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er 6,1993
Monday, September 6,1993
The Battalion
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GOSPEL MEETING with HAROLD TURNER from
GREENWOOD, ARKANSA.
AT THE TWIN CITY CHURCH OF CHRIST, 810 SOUTHWEST PKWY, CS
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Cain Park dedication
Kyle Bumclt/Tin Battalion
Asculpture of an eagle is unveiled at the dedica- gift from the Class of '91 and was presented by
tion of Cain Park Saturday. The sculpture was a members of the class and University officials.
Labor Day '93 has new meaning
Layoffs, benefit cuts, lower
wages, instabilities to blame
The Associated Press
On Labor Day, the holiday set aside in tribute to
those who put in the hours for the paychecks, wor-
tiesin the workplace call more attention to labor's
fains than labor's gains.
Job insecurity, layoffs by corporate giants such as
|1BM and General Motors, erosion in earnings, and
jivebacks in health care and other fringe benefits are
imong the pressures facing wage earners.
Additionally, a new study shows that over the
hst four years, those previously exempt from wage
aits - white-collar workers and those with college
legrees — have also watched their paychecks
ihrivel.
"It's a dramatrCH^conomic change. This is a
spreading upwards of the trend in the 1980s when
Hue-collar workers and those without college educa-
liontook it on the chin," said Larry Mishel, a former
professor of industrial relations who helped write
lliestudy for the Economic Policy Institute.
"This is a joyless recovery. People feel vulnerable."
The study by the Washington, D.C.-based think
tank said wages for blue-collar males fell 5.9 percent
in the last four years following dramatic declines in
the 1980s. Losses for white-collar males weren't as
severe, but their wages still fell 2.4 percent.
Mishel also said that 60 percent of the new jobs
created in the first six months of this year were part-
time posts, half of which were filled by people seek
ing full-time work. He called it the only recovery
since World War II in which the jobless rate was no
lower after 28 months of recovery.
In the current job climate, some say, workers and
employers may have to change the way they do
business to compete in the world economy.
"Workplaces in the United States are under con
siderable pressure," said John T. Dunlop, professor
emeritus of economics at Harvard University and
secretary of labor under President Ford.
"It is a time of readjustment, a time of reappraisal.
We are entering a different day," said Dunlop, who
chairs the federal Commission for the Future of
Worker-Management Relations.
On a positive note, labor leaders believe the White
House attitude has improved, despite the low-wage,
right-to-work tradition of President Clinton's home
state of Arkansas.
Clinton has revoked two executive orders signed
by his predecessor. One required federal contractors
to tell workers of their right not to join a union; the
second banned the exclusive use of union workers
on federal construction jobs.
Judge faces
restrictions
following 3rd
DWI charge
The Associated Press
FORT WORTH - State District
Judge Frank Douthitt is only al
lowed to preside over civil cases
pending disposition of a drunken
driving charge against him.
"If he's subject to the criminal
justice system, I think it's better he
not be involved in handling a crim
inal court," Judge Clyde Ashworth,
presiding administrative judge for
North Texas, said Saturday.
"I don't think there's anything
that would prevent him from be
ing as good a judge as he's always
been, but 1 don't want to put that
burden on him," Ashworth said.
Douthitt, a 56-year-old visiting
judge from Henrietta, was arrested
Aug. 27 on a DWI charge after an
automobile accident involving a
Fort Worth police car in a parking
lot, according to a police report.
The judge was already on pro
bation from a June 1991 DWI con
viction in Arlington/according to
court records, and a Tarrant Coun
ty prosecutor said Douthitt had a
previous DWI charge in Austin.
Officials said they were waiting
to file charges against Douthitt in
the most recent case until they re
ceive records on the outcome of the
Austin arrest. If records indicate a
conviction, Douthitt could be
charged in the Fort Worth incident
with a felony, punishable by a max
imum of five years in prison.
Douthitt was free on $1,000
bond over the weekend. Neither
the judge nor his attorney. Bill
Lane, returned telephone mes
sages for comment.
Douthitt is former general
counsel for the State Bar or Texas.
Ashworth said he informed
Douthitt, a longtime friend and
colleague, of his restricted duties
during a meeting last week in
Ashworth's chambers. Douthitt
raised no objections, he said.
The judge's recent arrest es
caped media attention because po
lice originally listed the incident on
reports as a confiscated property
case rather than a DWI, the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram reported Sun
day. The rgport listed Douthitt not
as an arrested person, but rather as
the complaining party.
Douthitt has presided over sev
eral recent high-profile criminal
cases in Tarrant County, including
the May capital murder trial of Ed
ward LaGrone, accused in the slay
ings of a 10-year-old girl and the
child's two elderly great-aunts.
The Brown Bag
Concert Series
Every Wednesday at 12:30
Starting: September 8th
Academic Building Room 402
Sept. 8: Tom Acord, Tenor
- Faculty, Cal. St. Univ. Hayward
Everyone Welcome Admission Free
ASSOCIATION OF
COLLEGIATE
ENTREPRENEURS
General Meeting
When: Monday, Sept 6th - 7:30 p.m.
Where: Blocker Rm 135
Business Student Council Open House
When: Sept 7-8 (All Day)
Where: Blocker (We’ll have a table!)
Come and join us! Great opportunity to meet new
career contacts and other fellow Aggies!
All Majors Encouraged!
The Areas Most Comprehensive Athletic Facility
Expanded Weightroom!
Bryan College Station
1900 W. Villa Maria 2220 S. Texas Ave.
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Aquatics
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★ Five Studios over
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SCHEDULE OF SERVICES:
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MONDAY THRU FRIDAY EVENING @ 7:30 PM
WE HOPE YOU WILL MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND THIS SERIES OF LESSONS
PROCLAM1NG THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 693-1758.
Wanted: Soccer Referees!!!
The Brazos Valley Soccer Referees' Association invites
referees and prospective referees to our
General Meeting
Tuesday, September 7th, 7 p.m.
Fuddrucker's Patio
2206 Texas Ave. S., College Station
For further information call Claude Cunningham at
764-2989 or Jere Smith at 846-1565
Extra Spending Money & Fun
2001:
A Space
Odyssey
25 th Anniversary
Special Screening
THURSDAY
7:00
FRIDAY
7:00
STAlLONi
THURSDAY
9:45
FRIDAY
9:45 & Midnight
SATURDAY
7:30,9:45 & Midnight
PLUS: All this week in the MSC
POSTER SALE!!!
Sponsored by the Film Society and MovieArt
A huge selection of movie and music posters - all sizes, all styles!
ADMISSION: $2.50
Presented in Rudder Auditorium
Advance tickets available at MSC Box Office
Questions? Call...
MSC Box Office 845-1234
Aggie Cinema Hotline 847-8478
MSC Student Programs Office 845-1515
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