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Friday, April 24, 1987/The Battalion/Page 5 d kV ill use the et ' n g place ( >i' restora- craft, here, it wil » come and uf years be- > opened," °rce, based l in 1957 to Id War IJ. npleted its combat air- illy has ex- » include a transports, copter-type World War tionalsoin- i and train- Air Force, a fleet of perialjapa- ct airshows tates and in g the year, aw is held re organiza- ers in Can- ustralia. ing Two peo- g a toxic hers were a man ill” who is the liquor rsday. ]uor was eral bars rarillo p Cruz. She liquor do xr eight to e af fected i hospitals licknamed rested on charges to North- ter he be- lice would e. , and Joe Amarillo, drinking was made nous sub distilling iel, solvent i’t, you 6Uf nts has been public sup- nee. He has 3-89 budgei lion, which ion two-yeaf ,vedaS3!).; truth squad only being ments toad- i require re- exans need mp- AT AIN :ge 75211 jeeks jired at ; ormati on ’ Whafs up Friday MANAGEMENT 481: A. Doyle Cloud, vice president of reg- tilati v affairs at Federal Express will speak at 10 a.m. in ] HjUocker. INTEIVARISTY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Lorie Goiz will speak on “Discipleship” at 7 p.m. in 301 Rudder. LATTER DAY SAINT STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Dr. Ma ds jill speak on “A Glimpse of China” at noon at the LDS In.'ituteat 100 E. Dexter. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: will meet for a peanut-but- tetrellowshij) at 1 1:30 a.m. at Rudder Fountain and for Bi- blitudy at 6:30 p.m. at A&M Presbyterian Church. CHI ALPHA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will meet at 7 p.p. in 156 Blocker. CHBS CLUB: will sponsor a one-round USCF-rated tourna- njnt at 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder. TAMJ BADMINTON CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 351 G. Rjllie White. STIPY ABROAD OFFICE : will present information on Ful- mght grants for graduate research and study abroad at 11 ain. in 251 Bizzell West. DE ARTMENT OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES: deadline for E ident organizations to apply for office/cubicle/cabinet ace on the 2nd floor of the Pavilion is today in 208 Pavil- HfjNORS STUDENTS: st udents enrolled in honors courses iho plan to attend the picnic at Hensel Park on May 2 mist sign up by Monday by calling 845-1957. BATTALION STAFF: applications for fall and summer staff positions are available in I he Battalion office through to- Bay. Saturday T\MU MOO DUK KWAN TAE KWON DO CLUB: will present a Tae Kwon Do demonstration at 8 p.m. at Brazos County Pavilion. RMU SAILING CLUB: will meet at Yegua Creek for an all- j day outing. Sunday 14MU SCUBA CLUB: will play underwater football and hockey at 2 p.m. at the indoor pool in G. Rollie White Col iseum. TVMU SAILING CLUB: will meet at Yegua Creek for an all day outing. DMBALL HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet for a picnic at noon at Central Park. Call 754-7661 for more information. Monday ETERNAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: will meet at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder. STJDENT ACTIVITIES: deadline for recognized student organiza to .ul.mii dates to tlr 1987 Summer Cal endar is Thursday. It ms for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working days be fore desired publication date. Bills before Senate, House aim to prevent viable fetus abortions AUSTIN (AP) — Bills restricting abortions, if approved, would force doctors to stop doing the procedure and would send women to unregu lated facilities, an obstetrician said Thursday. The bills before the House and Senate would make it a second-de gree febny for a physician to per form an abortion on a fetus that at die time of the abortion was capable of living outside the iriother’s womb. ‘‘Legal, lawful physicians are not going to risk their medical license to practice, to provide services that could even get clo(e or potentially infringe upon their ability to con tinue practicing medicine,” said Dr. Dave Kittrell of San Antonio, a member of the executive council of (he Texas Association of Obstetri- dans and Gynecobgists. “Therefore tie legal and lawful safe medical care would be taken away from thos* individuals that re quire it,” Kittrell said. “Many of those individutls would seek illegal, unsafe availabilty elsewhere.” State law now allows abortion up to the day of birth, although few of these are performed. The bills would require physicians to fill out reports no later than 30 days after performing abortions. If a physician aborts a fetus which could live outside its mother’s womb, the doctor could face up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The woman would not face charges, under the bill. The threat of prosecution would prevent abortions that are per formed on fetuses diagnosed with birth defects and for mothers whose lives are in danger, Kittrell said. “Many of our patients are not mentally, emotionally or financially able to deal with a fetus which will not have a normal chance of survival or be severely retarded,” Kittrell said. The bills do contain a provision al lowing doctors to justify the abortion if they say it was necessary to prevent the death or “serious impairment of the health, whether physical or men tal, of the woman.” Texas firm defending drug tests AUSTIN (AP) — Drug testing of employees at Minco Technology Labs Inc. was proposed because of declining productivity and rumors about drug abuse by workers, the company’s chief executive says. “We have to rid our company of drugs,” Liz Coker testified during the civil court trial seeking to stop company plans for the tests. The suit was filed by Brenda Jen nings, an employee who contends that requiring her to give a urine sample for a drug test would violate her right to privacy. The Texas Civil Liberties Union is representing her in the case, saying it is the first in Texas involving urine tests by private companies. Coker, testifying Wednesday, said the tests are necessary to ensure a quality product and maintain the company’s reputation. Minco tests, processes and distrib utes computer chips and semicon ductor devices primarily for space and military contractors. Coker said rumors of drug use among employees have mounted in recent years. She said Minco’s pro ductivity has declined in the past 18 months. Absenteeism has increased, she said, and employee errors have been found in paperwork and visual in spections of computer chips. She also said there was a $250,000 to $300,000 theft of computer chips last year by an employee who tried to sell them to support a heroin habit. Perot joins campaign for education DALLAS (AP) — Businessman Ross Perot, who helped persuade lawmakers in 1984 to approve edu cation reforms and the taxes to pay for them, has joined the lieutenant governor in a campaign to protect education funding. Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby’s campaign to protect funding for public schools and colleges comes as Gov. Bill Clements is pushing for a no-new- taxes budget. “There’s nothing more important to the future of this state than to have the best education system in the world,” Perot said in an interview published by the Dallas Times Herald Thursday. Perot, a billionaire, led efforts three years ago to establish the coun try’s first preschool program for dis advantaged 4-year-olds, a teacher in centive pay plan and smaller class sizes in the early elementary grades. College and school officials say Clements’ budget proposal would undermine those reforms and cripple higher education. Perot’s involvement in the closing weeks of the legislative session rep resents a major windfall for Hobby, a Democrat who is locked in a bud get battle with the Republican gover nor. Although his previous efforts were concentrated on the public schools, Perot said he also will work on behalf of state colleges and uni versities in the latest campaign. “Let’s keep going forward,” Perot said. “This isn’t the end — we’re not broke. We need to continue to im prove education.” Reluctance to adequately fund public schools, colleges and universi ties in the face of a budget crunch, coupled with last year’s cuts in higher education, threatens to turn Texas into a “national joke,” he said. The governor maintains his bud get provides small increases for edu cation, while the non-partisan Legis lative Budget Board staff says it represents actual cuts of several hundred million dollars. Local volunteers offer time in highway cleanup effort By Melisa Hohlt Reporter More t/ian ! 10 people in Brazos County yill spend their Saturday picking up trash on more than 50 miles of Adopted” state highways as part of‘‘The Great Texas Trash Off.” Volunteers will pick up trash along FM 2818 between Texas Ave- iiiieand Wellborn Road, around FM 2154, along state Highway 21 and along slate Highway 6. The largest one-day cleanup ef- fortinthe country will include more ftan 15,000 volunteers throughout tarate, said Nick Turnham, a state !fanportation department public affais officer. Tie goal of the program, which is °nly me part of the highway depart- Henti war against litter, is to elimi nate tie discarding of litter on Texas highways, Turnham said. Duing the day, about 2,000 miles of Texas highways will be cleaned and volunteers hope to fill the 40- gallon garbage bags with 1.5 million gallons of trash, Turnham said. In this first effort at statewide cleanli ness, Turnham said several beaches and cities will be cleaned up along with the highways. The groups involved in this pro gram also participate in the Adopt-a- Highway program, sponsored by the state Department of Highways and Public Transportation, Turnham said. The Adopt-a-Highway pro gram is the only one of its kind and is a model for other states that are developing similar programs, he said. Adopt-a-Highway initially began in the Tyler area and was introduced throughout the state in March 1986, he said. The program has expanded to include business and employee as sociation participation. “The Great Texas Trash Off’ is part of the highway department’s “Don’t Mess With Texas” program aimed at convincing litterers to put trash where it belongs. “Don’t Mess With Texas” is a hard-nosed campaign designed to stop littering, Turnham said. The campaign is credited with a 29 per cent reduction in litter since it began in 1986, he said. “Nice campaigns don’t work,” Turnham said. “A few years ago, the campaign was ‘Pitch In’ and it didn’t work at all. We have to get tough to get the message across.” The cost for maintaining clean highways has increased 17 percent to 20 percent every year since 1970. In 1985, Turnham said, Texas tax payers spent $24 million to remove litter from state highways. The “Don’t Mess With Texas” campaign is aimed at the 18- to 35- year-old male who drives a pickup and who the transportation depart ment calls “Bubba,” Turnham said. Studies show that “Bubba” is an ac curate description of the compulsive litterer, he said. 10. M 60,85«* ikS CYCLEFEST * May 3,1987 * 8:00 a.m., College Station, TX. All proceeds will be donated to the Gallaudet School for the deaf. 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Redstone has a volleyball-pool, new Jacuzzi with sun deck, security patrol and on-site maintenance. No apartment complex gives you more than Redstone. (Even if we don’t give you a 27-story parking garage with valet service.) 1301 Bartholow • 696-1848 DUCATOR Buy Program Apple Computer, Inc. and ComputerLand of Brazos Valley have joined forces to make a special offer to all educators in K-12 and higher education. Beginning on April 15, As a full-time professional educator or administrator, you have an opportunity to make a purchase of an Apple CPU system (for your personal and work-at-home use) at tremendous savings. To qualify for these savings under the Educator Buy Program, you merely need to be a full-time professional employee certified by your employer to be involved in the instructional process. ComputerLand is the area Authorized Education Dealer. So call us today for more information on the Educator Buy Program, and get yourself an Apple—the computer that bears fruit forever. 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