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%HE» Ga^PE.VfNE 201 Live Oak College Station, TX 77840 J La f Behind La Quinta 696-3411 Page 10 The Battalion Thursday, July 26, 13! PI High court nominee stays tight-lipped about issues Call Now For an Appointment! ROUTINE SOQOO CLEANING, X-RAYS and (Reg. $59 less EXAM $20 pretreatment cash discount) CarePlus^ftt Dental Centers Bryan Jim Arents, DDS Karen Arents, DDS 1103 E. Villa Maria 268-1407 College Station Dan Lawson, DDS 1712 S.W Parkway 696-9578 STUDY ABROAD WASHINGTON (AP) — Su preme Court nominee David Souter paid courtesy calls on Senate leaders Wednesday while the Bush adminis tration warned Democrats against trying to pin down his views on con troversial cases when serious confir mation questioning begins. Souter, whose nomination was formally submitted by President Bush on Wednesday, said nothing publicly to hint at his opinions on such issues as abortion and affirma tive action as he visited senators. His vote on the divided court could be decisive on those and other issues, and some Democrats — as well as abortion-rights and other in terest groups — have said he should be closely questioned on them dur ing the confirmation hearings ex pected to begin in September. But Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, in an appearance at the National Press Club, cautioned senators about probing too deeply. “To try to pin down any prospec tive appointee on a specific issue or a specific case would seem to me to verge on the improper and certainly be unwise,” the attorney general said. He expressed confidence that the nominee, who has been receiving ex tensive advice from the White House, would turn away such inquir ies. “I think I trust to Judge Souter’s wisdom and experience to enable him to walk the line between giving the members of the Senate an ap propriate road map to his judicial philosophy, politely declining to re spond to questions that are case or is- sues-related,” Thornburgh said. Tight-lipped on all matters of sub stance in public comments on Wednesday, Souter said merely, “I look forward to participating with the Senate of the Unitea States in a constitutional process. That is a great privilege.” In his seven years of rulings as a New Hampshire judge and, for the past few months as a member of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Bos ton, Souter has not confronted the major constitutional issues that have proved so divisive. In response to a reporter’s ques tion, he said, “I must say, I never thought of myself as that obscu re.”He declined to answer any ques tions bordering on the substantive, even including why he wanted to be on the nation’s highest court. He visited with key Senate Repub licans in the office of Minority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan. JR. 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But the leak reappeared during a test Wednesday, and, after analyzing the data, engineers concluded they still didn’t fully understand the problem. “We were not able to fix it,” said William Lenoir, head of NASA’s space flight program. “We have learned more so we will roll back smarter.” Columbia is undergoing repairs for a hydrogen leak of a different sort and should be ready to move to the launch pad in early August, said shuttle director Robert Crippen. “We have every reason to believe that we have no more problems ahead of us on Columbia,” Lenoir said. NASA will attempt to launch Atlantis on its classified Pentagon flight in November, after the leak has been repaired. In addition to the shuttle delays, NASA was wrestling with other problems Wednesday. • Investigators trying to pinpoint what caused flaws in the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope arrived Wednesday at the contractor’s plant in Danbury, Conn., to interview some of the hundreds of employees that helped build the 94-inch primary mirror. • An unmanned Atlas rocket finally lifted off. The mission, to study space radiation, was delayed three times in more than five days, because of a power prob lem, bad weather and a helium leak. The latest shuttle leak, detected when liquid hydro gen was pumped into Atlantis’ external fuel tank, ap parently exceeded allowed amounts. It was about the size of the leak detected in two previous tests and was in the same area, a flange in a pipe that carries liquid hy drogen from the tank to the main engines. NASA workers tightened bolts around the flange and checked the welds, even though engineers doubted that would be enough to correct the problem. Had the spot been leak-free Wednesday, NASA would have tried to launch Atlantis in mid-August and Columbia in September. Hazelwok enterspk of no com, LONG BEACH, Calif.d The Coast Guard disirj charges of drunkenness ar.i contiuct against Joseph | zelwood after the former of the Exxon Valdez pleai contest. Wednesday to two counts. Hazelwood entered the to allegations he violated Guard policy by drinking less than four hours before command of the Exxon? and by leaving the vessel's w'hile it was needed for Bligh Reef. The Coast Guard dismiss charge that Hazelwood was? icatea, with a bkxjd alcoholi over 0.04 percent, the ( Guard