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Thursday, December 8,1988 The Battalion Page 5 Problem Pregnancy? Warped by Scott McCullar WR P D PRESETS: A HASTILY WRITTEN, | fAAPE-FOK-TELEVjSjO// SITCOH.. TftE ^CEA'E: THE LIVING KOOrt, (WHEKE IT ALWAYS BtLGlNS') GOSH, MERRITT, WHAT1L WE GET PAP FOR CHRISTMAS? WHAT'S GOING OH, PAUL? WHERE’S MY SCRIPT? "’V*" WE SUBTITLE ALL OUR LINES HOW 50 WE PONT HAVE TO MEMORIZE ‘£M. Gosh, Merritt, what'll we get Dad for Christmas?? How will we afford the new powersaw he wants?? Gee, why don't we sell his golf clubs for the money? by Kevin Thomas /BUT I'M JUST AN EXTENSION OF YOUR EGO AND I REALLY DON'T EXIST/ Scrambled Eggs :an n PONT WE HAVE. ANY PLAYS) eeSIPES) <3UA1?TET?0ACK SNEAK? Small-town delegation tours Israeli-held area PALESTINE, Texas (AP) — One f six U.S. mayors who will tour the sraeli-occupied West Bank and Saza Strip says he has been encour- ged to make the trip, despite claims hat the tour is an attempt by a spon- oring pro-Palestinian organization ;o spread propaganda. “I’ve read about this situation but iever knew a whole lot about it,” t)anny Allison, mayor of Palestine, Texas, said. “In my personal opin ion, I’ve kind of sympathized with both sides.” The American Arab Anti-Dis- rimination Committee recruited the mayors to tour the area. The mayors represent cities whose names are well known in the regions they will tour — Palestine, Texas; Pales- ine, Ark.; East Palestine, Ohio; Bethlehem, Conn.; Hebron, N.D., and Hebron, Ind. Paris Bouhafa, public relations di- ector for the committee, said the tour would commemorate the [Christmas season and the first anni- ersary of the Palestinian uprising. “They are our guests for the trip,” 1 Bouhafa said. “There will be public ity about it, but these people will not be lending their name to any cause.” Before accepting, Allison said he contacted representatives of U.S. Rep. Charles Wilson, D-Lufkin, and U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm to check the committee’s background. Both of fices encouraged him to participate, he said. Elaine Lang, Wilson’s press secre tary, said the committee is a re spected group in Washington that is “very definite” in its pro-Palestinian support. The tour begins Thursday and concludes Dec. 19 in Washington, D.C. The itinerary includes meetings with mayors of the Israeli-occupied cities of Bethlehem, Ramallah, Nab lus and the deposed mayor of He bron. “It’s a chance to tell people how I perceive the situation there firs thand, instead of how the news me dia presents it,” Allison told the Pal estine Herald-Press. (Gulf j ^Reveille's XMAS CASH Two $250 00 cash drawings December 9 & December 12 Merry Christmas from Reveille’s -I An l<f*rsey Come by to sign up 3UU ° * no purchase necessar .o ,he new L.upg»J£&i — — — — — — •We listen, We core, We help •Free Pregnancy Tests •CanccmeA Counselors Brazos Valley Crisis Pregnancy Seivice We’re Local! 3620 E. 29th Street (next to Medley's Gifts) 24 fir. hotline 823-CARE QOo ryyiCLYl dy ofcj uare {^\parlynenls • Large Bedrooms, Windows & Closets • On Site Manager • Swimming Pool • Preieasing • 2 & 3 bedrooms • Close to Campus 507 #1 Nagle, College Station 846-4206 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ "WANT A 4.0 GPR ?! J EVEN IF A 4.0 IS UNREACHABLE THERE IS STILL A WAY ^ TO DO WELL ON FINALS. BUT TO DO THIS YOU’VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO STUDY WITHOUT ANY DISTRACTIONS. —If you’ve got a noisy roommate, obnoxious neighbors, or just can’t seem to concentrate at home or in the library, The Comfort Inn has a deal for you. ^ —From Dec. 7-14 with an A&M ID., you can get a room at The Comfort Inn, in cluding a well-lighted desk, free breakfast, (7 a.m.-10 a.m.) and a kingsized bed for only $30.00 a night! You can come down to our lobby till Midnight and enjoy all the free coffee, lemonade, cookies and fruit you want. Whether you need a week to study, or just one night, reserve your room now. At This low rate, we’ll soon be filled with Aggies who are serious about studying. High Court frees teachers from ‘bondage’ AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Su preme Court — in the words of one lawyer — on Wednesday freed many public school teachers from eco nomic bondage. The court in a unanimous opinion determined that school districts granting continuing contracts must decide by Aug. 1 what they are going to pay teachers for next school year. If a district has not set a determin able salary by Aug. 1, then it is obli gated to pay the salary from the pre vious year, the court said in an opinion by Justice William Kilgarlin. Austin attorney Jay Brim said that while Dec. 7 may be a date of infamy in the minds of many Americans, he thinks in the minds of Texas teach ers it’s going to take on a new mean- in g- “This is, in effect, an emancipa tion proclamation for Texas teach ers,” he said. Brim, an attorney for the Texas Association of Professional Educa tors, said teachers historically have been required to perform contracts without knowing what they were going to be paid. Justice Kilgarlin wrote that teach ers who sued the Lumberton Inde pendent School District were correct in stating, “It is unconscionable to bind them to employment contracts under penalty of law without a spe cific agreement as to what the com pensation will be.” The suit was filed after Lum berton school trustees, one month after school started and salaries were set, voted to decrease certain salaries because the state had lowered its share of the payment. Brim said salaries were reduced for 107 teachers. Of those, 26 plus two librarians joined in the lawsuit. Some teachers lost as much as $2,800 a year under the trustees’ de cision, according to the professional educators association. Brim said there is still time for the other Lumberton educators affected by the ruling to seek relief in court. He also estimated that 100,000 teachers in some 200 of Texas’ 1,000-plus school districts — includ ing many urban districts — are cov ered by continuing contracts, and would be affected in the future by the Supreme Court ruling. Kilgarlin’s opinion noted that once a teacher achieves continuing contract status, or tenure, employ ment continues without the necessity of annual school board approval. Brim said the practice of school, districts waiting to the last minute to set salaries never had been tested in court, and was challenged in the Lumberton case. BEAT THE HELL OUTTA FINALS Comfort Inn BEAT THE HELL OUTTA * FINALS music OPEN Mon-Sat 725-B UNIVERSITY DRIVE *11?hind Skntnci 6» McDonalds" 846-1741 12-9 your business deserves some prime-time exposure. readers use these pages to see what’s happening on the tube, let them know what’s happening with you. call 845-2611 to place advertisements in at ease.