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By Lesa Y. Smith
Reporter
Texas A&M students gave George
ush a landslide vote as president of the
United States in a mock election held last
light.
■ “Who Should be Elected President of
the United States: George Bush or Mi
chael Dukakis?” was sponsored by the
A&M Debate Society in 301 Rudder.
Terri McGee, pro-Bush and senior
alth education major, said Bush is in
iuch with the American dream.
McGee spoke about Bush’s stand on
^defense, choosing Dan Quayle as vice
esident and domestic issues.
Bush is strong on national defense and
nuclear weapons, she said. Keeping the
Soviets out of the United States is why
[ere is a need for nuclear weapons.
McGee said Quayle knows about de-
inse, is serious about responsibility and
■mature. _
“He (Quayle) will collaberate, cooper
ate and come up with the best plans for
America,” she said.
Bush supports child care, employer
sponsored day care and the death penalty
for ‘Drug King Pins.’
He opposes furloughs for criminals
who have committed serious crimes.
Mike Fortner, pro-Dukakis and fresh
man bio-medical science major, said Du
kakis knows the government can’t solve
all the problems, but the government has
the responsibility to lead.
Fortner spoke about Dukakis’ idealogy
and records.
Dukakis wants the military and the po
lice to have exclusive access to guns,
Fortner said.
“The Republican charges on gun con
trol are an insult to Texans’ intelligen
ce,” he said.
Bush opposed a bill that would require
a seven day hold on purchasing a gun,
Fortner said.
Dukakis turned the Massachusetts def
icit into $2 million surplus and reduced
unemployment from 12 percent to three
percent, Fortner said.
“Dealing with issues, Bush is a see
nothing, hear nothing, do nothing kind
of guy,” Fortner said. “He blames other
people for problems and passes the buck.
He builds on Reagan’s accomplishments
instead of doing things for himself.”
McGee said Dukakis supports conven
tional defense and nuclear freeze.
“America could not win a conventio
nal war,” she said.
Soviets are better prepared for conven
tional war, she said, but they fear our nu
clear strength.
Abortion was discussed when the floor
was opened for questions and answers.
Most people said they didn’t want to
pay for abortions with their tax dollars
and agreed with Bush’s abortion stance.
Kelly Minear, senior agriculture eco
nomics major, said, “I like the Reagan
supply-side economics and Bush’s plan
on child support. Bush has experience
dealing with the Russians, and I like
that.”
Tara Hall, freshman computer science
major, said. “Dukakis represents most of
my views on social issues. Without equal
social, economic, and political factors,
there is no opportunity'for advancement
except for those who already have it.”
France Brown , former president of
the Black Awareness Committe and se
nior speech communications major, said,
“Dukakis supports my need as a black
man and the needs of black people better
than Bush. Bush has better qualifica
tions, but he doesn’t support me. I can’t
support him.”
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lit wasn’t simply irresistable, but it was
a mood show nevertheless as Robert
Palmer brought his pulsating combina
tion of heavy rock and funk to Texas
A&M Tuesday night, playing to a sold-
out crowd in Rudder Auditorium.
■The concert, presented by MSC Town
Hall, was originally scheduled to take
pllce in G. Rollie White Coliseum, but
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did not seem to bother Palmer, who has
been touring in smaller venues. In fact,
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tion hit, “Some Like It Hot,” the show
was off to a roaring start as Palmer led
his group, consisting of six musicians
and a backup vocalist, through a string of
hit songs. The most impressive of these
were “I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On,”
“Hyperactive,” and “Discipline of Lo
ve, 1 ’ all of them hits from the "Riptide”
Ibum. The crowd roared with excite-
mt and danced in the aisles throughout
p evening.
A fan of various styles of music from
around the world, Palmer treated the
crowd to some Africanized songs. One
song, “Pride,” was done in a Nigerian
style of music called juju. Juju is similar
to reggae in its use of a variety of percus
sion instruments and syncopated
rhythms.
Palmer also performed songs from his
early years, including his early hit,
1975’s “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Al
ley.” This song perhaps best showed
Palmer’s approach to rock ’n’ roll: the
lead guitar taking a hard rock approach
while the rhythm section ventures into
areas of rhythm and blues, soul and
funk. His subsequent recordings have,
for the most part, followed this ap
proach. Consider the title of his newest
album: “Heavy Nova,” a combination of
heavy metal and bossa nova.
Midway through the show the lights,
which were flashing across the stage in
various colors, dimmed as the music
took a turn for the mellow. Palmer then
sang “Riptide,” but it was not long be
fore he had the crowd on its feet again as
he led the band through a scorching ver
sion of his recent hit, “Simply Irresistib
le.” This song brought deafening burst of
applause from the audience, who seemed
to love every second of the show.
