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Thursday, October 25, 1984n~he Battalion/Page 13 $25,000 Dallas painting ivandalized at museum Slouch By Jim Earle United Press International DALLAS — A painting by An- Idrew Dasburg was vandalized, Dallas IMuseum of Art officials said IWednesday. It was the second paint ing in a month that has been dam ped at the museum. Officials said the damage to the Iportrait, Judson Smith, by Dasburg m discovered Wednesday morn- ling. The figure’s eyes had been pen- ■etrated by someone, presumably us- lingapen, museum officials said in a [release. The painting, valued at $25,000, ,vas removed for restoration, a proc ess curators believe will not be diffi cult but is expected to cost $ 1,000. The Dasburg portrait, which dates from 1923, has been part of Jthe Museum’s Fine Arts collection [since 1957. Museum Director Harry S. Parker said the damage probably was in flicted by a museum visitor. “The puncture of the eyes of a portrait is a classic format for this type of vandalism,” he said. “We are unable to rule out the possibility that the damage was inflicted by a person or persons associated with the Bon nard incident.” Earlier this month, officials dis covered a 12-inch gash in a French painting, Le Jardin (The Garden) by Pierre Bonnard. That painting was on loan from the Musee de Petit Pal ais as part of a traveling exhibit of Bonnard’s work. Museum officials and Dallas po lice investigating the damage to the Bonnard piece were unable to deter mine whether the gash was acciden tal or deliberate, even after question ing 21 museum workers with a polygraph machine. Parker said an unnamed museum employee had been fired Friday, even though investigators did not have evidence to pursue criminal prosecution. The 1936 Bonnard work was sent back to Paris for repair last week. Museum officials said they tight ened security because of the Oct. 2 slashing. They put additional guards around the Bonnard exhibit and started inspecting purses and book- bags at doors. Vendors who entered the Museum after hours are being monitored more carefully. Museum spokesman Bob Rozelle said television monitors and sound alarms would be installed soon, as well as protective coverings over most of the paintings housed in the Museum. fficial ‘hampering’ efforts tor voter registration drives United Press International WASHINGTON — Democratic ifficials from New York, Texas and ■ ■ ■ I ^'° c h ar g e d Wednesday that a top ■ White House official tried to curtail ?oter registration drives by raising B Allegations of impropriety. Gov. Mark White and two other itate officials told a House panel hey were “shocked” when they re vived letters from Donald Devine, :hief of the Office of Personnel he formeritij Management, an independent exec- Aitive branch agency, suggesting the egistration drives might be tainted )S was rajr | f )y partisan political activities. White, a Democrat, and spokesmen for Democratic Gover- liors Mario Cuomo of New York and Jbtained CiJ Halo Bills af® ded when a minghamyi I n’t sav viiii i Universal s Richard Celeste of Ohio said while Devine’s letter made no specific alle gations, it threatened to cut off fed eral funds for programs such as food stamps and aid to the blind. In his testimony, Devine said he simply asked for information about (he registration drives to make sure they were in compliance with federal laws preventing use of state employ ees for partisan political purposes. “I didn’t threaten anybody,” De- vine told a House subcommittee on manpower and housing. But White and Ohio Secretary of State Sherrod Brown disagreed. “Mr. Devine’s letter purported to be a simple ‘request for information,’ but it implied that Ohio’s voter regis tration program in state agencies ... violated federal laws,” Brown said. “The letter contained a veiled threat that Ohio might lose federal funds if the registration program was found to violate (the federal laws).” In addition to Devine’s letter, White said he was informed by the Labor Department that federal reg ulations don’t allow voter registra tion drives in state employment of fices except during nonworking hours. White and Brown emphasized that citizens were not asked — or in the case of Ohio were not able — to express political preference in regis tering “I’ve been having these lapses of memory on exams that I’ve been taking lately. Could that mean that I’m presidential tim ber?” Gas price posting to attract more supplies Manager files discrimination suit United Press International HOUSTON — Tenneco Corp. jumounced Wednesday it has Jformed a new unit to begin an indus try first of buying natural gas Bhrough 30-day contracts at a monthly posted price in Texas and Louisiana. Tenngasco Exchange began its derations by posting a $2.76 per fnillion BTU price at its Tennessee Gas Pipeline at Vinton, La., and a 12.71 per million BTU price at the Tenngasco-controlled facilities in Tivoli. Tenngasco President Jerry R. Mc Leod said that the monthly posting of prices is designed to attract addi tional supplies to the gas spot mar ket, which has averaged almost 300 million cubic feet a day for his firm over recent months. “We believe this new program will make markets available for shut-in or curtailed production and will pro vide more gas for expanding exist ing markets and developing new ones,” he said. The supplies purchased by Teengasco Exchange will move to the existing spot market, primarily outside of Texas, McLeod said, and as additional supplies become avail able, the market is expected to ex pand rapidly, especially along the Gulf Coast. McLeod said the program will op erate on a monthly cycle, beginning on the 15th of each month with Tenngasco Exchange’s announce ment of the price it will pay and a forecast of the volumes needed. United Press International ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A marketing manager for Gas Co. of New Mexico has filed a $1.2 million suit against GasCo’s parent company in Dallas alleging the company tried to get rid of him because he held “too high” a position for a black man. Arthur M. Humphrey, who has worked for GasCo since 1977, claims Southern Union Co. deprived him of his civil rights. In the suit filed Tuesday, Hum- phrey asks the court to promote him to general marketing manager, a po sition he claims he was never allowed to apply for. His suit claims the general mar keting manager position was created in 1983 with the purpose of demot ing him. He said the job had the same duties he performed, but re quired a master’s degree in business administration, which he did not fiave. According to the complaint, Humphrey is the only black man ager at GasCo. He claims the com- pany has systematically excluded blacks from management positions. T he suit also names as defendants O.L. Slaughter, GasCo’s senior vice president of operations, and Susan Paneboeuf, who has been general marketing manager since June 1983. Humphrey claims the former vice president of operations, Bill Barn- house, promoted him twice on the basis of his performance. 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