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NEWPORT offers apart ment condominiums for lease this summer and fall. Two and three bedroom floor plans available. Com pletely furnished, includes washer and dryer, covered parking, 24-Hr. Emergency maintenance and security 402 Nagle College Station 846-8960 m METRO PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT INC 2 Bdrm./2 Bath $435 FREE Cable and HBO • Pool • Basketball • Sand Volleyball • 24-Hr. Emergency Maintenance • On Shuttle Bus Route • Large Walk-In Closets • W/D Connections • Small Pets Welcome 603 S. W. Pkwy. College Station 696-9771 m METRO PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT INC Page 10/The Battalion/Tuesday, June 26, 1984 City’s water level falling United Press International SAN ANTONIO — With water levels falling in the Edwards Aquifer, the city Monday began bracing for the possibility of a voluntary water conservation plan and a long, hot summer. Water levels in the underground reservoir have fallen to 625.1 feet, less than 1 foot from the mark that triggers the city’s voluntary conser vation plan, water department offi cials said. Tom Fox, general manager of the Edwards Underground Water Dis trict, said the aquifer dropped 1.35 feet from Thursday to Saturday, with Monday’s level standing at 625.1 feet. If the water level in the district’s observation well falls to 612 feet — the record low recorded in 1956 — a mandatory water conservation plan would go into effect. Water officials said weekend con sumption was less than expected and the level dropped at a lesser rate than anticipated. It could be several days before the voluntary conserva tion plan goes into effect. The aquifer, which supplies most of the city’s water, has not recharged because of a dry spring, and weather officials held out little hope that summer will be different. National Weather Service fore caster Larry Peabody compared cur rent weather conditions to those that spawned the hot summer of 1980. “The strength of the ridge is not as strong (as the one in 1980) and the temperatures are not as high,” Peabody said. “Where we had 100 or 105 degrees, we’re at 97 or 98. The difference is really academic.” Future astronauts trained ADULT BOOKS & VIDEO CLUB 11a.m.-la.m. 11a.m.-2a.m. Mon.-Thur. Fri. &Sat. 3828 S. College 846-7780 . wv W wvx.n, x yyyyyys/ .yyyyyxyyy- P.M. Lube Centers “Your Preventive Maintenance Specialists’’ Lube, Oil and Filter 10 Minute Oil Change We will Lubricate Car’s Chassis. Check & Fill windshield solvent, brake fluid, power steering fluid & correct tire pressure. We will drain the old oil & install up to 5 qts. of quality 30 wt. motor oil & new filter. $16 95 This weeks special! 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MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • A red Schwinn ten-speed bi cycle was stolen from the Throd- morion Street bus stop. • A dark blue Montgomen Ward ten-speed bicycle was stolen from the Memorial Student On: ter bike rack. • A blue Concord ten-speedi bicycle was stolen from thesoutb; side of Spence Hall. J t< BURGLARY OF A HABITA TION: • Two stereo speakers and four cassette tapes were stolen from 114 Fowler Hall. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: • Someone tried to pry open the glass doors on the southwesi side of Purchasing and Stores. United Press International HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Ludwig Keck dons his gloves and space suit and prepares for his shuttle mission after just three days of training — but he’s not in danger since it’s all part of the make-believe world of the United States Space Camp in north Alabama. Keck, from Norcross, Ga., is one of 2,300 youngsters who will attend the camp during the third year of the program at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center. “The purpose is to stimulate inter est in science and math so they will be educationally prepared for ca reers in technical fields,” Ed Buck- bee, director of the center, said Monday. Buckbee said the program re ceives “campers” from all over the country, but most come from states with links to the National Aeronau tics and Space Administration. “About 10 percent come from Al abama, and the others are divided between the Midwest, the Southeast and the Far West,” said Buckbee. “We have a high percentage from California and Texas, as one would expect because of the space activ ities, and quite a number from Flor ida, probably close to as many as from Alabama.” Andy Eisele, whose father, Donn, was aboard Apollo 7, which was the first Apollo mission,” Buckbee said. Mexican K-cars debut The program is open to children 12-16, who spend five days at the camp and are housed in dormitories in the basement of a 25,000-square- foot building at the center. In the three “levels” at the camp, they are taught the history and me chanics of rockets, work with robot arms and run through shuttle mis sion simulations. There’s a full-scale model of the spacelab as well. Two weeks ago, the nephew of as tronaut Bob Stewart, who used one of the shuttle back packs last April, attended the camp, Buckbee said. Charles Beggs, son of NASA Ad ministrator James Beggs, also at tended the program. United Press International Last week, Wally Schirra spoke to space campers “and the week before that, two astronauts training for the mission next year — Woody Spring and Jerry Ross — visited,” Buckbee said. Although it’s for children, Lee Sentell, a spokesman for the center, said that in the next few years the program will be expanded to include older people in “mother-daughter, father-son” type programs. “We’ve had a number of astro nauts’ children. Last week, we had Last week, President Reagan an nounced a NASA educational pro gram — operation Liftoff— that in cluded the development of a one- day space camp experience based on activities in Huntsville that can be packaged and distributed to other NASA centers as specialized field trips,” Sentell said. DETROIT — K-cars made in Mexico are now on sale a( Chryskt Corp. dealerships in Texas and number of other southern states,tit automaker said Monday. The vehicles are assembled i Chrysler’s Toluca, Mexico, plantjus outside Mexico City. A spokesim said all parts for the cars are maden the United Stales, but the engine are Mexican made. Chrysler plans to import 3,0111 Mexican K-cars — 1,000 per moral through August — to supplemea production of the mid-sized autost its St. Louis plant. The K-cars are identified as Me» can-made on both the price slide and an