The only real problem with Palmer’s
performance was that the show seemed,
staged. Some of the dance steps by
Palmer and his backup vocalist looked to
be the result of choreography rather than
of spontaneity, which is always more in
teresting. However, this minor com
plaint aside, the concert was enjoyable,
and one of the best rock shows to come
to A&M in some time.
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; AUSTIN (AP) — Chief Justice Tom Phillips of the
Texas Supreme Court said Tuesday a television adver
tisement by his opponent, Justice Ted Robertson, de
liberately attempts to trick voters by implying that
Phillips — not Robertson — was the subject of a “60
Minutes” program, “Justice for Sale?”
f Phillips and Republican political consultant Karl
Rove appeared at a news conference to display ads
from the two campaigns.
| A TV ad for the Republican Phillips says, “Is jus
tice for sale in Texas? ‘60 Minutes’ asked that question
d reported that Justice Ted Z. Robertson once took
$120,000 in campaign money from Clinton Manges
and then switched his vote back and forth in a crucial
Lease involving Manges.
H “This year Robertson’s taken over $1 million in
j contributions from special interest lawyers. Tom Phi-
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Hips has said ‘No’ to big money with strict contribution
limits — tough new Chief Justice Tom Phillips for the
integrity Texans deserve. ’ ’
Phillips has a second ad which is similar to the one
causing so much controversy in both the political and
private forums.
A Robertson ad states, “‘60 Minutes’ asked the
question, ‘Is justice for sale in Texas? Official records
show that current Chief Justice Tom Phillips took
$178,000 from one special interest group alone. Phil
lips ruled for that special interest group in a crucial
court case.
“This year Phillips has taken over $1 million in con
tributions from special interests and corporate law
firms. We need a new chief justice — Ted Z. Rob
ertson, Democrat, Texas Supreme Court,” the ad con
tinues.
Rove said, “This is so cynical, so hypocritical ... it
is a really deceptive attempt by them to mask their big
gest weakness, which is he (Robertson) was the subject
of ‘60 Minutes.’”
Richard Jenson, a consultant for Robertson, said in
response that Phillips’ initial ads were “very, very de
ceptive” in suggesting that Robertson voted for Man
ages, a South Texas rancher-banker, when, in fact,
Robertson had voted against Manges 12 of 13 times in
various cases.
Jenson said if “60 Minutes” had done its program
while Phillips was on the bench, he would have been
featured.
“(He) raised more money from special interests
groups than any other Supreme Court judge in Texas
history,” he said of his opponent who is causing the
controversy.
(jury begins punishment phase
for man in capital murder trial
GALVESTON (AP) — A man faces
the death penalty or life in prison after
being convicted of capital murder in the
strangulation death of a former Clear
Lake Shores council member.
Jurors began hearing testimony Tues
day morning in the punishment phase of
Timothy Lane Cribble’s trial, which has
been going on for some time.
1. The jury in State District Judge I. Al
lan Lerner’s court convicted Gribble in
the death of Elizabeth “Libby” Jones af
ter deliberating for five hours Monday
morning.
“I’m obviously very happy,” Galves
ton County District Attorney Mike Gua-
; rino said of the verdict. “I’m looking
84c ; forward and getting on with the punish
ment phase.”
Gribble, 25, a San Leon roofer, told
authorities last October that he strangled
Jones, 36, and left her partially clad
body beneath some bushes in a secluded
field in Dickinson after sexually assault
ing her in her home. The police tried to
investigate into the crime, but were un
sure of her whereabouts.
Gribble later led authorities to the re
mains of her body and also to her purse,
which he had tossed into the waters of
Clear Lake.
Gribble had been helping in the re
modeling of Jones’ home when she dis
appeared Sept. 8, 1987. He was not im
mediately suspected in her
disappearance.
Cribble’s attorney, Mike Miller, con
ceded during closing arguments Monday
that Gribble was responsible for Jones’
death, but he argued that prosecutors had
not proved that he kidnapped her, which
if not proven, would lessen his punish
ment.
Without that proof, he argued, his cli
ent could not be found guilty of a capital
offense.
Under Texas law, a person can be
found guilty of capital murder if he or
she commits murder in conjunction with
another felony, such as kidnapping, sex
ual assault or burglary.
However, Guarino pointed out that
Gribble confessed that he made Jones get
in his truck after sexually assaulting her
and forced her to lie flat on the truck’s
seat as he drove her to the field.
Gribble, convicted of rape in 1983,
also has been indicted on a murder
charge in the death of Donna Weis, 23,
his former girlfriend from Texas City.
Weis had been missing 17 months be
fore Gribble confessed in November that
he killed her and buried her body in a
field in Hitchcock in 1986.
He later confessed to strangling an
other unidentified woman hitchhiker in
Fort Bend County in 1985.
That woman’s body has not been
found.
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