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By BRIAN PEARSON
Senior Staff Writer
Apparently it’s open blimp season
omeone in Brazos County.
Jniversity Police reported that
retime between late Friday night
16 a.m. Saturday, somebody snot
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c,mi[/aurtnclTraffic at Texas A&M, said two
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it to get that arrow out,” Wiatt
said the damage
di
d e was discov-
ay by a blimp
w member. The crew member
jcovered the two arrows on the
bund, looked up and saw the hole
jised by the third arrow.
iThere was considerable damage
V to the blimp,” Wiatt said,
here was some concern on the
t of the Goodyear people that the
p would not fly (in the rain) with
loss of helium.”
The arrow that struck the blimp
ised about $5,000 damage, Wiatt
d.
Wiatt said a suspect would be
irged with third-degree felony. A
rd degree felony carries prison
itence of from two to 10 years.
He said there are no suspects in
: case and he has no idea what di-
tion the arrows came from.
"Why people get pleasure out of
s 1 do not know,” Wiatt said. “So-
:body thought it was good fun to
i to stick an arrow into the blimp.”
He said the Goodyear people
:re not shocked by the incident.
“They said that its not unusual,”
said. “Wherever the blimp parks,
topic throw things at it, shoot BB
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Push!
With one week to go until Bonfire ’86 burns, the
push is on out at Duncan Field. During push,
Photo by JON P. KARP
Texas A&M students work around the clock to
build the stack.
ensel Park exhibitionist suspect held
By BRIAN PEARSON
Senior Staff Writer
A tradition of exhibitionism at
ensel Park may have ended Mon-
ay when University Police appre-
ended a suspect who they said has
Id them he has been exposing
imself to people and eluding po-
icefor six years.
Bob Wiatt, director of Security
and Traffic at Texas A&M, says the
suspect — a 32-year-old, 5-foot-6,
130-pound black male — told po
lice he has exposed himself to peo
ple, especially women, in Hensel
Park from two to four times a
month over the years.
The arrest was the result of a
Monday afternoon stakeout in the
South College Avenue park by two
camouflaged University policemen,
Wiatt says.
Wiatt would not release the name
of the suspect.
“They (policemen) entered the
park in the late afternoon, stayed
there for awhile and then they saw
a black male wandering through
the treelines and acting in a furtive
manner,” Wiatt says.
He says the suspect was fully
clothed at the time.
Wiatt says the policemen, Sgt.
Bobby Williams and officer Rich
Lewis, watched the suspect walk
around in the brush until 5:45 p.m.
No women were in the park,
Wiatt says, so the policemen called
in officer Betty Lemay. Lemay ar
rived at the park wearing civilian
clothes.
“As she got out of her car, this in
dividual who was ducking in and
out of bushes appeared to be re
moving his shirt,” Wiatt says. “Un
fortunately, "he stepped behind a
bush...
See Exhibitionist, page 13
Leaders hold
private talks,
fireside chat
today, with the possibility of a “pub
lic reporting session” on Thursday
morning, according to White House
spokesman Larry Speakes.
On Tuesday, the leaders were
scheduled to hold a 15-minute get-
acquainted chat in the morning be
fore joining six advisers from each
side to begin the formal talks de
voted to a two-hour review of U.S.-
Soviet relations.
The first tete-a-tete stretched into
an hour-long meeting in a small
room of the lakeside villa adjacent to
the formal meeting room.
And in what Speakes called a
"clearly unexpected development,”
Reagan endect the afternoon session
by inviting Gorbachev to join him
for a walk through the garden down
to the shore of Lake Geneva.
He said the two men took a five-
minute stroll leading to a pool
house, which they entered ana sat
down by a fire burning in the fire
place.
In describing the meetings,
Speakes said, “The tone was good,
the exchanges were good, the op
portunity for both to talk with each
other concerning these major issues
was carried on in an atmosphere
which the general secretary has de
scribed as ‘businesslike,’ which we
agree is an appropriate description.”
Texaco ordered to pay
Pennzoil $10.5 billion
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Texaco Inc. delib
erately interfered in a binding T984
merger agreement between Pennzoil
Co. and Getty Oil Co., a state district
court jury unanimously ruled Tues
day in awarding Pennzoil $10.53 bil
lion in damages.
After hearing more than four
months of testimony, jurors deliber
ated nine hours over three days be
fore deciding that Texaco snould
pay $7.5 billion in actual damages
and $3 billion in punitive damages.
Spectators who packed the small
courtroom gasped as Judge Solo
mon Casseb of San Antonio an
nounced the jury’s award, believed
by attorneys to be the largest ever.
“I think they’ve done Pennzoil
and this nation a very big favor by
reaffirming the standards by which
American businesses conduct them
selves,” Pennzoil Chairman J. Hugh
Liedtke said before leaving for an af
ternoon board meeting.
Texaco attorney Richard Miller
said he was “flabbergasted” at the
verdict.
“We felt and still strongly believe
that we don’t owe Pennzoifanything.
We’re sorry the jury didn’t see it our
way,” he said.
Texaco Vice Chairman James
Kinnear said thejury’s verdict would
be appealed.
“Thejury’s decision is unjustified
and not supported by the evidence,”
Kinnear said. “I continue to have
faith in the judicial process of this
country and we will use all remedies
available to us.”
