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WASHINGTON (AP) - Cus
toms Commissioner Carol Hallett
sharply denied allegations of
widespread corruption in Cus
toms Service offices along the
^ Southwest border, telling a House
subcommittee Wednesday the
publicity was having a "devastat
ing effect."
Hallett, who has been praised
for her efforts to reform the agen
cy, was rebuked by Rep. Doug
Barnard for her defense of Cus-
Says complaints against Customs
consist of 'rumors,. . . old stories'
toms personnel and practices, par
ticularly in several Texas offices
that have been under scrutiny.
Many complaints raised
against Customs personnel were
based on "rumors, gossip and old
stories," she said.
"Ms. Hallett, I get the impres
sion that your folks cannot do any
wrong, that everything is misun
derstood, it's innuendo, it's rumor
and the testimony by whistle
blowers had no merit at all on the
Customs Service," said Barnard,
who chairs the House government
oversight subcommittee probing
Customs mismanagement.
"We are not for one moment
trying to insinuate that everybody
is perfect," Hallett replied, noting
that some supervisors have been
transferred, demoted or otherwise
disciplined.
"We had a mess and I was the
first to admit it and the first one to
do something to clean it up," she
later told reporters.
But Barnard questioned a Cus
toms practice of transferring su
pervisors who have run into trou
ble to postings of equal or higher
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mail tampering filed against
Brooks are two separate things
that don't have anything to do
with one another," he said. "Cle
venger makes it sound like the
two things are interrelated, but
they're not."
Corps Commander John Sher
man said he wasn't sure about
specific rules regarding the distri
bution of flyers in Corps dorms,
but said he had no plans to pursue
I ' the matter.
"We usually turn a blind eye to
student government fliers if they
bend the rules a little, because
campus involvement and cam
paigning is good bull," Sherman
said. don't know about the va
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Clevenger said in a phone in
terview Wednesday night that his
letter was necessary to balance
what he called lopsided coverage
of student elections.
"The Battalion grossly mishan
dled the entire (election) story,"
Clevenger said. "It was grossly
unfair to more than one of the can
didates."
Clevenger said he had the fly
ers printed on his own initiative
and he paid for them out of his
own pocket. He also said no presi
dential candidate had anything to
do with the letter.
Senior Yell Leader Trent Kelley
declined to comment on the sub
ject.
Clevenger endorsed two candi
dates in his letter: David Brooks
and Lisa Cash; but both of them
distanced themselves from Cle
venger's activities.
Cash said she had no knowl
edge whatsoever of Clevenger's
actions.
"I had nothing to do with the
letter," Cash said. "I had no idea
Ty was writing it."
Brooks also denied any in
volvement, although he said he
was aware of the flyers' existence.
"I had nothing to do with the
letter," Brooks said. "I was not in
volved in it in any manner.
"I knew the letter was written
because Ty called me and told me
about it, but I'm not sure if the let
ters had gone out or not at that
time," Brooks said. "Also, Trent
did some campaign work for me,
but this letter was totally on his
own and not part of anything I
had him do."
Phipps said the candidates'
conduct in this year's election has
been decidedly worse than those
of the recent past and is not help
ing the image of student govern
ment.
"I think this year's problems
come from the candidates letting
their personalities get in the way,"
he said. "Every sideways glance
was construed as, 'I can't stand
you,' and the problems escalated
from there.
"This isn't unique to student
government, and can be found in
the MSC, The Battalion and even
national politics," Phipps said.
"There's not an organization on
campus that doesn't have person
ality conflicts, but it's unfortunate
that this got out of hand."
World leaders speak at Wiley Lecture Series
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a successful and free economy.
He also said nations must resolve
national, ethnic and religious con
flicts.
The former Soviet Union's mili
tary seems to be lacking security,
said Dr. Vitaly Shlykov, deputy
chairman of the State Committee
on Defense of the Russian Federa
tion. Broken up, the former Sovi
et's military establishment does
not know what to do.
"I stress this point that the huge
Soviet military machine has disin
tegrated into parts," he said.
Previously, Shlykov served on
the General Staff of the Soviet
Armed Forces and senior research
fellow at the Institute of World
Economics and International Rela
tions for the Soviet Academy of
Sciences.
The political leadership did hot
know much about the technical
side of the problem, Shlykov said.
The former Soviet Union needs
worldwide help. Their military
wants to get rid of its nuclear
weapons, he said.
Tamds Katona, political Under
secretary of State of the Hungari
an Foreign Ministry, said defense
policies have to adjust themselves
to security policies.
"We do not want to re-adjust
the borders," he said.
Instead, Katona said Hungary
wants to conserve and open up its
frontiers. Before his current posi
tion, Katona was one of the
founders of the youth organiza
tion of the Independent Small
holders Party of Hungary.
The unification of Germany
was discussed by Dr. Antoni
Kaminski, who served as deputy
director in charge of the West and
North European Divisions for the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Poland.
