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1893 - A Century of Service to Texas A&M — 1993
Wednesday, October 20,1993
House votes down funding for super collider
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The House reiterat-
d its overwhelming opposition to the su
er collider Tuesday, dealing a devastat-
ng blow to the giant atom smasher's
hances for survival.
On an 264-159 vote. House members
or a second time this year rejected the
linton administration's request for $640
million for the massive science project un
der construction in Texas.
Thq action returns to House and Sen
ate negotiators the $22 billion energy and
water conference report that includes the
contested funds. Negotiators will have to
reconcile the House's potent anti-collider
stance and the Senate's earlier endorse
ment of the project.
Backers suggested the fight isn't over
and held out the hope that Congress
might approve a smaller amount of
money.
"I don't think you can say that it's over
until it's over/' said the only Texan on the
conference committee. Rep. Jim Chap
man, D-Sulphur Springs.
"The Senate as strongly supports it as
the House opposes it," Chapman said.
"The administration supports it.”
Rep. Jim Slattery, who led the opposi
tion forces, said it's too early to declare
victory. "We're going to have to slug this
thing out," the Kansas Democrat said.
Added a fellow opponent. New York
Republican Sherwood Boehlert: "We're
just not going to let down our guard."
The House vote sets up a potential
showdown in conference with Senate
backers, led by Louisiana Democrat Ben
nett Johnston, who has been adamant in
his support for a program that means
billions of dollars and thousands of jobs
for Texas and Louisiana.
Tuesday's vote underlined the
House's resolve to kill a program brand
ed by many as too costly in an era of
huge budget deficits. When the House
first debated collider funding in June, it
voted 280-150 to pull the plug on the
massive science project.
See Collider/Page 4
9-y ear-old Reveille V to retire from A&M Corps
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Corps of Cadets will lose a resident soon
when Reveille V retires.
E-2 is the 75 man unit responsible for
caring for A&M's mascot.
Greg Riels, commander of E-2 and a
senior yell leader, said Reveille V is nine
years old, and the A&M mascot must be
replaced about every 10 years.
"She (Reveille V) doesn't have any
health problems right now," Riels said.
"But she's so busy that she can't enjoy
her later years.
"We feel like it's time to retire her,"
Riels said.
Riels, a finance major, said they are
still in the process of finding a new
Reveille.
But Riels said no information will be
released on the search process or on the
new Reveille for a few weeks.
Reveilles are usually placed in the
care of a former student when they re
tire.
When Reveille IV retired in 1984 after
serving as A&M's mascot for nine years,
she was placed in the care of Dr. and
Mrs. Lee Phillips of Bryan.
Dr. Phillips is a former Corps member
and Class of '53.
When Reveilles die, they are buried at
the north end of Kyle Field in view of the
scoreboard of the Aggie football team.
See Reveille/Page 2
Clinton removes
Army Rangers,
ends Aidid hunt
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The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - In a fur
ther step back from armed con
frontation with Mohamed Farrah
Aidid, President Clinton ordered
a pullout Tuesday of Army
Ranger forces he had sent to So
malia to capture the clan leader.
The move reflected the admin
istration's effort to shift the focus
in Somalia toward pursuing a po
litical settlement following the
deaths of 18 Americans in the dis
astrous Ranger raid on Aidid loy
alists Oct. 3.
"Right now we are engaging
in a political process to see how
we can resolve our mission in So
malia," Clinton told reporters at
the White House. "So right now
we're in a stand-down position."
At the Pentagon, spokes
woman Kathleen deLaski said a
Ranger task force of about 750
men would be withdrawn from
Somalia "in the next couple of
days." Officials declined to pro
vide a full breakdown.
Sixteen of the 18 Americans
who died in the Oct. 3 raid were
members of the Ranger task force.
DeLaski said about 6,300 U.S.
troops now remain in Somalia.
Clinton said the time was right
to pull out the Rangers because
two Marine Expeditionary Units,
totaling about 3,600 men with he
licopters and armored vehicles.
See Somalia/Page 4
Congress objects to NAFTA
costing $2.5 billion in taxes
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WASHINGTON — Faced with new worries about the North
American Free Trade Agreement, President Clinton sought Tues
day to work around congressional objections to paying for it with a
$2.5 billion tax increase.
"There are still some practical things to work out," Clinton said
of the administration's plan to replace federal money lost under
NAFTA with increased fees on international airline and cruise tick
ets and higher rail and truck fees.
Some conservative House Republicans are threatening to with
draw support for the three-nation trade agreement unless the ad
ministration drops its plans to raise international transportation
taxes.
