The Battalion
STATE AND LOCAL
3
iday, October 26, 1 990
reeks to trick-or-treat,
ollect goods for food bank
KATHERINE COFFEY
The Battalion Staff
ie group of trick-or-treaters
to get something other than
idyfor Halloween this year.
C bout 75 members from two so-
:ies and two fraternities will cele-
ite Halloween tonight by trick-or
ating and gathering canned food
the Brazos Valley Food Bank.
■Organizations participating are
■ta Sigma Psi, a Lutheran frater-
y; Omega Phi Alpha, a service so-
j ity; Phi Beta Chi, a Christian so-
—, ity; and Farmhouse Fraternity.
Nancy Person, a senior industrial
tribution major and Omega Phi
pha sorority member, says the
committee contacted the food bank
to raise canned goods.
“We plan to go to residence areas
dressed up in costumes and in
groups of three to five and ask for
canned food,” Person says.
Person, committee head, says the
groups not only plan to collect
canned food, but also other nonperi
shable items including bar soap,
toothpaste, deodorant and sham
poo.
She says each group is assigned to
an area in Bryan-College Station.
The groups plan to raise up to 1,000
pounds of donated goods.
“We want to help people in Bryan
and College Station because they
help students so much that we want
to help by giving the community
something back,” Person says.
'OB passes on halftime
•ter
|The Kice University
I Band will not perform during
lurday’s halftime festivities.
INancy Henry, a MOB representa-
,said the band only will take one
hg distance trip this year. Mem
bers voted to attend the Rice vs. Ar
kansas game Nov. 3 in Little Rock.
The decision not to come to Col
lege Station was not motivated by
any hard feelings between Rice and
Texas A&M, Henry said.
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pween Here and There: Emerg-
g Patterns in City and Suburb” to-
lyand Saturday in the Woodlands.
(Among the internationally re-
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lor governor
nowned speakers is Dr. Peter Eise-
man of New York.
The symposium is sponsored by
the Texas A&M College of Architec
ture and the University of Houston.
AUSTIN (AP) — With a tighten-
governor’s race shown by a sec-
poll in less than Wo weeks,
imocrat Ann Richards on Thurs-
yproclaimed a dead heat.
“It's not (that) the gap is narrow-
|e;this race is even,” Richards said,
nere’s no gap at all.”
-Republican candidate Clayton
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Correction
The Battalion incorrectly iden
tified the Texas Environmental
Action Coalition this week as a
national organization with an
A&M chapter.
TEAC is solely an A&M orga
nization.
The Battalion regrets the er
ror.
Senior economics major Andy
Balberg, a member of Beta Sigma
Psi fraternity, says the fraternities
and sororities working together
make a strong labor force.
“I’d like to see more groups on
campus participate in these sort of
activities because it helps the com
munity,” Balberg says.
He says Beta Sigma Psi and sister
sorority Phi Beta Chi originally de
cided to raise canned goods for
BVFB and emphasize a Halloween
theme. Omega Phi Alpha and Farm
house Fraternity then became in
volved.
Those interested in donating food
or participating can contact Nancy
Person at 823-4620 or Andy Balberg
at 846-5158.
Prosecutor
keeps files
from defense
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Prosecu
tors do not have to turn over to de
fense attorneys criminal files they’ve
compiled on a man facing a serial
murder charge in the deaths of six
women, a state civil appeals court
ruled.
A state district judge had ordered
District Attorney Steve Simmons to
copy investigative files and to give
the material to attorneys for David
Leonard Wood.
But the Eighth Court of Appeals
in El Paso overruled the decision by
171st District Judge Peter Peca.
The court said in its opinion, is
sued Tuesday, that the judge over
stepped his constitutional powers,
intruded on the powers of the pros
ecutor and ignored state statutes.
Wood is accused of killing six
women and young girls whose bod
ies were found in a stretch of El Paso
desert between September 1987 and
March 1988. Wood has pleaded in
nocent and is suing the El Paso Po
lice Department.
Continental
tries to save
on fuel costs
HOUSTON (AP) — Facing
plummeting stocks, rumors of a
bankruptcy court filing and sky
rocketing fuel costs, Continental
Airlines said Thursday it would
review its fuel conservation policy
to control its largest expense.
Spokesman Art Kent said the
conservation measures might in
clude such simple steps as remov
ing all the ashtrays from planes to
lighten the aircraft, because
smoking is banned on most
flights.
Continental now pays about
$130 million a month for fuel,
more than double what the air
line was paying in early summer,
and is now its largest single ex
pense.
Based on an annual usage of
more than 1.3 billion gallons and
a current price of about $1.20 a
gallon, Continental would save
nearly $16 million by burning
one percent less fuel, a company
statement said.
