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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1996 TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 93RD YEAR, NO. 61 Will U.S. default? Credit service threatens bond downgrade

FROM STAFF AND WIRE Feb. 29 and April 6 "on review for pos- Armey. R-Texas. revived the possi- REPORTS sible downgrade." bility of default as a pressure lactic ear- "The positions being taken in the lier this week. Federal Reserve NEW YORK — One of Wall current debate over the budget and the Chairman Alan (ireenspan. himselt .i Street's chief credit-rating services debt ceiling have significantly Republican, reportedly \ isiled Anne) threatened yesterday to lower its qual- increased the risk of a default on the on Tuesday to repeal his view that ity rating on $387 billion in Treasury above-mentioned security obliga- America's financial creditworthmess debt, a move that could cause serious tions," Moody's said. shouldn't be used as a bargaining tool. problems for the federal government, Becker agreed with that assessment Becker said the downgrade threat said Charles Becker, an associate pro- of the reasons for the downgrade may bring about a resolution either fessor of economics at TCU. announcement, saying it was "proba- by raising the debt ceiling or crafting a "The long term effects of this action bly due to the ongoing budget crisis, budget deal because of the poten- could affect the government's ability along with the conflict over raising the tial shock to the municipal bond mar- to borrow money by forcing it to pay debt ceiling." ket. Because municipal bonds art- higher rates on its bonds." Becker said A downgrade would be a stunning tax-free, they are held by many of the in a Si///'interview yesterday. blow to the government's creditwor- wealths elites in our society, Becker The move by Moody's Investors thiness. U.S. Treasury bonds are said. Service marked the most dramatic regarded as the safest in the world This, he said. may help to bring reaction yet in the financial world over because they are backed by the full about a resolution to political conflicts the possibility of a historic event — a faith and credit of the United States because wealthy bond holders usually default by the U.S. government — as government, which has never have great political influence through a result of the on-going budget dead- defaulted on its obligations. their campaign contributions lock. Republican leaders who've taken a Democrats called the Moody's "Since the founding of our nation, militant approach to the budget talks move a reflection of Republican irre- the U.S. government has never had no immediate comment on sponsibility over the default issue defaulted on directly guaranteed Moody's announcement. Telephone "Some of these Republicans are bonds." Becker said. messages left with House Majority playing unh fire and ever.one could Moody's said it was placing Trea- Leader Dick Armey weren't immedi- sury bonds with interest payments due ately returned. see Debt, page S Name that TCU building

BY JENNIFER LONGLE* itors Center, which is now under ommendation has not been declined TCU DAILY SKIFF construction, was named to honor in almost 17 years, Tucker said. Kelly for his contributions to TCU. Many universities resemble K'l From Sid W. Richardson to J.M. However, Kelly did not make the in then naming policies The I ni- Moudy. the names of prominent major donation for this project. versity of Texas system adopted TCU Dally skin/ »i,ik<- Slnis business leaders and alumni grace The majority of the S6 million rules in l°XX allowing its board to Barney Fife, also known as "Scarecrow," watches over the northwest corner of the the various buildings across campus. needed to build the alumni center consider naming ■ building for a Ranch Management parking lot. But many wonder why, out of all was provided by the Sid W. Richard- donor "when a substantial donation the alumni from TCU. these people son Foundation and the Burnett- has been made tow ard the construc- are the chosen ones. Tandy Foundation, Davis said. tion of the building to be named." "Most TCU buildings are But Chancellor William E. Tucker according to a Dec. 8, 1995, article New officer a real 'dummy' named after people who contributed asked these foundations to honor in The Chronicle oj Higher Educa- a large portion of the project cost," Kelly with the naming gift. The tion At least that's what Campus cials, is currently on duty in a said Bronson C. Davis, vice chancel- groups responded enthusiastically. Sonic colleges have changed the BY GINGER D. RICHARDSON lor for university advancement. Tucker said. name of the enure school for major TCU DAILY SKIFF Police Chief Steve McGee and the patrol car stationed in the north- administration say. west corner of the Ranch Manage- The naming gift is usually 50 per- "Kelly is a distinguished alumnus benefactors. Glassboro State Col- He sees no evil and hears no evil. Who is this great white hope? ment parking lot. But he. just like cent of the building cost, Davis said. who has provided significant leader- lege changed Us name to Rovt an Col- And although the newest member This fierce crime fighter? Meet any other officer, makes rounds in However, there are exceptions to ship to the university." Tucker said. lege of New Jersey after a SI00 of the Campus Police force isn't Barney Fife, the Campus Police the high-risk parts of campus — this policy, said Doug A. White, "1 thought that name made sense in million pledge was made b\ Henry capable of issuing parking tickets, dummy. including Stadium Drive and the deputy director of major gifts. Some every way." M. and Betty L. Rowan in 1992 he just may be the most effective The life-size mannequin, affec- Worth Hills area. donations are made in honor of an The Board of Trustees makes the Trinity College in Durham. N.C., weapon the university has against tionately called "Scarecrow" by individual, so the building bears thai final vote on a building's name based became Duke University in 1924 would-be criminals. Campus Police and university offi- see Dummy, page 2 name instead of the donor's name. on the recommendation of the chan- when James B. Duke donated $60 White said. cellor. Although the trustees have million to the school, according to The Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Vis- the last word, the chancellor's rec- ( hronicle article.