accompanying label. The autos are being sold mainljii Texas and nine other states. Sanctuary Movement backers planning vigil United Press International BROWNSVILLE — Sanctuary Movement backers from several Texas cities plan a vigil beginning Tuesday outside the federal court house where Colorado social worker Stacey Lynn Merkt will be sentenced for transporting Salvadoran aliens. A Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Jim McCloud of McAllen, said Mon day that about 70 Sanctuary Movement supporters from Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and Houston would carry out the vigil while await ing Merkt’s sentencing Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Filemon Vela. McCloud said if Merkt is given a jail sentence, the Sanctuary movement will continue its vigil out side the jail and if she is given proba tion, the group will conduct a prayer service and refugees she has helped will serve her a rice and beans meal. Merkt, 29, a Mennonite attached to the Bijou Religious Community in Colorado Springs, Colo., works as an English teacher to Central American refugees staying at Casa Oscar Ro mero, a haven sponsored by the Ro man Catholic Church at nearby San Benito, Texas, which immigration officials say is the first stop on an “underground railroad.” She was convicted by an all-His- panic jury on May 14 on charges of conspiracy and of aiding and abet ting the transportation of two Salva dorans and could be sentenced to a maximum 15 years in prison and $14,000 in fines. Since then, Catholic, Lutherans, Methodist and Jewish groups have passed resolutions supporting the granting of religious sanctuary to refugees fleeing war-torn Central America. Merkt, Catholic Nun Dianne Muhlenkamp, and Dallas Times Herald reporter Jack Edward Fischer were arrested by the Border Patrol near remote Guerra, Texas, last Feb. 16 and charged with tra» porting Salvadorans Mauricio Valii and Brenda Sanchez-Galan and tk woman’s 18-month-old daughw around checkpoints. Sister Muhlenkamp was given year’s deferred adjudication for he: cooperation, and the case agains Fischer, who testified as a govern ment witness in Merkt’s trial, mi dropped. Since the Feb. 17 arrests, the Bor der Patrol also charged Sanctuan Movement Jack Elder, 40, a Vietnam veteran who directs Casa Oscar Re mero, with transporting threeille Salvadoran aliens to a bus station. Towns fight losing battle against pom United Press International EAST HAVEN, Conn. — For two years residents of two small, neigh boring Connecticut towns have been fighting — and apparently losing — twin wars against a man believed to be the nation’s largest dealer of por nography. Angry townspeople in East Flaven and West Haven, thwarted by the courts from keeping pornography out of their tranquil communities, wonder what ever happened to par ent’s rights. It is a dilemma facing many American towns. In East Haven, the “Foxon Road News and Tobacco” sign hangs in front of the town’s only pornogra phy bookstore. Down the road, an other plain sign reading “West Ha ven Country News and Tobacco” decorates an empty building in tended as the site of another porn store. Both are part of a chain of five Connecticut stores owned by porn tycoon Rueben Sturman of Cleve land, who has already won court bat tles to open stores in East Haven, Milford and Bridgeport, Conn. “They say these people have a right to run the business,” said West Haven City Councilman John Dil- Iman, marching with other picket- waving residents outside the empty store. Much to the dismay of those who want to concen trate on the moral issues raised by the presence of such (pornography) stores, they are being forced to fight on another battleground — the well-scarred turf of the First Amendment. "What about the rights of the par ents?” Dillman said, as motorists honked to show support in response to signs held by the protesters. Much to the dismay of those who want to concentrate on the moral is sues raised by the presence of such stores, they are being forced to fight on another battleground — the well- scarred turf of the First Amend ment. The courts and the owner contend that what is at stake is free dom of speech. “I am here in defense of the First Amendment,” said Daniel Silver, a New Britain lawyer whose firm of Pudlin and Silver represents the plaintiffs in suits involving both towns. Losing one court battle after an other has beefed up the resolve in East Haven to at least regulate the pornographic establishments, keep ing them as far away from young sters as possible. “Naturally we’re against it. I don’t want to expose the young people to this,” Mayor Anthony Proto, Jr. said. “But what we’re learning is that the judge ruled you can’t stop them. According to the First Amendment, under the Constitution, you can’t stop them.” The last hurdle fell quietly. Late one night, as the mayor watched and a man snored in a cor ner of the Senior Citizens Commu nity Center, the Planning and Zon- ing Commission voted for regulations permitting peep shows. “I don’t see much choice,” Com mission Chairman Pasquale Romano told board members before the vote. “What’s happening is what’s hap pening in the rest of the country — we’re being inundated.” The Zoning Commission voted to amend town regulations in response to a judicial decision by U.S. District _Court Judge Ellen B. Burns that spelled defeat for the town officials Burns ruled against the towns blanket zoning, passed in 1982,tbs prohibited all uses not specifiedl)| the town and would have included peep shows. She also ruled forcing peep show operators to bell- censed by the police chief. East Haven officials refused give up. They decided if they co not stop the business, they could ai least regulate it through restrictions “The court said as a matter of la* towns cannot unreasonably pr freedom of speech and express® of operators of the store,” assistaid town attorney Michael Albis said The commission subsequenili voted for rules restricting the movi booths from within 500 feet churches, schools, day care centen and bars or restaurants servingaltf holic beverages other than beer and wine. “If we don’t do this, we’ll beallo* ing them to go anywhere they want Romano said, “If we have to ha' 1 them, I think we should conird them.” In West Haven, town officialsand residents remain undaunted c another succession of legal defeat and a two year display of tenacit) , ll , the owner of the yet unopened W Haven Country News and Varief bookstore. 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