The Battalion
^Wednesday, November 8,1989
Page 5
Alleged racial slur costs
! HOUSTON (AP) — Political un-
Iknown Beverley Clark on Tuesday
■defeated veteran city councilman
him Westmoreland, whose racial slur
involving the late U.S. Rep. Mickey
■Leland triggered a furor of protest
■just weeks before the election.
With 98.12 percent of the vote
Icounted, Clark had 138,647, or 55.3
■percent, to 113,304 or 44.97 percent
Ifor Westmoreland.
Westmoreland joked to a newspa-
Iper reporter Oct. 18 that Houston
■Intercontinental Airport be re-
Inamed “Nigger International” to ap-
Ipease council members pushing to
Irename the airport as a memorial to
■Leland, the black Houston congress-
Iman who was killed in an Aug. 7
■plane crash while aiding famine vic-
Itims in Ethiopia.
In a special council session last
■ week, council members approved a
■ resolution censuring Westmoreland
■ for the comment. Earlier in the
[week, hundreds of residents turned
lout for the regular council session to
voice concern about Westmoreland.
“I’m pleasantly surprised,” said
Clark, who is black. “I really am. I
was in the race to win and in the race
because I’m a concerned citizen. I
think what his remarks did was make
people examine me as a candidate.”
Clark, 34, is a minority recruiter
for the University Outreach Pro
gram, a partnership involving the
University of Houston, Texas A&M
University and the University of
Texas. The tutoring program helps
Houston middle sphool and high
school students interested in attend
ing college.
“Before those remarks, it was just
me and my own personal savings,”
she said of the effect of the West
moreland comments. “After those
remarks, a lot o N f people volunteered
and donations came in. It really
helped my campaign.”
Westmoreland, an eight-term
council member, had apologized for
the remark repeatedly, although he
What’s Up
WEDNESDAY
CLASS OF ’90 GIFT COMMITTEE: will take suggestions for the class gift from
10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at MSC tables all this week.
DEPARTMENT OF MODERN AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES: will have a
lecture titled “The French Revolution Through Opera Glasses” at 4:15
p.m. in 229 MSC.
MSC VISUAL ARTS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 231 MSC.
WOMEN’S BONFIRE COMMITTEE: will meet at 7 p.m. in 401 Rudder.
TWELFTH MAN FOUNDATION: will take yearbook pictures at 8:30 p.m. in
Zachry.
TAU BETA PI: will meet at 7 p.m. in 102 Zachry.
OPAS STARK SERIES & DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY & HUMANITIES:
will have a brown bag concert at noon in 402 Academic. Call Rebecca
Binder at 845-3355 for more information.
MSC JORDAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS: will present
“How to Make Europe Inexpensive” with Dr. John C. Groth of the Fi
nance Department at 8:30 p.m. in 206 MSC.
OUTDOOR RECREATION CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder. Call Tom
Taber at 696-2600 for more information.
TRAP AND SKEET CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 401 Rudder. Call Bunker Hill
at 696-9686 for more information.
TAMU BAHAI CLUB: will discuss “From Nationalism to World Citizenship: The
Next Stage in Humanity's Evolution” at 8:30 p.m. in 507 A&B Rudder.
PI SIGMA ALPHA: will discuss plans for the Austin trip at 7 p.m. at the Flying
Tomato.
NATIONAL AGRI-MARKETING ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 113
Kleberg followed by Monsanto at 8 p.m.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION: will
have a power lunch from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Cafe Eccell.
AGGIES FOR LIFE: will have a prayer concerning abortion at noon in the All
Faiths Chapel.
EUROPE CLUB: will meet at 10:30 p.m. upstairs at Sneaker’s.
TAMU KITEFLYERS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 224 MSC.
S.W.A.P.: will have a meeting and potluck dinner at 8 p.m. in front of Rud
der. Bring favorite covered dish.
AUSTIN HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet for dinner at 7 p.m. at Mr. Gatti’s in
Skagg’s Shopping Center. For more information call Alicia at 846-0035.
TAMU SAILING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder. Call Stirling Brondel at
846-9183 for more information.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at 8:30 p.m. Call
the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information.
CLASS OF ’90: will roller skate at 7:30 p.m. at Rolling Thunder.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK ACCOUNTANTS: will have its last
general meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 402 Rudder.
EXCEL: Excel '90 chair applications are now available in the Multicultural Serv
ices Center, 148 MSC. Call Cynthia Rincon at 845-4551 or 845-4565 for
more information.
NEWMAN CLUB: will take a mid-week study break in celebration of a creative
liturgy at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center.
CATHOLICS ON THE QUAD: a counselor from Greenleaf will discuss chemical
dependency at 9 p.m. in Lounge B.
STUDENT Y: counselor & captain applications are available in 211 Pavilion
through November 10. Call Mike Heffner at 847-6548 for more informa
tion.
RHA DELEGATES & PRESIDENTS ROUNDTABLE: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in
228 MSC.
STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: will meet at 7 p.m. at Rudder Tower. Call
Irwin or Todd at 846-9447 for more information.
ALL—U ISSUES & GRIEVANCES FORUM: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 601 Rud
der. Call Kenny Gosset at 845-3051 for more information.
For Thursday’s What’s Up entries, please see page 6.
Westmoreland his seat
insisted he used the term “Negro In
ternational.”
“When you you have an event that
dominates the headlines for nine
straight days, obviously it’s a sensi
tive matter to the entire citizenry,”
he said from his home Tuesday
night. “At this point, there are an
awful lot of them who feel one
statement overrides 16 years of re
cord. The one statement apparently
is dictating their vote.”
Results
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made it a back-door increase. I
found voters who thought that was
an insult to their intelligence,” the
senator said.
