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November 1, 1994 Tuesday • November 1, 1994 THE BATTALION 1 J_> ped, lins irable impression, der convincingly ion as an intellec- ith no common passion for his nces enjoy even issell’s excellent Escape from New , especially after ries of mediocre “Overboard” and and Emerick has a good film that gh its story and magination. But ave been great ire substance to s of the storyline. won’t fail to ae “what might II leave its view- ittle cheated at ite in top i box totals of Oct. 28-30,1994 ores in millions reeks In Weekend of screens gross Smith $167 Bk, 2,033 screens seks, 1,494 screens $57 St iks, 2,363 screens $4 ks, 1,585 screens $3.6 Wellville k, 806 screens $2.58 ild <s, 1,901 screens $2.57 eks, 1,954 screens $2.3 s New Nightmare eks, 1,876 screens $2 p $1.9 «, 1,580 screens --k ■ $1.53 (, 1,251 screens LTHY > 18-35 [TED donors sation 3 roff, King Continued from Page 1 NG TS o gs :A&M mitment i ation laid King decided to plea no con test because she wanted to get lis behind her. 'She didn’t think it was worth tfe time and expenses to fight the egations,” James said. If Groff and King had been ind guilty through a jury trial ley could have faced up to a year jail and a $3,000 fine. Charges are pending for Dr. hn Wormuth, professor of iceanography, and Ron Carter, ttanager of business and facili ties operations, who were in- feed on the same charges. Bush Gifts Continued from Pagel Museum, said the exchange of by heads of state is protocol Worldwide. “It’s expected,” Burchfield aid. “The protocol started as larly as with George Washing ton. It’s evolved by now. Cer- toionies and presentations are juterwoven with private talks. become almost a perfor mance.” Burchfield said the head of ! tate gifts provide people extra- binary opportunities to under- ending the world. “The gifts are one of my fa- 'orite things in the whole collec- ” Burchfield said. “It’s like '■during the world, and you don’t veto go anywhere.” Wagner said the gifts can tell fetors a lot about a country. It’s a unique way to learn ge- fraphy,” Wagner said. “We’ve Wed to get every country cov- fed in this collection. It’s a fewcase of the best crafts from over the world.” Wagner said she is expecting )00 elementary students from 1 schools to tour the exhibit. The collection will be on dis- iy at the J. Wayne Stark Uni- fesity Center Galleries until 1.17. The Battalion • Page 5 ^ ! ■£. i !✓>„/’> ... < .*C * . • ,''f ' ^ . V Continued from Pagel to tell him immediately if they hear of a juror who could ham per a fair trial. “If in the progress of a case you find a juror that could con taminate this case, bring it to the bench immediately,” Kitz- man said. DeGuerin objected to Kitz- man’s asking each attorney to question prospective jurors for no more than 30 minutes. There is no price for justice t time,” Kitzman said. “The more succinctly a case is tried, the higher the level of justice, want to give you the fairest trial and that is the way it usually works.” The charges against Smith stemmed from allegations that he solicited personal benefits from Barnes and Noble Book stores, Inc. for his wife Pat Smith, including airline flights to New York City, theater tick ets, meals and lodging. DeGuerin said the defense will prove Smith and his wife accepted gifts but did not solic it them. Gifts were accepted,” DeGuerin said. “That is not against the law, acceptance is not a crime, it is a defense.” DeGuerin said evidence will prove that the Smiths accept- gifts from Barnes & Noble but repaid the company after the trip. Brazos County District At torney Bill Turner said the state’s charge is they solicited gifts, not that they accepted them. The actions occurred while Texas A&M and Barnes & No- negotiated a contract to privatize the campus book store. Turner, the Texas Rangers d the FBI began their inves tigations last year when ques tions over the Barnes & Noble contract were raised in an anonymous letter sent to Gov. Ann Richards. Smith was reindicted Thursday on two Class A mis demeanor charges after Kitz man granted a defense motion at an Oct. 19 pre-trial hearing to dismiss charges because of “fundamental defects” in the indictment. Turner did not alter the charges, but did make the in dictment more specific. Smith was indicted in June d pleaded not guilty to the charges in late August. If convicted, Smith faces up to two years in jail and up to in fines. GOP Fighting Continued from Page 1 desertions and others that reflect a split between GOP moderates and con servatives. “What you have here are a bunch of Republicans who basically are saying ‘we don’t want any government.’ And a major part of the Republican Party won’t go that far,” said Tony Coelho, senior adviser to the Democratic Na tional Committee. He said the officials who have jumped the fence or challenged GOP tenets fore shadow the problems the party will face reconciling its factions in the 1996 presi dential campaign. Haley Barbour, chairman of the Re publican National Committee, attributed the two mayoral endorsements, to local feuds, alliances and cash flows. “Some of ficials want to have more state and fed eral money put into their city budgets,” he said. Barbour said Riordan and Giuliani were “out of step” with the energized GOP electorate but denied they were demonstrating any fundamental incom patibility with party philosophy. He said they remain model Republican of ficeholders in terms of how they run their cities. Giuliani is feuding with GOP Sen. Al- fonse D’Amato, Republican gubernatorial candidate George Pataki’s sponsor, and considers Pataki’s huge income tax-cut proposal anathema to the city. He has called Cuomo a leader who understands urban problems. Giuliani’s endorsement seems to be fu eling a Cuomo surge, and New York Re publicans are seething. “We’ve gotten threats about what my future will be,” the mayor said Sunday. Riordan, in endorsing Feinstein, said that “she has already proven that she’s a friend of Los Angeles.” Her opponent. Rep. Michael Huffington, is running a no-government-is-good-government cam paign. Some Republicans in his Santa Barbara congressional district passed judgment on his House performance by holding a fund-raiser for Feinstein. 1 ©AT&T 1994