Kaminski said fear of Germany
becoming a unified state exists.
"Germany may be too large for
Europe," he said.
Kaminski said he thinks a
stronger United States presence in
Europe is a good idea.
In response to the United
States' presence in Europe,
Shylkov said that R u ss la'would'
like the United States' support.
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said more calls than ever are pour
ing in.
"You need to know your envi
ronment; that's what we've been
trying to tell people," she said. "It
could be a neighbor, a co-worker
I ' or a stranger."
April is Sexual Assault Aware
ness Month and McCune said the
crisis center has been busy trying
to promote prevention and aware
ness within the community.
Newton said the College Sta
tion Police Department's Crime
Prevention Unit also has been
spreading the word.
"We are constantly working on
this by making presentations and
educating the public," he said.
"You can reduce your chances by
avoiding situations."
Saturday's sexual assault did
alarm many students who live on-
campus, Newton said, since it
was so close to campus.
Director of the University Po
lice Department Bob Wiatt said
many students think that living
on-campus is safer than living off-
campus. x
"Campus is not a sterile atmo
sphere," Wiatt said. "For this
school year, we've had two re
ported sexual assaults and last
year we had one reported."
Wiatt said University Police of
ficers are on duty 24 hours a day
and thousands of dollars have
been spent on improving campus
safety.
"We've got new blue emergen
cy lights, an escort service - I even
have officers on top of buildings
at night," he said. "We are taking
every precaution we can to ensure
the safety of students."
Wiatt, one of the founders of
the rape crisis center, said he gets
frustrated with naive students.
"College kids think nothing
evil can happen to them here,"
Wiatt said. "Whether you are in
Houston or Bryan-College Station,
it can happen."
"We keep emphasizing aware
ness — that's the only insurance
for protecting yourself," he said.
Gay legislator discusses biases
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ing a Texas state representative.
He said he found that discrimi
nation against homosexuals exist
ed in the House of Representa
tives as well as in society.
"People moved their seats
away from me in the house cham
bers," Maxey said.
Maxey said he has found that
dealing with his homosexuality
openly and humorously has made
him feel more comfortable around
the other representatives.
Despite the continuous obsta
cles he has faced as a politician,
Maxey argued that people need to
accommodate their lives to in
clude the homosexual community.
They re just going to have to
get used to it and get over it," he
said. "And I am finding that they
are."
Maxey said he is not a single
agenda representative. As an
openly gay state representative,
he stressed the importance of peo
ple realizing the mutual concerns
of the heterosexual and the homo
sexual population.
One of the main priorities on
Maxey's agenda is health care re
form to provide medical care to
the poor. Ethics reform, economics
and education in the state also
concern him and other representa
tives.
"Most people don't care if you
are gay or lesbian if you care
about the same things as they do,"
Maxey said. "If they understand
that our issues are their issues —
it's fine."
In the process of running for re-
election for state representative,
Maxey polled the people to find
out whether they would vote for a
homosexual if he or she was the
most qualified and 79 percent re
sponded yes.
Maxey challenged the audience
of homosexuals to be a part of
projects taken on by gays and les
bians in the next few years.
He said that by coming out
they can help others to face up to
their identity.
"I don't want any of you to
ever be ashamed of who you are,"
he said. "It's your responsibility
to be proud of yourselves and be
out in the open."
"We would like you to move a
bit closer to Russia," Shlykov said,
directing his answer to Crowe.
Crowe said that not long ago.
United States' military presence in
Europe was needed to deter Soviet
attacks on Western Europe, but
now the military will be support
ive.
Dr. Jean-Ren£ Gehan, Coun
selor for Political and Military Af
fairs at the French Embassy in
Washington D.C., answered ques
tions about of the foundation of
the National Defense Studies in
Paris. He said France was against
the United States trying to help
get new a world order.
"The changes occurring in East
ern Europe are occurring all over
the world," Kaminski said.
Environmental
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sion meeting said the company al
ready is implementing 14 of the
staff's recommendations.
"The environmental things are
being addressed. Some of our
problem with the eight things that
are at issue is that we don't think
some of them are necessary," said
Molly Cagle, an Atochem attor
ney.
Once technical questions are
resolved, Atochem representa
tives will meet with a hearings ex
aminer, who will make recom
mendations to the three commis
sioners.
The commissioners will review
the examiner's report and hear
testimony from Atochem before
making a final decision.
But Colbert said Atochem had
been "unnecessarily" slow in
complying with the agency's rec
ommendations.
"Some of those steps they say
they've been gracious about do
ing, we had to issue and emergen
cy order for them to do. You
could say they've graciously com
plied with our emergency direc
tive," said Colbert, adding that
Atochem waited until the orders
almost ran out before meeting
them.
The commission staff alleges
that in September 1990, Atochem
knew that 4,000 gallons per day of
the contaminated water was pol
luting an unnamed creek and two
lakes near the company's facility.
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