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Editor
Timm Doolen
Mana
Todd
Editor
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City Editor
Sean Frerking
News Editors
Jennifer Jeffus
Callie Wilcher
Art Director
Richard James
Lifestyles Editor
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Rob Newberry
Sports Editor
Jayme Blaschke
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ily except Saturday, Sunday, holi
days, exam periods and when
school is not in session during fall
and spring semesters. Publication
is Tuesday through Friday dur
ing the summer sessions. The
newsroom phone number is 845-
3316.
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Texas A&M University and
Bryan-College Station.
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division of Student Publications, a
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State & Local
The Battalion
Security
beefed up
for concert
NAACP expresses skepticism
Delegates take wait-and-see approach regarding Supreme Court nominee Thomas
DALLAS (AP) — Police offi
cers kept their riot gear on hand
Monday as they prepared for a
Guns N' Roses concert — the
band's first since a show in Mis
souri turned into a heavy metal
melee.
The police department as
signed two squads of eight offi
cers trained in crowd control to
patrol outside the Starplex Am
phitheatre, their riot gear
stashed nearby in case fans at
the sold-out show got unruly,
police spokesman Sgt. Jim Chan
dler said.
Another two tactical units, in
cluding mounted officers, were
on standby. Chandler said.
"I don't guess you ever go into
a concert anticipating a problem,
you plan to prevent problems,"
Chandler said. "Looking at what
happened in St. Louis, I think it
has to be a concern for us and
the Starplex that the potential for
problems certainly exists."
Chandler said 41 off-duty offi
cers, 10 more than usual, had
contracted to provide security
within the 20,000 capacity the
ater.
HOUSTON (AP) — NAACP
delegates expressed skepticism
Monday about Clarence
Thomas' nomination to the U.S.
Supreme Court, saying they do
not know if the black conserva
tive judge is an acceptable re-
? lacement for retiring Justice
hurgood Marshall. •
"I think the jury is still out on
Judge Thomas," said Les John
son, an auto worker from
Youngstown, Ohio, who is at
tending the civil rights group's
84th national convention in
Houston.
Some delegates said they were
taking a wait-and-see approach
as they hoped to learn more
about the man picked by Presi
dent Bush
to
succeed Mar
shall, so far
the only black
to serve on
the court.
The Na
tional Asso
ciation for the
Advancement
of Colored
People, which
has harshly
criticized
Clarence Thomas
has not yet won
support from the
NAACP.
Thomas in the past, also with
held making a decision on
whether to oppose or support
the nomination. Benjamin
Hooks, NAACP executive direc
tor, said Monday that the group
first wants to meet with Thomas
and conduct a review of his re
cord in public office.
Although NAACP members
have not reached a consensus on
whether Thomas is right for the
post, they seemed to agree on
one thing — Marshall will be
tough to replace.
"When Marshall retired, that
left a big void," Johnson said.
The outspoken justice, who
announced his retirement last
month, has been an avid sup
porter of civil rights and wom
en's rights and a staunch oppo-
oft"
As a lawyer, he won all
three of the 32 cases he argued
before the Supreme Court as
chief counsel for the NAACP, in
cluding the landmark case in
which the court banned the "se
parate but equal" treatment of
the races in public schools.
nent of the death penalty.
Thomas, in his interviews,
speeches, testimony and other
public statements, has been con
sistent in his view that affirma
tive action and other programs
designed to help poor minorities
have instead hurt them in most
cases. He also appears to sup
port school prayer and opposes
minimum-wage laws.
Richards takes time in appointing new leader for collider
A private security firm will
g rovide additional guards, said
tarplex General Manager Larry
Fontana. He would not specify
how many.
"We always go out of our way
to secure great security for our
concert fans," Fontana said.
AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Ann Richards said
Monday she sees no need to rush in ap
pointing a new head for the state's super
conducting super collider agency.
"I want it to be very carefully thought
through, and I want the involvement of the
commission members when that decision is
made," Richards said.
J. Fred Bucy quit Friday as chairman of
the nine-member Texas National Research
Laboraton’ Commission, which manages
the state' 4>1 billion contribution and is pur
chasing 1 ' for the high-energy research
project.
Bucy voiced fears that other countries
won't invest in the $8.25 billion SSC and
that it might never be built. In resigning,
Bucy said he would focus on obtaining
funding help from other countries.
Bucy specifically cited problems obtaining
a funding commitment from Japan, consid
ered a key foreign contributor.
"He is concerned that we may not get a
Japanese commitment that he hoped we
would get, and he may be right in that,"
Richards said. "Frankly, I do not know."
The collider, to be the world's largest sci
entific instrument, is a particle accelerator to
be built in a 54-mile oval tunnel in Ellis
County, south of Dallas. Scientists will
smash protons together at high speeds,
fui ‘
hoping they break apart to yield further night and day with no prob
clues to the origin of matter.
Richards also discussed the collider with
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, who down
played Bucy's resignation and said he was
confident SSC funding was secure.
"There's certainly some concerns about
international participation, but there's no
crisis," said Barton, a member of the House
Energy and Commerce Committee.
"We are about to get from the House and
Senate this year approximately a half a bil
lion dollars to fund the SSC ... We've got
major negotiations going on international
ly," Barton said.
We've got our technical people working
ferns.
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During the early morning
hours of June 1, the College Sta
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a flood of criminal mischief re
ports.
These calls indicated that
someone went on a rampage of
random attacks against property
which included 26 vehicles and
seven mail boxes, all in the east
side of College Station.
One witness reported seeing a
pickup truck driving east along
Francis Street at a high rate of
speed when the driver leaned
out a window and used a club to
break out the windshield of a car
parked along the curb. Property
damages are estimated to be
about $6,100.
The witness reported that the
vehicle was a tan Ford pickup
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This week the College Station
Police Department and Crime
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Tuesday
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: General discussion at noon. Call COPE at 845-0280 for more
information.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. STUDENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE: Informational meet
ing at 7 p.m. in St. Mary’s Student Center. Call Dalila Burgos at 847-2970 for
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telen at 693-9990 for more information.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: General discussion at noon. Call COPE at 845-0280 for more
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