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Wednesday, February 12, 1992 The Battalion Page 3 ■AACP ^protests roposed stration Greenspan predicts recovery Interest rate cuts will boost economy, he says WOMEN : We are t : CLUB: Ge,J to all magiciaJ 8:30 p.m. IoImM^^USTON (AP) — A civil Call David e riglltS 8 rou P has called for the im- Wdicite resignation of a judge )r moreinformj« s j ( j er j n g voluntary castra tion of a Houston man charged eneral conmijwlh molesting a child. r,np intPrp«taHSteven Allen Butler, 27, faces ° ® w e ulto life in prison on a charge of ,n 502 Rudde mravated sexual assault of a Bid. Butler will be sentenced by State District judge Mike Mc- ENGiofadden, an advocate of castrat- D PRESS: in f some sex offenders. The judge said last week that Butler will be granted 10 years deferred adjudi- ;e University cation if he pleads guilty to the ocker. Cal April 24 charge and is castrated, ^formation. ■ ’This is merely an effort to set a precedent and open doors of op portunity to castrate thousands of bl&ck males legally,” Frank Burns, president of the state conference lent speakers of NAACP branches, said at a and doings news conference Monday. atthehiohvll " Ho P efull y' Judge McSpad- den . . . will come to understand ;o, don’t forjeiBat Steve Butler's problem is be- in your resiffi/een his ears and that it will take : ile. 6:30 pij more than a surgeon's knife to re- !l Jennifer ' t- . . T h Community activist Jew Don loney also decried what he called IlcSpadden's "sick mindset" for OF PHILOS!; considering the punishment. CITIES-MIJSi Butler, who is black, has said ) THE orll e wou ld rather be castrated than "“Sentenced to a long prison term. "It's inhumane, it's barbaric, |'s irrational, and it's also illegal," oney said Tuesday. "We felt that omebody, out of a sense of hu- nanity, needed to speak out kgainst the judge." But McSpadden accused urns and his group, the National ssociation for the Advancement f Colored People, of being soft n crime. "It's a shame the black corn- unity doesn't have more re- Isponsible leadership," McSpad den said. "At a time when the in 6011/d-4^AACP should actually push for r^ a t7Tfi.l stron S er P uni shment ... they take MW* ■the opposite approach, knowing that the black community is the most victimized by crime." brmation. 3: Brown McDonald, 30 p.m. in Rebecca Bine ore informafe I PORTS Ml : Car Show.! the MSC. Cal r more informs ; ■ting along wift ded for (he lad nation. ■ ■ j SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Feder al Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan conceded Tuesday thdt rehiring has been slow but stuck to his view that inter est rates are low enough to bring economic recov ery soon. Greenspan left open the possibility of further moves to push rates lower and stim ulate business. But he said actions already taken by the central bank should be "adequate to turn the economy onto the path of sus tained recovery." He promised, as he has in other recent appearances, "We must and will continue to monitor day- to-day developments closely for validation of that judgment, and, if necessary, move toward an in creased degree of monetary ease." Greenspan spoke at a conven tion of the Independent Bankers Association of America, a group of small-town and country bankers. Shortly after his remarks, the Federal Reserve drained money from the banking system for the third consecutive business day, in dicating policy makers did not want short-term interest rates to fall. Although Greenspan's com ments echoed testimony delivered a week ago to Congress, they were his first since Friday when the La bor Department reported U.S. em ployers shed an unexpectedly large 91,000 jobs from their pay rolls in January. Analysts were split over the meaning of the speech, and finan cial markets showed little reaction to it. "He's a little bit worried about the payroll number but not wor ried enough to change policy," said David Jones of Aubrey G. Lanston & Co. Inc., a government securities dealer in New York. Fed policymakers "are saying in no uncertain terms ... 'Don't count on any relief soon,"' he said. However, economist Bruce Steinberg of Merrill Lynch in New York said he believed the central bank wanted to nudge rates lower soon but did not want to stir up markets until after Thursday, when the Treasury Department is to finish its three-day auction of $36 billion in government debt. "I think the Fed is going to be easing fairly soon/' he said. "Per haps they'll ease on Friday ... but Police find similarities in break-ins Crime Stoppers Two Wyatt's Sporting Goods stores were burglar ized on weekends exactly one month apart. On Dec. 9 the store at Manor East Mall in Bryan and on Jan. 5 the store on University Drive in College Station were hit by burglars. In each case the thieves forced their way into the buildings, searched through the merchandise and stole numerous pieces of sports apparel, ball caps and athletic shoes. The total loss is estimated at more than $10,000. At the Bryan store, thieves took, among other things, 36 NIKE two piece wind suits and 20 ball caps. At the College Station store they took 75 pairs of NIKE AIR JORDAN Basketball shoes, along with numerous NIKE T-shirts, shorts and socks, and 40 ball caps. Similarities in the burglaries lead detectives to be lieve the same persons may have committed both burglaries and will attempt to sell or trade the items in the local area. This week the College Station and Bryan Police Departments and Crime Stoppers need your help to identify the person(s) responsible for these burglar ies. If you have information that could be helpful, call Crime Stoppers at 775-TIPS. When you call. Crime Stoppers will assign you a special coded number that will protect your identity. If your call leads to an arrest and grand jury in dictment, Crime Stoppers will pay you up to $1,000 in cash. Crime Stoppers also pays cash for informa tion on any felony crime or the location of any want ed fugitive. So call Brazos County Crime Stoppers today, at 775-TIPS. : Pool ill j are interest e or you are >n out. Eveij' 8:30 p.m.al ill. Call I I r more i jral meeting, der. Up/Page8 :ters' .vL /. : ' .A'. C- r. v : -4 Police Beat d and is ..