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security for anniversary
DALLAS (AP) — Abortion clinics
stepped up security Sunday, the
I6th anniversary of the U.S. Su
preme Court decision legalizing
abortion, as authorities continued to
investigate recent fires at three Dal
las clinics.
In the landmark suit, Norma Mc-
Corvey, alias Jane Roe, of Dallas
challenged in federal court a 19th-
century Texas law banning abortion
except to save the life of the mother.
The nation’s high court ruled 7-2
for McCorvey on Jan. 22, 1973, and
said she and others have a right “to
be free from unwarranted govern
mental intrusion into matters so fun
damentally affecting a person as the
decision whether to bear or beget a
child.”
On Christmas Day 1988 — less
than a month before Sunday’s anni
versary of the ruling — three abor
tion clinics in Dallas were damaged
within a 40-minute period by fires
set with the same flammable mixture
of gasoline and other solvents, au
thorities said.
Abortion rights activists say the
fires at the North Dallas Women’s
Clinic, the Metroplex Gynecological
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A spectacular light show that
some mistook for a crashing air
plane or a comet when it lit up the
night sky over several states was
just the body of a derelict Soviet
rocket burning up in the atmo
sphere, officials said Saturday.
The Federal Aviation Adminis
tration, National Weather Service
and military bureaus and bases
across the Midwest and South
west were swamped with calls
about Friday night’s display, offi
cials said.
Sightings of the object around
9:10 p.m. EST were reported
from Texas, Oklahoma, Loui
siana, Arkansas, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Indiana, Missouri, Illi
nois, Kansas, Mississippi and
Iowa, officials said.
“It was definitely a Soviet
rocket body that was re-entering
the Earth’s atmosphere,” Maj.
Dick Adams at the North Ameri
can Air Defense Command at
Colorado Springs, Colo., said.
He said the rocket body that
fell out of orbit was either “de
stroyed in re-entry, or fragments
of it have fallen to Earth and are
some place, but who knows
where.” Most such objects burn
up before hitting the ground.
Group and Fairmount Center Clinic
were the worst outbreak of violence
against abortion clinics anywhere in
tjie nation last year.
Investigators with the U.S. Bu
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire
arms continue to probe the fires,
which they say are linked and were
deliberately set.
Workers at the three clinics said
security had been stepped up since
the fires and was increased even
more this weekend.
“This will not affect our patients,
though,” said Danniece Smith, a reg
istered nurse at Fairmount Center.
“We have not had a drop in patient
loads. In fact, we’ve had an in
crease.”
Smith said some clinics that were
not hit by the Christmas Day rash of
fires also increased security.
“Two have received bomb threats
since the fires,” she said.
Employees from the two other
clinics hit by arson said they too will
be alert for possible problems, but
they declined to specify what secu
rity measures they may take.
Chris Nelson, deputy agent in
charge of ATF’s Dallas office, said
evidence collected from the three
fires has been presented to a federal
grand jury but investigators have no
suspects.
“It’s very difficult to investigate
these cases unless the people in
volved leave physicial evidence at the
scene, because normally, from what
we’ve seen, the people involved are
not the types with criminal back
grounds,” Nelson said.
As the Roe vs. Wade anniversary
arrived, pro-choice groups mobi
lized to try to save the decision from
being crippled or even reversed.
Meanwhile, anti-abortion groups
were preparing to bid good riddance
to the 1973 decision — a ruling, they
contend, legalized murder. About
3,000 anti-abortion protesters
marched through downtown Austin
Saturday and claimed imminent vic
tory at a rally near the state Capitol.
Pro-choice activists conducted a
rally and candlelight vigil on the Ca
pitol steps later Saturday.
Just as President George Bush was
sworn in Friday, a group of pro-
choice advocates gathered in Dallas
to sign a petition defending legal
abortion.
Regents
(Continued from page 1)
of his accomplishments.
“The best is yet to come for each
part of the Texas A&M University
System,” he said. “I’m proud of you
and I’m proud to say that through
your help, I’m leaving Texas A&M
just a little better than when I got
here.
“They’ve been tough, exciting,
happy, sad and meaningful times,
but tomorrow must always be ap
proached eagerly and with enthu
siasm.”
Reynolds, a graduate of Baylor
University called himself a “trans
planted” Aggie and referred to his
wife and himself when he said, “We
are the Aggies / The Aggies are we.”
“The thing that makes A&M so
great is its traditions,” he said.
“That’s the way it started out and
that’s the way it will continue.”
Reynolds, who was strongly
against women joining the band and
the eventual recognition of Gay Stu
dent Services, jokingly said he heard
a rumor that Regents would build a
parking garage on the golf course
and allow co-ed residence halls as
soon as he was gone. Reynolds voted
against the golf course in July 1988
and opposes co-ed dorms at A&M.
Reynolds offered glowing praise
for his replacement.
“If the governor’s other two
choices are as good as Billy Clayton,
A&M is going to be in good hands.”
Clayton returned the compliment.
“It’s an awesome thought to real
ize I have to fill the shoes of Joe Rey
nolds,” he said. “I will never fill
those shoes. Joe has set a mark for
A&M people to look at for a long,
long time.”
John Coleman has attended all
but two of the 23 Super Bowls, Re
gent John Mobley of Austin said. Fie
missed his second Sunday.
“He has brought an intense inter
est, a sense of fair play and an ex
traordinarily good humor to the
Board,” Mobley said. “It’s been a
pleasure to sit next to him and to
work with him for the last four
years.
