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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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