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> Page 12/The Battalion/Monday, April 11, 1988 World and Nation Ferraro: Candidacy contributed to son’s felony drug conviction RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — Former vice presidential candidate Ger aldine Ferraro says she blames her- selt in part for her son’s cocaine con viction, and says the family will appeal the verdict to the Vermont Supreme Court. “We still believe he was set up,” Ferraro said of her 24-year-old son, John Zaccaro Jr. A Vermont District Court jury de liberated for slightly more than two hours Saturday before finding Zac caro guilty of selling one-quarter gram of cocaine to an undercover police officer while he was a senior at Midcllebury College two years ago. At a news conference after the verdict, Ferraro blamed her son for possessing cocaine, as well as herself “and my candidacy for making mv son a target.” Ferraro ran on the Democratic ticket with Walter Mon dale in 1984. accepting a lesser charge would hav e minimized the case against Zaccaro, when it was clear to him that Zacca- ro’s actions constituted more than possession. She also criticized former Middle- bury police Sgt. David Wemette “for setting my son up” and Addison County State’s Attorney John Quinn for rejecting a plea bargain. Ferraro pointed to several drug cases recently heard in Vermont in which plea bargains were arranged easilv and light sentences were given to defendants accused of selling larger quantities of drugs. No sentencing date was set, and an appeal could take two years. The felony conviction carries a maximum sentence of five vears in jail and a S 10.000 fine. “We, as his parents, would not al low him to plead guilty” to the felony charge of selling cocaine, Ferraro said. The family had asked prosecu tors to let Zaccaro plead guilty to a lesser charge of possession. The defense also used the argu ment that Zaccaro was unfairly sin gled out because of the publicity sur rounding his mother, but the Vermont Supreme Court refused to overturn the charges on that basis. only one day after the trial itself be- gan. Opening arguments and testi- monv began Friday, with the de fense claiming Zaccaro was en trapped bv a voting, inexperienced, attractixe undercover police officer. “This is a case of improper and ox er- zealous police conduct,” Zaccaro's lawyer, Charles Tetzlaff, argued. He called no xvitnesses, instead ba sing his defense on attacks on the prosecution witnesses and attempt ing to show the police investigation was based purely on rumor and that the undercover buy was poorlv exe cuted. But Quinn would not accept a plea for less than a felony. He said Jury selection lasted four davs, prolonged bv wide publicity the case had gained, but the verdict came But Quinn said Zaccaro was a well-organized drug dealer. He de scribed the deal with undercover of ficer Laura Manning as just another sale. Study: Men buy more clothes than women WASHINGTON (AP) —When single people go to the clothing store, who spends more money? The answer, investigators have discovered, is men. Women outspent men in most age groups, but one deviation — among men age 55 to 64 — was enough to pull average clothing spending for all single men above that of single women, $735 to $657, reported American Demo graphics magazine. The study also found that sin gle women spent a larger share of their income on food consumed at home, housing, health care, personal care services and read ing material, while men spent their money on restaurant food, alcohol, transportation, enter tainment, tobacco and retirement plans. Police arrest 1000 suspects in blitz against drug dealers, street gangs LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 1,000 people were arrested in a weekend police blitz against drug dealers and street gangs responsible for waves of violence that have been claiming hundreds of lives a year. A 1,000-officer task force flooded Los Angeles streets in gang areas Friday and Saturday night. Between Saturday evening and 1:30 a.m. Sunday, police reported 481 arrests, almost half of them on the gang-infested southside. About 190 of the arrestees were suspected gang members. Task force officers made 592 ar rests Friday night and Saturday morning during round one of the unprecedented crackdown on gangs that have terrorized neighborhoods in the nation’s second largest city. About half of those arrested dur ing the first dragnet were believed to be gang members, police said. Officials said figures were not available on how many of those ar rested in the sweep had been re leased by Sunday afternoon. It was the department’s biggest at tack ever on gangs, which specialize in the cocaine trade and were blamed for 205 killings in the city of Los Angeles last year. Gang killings in all of Los Angeles County reached 387 last year. was wounded by shots fired from a passing car. Hospital officials did not have a condition report available Sunday. A dance hall security