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The hardest hit states:
— California, 12,775 jobs.
— New York, 9,865.
— Massachusetts, 8,473.
-Ohio, 8,041.
— Michigan, 7,212.
— Wisconsin, 6,546.
— Illinois, 5,879.
The largest facilities on the hit list are
the 40th Mechanized Division in
California and the 107th Armored
Cavalry Regiment in Ohio.
"It will cause great consternation to
say the least," said Rep. John Murtha, D-
Pa. and the chairman of the House
Appropriations defense subcommittee.
"This is not the way to get a defense
budget through. They're making it
difficult for the members."
Pennsylvania will lose 4,647 jobs.
Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of
Michigan said: "The reductions must be
made rationally and distributed
equitably. The Pentagon plan does not
meet that basic standard."
"We didn't have any political
considerations at all. I didn't look at
whether it was a Republican or
Democratic district," Cheney said.
"National Guard and reserve units
have a big economic impact on local
communities. A 150-person armory
brings $2 million into the local economy.
Closing them would be a big blow," said
Rep. G.V. Montgomery, D-Miss., whose
district is losing four units.
Montgomery and others in Congress
have fought deep cuts in the Guard and
the reserves. Last year, the h<
administration proposed a 105,076 cut;
reserve strength; Congress approvei
37,508 reduction.
"Just because Congress said Hi
doesn't mean it's a bad idea," Chenj
said. "All I hear from my friends
Hill is 'Not in my back yard,' 'Don'tclts
my armory.' ... There are no states thats
unscathed."
Student Senate removes 8 members from office
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senator about schedule changes.
Ansbach further contends that
it is standard protocol for the
speaker of the senate to ensure all
senators receive notification.
Ansbach filed a complaint with
the senate Election Commission
the week prior to spring break
stating that people had been tam
pering with the mail in his box.
James Phipps, student govern
ment election commissioner, said
he received Ansbach's complaint.
"We have talked with him, and
we are looking into the incident,"
Phipps said.
He declined to comment fur
ther on the complaint, saying it
was under investigation.
Even though Wednesday was
the last meeting of the current sen
ate before student elections, action
nonetheless will be taken against
those senators removed.
Regulations state that if a sena
tor is removed from office, he or
she cannot participate in senatori
al elections for one academic year.
Phipps said Ansbach's presi
dential campaign will not be af
fected and he remains eligible for
that position.
Mannaser Marshall, a former
senator seeking an off-campus
senate seat, is ineligible because
of the absence policy. He de
clined comment pending further
consultation with senate officers.
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Authors of Texas A&M University 1990-1991
Ted Anderson
Yavuz Corapcioglu
Ronald Hatchett
Francis Narcowich
Victor Arizpe
Larry Cnunbley
Harold Hawkins
Gerald North
Stephen Atkins
Kathleen Davis
John Herfoich
David Olson
John August
Roy Dejoie
John Hoyle
A. Parasuraman
William Banks
Henry Dethloff
Robert Ivie
Robert Pender
Leonard Berry
Joe Dixon
Marcko Jaric
William Perry
S.P. Bhattacharyya
Patrick Domenico
Larry Johnson
Tarla Rai Peterson
Terry Blanchard
David Dubofsky
Katherine Kelly
Raymond Petrillo
Al Boggess
Don Dyal
William Klemm
Udo Pooch
Walter Buenger
James Earle
Wulf Koepke
John Powers
James Burk
George Edwards
Clinton Machann
William Pride
Robert Calvert
George Fowler
James McNeal
Malcolm Quantrill
Garland Cannon
Stephen Fulling
Martin Medhurst
Don Rice
Kai Chang
Carl Gabbard
Stjepan Mestrovic
Kurt Ritter
Carolyn Clark
Barbara Gastel
Glenn Miller
Jon Rodiek
William B. Clark
Alberto Gonzalez
Jelena Milojkovic-Djuric
Peter Rose
Robert Cochran
Walter Haisler
Timothy Mitchell
Wayne Sampson
Charles Conrad
Hal Hall
Steve Murdock
Donald Sawyer
James Schumacher
Richard Shafer
John Slattexy
L. Murphy Smith
Jeny Stuth
Philip Taetz
Louis Tassinary
Frank Thomas
Paul Thompson
I.R. Tizard
Carlton Van Doren
Paul Van Riper
Dickson Varner
S.B. Vinson
Peter Wetherill
Clifford Whetten
Stephen Worchel
Richard Wysk
Larry Yarak
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large majority of American voters
remain committed to the two par
ties."
