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Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. YBA Studio on Northgate above Campus Photo 846-8856 Order prohibits abortion foes from picketing In Advance WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE (AP) — Abortion foes aren’t sure what tack they’ll take since local offi cials passed an ordinance that for bids them from demonstrating out side people’s home. City council members unani mously passed the ordinance —mak ing it a misdemeanor offense to picket a residence — after receiving numerous citizen complaints about protesters at a doctor’s home, Mayor Pro Tern Beth Ann Bryan said. Passage of the ordinance also was made possible by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this summer that such bans are constitutional. Lawrence Tackett, attorney for Life Advocates of Houston, an anti abortion organization, said he is fa miliar with the court’s ruling but has not read the West University Place ordinance, enacted Monday. Life Advocates’ treasurer, Judy Vatterott, said that on Feb. 21, about 85 members of three anti-abortion groups picketed the residence of obstetrician and gynecologist Ber nard Rosenfeld in West University Place, a community surrounded by Houston. Vatterott said abortion foes also picket almost every weekend at the Houston Women’s Clinic where Rosenfeld practices. Rosenfeld said about 40 abortions a week are performed at the facility. Rosenfeld said his home was pick eted a second time a few weeks after the first incident, but has not been picketed recently. He did not ask council members to enact the ordi nance, he said. Mayor Michael Parks, an attorney, said people wishing to demonstrate in residential areas of the city will need a parade permit. Violation of the city’s new picketing ordinance carries a fine of up to $300. Faculty to make plans for local TFA Texas A&M faculty members will meet to organize a campus chapter of the Texas Faculty As sociation Monday. The meeting begins at 5 p.m. in the College Station Hilton in Bluebonnet Ballrooms 5 and 6. They will meet for a happy hour at 4 p.m. Louis Bolieu, a Houston area TFA representative who will as sist in the formation of the A&M TFA chapter, will be the guest speaker. TFA represents faculty con cerns including curricula, gov erning, program priorities and budget decisions. Although si’^’Hr the ^acuity Senate, TFA will have powertha; goes beyond making recommen dations to administrators, said Jim Biehn, senior lecturer in tht College of Architecture and Envi ronmental Design. The organization, which ij open to all faculty, professionalli brarians, researchers and coiui- selors in Texas higher education has legal representatives and loh byists in Austin, Biehn said. helped reverse administrative de cisions to dismiss faculty mem hers and to deny them tenure, Biehn said. Coffeehouse talent performs tonight MSC Town Hall will present its second Coffeehouse program to day at 8 p.m. in Rumours snack bar. The informal show will present local and Texas A&M student tal ent. Among those performing at tonight’s Coffeehouse will be acoustic guitar players, comedi ans and Cajun storytellers. The first Coffeehouse show, held two weeks ago, was an over whelming success, said Vanessa Vance, director of sales for MSC Town Hall. “Rumours was packed,” she said. “The crowd last timeconsis ted of every conceivable type of person. The show is free to the public, A&M plays host to German comedy The Department of Modern and Classical Languages will pre sent the three-act German com edy, “Ingeborg,” today at 8 p.m. in Rudder Forum. The play is about a married woman, Ingeborg, who is in love with two men: Peter Peter, an old high school infatuation and her husband, Dr. Ottokar. For years, Ingeborg thought she married the man who refused to reveal her identity in a secret rendezvous, but Herr Peter tells her that he was the one who re fused to reveal Ingeborgs’s iden tity, not her husband. Herr Peter verifies his claimb) describing a birthmark that was revealed on the night of the ren dezvous. Meanwhile, Dr. Ottokar de vises a plan with Herr Peter to test his wile’s fidelity. gress, ] Aiwa enkopf ago th; GOP c Preside to Neva Bush be win n Whih preside lection cessful Tats he noth ho The A knowledge of German is noi necessary to enjoy the perfor mance, Roger Crockett, an asso ciate professor of modern lan guages and actor in the play, said Jury finds