guard was killed by shots fired from a car early Sunday, Detective Richard Hoffman said. A man was detained in that shooting, he said. About half of the special force, formed by putting officers on over time at a cost of $150,000 a day, went to augment regular patrols in the south-central area, where gangs are the most active. The rest of the officers spread out citywide. During his weekly radio address, Gov. George Deukmejian said that he will offer $10,000 rewards for in formation leading to the arrest and conviction of wanted gang members. Two drive-by shootings were re ported despite the police presence, but investigators were not sure if they were gang-related. The governor also said he will sponsor the reintroduction of legis lation to increase penalties for drive- by shootings and teen-age killers. Late Saturday, a 16-year-old boy “All too often, victims and wit nesses of gang violence are reluctant to provide authorities with informa tion which could lead to the arrest of these killers,” Deukmejian said. Jackson, Goreti) to gain supporter for N.Y. primary _ Vol F c NEW YORK (AP) — Jesse Jackson and Sen. Albert Gore Jr. sounded conciliatory notes Sun day as they campaigned for sup port in New York’s Democratic presidential primary, a contest in which the active candidates often had to compete for attention with non-candidate Mario Cuomo. Meanwhile, the front-runner in the contest, Gov. Michael Du kakis of Massachusetts, took the day off to celebrate Greek Easter with his family. Also taking a day off was Vice President George Bush whose path to the Republican presi dential nomination is clear of se rious opposition. While GOP rival Pat Robertson remains in the race, the former television evan- looking for leadership not “ acher in the White House,’’ Jac kson supporters bristltj the comment and called it raci Asked if he agreed, Jad said, “That’s not my bask p tion. There are race-basedp; tions; his is not a race-based: lenge and I accept it inthatsp in part, because 1 respect.\IC quite a bit as a person." When asked if he tlioj Gore was being unfair, Jad also demurred. “No, I think A1 Gore has much character to be cattj t ally unfair,” he replied, Although Gore saidheb: intention of altering the aj; sive tone of his campaign Fennessee senator said U hall fror war evic ter “dis tine 1 the and in t loca ton ries gelist has conceded he has no chance to overcome Bush’s long lead in the race. Gore and Jackson were inter viewed on the CBS show “Face the Nation,” and played down their differences, which have ap peared more heated as the New York campaign got under way. Jackson also said that if elected president he would not meet again with Yasser Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He said a meeting he had with Arafat several years ago was “for the sole purpose of challenging him to change his posture and move toward a mutual recogni tion policy with Israel.” That meeting with Arafat has been a focus of criticism by Jewish leaders in New York. Mayor Edward Koch said ear lier in the week that Jewish voters and other supporters of Israel would “have to be crazy” to vote for Jackson in the primary. Gore had made one of the strongest direct attacks of the campaign on Jackson when he said recently that the nation was had will van tim thought all the candidates grown'' during the long deb shu Former President Richak Nixon, interviewed on the) show, “Meet the Press,’t mented on the New York paign, saving, “Jackson has t>een on the side of Jewish ss while all the other candid “c an't wait but line up fort sues all the way down theli Nixon also said Jackson is pealing to those whoarertsi despite prosperity. And tin xvhat George Bush must come, and that’s why I dura going to be a close election than a landslide.” The former president sai while he would describe Ca and Jackson as "poets,'Did would l>etter be compared; word processor." On the other hand, Nixoo of Dukakis, "he’scool,he’sifl^ 131 ')' gent, he’s tough, he’s bates. He's going to beavetj n rl iz"! 'it” C KJ pga midable candidate.’ Cuomo look thesp the active candidates on Sat® by announcing he would not dorse anyone prior to the.i > raiT 19 vote AA MMcDonisi MCDONALD’S ~‘° a " an INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS DRIVE-THRU WINDOW At University Drive Post Oak Mall Hwy 21 Texas and S.W. Parkway At Manor East Mall McDonalds ■ I BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING INTRAMURAL SPORTS CENTER DRIVING RANGE FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR .'T ■ : v : : . : .v ' BUY 1 LARGE BUCKET OF BALL AND GET 1 SMALL BUCKET OF BALLS, FREE! GOOD ONLY ON FRI, APR 8, 12 NOON - 6 PM. MUST PRESENT COUPON. CHECK HERE EACH WEEK FOR FRIDAY SPECIALS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: McDonald’s Intramural High lights is sponsored in the Bat- italion by your local McDonald’s Restaurants at University Drive, Manor East Mall, Hwy 21, Texas Avenue and Post Oak Mall. Stories are written by