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State District Judge Ed Harris said Monday he will reconsider the jury's Aug. 21 finding, which came the night after Bush's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Houston. In his nationally televised remarks, Bush was critical of lawyers filing frivolous lawsuits on behalf of greedy clients. Harris said the speech left him "appalled.'' "I heard it and I was quite upset about it," Harris said. The judge says he will rule within 15 days on whether Bush's comments influenced the jury that decided against a big damage award for railroad worker Tom Lightsey. Attorney Gordon Davenport of Alvin, who represented Lightsey, told the judge the jury ignored evidence of Lightsey's suffering and expenses from a work-related back injury. Davenport said the jury also failed to follow court instructions in deciding liability and damages in the case. Houston lawyer Dan Spain, who represent ed Burlington Northern Railroad Co. in the tri al, argued that the court lacks the discretion to second-guess jurors and overturn their verdict on the possibility that Bush's speech swayed them. The judge said there were no judicialeu that would justify a new trial, buthedi dismiss the novel argument that Bush'ssf* could have influenced the outcome of thee "I don't think there were any reversible rors in the trial except from this interveit of this speech from the chief executiveof country less than 50 miles away," Harrissi One member of the jury told the Hoe Chronicle that Bush's speech had no the decision. The juror said the majority! lieved that Lightsey was negligent in thev he flipped the switch in the railroad yard Davenport said Lightsey's medical bl taled nearly $60,000 and the evidence supp ed larger damage findings. Clinton leads in poll; 1 in 10 support Perot THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — A national pod released Tuesday showed Ross Perot getting the support of only one in 10 voters even af ter they had a few days to hear about his campaign. The NBC News poll taken Sunday and Monday showed Bill Clinton leading with 46 percent, President Bush at 32 percent, Perot at 10 percent and 12 percent uncommitted. Perot an nounced his candidacy Thursday, then virtually secluded him self except for a television interview. The poll of 820 registered voters has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. A poll released Tuesday by Cable News Network and USA Today also showed Perot with 10 percent and Clinton at 46 percent, but with Bush at 36 percent. Together the two polls illustrate how flexibly voter preference can be interpreted. Clinton’s 46 percent made for a robust 14- point lead in the NBC poll, up from 39 percent in the network’s last poll in mid-September, mostly at Perot’s expense. But Clin ton’s 46 percent in CNN’s poll was a 10-point lead shrunken from 17 points just five days earlier. row Continued from Page 1 ily raised in 1968 when U.S. marines raided the Hanoi Hilton only a few months after the pris oners left. "They put me in it (footholds) when I was accused of whisper ing or communicating with adja cent rooms which was illegal," Ray said. "Even though they didn't catch me, I probably could have beat it if I had a chance to go to court, but of course I didn't have a chance to go to court." Once, Ray spent 14 days in leg irons. He was released no more than three times a day to eat or go to bathroom. Being placed in footholds also meant handcuffs which Ray said made it impossible to sleep with. Ray said he had to slip his hands underneath him and turn to the side in a fetal position. He also found a technique to open the cuffs by taking slivers of bam boo and opening it or using a bent nail. "You had to really be careful the guards didn't catch you and you're roommate really had to clear for you," he said. When you heard the guard coming, you'd get your hands behind your back and get the cuffs in line and just before you clicked it down you would (cough or clear your throat), so when the guy opened the door he wouldn't have seen anything. "If they catch you with cuffs off, they would extend the sen tence." Ray said not all of the North Vietnamese were "sadistic S.O.B.s that would go beyond even the North Vietnamese prison rules . . ." Most of the time, Ray said, they couldn't really get close enough to do anything other than stand at the window and tease and harass. Some were humane and others just did what was expected of them, and no more. "You would see a whole spec trum of humanity," he said. "You'd see. the ones who really didn't like brutality. When tor turing was going on these guys never participated in it or they would shake their heads and walk away. There were some who had a real mean streak and some enjoyed inflicting brutality and torture on people. Most people were the middle group that did what they were told, just a prod uct of society. In that sense, for me it was easier to direct my ha tred towards the system and not the specific individual because that's not healthy either." Finally, on Feb. 12, 1973 Ray was released and returned to the United States. He was also the first ROW back in Texas. Ray said he relates his experi ences to present day problems and encourages people to not give up when things get tough. When giving speeches, he empha sizes things that kept him going for six years and nine months: spiritual and moral values. "In order to prepare for the worst, as well as the best, there are a lot of principles you have to learn that will avoid a lot of trou ble and help you cope with a lot of troubles," he said. "If you ig nore or default on learning those principles you're going to have a lot more problems and a lot less solutions." 