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Rains advocates
chemical castration
for sexual offenders
AUSTIN (AP) — Jack Rains,
seeking the Republican nomination
for governor, said Tuesday that re
peat sex offenders should be cas
trated as a condition of parole or
face life in prison.
Rains, former Texas secretary of
state, also derided two GOP oppo
nents in the March 13 primary for
their proposals to use state prison in
mates to break rocks and recycle gar
bage.
Clayton Williams of Midland has
proposed building prison “boot
camps” where young drug offenders
would break rocks, and Tom Luce of
Dallas said he would have inmates
work at recycling centers.
“That’s kind of the urban spin on
Williams’ having them make gravel,”
Rains said of Luce’s plan. Rains said
both “make us feel good” but don’t
address the problem of crime.
“I want to see us allocate some
time for people to learn to read and
write and deal with substance
abuse,” Rains said. “I want to cut
down on the rate of people going to
the criminal justice system and in
crease the number that are going
into higher education. That will
really make me feel good.”
Rains said convicted rapists
should serve prison terms of at least
20 years. He called for increased
funding for sex counseling, rape cri
sis centers and state law enforcement
laboratories to upgrade DNA ge
netic fingerprinting.
He said these proposals would be
cost-efficient in the long run by at
tacking “the root cause of crime.”
They could be funded without a tax
increase, he said, by adjusting the
budget and through increased reve
nues from the state’s economic
growth.
He said the average rape convic
tion in Texas draws an 18-year sen
tence, but convicted rapists typically
serve three years before parole. “I
find that outrageous and hardly a
deterrent to a most despicable
crime,” he said.
Under his proposal, repeat sexual
offenders must either consent to
chemical castration as a condition of
parole or face life in prison.
James Harrington, of the Texas
American Civil Liberties Union, said
Rains’ chemical castration proposal
“as a practical matter is not a free
choice.”
Rains also said it is an “abomina
tion” that the state spent only $3,500
last year to help fund the 52 rape cri
sis centers in Texas.
State leaders oppose
Photo by Angela McDmt
From his window on the north side of campus, junior Shawn
Peal displays trophies collected from three years of panty raids.
military cutbacks
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Texas congressional and local
leaders say they intend to fight to
keep the government from cutting
or closing military bases around
Texas.
Congressional leaders probably
will meet later this week to discuss
the impact of closings or cutbacks
announced Monday by Defense Sec
retary Dick Cheney.
And a group of Killeen officials
plan to meet Wednesday in Killeen
to map the town’s strategy in the
fight to keep proposed cuts at Fort
Hood from devastating the commu
nity.
Deactivation of the 2nd Armored
Division and loss of 12,000 soldiers
at Fort Hood is one of nine pro
posed military reductions residents
say would affect Texas under De
fense Secretary Dick Cheney’s belt
tightening plan.
Killeen Chamber of Commerce
President Rick Murphy told the Dal
las Morning News that Killeen’s en
tire economy is dependent on Fort
Hood, and officials were “very de
termined that they were not going to
sit idly by and watch this happen.”
Army surplus stores and other
central Texas businesses that benefit
from sprawling Fort Hood stand to
lose money and perhaps even close
under proposed troop cuts, mer
chants and civic leaders said Tues
day.
“In the overall area around the
base, that’s going to be quite a few
people displaced,” said Joe Beabout
of Gillen’s Army Surplus in Lampa
sas. “A lot of the people in this town
are civil service employees. When
the base cuts back, they will lay off
many people.”
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Cheney cuts V-22 aircraft from military budget
Fightingforces ‘struggling’ tofind alternative
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Dick
Cheney’s decision to cancel the tilt-rotor V-22 Os
prey aircraft in the new military budget leaves the
nation’s elite fighting forces “struggling” to find an
aircraft for high-risk, high-speed missions, their
commander said Tuesday.
“If the V-22 is finally canceled, I’ve got to have
something else,” said Army Gen. James Lindsay, the
four-star general in charge of the Special Operations
Command.
