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* State and local Monday, January 27, J 991 The Battalion Sorority pen pals give support to U.S. troops By TWILA WADDY Of The Battalion Staff Establishing a pen pal program for U.S. troops in the Middle East is just another way a Texas A&M so rority is trying to boost morale of sol diers participating in Operation De- “It is nice to have someone they can relate to, and I think it is impor tant,” she says. There also are women overseas who would enjoy having a pen pal, she says. In the future. Alpha Phi is planning to expand the program to include other soldiers in the Middle out red, white and blue ribbons. Alpha Phi also is planning to hand out ribbons in the MSG, Blocker Building and the Commons from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Monday. Care packages sent to U.S. serv- icepersonnel in the Middle East con tain basic necessity items and food, Fired priest bids farewell to church CORPUS CHRIST! (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest fired by his bishop for insubordination exhorted his parishioners in a tearful farewell Sunday to love and forgive. “My prayer is that you will re member what I taught you,” Fa ther Bill Elliott told the overflow ing crowd at Holy Family Church. “You are the leaders of the new way ... There’s a chal lenge to accept what God is offer ing us.” The approximately 950 people in the congregation at the 10:30 a.m. Mass responded with tears and a standing ovation for Elliott, who was dismissed from the di ocese last week. Diocesan officials have de clined to comment publicly on the dismissal. But, Elliott has said he was asked to leave because of in subordination, disagreements concerning fund-raising and tea ching heresy. Elliott, a popular Westside priest, moved to Holy Family Catholic Church in 1986. He is a member of the Missionary Ob~ lates of Mary Immaculate and has been a priest nearly 30 years. Since the announcement of his dismissal, there have been nightly prayer services at Holy Family Church. Approximately 75 church members also held protest rallies in front of Bishop Rene H. Gracida’s home on Saturday and Sunday. 'The protesters lined both sides of Gracida’s street and chanted, “We want Father Bill.” Some car ried signs reading, “Bishop please don’t hurt our community” and “Outspoken but honest.” Parishioner Arnold Gonzales, 51, said he hoped tht bishop would talk to members of Holy Family Church. “Since he won’t come to the Westside, we’ll go to the Southside,” Gonzales said. “This is not a church of fear, it’s a church of love. Don’t be angry with the bishop because he has done wrong— love him.” Taking chances Companies anticipate profits, hire lobbyists to push lottery Houston races to raise millions for convention HOUSTON (AP) — The city promised $5.7 million in donated services. It raised its hotel tax by 1 cent. But it’s not enough. The 1992 Republican National Con vention now says it needs another $4.3 million. And they want it by the end of the year to comfort GOP officials worrying over plans for the ex pected nomination of Houston’s “adopted son,” George Bush, to a second term in the White House. Host Committee Chairman Ben Love says he plans on tap ping previously untapped re sources to reach the $4.3 million mark. The former Texas Com merce Bank chairman said he will look beyond the traditional cor porate fund-raising war horses for big dollars. “Our plan is to touch every sec tor of the community, down to the Craig’s Cleaners, the Hertz car rentals and Kwik Kopys,” Love told the Houston Post. AUSTIN (AP) — State govern ment and a few lucky people with winning tickets are not the only ones who stand to make money if a lottery is created in Texas. Companies involved in running the game would win some business. And to push lottery’s Texas chances, they have hired lobbyists including a former lieutenant governor and a former House speaker, the Austin American-Statesman reported Sun day. If a lottery is approved by law makers and voters, the state would choose a company to provide com puters, tickets and other services. The contract would be worth mil lions. One company, Scientific Games, has pushed creation of a lottery in various states, the newspaper re- orted. The company is an Atlanta- ased subsidiary of Bally Inc. “Scientific Games contributed heavily to a successful Arizona initia tive in 1980, an investment which paid off when the company won a bid to manufacture Arizona’s tick ets,” said a report by the California Senate’s Office of Research. “Scientific Games also lent finan cial support to ballot campaigns in Colorado and Washington, D.C.,” it said. In Texas, Scientific Games has turned to former House Speaker Billy Clayton, a lobbyist with a num ber of clients. “Somebody’s got to furnish the service, and anybody who furnishes the service is going to be paid,” Clay ton said. Rhode Island-based GTECH has hired former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes. Assisting him are Glenn Smith and Monte Williams, who worked in Gov. Ann Richards’ election cam paign and then as publicists for House Speaker Gib Lewis; and Ricky Knox, who pushed to legalize pari mutuel gambling in Texas. State Rep. Ron Wilson, who is sponsoring a lottery proposal, said the game would generate $80 mil lion a year in ad revenue. Pilot says refusal to fly near Kuwait resulted in dismissal from oil company HOUSTON (AP) — A U.S. civil ian who flew helicopters for Saudi Arabian Oil Co. said he was fired when he refused to fly near war-torn Kuwait. Jerry Sunley, 46, of Houston, said he was dismissed Saturday by Saudi Aramco. “My supervisor told me I was be ing fired for failure to obey a legiti mate order,” he told the Houston Chronicle from Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. “At the least, I am very up set. I think they’re exploiting the work force right now to continue getting oil.” Last week, Americans employed by Aramco in Saudi Arabia com plained the company had not pro vided any airlifts since a flight in Au gust of 1,500 dependents. “The employees still, as always, are expected to be at their jobs un less they have vacation time or have made other arrangements,” said Rob Arndt, spokesman for Houston- based Aramco Services Co., the U.S. subsidiary of Saudi Aramco. As an Aramco pilot, Sunley said he flew people and equipment to oil rig platforms near several cities, in cluding Tanaqib, which he described as 35 miles south of the Kuwait bor der. .Last Monday, he said, he was or dered to fly to the coastal city to stand by, ostensibly in case of a med ical emergency on a platform. Sun ley refused. Arndt said he was not aware of the firing. He said Sunley could ap ply for another job with Aramco, but that most of the company’s pilots work in Saudi Arabia. Sunley, who lived in Houston for 10 years, recently sent his wife and two sons out of Saudi Arabia to Mis souri. He said he was told Aramco would pay for his ticket out of Saudi Arabia. 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