Asked about the financial impact
of the verdict, Kinnear replied, “We
haven’t paid Pennzoil a penny yet.”
Casseb set a Dec. 5 hearing to de
cide whether to enter a final
judgment approving the award.
“In case they lose, we’ll make sure
we have the money,” said Pennzoil
attorney Joe Jamail.
Associated Press
GENEVA — President Reagan
and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorba
chev, agreeing they “must achieve
decisions together,” met face-to-face
for the first time Tuesday and
plunged into a series of “business
like” discussions behind the curtain
of a news blackout.
Arms control issues were on the
agenda for the first day of the sum
mit, but there was no public word on
developments. The day ended with
Reagan and Gorbachev sitting down
for an unscheduled 50-minute fire
side chat.
“I think we will have a good
relationship,” Swiss television
quoted Gorbachev as saying of Rea
gan. It was one of the few breaks of
the blackout, which the White House
said underscored the “seriousness”
of negotiations between the super
power leaders.
While posing for pictures at the
beginning of a private dinner, the
Soviet leader was asked why he had
spent so much time alone with Rea
gan.
“We think it’s useful to have face-
to-face contact,” he replied.
When Reagan was asked if the
pair had made progress during the
day, he said with a grin, “We’re smil
ing.”
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9th annual Smokeout
seeking Butt-Dumpers
By TONY CORNETT
Reporter
Christmas has Santa Claus.
Easter has the Easter Bunny. The
Great American Smokeout has
Butt-Dumpers.
Butt-Dumper is the official
designation for the local partici
pant in Thursday’s 9th Annual
Great American Smokeout, the
day the sponsoring American
Cancer Society hopes cigarette
smokers will take a break from
smoking and possibly crush out
their last cigarette butt.
Brazos County GASO Chair
man and KORA-FM Program Di
rector Roy Gene Munse came up
with the Butt-Dumper name and
says the event is not set up to be a
day to hassle smokers.
“You’ll find some overzealous
nonsmokers who’ll irritate some
smokers,” Munse says, “but for
the most part, the smokers hu
mor us throughout the day. It’s
not meant to be a confrontation
with them. We’re trying to sym
pathize with smokers because we
understand how hard it is for
them to quit smoking.
“GASO is a public education
event that’s designed to call atten
tion to the health hazards of
smoking. The tobacco companies
have zillions of dollars to spend
on advertising to get you to
smoke and this is our yearly ad
vertising campaign for non
smoking.”
There are several ways to par-
See Smokeout, page 13
Free Speech Day
Students, organization representatives speak out at Rudder
By SCOTT SUTHERLAND
Staff Writer
Aggie notables — who are seeking action, un
derstanding and support — delivered speeches
Tuesday from Rudder Fountain.
Leaders from NOW. Students Against Apart
heid, Gay Student Services, and spectators voiced
their opinions in the Free Speech Day sponsored
by MSG Great Issues.
Representatives from NOW spoke of the birth
control issue at Texas A&M.
NOW member Rick Aronstein said women are
only able get one type of birth control — the pill
— from the A.P. Beutel Health Center. He said
women want and need other types of birth con
trol.
Besides only the pill being offered, Aronstein
said there is no counseling on other types of birth
control at the center. Women are not being made
aware of all their options, he said.
Aronstein also said the hiring of a pediatrician
is not a satisfactory answer to the problem of birth
control.
“There is a lot of misdiagnosis at the health
center,” Aronstein said.
Aronstein also called for a Rape Crisis Center
on campus and said campus police are mistaken if
they believe there is no rape at Texas A&M.
Aronstein said he knows a woman who was
raped last year and was turned away by the health-
Norman Muraya delivers a speech
center when she asked for treatment. Instead, he
said, the woman went to a local hospital.
“Rape is bad bull, Ags,” Aronstein said. “We
need a Rape Crisis Center to help deal with the
problem.”
Marco Roberts, president of Gay Student Serv
ices, argued against the fairness of laws that pre
vent sexual relations between people of the same
sex. Roberts said Statute 2106, Texas’ sodomy
law, is unfair.
He said the law allows certain sexual acts be
tween heterosexuals, while preventing the same
acts between homosexuals.
Roberts also called for an open debate on ho
mosexuality, but said he doubted heterosexuals
would be willing.
“Why do people not want an open debate on
homosexuality?” Roberts asked. “Are they that
unsure that their own beliefs are true? Given a
clear choice are they that afraid that people might
choose homosexuality?”
Roberts said homosexuals are not the only
cause for the spread of AIDS. He placed the
blame on America’s lifestyle.
“Homosexuals aren’t spreading AIDS, prom
iscuity is,” Roberts said.
Roberts said homosexuals would win any de
bate because they are honest about their beliefs
and he encouraged other homosexuals to quit
hiding.
“Stop begging for acceptance,” Roberts said.
“Stop apologizing for who you are. Understand
our real enemies are gays who have made it in life
but won’t help us.”
Students Against Apartheid said its enemies
are the South African government and those who
support it.
Norman Muraya said Texas A&M should di
vest its $2.95 million investments in companies
that do business in South Africa.
See Free Speech, page 13