“I had my day in court more than once. ... I lost,”
said Lindsay, whose specialized forces include the
Green Berets and such super-secret fighters as the
Navy SEALS. Several thousand of his forces were in
volved in the Panama invasion.
For the second consecutive year, Cheney has pro
posed shutting down the $27 billion program to pro
duce the helicopter that can also fly like a plane, ar
guing it is too expensive. The V-22 is built by Bell
Helicopter in Fort Worth.
Last year, Congress did not provide any money
for procurement but did approve some funds to
continue research and development.
Lindsay refused to directly criticize Cheney’sdeci |
sion, saying he was “not an expert” in budget matters
and that Cheney “is in a very different position thar |
I’m in. He has to make pretty tough decisions.”
But Lindsay said that even if the V-22 is cancelec
he will still need a high-speed craft that can drop!
men into position and return to pick them up,main;:
times when no airfield is available.
Lindsay cited the failed operation to rescue U.S |
hostages in Iran as a case where a fast-movine, re
fuelable transport plane could be used on a long p
range mission.
Lindsay said he'd lost to thotwwho say his men an
get by with helicopters and the Fulton system thatal
lows a Hying C-130 transport plane to pluck men I
from the ground.
“I need something better than that, and I need I
something reasonably fast,” he said. “And itcan’tbt|
a helicopter. I need more agility.”
Lindsay said he did not have another vehicle todof
the job, and did not know where he was going togei|
one if the V-22 is canceled.
Fewer troop concentrations even
tually mean less surplus gear — vehi
cles, electronics and other equip
ment — sold to private businesses.
They are scattered within a 30-mile
radius around the base in the cities
of Temple, Lampasas, Killeen, Cop
peras Cove and Gatesville.
“Right now, we have plenty of
equipment,” said Rose Vogele of the
Defense Reutilization Marketing Of
fice at Fort Hood, where a number
of merchants were bidding on sur
plus property Tuesday.“What the
future is, I don’t know.”
A glut of surplus equipment may
hit the market if the Fort Hood divi
sion is deactivated, but a shortage
could follow later.
Murphy said the city has spent
over $20 million on six schools and
built water treatment facilities and
other improvements designed to
service Fort Hood soldiers.
“The payments on those build
ings, etc., have to go on,” Murphy
said. “Now, we’re looking at a quar
ter of the population of Fort Hood
not being there to subsidize those ex
penditures. It’s not just the U.S.
Army that’s spending millions.li
the people that live here.”
In addition to Fort Hood red: |
tions, Cheney proposes to close i I
Army ammunition plant at Kami
Chase Field Naval Air Station!
Beeville, Bergstrom Air Force Bi I
at Austin, and the Defense Conm c
Administration regional office
Dallas.
Reductions or realignments at |
were proposed for Fort Sam Hoi (
ton and Kelly Air Force BaseinSi |
Antonio and the Red River Art
Depot near Texarkana.
Panel
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der thinking skills,” such as rea
soning, as well as reading, writing,
math and science.
Ana Artecona, a financial man
ager with Westinghouse Electric
Corporation explained what indus
tries look for in the education sys
tem. A good education system is nec
essary for a good work force, she
said.
Date rape
(Continued from page 1)
know the date well, consider double
dating.
Plans should be known, and
women should inform friends where
they will be and when they expect to
return home.
Alcohol may slow reflexes, and
women should be aware of its effects
on them. Women should not leave
parties with strangers. They should
avoid isolated spots and be firm if
their date tries to pressure them.
If a woman is attacked, above all,
she should keep calm, Kretzschmar
said.
Then she has several options. She
can talk, saying, for example, that
she has AIDS. She can avoid being
alone, thus making herself vulnera
ble, or she can fight.
“Go for sensitive parts of the
body,” Kretzschmar said. “You’re
probably not going to get another
chance — that’s it.”
If the woman lands an effective
punch, she will have a maximum of
60 seconds to make her next move,
Kretzschmar said.