banker guilt) of four counts of fraud negative irchitec Bush w )y Derr 'omp ti ires id e i MIDLAND, (AP) — The govern ment overstepped its bounds in charging an Odessa developer with racketeering, the defendant’s attor ney said after his client was con victed of bank fraud. A U.S. District Cotirt jury con victed Louis Rochester, 70, on four counts, finding him innocent on 21 other counts ranging from racke teering to fraud. A seven-man, five-woman jury de liberated for almost two days before finding Rochester guilty Wednesday of mail fraud, misapplication of funds, making false entries and per sonally benefiting from a loan trans action without disclosing that benefit to all the parties involved. But Dallas attorney David Schick said federal prosecutors were ob viously overreaching with charges of racketeering. Rochester, scheduled to be sen tenced Dec. 12 by U.S. District Judge Lucius Bunton, faces a maximum five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each charge. Schick said he will request a probated sentence. Rochester continued to maintain his innocence. “It’s been difficult,” he told the Odessa American. “I don’t feel that I’m guilty at all with the charges against me.” All four counts leveled against Ro chester involved a real estate venture between Odessa Savings Association and James Pruett Construction Inc. of Arlington. Prosecutors alleged that Roches ter, while an advisory director for Odessa Savings and Mid-Central Fi nancial Group Inc., the thrift’s hold ing company, solicited and pro moted a $7.2 million loan and profit- participation agreement between the association and Pruett for the real estate venture in Arlington known as Stagecoach Estates. The loan later was increased to $8 million. On Aug. 13, 1984 — the same day the loan was secured by Pruett —Ro chester and Pruett entered into a side agreement in which half of Pru ett’s interest in the 110-acre Arling ton development was conveyed to Rochester. Rochester, who testified in his own defense Monday, said the side agreement never was disclosed to Odessa Savings directors. Government attorney Blankinship said the governmci was satisfied with the verdict. Prosecutors alleged Rochesterd vised a plan in 1973—‘andoperald it until the July 1988 indictment milk millions iof dollars in cash a* credit from Odessa Savings and depositors through fraudulentlyol tained real estate loans, dividend commissions and loan-related fees He was accused of concealingb true stock ownership in Odessafe ings by placing stock in nomitt names. Transmission lines spark controversy AUSTIN (AP) — Texans could not halt construction of an electric transmission line across their prop erty by filing a lawsuit at the county level, under a proposal made Thurs day by a legislative committee. The select committee on a statewide energy plan agreed to rec ommend that the Texas Public Util ity Commission be the major arbiter in deciding transmission line cases. The panel’s recommendations were adopted informally and will be considered again before being for warded to the Legislature, which convenes in January. Under current law, property own ers can turn to their county courts to fight a decision by the PUG that an electric utility’s transmission should be built. The recommended changewoil remove this option, although ts dents still would be able tocont* their fight in state district courts through the appeals courts if n# essary. Committee members said 4 change in law is necessary to pre« delays in construction of transit sion lines once the PUC has d mined a given line is necessary has approved a route fork. “It’s a nightmare situation,"'d 11 utilit ies seek a route for a transit sion line, committee member Call Lee Jordan of Austin said. 104 Texas ave College Station Enter And Win The Great Albuquerque Get-A-Way Win round trip air-fare from College Station to Albuquer que on American Airlines for two. 3 Days, 2 nights at A1 buequerque Comfort Inn including deluxe rooms and breakfast. 1 To Enter: Bring completed entry blank to Comfort Inn. 104 Texas Ave College Station 846-7333 Drawing Dec. 9 Texas North the GREAT ALBUQUERQUE GETAWAY Register to WIN a trip for two to Albuquerque. Air travel provided by American Airlines. Hotel accomodations for two nights provided byCOM- FORT INN - Albuquerque, NM. Some restrictions apply. Drawingiobt held December 9, 1988. You need not be present to win. 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