53 Portraits FEmEiFim ■ $10 95 i Backo e. Trad! advertised package. Traditional backgrounds also available. I Subject fee of $2 per person, payable when portraits are taken, not included in advertised price. Free portraits and advertised offer from same sitting. Package purchase required for free portraits. Your choice of Christmas background, traditional, nursery, spring or fall background. White and Black backgrounds, Double Feature, Vignette and other Special Effects portraits not available in advertised package. Poses our selection. Use your Sears Credit Card or Discover Card. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Otter void where prohibited, taxed or licensed by law. 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Coupon gooc ■■■1 Ml part mm It studio t studio (4^J Players increasing stakes in Continental bidding THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rig fo ?d ui Continental Airlines heated up Tuesday with two suitors sweetening their offers and Scandinavian Air Systems denying it has joined another group that wants to buy the Houston carrier. Continental also announced that a federal bankruptcy judge granted it yet another extension in filing a reorganization plan, which had been due Tuesday. The newest deadline is Nov. 16. SAS issued a statement Tuesday disavowing comments by Houston Air Inc., w announced the previous dav SAS had joined it in itsefra acquire Continental Scandinavian carrier already a 16.8 percent stake Continental. ■ "SAS has not bound itself 11 any solution regarding theta of Continental Airlines,”1 statement said. SAS said it has had conti; with several bidders, andbelw Houston Air "has drawnfu reaching conclusions fromtfi contact, since SAS has ml committed itself to any oneofli proposals for Continental! future." Ui Once of the v< dent Bu londitii fored-nc ;ad com Family izing they were a big trumpcii to bargain with, but their comfit yorld. Continued from Page 1 in a tight position and concerned about losing even more American lives in Vietnam, Hatchett said. The deal Nixon made to get some prisoners back was better than none. "It was a case of cutting our losses short," Hatchett said. Ray said the Nixon administra tion had a different attitude to ward American POWs than the previous administration. "The Johnson administration did not want the North Viet namese to think the prisoners were of sufficient value and be come an important bargaining tool," Ray said. "But the Nixon administration gave (POWs) more value . . . real- and welfare was too importanlS ignore The problem came with prii oners held outside North tit nam, Ray said. "The way the agreement in negotiated, the North Vietnam claimed to have control overtli |nterpri£ Communist element in Laosar Cambodia and could thereforeas |vith a C sure that all the prisonerswoii nies its return," he said. "Eitherthejiifi — 1 to us about what kind of conte Ta tj on they had or they just failed toW low up on it. If there was nothing more tin could be done then, Hatchett there is something more the pi eminent can do now. . "There j,s not doubt that in’ soldiers were left in Laos, Hatchett said. "But I doubtW] they are still alive. Weneedanao counting." Ion rhei ion of a jromoti The k countal lights v Tiananm ) by lion trad Presic ronicall court G - a gov assacrc IN ADVANCE Proceeds from Greek l/l/eel( activities to aid United l/kay By TANYA SASSER Staff Writer of THE BA TTALtON Greek Week 1992, an ef fort to increase Greek unity and raise money for the Unit ed Way, begins Thursday morning with a Greek picnic and continues through Sun day afternoon. Proceeds from Greek Week ‘92 will go through the University to the United Way, but they will be earmarked for the Brazos Valley Boys and Girls Clubs, said Dr. Mike Leese, coordinator of Greek affairs. Last year, Greeks donated $3,500 directly to the United Way, Leese said. This year, proceeds are expected to be about twice that amount. Leese said Greek Week is important because it provides an opportunity for Greeks to work together and it is a com bined effort from all of the chapters on campus to do nate money to the United Way. The Greek Week 1992 Schedule of Events is as fol lows: picnic (11 a.m.) ■ Dunking Booth — Greek representatives from each chapter ■ Marshmallow eating contest (noon) All will take place near Rud der Fountain ■ Greek Night at The Tap(9 p.m. ) FRIDAY, OCT. 9 ■ Football/Softball Tourna ment (9 p.m.j Accor Budget C week, th $10 billic reducing feast. 7 might c much as savings ossibili st ouh its that a tion as t for the w Faced of the fee can no 1< lions of c machine] While t pushes ft me Unib At the ISD intramural f across from Olsen Field SATURDAY, OCT. 10 ■ 5K run/walk (9 a.m.) At Research Park — every one is invited to participate- $5 entry fee ■ Greek games — volleyball, obstacle course and tug-of- war (1 p.m) ■ Football and softball cham pionships All will take place at the polo fields SUNDAY, OCT. 11 THURSDAY, OCT. 8 ■ Banner Contest and Greek ■ Awards ceremony in Room 229 of the Memorial Student Center (1 p.m.) lo: Chris only The Se 'Ug list ( who are 1 [°ad map le B or lost luestion, I0 ad map a Christia map to li v however, with anyc PARENTS NIGHT OUT Sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega Free babysitting for the students and staff of ASJV1 iamespul ably late minks. I acuity an that Chris fays to f: Pe and v Oct 9th 6:30 - 10 p.m. Room 301 Rudder Questions ? Call Wendell 846-7356 or Adrienne 846-9171