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Thursday, September 15, 1988/The Battalion/Page 7 What’s Up Thursday FACULTY FORUM: Dr. John McIntyre will speak about "Why Modern Science Was Born in a Christian Culture” at 12:30 p.m. in 607 Rudder. DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: Exxon will offer infor mation on careers in data processing at 7 p.m. in the University Inn penthouse suite. SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB: will have an ice cream social at 6 p.m. in Kle berg. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM: Dr. Anthony S. Jou, from the soils and crop sciences department will speak about “New Horizons in Tropical Agriculture and Resource Management” at 8:30 p.m. in 607 Rudder. THE SOCIOLOGY CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. at the Flying Tomato. TAMU SURF CLUB: will have a party at 8:30 p.m. at 710 Swiss Court. AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 113 Kleberg. INTRAMURALS: will meet with flag football team captains at 5 p.m. in 601 Rud der and 16” softball team captains at 6 p.m. in 167 Read. 30 LOVES: will have a general information meeting at 7 p.m. in 404 Rudder. AGGIE SPACE DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY: will have a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 027 MSC. Friday MANAGEMENT 481: Creed Ford, executive vice president of Chili's, will speak at 10 a.m. in 114 Blocker. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 108 Harrington. TAMU MOO DUK KWAN TAE KWON DO: will have a workout and new mem ber signup at 5:30 p.m. in 255 G. Rollie White. DELTA SIGMA PI: will meet from 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. at the Flying Tomato for lunch. All business students are welcome. COLOMBIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 404 Rudder. INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: a speaker will discuss “In Hope of Christ’s Return” at 8:30 p.m. in 410 Rudder. ECUADORIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 6 p.m. at the Flying To mato. WESLEY FOUNDATION: will have a welcome back dance at 7:30 p.m. at the Wesley building. INTRAMURALS: entries close for exercise classes at 5:30 p.m. in 159 Read. PLACEMENT CENTER: will have an orientation session for all December, May and August graduates at 10 a.m. in 504 Rudder through Friday. THE AGGIELAND: Freshmen and sophomores may take their yearbook pho tos from Sept. 12 to Sept. 23 at Yearbook Associates behind Campus Photo at Northgate. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald, no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only publish the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What’s Up is a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are run on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. Police Beat The University Police Depart ment received the following re ports between Sept. 7 and Sept. 13: MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • A student reported that someone removed the right front parking light assembly from his 1985 Toyota, which was parked in Parking Annex 56. Another student reported the theft of all four hubcaps and outer chrome rings from his 1969 Chevy Cam- aro, which also was parked in that lot. • A library staff member re ported that someone stole his son’s passport from the table on which he had left it in the Sterling C. Evans Library. • An ornamental plant was stolen from the lobby of the Old Veterinary Hospital Building. • Also reported stolen this week were 11 bicycles and Five backpacks. HARASSMENT • A resident of Clements Hall reported that she has been receiv ing annoying telephone calls at odd hours. FELONY THEFT: • Someone removed a stu dent’s 1987 Kawasaki Ninja mo torcycle from where he had parked it next to Lounge F on Sept. 8. The motorcycle was re turned on Sept. 10, with about $ 1,500 in damages. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: • While on surveillance of the west campus area, officers ob served two students knocking over pylons in Parking Annex 56, which had been set out by the Sports Car Club. • Staff members in the Chemi cal Engineering Office reported that someone put green slime on their office door. • Officers responding to a call discovered that five fire extin guishers had been emptied into the third floor men’s restroom of the Civil Engineering Building. • Someone removed a depart ment money box from a room in the Oceanography and Meteorol ogy Building. • Grounds Maintenance re ported that someone stole an Al lied “Hole Hog” underground piercing tool from the mainte nance compound. Business deals of Delta crash raise questions AUSTIN (AP) — Some laywers have raised questions about State Bar of Texas President Jim Sales’ role in preventing illegal or unethi cal soliticing of business from victims of the Delta Flight 1141 crash, the Austin American-Statesman re ported Wednesday. Sales denounced what he called “scurrilous charges and innuendo that (some plaintiff’s lawyers are) trying to insert into the media to dis credit what has been the first effec tive deterrence of prohibited law yers’ conduct before it happened.” Within hours of the crash that killed 13 people Aug. 31 at the Dal- las-Fort Worth airport. Sales an nounced an aggressive bar effort to prevent improper solicitation of business from victims or their fami lies. But the American-Statesman re ported that in the past week, some trial lawyers have called attention to the fact that Sales is chief of liti gation for the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski of Houston. The firm has among its clients