P.J. Miller, [graphics are by Paul Irwin and photos are by Mark Figart and Sarah Cowan. Intramu ral-Recreational Sports is a [department in the Division of Student Services. ■ m mm iptfc m it Ik IE GAMEEPLAN ENTRIES CLOSE: TUE, APR 12 PENBERTHY SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT: ENTRY FEE: $40 Per Team (double elimination tournament). DIVISIONS: Men’s A, B, & C; Corec B & C (Due to limited number of teams, no Corec A division will be offered. Corec B teams will be allowed a maximum of 2 Class A players per team. AWARDS: Penberthy T-Shirts and team trophy to champions in all classes. Men’s Class A champions will receive a gift certificate to C.C. Creations good for 15 team t-shirts with a 2 color screen and 2 color 10" numbers with one hour of artwork; a $200 value. RULES: A.S.A. rules with IM and Penberthy exceptions will apply. Divisions must have 8 teams or more in order for the division to make. T-shirt awards will be limited to 15 per team. EXTRAS: All hom- erun hitters will receive a free food coupon compliments of McDonald's. Most valuable player of each game receives a Penberthy player of the game koozie compliments of C.C. Creations. TOURNAMENT DATE: April 15-17. dar/handbook. SCHEDULES: Participants will schedule a time to shoot at registration. DIVISIONS: Men's, women's, and corec. EQUIPMENT: A limited number of bows are available for use. Participants should re serve euqipment at time of registration. COMPETITION: Class A - Highly skilled; Class B - Moderately skilled. All archery club members must play one class level above their ranking. RULES: FITA rules will apply. Each participant will shoot one round (30 ar rows) at a distance of 10 yards. The target is 40 CM with 10 scoring rings. Four practice arrows will be allowed. RESTRICTIONS: A recurve bow with optional standard sights and stabilizers is to be used. Bow must not exceed 45 lbs actual draw. No string peep or bow level. No releases, no field or broad head point. Target points only. No mechani cal releases. NOTE: Participants should have prior archery experience. ENTRIES OPEN: MON, APR 4 ENTRIES CLOSE: TUE, APR 12 ARCHERY DOUBLES: CONTEST DATE: Tues, April 19 beginning at 6:00 PM in 304 Read Bldg. ELIGIBILITY: All TAMU stu dents, faculty, staff and spouses are eligible if they meet the requirements in the IM calen- BASEBALL HITTING CONTEST: CON TEST DATE: Contest will be held April 13, 1988 at 6 PM at Olsen Field. ENTRY FEE: FREE!!! ELIGIBILITY: All TAMU students, staff, faculty, and spouses are eligible if they meet the requirements in the IM calendar. RULES: Copies may be picked up in the IM- Rec Sports Office, 159 Read Bldg. FOR MAT: Each individual will be allowed 10 swings from the pitching machine. Points are awarded for different distances. EQUIP MENT: Wil be provided. Personal pats will be inspected. AWARDS: T-Shirts are of fered to champions of the men's and women's competition. KAYAK ROLL SESSION REGISTRATION: Mar 8-April 11 .FEE: $8 ($10 non A&M). DATE; April 14 from 6:00-8:30 pm at the Outdoor Poo\.LIMIT: 10 people. DAY CANOE TRIP REGISTRATION: March 28 - April 11 . FEE: $15 ($20 non A&M). DATE;Sat, April 16 or Sun, April 17 on the San Marcos or Guadalupe River. LIMIT: 14 people each day. 3 DAY KAYAK WORKSHOP REGIS TRA TION: March 28-April 11. FEE; $35 ($40 non A&M).DATE; Sat, April 16 at Bryan Utilities Lake; Mon, April 18 at A&M Outdoor Pool; and Sat, April 23 on the San Marcos River. LIMIT: 5 people. KAYAK ROLL SESSION REGISTRATION: April 4-15.FEE; $8 ($10 non A&M). DATE; April 19from 6:00-8:30 pm atthe Outdoor Pool.LIMIT: 10 people. FRESH WATER FISHING REGISTRATION: April 4-18. FEE: $25 ($27 for non A&M). DATE: April 22-24 at Martin Dies, Jr. State Recreation Area. LIMIT: 10 people. ALL UNIVERSITY CHAMPK Congratulations to the All- University Champtef the following sports. TEAM BOWLING COREC MEN A: BOMBERS AGAIN A: FOUR PLAY B: PINHEADS B: PLAYBOYS C: DSS TOO C: D-FURYS Dr WOMEN A: HALFLETES B: LOONIG: REGISTRATION IS IN THE IM-REC SPORTS OFFICE, 159 READ. FOR MORE INFORMATION , CONTACT PATSY GREINER AT 845-7826. GOLF SINGLES MEN WOMEN A: SHAWN STOEVER A:CATHY BORSi B: WES FLOWER B: SANDRAG^ C: JIM BOB CARTER FOOTNOTES - There will be a Captain’s Meeting for Penberthy Soft- ball Tournament at 5 PM on Thurs, April 14, at 167 Read. - Water Polo playoffs will be posted on April 14, and will begin on April 17. - Volleyball Triples will be posted on April 15 and will begin on April 18. CLUB NEWS - Congratulations go out to the A&M Handball teams. The women’s team finished 1st at the National Cham pionships held in Chicago. The men’s team finished 5th. - Congrats to David Clubb, a member of the A&M Gymnastics Club. He finished 6th atthe NCAA Division II National Championship held in Springfield, Mass. - At the National Intercollegiate Powerlifting Champi onship held in Philadelphia, David Hartman won his weight class and Kirk Harrison finshed 3rd. Congrats!!! ARCHERY DOUBLES ENTRIES ENTER YOUR TEAM OPEN TO. NOW.