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♦ r ..CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE! THERE ARE ONLY !) POSITIONS LEFT IN THE SW. CO. SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. ($4438.20 AVE FOR THE SUMMER) SUMMER WORK INTERVIEW MEETINGS ARE AT THE FOLLOWING TIMES: V Page 4AFhe Battalion/Wednesday, April 16, 1986 s. WED. APRIL 16-1:00, 4:00, 6:30 RM 407 A THRU. APRIL 17-1:00, 4:00 6:30 RM 401 A RUDDER TOWER * PLEASE BE PROMPT! Local group claims role in porn ban By Loyd Brumfield Reporter The College Station chairman of Citizens for Decency says his group played a role in 7-Eleven’s decision to stop selling adult magazines, but a local /-Eleven manager says the de cision was prompted more by cus tomer studies than public pressure. Southland Corp., which owns 4,500 7-Eleven stores nationwide, announced Thursday that Playboy, Penthouse and Forum magazines will no longer be available at their convenience stores. Southland officials cited a recent connection between pornography and violent behavior as its reason for withdrawing the magazine. decision to ban sales of the mag azines. Larry Winkler, chairman of Citi zens for Decency, said he is pleased with Southland’s decision. “I think we’ve played a small part in this,” Winkler said. ‘‘We’ve been picketing and boycotting the stores for years now, and I think our ef forts are making people aware of the dangers of pornography and obsce nity.” Dana Crick, regional manager for 7-Eleven stores, said Citizens for De- j^ency didn’t inlluence Southland’s “I would say it’s a company deci sion more than anything else,” Crick said. “I think they relied on the cus tomer surveys and based their deci sion on those, more than pressure from citizens’ groups.” Crick downplayed Southland’s de cision and said it wouldn’t spark an adverse reaction from customers that might hurt business. “Sales of those magazines have never been substantial enough for us to lose revenues over,” he said. “It’s not a big deal.” Winkler said the evidence^ pornography to crime isovewi mg. “Any reasonable persontaj at the data, the evidence,y facts and see the link,” hesaiji nography has been linkedtoiin fia, child abuse, rape andallirr crime. In fact, a study recentk; out at Texas A&M sbowil that.” Winkler said he believes^ land’s decision will affect sis adult magazines. Trash it 'Don't Mess with Texas'ads draw fire from tourists AUSTIN (AP) — The state high way department’s new anti-litter campaign — “Don’t Mess With Texas” —is drawing complaints from Texans and tourists who say it’s trashy. “The only thing it does is make Texans sound like a bunch of jerks,” Karyl Simmons of Austin said in a letter to a local newspaper. Dave Blackburn, a visitor from Los Alamos, N.M., said in his letter to the editor, “Boy, you people really need a lesson on manners. What ever happened to the Texas hospi tality I have always heard of?” the ones who don’t give any thought about it, just toss the stuff out the window for the fun of it,” he said. “It’s regrettable that slogans like ‘Please Don’t Litter’ and ‘Pitch It’ and ‘Nice People Don’t Litter’ don’t have any effect.” The highway department kicked off the campaign several months ago as a get-tough effort to curb litter ing. The state spends $24 million a year picking up roadside trash, according to Don Clark, director of information for the highway depart ment. Clark said he anticipated the handful of negative responses he’s fielded. “It is a message with a bit of a sharp edge on it,” he said. The sharp edge is needed, Clark said, because the ads are targeted at macho litterers. Research showed that adult males, 18-34, are the most common offenders. “We were trying to design a cam paign that would not go after people who would never litter or litter only very occasionally. We are going after Hence, “Don’t Mess With Texas.” The campaign includes placing the slogan on trash bags and barrels. The department also is spending $2 million on a media campaign that in cludes television ads featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan and Dallas Cowboys Randy White and Ed “Too Tall” Jones. The slogan recently got national attention when the highway depart ment supplied “Don’t Mess With Texas” placards for University of Texas Lady Longhorn fans who went to Kentucky to watch their team win the NCAA women’s bas ketball title. “Ninety-nine percent of the peo ple love it,” Clark said of the slogan. Vance Ferguson of Austin does not. He was upset enough to write the local newspaper editor. .THE> iophon ym. to VlilJier So cak •or wit) md thi onmvle ;he so| Mlath 2 GLIS* rourse, [That, Blocke *27 Bk VIUC )08 Pa* FBI releases sketches ofmmn ‘ uomnn lEATI suspected in poison cases m e t HOUSTON (AP) — I wo com posite sketches and a tape record ing of “Cary.” the man suspected in the recent poison contami nation of Contac, Teldrin and Di- etac capsules, were released Tuesday by the FBI. W. Douglas Cow, special agent in charge of the Houston FBI of fice, said, “ This individual’s ac tions are considered to represent a grave danger to society and the FBI continues a very intensive in vestigation to identify and appre hend him. “Right now we have just a very vague description. Hopefully there will be some features that will kev someone that has some information and will come for ward and tell us.” The sketches are based on in formation from several witnesses who believe they watched a man place contaminated capsules in an Orlando, Fla., store on March 19. Tainted capsules subsequently were found at the store. The sketches, made by the Or lando Police Department, show a white male of undetermined age. In one photo, he isweatingn lasses. Cow, whose bureau is cot Mating the nationwide hume no one is known to haveintt the capsules, tainted ineacn with a chemical used in rail! son. 1 he amount of poisoninB capsules, however, would i likelv cause death, he said. Six of the capsules werefi in Ot lando. Tout othersuerej c overcd in Houston. The tamperings prompj Smith Kline Beckman, a T phia pharmaceutical comp pull Contac, Teldrin and c apsules f rom stores aroundj couiuia. The Proprietary 'a ciation, a trade organi/atml represents 83 manufacturtnl| o\ er-the-counter medicines,! fet ing a S300,000 rewardi tampering case. The man, in a recording “\V e want SmithKIinetofimijl other way to package their[m tuts, totally take them oilt shelves and repackage them' I Cow said Cary's referent “we” could mean more thanii pet son is involved. MUR: hi Ruth for gen TERN, lih aw lirtdui JDEN >.m. in 5RM kun d< (OPE 5T— ild el IU S< ro AN “I think it would be hard to have a much more unfriendly welcome for someone just entering our fine state,” he said. “I was appalled when I spoke with the governor’s press office to find that our governor has whole-heart edly sanctioned this tripe.” such a negative and Simmons’ letter said, “As a proud and (I hope) friendly Texan, I re sent those in authority misusing their power in such a way as to create image for all the rest of us 1 take Texas vears now tot the damage that thisvenj thought out campaign is; Can’t someone please stopal fore it goes any further?" The MSC OPAS J. Wayne Stark Concert Series presents "The Texas A&M Composer Spotlight” Wednesday, April 16 at 8 p.m. in All Faiths Chapel. This concert features Texas A&M students who compose and per form their own music. Adimission is only $1 at the door. Don't miss this chance to see tomorrow's enter tainment today. Come ^hear tomorrows , classics today. Virtuosity resides in our own back yard and you can be one of the first to hear it.