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The BattalionServing the University, community with ,ta d fol 79 No. 147 CISPS 0453110 20 Pages College Station, Texas Friday, May 4, 1984 Don know ther!” chosen tiniunisi nth Bei >een to Perns pursue Texas primary urse and I ough sl(| nember, Ewen. i h, was J this weekend ists arrtsl vote edition iw By ROBIN BLACK and James Walker U.S. Senate ietliuneB United Press International Mondale, appearing on a farm Stall' Writers ck ofevcfliN ANTONIO — Tfie tliree near Waco, blasted President Rea­ It’s primary time for the general Currently a state ne and i^ihocratic presidential candidates gan’s farm program blaming it for election — that wondrous, if not con­ the time Red Texas Democrats Thursday, much of the problems family farmers senator, Doggett, a Democrat, has re­ fusing, event that happens only once ceived endorsements from teachers’ k thatlitpkiiiga heavy bid for the large His- face today. every leap year — and the candidates ^as gettiniHc vote that is expected to be the He lit into Agriculture Secretary groups and the AFL-CIO. vying for the offices up for grabs in Kent Hance Democrat Hance is a iomthefaiFy|n Saturday’s caucuses, John Block, saying, “Where I come Texas in 1984 will be thinned out pie who |Di spite the intense effort by Gary from they call him auction block.” U.S. Representative and won the en­ considerably by Saturday night. dorsement of the Houston Chronicle about Jart and Jesse Jackson, there were • . The healed campaigns have been I all this Jlpg indications the complicated and has launched a statewide media In , Hart first met running actively since last fall, with blitz. Big procedure and endorsements with a group of parents, teachers and more mud-slinging going on within Krueger has served f nearly ever y major state Democrat school superintendents around an the individual parties than the tradi­ two terms as a democrat in the U.S. ft front-runner Walter Mondale re- oval conference table in a classroom tional party-against-party skirmishes. House of Representatives and was m uydy to ride off into the sunset with and outlined his educational pro­ Here’s a rundown of who’s run­ narrowly defeated by in Jl IHyofThe 1(59 national convention grams while at the same time de­ ning for what and the various qualifi­ el^gates at stake. 1978 in the race for this same seat. nouncing President Reagan for cut­ cations the candidates have: fAll three contenders stumped Others Democrats include: Harley ting education funds. Schlanger, Robert Sullivan and Da­ trough San Antonio, the heart of U.S. President The parents and educators, vid Young, ■Hispanic area that lias produced grouped around the table, told Hart Phil Gramm Gramm, a Republi­ Bof the major elements of victory in a frank and open exchange that Gary Hart The senator from Goio- can, gave up his position as the 6th Bcent Texas races. the Reagan cuts have had a “dev­ n rado surprised the nation as one of U.S. district representative to pursue te suu: But Hart planned no campaigning astating effect” on bilingual educa­ gdlccl in Bex as after Thursday, and aides : t: the Democratic underdogs when he the place vacated by retiring Republi­ tion for the children of Hispanics. can John Tower. lexasl idkated he would concentrate on Asked why he was making no S - " defeated opponent Waller Mondale h' lib Jidiana, which has a primary Tues- l ’ ' ' : in the New Hampshire primary that Henry C. Grover A former Texas more appearances in the state, al­ legislator, this Republican came rsity, ("ay, as the one state where he can though the vote is still two days away. officially kicked off the 1984 race it TexasMondale bandwagon. and went on to a series of primary within 100,000 votes of beating out Hart said he was confident of his or­ Dolph Briscoe for the governor’s seat Marcos! Hart sought fervently for a victory ganization’s ability and added, “Give wins, including a fair sweep on Super niversilyBewhere in the big batch of call­ Tuesday. in 1972. or take one appearance would not Rob Mosbacher Mosbacher, new uses and primaries in the next week make that much difference.” Jesse Jackson Jackson, a black to the game of politics, has been ac­ progra here there wer e more than GOO del- After leaving San Antonio, Hart minister, is barely hanging on in the tive in Republican party activities as uebec, gates at slake. Democratic race for the presidential headed for several events in Loui­ well as civic projects in his native Morelos Jackson too sought to broaden his siana, which holds its primary in nomination, and scored his first pri­ 'spanol'"jainbow Coalition by adding His- mary win in predominantly black Houston. which 57 delegates are at stake on Ron Paul