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(• FACTORY*) Call 76-GUMBY “The Pizza Factory will BEAT THE HELL outta competitors prices” Monday Special 12” Pepperoni: $4.20 plus tax Tuesday Special Expires 9-30-88 12” Sub sandwich, chips & soda $3.95 plus tax Expires 9-30-88 Cash For Gold Silver, old coins, diamonds hull Jewelry Repair • Gold Chains Large Selection of Loose Diamonds TEXAS COIN EXCHANGE 404 University, CS 846-8905 oF MSC Political Forum TERRORISM AND THE PERSIAN GULF Former Iranian hostage and military intelligence expert COLONEL CHARLES SCOTT will be speaking. Wednesday, September 21 Rudder Theater 8:00 pm Free admission MSC Jordan Institute for International Awareness This program Is brought to you by MSC Political Forum In cooperation with MSC Jordan Institute. $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 URINARY TRACT INFECTION STUDY * 200 $200 $200 Do y° u ex P er 'ence frequent urination, burning, stinging, $200 or hack pain when you urinate? 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Call Pauli Research International 776-6236 Page 4/The Battalion/Monday, September 19, 1988 Businesses face difficult decisions in presidential race HOUSTON (AP) — Many promi nent Houston companies, faced with a choice in the presidential election between two business-oriented friends — George Bush and Lloyd Bentsen — are supporting both, in siders say. “The Houston business commu nity is torn and therefore they are giving to both,” political consultant George Strong told the Houston Chronicle. During both the Democratic and Republican national conventions, Enron Corp. underwrote social events. This week, the energy cor poration’s president is helping to host a Democratic fund-raising event while the company chairman is heading a Republican gathering. President John Seidl is listed as a host of a $ 1,000-a-person Demo cratic Party fund-raiser scheduled for Monday night with presidential nominee Michael Dukakis and run ning mate Lloyd Bentsen as the fea tured speakers. Meanwhile Enron’s chairman, Kenneth Lay, is Harris County chairman for Thursday’s $l,000-a- person Republican fund-raiser fea turing President Reagan and Vice President George Bush, the GOP presidential nominee. With both major presidential can didates coming to town for financial boosts, influential political contribu tors are finally putting their money where their minds are. But, like Enron, many energy cor porations, law firms, banks, inves tors and important individuals are split, according to politial insiders. The benefits of supporting both parties. Strong said, are first, you help someone you know personally get elected, and No. 2, you get access to them. For the week, the Republicans have won the fund-raising contest. The Republican Texas Victory ’88 Committee has exceeded its goal for raising $2 million for the Thursday night gathering, fund-raiser and party activist Rob Mosbacher said. Charles Duncan, chairman of the Democratic event, said last week that his goal was .to raise $1 million and that pledges were approaching that mark. Both Bush and Bentsen have Houston ties. Bush was in the oil business in Houston for many years and represented Houston’s 7th Con gressional District for two terms and Bentsen is a former Houston insur ance executive and three-term Texas senator who heads the power ful Finance Committee. Texas Commerce Bancshares Chairman Ben Love, who said two months ago that the political choice will produce probably more ulcers than the plunge to $10 per barrel in the price of oil, is another host of the Democratic event. Oilman George Mitchell, a Bush acquaintance for 30 years who do nated money to the Dukakis candi dacy before Bentsen was picked, said two months ago that he might make his decision at the last minute. He’s also listed as a supporter of the Dem ocratic function. Mosbacher charged that several key contributors in Houston had their arms twisted by Bentsen to con tribute money but will vote for Bush and are doing nothing to interfere with contributions to the Bush cam- E aign by their top assistants, their iw firms and their friends. Church members practice healings in old-time ways DENTON, (AP) — The sound system is being tested and all but drowns out the greetings of the faithful who trickle in to meet under the tent covering rows of pews. As the members and guests of Life Tabernacle Church begin the songs that characterize their worship, chills run up the legs of those in attendance. Some called it the presence of the Holy Spirit, but maybe it was just the cool wind that blew at dusk on the sixth night of the late-summer revi val. Janet Teague, who keeps the nursery for the church, said the cool breeze was a gift from God, who wanted his worshippers to continue the revival beyond its scheduled five days. She was quick to talk about the healings she has seen take place: the restoration of hearing to a deaf boy and the relief of an elderly man’s ar thritic pain. Evangelist Bill Mills, who was a guest speaker at the services, called it a “Holy Ghost hoedown.” Harry Splechter said when the Rev. Paul Haygood prayed for him, “I felt just a warm feeling from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. When Rev. Haygood prayed for me, the pain just left my knees.” Snlechter said the nain would soon have kept him from walking. Healing is not a new experience for Splechter, who said he was in stantly healed of