Page 6/The Battalion/Friday, March 2, 1984 Probation plan offered Warped by Scott McCu! United Press International HARTFORD, Conn. — A strict probation program to free ;port said probation nave become swollen nonviolent criminals from over crowded prisons but monitor their lives closely was proposed Thursday by the Citizen’s Crime Commission. In a report to the state, the commission said intensive pro bation programs in six states have cut costs by providing an alternative to incarceration and successfully deterred future crimes. “This is an important, posi tive first step toward making probation truly effective, and relieving prison overcrowding,” said Richard Blumenthal, the commission’s chairman. The commission, a private non-profit organization, has been studying improvements to the state’s criminal justice sys tem. The programs with a tremendous number of criminals and contributed to a reliance on incarceration by courts. “Regular probation is overwhelmed by huge case loads, and no longer entails any real supervision or sanction,” Blumenthal said. In the proposed program, 30 criminals would report to one E robation officer, considerably :ss than the 260 prisoners now reporting to one officer. It will require hiring more probation officers, but the commission said money will be saved on in carceration costs. The state would pay only $2,000 per criminal for proba tion, compared with $13,000 for incarceration. The intensive probation pro gram targeted at New Haven, Bridgeport, and Hartford would be open to an elite group of 300 low-risk, nonviolent of fenders serving sentences un der three years, the commission said. Only 13 percent of the cur rent population would be eligi ble for the $600,000 program, now used in Georgia, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. The commission also sug gested the state use a panel of judges to decide eligibility on a case-by-case basis, rather than using existing probation laws. Once enrolled in the proba tion program, the offender would be under the constant watch of the slate. The proba tion officer would keep track of the offender’s job, living condi tion and use of drugs or alco hol. The state could even man date curfews for a participant or prohibit his “association with certain individuals,” the report said. GOOD EVE^INte. THESE ARE THE WR.PP TOP STORIES. ANOTHER IAAT0K BATTLE IN THE KIDDLE EAST HAS... (on W0, NOT ANOTHER ONE. THAT'S" AWFUL, I7A MOT GOIHG TO DEPRESS YOU WITH ALL THAT HATEFUL NONSENSE...) ELECTION RESULTS froiasevewl STATE PRIMARIES ARE NOW IN, SH0WIN6... (THAT NOBODY CARES. what boring drivel, lets just SKIP THIS ONE. SHEESH.) NEWS BEHIND the: HOUR W ITH CAROLINE HEDGES PLANS FOR AN EXPENSIVE NEW nuLTELEVEL PARKING GARAGE WERE CONSIDERED TODAY FOR THE Ae an issue oil campaign. White said hes dorsing Lewis because hej provide great leadership. “Neeley Lewis is a a leader and the kind of ini| ual I look forward to won] with," White said. UNIVI sludt meet cente thera Gran Coni BIOMI wash of Ci 260-( FLORI TUF Mauro criticizes Republican record p.m. denf< 696-1 INTER N:Ai Kyle the e elude minti John TAMU folkd dano form TAMU By KARI WEEKS Reporter Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro spent 15 minutes at Easterwood Airport Thurs day, criticizing Republicans and endorsing Democratic stale rep resentative candidate Neeley Lewis. Lewis is running against Re publican Richard Smith and Democrat John Seaman for the District 14 state House seat be ing vacated by Bill Presnal. The election is March 10. Mauro, Texas A&M class of ’69, said that Republicans in Texas are out of step with the rest of the state. For example, when a propo sal to provide state-supported, low-interest housing loans to veterans passed the Texas House in 1983, 1J of the 12 nay votes came from Republicans. “They didn’t support veter ans groups, and I think that shows in a very small way how the Republican Party is i times out of step,” he said. Few Republicans havel elected to statewide offal Texas history Mauro saidj here is a reason for that. “The Democrats in Tfj have a record; we’re proud5 A Democrat just has am time of getting along inAus at 1 p 9 a.rr call L. THE II Hind Zachi the nr That doesn’t mean therwu effective' Republicansi'Thtyjl have to work a lot harder.” | Mauro said he has known wis for a long time. “I thini (Lewis) would be our best in Austin to represent County," Mauro said. United Pr “The fact is, what happen® AUSTIN Austin is important to To SUre f rom ^ A&M and Brazos County ! L u n j vers j tell you, as someone who sic Thursday to the Permanent University^ mencement Board and most ^mot at the M boards for leases, that ha' moving it ini Neeley Lewis in the state He c enter of Representatives would H yjp admit asset to Brazos County.” |j er decided monies to tht Center to Woman gets settlemenl growing m Peered to ai The pn Wcism fr after disabling flu shot L,; fl against tr; United Press International SAN ANTONIO — A woman who developed a par alyzing disease after receiving a swine flu vaccination in 1976 was awarded $246,000 by a fed eral judge, court officials said Thursday. Chief U.S. District Judge Wil liam Sessions ordered the award Wednesday for Jo Ann Dubie, 33, after a two-day trial. Dubie filed suit against the government following her par ticipation in the 1976 Swine Flu Immunization Program, r( ing her shod, at the Step! County Health Unit in T< Ga., testimony showed. Dubie’s attorneys argued she developed Guillatn Ih Syndrome, which affects the| ripheral nerves and causes tial paralysis and respiraM failure, after she took theVI nation. ceremonies shadows of th The woman soup "We shall million for pain, sufferinga 1 loss of past and future wages Pikefest ‘84 Friday, March 23 8-12 p.m. Brazos County Pavilion Featuring The Dealers FREE COORS BEER Tickets $5.00 Available at Rothers or from any Pike brother Benefiting United Cerebal Palsy proced I Lot From e ach< i