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3ush dismissive of NAAC? boycott
m'ernor says flying Confederate flag from South Carolina stathouse up to the people
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Declaring out
liers should “butt out” out of the issue, George
Bush was dismissive yesterday of a National
[soriation for the Advancement of Colored
iple’s (NAACP) effort to push for a national
irism boycott of South Carolina to force down
Confederate flag from its Statehouse.
Campaigning in the state. Bush said the
"P’s boycott plans were initiated by “some
lople who don't live in South Carolina, evi-
Intlv .nut lie reiterated his position that “I
the good people of South Carolina can”
ttle the issue.
Wi len asked if the civil rights group should
|ck off, Bush said, “That’s up to the NAACP.”
In a separate appearance later in the day,
ish said “my advice is for people who don’t
[e in South Carolina to butt out of the issue,
fe people of South Carolina can make that de-
piop.” That prompted cheers from holiday fes-
[raljgoers in Simpsonville, S.C.
“1 didn’t particularly like it when people came
in to tell me what to do in Texas,” Bush added.
“My advice is for
people who don’t live
in South Carolina to
butt out of the issue.”
- GEORGE W. BUSH
GOVERNOR
leade/iip.”
BiA’s stance shows he “is wooing the white
votepf South Carolina to support his candida-
cy,”/e Rev. H.H. Singleton, president of the
Conpy branch of the NAACP, said.
h and other candidates a symbol of
raejp. But supporters said the flag represents
Soifern heritage and honors South Carolinians
wndied in the Civil War.
mocratic candidate Bill Bradley said in
Arfl that “I wouldn’t fly it. I think that it some-
tifs offends a large part of the population.”
alking in a Labor Day parade and attend-
U another Labor Day festival in Simpsonville,
h also said “it’s up to the people of South
rolina to figure out how best to fund their
ools.”
South Carolina residents will vote next year
Bush should show more concern about the
flag dispute, state Rep. Leon Howard, a black Co
lumbia Democrat, said. ^ a iw..i. u icoiucmo wn. vwl«_
“It’s an issue that it takes leadership to ad- pout whether they want a lottery to fund edu-
dress,” Howard said. “And [when you] find peo- ption improvements. South Carolina’s schools
pie waffling and dancing around and not want- Jag behind others in Scholastic Assessment Test
ing to take the issue head-on, then it’s a lack of Scores.
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Icohol suspected in death
) West Texas A&M student
• CANYON (AP) — A 27-year-old West
11Tl(P Xa University graduate died early
IJJIJjJnitlay at a fraternity party.
( Officials have not released any information
the nev 30 P t w hat might have killed Wesley
2a.ni. In r /ilfams, but witnesses said the Amarillo res-
3pen n... * en ’ was soon drinking before he passed out
ilej for'■ 1 t ^ ie Parking lot of the Alpha Tau Omega
|y rst Si j • oule.
•is comple Williams was airlifted to Northwest Texas
i sauj. y hospital in Amarillo, where he was pro-
i !u j, ouheed dead.
lound svsit •A" autopsy has been ordered, and the Ran-
, yarpei all County Sheriff’s Department is investi-
“ at ' n g-
liptynn Smiley, executive director of the I il
ia napolis-based fraternity, said Williams was
iot a member of the fraternity.
Texas attractions draw larger crowdf
will be
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served !r
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lems.'H
au:.:. n: DALLAS (AP) — Texas
A' ' ourist attractions drew
' - lousands more visitors this
a ''- v “ x jmmer than in 1998, trav-
mdustry officials said,
allbt^wu Tiiis year’s intense sum-
1 er heat began later than in
S ’ 1K ' )98, which saw a total of
'"(A 1 ! 1 i 100-degree days begin-
T’ : ng May 6. The string of
' ' )0-degree days this year
a h°h tlfgan July 28, closer to the
Kli hetu lc ^ 0 f tourism season.
“The projections were
_)od and strong, and 1 think
luixtarcom Iks have been happy with
site you rea ; is summer,” Paul Serff, ex-
“According to eyewitnesses, the 27-year-
old Williams arrived at an ATO function
around midnight with two friends and their
own supply of beer,” Smiley said. “All guests,
if they chose to consume alcohol at the func
tion, brought their own beer.”
Brady Marr, president of the fraternity
chapter, said the event was properly orga
nized.
“It was a BYOB event,” Marr said. "Elabo
rate safeguards were taken to ensure the chap
ter was not providing alcohol to any guests. ”
“It’s a tragedy,” university president Dr.
Russell C. Long said in a prepared statement.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with his
family.”
Williams received his bachelor’s degree/
from West Texas in 1998.
sor inlormatior
’8 or (800) 48J
and ask lor
KnightGal^
il Graham
utive director of the Texas
Travel Industry Association,
told The Dallas Morning
News.
Tourism employs nearly
half a million people and is
a $30 billion industry —
Texas’ third-largest behind
real estate and energy, state
officials said. Shopping,
amusement parks and na
ture tours are big money
makers.
Final numbers for the
summer of 1999 are un
available, but a 1998 state
government survey listed
Texas’ top three attractions
as the Alamo, the Riverwalk
in San Antonio and Six Flai
Over Texas in Arlington.
The San Marcos oubt
malls were fourth in the st-
vey conducted by the Tehs
Department of Economic
Development, beating /ut
the Johnson Space Centr in
Houston and SeaWorldAan
Antonio, among cher
perennial favorites.
The 115-store Prim^Dut-
let mall in San Marcos/lone
attracts more than 4 qillion
visitors annually anc^aver-
ages 600 bus tours/Vicki
Conley, Prime’s distrit mar
keting director, said.
n dm ark ruling
arks gun debate
LUBBOCK (AP) — A judge’s landmark ruling that
Second Amendment gives individuals, and not
st organized militias, the right to bear arms has le-
scholars sparring about the constitutionality of
in-control laws.
Earlier this year, gun-control opponents inundat
ed U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings with scholar-
y treatises, encouraging him to overturn an arcane
aw that prohibits someone from owning a gun while
/under a restraining order.
/ In response, 52 legal scholars who support gun
‘ control filed an amicus brief last week denouncing
Cummings’ interpretation of the Second Amendment.
“That decision and the opinion were a major shot
across the bow,” said Bruce Hay, a Harvard Univer
sity law professor who signed the brief. “For the
most part, federal courts have taken a hands-off ap
proach to federal statutes regulating use of guns.
This is the first decision to say the Second Amend
ment prohibits Congress from imposing special laws
concerning gun ownership. That is why his decision
is so worrisome.”
The debate began unfolding last year after Timo
thy Joe Emerson of San Angelo was arrested and
charged with violating a restraining order for al
legedly brandishing a handgun in front of his wife
and her daughter.
Defense attorneys argued that any law infringing on
Emerson’s right to own guns was unconstitutional.
Cummings agreed, ruling in April that the right
to bear arms is a protected individual right — and
not just a right belonging to an organized militia, as
federal prosecutors had argued.
Prosecutors are appealing to the 5th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals, but could not comment because
of the judge’s gag order.
Meanwhile, scholars said the decision sets the
stage for the challenge of almost any law infringing
on a citizen’s right to possess a gun. And they said
the expected appellate battle is crucial for both sides.
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