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23,ls> Monday, October 23, 1989 The Battalion Page 5 r Richards went to o get out-of-state California offerings ^ stari ‘owning astron; r e is a facts, | and ok 'gwillki 0 n cornu c you v ?r HOW oj] !er Naj, l ke visi!- : "c Cenii; the Km ; te des fthisy® ie' ad brtil HOUSTON (AP) — When the news first broke last k_,eek that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ann lichards had been caught in the San Francisco earth- uake while raising money for her campaign, one ques- ion quickly popped into many inquiring minds: What was a candidate for the Texas governor’s office lloing raising money in California? Richards was doing what all the gubernatorial candi- liates are doing — trying to finance a highly expensive Campaign. By some estimates, this year’s race will cost P candidates a combined $45 million to $50 million. That would be the equivalent of a $3 contribution rom every man, woman, child and infant in the state. Richards, the current state treasurer, is likely to lead Candidates in the chase for out-of-state contributions, he Houston Chronicle reported Sunday. “It’s a little different for her,” Dan McClung, a Dem- jcratic political consultant, said. “She has something of national following that makes it possible for people in Los Angeles or Chicago or New York to pull 15 or 20 xople together (for a fund-raiser) because she’s an in- eresting person.” Richards gained national attention as keynote ipeaker at last year’s Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, and she currently has her autobiography on he market nationwide. jj, y. On the night before her San Francisco fund-raiser ’ ivas toppled by the earthquake, Richards gathered 50 people at a private home in Los Angeles for a $500-a- )erson affair. Richards, uninjured in Tuesday’s temb- or, returned to Dallas for an in-state fund-raiser. During the first half of this year, Richards raised 391,142 in cash contributions for her gubernatorial :ampaign. About one-sixth of that total was from out- f-state contributors. By comparison, her announced opponent in the Democratic primary. Attorney General Jim Mattox, raised $644,645 during the period, including $28,300 from out of state. Almost half of Mattox’s out-of-state contributions came from labor unions. By the time Richards’ campaign has concluded, about 20 percent of her money probably will have come from out of state, she said. “One of the things that’s advantageous about that, too, is the opportunity to get to know people out of We have reached the point, hopefully, in this state where we realize our economic future is beyond our borders and not just in pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps constantly internally.” — Ann Richards, state treasurer state,” she said. “We have reached the point, hopefully, in this state where we realize our economic future is be yond our borders and not just in pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps constantly internally.” Richards said she also hopes that some of her politi cal fund-raising efforts will result in more movies being shot in Texas. “It’s good, clean, solid employment,” she said. “I’ve already started talking to producers, directors, any op portunity I get when I’m in California.” So far, Richards has obtained $1,000 from singer Barbra Streisand; $5,000 from television producer Norman Lear; and $10,000 from “Family Ties” pro ducer Gary Goldberg. at 845- UNO faculty 5-3355 )cks in gesat resem if Stu- at the icotat 7 p.m. a at 7 Mat? it 8:45 >n. all the .m. in Ex-mayor may ask for new investigation into death of suspect MALONE (AP) — The former mayor of this Hill County com munity of 315 people said he will ask for a federal investigation if a grand jury does as he expects and shrugs off the recent death of a black burglary suspect at the hands of angry residents. James Oliver King, 24, of Waco was chased into a pasture by seve ral white residents, including cur rent mayor James Lucko, after 68-year-old Emma Piel, a widow, yelled that King had just burglar ized the home where she lives alone. Malone, a town of 350 about 30 miles north of Waco, has no po lice force. Its only police officer was fired last year because the city no longer had funds to pay him. When Hill County sheriffs of ficers arrived at the scene of the Oct. 9 incident, they found Lucko and two other men restraining King with his face down in a dirt field on the edge