In one Texas district, which in
cludes Grand Prairie and Arling
ton, one out of three residents vot
ed Libertarian, Ehlers said.
"I think we have broken the
novelty of seeing us on the bal
lot," Ehlers said.
Third parties are effective in in
fluencing the platforms of major
parties, but are not very likely to
win elections, said Dr. Norman
Luttbeg, a Texas A&M political
science professor.
There is a strong allegiance and
identification to the already estab
lished parties. Bond said, so third
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party was George Waite
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movement in 1968, Luttbeg said
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vote and won electoral votes; tiuman Ser-^.
several southern states," Lutfe government
said ’controversi
Libertarians combine vie*
that Democrats and Republicail
already hold, said Sally Trigg,! the basic me=
A&M student and Libertam contract AH
party member.
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voice tneir views is through the
ready established parties.
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as liberals if they scored high on
civil liberties and low on free-
market economics. Students
who scored low on civil liber
ties but high on free market eco
nomics were characterized as a
conservative.
Students demonstrating high
scores on civil liberties and free-
market economics were labeled
as libertarian. Students holding
low views of civil liberties and
free-market economics were
classified as authoritarians.
Centrist or moderates do not
conform to any consistent pat
tern; according to the survey.
The responses were scored
20 points for "Y," for agree all
the time or most of the time, 10
points for "M," for not sure or
might agree under some cir
cumstances and 0 points for
"N," for never agree.
Questions asked to deter
mine if a person is a self-gover
nor of personal issues were:
• Military service should be
voluntary with no draft or com
pulsory registration.
• Government should keep
hands off radio and TV pro
gram content.
• Government should not in
terfere in sexual conduct be
tween consenting adults.
• Drug laws don't work.
They do more harm than good.
Repeal them.
• People should have the
right to travel, immigrate and
emigrate freely.
Questions asked to deter
mine if someone is a self-gover- 1
nor of economic issues includ
ed:
• People are better off with
free trade than with tariffs and
other barriers.
• Minimum wage laws Ur
inate jobs. 1 Repeal them. < ±
• End taws. Pay for sericsA
with user fees. '
• Let farmers farm without
subsidies, quotas or other gov
ernment limits.
• Western Europe and Japan
should pay for their own de
fense.
The points for each
and "N" answer were added to
gether to form a percentage
score in both personal and eco
nomic issues. This score deter
mined which political philoso
phy a student held.
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in the past, because of this year's
mild winter, he said. Most of the
fronts that have affected Texas
have come through California
from the Pacific Ocean, rather
than through the Midwest from
the arctic. This has kept the
weather relatively warm, so this
spring's climate change won't be
great.
Brazos County is trying to
make people aware of potentially
hazardous weather, Canglose
said. When there is apossibility of
danger, the Civil Defense office
immediately begins working to
inform and protect the public.
"We have quite a good warn
ing team here," he said. "Whet
severe weather threatens, we use
the A&M radar on top of the
O&M Building as an early warn
ing system to detect tornadoes
and heavy thunderstorms, and
send out local police units as spot
ters.
"People can listen to local radio
or TV stations or NOAA Weathei
Radio to keep updated," Canglose
said.
Anyone can receive more infor
mation about safety precautions
by going by the Brazos Count)'
Emergency Management/Civil
Defense office in the Brazos Coun
ty Courthouse.
Regents plan to honor
oilman for contribution
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are special requirements on the
structure teahouse the computers.
The Board also adopted a reso
lution honoring Albert B. Alkek, a
Texas oilman and honorary Aggie,
for the major role and contribu
tion he made in the development
of the Albert B. Alkek Institute of
Biosciences and Technology.
Alkek was a major contributor
to the Texas Medical Center in
Houston, at which a dedication
will be held April 3 at 3 p.m.
In other business, the board ap
proved the sale of 16,000 acres of
land, known as the Kyle Ranch, in
Loving County.
The University administration
has determined that no viable re
search or teaching use exists for
this property.
The Board will have the
decision on any offers madeon
the land.
A Texas A&M University Sys
tem Land Acquisition Account
was established to hold proceeds
from sales of property, such as the
$37,000 the system received from
the sale of lands in Brazoria Coun
ty to Amoco Chemical Company.
These funds will be used to fi
nance future real estate acquisi
tion by the A&M system.
The Board will meet again to
day to discuss remaining busi
ness, including fee increases at
universities within the system,
construction projects on the Col
lege Station campus, and the cre
ation of the Center for Distance
Learning Research.
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