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Page 16/The BattalionThursday, April 21,1988 JjojLfcuim U Irulcjilim Lr U POOL TOURNAMENT BENEFITT1NG BRYAN BOYS CLUB SUNDAY APRIL 24: $5. per person REGISTRATION: 12 NOON STARTING TIME: Mens doubles 1:00 p.m: SHOOTERS POOL HALL Mixed doubles 2:00 p.m. FRONTDOOR SPONSORED BY: prizes! Double Daves Chimney Hill Bowling Quick as a Flash Hair Hair l.SKZ—' Record Bar El Chico Flowerama Western Sizzlin Varsity Shop Casa Ole Lifestyles Gym Rathers Subway Hilton Dixie Chicken Shooters Mazzios KKYS 105 Court: Alcoholism can Ik called ‘willful misconduci WASHINGTON (AP) — The Su preme Court said Wednesday the government may continue viewing alcoholism as “willful misconduct” rather than an uncontrollable dis ease when awarding veterans educa tion benefits. But the justices did not attempt to decide whether alcoholism is a dis ease, noting that the medical com munity remains sharply divided on that issue. Instead, the 4-3 decision said the Veterans Administration did not vi olate a law protecting the rights of the handicapped when it refused to extend education benefits to two men for more than 10 years after they left the service. The two men said they failed to apply earlier for the GI benefits be cause they were disabled by their al coholism. Wednesday’s ruling is not ex pected to affect veterans medical benefits. The VA provides medical benefits to help ex-GIs recover from alcohol ism without imposing any time limit. Groups that help alcoholics said they were disappointed by the rul ing, while suggesting its impact may be limited. Christine Lubinski of the National Council on Alcoholism said, "Cer tainly, this is a blow to us, and to mo rale. However . . . we feel the state of the art in terms of both public awareness about alcoholism as well as the successful treatment of alco holism will prevail.” judges to give tougher» drunken-driving casescvtij that was not even indirecW in the case. | ustice Byron R. While,J tor the court in the alcohc ing, said the tederal Rek Ac t of 1973 does not forceijl treat alcoholism as a disease | The law bars federal f anyone receiving federal* discriminating against I individuals solely because^ handicap. The decision was welcomed by Norma Phillips, president of Moth ers Against Drunk Driving. She said it might encourage “In our view, it is byi clear that (the law) andihj terization of primary alcoW willfully incurred disabijj reconciliable conflict,"! 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Panel: Natural gas aids clean-airi Sales Tax not included I XI L V 1 1 r wr The MSC Wiley Lecture Series is providing an oppor- timity for personal interaction with: * Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara * Former Prime Minister of Great Britain Lord James Callaghan WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted 213-201 Wednesday for a bill that would make the first change in the nation’s landmark im migration law, by extending the am nesty deadline for illegal aliens from May 4 to Nov. 30. House passage of the measure sent the proposal to an uncertain fate in the Senate, where opponents could use delaying tactics. The Reagan administration op poses the bill, and the chief of the nation’s immigration service, Alan Nelson, said he would recommend a veto if the measure reached the president’s desk. The immigration law signed by President Reagan in November 1986 was finely tuned legislation that carefully balanced a legalization pro gram for illegal aliens with penalties for employers who knowingly hiring undocumented workers. Under the law, those who have lived illegally in the United States since before Jan. 1, 1982, had one year — until May 4 — to apply for temporary residency. Approval by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for tempo rary residency allows the aliens to live and work in the United States while they go through a longer proc ess for permanent residency and cit izenship. Those favoring the extension con tended the INS was slow in writing rules for the temporary amnesty program, and said many of those who initially feared the agency were at first reluctant to come forward and apply. The fears existed, the supporters said, even though the law prohibits immigration officials handling am nesty claims from sharing their in formation on illegal aliens with the INS enforcement agents. “I am convinced that hundreds of thousands of potentially eligible ap plicants have not applied and may not be able to apply by the current May 4 deadline,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter W. Ro dino, D-N.J, said. Rep. Romano L. Mazzoli, D-Ky., the sponsor of the extension, said 1.2 