of town. As the captors pulled King up so deputies could handcuff him, deputy Coy West got his first look at King’s face. “His eyes were half open, rolled back in his head. He was deceased,” West said. “When we first got there, they (King’s pur suers) were proud they caught somebody breaking into an old la dy’s house. After they found out he was dead, they were really shocked.” John Parker, a pathologist with the Southwest Institute of Foren sic Science in Dallas, ruled the death a homicide, caused by sus tained pressure on King’s chest and abdomen, and strangulation. The office of Hill County Sher iff Brent Button of Hillsboro completed an investigation, and the case has been referred to Dis trict Attorney Dan Dent ICAL lemic 8:15 Oil drilling activity riES: on in ^ reates mini-boom logisi if the !.Ad- HOUSTON (AP) — Drilling ac- ivity in the area southwest of San Antonio has surged in the past five Months, creating a mini-boom in Dimmet, Zavala, LaSalle, Frio and iUascosa counties. Some of the rigs going up consist ina t of drilling holes that are vertical for i few thousand feet, then suddenly shift into a horizontal direction iirae jeak at? 3foi Wham! Batman costumes scarce for Halloween when the targeted geographical for mation is reached. Industry experts believe horizon tal drilling could make billions of barrels of additional oil reserves eco nomical to develop and produce at prices as low as $12-$ 15 a barrel. The United States has estimated re maining oil reserves of about 35 bil lion barrels. This is only about a 10- year supply at the current produc tion rate of more than 3 billion bar rels a year. The Baker Hughes Inc. weekly rig count shows an average of eight rigs drilling in the five counties from June through September, compared to only two for the first five months of the year. So far in October the rig count has averaged 13. ipai clie' DALLAS (AP) — Holy shortage, Batman! lore 3:30 Managers of Dallas-area costume stores say they are swamped with re quests for Batman and Joker get-ups following this summer’s blockbuster movie, but red tape involving copy rights is keeping the Gaped Crusad er’s uniform off of trick-or-treaters. eir eat “The problem is, he (Batman) doesn’t exist,” Howard Hale, man ager of the Magicland on Forest Lane in Dallas, said. “The supplier hasn’t been able to keep up with the demand.” f at 10 tfte on- uO- it's yis 0: Because the Batman logo, under copyright by DC Comics, had to be sorted through, costume makers didn’t have time to mass-produce Batman and his arch-villain The Joker. Magicland was lucky to get three adult Batman costumes during the summer as the movie was bringing in revenue at top speed, Hale said. One has been sold and the two oth ers are reserved for Halloween by two men who ordered them this summer. The target formation in the Southwest Texas wells has been the Austin Chalk Trend, a geological zone that crosses East, Central and Southwest Texas. It was widely used during the boom of the late 1970s and early ’80s, but activity fell off sharply from a combination of low oil prices, complex geology and de clining production rates. The Austin Chalk formation is a very dense limestone, Robert Berg, geology professor at Texas A&M University said. It lacks the large pores and cracks where oil and gas typically accumulate in other forma tions. Geologists and engineers believe that in the Austin Chalk and certain other geological formations, they can extract oil and gas more effi ciently, at a lower cost and in greater volumes with horizontal wells. They also believe they can extend the life of existing oil fields. Consultant Philip Crouse of Dal las compared the new technology to the development of the semiconduc tor in the computer industry. “It’s like a prairie fire. It will ex pand through our industry,” Crouse said. Joseph exits runoff campaign against Black HAMILTON (AP) — Former Rep. Tom Joseph withdrew Sunday from a runoff with Layton Black for the District 54 Texas House seat va cated by veteran Democrat Stan Schleuter. “After much consideration and discussion with my family and cam paign staff. I’ve decided to withdraw from the runoff,” said Joseph, the only GOP candidate in the field of six in Saturday’s special election. Black, 49, got 44 percent of the vote compared to Josephs’ 22 per cent. Much of Black’s support came from the four rural counties in the five-county district. Joseph, 63, .said he and his wife talked “until the