A woman can scream, run away or
look for crowds, she said. If none of
these measures work, then she may
Communication skills and a basic
understanding of computers are im
portant, Artecona said. People
should know where they fit into the
economic scheme of the organiza
tion they work for, she said.
“Everybody needs to have an un
derstanding of what they’re doing
and how they will contribute to the
bottom line,” Artecona said. “W-
hether through increased productiv
ity or lower cost, they need to have
have to submit, Kretzschmar said.
Submission is not the same as con
sent, she said.
“It may be the only way to save
your life,” Kretzschmar said. “It’s
better to submit to them and get out
of their life than to not submit and
be dead.”
If a woman is a victim of rape, she
should call a friend, relative or
neighbor, Kretzschmar said. She
should also notify the police, even if
she doesn’t want to press charges.
Then she should go to a hospital and
have a rape examination, either for
evidence if she presses charges or to
make sure she isn’t injured inter
nally.
The Rape Crisis Center can be a
source of help for rape victims.
There are volunteers available 24
hours a day, seven days a week to
provide support for rape victims and
families, Kretzschmar said.
“The volunteer is there to insure
the victim is treated with dignity, re
spect and understanding,” she said.
In 1989, 680 rapes were reported
to the Rape Crisis Center, Kretzsch
mar said. But this was not near as
many as actually happened, she said.
When a victim goes to the hospital
and cooperates with police, which
some understanding of their role in
the economic side of the institution.”
Hoyle said progress is being made
in the educational system.
“There are good things happen
ing out there,” he said. “It’s not all
bad.”
The seminar was part of the Col
lege of Business Administration’s
week-long career fair in the Blocker
Building.
can mean talking to them without
pressing charges, then the rape ex
amination will be paid for, Kretzsch
mar said.
If a rape victim decides to press
charges, there are four ways she can
do it. One way is a Jane Doe Report,
where the victim doesn’t file charges,
but gives the police a description of
her attacker that can be kept on file.
A rape victim can use a false name
to file charges, and this protects her
from the media. A victim can also
use her real name to file charges,
and if the attacker is an A&M stu
dent, she can file charges with the
Student Judicial Affairs Office. If
she wins the complaint, the attacker
can face suspension or expulsion.
“Most rapists are normal people,”
Kretzschmar said. “Most rapists are
married men. Most have a normal
sexual relationship with their wife.”
There is just something inside of
them that drives them to commit
rape, she said.
Rape victims often suffer from
guilt, fear, anger, fear of being
alone, fear of crowds and disruption
of their normal sex lives, Kretzsch
mar said. It’s important that they
have support of friends and family,
she said.
Counterfeiting
coupon queen
found guilty
DALLAS (AP) — A FloriiI
woman known as “Coupon Con® j
was found guilty along with aTefi
man Tuesday on mail fraud a® I
conspiracy charges in what prosea
tors said was a $2 million counterff
coupon scheme.
Connie Arvidson, 34, of BocaH
ton, Fla., was convicted on l*
counts of mail fraud and one com
of conspiracy. Prosecutors say
participated in a scheme to swapa®
redeem hundreds of thousands i
bogus coupons.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sie ;:
Sucsy said he was pleased with!'
verdict.
“She was the person knowing!
buying and selling large numbersf
coupons,” Sucsy said Tuesday. “Hf
statement to the effect she was on!
doing what any number of innocf-
housewives were doing was not so.
David Rees of Center Point
convicted Tuesday of the ow
charge in the nine-count indictn®
against him — a conspiracy conn
said Maureen Ruprecht, court coo'
dinator for U.S. District Judge Sit
ney Fitzwater.
A third defendant, printer Ja®
Floyd Richards of San Antonio,
cleared of all three counts agataj
him. ■
Arvidson, also known as lk
“Dumpster Lady” because shewoii
root through garbage bins looli
for coupons, faces up to 15 years
prison and up to $750,000 in fines
Sentencing for Arvidson and Ra
is set for March 23.