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Page 6 NEWS Wednesday, Aufflsi; THE BATTALION T4I{ jummco (Jl^ONKL^ BY i. GOLDFLUTE .[Listen t r detail: eorge Che< TH6 FbckET fforecroR RsNJ .-.."A /- —y \o/ i ' i A \ i i i Attorneys oppose tQteriii of Internet pornograpfc i j i QUEEN BEA BY NOTORIOUS U-B HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys opposed to Internet pornography filtering at Montgomery County libraries have formally requested county documents about the pol icy, a likely precursor to a lawsuit. "In terms of litigation, we need to show the district court what it is we are asking to declare unconstitution al," attorney Sally Mann Romano of the Freedom of In formation Foundation of Texas told the Houston Chronicle Monday. Romano said the U.S. Supreme Court and lower courts have already ruled Internet filtering violates the First Amendment of the Constitution. Her organization says the county can use other methods to keep pornography away from children. County Judge Alan B. Sadler said he had notsm! open-records request. "Anything we passed in court is obviously open and readily available to the public," Sadler said. Commissioners in the county directly north ofHi ordered the county' library system in March tobeginl the Internet after a socially conservative group a computers were being used to view pornography. Thes was given despite advice from the county attorney, rector and library advisory board. The commissioners acted at the urging of AdultsHi ing Our Children, or ADHOC, which has membersfe the Christian Coalition and the Republican Leaders Council Inc. 3us Alcohol may have caused crasli hav< CONROE, Texas (AP) — Authori ties were investigating Tuesday whether alcohol was a factor in an ac cident that left three teen-agers dead and two others seriously injured. Actual size of phone. Actual size of rebate. Actual proof that size realli/ does matter. if a If 11 m anytime nrarat wLJm WLJm m <nut es HHH $257month Right now, pick up a $100 rebate on the Motorola StarTAC That’s huge. 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Troopers found beer cans in a cool er near the wreckage, but had not de termined if alcohol contributed to the accident, said Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Ray Leal. All but the driver, who was trapped in the wrecked Jeep, were ejected from the vehicle when it ran off a winding residential road and rolled over Mon day in Montgomery County just north of Houston. Caroline Gold wood, 16, was pro nounced dead at the scene. She would have graduated next semester from The Woodlands High School. Lindsey Lamkin, 17, was pro nounced dead a few hours later at a Houston hospital. She would have been a junior at Hauke Acaderak* M ore than 1,90 temative High School in Conroe, j) pi 0 mas next we James Buchinger, 18, of Coa:B nce ment cerem died Monday afternoon ata HoKjjve the largest m hospital. He also would havebeeniljist ceremonies: tl nior at Hauke. inland the Colley Christopher Freeman, 18, the he number of gra< ver, and Gary "G.T." Thompson, | Griffin, e both of The Woodlands, wereincii: pegeof Busines: cal condition in intensive careTuest H s j n t ' 1L> co ^ e 8 ( Freeman and Thompson were graf: ates of Hauke. The teen-agers were in a Jee Wrangler traveling south at mph in a 30-mph zone in Conroe,oi cials said, when the car left them Griffin said the and hit a culvert. News in Brief Really, it's just U re one of the t would just stanc re of the highest ghest number.' Students make counterfeit cash TALLAPOOSA, Ga. (AP) — Stu dents in a high school drafting class made counterfeit money on a computer during the final days of the school year, police said Tuesday. Four Haralson County High School students and an adult face forgery charges after some of the suspects allegedly began passing the bills at businesses in Tal lapoosa, about 50 miles west of Atlanta on the Alabama state line. Tallapoosa Police Chief David Godfrey said about 200 bills — in $1, $5, $10 and $20 denomina tions — were created and about 50 were circulated. Nokia Corp. took part in Cell Phone Courtesy Week in San Diego in July, handing out “Quiet Zone” stickers to businesses. Mayor Susan Golding startedtlie campaign after 73 percent of nearly 5,300 people responding to a question on her Web site said they favored restricting cell phones in public places. Coach’s murder plan targets judge rowing econom) umber of busines The business s lie top 10 for unc acts quality stride leeconomy is so : ractiveness of the emand for busin< Kristi Haverstic M, said the high r sprobably due to Dmmunication sk "A lot of majc peech communic nd sociology," Ft lajors, communic society where a eed to communic Past commence Complaints end in cell phone bans SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A school soccer coach and s studies teacher is accused oftty lack of involverr ing to arrange the murderofastate igwalking out af district judge for a friend in prison, iriffin said the c Carroll Parker Jr., described!)) l U g ^ g ra d U atio friends and students at McCollum , utive director en High School as a devoted teachei „ , ., and coach, was held Tuesday at r ’ 11 en s ' ls " the Beeville jail in lieu ofarecom relate to an mended $40,000 bond. "Randy is a gc An arrest warrant named Park- ^cessful former As cellular or mobile phones proliferate rapidly, with more than 100 million U.S. users and count ing, so do complaints about cell phone rudeness. “No Cell Phones” signs are popping up all over. Restaurants, theaters, libraries, museums and doctors’ offices have banned the devices. Manufacturers are so con cerned that they have started campaigns to educate cell phone users about etiquette. er in connection with solicitation to commit capital murder, accord ing to. Tuesday’s editions oftlie San Antonio Express News. Parker, 38, was arrested Mon day at a San Antonio restaurant while eating lunch with a fellow coach. Investigators stated that plan to kill Judge Mark LuitjeMS, was hatched inside the prison a! Beeville by Parker’s childhooc friend, Robert E. 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