inflammation of the vertebrae in 1951 in a St. Louis hospital. Although the Army had discharged him as disabled, a faith healing erased all signs of his ail ment. “I feel that a little bit of doubt sometimes keeps us from being healed,” he said. He said he believed in God before he was healed the first time. “I just couldn’t grasp the fact that it would actually come to me,”he said. Haygood is pleased with the faith of his congregation. Their church on Wood Street burned down in De cember 1983, and the congregation now has a metal building on a 10- acre lot at Windsor and Bonnie Brae. But for five months the church has met in a tent. “And there were as many people here each time as you see now,” the pastor said. About 150 people at tended each night of the recent revi val. Eight of those people are mem bers of the Donna and Robert Mc Cauley family. They say their son, Shane, 3, was healed at the revival. What’s Up Monday ik 1 POLITICAL ACTION OPPORTUNITIES/TEXAS GRASSROOTS COALU Richard Smith, Brazos County representative in the Texas House of Rep;;. 1 tatives, will present "What the Republican Party Offers the Christian C:-*| _ nity" at 7 p.m. at the College Station Community Center. VOLUNTEERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: will have an information andoried®! session for those interested in volunteering in public schools at7p.in.?i| MSC. AGGIES FOR BOULTER: will have an organizational meeting at8:30pr| 704 Rudder. PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH: Former staff members will meet at 7p.m. Apartments #19 to help plan the staff reunion. All former staff membersf!; couraged to attend. PANAMANIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p m. in231 MSC MSC VISUAL ARTS: will have a lecture at 7 p.m. in 206 MSCandarecs. for photographer Dan Younger at 8 p.m. in the MSC Gallery. TAMU SCUBA CLUB: will have an informational meeting at 7 p.m.in607 der. WOMEN’S BONFIRE COMMITTEE: will meet with women Bonfirediaii 7 p.m. in 228 MSC. HONORS STUDENT COUNCIL: Dr. Hespy will speak about resumesanc view skills at 7:30 p.m. in 228 MSC. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: will meet at 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder. EAGLE PASS HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in the lobbyoftt-t demic Building. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion. Call the ce^j 845-0280 for time and place details. INTRAMURALS: Entries open for long driving and racquetball doublesai in 167 Read. There will be a meeting for innertube water basketball office Hu p.m. 167 Read. ie for 5(1"' ad Tuesday ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS: Mr. Sumrell of J W Bates? struction will speak at 8 p.m. in 110 Civil Engineering. AGGIES FOR BARTON: Congressman Joe Barton will speak at 8:30: 301 Rudder. MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY: Dr. J. Dent will give interviewing tips at/;! 402 Rudder. KINO—EYE/CINEMA: will present Ingmar Bergman's film masterpiece" na." at 7:30 p.m. in 105 Langford Architecture. COSGA: will meet at 7 p.m in 510 Rudder. PRSSA: will meet at 8 p m. in 003 Reed McDonald. NUTRITION CLUB: will have a general internship meeting at 6:30prr Kleberg. ASM/IEEE-CS: will have an Exxon presentation at 7:30 p m. in 127Zachr) TAMU FLYING CLUB: will meet at 7 p m. at the airport olubhouse SAILING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in Rudder Tower. Check the scree- room number. MSC ALL NIGHT FAIR: will have a committee meeting at 8:30 p.m in4tt der. FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: will meet at 7:30 p.m in the • man's Lounge in G. Rollie White. INTRAMURALS: entries close for horseshoe singles and billiard da:- 5:30 p.m. in 159 Read. COCAINE ANONYMOUS: Call the center for details on today s meeting ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Call the center for details on todaysmee": STUDENT COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN: will meet all: 407 Rudder. ECONOMICS SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p m in 604 Rudder A&M OBJECTIVIST CLUB: will have an organizational meeting lortho« ested in the philosophy of Ayn Rand at 8:30 p.m. in 302 Rudder. AGGIE TOASTERS: will meet at 7 p m in 342 Zachry. HILLEL JEWISH STUDENT ORGANIZATION: will have Kol Nidreser,* p.m. at the Hillel student center. PLACEMENT CENTER: will have an orientation session for ai! DecerK and August graduates at 2 p.m. in 504 Rudder through Friday. THE AGGIELAND: Freshmen and sophomores may take their yeartw tos through Sept. 23 at Yearbook Associates behind Campus Photo a: > gate. Or tl" anoirer ] Hj tin aua- we bani wa: hits. tlu- 1 from mo n; Bhashm ■ ■t is Hjju'd Hkniin ffjlw' Turkov. EtHppia flvl’ ternanoi Club pr who is ii studt nts 4000 wh ■milies Samli Irel Items for What 's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed Me no later than three business days before the desired run date. Vie on) the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. IMai a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submission on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry willm have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315. In Advance BP ST id a ohn Sa: A&M concert season opens tonigli, 0 ,| I)llk :ombati\ The University Chamber Se ries opens the concert season to night toy presenting Werner Rose in his Texas A&rM debut as a con cert pianist. The 8 