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Tower refuses comment
on activist’s accusations
Panel members question witness’ testimony
voi.esNo.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative activist testi
fied T uesday he has “on a number of occasions” seen
Defense Secretary-designate John Tower publicly ine
briated anci in the company of women other than his
wife.
“I have made enough personal observations of this
man here in Washington to have serious reservations
about his moral character,” Paul Weyrich told the Sen
ate panel, which is conducting Tower’s confirmation
hearing.
But members of the Senate Armed Services Commit
tee said after a closed session with the witness that he
failed to provide specifics to support his allegation.
sonal fitness take place in a previously scheduled all
ternoon session that Was closed to the public.
Senators emerging from that session sounded i
pressed.
“I heard nothing that you didn’t hear in theopenstj
sion,” Wallop said. "I didn’t hear anything persuasive
me.”
Tower refused to comment on the allegations or ex
ecutive session as he left the committee office. A closed
session is scheduled Wednesday morning followed bv
an open session on conflict of interest.
Weyrich’s comments prompted quick criticism from
Sen. Malcolm Wallop, R-Wyo., who complained about
“innuendos . . . and insinuations” against the former
Texas senator.
Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia, the committee chairman,
suggested that any further discussion of Tower’s per-
“Beyond statements of seeing Senator l ower on
couple of occasions carrying a little more alcoholtfe
he should have, he hasn’t been able to add annlm
specific that wasn’t hearsay,” said Sen. Pete Wilson!
Calif.
The committee lias been expected to approve Ton,
to head die Defense Department, and there wasnoin
mediate indication that Weyrich’s remarks
change that.
Next Democratic
party chairman
prepares for job
Brown, 47, an urbane lawyer-lob
byist with a lengthy political resume,
says the chairman’s job is not a pulpit
for any ideology, left or right. He
promises even-handed leadership at
the national committee, especially
when candidates begin lining up for
the 1992 presidential campaign.
One of them is likely to be Jesse
Jackson, Brown’s candidate in 1988
when he served as convention man
ager for the black challenger to
nominee Michael Dukakis. They are
allies and friends, but Brown says his
new role will lead inevitably to dif
ferences.
Again and again, Brown has
pointed out that the Jackson cam
paign was a 90-day assignment in a
long political career. But it was the
most visible, as he negotiated for
Jackson in televised glare of the At
lanta convention, and it now is the
one with which he is most widely
identified.
Not that his earlier affiliations win
points with the party’s more conser
vative wing. After working at the
National Urban League, Brown
>erved as a committee aide to Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy, and as a dep
uty manager in the Massachusetts
senator’s losing bid for the 1980
Democratic presidential nomination.
Kirk was Kennedy’s campaign
manager that year. There’s no sign
that Kennedy has reaped any bene
fits from the fact that one former
aide has been party chairman and
another is about to take over the job.
As chairman, Kirk made his mark
with a relatively low profile. He engi
neered the elimination of mid-term
conventions, issues conferences
which had become forums for ideo
logical warfare. He also ended party
recognition of special interest cau
cuses, calling them political non
sense. Neither of those steps fit the
liberal agenda.
Party chairmen often are little
known outside Washington and po
litical circles. Brown will be out front
as chairman. That’s obviously his
preference, but the lower profile
wouldn’t be an option even if he
sought it. As the first black chairman
he is sure to be a spokesman on is
sues and topics that go beyond the
nuts and bolts business of political
organization.
“I’ve got to be one of several mes
sengers,” he said, a spokesman as
well as a technician. Senate Majority
Leader George Mitchell and House
Speaker Jim Wright are the ranking
messengers. Brown said he already
has discussed his role with them.
Now he has to sort it out with
skeptics, with Democrats who see
him as the wrong representative to
choose after a presidential election
in which the L word — liberal — was
used by Republicans as a political
curse. To that end, even before the
committee election, Brown plans a
swing across the South.
Company sells missiles
with scratch-’n-’sniff aJ
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ronald
H. Brown doesn’t intend to lead the
Democratic Party as a symbol, al
though he’ll be one — or as a liberal,
although he is one.
He is about to become the first
black chairman of a national political
party and he vows to build the Dem
ocrats a campaign organization that
can help win the White House,
something they have managed only
once since 1964.
Brown is a sure thing to be elected
chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Committee on Feb. 10 to suc
ceed Paul G. Kirk Jr.
DALLAS (AP) — In the battle to
sell military hardware, a small Texas
company is about to fine a most un
usual shot — an ad that features a
whiff of war.
BEI Defense Systems is promot
ing its “extraordinarily lethal” Fle-
chette rockets with a scratch-and-
sniff advertisements in trade publi
cations.
The ads, emblazoned with the slo
gan “The Smell of Victory,” release
the smell of cordite, the aroma that
follows a rocket explosion.
George Coutoumanos, director of
U.S. government programs for BEI,
came up with the idea in an ef fort to
draw attention to his firm, which is
small by defense industry standards.