wee hours of the morning ... I just felt like it was a pretty wide gap to close in two weeks’ time.” Black, a rancher and banker in Goldthwaite, could not immediately be reached for comment. Joseph said he considers Black, like himself, to be a fiscal conserva tive and “probably would have fought it out” against any of the other Democrats. “But Layton is a good conserva tive, and the people have spoken,” he said. “They’re just not ready for a Republican. But I am happy they will be represented by a conserva tive, and I congratulate Layton on his victory.” “I’m a very conservative man,” said Joseph, a rancher, attorney and retired businessman who rep resented Waco in the Legislature from 1951-1958.“This race would have cost the taxpayers a lot of money, and I like to practice what I preach. So I decided to pull out.” Joseph’s withdrawal means there will be no runoff and Black will be sworn in for the special session of the Texas Legislature that begins Nov. 14. A runoff probably would have been held on Nov. 7, the same time as the state amendment elec tion. Schlueter, who held the seat since 1976, headed the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee for sev eral years and rose this year as chair man of the Calendars Committee. Joseph said he spent most of his campaign trying to get the “city vote” in Bell County, home of the three largest towns in the district, Killeen, Belton and Temple. “I carried Bell County pretty handily, but... he carried all four of the rural counties by a landslide, and that’s what gave him the strong mar gin of victory. In a runoff, nobody knows what would happen, but I just felt like I didn’t want it to be a city vs. rural fight. “It became of great concern to me that the runoff had the potential to become something that would be come divisive in the district, and I do not want that under any conditions,” Joseph said. By his stepping aside, Joseph said, Layton will be able to line up a staff and prepare himself for the coming special session. On Saturday night, Black gave credit for his high percentage to his campaign volunteers who include “a Lampasas judge, some ladies in the dress shop, a kid from Tarleton” and the “regular people” w'ho urged him onto the campaign trail. He said he carried the rural vote because he reflects the common peo ple of the district. 4r MSC SCONA 35 and MSC Great Issues 4r would like to thank the following for making WORLD FOOD WEEK 1989 a success: Aggieland Awards Corps of Cadets Brazos Food Bank The Medicine Tribe RDM Audio Services REACH organization Residence Hall Association Students Against Apartheid TAMU fraternities and sororities A special thanks to: Dr. J. Malon Southerland, Dr. George Bate, Dr. Ron Knutson and Ms. Nancy Hardeman 3CE rr^TTTT The Second Annual W^0TES?S“ WOP! CCS Ini® IP to be held Nouember 9 - 12, 1989 at Tewas RO'M Uniuersjty Anyone interested in becoming a professional rnriter, especially in the fantastic genres, is inuited to attend the workshop. During the workshop, students will spend time working one on one with a professional author in a discussion group based on genre. Babysitting seruices will be auailable. Those Limbing to attend, should submit a story or article in regular manuscript form. The manuscript should be no more * than 15 pages typed and double-spaced, if longer, please submit a synopsis, to be included in the 15 page limit. t%' IS |<KI ET C* fsl n fhjj'| MM jrjApm j|j^.v■■ I• : inmmIi^Jr|jj^jyyf S ' ' , I The fee is $30 for RO'M students, $55 for non-students. For more information, call 845 - 15 15 -------- P re^nt^d bij,MSC CephejVajuable^.. SHIPS The First Annual “Know When Tb Say When” Student Foster Competition ^21 a V- £r/ V/ r £V -to Mi #20>ooo ihi SCHOtMWfr! Announcing a Student Poster Competition with $20,000 in Scholarship Prizes to be held in conjunction with the National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week. We’re looking for the best poster concepts that creatively express the need for responsible deci sion making about alcohol. A grand prize scholarship of $5,000 will be awarded in each of two categories. Five runners- up in each category will receive $1,000 scholarships. The competition is open to all undergraduate students (not just fine art students) enrolled in a U.S. college or university for the Fall 1989 term. Entry Forms may be obtained: U ACK >1 ULLIA RD DISTRIBUTING COMPANY 308 Dodg« P. O. Box 3417 Bryan, Toxoc 7/803 ToUphono 409/775-9047