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Bentsen relies
on organization
in Senate race
From Associated Press
Democratic vice presidential can
didate Lloyd Bentsen waved his
hand and his three-helicopter entou
rage climbed into the sky, black
against the setting sun.
On the ground, his staff waved
back and the national press corps
shuffled away. For that evening,
Bentsen had become Texas Sen.
Bentsen campaigning for re-elec
tion.
Nearly everywhere he goes in his
vice presidential campaign travels,
Bentsen makes time to slip away —
sometimes by helicopter or private
plane — to tend to his Senate cam
paign.
He campaigns publicly for the
vice presidency. For the Senate elec
tion, he is relying on a strong organi
zation, millions of dollars in advertis
ing and a reputation built over three
terms.
Bentsen, asked once by reporters
if his dual campaigns weren’t con
fusing to the voters of Texas, said
the answer was simple. “Vote twice
for Bentsen,” he said.
Vice presidential campaign man
ager Joseph O’Neill said this awk
ward system is the result of Bent-
sen’s effort to comply fully with
federal election laws which have
never been tested in regard to
Texas’ unusual provision for dual
campaigns.
“This is virgin territory,” O’Neill
said.
“We’re working very hard to see
that we follow not only the letter of
the law but the spirit of the law,”
Bentsen said in an interview.
“I leave it up to the lawyers and
accountants to be damn sure we
comply,” Bentsen said. “Then I
don’t worry about it. I go ahead and
campaign.”
As Michael Dukakis’ running
mate, Bentsen receives public fund
ing for his vice presiaential cam
paign. For his Senate race, the sky is
the limit in fund-raising, and he’s
spending his millions in the state on
organization and television.
One of the reasons that Bentsen is
carefully dividing the two campaigns
is that Bentsen’s Republican Senate
opponent. Rep. Beau Boulter, asked
the Federal Election Commission to
step in and block what he contended
was an unfair advantage.
The FEC declined to act, and so
did the federal courts, but the case
caused Bentsen enough political
grief that he bought television time
in Texas to explain his reasoning to
the voters.
Resigning from the Senate seat,
Bentsen said, would automatically
hand a six-year term to his oppo
nent. If he ran, won, and then re
signed, the voters would get to select
a new senator in a special election.
Boulter has tried to ridicule the
dual candidacies with his own tele
vision spot, featuring old-time cow
boys trying to ride two horses at one
time. So far, the polls consistently
show Bentsen ahead of Boulter by a
2-to-l margin, but Republicans say
their effort has helped keep Bentsen
pinned down.
Bentsen has been forced to keep
separate his Senate campaign, and
the $8 million it plans to raise — in
cluding putting its Austin headquar
ters in a building separate from the
Democratic Party and the presi
dential campaign.
“If Bentsen were not on the ticket,
we probably would have had joint
operations,” O’Neill said. “We now
don’t have that (advantage) ... to
avoid even the appearance of over
lap.”
Since his selection as the vice pres
idential candidate in July, Bentsen
has not made a single public appear
ance billed as a Senate candidate.
“We don’t expect him to do any
Senate campaigning,” O’Neill said.
Bentsen’s campaigns guard
against at least any overt cross-polli
nation, although the division isn’t
airtight. Bentsen’s top national cam
paign aides often tag along to Senate
events.
What’s Up
Tuesday
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS: Mr Sumrell of J W. Batestfe"' ‘,
struction will speak at 8 p.m. in 110 Civil Engineering. s
AGGIES FOR BARTON: Congressman Joe Barton will speak at 7 pm .k 6 mt
Rudder Tower. jny it 1
MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY: Dr. J. Dent will give interviewing tipsal7;]Georg<
402 Rudder Tower. ^Hbitl
KINO—EYE/CINEMA: will present Ingmar Bergman’s film masterpiece, whee
na," at 7:30 p.m. in 105 Langford Architecture. ■jGe
COSGA: will meet at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder Tower. K. er j
PRSSA: will meet at 8 p.m. in 003 Reed McDonald.
NUTRITION CLUB: will have a general internship meeting at 6:30pm Dn . '
Kleberg W
ASM/IEEE-CS: will have an Exxon presentation at 7:30 p.m. in 127Zacli r i an<
TAMU FLYING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. at the airport clubhouse. He s b
SAILING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in Rudder Tower. Check the screer ( ampioi
room number. )4. He’
MSC ALL NIGHT FAIR: will have a committee meeting at 8:30p.m.in40i|m race
der Tower. bustou
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: will meet at 7:30 p m inlheLi a)11)I
man’s Lounge in G. Rollie White. Lrs m
INTRAMURALS: entries close for horseshoe singles and billia / e ,,
5:30 p.m. in 159 Read. A1 ‘
COCAINE ANONYMOUS: Call the center for details on today's meetir: pP'' " '
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Call the center for details on today's m«:-lgn. I
STUDENT COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN: will meet alb ear an /
407 Rudder Tower. Lorn w
ECONOMICS SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 604 Rudder Tower. Igfii
A&M OBJECTIVIST CLUB: will have an organizational meeting forthos(j^B)rg<
ested in the philosophy of Ayn Rand at 8:30 p.m. in 302 Rudder Tower Lheelc
AGGIE TOASTERS: will meet at 7 p.m in 342 Zachry. V ....