p.m. concert is the first of six sponsored by the Universitv Chamber Series. The concert will be held in Rudder Theater. Rose will be performing works by Johannes Brahms, Bela Bar- tok, Franz Liszt and “Sonatina,” a piece composed in 1981 by fac ulty member and composer Dr. Peter Lieu wen. Rose received his bachelor’s degree in music education at Montclaire College in New Jersey and received a full inns .ned rht arship for graduate stud' h#|i in Tniversitv ills postgn^Bj]ed weak included three veaiujo, ,iia Beveridge Webster, a conn ideptap nisi of the | mill.ml Sihoui eph i',! SK ill New Mirk City. ace, s.is Rose, coordinate! of wee the Department ol Phikjatnerec .mi I 1 lumanit ies, camctoA^Hted | him hi >111 .1 Jj-Nf.ii tmii'. imp], ,1 University of Wyoming to head the development ofiZlesses tl sic curriculum in the ColJaign 1 Liberal Arts. §p|tint> T ic kets are available - IMk- 1 Rudder Box Office and/political for students and $6 for ado! men 1 ] • —jinmi [aiijecl I 'ention Judicial campaign funding draws criticism AUSTIN (AP) More than $3 million from competing interests in the courtroom have contributed money to Texas Supreme Court ju dicial campaigns amid widespread criticism of state law that allows judi cial candidates to take unlimited contributions from lawyers who may practice before them. Business interests have spent more than $1 million to elect a con servative majority to the state’s high est civil appeals court, while lawyers specializing in injury cases have fun- neled more than $2 million to main tain the status quo, the Dallas Morn ing News reported in its Sunday editions. Six seats on the nine-member court are up for grabs in the high- stakes battle, which has the most contested spots ever at one time ap pearing on the November Texas bal lot. According to the paper’s analysis of contributions of at least $500, five Supreme Court candidates have re ceived more than $300,000 directly from medical, insurance and cor porate interests and more than $700,000 from law firms who de fend liability cases. The survey included reports filed with the secretary of state, as re quired by law, covering the period from Jan. 1, 1987, through June 30, 1988. The contributions, reported raised through June 30, exceed the total spent by the same groups on all “If we're going to address the question of public confi dence in the judiciary, we have to address it from all sides. That's why we need to limit the amounts anyone can give to these judicial campaigns and, to go even further, to free these candidates from special-interest money by providing partial public financing. ” —John Hildreth Supreme Court candidates through the entire 1986 race. Only two seats were contested in that race, the pa per reported Sunday. The five judicial candidates that are clear choices of business groups are Chief Justice Tom Phillips, Na than Hecht and Paul Murphy, all Republicans; and Jack Hightower and Justice Raul Gonzalez, both Democrats. Democrat Ted Robertson faces Republican candidate Phillips in the chiefjustice race. Races for associate justice posi tions pit Democratic incumbent Wil liam Kilgarlin against Hecht; Repub lican incumbent Barbara Culver against Hightower; Democratic in cumbent Gonzalez against Republi can Dallas Appeals Court Judge Charles Ben Howell; and Democrat Lloyd Doggett against Murphy for a seat no incumbent is seeking. Candidates for the sixth race were selected after the July 15 filing dead line for campaign-finance reports. The next filing deadline is in Octo ber. Traditionally, non-lawyer busi ness interests are not big givers in Supreme court contests, but they are spending in record amounts this year, said Kim Ross, a T exas Medical Association lobbyist. “The medical liablity laws enacted in 1977 have been systematically dis mantled,” said Ross. “So as a direct consequence of that, we have had to focus a disproportionate amount of our concerns and our activities on this nine-member ‘legislature.’” The medical association’s political action committee has donated $114,000 thus far to the five busi ness-favored Supreme Court candi dates. Dentists have given al least $23,000, hospital interests contrib uted at least $12,000 and the insur ance industry tossed in more than $22,500 to the same five candidates, the News study showed. John Hildreth, executive director of Common Cause in Texas, said the large sums from both trial li and business groups who eventually appear beforethf judges underscores the need!' its on campaign contributions “If we’re going to add^ ; question of public confident judiciary, we have to address® all sides," said Hildreth.Ths we need to limit the amount can give to these judicialcauf and, to go even further, toft# candidates from special-i 6 money hy providing panialf nancing.” tvdy to md liis I “pari In other findings, the ne 1 reported: • Culver, one of three ^ cans whom Gov. Bill CleniT pointed to fill vacancies on court, has been virtually shm 1 contributions by doctors tal interests. In May, Ms voted to strike down a la"I! medical malpractice awards • Phillips has received m* jor contributions than anyotl* didate from oil and gasinttf $74,318. An analysis sho 1 nearly three-quarters of il* came from past financial suff of Clements who activelyba ( l lip s campaign. • Robertson led thefif contributions from a singles* $58,500 from lawyers «' i: Houston law firm of Abralu kins, Nichols, Ballard, Friend. In 1 F C