Paul is another Republi­ ns a ino:|nic votes, hut as elsewhere in his Saturday. There also are primaries in Washington D.C. this week. ' Multitilmpaign this year his Texas audi- Walter Mondale Mondale, who can who has put in lime in the U.S. Ohio, Maryland and North Carolina Congress. gces were heavily black. Still he was Tuesday. served as vice president under Presi­ ih withtvored lo add to his delegate Jackson campaigned across Texas dent Jimmy Carter, has been favored ;xican Irength in the Lone Star State, and from Tyler to McAllen, complaining Photo by ELIZABETH COOKSEY to win the Democratic party nomi­ U.S. Representative i and ijould do especially well in Houston, about procedures for the caucuses nation from square one. He is cur­ 6th District ioinatomioing into Texas Mondale had and telling supporters they must Quiet Beneath the Columns rently leading opponent Gary Hart for 32|212 of the 1,967 delegates needed “vote twice and make it nice.” about two to one in the acquisition of fheprojBwin the nomination, while Hart Cuathro Hundley finds that the best way to study for finals is delegates to the party convention, See related stories page 12 Joe Barton Republican ring grawad (544 and Jackson 209. in complete solitude on the steps of the system building. which will be in San Francisco in July. Incumbent candi­ Patsy Hale (Pat) Friedrichs Re­ date — the Republican president is publican uncontested within his party. jn$eagan complies, cuts budget See PRIM page 7 | |i United Press International KvASHINGTON — Bowing to po- The cuts — which both Wein­ and the budget proposal now before conjunction with bills raising taxes in thelBal reality, the administration sent berger and President Reagan said in­ the Senate calls for a 7.5 percent in­ and reducing non-defense spending issue olffipgress $14 billion in military bud- crease the military risk to the country crease. The House Armed Services to cut the deficit by about $150 bil­ Finals schedule . Thei' Ci cuts Thursday that leave un- — amount to less than 5 percent and Committee already has made $19 bil­ lion over three years. )f the" niched its nuclear force buildup would bring the initial proposal for lion in cuts, to a 6 percent growth “Any further reductions would be raphies nd space research programs, $305 billion in military spending in rate. counter to our national security in­ The schedule for finals week is as follows: raphs. ||Tlie president accepted the fiscal 1985 down to $291.1 billion. Weinberger, who in February de­ terests and could not be accepted,” Monday 8 — 10 a.m. — Classes meeting MWF 8 orms atcinents of the congressional lead- The real growth rate for the mili­ clined congressional invitations to said Reagan, adding he accepted the Monday 11 — 1 p.m. — Classes meeting MWF 1 inagaffltship that this would be the amount tary budget would be trimmed from point out areas for cuts, again was cuts “on the expressed condition that Monday 2 — 4 p.m. — Clasases meeting TTh 8-9:15 ional p®ssary to secure agreement to an 13 percent to 7.8 percent, with actual warned the final figure may be much the other two parts of the compro­ Monday 5 — 7 p.m. Classes meeting MW 5-6:15, MW 5:15-6:30 and MW verall deficit reduction package,” spending in fiscal 1985 reduced from lower than his revised proposal — mise package be enacted.” 5:30-6:45 tot be JBcnse Secretary Caspar Wein- a requested 9.3 percent Lo G-.9 per­ perhaps as low as 4 percent real Sen. Lawton Chiles, D-Fla., crit­ Tuesday 8 — 10 a.m. Classes meeting MWF 9 told the Senate Armed Serv- cent. growth. icized the budget cuts, however, as Tuesday 11 — 1 p.m. Classes meeting MWF 2 :r publi<# Committee as he outlined the The House budget resolution con­ In a letter to the committee, Rea­ “the sort of juggling they’ve done in Tuesday 2 — 4 p.m. Classes meeting TTh 9:30-10:45 JtS. tained a growth rate of 3.5 percent. gan said the cuts were offered only in the past.” Tuesday 5 — 7 p.m. Classes meeting TTh 5-6:15, TTH 5:15-6:30 and TTH 5:30-6:45 Wednesday 8 — 10 a.m. Classes meeting MWF 10 Wednesday 11 — 1 p.m. Classes meeting MWF 3 and MWF 3-4:15 Wednesday 2 — 4 p.m. Classes meeting TTh 11-12:15 ADD fights attitudes on alcohol Wednesday 5 — 7 p.m. Classes meeting TTh 3:30-4:45 Thursday 8— 10 a.m. Classes meeting MWF 11 By KAYE PAHMEIER Thursday 11 — 1 p.m. Classes meeting TTh 2-3:15 Hewitt had just graduated from Bureau in Austin, in the past 12 said. Reporter Thursday 2 -— 4 p.m. Classes meeting TTh 12:30-1:45 high school and was excited about at­ months, 206 alcohol related acci­ According to the College Station Thursday 5 — 7 p.m. Classes meeting MWF 12 Icohol is a major factor in caus- tending college in ijie fall. He was dents have occured with three