“He doesn’t say a lot, but when he
does, people listen. They know that
what he has to say is worth listening
to.”
Coleman was emotional as he said
his career as a Regent had taken top
billing in his life.
“I have placed the activities of this
Board and this System as my highest
priority,” he said. “My life has been
greatly influenced by several on this
Board. Thank you for allowing me
to enjoy your fellowship.”
Coleman, the only black member
of the Board, said he was most
proud of A&M’s accomplishments in
minority recruitment and minority
retention.
“Minority retention is such that
A&M ranks higher than any state
school in Texas,” he said. “Texas
and our country needs more Fred
McClures as well as Darren Lewises.”
Regent Douglas DeCluitt of Waco
found this Coleman quote while
going through a list of awards the
out-going Regent had received.
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never experienced before. But be
careful. Just because they can do
things does not mean they are free at
all. It simply means they can do cer
tain things they couldn’t do before.”
One of the stipulations of glasnost
is that Soviet citizens cannot criticize
the system itself.
“The system depends on an eco
nomic and political monopoly,” he
said. “Once you allow for a weak
ening of the monopoly, you don’t
know what forces you’ll be pulled to.
“People in power find it difficult
to allow freedom, yet Russia is under
pressure to do so. What you have
then, is young people going to
school, becoming educated and
wanting to know more about why
things are the way they are.”
The Soviet Union does indeed
lead a different life than the United
States. For example, public res
trooms in the Soviet Union often
lack an adequate supply of toilet pa
per.
“If you go to a university and use
the bathroom what you’ll find in
stead of toilet paper is newspaper,
and if you go to the Press Club’s res
troom you’ll find typing paper in
place of toilet paper,” Pejovich said.
Another example of the differ
ences is that the Soviet Union does
not have supermarkets.
“When you do your shopping,
you have to go from store to store,”
he said. “It’s a lengthy process. If
you want bread, you go to the bread
store. You bring it to the counter
and the worker gives you a receipt.
You leave your bread there and walk
to another counter to pay. Finally,
you go to a third person and he gives
you your bread.”
As for medical care, Pejovich said
hospitals in the Soviet Union are in
poor shape.
“When I was in Russia in 1983 a
doctor came to my hotel when I was
sick,” Pejovich said. “He had to give
me a shot, but first he had to do what
he thought would be a sterilizing
E rocess — he put the needle under a
ame. They still don’t have disposa
ble needles today.”
Restaurant patrons wanting a
beer with their meal must walk to the
closest bar and get the drink them
selves.
“You also don’t get to order your
food in a restaurant most of the
time,” Pejovich said. “You are served
what is on the menu and that means
they decide.”
Pejovich said even where the Sovi
ets live is controlled by the state.
Practically everyone lives in state-
owned apartment buildings. Three
and four room apartments with
communal bathroom facilities are
frequently shared with another fam
ily. Often newlyweds can’t live to
gether in an apartment for years —
sometimes as many as eight —be
cause of a long waiting list.
“You don’t even have a choice as
to who your neighbors are,” Pejovich
said. “Actually, there are not a whole
lot of decisions a Russian makes.”
That includes education. Pejovich
said the Soviets take pride in saying
16421801 that their education is free
and that they study harder than
Americans. However, that is only
true for those meeting certain stip
ulations.
A university degree is free only
for those who score high on a test
similiar to the Scholastic Aptitude
Test. However, only those scoring in
the top 20 percent of their graduat
ing secondary school class are al
lowed to continue pursuing an edu
cation.
“So of course they are going to
study and try their hardest since
their life is on the line, whereas in
America not only does a student
have a choice to attend college, but if
he flunks, he can take other chosen
avenues,” Pejovich said.
In many ways the Soviet Union is
a third- world country.
Pejovich said, “The quality of life
is poor. There’s something very
nightmarish about the Soviet Union
that you don’t find in Poland or
countries like it. In all those coun
tries you find a measure of hate
against the regime, as well as people
who like it, but everyone has some
thing to live for.”
But in Russia, Pejovich said, there
is a resignation to life.
“It’s like they have no hope,” he
said. “People rarely smile and they
seem so depressed. They have very
few ways to relax.”
Pejovich said Soviets rarely go out
to restaurants and theaters to relax,
instead opting to read a good book.
The bookstores are always filled with
knowledge-hungry people, Pejovich
said.
“On subways or buses you always
see them reading — not newspapers,
but books” he said. “They carry a
book with them everywhere.”
The Soviets have a strange blend
of rich culture, fascinating sights
and misery, Pejovich said. He hopes
to make another one of his trips,
during which he has learned to ap
preciate the liberties the United
States enjoys, and continue his re
search on socialism.
Election
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and the mayor to be elected at-large.
Saturday’s defeat of the measure
paves the way for a possible lawsuit
against the city by minority groups
seeking better representation.
George Veloz, a representative of
the League of United Latin Ameri
can Citizens, said disenfranchised
residents may have no choice but to
sue the city.
“I’m going to suggest as chairman
of LULAC’s political action commit
tee that we pursue the suit,” Veloz
said, adding that he was diappointed
with, but not surprised by, Satur
day’s vote.
Westminster voters decided in an
election Saturday to abolish the com
munity’s 193-student school district.
Lockhart voters in Caldwell
County defeated an attempt by the
Good Government League to recall
Mayor Maxine Goodman and four
City Council members.
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