Last year, the rocket and electronics
manufacturer handled about S47
million in defense contracts.
Coutoumanos said he believes the
ads, to be reproduced next month,
will be a first among defense con
tractors although perfume manufac
turers make regular use ol such ad*
“My advertising usually gets los
in magazines,” Coutoumanos said,
usuallv get buried b\ thebigguvs-
the Boeings and the General Dv
namics. Who’s going to read nn *1
when they can look at a beaudfulf
16 going over the conn try sicfe?
Coutoumanos said defenseadvei
tising is a tough line to develop,be
cause everything tends to look tin
same, lie says posing prettywomei
alongside sleek rockets doesn't in
press those looking to buy militan
hardware.
Specifically, Coutoumanos ism
ing to convince U.S. militan buyett
and other defense hardware shop
pers that his $400-$800 rockets are;
better value than other, more high
prof ile missiles, such as the Stingen
"I’d really like to hire a majorsti
and get them to sing and dance,!*!
it doesn’t work that way,” Coutoc
manos said. “And shooting off rod
ets on television isn't really appropti
ate, 1 think.”
“I’m not looking to set up a fight
to prove something,” he said in an
interview. Brown said that when his
new responsibilities require saying
no to Jackson, that’s what he’ll do.
Setup or not, that will send a use
ful signal to his southern and conser
vative opponents, who insist that
race is not a factor hut that Brown’s
liberal ties send the wrong message
to the voters who have chosen Re
publican presidents in four ol the
last five elections.
Wednesday
WOMEN’S STUDIES: will have a free film “I’ve Heard a Mermaid Singing at?
p.m. in 200 Harrington. •
BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE: will have an executive officers meeting at
5 p.m. in 146 MSC, and will telecast "Beyond the Dream: A Celebration of Black
History" at 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. in 701 Rudder.
PHI BETA LAMBDA: will have a smoker at 7 p.m. in 206 MSC.
CLASS OF 90-91 BALL: will have a class ball meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 510 Rud
der.
ADVERTISING ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 150 Blocker.
MEXICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 510 Rudder.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will have auditions for the
dress parade and the talent show from 7-10 p.m. in 226 MSC.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: The deadline for exchange program applications
are due by 5 p.m. in 161 Bizzell West.
NEWMAN: will meet at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Student Center.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a Catholic single's happy
hour at 6 p.m. at the Sundance Hilton.
CATHOLICS ON THE QUAD: will meet at 9 p.m. in Lounge B on the quad.
OBJECTIVIST CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 231 MSC.
MSC VISUAL ARTS: will have a general committee meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 504
Rudder.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280
for details.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845
0280 for details.
HELLENIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Mr Gattisal
Northgate.
CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL: will meet at 7 p.m. in Rudder.
AGGIE DEMOCRATS: Ron Gray, Brazos County democratic party chairman,
will speak at 8:30 p.m. in 502 Rudder.
STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: will meet at 7 p.m. in 507 Rudder.
Thursday
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM: will show the film The Desert
Doesn't Bloom Here Anymore" at 12:30 p.m. in 604 D Evans Library
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: will have a training session for cancer aware
ness and prevention at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the American Cancer Society of
fice, 3207 Briarcrest.
GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL: will meet at 5:15 p.m. in 342 Zachry.
ALPHA PHI OMEGA/PARENT’S NIGHT OUT: will have free babysitting forfac
ulty and students with children from 6:30-10:30 p.m. in 225 MSC.
STUDENTS WITH ALTERNATIVE PHILOSOPHIES: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in
502 Rudder.
MANAGEMENT 481: Ft. Worth Mayor Bob Bolen will speak at 10 a.m in 114
Blocker.
OFF CAMPUS AGGIES: will meet for its third annual Mardi Gras at Texas AW
at6 p.m. in Cain Hall.
BETA ALPHA PSI: will have a social at 6:30 p.m. at the Flying Tomato.
ATARI USER GROUP: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 146 MSC.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION/INTERNATIONAL WEEK COM
MITTEE: will have auditions for the dress parade and talent show from 7-10
p.m. in 226 MSC.
TAMU SPORT PARACHUTE CLUB: will have a membership drive at 7 p.m. in
601 Rudder.
LATIN AMERICAN CATHOLIC STUDENTS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. at St. Marys
Student Center.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280
for details.
ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: will meet at 6 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E.at
845-0280 for details.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-
0280 for details.
RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have a bowling team captain’s meeting at 5
p.m. in 167 Read. Registration for wallyball, slam dunk, archery doubles and a
backpacking trip is in 159 Read.
PARENT'S WEEKEND COMMITTEE: Parents of the Year applications are due
Feb. 10 in 221 Pavilion.
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Sen. Alan Dixon, D-Ul., said, “As an old trial lawyer.l
would have to say that most of what I heard has to fa|j
into the hearsay category, even given the high motire|
of the witness,” said Sen. Alan Dixon, D-Ill.
Weyrich was unclear whether Tower was marriedol
the occasions he saw him, according to Dixon.
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