million aliens have applied for amnesty and 729,000 have received temporary residency cards. Another 400,000 have applied for legaliza tion under a separate program for agricultural workers, but that pro gram is not affected by the bill. Mazzoli said the number of appli cants for the general amnesty pro gram was sizeable but “falls short of the numbers anticipated.” He said that leaving additional il legal aliens in the country would also mean a greater potential pool of un documented workers. WASHINGTON (AP) — Glory days may be over for the oil giants of Texas, but the vast potential of natural gas awaits as the nation grapples with cleaning up [jol- lutea air, environmentalists, pro ducers and politicians agreed Tuesday. “There’s not much future for the domestic oil industry," said Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens, f ;eneial partner of Mesa Limited ’artnersnip. "But there potential for the natur dustry.” Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro pulled together en vironmentalists, politicians and oilmen in what he called a historic meeting to forge an unlikely alli- a lot of gas in- in efforts to ridcuiesotiij from industry and vein sions. But officials said as switch to natural gasc tei nate fuels by powtijl automobiles is severalvd Congressman Mild ()kla., vowed Congresn prove legislation byi will yank highway; funding from states; comply with clean-airi Congress has lifted ail ment that cities meetti dards until the end of A lari rt de for ance to lobby for natural gas. “The squeaky wheel oil, but natural gas ha squeaky enough,” Mauro “It’s not tola its story enough.” Many of those attending the daylong symposium agreed natu ral gas, the cleanest-burning fossil fuel, can play an important role gets the n’t been said, loud According to an off Environmental Prs| Agency, 72 cities arei clean-air requiremeMij benefiting from thee reprieve. “There will be non sions on clean air," Sym When the debate! on c lean-air legislation!! W'ay, Synar and Mauir ral gas producers sf ® into the I ray to ensure. ■ role in any bill. Court upholds control on oil pric WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the power of states to con trol gasoline prices and oil indus try profits in a ruling that state of ficials say will help protect the public when there are energy crises. The justices voted, 8-0, to re instate regulations in Puerto Rico that limit oil company profits and prevent an excise tax from being passed on to consumers. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the court, said the absence of specific federal legislation on gas oline regulation leaves the states free to adopt such rules. The riding treats Puerto Rico, a commonwealth, 11 were a state and ac:l states. Scalia rejected oil guments that Congresl nating gasoline coirl dated a tree market!’! products. There may be a ; ® gressional desire" hi free market, he said. | “But unenacted a* liefs and desires artl Scalia added. “Withoa! can .. . plausibly be ini prescribing federal f! (of state power) itisi! find that a free markl dated by federal b 1 Senate OK’s Japanese reparation WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted tentatively Wednes day to give $20,000 tax-free pay ments to thousands of Japanese- Americans who were forced from their homes and sent to intern ment camps during World War II. The votes came as the Senate worked toward passage of a repa rations bill designed to make amends for the losses suffered by about 120,000 Japanese-Ameri- cans who were put in the camps after Japan attacked Pearl Har bor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941. The bill would require the United Stales toapold mass roundups. It would make each mated 60,000 surviti for $20,000 payment- On votes of 67-38 1 the Senate defeated; strip the bill of tit while retainingtheap The sometimes-er hate brought Sen. Sp naga, D-Hawaii, totci an elderly Japanese ! ternee being killed; gun fire when he close to a camp fence * Former Senator John Tower of Texas MSCOCAMERA in a series of seminars to be conducted on the 26th of April at 2:30pm. GENERAL MEETING These gatherings tuill be limited in size and invitations mill be awarded on the basis of an application process only. Applications are available in Room 216 MSC and are due back by 5pm April 25th. Invitations will be posted in Room 216 MSC by 9pm that evening. PLEASE DIRECT QUESTIONS TO TIFFANY RYAN AT 845-7627. MSC Wiley Lecture Series Monday April 25 Rudder 402 7 p.m. Topic: Studio Photography—Stiil Lifes and Portraits. Work will be shown and discussed by Dino Marcac- cio, studio photography teacher for University Plus. New members of any major are welcome.