BY ANDREW P. DDESIARDINS playing material to TCU's music col- TCU DAILY SKIFF lection. The collection dates back to the TCU's music department recently early '40s, the heyday of the big band received a gift of one of the world's era. What makes the collection largest big band music libraries. unique is that most of the scores are hand wntten manuscripts, Wilson said. Only a select few Alumni give copies of the jazz scores exist in the world, mostly among jazz collection professional band col- lections, he said. The practice of per- formers publishing to music dept. their music was uncommon in the post The library, originally owned by World War II era, Wilson said. Jazz big band leader Harvey Anderson, music played by big bands such as was donated by TCU alumni Bob and The Tonight Show band and the Mary Wright. The couple purchased Glenn Miller band was written specif- the collection from the Anderson ically for these bands and couldn't be Estate in 1994. found in music stores, he said. Curt Wilson, a professor of music Wilson had known Anderson since Ptinio ii\ Linda K.IVC and director of jazz studies, said the Curt Wilson, professor of music and director of jazz studies, relishes the new 'big band' acquisitions to the music depart- Anderson library will add decades of see Jazz, page 2 ment's library.

News Digest Cause of G.I.'s death unclear Feds recall infant car seats FDA approves fake fat New home sales plummet Heart disease deaths rise

K1LLEEN, Texas (AP) — An autopsy WASHINGTON (AP) — The govern- WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will WASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh signs of a DALLAS (AP) - The number of U.S. failed to pinpoint the cause of death of a Fort ment announced yesterday that 15,370 infant soon be eating potato chips made with the faltering economy are emerging, with virtu- deaths from heart and blood vessel-related Hood soldier found dead under an express- car seats are being recallerj as safety hazards first zero-calorie artificial fat. ally no growth in the industrial sector and diseases rose in 1993 after falling steadily way bridge Saturday. Medical examiners in in car crashes. The Food and Drug Administration sales of new homes plunging to a seven- since 1980. according to new figures from Dallas said Monday that they found no indi- The National Highway Traffic Safety approved Procter & Gamble's olestra yester- month low. the American Heart Association. cation that Army Spc. James W. Dolan died Administration said the rear-facing Dream- day, over the protests of some scientists who Analysts said government reports yester- Whether the increase represents a rise in violently or of any external force. ride Ultra infant seats failed a crash test by called the fake fat dangerous. day underscored the economy's weakness the death rate from cardiovascular diseases Police now are waiting for the results of tipping towards the front of the car by more The FDA warned that olestra can cause during the fourth quarter and could help per- has yet to be determined, the Dallas-bassfl toxicology tests on Dolan's body. than 70 degrees. Federal safety standards such side effects as diarrhea and can literally suade Federal Reserve policy-makers to cut heart association said yesterday Dolan, 24 was found dead by four require that rear-facing seats stay almost wash out of the body certain nutrients when interest rates again next week to stimulate But the increased deaths from cardiovas- teenagers. The body was face up in about a upright during impact. it is eaten along with that lunchtime bowl of growth. cular disease is a concern, said Thomas A. foot of water under a frontage road bridge The brand is Dreamride Ultra, model 02-179, soup or pile of carrot sticks. Many traders said lower interest rates Pearson, vice chairman of the association's along U.S. 190 near Fort Hood, police said. made from April 8, 1994, to June 15, 1995. would make their securities more attractive. council on epidemiology and prevention. Page 2 eTCU Daily SkiffTwo Thursday, January 25, 1996