$1.29 quire vening) .2th, so ! South The following incidents were reported to the University Police Department during the period between Jan. 28 and Feb. 5. Criminal Mischief Someone ignited a solid deodorant bottle wrapped in paper towels and placed the burning device outside the window of a second floor room of Mclnnis Hall. Someone broke the globe and bulb fixture on a light fixture near the foot bridge in the TAMU Research Park. All of the vegetation in the University owned apartments community garden was destroyed by an unknown person or persons. Someone damaged the ignition switch of a Honda Elite motorcycle as they unsuccessfully tried to steal the motorcycle. A 1985 Jeep Wagoneer (TLP# 686-3CB) parked in Parking Area 2 was damaged by someone who broke the rear window by striking it with a blunt object. Misdemeanor Theft A brown leather Bechamel jacket left unattended in a fourth floor study room in Rudder Hall was stolen. A Sharp AM/FM cassette CD player, Model QT-CD 20 was stolen from a basement room in the Engineering/ Physics Laboratory. A DAK camera and monitor were stolen from a fourth floor room in the Bright Building. A yellow J.C. Penney boys bicycle was stolen from the Sterling C. Evans Library bicycle rack. A green Perigee Giant boys bicycle was stolen from in front of a first floor room of Mclnnis Hall. Someone entered a first floor room and stole an unknown brand AM/FM radio. A red Giant Rincon boys bicycle was stolen from the Clements Hall bicycle rack. A key was stolen from an office in the Special Services Building. A thief stole $40 in cash from the Recreational Sports Office in the Read Building. Harassment Three victims reported receiving annoying and/or obscene telephone calls during the period. One victim has been the recipient of harassing correspondence and telephone calls from an acquaintance since October 1991. Violation of University Regulations Two individuals from Illinois were located selling T-shirts near Law Hall without authorization. A subject was detected selling T-shirts on the fourth floor of Dunn without authorization. Two individuals from North Carolina were selling furniture from a truck in Parking Area 54 without authorization. Minor in Possession of Alcoholic Beverage Two people were issued citations for minor in possession of alcoholic beverage. Driving While Intoxicated One person was arrested and incarcerated in the Brazos County Jail for driving while intoxicated. Burglary of Building Someone burglarized the Golf Clubhouse by throwing a stone through a window on the southwest corner of the building. A set of Ping black dot irons were stolen. Burglary of Habitation A thief entered an unsecured second floor room and stole two black leather wallets that contained $97 in cash and other assorted personal property. Burglary of Vehicle A stock Volkswagen AM/FM stereo cassette player, a brown leather identification case and a Charms yellow jacket were stolen from a 1991 Volkswagen Jetta parked in Parking Area 39. Criminal Trespass Two subjects were found in violation of previously issued Criminal Trespass Warnings and taken to the Brazos County Jail. Assault An altercation between two basketball players on opposing teams escalated to the point of physical contact during a game at G. Rollie White Coliseum. The victim, who was struck in the face with a fist, filed a criminal complaint against his adversary. Evading Arrest A subject attempted to escape from an officer by fleeing on foot, but was apprehended, arrested and incarcerated in the Brazos County Jail. indecent Exposure Several individuals reported the presence of a pedal cyclist on campus with his trousers and underwear lowered to expose his genitals. The individual was apprehended and then incarcerated in the Brazos County Jail. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDY ABROAD! FOR TAMU AND APPROVED NON-TAMU PROGRAMS ALL TAMU STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY! Applications for Summer and Fall 1992 programs now available from Study Abroad Program professors or the Study Abroad Program Office at 161 Bizzell Hall West. 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Chairman William Taylor told the bankers that the drop in interest rates was among the factors contributing to an im proving outlook for the banking business despite a sharp increase in assets held by problem banks. "No one ever wants to be opti mistic. It's always dangerous. ... But the facts of the matter are ... it's not all darkness," he said. He acknowledged that when the final accounting is made, the fund insuring bank deposits likely will be shown to have been in the red at the end of 1991. London Paris Frankfurt Madrid Rome Tel Aviv *Fares above are one way student or teacher fares from Houston. Re strictions apply. Council Itavd 2000 Guadalupe Austin, TX 78705 518-472-4931 Call for your FREE student travel catalog. For Valentine's Day send the most original and inexpensive gift on campus. 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