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Page 4AThe BattalionAThursday, November 7,1985
Warped
by Scott McCullar CS COUPldl
selects two
new judges
By SCOTT SUTHERLAND
Stuf f Writer
met
gency
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Phil
AIDS concern didn’t turn
vote against Whitmire
he College Station CityCowfc.
Wednesday in a special et||
to select two i
>es lor the Municipal Court.,
ip Banks, former assisai
municipal judge, was selecteda
new mimic ipaljudge.
Kathleen Reidel was selcclcdi
assistant mimic ipal judge.
Banks was named acting nmrJ;
pal judge in September, afterlj g,
mer Municipal fudge ClaudeDif ^
was named Brazos Co
Law judge
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Associated Press
HOUSTON — Former mayor Louie
Welch, with his statements about
AIDS, captured most of the pre
election attention in the Houston
mayoral race, but incumbent Kathy
Whitmire, stressing her business-like
approach to government, easily won
a third term Tuesday.
“I have not found any hysteria
over AIDS,” Whitmire, 39, said after
the election.
Houston’s First woman mayor won
another two-year term with 200,788
votes (58.88 percent), to Welch’s
138,552 votes (40.63 percent), in a
non-partisan field that included six
candidates.
Welch, 66, who was mayor for 10
years before retiring in 1974, had in
sisted that the city’s tolerance of ho
mosexuals and tne increased num
ber of AIDS cases prompted
businesses and families to stay away
from Houston.
His views on acquired immune
deficiency syndrome received na
tional notoriety two weeks before the
election when he inadvertently said
into a live television microphone that
one way to halt the spread of the dis
ease was to “shoot the queers.”
Welch entered the race after
spearheading Houston Chamber of
Commerce efforts to defeat a con
troversial gay rights referendum in
January.
“Welch’s campaign peaked the
day he announced,” said Robert
Stein, a political analyst at Rice Uni
versity. l, The gay rights issue was not
something they (voters) were con
cerned about in a choice for mayor.”
Polls showed that economy and
jobs were the top issues. Welch said
public health was the top item.
The January referendum also
motivated eight political newcomers
— calling themselves the Straight
Slate — to seek eight City Council
seats in a campaign based solely on
the issue that public health rules
should be adopted to protect resi
dents from AIDS.
None of the Straight Slate candi
dates won, but in two races they
drew enough support to force run
offs because the leading vote-getters
who failed to attract more than 50
percent of the ballots.
Welch, who refused to speak with
reporters after his defeat, told sup
porters his loss was due to a lower-
than-expected voter turnout.
.ounty tarn
aw judge. Bhe
Davis replaced Judge Car jjivilW;
Ruffmo, who was named to a it.Hence
created district court by Gov. Med tl
White. aid a s|
Banks was at a jury selectiontWednes
mg and was unable to attend
swearing in ceremony heldaftetilgL tn
meeting. M| 1P ^
Reidel was at the meeting and w Q r;
sworn in immediately afterthecaB nes j
cil announced the ® •
After reciting t
npomtrnents. ^ His
he oath, l
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with any count less than 400,000 it
would be very difficult to win this
race,” Welch said.
said she was eager to get startediKJ
joked that the court docketwaiK.i lt ,
ready a “mile long.” ujm
Banks and Reidel both have JF C ^ !
vale law firms in College Station. M anr
As municipal judge, Bank' tponsor
have jurisdiction over traffic ltut(
tions, city ordinance violations,q McW
C misdemeanors, and penalcotklheC
olations such as petty theft andoB’he
inal mischief. M
Banks and Reidel will begin tiff
new jobs today.
Mayor says ‘divisive issues’ resolved
Associated Press
BEAUMONT — The mayor of
this Gulf Coast city says the defeat of
a proposed recall triggered by a $20
million investment loss was a victory
for the residents who believed in
their city government.
Of the 22,700 ballots cast in Tues
day’s election, 64.5 percent opposed
recalling Mayor Bill Neild and 62.7
percent favored keeping at-large
City Councilman Wayne Turner.
‘'This citv can resolve any divisive
issues,” Neild said. “It’s a significant
win, notjust a little one.”
Neild and Turner have been crit
icized since the city invested $20 mil
lion, or two-thirds of its investment
portfolio, in ESM Government Secu
rities in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., which
collapsed in March.
The loss forced budget cuts and
layoffs of almost 6.5 j^ercent of the
city ’s workforce.
Beaumont and the surrounding
Golden Triangle area have been
burdened by a recession in the oil in
dustry and unemployment of 13.6
percent, almost twice the national
average of 7.1 percent.