U.S. Aviation Underwriters, Delta’s insurance company, the newspaper reported. Sales said the firm’s connection to Delta’s insurance company had nothing to do with the State Bar pro gram. He said the attacks on him probably were motivated by the suc cess of the effort to stop what is le gally known as “barratry.” Fulbright & Jaworski, he said, doesn’t represent Delta. It has rep resented the insurance company only in minimal ways in the Houston area, he said. The trade publication Texas Law yer reported this week that an exam ination of state district court dockets showed -the law firm representing the insurance company in two cases in Houston, neither involving Delta. Sales said the bar had received some complaints about lawyers’ con duct after the crash and that the bar’s general counsel, Steve Peter son, is investigating. He declined to give details about the complaints. David Perry, president of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, said that Sales should have disqual ified himself from participation in the Dallas program because of his Firm’s connection with Delta’s in surer. Perry said the bar’s program should cover lawyers for insurance companies trying to get quick and cheap settlements as well as lawyers seeking a contingency fee by suing the insurer. He also said he was con cerned because it appeared the bar had advised victims of the crash and their families not to seek legal coun sel when legal counsel was critically needed. A news release issued by the bar on the day of the crash said, “At a time of intense emotional distress, no one need make immediate deci sions concerning legal matters or le gal representation.” Sales said the advice to victims was that they wait a little while and then consult with people they trust. “At no time did we suggest they not hire a lawyer,” Sales said. The advice to victims was that they wait a little while and then consult with people they trust, he said. Four men plead not guilty to charges of engine theft CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — Four [men indicted on charges of stealing [helicopter engines that later were [confiscated from national powerboat owners and a tractor pull competi tion will face trial next month. The four pleaded innocent to fed eral charges accusing them in con nection with the theft of 10 heli- [copter engines in' 1986 from the Corpus Christi Army Depot. Marvin Kottman of West Point, Neb.; Raymond Kovic and Clem Mc- Clane, both of Mineola; and William Felts of Corpus Christi were released on $10,000 personal recognizance bonds each after an appearance be fore U.S. Magistrate Eduardo De Ases. All four men will be tried at the same time, U.S. Attorney Robert Berg said. Their trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 26. A federal grand jury indicted the men Sept. 2 on two counts each — conspiracy to steal, then stealing the T-55 turbine engines. The FBI and the Army started tracking the engines after it was dis covered that they were missing from the helicopter repair facility at the depot following an inventory in late 1987. Federal agents confiscated the 10 engines in May from powerboat owners on the national racing circuit and from a competition tractor puller in Kentucky. Owners had purchased the engines from inde pendent dealers for at least $22,000 each and apparently were unaware they had been stolen. According to federal indictments, the men gathered at McLane’s house in Mineola on March 19, 1987, to plan the thefts. According to the indictments, Felts, who worked at the depot, had T-55 engines used in older models of the Army’s Chinook CH-47 heli copters placed in his work area to be stolen from the depot. The engines were then shipped to people who sold them, FBI agent Brian Marshall of Corpus Christi said. The engines were being dis mantled at the Army Depot when they were stolen. Merchandise trade deficit shows biggest improvement in 6 years AUSTIN (AP) — The U.S. mer- i chandise trade deficit show'ed the biggest improvement in almost six years in July, a dramatic 28 percent narrowing that reflected a big de cline in Americans’ appetite for for eign goods, the government re ported Wednesday. See related stories, page 1 The Commerce Department said the difference between what the United States imports and what it sells abroad shrank to $9.53 billion in July, down $3.6 billion from a fune deficit of $13.22 billion. The Reagan administration lost no time hailing the huge decline as proof that the administration’s eco nomic strategy of fighting soaring trade deficits with a devaluation of the dollar w'as paying off. In a speech in Cape Girardeau, Mo., President Reagan called the trade Figures good new^s that proved that w'hen America goes into the market to compete, we play to win. The 28 percent June-to-July de crease was the biggest monthly im provement since a 35.7 percent nar rowing in September 1982 and gave the country the lowest overall im balance since December 1984, when the deficit w'as $8 billion. While the trade deficit has been showing improvement, for most of this year, the gains have all been on the export side, reflecting the fact that the weaker dollar has made American products competitive once again on overseas markets. Imports, however, had remained at stubbornly high levels. Analysts said this made the July drop partic ularly encouraging. Little Caesar Mugs 35<t refills or free with purchase Northgate Now Delivers to Campus. Delivery Charge $1.° /& Pizzas j Football Special BUY ONE PIZZA... GET ONE FREE! Price varies on size and num ber ot toppings. 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