Ike ^duentui>ei o[ fupetfroq lif $eit \onito $ flbm Wyht campus. New & PASSCN6£R Kope-r service Campus Lines is provided as a ser- Marnie Stites at 338-4433. FALLS Peev TO £VII some vice lo the TCU community. THE REGISTRAR'S AND CON- OH TOUF2- Announcements of events, public TROLLER'S OFFICES will close at 5 APPLICATIONS FOR FALL 1996 meetings and other general campus p.m. Mondays effective Feb. 1. STUDENT TEACHERS are available peri information should he brought to the in the Bailey Building 102 or 304. Skiff office, Moudy 291S or sent to RESIDENTIAL SERVICES has appli- Applications are due Feb. 28. TCU Box 298050. The Skiff reserves cations for orientation student advi- the right to edit for style and taste. sor, orientation office manager and VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS, a World orientation photographer in Student Wide Web site for physics students, PHI CHI THETA, the professional Center 220. They are due Feb. 2. has been established at business fraternity, will hold an http://www.inegratedconcepts.com informal rush meeting at 5 p.m. APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENT /virtualprof. tonight in Dan Rogers Hall 264. ASSISTANT are available in Student Center 233. They are due Ian. 29. THE RAPE/SEXUAL ASSAULT SUR- THE TCU INTERIORS ASSOCIA- VIVOR GROUP is now forming at TION will hold a mat cutting semi- FEB. 12 is the last day to choose the the Counseling Center. Contact The Beaten Path by P. D. Magnus nar at ):()() p.m. |an. 29 in the design pass/no credit grading option for a Dorothy M. Barra at 921-7863. lab. Call Darlene Roth at 922-9448. course. Feb. 26 is the last day to withdraw from a class. UNITING CAMPUS MINISTRIES T AUDITIONS FOR "TEXAS", a musi- meets at 4 p.m. Mondays in Student i al drama, will be held from 12 p.m. VOLUNTEER GUARDIANS, a pro- Center 211. All sare welcome. f 0LQ 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 11 at Southern gram of Senior Citizen Services of 1 Methodist University's Owen Fine Greater Tarrant County, will hold TCU UNIVERSITY CHAPEL is every I TECHNOLOGY Arts Center 1180. training sessions for those interested Wednesday at noon al Robert Carr in becoming court-appointed Chapel. All are welcome. f m c O C n THE ORGANIZATION OF LATIN guardians for incapacitated elderly. J AMERICAN STUDENTS will meet at Meetings will be from 6 p.m. to 9:30 COUPON BOOKS are available this | 1 1 t U l p.m. Ian. 10 in Student Center p.m., Feb. 15, 22 & 29 at Broadway week in residence halls and the Stu- 1 21 b. All are welcome. Baptist Church in Fort Worth. Call dent Center. Bu«5 "•* C-"i be <"S p«vce

PurplePoll Ninjo Verses by Don Frederic

YES No ^O oc_n oslV e^oCv| Did you watch 18 82 NUntos D£ peace! VS. the State of the Union address? Interpretive Dance Nin^cv Today 's Purple /'oil question was asked of100 people in the Main Cafeteria last evening by a Skiff pollster. ¥