Lynn Oates, chairman of the
raise-opposing group Texans for Fi
nancial Responsiblity, agreed. “The
wording of the amendment was very
deceptive and misleading,” he said.
Lewis voiced disappointment for
the state’s 181 lawmakers.
“It is impossible for a man or
woman to maintain his or her family
and job or business responsibilities
on the $400 a month a legislator
takes home,” the House speaker
said. “We are rapidly approaching a
situation where only the wealthy can
serve. That, in my opinion, is not
representative government.”
Voters also OK’d Proposition 2, a
$500 million bond issue that would
provide money for water projects
statewide — with $100 million ded
icated to cleaning up substandard
“colonia” developments. That
amendment led by a 58 percent to
42 percent margin with 72 percent
of the vote in.
A group of four criminal justice
proposals all won overwhelming
voter approval. They included Prop
osition 8, a $400 million bond issue
for building prisons and mental
health facilities.
Also passing were Proposition 9,
to consolidate the state’s prison, pro
bation and pardons and parole
agencies into a single Department of
Criminal Justice; Proposition 10,
dubbed the “truth in sentencing”
amendment, to allow judges to tell
jurors how good conduct time and
parole could shorten a convict’s
prison sentence, and Proposition 13,
to establish a crime victim’s bill of
rights in the Texas Constitution.
Proposition 7, to remove from the
oath of office for Texas officials the
denial that they bribed anyone, was
approved 68 percent to 32 percent.
Officials still would be required to
sign a written statement swearing
that they didn’t bribe anybody.
Also approved Tuesday were:
• Proposition 5, lifting the local
property tax from goods brought
temporarily into Texas to be proc
essed before they are shipped else
where.
• Proposition 6, a four-year term
option for hospital district boards.
• Proposition 12, to allow the
Permanent School Fund to guar
antee repayment of $750 million in
bonds used for buying, building or
improving public school facilities.
• Proposition 14, allowing the
new Fort Bend County district attor
ney to be elected in 1990 instead of
1992, when other district attornies
are elected.
• Proposition 15, to authorize
non-profit organizations to conduct
raffles for charity.
• Proposition 16, allowing local
creation of hospital districts.
• Proposition 17, permitting state
financial aid to local fire depart
ments.
• Proposition 19, allowing
broader investment of local govern
ment funds. ‘
• Proposition 20, abolishing
county surveyor offices in Cass, Ec
tor, Garza, Smith, Bexar, Harris and
Webb counties.
• Proposition 21, which would
E rovide $75 million in bonds for col-
:ge savings and student loans.
The outcome of the remaining
three amendments was very close as
three-fourths of the vote was
counted. They were:
• Proposition 3, to provide $75
million in bonds for agriculture, new
products and small business devel
opment.
• Proposition 4, granting prop
erty tax exemptions for veterans
groups.
Corwin
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was able to free herself and crawl to
the road, where a passing motorist
found her a. short time later near
Rock Prarie Road.
Corwin won’t be eligible for pa
role until 2003 for the attempted
murder of the student, meanwhile
Speers said his office is seeking more
severe charges for the murders of
the three women.
Corwin is being charged with the
murder of Mary Martin, a 72-year-
old woman who was abducted on
Feb. 13, 1987, in Madisonville while
taking a morning walk. She was
raped and stabbed in the back.
Corwin also is accused of raping
and stabbing Debra Ewing after ab
ducting her from a Huntsville shop
ping center in July 1987. Her body
was found two days later in a field
near Lake Conroe.
Oct. 31, 1987, Mary Risinger was
stabbed in the throat while washing
her car at a car wash in Huntsville.
Her young daughter was locked in
the car and witnessed the slaying.
Corwin also is being charged with
this crime.
Speers said investigators have nu
merous signed statements of these
murders and a videotape of Corwin
confessing to the killings.
Police Beat
The following incidents were re
ported to the University Police De
partment between Oct. 31 and
Thursday.
MISDEMEANOR THEFT:
• A leather jacket was stolen from
the Langford Architecture Center.
• A thief swiped a money bag
from a man walking back to his car
in Parking Area 3. The victim said
he was carrying the bag under his
arm when the theft occurred. The
bag had cash and checks in it.
• A student’s wallet was stolen
from a purse left unsecured in G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
• A student reported his wallet
stolen after he found it missing from
where he had left it on a bench in
side the North Gate Post Office.
• A left side view mirror was sto
len from a vehicle in Parking Area
40.
• A wallet was stolen from Har
rington Tower.
• A metal parking sign from
Parking Area 12 was stolen.
BURGLARY OF A MOTOR VE
HICLE:
• A cassette tape case and its con
tents were stolen from a car on Clark
Street.
• A battery was stolen from a
TAMU vehicle while it was parked
in Area 36.
BURGLARY OF A COIN-OP
ERATED MACHINE:
• Food and candy were forcibly
removed from the vending machine
located in the A.P. Beutel Health
Center. The vending machine is
owned by the Bryan Coca-Cola
Company.
FALSE ALARM OR REPORT:
• A fire alarm was pulled in Ap-
pelt Hall, but when authorities ar
rived on the scene they found no
sign of smoke or fire.
THE CRIME PREVENTION
UNIT IS AVAILABLE TO ANY
ONE REQUESTING INFORMA
TION ON COMBATING CRIME.
Call 845-8900.
MSC Hospitality
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Additional Gifts donated by:
Baskin -Robbins, Lifestyles Fitness Center, Rita's, TCBY Yogurt,
Thomas Sweet, Wings FT Things , & other local merchants.
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A New Economic Power and its
consequences for the United States
Featuring
Dr. Steve Cooney
of the
National Association of Manufacturers
speaking on the economic unification of Western Europe
Thursday, November 9
701 Rudder Tower
7:00 p.m.
free admission and refreshments
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