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Page] ber 12,1 Thursday Page 13 September 11,1 996 )re to allow eacher tn lat's forsu tore reason ause ►sion I AVIS ;big i MEAL g^VENSEN^ ontinued from Page 1 I gister, Wiatt said. 1 Wednesday’s discovery also ought more charges for Davis, ieve teacfince Davis crossed state lines, e Federal Bureau of ivestigation obtained a warrant r unlawful flight from prosecu- e to hireni|)n against Davis, Wiatt said. Bryan-College Station police licials investigated several leads to where Davis may have fled, tt none pointed to Arkansas. "The only thing we can sume is that he just ended up Little Rock,” he said, lometimes what happens is at a suspect just gets in their rand just goes some place.” LRPD has taken the car into cus- dyand is searching it for possible jes as to Davis' whereabouts. Davis, 23, was indicted in larch 1996 on two charges of jgravated sexual assault for two tld be ot pesontheA&M campus. If con ic dassra cted, Davis could face five to 99 re aidesic arsorlife in prison. Davis disappeared from his ?commei!lrents home in Houston Aug. 2] ion are: re days before his trial on ailabilin larges of rape. The disappear- g, at am ice violated the 10 p.m. curfew on. a iposed by 272nd District Judge telephom hn Delaney, who is presiding rer the case. ms by co The fugitive had been released governm i a $150,000 bond, which was i with pr lid by a Bryan bail bondsman lents’abi id his parents, Linda and Don avis Sr. th change v havem iressing sAty Bunking ;n. ’ by , teac Jontinued from Page 1 me, based r than be . c | ose U p thatisdni “We are just so worried about laking sure the students under and the Dixie Chicken is not the erpetratorof the ruling,” he said. I . Itisstate law and we have got to lUS b e y." or close down.” ^ ^ TABC Sgt. Laban Toscano said be Dixie Chicken has taken the in order to comply with date law. “They (the Dixie Chicken) have ? Is that a [cNamara, protect their assets,” he saicH fflthey are doing is complying rclestM icallycot Vlethodisl ler pres!' Jniversitf it Lyndon tract life of it! jality is at Ids, had nth what the state has told them bey have to comply with. What earedoing is ensuring that the ompliance is met.” je tradition, Ganter said, nllsurvive the policy change. "The spirit of it isn’t taken way," he said. The Dixie Chicken, Toscano Id, has not received a citation ir last week’s incident, but the \BC is contemplating action, e said no citation was given dom. eclinedt lasizedb ff here. 2 of facit lists ad 1 ilists aw ;cause a g en t s did no t w it- issthe sale of the alcohol. Penalties range from written tations to license cancellation. He said TABC considers the verity of violations when decid- mphasi* g on ramifications. have a standardized nalty chart,” he said. “That is 3 be moi i met j a j n g we have to abide , Ifwe have enough evidence ifttogd racasei then we are going to ring ov ^ a case _ “This [violation] is going to lent coi || more t h e C ategory of a ild have j rn i n g ” imatica 1 Q a nter is complying •Ity , Ith state law, the question tte ^ t0 p (1 mains whether students will ends 1 mplywith his proposed solution. P .r Gabrielle LeSage, a senior bio- l ine a" eaica science major who sincere! c dves her ring today, said she em j ca ii ies not like the change but plans •ticular' comply. 3n t toll! "lam not a big beer drinker, so md risf vasn’tthat crashed,” she said. “I dn’t particularly want to drink "at much beer anyway. But I still [ink it’s lousy. "The 32-ounce glass to me is big deal. It just cuts the goal half.” LeSage said she expects that dents will try to get away with inking their rings in 60-ounce, tchers. . 'T know people are going to ditto be macho,” she said. ^ajj Tracy Moody, a senior architec- re major, and a bartender at the Xie Chicken, said students think a change will ruin the tradition. t>ody said it actually brings it totoits roots. • • t * f <(>. Ring dunking didn’t start in tchers until 1987,” he said, 'itially, they did it in 24-ounce bgs. If you look at it in that way, are going back to ol’ army.” Ganter said students should Ilk to make the change in tradi- h work to protect the future of famous Aggie hangout. They (TABC) have the power to tbtdown the Dixie Chicken forev- dnd I don’t want to see that hap- b’’he said. Dole remains optimistic [deal despite trailing in polls WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to calm GOP jitters, Bob Dole por trayed himself Wednesday as a lifetime survivor against long odds — and for proof displayed an ominous 1945 letter to his father from the Army. The letter regretfully informed Doran Dole that the recovery of his second-lieutenant son from World War II wounds “is some what questionable.” Dole, who spent years in hospi tals recuperating, produced the recently discovered letter to underscore that he’s overcome daunting odds before. “I want to say to those faint hearted people in the audience — there are probably not very many — don’t worry about this election, we’re going to win. We’re going to win. We’re going to make it hap pen,” Dole said. The former Senate majority leader and running mate Jack Kemp spoke at a sparsely attend ed joint meeting of House and Senate Republicans, many of whom are sharing November bal lots with them. “Don’t let anyone dissuade you