Earlier this week, Continental
announced a shakeup of its se
nior management, including the
removal of five top executives in
an effort to cut costs.
On Wednesday, the Wall Street
Journal and New York Times re
ported Continental had consid
ered filing for bankruptcy court
protection.
Those reports were first flatly
denied by Continental officials,
who later Wednesday said the
board had initially considered fil
ing for Chapter 11 protection
from creditors, but then rejected
the idea in a unanimous vote.
But the activity had a rapid and
powerful effect on the company’s
stock.
Continental shares on the
American Stock Exchange hit 3%
at midday Thursday, down 'A
from Monday’s close, when they
dropped 1% to 4, a 28.8 percent
drop.
Meanwhile, Standard & Poor’s
Corp. said it had downgraded its
ratings on debt of Continental
Airline Holdings Inc. and Conti
nental Airlines because of prob
lems brought on by sluggish
travel plans and higher fuel costs.
Corps hosts young cadets
in ‘Aggie for a Day’ trip
More than 1,700 JROTC cadets
will visit Texas A&M and the Corps
of Cadets on Saturday to participate
in the annual “Aggie for a Day” pro
gram.
The highlight of the day’s visit will
be the A&M vs. Rice University foot
ball game.
The Corps is expected to host
1,740 JROTC cadets from 36 high
schools in Texas and Louisiana.
During their visit thejunior cadets
will tour campus, participate in a
program with the Corps comman
dant and commander, watch the
film “Something Extra,” have a yell
practice and view march-in before
the football game.
Class of’45
Members to celebrate
life successes, new book
More than 45 years have passed
since Texas A&M’s Class of ’45 en
listed en masse as privates to enter
World War II.
As a class, they suffered more
service deaths than any other group
in University history, but almost all
of them emerged from the war as of
ficers and became leaders in all
walks of life.
When members of the Class of ’45
gather on campus this weekend for
their 45th reunion, they’ll be cele
brating a lot — including a book re
counting their various World War II
experiences.
A copy of the book, “TAMC —
Class of ’45 Citizen-Military Roll of
Honor,” will be presented to Texas
A&M President William Mobley.
The book includes recollections of
some 150 classmates who served in
all branches of the armed services
around the world, says producer-
compiler C.G. Scruggs of Austin.
Additional copies will be pre
sented to the Association of Former
Students, the University archives
and the Corps of Cadets, as well as to
the many class members who con
tributed their experiences, Scruggs
says.
More information about reunion
activities can be obtained by contact
ing the Association of Former Stu
dents, 845-7514.
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ent.
“We have polls that show we’re
ng to win, but it’s our last straw,
ere’s work to be done next week
i I’ll just keep on working and
ing to point out the differences,”
lams told reporters late Thurs-
yata barbecue in Pasadena.
“Our candidate is upbeat,” Wil-
secretary Gordon
“We believe and are
mfident in our (internal poll) num-
rs and the issues we’re running
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The campaigns were responding
a survey released Thursday by
heEppstein Group of Fort Worth,
hat poll of 1,209 registered voters,
ken Oct. 16-21, gave Richards and
iilliams 38 percent support each,
ith24 percent undecided.
The poll has a margin of error of
iree percentage points.
The same poll had shown Wil-
imswith a 13-point lead in August
id followed by nine days a Gallup
that had put Williams five per-
ntage points ahead of Richards, at
A&M President
Senate. Thesif
ur colleges.
“One thing we’re delighted with is
at all the movement is down for
liayton Williams and up for me,”
lichards said during an appearance
Houston.
Democrats said they believe Wil
ms has peaked after months of
avy television advertising.
“He’s been on TV too long.
Heady, the voters have grown tired
[fhis cowboy thing,” Chuck McDon-
1, a spokesman for Richards, said.
“He’s probably suffering from
m . I'trexposure and people are now
mson Jfl ^ginning to see him and recognize
iffl for the individual he is,” added
ttorney General Jim Mattox, who
ist the Democratic nomination to
Ichards.
Williams’ spokesman rejected that
leory, adding that Richards hasn’t
jettopped 40 percent in a poll.
“The Democrats are attempting to
sethis ‘overexposure’ spin as an ex-
ise for her consistently poor per-
irinance in ballot tests against Clay-
nWilliams,” Hensley said.
“She’s never broken 40 percent in
ypoll. She is the ‘Typhoid Mary’
[fTexas politics — nobody seems to
ant to vote for her,” he said.
Williams press aide Bill Ke-
|yon said the GOP candidate may
another approach with his com-
icrcials when a new one is taped on
[onday. “I don’t think the new ads
ill be any different than what we’ve
ad before,” he said.
I “We have the advantage of focus-
j§|: ^gon the issues,” Kenyon said.
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