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Since 1873. 1733 Briarcrest/Bryan 2501 South Texas Avenue/College Station 778-ANCO Page 10/The Battalion/Wednesday, September 18,1985 Waldo by Kevin Thomas Baptist group investigating possible divestiture in Africa Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Southern Baptist Foundation’s fi nance committee group delayed on Tuesday making a recommendation on whether to divest the church’s as sets in companies doing business in South Africa, a member said. Tim Hedquist, director of finan cial planning for the finance com mittee, said the panel instead would review the issue at its next scheduled meeting in February, allowing time to find out more about what church entities have invested in South Af rica and how much is invested. He said the national foundation also wants to learn more about where local groups within the church stand on the issue. “The committee did not have enough information to act on the motion,” Hedquist said. “There has been no move to take any action. We’re still in the study phase.” Hedquist said a subcommittee of the the financial panel would consult with 20 church agencies before meeting again in February. Senator’s wife joins battle for warning labels Associated Press WASHINGTON — Beryl “B.A.” Bentsen, wife of Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, says she is not expecting “moon in June,” but has joined a group of congressional wives cam paigning for warning labels on rock records that contain sexually graphic lyrics. “Rock music, I think, has a won derful beat,” she said. “It makes you feel good, and you want to dance. I just wasn’t listening to the Ivrics.” Bentsen said she got involved when Treasury Secretary James Baker’s wife, Susan, asked her to sign a letter for Parents’ Music Re source Center, a group of congres sional wives seeking a rating system for record albums. Objectionable lyrics, the group says, are written by artists ranging from obscure “heavy-metal” groups to top-selling hit-makers like Prince. The Senate Commerce Commit tee has scheduled a hearing Thurs day on the issue of rating records with music stars John Denver, Frank Zappa and Twisted Sister slated to be among the witnesses. The Recording Industry Associa tion of America has agreed to label selected albums “parental guidance, explicit lyrics,” but the PMRC says that doesn’t go far enough. Record manufacturers, Bentsen said, “don’t want to act as censors. That certainly isn’t the goal of the group I’m involved with. “I just don’t know of anything a consumer buys today blindly except rock music,” said Bentsen, who says she is a fan of Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen. Hollis Johnson, executive secre tary-treasurer of the foundation, supported maintaining church in vestments in white minority-ruled South Africa and using those invest ments-as leverage against the apart heid government to have it cease its racial policies. “I think we can do more good by staying with the companies that are already there and see to it they are making conscientious efforts to im prove the conditions of blacks,” Johnson said. “If we sold the stocks, we’d have no right to go to a company and tell them how to run their business there,” Johnson told the Southern Baptist executive committee’s fi nance group, which meets here through Wednesday. He said about $5 million of the $40 million the foundation manages for several agencies of the Nashville- based Southern Baptist Convention is tied up in firms with links to South Africa. Although the foundation has in vested in 10 firms that do business with South Africa, Johnson said no more than 1 percent of each firms' total business is conducted in that country. “Many companies there are trying to make improvements and pul pressure on the government,” he said. “I’m saying we should urge those companies there to do what’s right.” Harold Bennett, who heads the 69-member executive committee, said the investment issue is one of several to lx? considered by the panel, which conducts business for the 14.4 million-member Southern Baptist Convention between annual sessions. Most of the convention’s 20 agen cies control their own investments. The largest is the Annuity Board, based in Dallas, which manages church pensions and has assets of $1.25 billion. T he finance committee recom mended Monday that the executive committee collect statements from all convention agencies outlining the guidelines they are using. Justice of the peace kicked out of office Associated Press RICHMOND — A controver sial Fort Bend County justice of the peace vows he’ll continue to hear cases despite being ousted from office by county commis sioners. On Monday, county commis sioners replaced Justice of the Peace James M. Scott Jr., 44, be cause he filed for another elected position while more than a year remains in his current term. “I’m in office until I’m legally removed,” Scott said. “The (county commissioners) have not legally removed me.” On Monday, he said he would continue doing his job. But he failed to show up at the court house Tuesday. Scott could not be reached for comment Tues day. The county commissioners contend Scott automatically va cated his office on Sept. 10 when he filed a document with the Fort Bend county clerk designating a campaign treasurer for the county court at law race and nam ing himself as a candidate. The new county court seat was created by the Legislature and will come into existence in Jan uary 1987. Candidates for the bench must be on the November 1986 general election ballot. State law requires that ajustice of the peace who announces his candidacy for another office while having more than one year remaining on his current term of office automatically resigns his post upon announcement, Assis tant District Attorney Larry Wa- genbach said. During Monday’s hearing, Scott refused to confirm or deny he had filed a document for the county court-at-law race with the county clerk and refused Wagen- bach’s suggestions that he be sworn as were other witnesses. Bus wreck injures 19 Associated Press AUSTIN — Nineteen elementary students suffered minor injuries when two school buses collided on an Austin street, officials said Tues day. The buses were each carrying 60 children in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades when the accident oc curred about 3:15 p.m. Monday, said Dan Roberts, transportation su pervisor for the Austin Independent School District. He said one of the buses, which have a capacity of 71 elementary stu dents, was hit from behind by the other. All of the students injured were treated at Brackenridge Hospital, a hospital spokesman said. Sammie Gulliver, the driver of the bus in the rear, will not return to work until district officials finish in vestigating the accident, said Gay- land Walker, director of transporta tion for the school district. Walker said Gulliver told him the collision occurred because his atten tion had been diverted to the chil dren. “He said he looked up in the mirror and had said something to a kid or tried to get a kid to sit down,” Walker said. Neither of the bus drivers was treated for injury. VX Xp‘ cf’.XX'X