fatali­ Police Department, most states have Friday 8 — 10 a.m. Classes meeting MWF 4, MW 4-5:15, MW 4:30-5—45 traffic accidents and related coming home from visiting friends ties in the Brazos Valley. Assistant set. 10 percent alcohol in the blood as ths in the United States, Sept. 4, 1982, when his car was hit by District Attorney Bill Turner said the level at which a person is consid­ he United States Department of an unlicensed driver, legally intoxi­ that 287 arrests and 157 DWI ered drunk. ransportation reports that each cated. charges have been made against At .10 percent, a person would “ear 25,000 people are killed in acci- Hewitt’s aorta ruptured when the drunk drivers including felonies and have difficulty walking and coordi­ ents involving alcohol and 650,000 front six feet of his car compacted misdemeanors in the Brazos Counity. nating the movements needed to op­ Local people are injured. Nearly $25 bil- around him on impact. He died Brown said he isn’t against drink­ erate a vehicle, but at .08 percent, on is lost in property damages, bod- three hours later, along with his ing, but instead encourages everyone senses, memory, reaction time, and y injury and lost work. three best friends who were in the not to drink in excess and drive. mood all are adversely affected. • The Northgate area committee brings recommenda­ he National Highway Traffic car with him. “It’s still a big problem though, but “It doesn’t matter if you drink tions to the College Station City Council. See story page 3. Jfety Administration estimates that The driver received a 30-day work the success of MADD has been en­ three beers, three mixed drinks or Friday and Saturday nights, when release and a $250 fine. couraging,” Brown said. “We want to three glasses of wine, they all contain • Five former students to receive Distinguished ' :bhol consumption is at its peak, 10 Hewitt’s story is a typical encoun­ help refocus public attitudes about the same amount of alcohol,” he said. Alumni Awards. See story page 5. cent of all drivers on the road are ter of an innocent victim and the drinking and driving to make the “The same amount of alcohol causes lly intoxicated. Of these num- drunk driver. practice less socially acceptable than the same type of accident.” fs, 44 percent of all fatal accidents Families of the victims of drinking it is now.” Brown, MADD members and its t occur during these nights in- drivers have taken action. Mothers, Sergeant Fred Forsthoff of the many allies have lobbied in Austin __ o|ve people between the ages of 15 fathers, brothers and sisters have Texas Department of Public Safety during the last session of the Texas State B^i^ntl24. According to the National joined together to form Mothers said, “The public doesn’t perceive Legislature, Brown said, and won l^nsportation Safety Board, that’s Aganist Drunk Drivers. drunk driving as a crime, yet more one of the three bills they believed percent of the licensed driving MADD is an organization of survi­ people are killed each year in this would put an end to the rising death • The Texas Republican party is at a fragile stage says lopulation. vors. The members fight back manner than they are by handguns.” toll and injuries due to alcohol. a Texas A&M professor. See story page 12. ^hilling as these statistics are, bow­ against criminally negligent drivers Brown said he wrote many letters They won a bill stiffening penali­ er, they are inadaquate to express in the courtrooms, in the legislature to Brazos County officals requesting ties for drunk driving, but lost their e real tragedy of drunk driving, and in the streets. that police in Bryan-College Station fight to enforce the open container 'iijmbers can’t convey the awful real- The Brazos Gounty MADD chap­ make more arrests for public intoxi­ law — which would make drinking | of broken bodies and burned ter has recently put the pressure on cation before the intoxicated person anything while driving illegal. World h, the grief of families and the local police to make more DWI has a chance to drive. MADD also lost it’s attempt to have nds and the lifelong guilt and arrests and MADD has just had their The police now wait in front of lo­ the drinking age raised to 21 in uma suffered by the survivors. best year with some strong results, cal bars looking for individuals stag­ Texas. • A variety of Cajun specialties will be on the menu at * 17-year-old Bryan Lee Hewitt’s says Rick Brown, President of Brazos gering out of a bar to arrest. See MADD page 7 the 1984 World’s Fair. See story page 15. UM words to his parents were “Am I County MADD chapter. “We’re actually doing them a favor ^ *lngto die?” According to the Statistical Service by not letting them drive home,” he