standard for operaa vessel. Also dismissed hi charge that he left an impres licensed third mate in conn the ship. The defense alleged tha zelwood’s Blood alcohol testa Botched and then covetediis the Coast Guard denied th: why it dismissed the charges I he 987-foot tanker's Ini ripped open when it plowed the reef the night of Marti 1989, spilling nearly of Alaskan crude into Princt 1 liam Sound in the nation’s oil spill. The Exxon Valdez wa route from the Alaskan po Valdez to Long Beach whe struck the charted reef. Beach also is headquarters 1 l(h Coast Guard District, includes Alaska. At the Coast Guard hi Administrative Law Judge ft Gardner suspended Hazelwol master’s license for 12 i but reduced that by three because the license has bees by the Coast Guard since the dent. (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Barnes-Hinds-Hydrocurve) B-2 bomber endangered & *138 00 TOTAL COST + FREE SPARE INCLUDES STD. DAILY WEAR, SOFT LENSES, EXAM AND FREE CARE KIT. Bush defends budget inface of cuts gg 1*138 00 TOTAL COST INCLUDES 1 PR. STD. EXT. WEAR, OR STD. TINTED SOFT LENSES, EXAM AND FREE CARE KIT. WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi dent Bush pleaded with lawmakers Wednesday to spare the defense budget from cuts even deeper than the $18 billion already targeted by the Senate Armed Services Commit tee. Sale ends July 27, 1990 Call 696-3754 For Appointment CHARLES C. SCHROEPPEL, O.D. DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY P.C. VISA 707 South Texas Ave., Suite 101D College Station, Texas 77840 1 block South of Texas & University Dr. intersection College Station, Texas 77840 SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE LSAT Bush urged key lawmakers on both congressional armed services committees to press ahead with pro duction of the B-2 bomber and other major new weapons. The House is considering halting production of radar-evading jets, which cost more than $800 million apiece. The defense session came on the heels of another meeting between Bush and the five top leaders of Congress to push the budget summit talks along. „ White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said that at either Thurs day’s or Friday’s meeting, both sides will “simultaneously” put proposals on the table for cutting $50 billion from the deficit next year and $500 billion over five years. But Democratic budget bargain ers disputed that, saying no decision had been made on exchanging of fers. “That is so silly,” said Senate Bud get Committee Chairman James Sas ser, D-Tenn. House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., told reporters the two sides have tentatively agreed to extend from 1993 to 1995 the Gramm-Rudman deadline for bal ancing the budget. Gephardt said major differences in defense levels is a major hang-up in reaching an overall budget com promise. Bush and the leaders discussed entitlement programs — Social Se curity, Medicare and other pro grams for the poor and elderly — and “both sides are troubled” by the magnitude of cuts that might be needed in those areas, Gephardt said. Despite Bush’s earlier agreement that the government must pull in more tax revenues, the Democratic leader said, “Nobody wants to raise taxes. ... It’s very hard to put the fi nal package together.” After the defense session, Rep. Les Aspin, D-Wis., the House Armed Services Committee chair man, lamented that Bush and De fense Secretary Dick Cheney still “have in mind a much bigger de fense budget than I think is going to come out of this process.” Aspin’s Senate counterpart, Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., who favors con tinued production, said afterwards, the B-2 “has an uphill fight if it’s going to survive.” Aspin’s committee is aiming to cut $24 billion from Bush’s request for $307 billion for the Pentagon for fis cal 1991. Fitzwater said Bush callet meeting to express concerni n g | th ‘inordinate cuts. Despite improved relation! Soviet Union remains the States’ adversary, said Fitzwatfl quoted Bush as saying, “Thert been few changes in Soviet stn forces. ... They are continuit modernize their entire force, will enter the START negotit f ully modernized.” Cheney told the lawmakers the House cuts would force# tagon to absorb 250,000 in the back nearly four army division 25 ships. Alle : arch ittle or ege of Dr. hink i ected Large “I dc ause ( ilso a :hemis vays ct 'ictims personnel c.: An a first year, o) idence “We think that is unreasor; | u lts. Fitzwater said. Nunn said after the meetinj can save some very substantia over five years and do it prude trimming $ 180 billion to $ from defense. ists de xpem Collider estimates rise to $8.6 billion Race GMAT MGAT WASHINGTON (AP) — Some physicists estimate the cost of the su perconducting super collider could jump to $8.6 billion, but a Depart ment of Energy official Wednesday said he has confidence in a contrac tor’s lower appraisal. Four groups, including the physi cists and the contractor, are fin ishing studies that will yield a final, “hard” estimate of the collider’s cost next month. Deputy Energy Secre tary Henson Moore said. Since the collider’s redesign last fall, the DOE and Congress have ante