said the Career Fair gives students hands-on ex perience in coordinating a ma jor event in a professional en vironment. “This is experience you can’t get in the classroom,” he said. 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Opposition leaders threatened to hold nationwide protests in support of the mar chers, who have been encamped in the square of St. Francis of Assisi Church since 500 riot police turned them back at the entrance to Manila. About 250 opposition leaders met Sunday night and agreed to stage a six-mile mass march to the square Monday morning in a fresh showdown with the gov ernment of President Ferdi nand Marcos. “We are going back to Manila and we will organize rally after rally. You are not alone,” former senator Salvador Laurel earlier told 4,000 people in the square in the suburb of Meycauayan. “Stand your ground because you are in the right,” he said. Thousands of supporters ar rived at the church during the day with food and supplies for the marchers, who spent Sunday listening to speeches and singing nationalistic songs. k - \ ; *(< Sowuf,, we.'ne. *uU ap-e+t o+i Su+t&cuf. 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