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Thursday, April 24, 1986/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local <asii i thecrj ilureof port [oil lied mi I ' would J destn | nthtliJ HaiioniJ lyinnotJ ooliaid s also all , Midtt^ oviets,tn ethel® deterros ersin ethatilit Soviets in h we’reti Judge moves location of murder trial I DALLAS (AP) — A man ac cused of killing a teen-ager dur ing a video taped convenience store robbery will be tried on a capital murder charge, a state judge says he will announce Thursday. K State District Judge John Ovard on Tuesday approved a change of venue for Marvin Mau rice Wells, 22, who is accused of killing Matt McKay, 17, of Okla homa City during a November robbery in Carrollton. It is the first time in 15 years a felony trial has been moved out of Dallas County. The last such move was granted in 1971 in a case involving the killings of three sheriffs deputies, Ovard said. I McKay was shot after he and a friend walked into the conve nience store and McKay failed to comply with a gunman’s order not to look at his face, authorities said. He was shot once in the back and died two and one-half weeks later after undergoing several emergency operations. Female journalists speak atA&M NEED MONEY??? Sell your BOOKS at University Book Stores Northgate & Culpepper Plaza ‘Women humanize newsroom’ By JULIA COKER Reporter Women journalists are bringing compassion to the newsroom but maintaining their profession alism, six women editors said at a panel dis cussion at the Memorial Student Center Wednes day. The six editors were Susan Bischoff, manag ing editor of the Houston Chronicle-, Maggie Ba- lough, assistant managing editor of the Austin- American Statesman; Terry Bertling, editor of the Huntsville Item; Barbara Elmore, managing editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald; Dee Mcll- henney, managing editor Brazosport Facts, and Donna Whitaker, managing editor of the Pales tine Herald-Press. Whitaker said women editors have humanized the newsroom, helping to open the lines of com munication. Bischoff said this compassion helps diffuse tense situations that can fester in a newsroom when people don’t show their emotions. Mcllhenney said women have humanized what has gone into the newspaper, especially the feature sections, which now concentrate primar ily on issues of living. But Whitaker emphasized that women aren’t less professional in dealing with hard news sto ries. She said women are publishing excellent newspapers. One problem that women journalists have to deal with is sexism, although, most of this comes from outside the newsroom. Elmore said she has received more sexist comments from people out side the newsroom than from the people she works with, although, there is a type of “good ole boyism” that exists in the newsroom. “People have a certain mind-set about what women do,” Elmore said. “There is a ‘good ole boyism’ going on and you pick up on it.” Whitaker said she misses out on a bond or friendship with her boss because she is unable to have the type of “good ole boy” relationship with him that her male counterparts have. She said she doesn’t play golf, so she can’t participate in the games he plays with the men in the news room. “I went out to lunch with him (her boss) once,” Whitaker said, “and someone made a wisecrack about it. That was the last time I went out to lunch with him.” Bertling said sexism is becoming less evident in the newsroom. She said her newspaper has hired female sports writers. She said she used to be a sports reporter and the first impression of peo ple when she would show up to cover a sporting event was one of disbelief. Since more women are in the newsroom now as compared to previous years, Mcllhenney said women are beginning to build a female “good ole boy” network. Although the panel members are in supervi sory positions and more women are moving up in the newsroom hierarchy, they said men have no reason to fear reverse discrimination because the majority of publishers and editors-in-chief are men. Mcllhenney said she consciously tries to keep a balance of men and women in the newsroom at the Brazosport Facts. At the luncheon, the editors said having a pro fession and a family is possible as long as both one’s family and employer are flexible. Bischoff said, “You have to give up something. It might be not keeping your house as nice as you would like. Whatever it is, as long as you have flexibility from your family or boss, you can be where you’re needed, but you can’t be a perfec tionist.” Facing the long hours, possible marriage brea kups and chauvinism, women still aren’t discour aged to pursue a career in journalism. According to an article by Maurine Beasley, as sociate professor of journalism at the University of Maryland, in the January issue of The Bul letin, about 60 percent of about 87,000 students enrolled in journalism in the United States are women. Voters must choose their sheriff, dead or alive isplait; n sense! ingfon toons io thatcet andi pageso e put on iththe SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — Po- itical leaders in San Mateo County lay they may back a dead candidate br sheriff rather than a living one vith questionable credentials. ! County officials say they never oubted popular Sheriff Brendan laguire would be re-elected June 3. ut the 52-year-old law officer died f a! sudden heart attack Monday ight. The ballots already have been trinied with Maguire’s name. The mly other candidate is Jim White, a Ihytar-old guard at the U.S. Mint n San Francisco and a licensed pri- 'ate investigator. Word that White was the only liv- ng candidate sparked news reports n Texas and in the San Francisco lay area about White’s 1979 dis- Ul from the Dallas County Sher- fFsDepartment. | White was suspended by the Dal- “I have not seen . . . evi dence that shows me the other candidate has any qualifications. ” — Burlingame Police Chief Fred Palmer. las County Sheriffs Department sev eral times and fired twice before a third dismissal ended his 29-month tenure in Dallas. He was fired for the final time in May 1979 after reports surfaced that he had been arrested on charges of shooting a man in El Cajon, Calif., in 1970. White said because his juvenile re cord was expunged by court order in 1973, his statement on a Dallas County application that he has no criminal record was truthful. At Tuesday’s Board of Supervi sors meeting in San Mateo, county leaders discussed whether to mount a write-in campaign for some other candidate or to urge voters to cast their ballots for Maguire. “We’re worried,” said Burlingame Police Chief Fred Palmer, president of the county police chiefs associa tion. “I have not seen one piece of documentary evidence that shows me the other candidate has any qual ifications.” County Attorney James Fox told the board that if a majority of the votes went for Maguire, the supervi sors then would have the option of appointing its own successor or call ing a new election. White issued a news release saying such proposals “usurp fair political practices” and calling for the super- “I. . . will strongly oppose any attempts by the Board of Supervisors to obstruct the voting process. ” — Jim White, Mateo County sheriff candidate. visors to leave the issue up to the vot ers. “I will look forward to debating the issues with any write-in candi date, but will strongly oppose any at tempts by the Board of Supervisors to obstruct the voting process,” the release said. Allan Shinsel, a campaign aide to White, said Wednesday that White would not discuss the 1979 firing with reporters, but would issue an other statement on that topic later. He said the news reports about White’s background were inaccu rate, but would not elaborate. White entered the sheriff’s race after suing Maguire and other county officials for denying him a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Court records allege White falsi fied his home address on a previous application to the San Diego County sheriffs office, misrepresented his employment status and used statio nery from government offices where he wasn’t working. Assistant District Attorney Dan Daly said the denial had to do with the misrepresentations, not with White’s background. White said earlier in the campaign that his firing from the Dallas County sheriffs department was a “political move” and that the shoot ing was in self-defense. A Great Space to Live Enjoy Carefree, Comfort able Living at Newport. •Built-ins •Free VCR w/9 mo. lease •Fully Furnished Condos •Washer/Dryer •Covered Parking •Large Commons Area •2 Bedrooms as low as $425.°" •3 Bedrooms as low as $599. 1X1 Call or Visit Today 846-8960 L E 4 0 2 "To Model for statewide calendars of men St ladies of Texas AStM. Informal interview in the Flagroom at the MSC. Men meet at 6 p.m. Women meet at 7 p.m. Thurs. 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