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U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm officially
kicked off his bid for re-election and
announced support of President
lush’s Middle East policy during a
ilOO-per-person barbecue dinner
’riday at the Brazos Center in
Bryan.
Gramm said he was concerned
about the situation in the Middle
East and for the troops already in
Saudi Arabia.
The Republican senator, who was
professor of economics at Texas
A&M, said he believes the president
took correct steps to stop Iraq’s acts
aggression.
“Tnere has not been bloodshed in
the Middle East because America
has been ably led by President Bush
during this whole crisis,” Gramm
said.
He said the president took deci
sive steps to take control of the situa
don by sending U.S. forces to Saudi
Arabia and eagerly seeking an inter
national blockade and trade em
bargo.
Early Saturday morning, the U.N.
Security Council unanimously voted
to allow the multinational naval
force in the Middle East to use mea
sures to enforce the blockade.
According to a Sunday Houston
Photo by Fredrick D. Joe
U.S. Senator Phil Gramm speaks at a fundraising dinner at the
Brazos Center Friday. Johnny Lampo, left, introduced him.
Chronicle article, the Bush adminis
tration said the new U.N. resolution
gave its military forces the ability to
tighten the international trade em
bargo and blockade.
Gramm said American forces
have been and will be important in
the resolution of the Iraqi conflict.
“Our forces in Saudi Arabia grow
stronger every day,” Gramm said. “I
am hopeful the situation will come to
a peaceful and reasonable conclu
sion.”
He said American forces are join
ing other nations to deter further
Iraqi aggression and to force Sad
dam Hussein’s withdrawal from Ku
wait.
“However, we are not sending
troops to Saudi Arabia only to make
a statement,” Gramm said. “We are
sending an army there that can de
feat the Iraqi army, and I think it’s
good we took these actions because I
believe there is a clear and present
danger in this area.”
Gramm said he was concerned
about the 3,100 U.S. hostages in Iraq
and Kuwait.
He said the hostages complicate
the situation, but he believes Bush
will handle this problem as well as he
has handled the entire situation in
the Middle East.
Gramm also was in Bryan to kick
off his and fellow Republican’s cam
paigns. Elections for over 20 offices
from U.S. Senate to county clerk will
be held on Nov. 6.
Wendy Gramm, the senator’s
wife, said she was thankful for Bra
zos County’s support. She also said
she and the senator will try to help
every Republican candidate win of
fices in the upcoming elections.
At the end of his speech, Gramm
told supporters to take the plastic
bumper stickers being handed out at
the function.
“And if I lose, I’U come back and
take each and every one off myself,”
hejoked.
Hit-and-run accident
injures A&M student
By JULIE MYERS
Of The Battalion Staff
A Texas A&M student was hit
by a car and suffered minor inju
ries while crossing South College
Avenue near Carney’s Pub early
Saturday morning.
Bryan police said the driver of
the car. Clay Andrew Davis, fled
the scene.
Karen Denise Vigil, a sopho
more general studies major from
Dallas, and some friends left Car
ney’s Pub at about 1:45 a.m. and
were crossing the street when wit
nesses say the driver hit Vigil at a
slow rate of speed and failed to
stop and render aid.
Carney’s Pub employees called
the Bryan Police Department and
an ambulance, which took Vigil to
St. Joseph Hospital where she was
treated for minor abrasions and
bruises and released.
Bryan police later arrested Da
vis in the hit-and-run accident
and charged him with failing to
stop and render aid, driving with
a suspended license and driving
while intoxicated.
The citation was the third for
driving while intoxicated, police
said.
If convicted, he faces prison
and a fine.
Police officer loses job
Former chief says suspect unjustly killed
HOUSTON (AP) — Former
Houston Police Chief Lee P. Brown
told a police arbitrator that he fired
Officer Scott Tschirhart earlier this
year for unjustifiably killing a flee
ing man.
Brown, now police commissioner
for New York City, told arbitrator
Charles Morris, a Southern Method
ist University law professor, he be
lieved Tschirhart probably was not
justified in firing even one shot at
Byron Gillum.
Gillum, 24, was shot to death after
Tschirhart pulled him over for a
routine traffic stop on Nov. 15. Gil
lum, who was black, was shot eight
times — four of them in the back.