A battle over taxes related to NAFTA is just what the adminis
tration doesn't need at a time when it already faces strong opposi
tion to the trade pact from organized labor and some top congres
sional Democrats.
The increased taxes would offset money lost when NAFTA
wipes out most tariffs and other barriers to trade among the
United States, Mexico and Canada. Tariff reductions would de
prive the U.S. government of about $400 million a year over the
next five years.
See NAFTA/Page 4
Hutchison charges may be dismissed
The Associated Press
AUSTIN — Prosecutors said Tuesday a le
gal error may require the dismissal of criminal
charges against U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchi
son and over 500 other indictments, including
that of convicted killer Kenneth McDuff.
But Travis County District Attorney Ronnie
Earle vowed to take Hutchison's case before a
second grand jury if the indictments are dis
missed.
Following a defense motion, Earle acknowl
edged that a grand juror who heard Hutchi
son's case and others should have been ex
cluded because of a 1988 theft charge that ac
cuses him of writing a hot check for $20.04 to a
grocery store.
"Senator Hutchison has raised a legal tech
nicality which could result in the dismissal of
her indictments and a delay in her trial," Earle
said.
"In that event, the state will present its evi
dence against Mrs. Hutchison to another
grand jury and fully prosecute this case."
Hutchison's attorney Dick DeGuerin said
the technical miscue was due to "sloppy work
by the state."
Prosecutors said the mistake was because
"Senator Hutchison has raised
a legal technicality which
could result in the dismissal of
her indictments and a delay in
her trial."
- Ronnie Earle, Travis County
district attorney
there is no established system for criminal his
tory checks of a potential grand juror.
The senator's spokesman, David Beckwnth,
said Hutchison would be found innocent of
any charges if a second grand jury w^ere to
consider the case.
"I am confident that a fairly-selected grand
jury, one with six Republicans and six Democ
rats, will not indict Sen. Hutchison," Beckwith
said.
A final decision on whether the case against
Hutchison, a Republican, will have to be rein-
vestigated may come this week, said assistant
district attorney Claire Dawson-Brown.
"We are going to be reviewing and study
ing the law about what we need to do with
these indictments," Brown said.
"We want to exhaust all the possibilities of
saving them."
Hutchison, 50, was indicted last month on
charges of using her previous office as state
treasurer for personal and political gain and
then destroying records as part of coverup.
She resigned her 21/2-year tenure as trea
surer after winning a landslide victory June 5
to Lloyd Bentsen's vacated Senate seat. She is
the first woman senator from Texas and the
10th sitting senator ever to be indicted.
Motions were filed Monday by Hutchison's
attorneys, claiming the grand jury that indict
ed her was improperly empaneled.
The motions claim grand juror Melvin
Wrenn should have been excluded because a
charge of theft by check is pending against
him.
Texas law states that a grand juror "must
not be under indictment or other legal accusa
tion for theft or of any felony."
Wrenn's attorney Sam Buford said Tuesday
that his client did not know there was a war
rant for his arrest until the motions were filed
Monday.
Fisher hopes to reinvent government as senator
By Lisa Elliott
Dallas businessman Richard Fisher outlines
governement in a speech Tuesday evening.
Vamell Hopkins/THE Battalion
his plan for a renewed
The Battalion
A Dallas businessman who
plans to run for United States Sen
ate in 1994 said he wants to in
spire citizens to get involved and
help reinvent the current Ameri
can government.
Richard Fisher, a democrat
who hopes to unseat Kay Bailey
Hutchison, told the Aggie Democ
rats Tuesday night that the cur
rent system of government has be
come obsolete.
"We need to build a govern
ment for the world that will be,
rather than the one that was," he
said.
The key to rebuilding the gov
ernment, he said, is to focus on in
dividual rights rather than group
rights.
"My advice is to be tolerant of
others who have different views,"
r he said. "Listen.to them and make
up your own mind about what
you want to support and then go
out there and support them."
Fisher expressed support for
President Clinton's health care
plan, but said it will take a long
time to get it working. He said he
agrees with Clinton that the wel
fare system is a failure and should
be done away with, calling it a
"system of entrapment" that has
See Fisher/Page 4
Inside
Sports
►Lady Aggie volleyball,
soccer previews
►Rice prepares for A&M
football
Page 5
Opinion
•Megliola: Shedding light on
food-court fiasco
Page 9
Weather
•Wednesday: 70%
chance rain, high in 80s,
becoming coo! at night
•Thursday: much cooler,
rainy, highs in mid-60s,
lows in 50s
•Weekend forecast: fair
sky, warmer, highs in
70s, lows in 60s
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