crow" has no eyes. Still, the dummy is not instilling a But that's not to say that no one is sense of safety in everyone. TC^l ' OrlilV Srviff LETTERS TO THE LDITOR: The Skiff welcomes Id- Dummy page I eatherWatch lers lo the editor for publication. Letters must watching the Ranch Management Amy Tubbesing. a freshman adver- Since 1902 be typed, double-spaced, signed and limited parking lot. Campus Police have tising/public relations major, said that to 500 words. Letters should be submitted at Today will be partly The TCU Daily Skiff is produced by slu- least Iwo days before publication to the Skifl'. "We move him around a lot." installed a high-tech camera that mon- she felt deceived. dents of Texas Christian University, spon- Moudy 291S, to TCU Box 32929, or lo fax McCiee said. "If you're a thief", burglar itors every corner of the lot and at the "The fact that we have a dummy out cloudy with a high in sored by the journalism department and pub- 921-7133. They must include the author's or jusl want to came trouble, you'll first sign of trouble a patrol car is dis- there just makes me feel like they are lished Tuesday through Friday during fall and classification, major and phone number. The the mid 60s and south- spring semesters except finals week and hoi- Skiff reserves the right to edit or reject letters sec that patrol car there and just keep patched. McGee said. lying to us," Tubbesing said. "If west winds 20 to 30 jdays. The Skiff it distributed free on campus. for style and taste. going. It really has a great deterrent A few Skiff editors decided to test something were to happen to me right The Skiff ii a member of Associated Press. MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 32929, Fort Worth, miles per hour. CIRCULATION: 4,000 Texas 76129. effect." the system late Tuesday night by shin- then. I'd have to wait four minutes by SUBSCRIPTIONS: Call 921-7000, extension PHONE DIRECTORY: Four-digit extension (6000 The mannequin, which was ing our headlights on and taking pic- the time anyone got there. 6274. Rates are $20 per semester, series) numbers can be reached by dialing donated to Campus Police by some tures of the dummy. By our watches, "1 could be dead or missing by EDITORIAL POLICY: Unsigned editorials repre- 921-7722 followed by the extension, Friday will be cloudy sent the view of the Skiff editorial board, third-floor residents of Milton-Daniel it took less than four minutes for a then." with a low in the 30s which is composed of the editor, managing Main number 921-7428 Hall, has been with the force for about Campus Police officer to arrive on the But Campus Police say a plastic editor, opinion editor, assistant managing Fax 921-7133 a week. He already has an authentic and high near 60. editor, news editor, campus editor and sports Advertising/Classified 921-7426 scene. patrol officer is better than no officer. editor. Signed letters and columns represent Business Manager 6274 uniform and if he's lucky, he may David Luttrell. the Campus Police "We could never have one officer the opinion of the writers. Student Publications Director 6556 soon have some hair. McCiee said. officer who came to the lot. said that sit there in the lot all night long," "Some guys threw him off the third four minutes is the longest it would McGee said. "But we can have the floor of Milton-Daniel, so he wasn't ever take for officers to arrive. appearance of one. in great shape when we found him." "We try to get here as fast as we "I'm not worried about having he said. "But we dressed him up in the can." he said. problems with the students," he said. uniform and are now trying to get him McGee agreed that response times "1 am worried about the outsiders who RECYCLING a wig." to the area would vary depending on are trying to decide whether they STACKS UP! On first, second, or even third the activity. should come onto campus." glance, the mannequin looks just like "If we see someone being chased And so far. Campus Police has had Recycling a 4-foot stack a live Camput Police officer. It's through the lot. you can bet we'll be only one problem with their silent Think Safety! impossible to tell that the uniformed there in 30 seconds with our lights recruit. of newspapers saves being in the patrol car is anything hut flashing." he said. "I'll do everything "We've had several people stop by the equivalent of a a real officer — until you get close I can to deter criminal activity on this the car and try to ask him directions," 40-foot pine tree. enough, that is. to see that "Scare- campus." Luttrell said. A message from the staff TCU Daily Skiff