Dorothy Collier, a real estate bro
ker who organized Citizens United
for Responsible Government, said
the recall effort had created a forum
for different views.
“I’m disappoirtted,” she said, “but
we’ll continue to contribute in a con-
terse
structive way.
The group issued
statement Tuesday night, predicting
the outcome of the election has
given both the present council and
future councils permission to run
roughshod over both the city charter
and state laws that govern local gov
ernment actions.
Neild, 48, first elected in 1982, an
nounced earlier this year that he will
not seek a third two-year term when
his term expires in April.
The Service Employees Interna
tional Union Local 706, which rep
resents employees at one of the
state’s largest nursing homes, said
the recall might have failed because
it was perceived only as a union is
sue.
Spokeswoman Doris Smith filed
the recall petitions at the time the
union was striking against the Schle-
singer Geriatric Center, complaining
Nend had been insensitive to the
plight of Beaumont workers.
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. ell, a
Neild insisted he had no pladj
private lalxir negotiations.
T he union said Neild’sandTir|
er’s supjiort of Citv Manager 1J
Nollenberger and the economkj
percussions of the lost $20 mlf
investment in ESM promptedthi ister
t:a IL ll.Mo
In the moderately light
turnout, a proposal to raise theriH .
mum wage to $4.10 an hourfal.. c 9
by 16,540 to 5,858. Residents^ 16 “
opposed the salary cap proposit
by a vote of 15,176 to 6,8o0.
In another emotional issue
stirred the black community
protest, voters opposed by a vote
17,227 to 5,294 the renaming;
Martin Luther King Jr. Park*;
back to Spur 380.
A&M group wonts campus, B-CS interaction
By JEAN MANSAVAGE
Reporter
The Student Y Association’s
Youth Fun Day, a program promot
ing interaction between Texas A&M
students and the community, is
banking on the high visibility of Fish
Camp to get attention and volun
teers for advisers.
“There is truth to the idea about feeling good by giving
of yourself Were basing the program on the fact that
each kid needs a hug and so does each college student. ”
good time with the children Cong
other,
der w
Judy Hutchings, chairwoman of Student Y Associa
tion ’s Youth Fun Day.
Hutchings says. “The advisers
the strength of the program.
She said her goal is to makeYoi ^
Fun Day like Fish Camp, a hoie!
hold name. She says she believestk ^ „
with a good staff the program
get a good start this year and jjj|
tne future.
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Three hundred children in third
through fifth grades in elementary
schools in Bryan-College Station will
assemble March 8 on Kyle Field for
activities that are a cross between the
Junior Olympics and the Anything
Goes games, says Judy Hutchings,
Youth Fun Day chairwoman.
Such semi-competitive games as a
tortilla toss and an egg-in-the-spoon
relay will be fun for children, she
says.
“We’re trying to develop Fish
Camp for a day,” she says. il These
children are the college students of
the future.”
Using the Fish Camp enthusiasm
approach, the Student Y hopes to
get the counselor-type student in
volved as youth fun advisers, she
says.
“The advisers provide support for
the children along the course lines,
at the finish lines and act as media
tors throughout the day,” Hutchings
says.
Advisers can grow from the expe
rience, she says.
“There is truth to the idea about
feeling good by giving of yourself,”
Hutchings says.
“We’re basing the program on the
fact that each kid needs a hug and so
does each college student,” she says.
Adviser applications are available
in 208 Pavilion and are due at 5 p.m.
Nov. 20.
The Student Y is seeking a 1-3 ra
tio of advisers to children, sue says.
Advisers should enjoy working
with children and realize that they
3 have to handle conflict between
ren, Hutchings says.
They will be expected to promote
Youth Fun Day and attend all man
datory meetings, she says.
Adviser positions are open to all
students and they do not have to be
Student Y members, she says.
Because Youth Fun Day is a new
program, the adviser’s input in plan
ning will be important, Hutchings
says.
“During Fun Day, advisers will be
asked to go with the flow and have a
“Youth Fun Day offers Ae
chance to do something good Tor ll
community other than adft
money to the economy,” Hutchii
says.
“We’re involving students andif
idents to create a better environut
in Bryan-College Station,” shesafil
Donna Banheld, Student Ypre
dent, says she believes Youth hi
Day offers a good opportunity»
A&M students to interact n
younger students.
“The Bryan-College Station!
gives A&M students so much.’T
field says. “This program givesi
students a chance to repay the a
in a new way.”
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