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Pat James, The Battalion
Surplus
Jeremy poland, vice president for the Class of
2000, sorts through old class shirts stored in
the basement of the MSC.
► State
Abortion bill could
regulate liscensing
AUSTIN (AP) — State regulation
of abortion facilities would be
strengthened under a bill passed by
the Texas Senate.
The bill by Sen. Chris Harris, R-Ar-
lington, was passed Tuesday and
goes to the House for consideration.
Supported by such diverse groups
as the National Organization for
Women and the Eagle Forum, the bill
would authorize administrative penal
ties against abortion clinics that vio
late state standards.
It also would allow the Texas De
partment of Health to immediately
suspend or revoke an abortion facili
ty’s license when people’s health and
safety are threatened.
The department would be allowed
to release to state licensing boards
information and records relating to
abortion facilities to enforce state li
censing laws.
Lanier hospitalized
with stomach pain
HOUSTON (AP) — Mayor Bob
Lanier was hospitalized Tuesday af
ter he complained of stomach pains
and a cold sweat.
Lanier, 71, underwent diagnostic
tests and will be kept overnight for
observation at The Methodist Hospi
tal, said spokeswoman Angela
McPike.
It’s possible the illness could be
the flu. He will receive medication for
nausea, McPike said.
His wife, Elyse, was with him.
“He’s been chatting with every
body, and he seems to be in good
spirits,” McPike said.
Lanier had fallen ill at City Hall. He
was taken by ambulance to the hos
pital on the advice of the city’s emer
gency medical services director, Ms.
McPike said.
The popular mayor is in his third
two-year term as head of the nation’s
fourth-largest city. He cannot run for
re-election because of term limits.
► Nation
Clerk assaulted with
one-pound sliced ham
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A city coun
cilman was convicted and fined $250
Tuesday for smacking a store clerk in
the head with a flying one-pound
package of sliced ham.
A judge found Paul Riddick guilty
of assault and battery in the incident
Nov. 16.
Lynda Doss testified that Riddick
came to the store where she works to
return ham that was spoiled. Doss said
that when she put a package of fresh
ham on the counter, Riddick shouted,
“Don’t throw that ham at me!”
The councilman then threw the
package, hitting her in the side of the
head, knocking off her glasses and
bruising her nose, she said.
Riddick testified that the woman
had “slung” the ham onto the
counter, snarled, “Take your damn
ham” and called him an “SOB.”
Doss said after the verdict: “No
body should be able to do that. I don’t
wish anyone bad luck, but he got what
he deserved.”
Battle focuses on
parents' witchcraft
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — A man
who tried to win custody of his son by
exposing his ex-wife’s witchcraft lost
when pictures surfaced of him stand
ing in front of a fire and apparently
setting up a maypole.
Rana Kern said the photos
showed a pagan fertility ritual and
proved her ex-husband lied about liv
ing a witchcraft-free life. She was
granted custody of the couple's 3-
year-old son, Brandon.
Walter Kern, 27, had contended
his wife’s witchcraft and ritual animal
sacrifices made her an unfit parent.
But Kern, 35, portrayed herself
more in the mold of Oz’s good-
witch Glenda. She denied sacrific
ing animals and said her pagan be
liefs did not prevent her from being
a good mother.
After receiving the pictures from
a mutual friend, Kern won custody
Jan. 27. The couple had shared
custody before.
She corrected reporters who said
her ex-husband was a warlock. Tech
nically, she said, he’s a Druid.
Astronauts may do
historic sixth walk
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) —
NASA was forced to consider a sixth
spacewalk to replace a critical
steering component of the Hubble
Space Telescope that malfunc
tioned early Tuesday.
Mark Lee and Steven Smith had
just finished fixing Hubble’s torn in
sulating cover in the cargo bay of
space shuttle Discoveryy,' :
sion Control notified themtte
four reaction wheels hadite
“a glitch.”
After an hour, Mission;
told the astronauts to
spacewalk and be prepare!
back out again Tuesday^
gineers determine that tie
which was performing si
needs to be replaced.
The crew has a spare
wheel on board, as a bad
installed over the weekend.
The reaction wheel was
much slower than it should
gineers feared it might
gether. During the fifth ar;
should have been thefi
walk of the servicing missi
day night, Lee and Smithus
of foil, wire, clips, plastictu
parachute cord to repairH
peeling insulation.
The spacewalkers hung
patches over splits in Hul
reflective insulation, apparen
aged by sun exposure durir;
years in orbit. They clippedh
inch-by-16-inch pieces of ma
rails and knobs on the teles;:
In a spot where the insul
cracked but not yet ripped,
covery crewmen stretched
to prevent the material from:
It was frustrating woft
spacewalkers had towi
light of their helmets; most
1/2-hour job took place in
ness of space.
Mission Control added
walk to shuttle Discovery's';
Lee and Smith could finish
lation repairs begun by
leagues the night before.
► This day in history
► Weather
(AP) — Today is Wednesday, Feb. 19, the 50th day
of 1997. There are 315 days left in the year.
• On this date:
In 1473, the astronomer Copernicus was born in
Torun, Poland.
In 1803, Congress voted to accept Ohio’s borders
and constitution. (However, Congress did notformally
ratifying Ohio statehood until 1953.)
In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr was ar
rested in Alabama. (He was subsequently tried for trea
son and acquitted.)
In 1846, the Texas state government was formally
installed in Austin.
In 1878, Thomas Edison received a patent for his
phonograph.
In 1881, Kansas became the first state to prohibit
all alcoholic beverages.
In 1942, President Roosevelt signed an executive
order giving the military the authority to relocate and
intern Japanese-Americans.
In 1945, during World War II, some 30,000 U.S.
Marines landed on the Western Pacific island of Iwo Jima,
where they encountered ferocious resistance from Japan
ese forces. The Americans took control of the strategi
cally important island after a month-long battle.
In 1986, the U.S. Senate approved a treaty outlaw
ing genocide, 37 years after the pact had first been
submitted for ratification.
► Today's birthdays
Hall-of-Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro is 81. Singer
Smokey Robinson is 57. Rock musician Tony iommi
(Black Sabbath) is 49. Actor Jeff Daniels is 42. Britain’s
Prince Andrew is 37. Tennis Hall-of-Famer Hana Mand-
likova is 35. Singer Seal is 34. Actress Justine Bate
man is 31.
Today
Cloudy with a 40 percent
chance of showers and
thunderstorms and SE
winds of 15-20 mph.
Tonight
More than an 80 percent
chance of showers and
thunderstorms and SE
winds of 10-15 mph.
Tomorrow
Cloudy with a 60
percent chance of rain
and SW winds of
10-15 mph.
Highs & Lou
Today’s Expecte;
68°F
Tonight’s Expea.l
61°F
Tomorrow’sExp;
65 c
Tomorrow): j
Expected if j
50°F
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