money,” said Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y. Boehlert said the differences in the estimates are not trivial and that he’s becoming “more skeptical with each passing day.” Two Texas congressmen said the prospect of a slightly higher cost wasn’t surprising. “If they’d come out and said $20 billion, that would have really been a setback,” said Rep. Joe Barton, R- Ennis, whose district includes the collider. “Nothing is certain except the (Continued from page 1) recent episodes where two fraterni ties painted racial epithets on a car and sold t-shirts with a “Sambo” cari cature on the front. “It’s a deceptively complicated is sue,” said Lou Barsi, executive assis tant to the president of the Ameri can Association of State Colleges and Universities in an interview mil Houston Chronicle. “Even espons nany considering a response to cai \yilli ar racial incidents should start ol asking themselves exactly whal expect to get out of it.” “As student leaders, we a role models to others and malt these problems are solved," S[ said. is in th How elp th< eive, t iround “The iomeon ’’ackler Defense (Continued from page 1) Ct GRE As I said long ago, it’s like a giant poker game, and we’ve only seen the ante money.” —Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, SSC critic Test Your Best! Classes Forming Now. STANLEY H. KAPLAN Take Kaplan Or Take Your Chances Additional classes added to meet demand. Call now for schedules and special discounts. 696-3196 707 Texas Ave. Suite #110-E used $8 billion as its estimated cost until a hard figure could be deter mined. Preliminary versions of three of the studies are complete, Moore said. The contractor’s draft places the cost at $7.8 billion, a group within the DOE says $8.3 billion and the physicists say $8.6 billion. Moore said the three estimates will be reconciled by Aug. 17 with a fourth study, being made by experts under DOE contract but acting inde pendently. A congressional skeptic warned that a final figure above $8 billion could mean political trouble for the giant atom smasher, to be built near Waxahachie, 30 miles south of Dal las. “As I said long ago, it’s like a giant poker game, and we’ve only seen the benefits when (the collider) is fin ished,” said Rep. Ralph Hall, D- Rockwall. Hall and Boehlert are members of the House Science, Space and Tech nology Committee. The House in May capped federal funding for the collider at $5 billion for the next five years. Texas has pledged $1 billion. The rest is ex pected to come from foreign inves tors and other sources. Moore said the DOE will likely ac cept the contractor’s estimate, now the lowest. “If we were to take any other posi tion, we’d be essentially telling the contractor, ‘We expect delays. We expect problems. Don’t worry about it,’ ” Moore said. the Soviet Union economic and tech nical aid because the United States ultimately will protect them if some thing goes wrong, he said. “They (West Germany) have thrived under our nuclear umbrella, and there seems to be no gratitude for that,” Thomas said. “We protect them so they can do whatever they want and make a profit. “If what they do gets us in trouble and we have to fix it, they think that’s not their problem,” Thomas said. Furthermore, Thomas said the Soviets expect the West to move new consumer technologies into Eastern Europe. Volkswagen has made plans to open a manufacturing plant in East Germany and introduce it’s newest technology. “Unfortunately, these technolo gies have dual uses,” Thomas said. “Not only can they manufacture consumer goods, but also military weaponry.” Computer and microchip technol ogy, for example, can be easily con verted. Although Soviet rubles are worth very little, Soviet natural resources are not and could be used to pur chase these consumer goods, he said. “The point is that we don’t know the Soviets’ true intentions,” The ials we er. Pack Into th< atisfiee oregu “I th >rograi adder i* nee, iu He s; :nce th nd ba raud. “It’s 1 >ne is c cs,” he uidelii Pack] prot< Thomas said. “Gorbachevsmii the press goes wild. It’s disturb witness the euphoria that grips “We want the cold wartolx so we can devote ourselves t< own economic betterment,” Tl* said. “We desperately want tlx sians to be good guys. We linfftass th^ true, but you still have to be s' cal. Thomas said if he were Bit would tell the Soviets to unload nuclear pistol. He said then United States could help the & fully. “We don’t threaten anybod) said. “Ours is a retaliatory force. We can’t say the same (bit— weaponry.” “YMIKl In an international discussi®^The t strategic issues with the Sovii months ago, Thomas said government officials said the' jective was economic compb ness. “Face it, take away their ® and the Soviet Union is just Brazil,” Thomas said. “I asked them what is tol antee that they won’t come bad] this new technology and renet' technological military thn Thomas asked. “They said could offer no assurances.” frbatom The Center for Stategic TftW^rconc ogy is funded mostly by A&MB^ashei smaller amounts from the Dll partment of Defense and del contractors. Texa: Nnial c Fe of t] l u perco The v Fth a , l? ll m ch; jexas / pnand The s |*axaha aile un