in this effort” despite disap pointing polls, Dole told his audience. He trails President Clinton by about 15 points in major national polls. Later, at a campaign stop in Hartford, Conn., Dole again exhorted supporters, “Don’t pay any attention to the polls.” He also told a business audience there that his election-year call for big tax cuts might seem at odds with his long Senate record. “None of us are perfect and we’ve all got voting records ... but it’s time we moved on this complicated, out dated tax code of ours,” he said. The Capitol Hill session — in the auditorium-sized House Ways and Means Committee hearing room — was arranged as a pep “Don’t pay any attention to the polls.” Bob Dole Republican presidential candidate rally to help quiet fears that Dole’s struggling campaign could endanger GOP control of the House and Senate. In some districts, Republicans have been distancing themselves from the national ticket and seek ing to share some of the credit with President Clinton for the growing economy. During his 35-year congres sional career, Dole seldom talked about the war wounds that robbed him of any use of his right arm and hand. But he has been referring to his experiences as he campaigns. He read aloud from a Dec. 27, 1945, letter to his father from a sec ond lieutenant at the Percy Jones General Hospital in Battle Creek, Mich., where Dole was taken after being shot in Italy. He said he came upon the letter two weeks ago while looking through archives. “We regret to inform you that your son, Robert 1. Dole, who was admitted to this hospital on 10 October 1945, is seriously ill with pulmonary infarction. At the present time it would appear that his recovery is somewhat questionable.” Dole told a suddenly hushed audience the letter “indicates that I’ve, you know, I’ve been in a tough spot before. ...” “I understand you have your ups and downs in this business, you have your ups and downs in this life. But the bottom line is, if you’re optimistic, if you have the right message, if you believe in the American people.... We’re going to do it again, we’re going to win on Nov. 5, 1996.” In remarks that, at times, appeared aimed at buoying his own spirits as much as those of fellow Republicans, Dole said: “Each of us has been in close races, tough races. ... The polls go up and down, and people get dis couraged. But the candidate can never get discouraged. The candi date has to be optimistic.” “We are behind right now,” he conceded. But, he added, “We’re out there working every day.” Dole also campaigned Wednesday in Connecticut and Delaware. | $5.99 I IT'S ALMOST |MORE THAN | YOG CAN EAT! I Culpepper Plaza CTL S -°1 TL EXP. 09-19-96 1/3 LB. HAMBURGER WITH FRIES LARGE SOFT DRINK SUPER SUNDAE GOOD FOR UP TO 4 PER COUPON EXTRA CHARGE FOR BACON & CHEESEj Be a Part of The 12th Man Foundation is now hiring outgoing A&M students for our 1996 telemarketing campaign. • $5.50 per hour • Gain valuable sales experience • Looks great on your resume Apply at the 12th Man Foundation Office, Room 109 of the Koldus Building* Applications will be accepted through Monday, September 16. Democrats continue Gingrich assault WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House ethics committee probe of Newt Gingrich appears destined to outlast his first two-year term as speaker, and Democrats are try ing to exact a political price for the inaction. After persistently accusing committee Republicans of stalling the 20-month investiga tion, Democrats are intensifying attacks on individual lawmakers, calling on one GOP member to resign from the panel and con demning others in their districts. Democrats are linking their assaults to the GOP refusal to make public an outside counsel’s report submitted last month. James M. Cole’s document was described by committee members as a summary of evidence on whether Gingrich complied with tax laws when raising money for his unconventionally financed college course. To increase the pressure, Democrats are likely to force a vote on the House floor to make Cole’s report public — and are considering other tactics, Gingrich such as linking formal adjournment to action on the ethics case. “It’s the same duck, delay and stall tactics going on for two years,” said House Minority Whip David Bonior of Michigan, who is leading the Democratic effort. The minority Democrats shouldn’t expect any GOP support, said Rep. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, who was freshman Republican class president last year. “The committee should proceed in the normal course of events and not be governed by the date of the election or the date of final adjournment,” Wicker said. “We’re fully expecting ... partisan salvos in the next three weeks.” The ethics committee of five Republicans and five Democrats has often sputtered in partisan deadlock in the Gingrich case, although past com mittees have broken through such divisiveness to decide difficult cases. Democratic Speaker Jim Wright resigned in 1989 after the committee charged him with rules violations. Gingrich, who filed the complaint against Wright, demanded that the outside counsel’s report in that case be made public, and the committee complied. GUN SHOW This Weekend- September 14th & 15th at VFW Post #4692- 1447 S. 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