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Monday, October 16,1989 The Battalion Page 9 f The heroes return The 1939 championship Texas A&M football team walks on to Kyle Field before the A&M-University of Houston game Satur- Photo by JayJanner to be introduced to the crowd. This year marks the 50th anniver sary of their national title. Commission investigates charges of misconduct for judge’s remarks DALLAS (AP) — A public hear ing begins Monday into misconduct charges against state District Judge Jack Hampton, who made deroga tory remarks about homosexuals to a newspaper reporter after a murder trial. Numerous protesters are ex pected when the State Commission on Judicial Conduct hearing begins at the Dallas County Courthouse. The commission charges followed Hampton’s remarks published Dec. guys that got killed been Proposition 3 calls for bonds to aid farmers AUSTIN (AP) — Texas voters on Nov. 7 will be asked to con sider $75 million in state-backed bonds for loans to agricultural ventures, new products and small businesses passed over by private lenders. The Texas Department of Ag riculture estimates the bonds could create 15,000 new jobs in the food and fiber industries and promote $500 million in annual sales. But, opponents say the bonds would increase state debt to subsi dize private enterprise. And they say the Legislature should not be asking voters to reconsider an idea they rejected two years ago. Brian Mueller, the Agriculture Department’s economic devel opment coordinator, said the proposal has been scaled down from the $125 million sought in 1987. “It will not cost Texas taxpay ers anything. It will only generate revenue,” Mueller said. Proposition 3 on the ballot — one of 21 proposed constitutional amendments — also is backed by the Texas Department of Com merce. It calls for: — $25 million for agriculture- related enterprises. — $25 million for new product development. — $20 million for fledgling businesses. — $5 million for a loan pro gram aimed at revitalizing rural areas and small towns. 16 in an interview with a Dallas Times Herald reporter. Hampton told the reporter that he gave 18-year-old Richard Bednarski a light sentence in part because his two victims were “queers.” “These two wouldn’t have been killed if they hadn’t been cruising the streets, picking up teen-age boys,” Hampton said, two weeks after sentencing Bednarski to 30 years in prison. “I don’t much care for queers cruising the streets for teen-age boys,” he said. The Republican judge said John Lloyd Griffin and Tommy Lee Trimble were “asking for trouble” by soliciting sex. During the 1988 trial, Bednarski testified that the victims were trying to pick up men to satisfy their sexual urges. Hampton later apologized for a “poor choice of words” and insisted that he believed the interview was off the record. He has refused to talk to reporters since then. The Texas Human Rights Foun dation and the Dallas Gay Alliance, which has distributed brochures an nouncing the hearing, are expected to rally outside the courthouse. “Judge Hampton has said that no one would remember this by 1990,” Gay Alliance president William Way- bourn said. “Our goal has been that nobody forget it.” Critics flooded the judicial com mission with letters of protest de manding Hampton’s removal from the bench. A May 31 letter from the commis sion announced Hampton was charged with violating conduct can ons barring judges from comment ing on pending cases. Bednarski’s attorney had filed a motion for a new trial at the time the statements were published. Hampton is also accused of dam- aging public confidence in the integ rity and impartiality of the judiciary. Retired appeals court Judge Rob ert R. Murray of San Antonio will preside over the hearing. Murray will make no recommen dation, but will submit a statement of facts determined at the hearing. He said the report likely would take about a week to compile. The commission could dismiss the allegations, censure Hampton or urge his removal from office by a seven-judge tribunal. Gubernatorial candidates agree education tops campaign issues SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Five gu bernatorial candidates speaking to Texas broadcasters Sunday stressed education as a top issue. Democrats, Attorney General Jim Mattox and state treasurer Ann Richards, and Republicans, Railroad Commissioner Kent Hance, Dallas lawyer Tom Luce and former secre tary of state Jack Rains, spoke to ap proximately 250 people at a Texas Association of Broadcasters lun cheon. Republican businessman Clayton Williams was the only de clared candidate absent. Education — particularly the state’s school finance system — was a prevailing topic during 10-minute speeches Dy the candidates, who also talked about economic development and drug battles. The Texas Supreme Court has given legislators until May 1990 to reach a solution for improving fund ing disparities between rich and poor school districts. Hance said the state must work to ward “quality education” and con centrate on reading and math in early grades. Schools should host academic banquets in addition to sports banquets, he said. A former congressman and state senator, Hance also spoke out against a state income tax and said as governor he would spend time each week trying to recruit businesses to Texas. Luce said the state hasn’t followed up on education reforms started in 1984 with passage of House Bill 72. “The Texas Supreme Court has given us a golden opportunity to im prove on House Bill 72,” Luce said. “We need to scrap the entire school finance system.” I he Texas Supreme Court has given us a golden opportunity to improve on House Bill 72. We need to scrap the entire school finance system. —Tom Luce, gubernatorial candidate Texas no longer competes just with other states in education, but against nations such as Japan, Korea and West Germany, he said. Mattox, who spent some of his al lotted time telling the broadcasters he has long been a proponent of open meetings and open records, said the state is not planning for its future. He said the educational system doesn’t educate and needs to return to basics. Mattox, who passed out his resume before the speech, also said the criminal justice system needs im provements. Many of the projects can be paid for with a state lottery, which could bring in $500 million to $700 million “in just a few years,” Mattox said. “With these monies, we can do a lot.” Richards said that for Texas to prosper it must have an educated workforce. Although not opposed to a state lottery, she said it is an unsta ble source of revenue. To correct an “outdated and inef ficient” school system, Richards said, Texas must examine existing audits and look to a constitutional amend ment to provide for building more schools. She also said the treasurer’s office will have gererated $2 billion in rev enues during her tenure. Rains said he supports helping church groups working with at-risk youths in low-income areas. “I know what public-private partnerships can do,” he said. He also touted voter turnout re cords during his tenure as secretary of state and said transportation tax rates in Texas are higher than other states. 5* SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MAJORS! 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