HILLEL JEWISH STUDENT ORGANIZATION: will have Kol NidreservoT ,
p.m. at the Hillel student center. ■ e S 1 ‘'
PLACEMENT CENTER: will have an orientation session for all Decern? Btoiniz*
and August graduates at 2 p.m. in 504 Rudder Tower through Friday |“I|rod
THE AGGIELAND: freshmen and sophomores may take their yearbook;|j|e 1 ivl
through Sept. 23 at Yearbook Associates behind Campus Photo at North:, jt it gun
Trill. It
Wednesday
ALL MAJORS PHILOSOPHY CLUB: Dr. M. M. Davenport will speakaa
there really a God?" at 7 p.m. in 156 Blocker.
POLITCAL FORUM: will discuss terrorism and the Persian GulfatSc
Rudder Theater. Check the monitor screen for the room number.
CKI: Jane Morris will speak on behalf of the Brazos Valley Crisis Preg
Service at 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder Tower.
RACQUETBALL CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. by court seven in the Read
New members are welcome.
TAMU AMATEUR RADIO CLUB: will have an informational meetinga!7pr!
026 MSC.
STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: will have a general meetingat7o
402 Rudder Tower.
MSC VISUAL ARTS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 145 MSC.
AUSTIN HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 6 p.m. in 026 MSC.
WOMEN’S BONFIRE COMMITTEE: women bonfire chairmen will me?
p.m. in 604 Rudder Tower.
HILLEL STUDENT CENTER: will have Yom Kippur services at 10am!
Hillel building.
PI SIGMA EPSILON: will have a pledge meeting at 6:30 p.m. in Blocker j
general business meeting at 7:30 p.m. also in Blocker. The roomnumte
be posted.
RIO BRAZOS AUDUBON SOCIETY: Tonna H
and Wildlife of the Galapagos Islands" at 7:30 f
seum in the Brazos Center. Everyone is welcome.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a genera
845-0280 for details.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a gener
845-0280 for details.
EL PASO HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 302 Blocker
rersinct
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at the Brazos Vale
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WOMEN’S STUDIES: will have a free film, -Coup de Grace, at 7 pm
Harrington.
AGGIE BLOOD DRIVE COMMITTEE: will have a Red Cross blooddnveH
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Commons and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at RudderTower.
Hems for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reedk
no later than three business days before the desired run date We on/ypi
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have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315.
Local Briefs
“Who’s Who” applications due Frida
Applications for “Who’s Who
Among American College Stu
dents” are due Friday at 5 p.m.
Applications can be picked up
and turned in at the following lo
cations between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m.: Commandant's office,
MSC, Student Activities Office,
Zachry Engineering Center, Ster
ling C. Evans Library, Kleberg
Animal and Food Science Center,
the Office of the Dean of Veteri
nary Medicine and the Office of
the Vice President for Student
Services.
Eligibility prerequisites to ap
ply for Who’s Who include out
standing credentials in lead
ership, academic achievement
and service to the University and
community, Nancy Elliot, senior
secretary for the vice president
lor student services said.
Undergraduate applid
must have 95 credit hours,
which must have been eameiil
Texas A&M University. Til
must have an overall 2,5 gra
point ratio and they tnusti
under any terms ot probaiiral
of Aug. 31.
C Graduate students mustbl
3.5 OPR and a minimum oil
credit hours, all of which were!
grade point credit.
Those chosen b) Who's Vl
must maintain the originalelid
lity requirements througho
year. A student can Ire list
the Who’s Who roll for ones!
only.
Those students selected™
recognized during Parents'Wt|
in April.
U.S. defectors find privac
in life as Soviet residents
HOUSTON (AP) — Members of
a family that defected to the Soviet
Union two years ago and settled into
a Moscow flat said they’re happy
with their decision to flee after al
leged FBI harassment and death
threats.
Arnold Lockshin is continuing his
cancer research at the All-Union
Cancer Research Center of the So
viet Academy of Medical Sciences.
His wife, Lauren, has co-authored a
book they claim is being barred from
publication in the United States.
“We’re happy here,” Mrs.
Lockshin said. “No one harasses us.”
The couple has three children in
schools and speaking Russian.
“We’re able to lead normal lives.”
They left suddenly, leaving be
hind food in the refrigerator and a
porch light burning.
“We’re very angry that we had to
flee our country,” Mrs. Lockshin
told the Houston Chronicle. “Angry
that the FBI forced us to leave. They
threatened our lives. They threat
ened our livelihood. They destroyed
our livelihoods.”
U.S. officials have denied the
Lockshins were the object of govern
ment-organized harassment.
cal asylum. At the same
Lockshin lost his SiiO.OOO-a-ve
as a cancer researcher at the$1
Foundation at St. Joseph Hosp:
Lockshin, once a lull-tin’it]
organizer of the Communist Pa
America, now receives 500
per month, well above am
Soviet citizen’s salary, and
rubles per month for rent.
The Lockshins fled Houston Oct.
8, 1986, and turned up in Moscow
two days later, claiming that they
were endangered by the FBI be
cause of their past association with
the Communist Party.
“The statements attributed to Mr.
Lockshin, alleging that the U.S. gov
ernment harassed him and threat
ened his life because of his political
opinions, are patently absurd,” State
Department spokesman Pete Her
nandez said.
The defection came after the f am
ily visited the Russian mission at the
United Nations in New York in Au
gust 1986 and later the Soviet Elm-
bassy in Washington seeking poiiti-
He said there are some!
who do not agree with liisi
American attitudes, mcludinfj
ish dissidents who resent his|
icism of the United States.
“They’re not particularly [
that a Jewish family comes!
says life in America is not soj
Lockshin said.
The Lockshins lost almost 1
their belongings when they!
provided no details about tlieirj
den defection except to sav ■
lives were endangered by the Ftp