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Page 2 • Wednesday, June 2, 1999 The B News NUTZ BY R. DELUNA Liberty County killer put to dea HUNTSVILLE (AP) — A ninth- grade dropout who worked as a roofer was executed Tuesday night for the rape, stabbing and stran gling of a Liberty County woman more than 15 years ago. William Hamilton Little, 38, was condemned for the Dec. 3, 1983 murder of 23-year-old Marilyn Pe ter at her home in a rural area near Cleveland, about 30 miles north east of Houston. Five of Ms. Peter’s friends and relatives watched through a death chamber window as he was put to death. “Although we feel that nothing can justify the loss of our loved one, we are grateful in knowing that William Little will never be able to kill and destroy another in nocent life,” her family said in a prepared statement. Little was pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m., eight minutes after the drugs began flowing, officials said. The inmate held no form, statement, but told prisonof before the drugs wereadmini that he did not want tocau: problems. “I’ve been jealous of who preceded me, theygi home and I had to remai said. After declining to makea statement. Little closed his took a couple of deep breai gasped. Bush readies for campaign battle AUSTIN (AP) — George W. Bush said Tuesday he is eager to leave the safe confines of Texas to test his mettle as a presidential candidate. “I’m a battler,” he said. “I love to battle.” Fresh from a state legislative session he called “successful and substantial,” the Texas governor heads next week to Iowa and New Hampshire know ing he cannot possibly live up to the hype of his front-runner sta- BUSH tus. “I understand the polls and the expectations are out of sight,” Bush said in a ses sion-closing news conference Tuesday. “As my daughter said, ‘Hey, Dad, you’re not nearly as cool as they think you are. ” Without spending a single day on the campaign trail, the son of former President George Bush is the Republican’s top money rais er and leads every GOP presiden tial poll. His political organization, seeded with endorsements of the party’s establishment, has begun to take shape in early voting states such as , Iowa, New Hampshire and California. He was raking in more money Tuesday night at a San Antonio fund-raiser, the first he has at tended. Yet the big question in Ameri can politics today is whether this amiable, twice-elected, self-styled “compassionate conservative” can hold up under campaign pres sure. His political rivals are seek ing to portray him as unproven. unworthy and unwilling to lead on tough issues. “We have to see what happens when he’s exposed to oxygen. Some candidates erode,” consul tant Dick Morris, who has worked for Republicans and Democrats, said. “He’s been in sequestration for so long that we don’t know what will happen when he gets a whiff of air.” “It’s finally time for us to de termine whether he is ready for the big leagues,” Tony Coehlo, chair of Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 campaign, said in a tele phone interview from Washing ton. Democratic operatives are al ready in Austin combing state records for political landmines that could be used against Bush in the general election. Coehlo said Gore’s campaign is researching Bush’s professional — not per sonal — background. He said Bush’s support of a concealed weapons law in Texas, coupled with his hedging on the gun control debate in Washing ton, will work against him in the campaign. “You have to question whether he’s tested,” Coehlo said. On Kosovo, abortion, global warming and a few other nation al issues. Bush has responded slowly or issued ambiguous state ments. He told reporters Tuesday not to expect detailed policy positions anytime soon, ducking questions about his tax policies and other dicey topics, such as ethanol sub sidies in Iowa. ‘‘There will be ample time dur ing the course of the summer and fall to lay out a specific agenda on taxes and other measures,” Bush said. Bush Continued from Page 1 cal science department. “That [the Wilson School] was the model they were more com fortable with,” Douglas said. Bowen said while the funding issue played a big part in the de cision to change the model of the Bush School, the change was something that was already being looked into. “The funding issue has accel erated the process,” Bowen said. Norman Luttbeg, professor of political science and a member of the Faculty Senate, said professors in the political science and eco nomics departments are to remain in their respective departments, and the professors were given a choice whether to stay in those departments or become faculty of the Bush School. Douglas