Tschirhart, 27, who is white, said
he saw a gun between the bucket
seats of Gillum’s car and shot the off-
duty security guard when he made a
move towards it. The gun was later
found in the car, while Gillum had
escaped through a window and died
in a grassy area nearby.
Over 130 A&M student leaders attend largest FLC ever
By TIMM DOOLEN
Of The Battalion Staff
More than 130 of Texas A&M’s student
leaders spent three days in training at the
Fall Leadership Conference on August 22-
24 in Trinidad, Texas.
“Fall Leadership is an opportunity for
top student leaders to gather before school
starts to enhance their leadership skills and
become acquainted with each other,” said
Paul Henry, co-adviser for the conference
and the Memorial Student Center assistant
director.
“I think a theme throughout is the recog
nition that these students can make a differ
ence, while in school and even after,” he
said.
Henry said the 133 students and 35
guests and speakers marks the biggest turn
out in the 38 years of the Fall Leadership
Conference.
Tim Sweeney, co-adviser for FLC and as
sociate director of Student Activities, said
the conference had a good balance of MSG
committees and other student organiza
tions, such as student government, Off-
Campus Aggies, vocal music groups and
many more.
The conference, sponsored by the Me
morial Student Center Fall Leadership
Committee, has been an annual event on
the camp grounds of the Texas Utilities
electric plant, about 150 miles from A&M,
since 1953.
The conference was originally designed
by John Samuels, a student who wanted to
instill leadership qualities and unity into the
men serving under him, while also working
to solve the problems of the MSG.
Thomas C. Fitzhugh, class of ’71 and for
mer president of MSG Council, was the key
note speaker. Other speakers included
three sets of Aggie Parents of the Year,
Vice-President for Student Services Dr.
John Koldus and women’s athletics coach
Lynn Hickey.
The students who attended had varied
thoughts on the conference and its benefit
to them.
FLC Chairman Stephen Walls said, “I
thought it was a great way to start off the
year, because it gave student leaders a
chance to build the Aggie network.”
Keith Powell, co-director of fundraising
for FLC, said, “This is a bonding experi- .
ence for many new and old student leaders
that will last all year and on into the ‘Aggie-
hood’ of life.”
Becky Parker, fellowship executive of Al
pha Phi Omega, said, “FLC helps improve
relations between organizations and helps
everyone gain respect and become aware of
different, diverse organizations.”
Johan Osth, junior redpot for bonfire,
said for him, the best part of the conference
was meeting all the people.
Katy Stone, MSC Literary Arts chairman,
said she was impressed by the interaction of
the leaders despite their diverse back
grounds and interests.
Anne Harding, MSC Recreation chair
man, said, “It’s an outstanding opportunity
to increase the cohesiveness of the campus.”
Shar Lewis, historian of Alpha Phi
Omega, said she learned how to improve on
the skills she always had and learned new
ways to approach different problems.
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on the beer.
H
ard to believe, isn’t it?
Congress eliminated excise taxes on expensive
perfumes, fiir coats and jewelry. The kinds of things
only the wealthy and powerful can afford
Yet beer is taxed at ttrree times the rate of most
other consumer goods
In fact, you pay more for the taxes on beer than
for the cost of the brew ing labor and ingredients.
combined.
Isn't that enough?
Now Congress is being
pressured for a huge tax
increase on beer.
Apparently, some special interests think you aren't
paying enough.
They're wrong
America's 80 million beer drinkers are responsible,
hard-working men and women who already pay
more than their fair share of taxes
So it’s pretry hard to swallow the idea that beer
should be taxed like an expensive, imported
luxury item for the rich.
Let's hope they think again.
Read our lips.
Don’t let a few special interests push Congress into
another unfair increase in the excise tax on your
beverage of choice.
Sit down right now' and call I -HOO- 33TAXES Your
message will be sent to Congress by Urgent Letter
within 48 hours Both the call and the letter are free
Call 1-H(X)-33TAXES now!
As one of America s 80 million beer drinkers, tell
Congress you don't mind paying your fair share of
taxes But enough is enough
Please call either the above number or write:
Senator Lloyd Bentsen
703 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
Representative Joe Barton
1225 Longworth
House Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515
Senator Phil Gramm
370 Russell Building
Washington, DC 20510
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