Donllet agood thing go to waste... and clarinet." like this when people saw Anderson as C D Jazz from page I Anderson graduated from TCU in an extremely humorous man, Wilson WAREHOUSE 1946 and served as drum major of the said. We sell used CDs TCU Marching Band during some of Currently, Wilson is having his stu- for $5.99 to $8.99 1959 and performed with his band for these years. dents go through and catalogue the 10 [•A»M'B'U»R'G'E»R«S and we pay $4 18 years. Wilson said he remembers a time in entire collection, which consists of for used CDs "Harvey Anderson was a wonderful the 1960s when he was playing in the thousands of jazz scores. Chosen Best in man and a marvelous musician and Fort Worth Stock Show band and The music is intended to be played Underground 1 800 367 8272 Shopper's Best CD band leader throughout the country." he Anderson was directing. Before the by students and therefore will not be Store in the Metroplex Tarrant County said. show started, Anderson accidentally lit handled as a museum collection, he 4901 Camp Bowie Blvd. 2817 W. BERRY (NEAR UNIVERSITY) "He is known as a legend in North- his conductor's baton on fire with a said. Although the music is mostly tort Worth. Texas 76107 AND 6O80 S. mil i N em Texas who had a lot of humor," cigarette lighter. As he tried to get it out, meant for large bands, there are a few 9 2 4-8706 (817)732-2*81 KM (817) 7.11-3278 Wilson said. "Anderson was a talented part of the band took the frantic waving pieces that allow for smaller arrange- individual who played saxophone, flute as a sign to begin playing. It was times ments of instruments. take a free TESTDRJVE LSAT, MCAT, essary. For more infor EARN MONEY mation call 1-206-971- CANCUN SPRING 3550 ext. C58353 BREAK!! America's GRE s GMAT. Cash for used Levi's Positions Available Now! Premier Student Tour Diet! Lose up to 30 lbs. Next week, take a free 2 1/2 or 3 501's. 923-1389. Seeking self-motivated, Company. Biggest in 30 days Programs hour test, proctored exactly like aggressive-minded indi- Parties. Prices from start at $30. Magic! 817- the real thing. Anc get test viduals for direct sales of $229!! Earn FREE 536-3581. Free re-order HELP WANTED strategies that will help you ace local discount publication TRIPS & HIGHEST program. ■.'vrv.n-iiiinsi the exam on the test day. CRUISE SHIPS NOW No experience neces- Commissions!! Call 800- ■ •rUH.'M IZS3 HIRING-Earn up to sary. SET OWN 798-1509 for more info. FOR SALE It could make the road ahead a $2,000+/month working HOURS! Over 50% Texas Boys Choir. little less treacherous on Cruise Ships or Land- Commission! Call 817- Provide after-school care For Sale-Queen Size 332-2750. Water Bed, Four Drawer Tour companies. World for 5-7 boys, 7-8 hours ' PtR PERSON Of Pf HOtNG ON Oh,' .HAIKU' 1REM DATES' LENGTH Of STAY travel. Seasonal & full- Sales/bed cleaner need- per week. $10 per day. Pedistal Base Bookcase, l-gOO-SUNCUASE time employment avail- ed...Tan Your Hide tan- Call 924-1482. Headboard. $250orbet- TOLL m% MFOCMUION j, nsnv»K»u KAPLAN SpoNsoREd by 11 ir fCU ■ w OVM Ti Ml M> an «: able. No experience nec- ning salon. 263-6100. Place your ad today! ter offer. 921-7533 http.//' Psyciiolociy HONOR Socitty Thursday, January 25, 1996 OpinionA TCI I Dailv Clkiff TCU Daily Skiff Page 3