said the process of severing ties with the College of Liberal Arts is not yet done and that a proposal will be submitted to the Faculty Senate for sugges tion and approval. The Board of Regents will vote on Bowen’s proposal to move the Bush School to an administrative level in July. rz LONG DISTANCE 6.9<i: MINUTE For Information Call 821-2901 Summer Work & Business Opportunities Available maa-Ktii Playing it cool Forn i Ik -*y$ m verite p ■ The i is displ. cinatioi Bsebal Hll “ca at Yale i Bisehal oi t in a I Alon tlin of <: ri<‘S twe Misebal patting I In th llnd Sh worked I Shel V*‘ C ■ajor-l 1 ,,He h, d wh sUluteh e< him I ln h iled Ya I “Gel standai in the L ■e cou BRADLEY ATCHISON/Tiil !hr Ann Lyons and her 14-month-old daughter Autumn play in the Student Recreation Center pool Tuesday in an attempt to get out of the heat as temperatures rose to more than 90 degrees. a; agre I Evei fir basi ■is dr a di sk in I The itficam 1 Briai brary, s but hav I “Ma Airlines hike leisure fares for summe.^ DALLAS (AP) — The cost of flying to your favorite vacation spot is up almost 11 percent this year after another fare increase from the major airlines at the start of the summer travel season. The third fare increase of 1999 is expected to stick since Northwest Airlines Corp. has gone along with a 4-percent increase levied by Con tinental Airlines last week. Northwest has been the stickler in the fare game for the air industry. Last year, more than a dozen attempts to raise airline fares failed be cause Northwest declined to go along with oth er airlines’ prices. As the fare hike spread, shares of many air line companies got a lift Tliesday on Wall Street. The 4-percent increase instituted this week end had been in doubt for several days. Conti nental moved first to raise fares Friday. But by Monday, several airlines rolled back the increase while Northwest’s position was unknown. Lat er Monday, American Airlines and U.S. Airways Inc. had once again upped their prices. As of Tuesday, Continental, American, Delta, Northwest, United and TWA had increased their seven-, 14- and 21-day advance fares, effective* immediately. "It must be appropriate with June 1 being the beginning of the hurricane season that airfares are blowing all over the place,” Tom Parsons, editor of Bestfares.com, said. Passengers traveling for pleasure typically buy the leisure-fare tickets, which come with restric tions such as advance purchase requirements. Fares are lower if purchased further in advance. said the increases are only for leisure fares; ; Rest CHK “It must be appropriate with June 1 being the beginning of the hurricane season that airfares are blowing all over the place/' point, although business fares have seem; gl| 1 , trywide increases of 3 percent so far this l ,' The demand for seats has been a majoiK 11 son behind the higher prices. B 1011 ? Continental spokesperson Ned Walker the increased fares reflect strong demand e ‘ 11 ' “We continue to carry record loadsiniL,, , u ' of our markets,” he Walker. 4 ( n0, ulan IV Anthony agrees. “It’s based on supply and demand,^ . market dictates fares,” she said. with' V Still, overcapacity at the airlines is expert) j,,* to be a problem this year with the mini We|0 | , available seats rising by 5.6 percent inthisr y| 1e ter alone, according to analyst Susan Dor .,, , r1 of BT Alex. Brown. Added to that, revenues were down in a] n (1( M and off to a weak start in May, accordingt molKM Air Transport Association. Full-fare busines ^ n( j fic was reported to have declined by4.6pei con| )n Houston-based Continental is address®f 0l , problem by announcing it would trimba|y| (;l ; W i growth from 9 percent to 6 percent by r« st some aircraft early. Fort Worth, Texas-t n(l| . j n|l American also has announced a modest; | n ,| eration in its retirement schedule for sonif ^ no older planes, mainly to keep capacitygifc t i le | under control. s trengt tie twi — Tom Parsons Editor, Bestfares.com For example. Parsons said a roundtrip fare on American tickets from Dallas to Los Angeles, purchased 21 days in advance for midweek trav el, rose to $484 from $465 while seven-day fares between the same cities increased to $1,030 from $990. Continental spokesperson Sarah Anthony more reason to sign up For our GRE course Premier CAT soFtware The Princeton Review was the first test preparation company to produce computer adaptive software and has 5 years experience in developing CAT questions. Each of our software products has consistently been rated best in the industry. In our CAT courses, you wil have the best software available. Classes start 5/19. Call now. 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