lohn I Inihinj* Nation likely to keep Clinton

Neither do I call myself a Republican has been pacified and contained; and Rus- nor a Democrat. I voted for Bush in 1992, sian-US. relatioas are still building. But but 1 have supported President Clinton Clinton's most resounding victory was the because he was elected by the majority signing of a peace agreement between and is the leader of the United States. Israel and the PLO. Finally, Clinton's gut- against the Although his first two years were a bit siest move was the deployment of troops slaughtering shaky, he has performed decently lately to Bosnia. Yet a withdrawal of troops in hordes of (despite the budget fiasco). In the next one year places a great military victory on Republicans. year, Clinton will be vying for a reelec- his desk right about the time the masses Popularity for tion bid while several Republicans head to the polls. Pretty clever, huh? And the Republi- attempt to replace him. Now I have the a failure in Bosnia really won't matter, cans and their simple task of explaining why the conser- because right now the public trusts no Contract with vatives will fail and Clinton will be other candidates more than Clinton. America has reelected. A battle is taking place here in Amer- shifted to the Clinton is young and energetic. Reagan ica, and the public sees the Republican president and w^^wwt*, vim x and Bush were both old and prone to dominated Congress as the enemy (and his veto pen. small accidents (hint: Iran-Contra, vomit- unjustifiably so, 1 might add). This war of Don't mis- ing in Japan). The most likely GOP can- the balanced budget will ultimately return take me for a supporter of Clinton, for I didate. Bob Dole, is in his late 70s, and Clinton to the White House. strongly believe he has overstepped his many see his age as a liability. The public The GOP's balanced budget plan does bounds as president. His primary role Chris Smiih views Clinton's youth as a symbol of the what Americans cried for a year ago, but should be to lead America in interna- United States, while Dole is an aging con- now the public blames Congress for the tional politics, while Congress should servative out of touch with the young recent government furloughs. The plan, be left to domestic issues. Yes, the veto people of America. with its filtering of funds and social ser- does prevent either side from abusing Clinton also has a sound foreign policy vices down to the state level, is seen as its power, but it should not be used as a TCU campus dominated plan, albeit after two years of uncertainty. detrimental to American interests because tool for guiding an agenda based on The public has been dissatisfied recently any cuts to public services are tyrannical bipartisan politics. The only important with foreign ventures, especially in light by nature. Yet without these cuts, espe- factor in the upcoming election is pub- of domestic economic problems. How- cially in social welfare, America's lic opinion. So prepare for Clinton's by odd, annoying quirks ever, Clinton has chosen carefully those national debt will soar and threaten the return, and God help us all. regions in which to utilize American country with bankruptcy in ten years. Yes,Yes. folks, it's thaithat time again. ForgetForset _^^______|^B^HB|aBaB^^BHB resources, i.e. troops. Yet Clinton has vetoed every Repub- John Henning is a senior political Bosnia, the budget, elections and all of the Modern Angst The Haiti occupation was relatively lican budget plan and then appealed to science/English double major from national and international hubbub. The TCU successful with low costs; the Middle East the public as the savior of the lambs Wills Point. Texas. campus becomes this week's hot topic as your "humble narrator" goes undercover to review benefit of the doubt a fresh semester's worth of accolades and hor- may prove to be a ribly illogical activities brewing on our slightly erroneous ven- beloved university. ture For what is done That damn Horn-tooling-mutant-trailer- and what is perceived Books and More thing. The genius of advertisement who as needed to be done dreamed this beauty up should be given the are two different ani- royal Italian Dictator treatment. 1 was thinking mals. Frogs should use extensive library resources about not going to the basketball game, but Marriott. The food suddenly Hell opened up and spewed forth has been fairly decent this gaudy, eyesore of school spirit that thus far. but the middle We have, on our campus, a ^^^m Infotrac, our library's system belches the time of the game at an eye-pop- of the semester should miracle. of identifying journals, has ping volume accompanied by a train horn that show cigar butts in Only about 8,600 people enter Editorial almost unlimited amounts of defies taste and safe levels for the human ear. gallstone sauce being passed off as beanie our library every week. This After this spectacle, 1 was convinced. The weenies for the low, low price of your first- information. day 1 would attend a basketball game would be born child. And neglecting a couple of billion includes visitors from the community as well as Even better than all this information is how the day I get a tattoo of Idi Amin on my butt. complaints, they still have the stainless steel TCU students, faculty and staff. That's not very willing the employees are to help you locate it. Normally, after the ringing of the ears sub- soda lids to go along w ith the ultra-weak many, considering the wealth of facilities it holds. A reference information sheet states, "In the sides, one may think this rather quaint, but straws that bend, making it impossible to get after an hour of Captain Annoyance and The nominal amounts of pop to the mouth. Did you know TCU has the world renowned eyes of many, the ability to use a research library Mad Train Tooter, it becomes a detriment to Post Office 1 am still wondering what this Luther Lewis collection? Are you aware the music effectively is considered one of the fundamental health and sanity as well as the ability to six-digit crap is about. It seems that the poten- library has extensive scores and audio resources? skills of college graduates." study. tial of 99.999 P.O. boxes should be enough, Sports. Thanks be to the basketball team for but thai is bureaucracy working hard for the Do you know you can get books from other states Most students probably don't realize how much putting TCU on the map as the first college to common man They say thev are preparing for and around the world, and TCU will help you pay they can acquire there. Tours can be set up by call- be beaten Infinity to 38 in the farce of a game the future, but P.O. boxes would be the least of for interlibrary loan costs? ing the reference desk. Most afternoons librarians versus Kentucky. Maybe our next game versus their worries if the current five-digit system Robert Seal, TCU librarian, said the library was can give extra help to students. the Human Torsi should be a closer match. becomes stressed. And the women's team's only two wins have The TCL Movie Channel. Free lobotomies committed to maintaining traditional print If you haven't been to the library lately, take a been to the Amish National team and Fun 'N to all employees. This entertainmeni fiasco is sources as well as broadening the publication of look. Games Daycare, which lost in overtime actually a psychology experiment to determine information electronically. After all, it's a miracle. because it cut into the Barney Hour. how many times "The Cowboy Way" can be College Bowl. This is the one brief respite shown before someone snaps and starts shoot- for academics looking for competition. So due ing innocents. 1 know, let's pick six movies to Programming Council's brain removal en from Joe Bob Joe Bob's Video Pit Hog Feed masse, no one knows when or where the tour- Emporium and show them for an entire month nament is being held, it's two months late at hours when most students cannot watch as Glass houses Le tfer Responsible people do not feel the which destroys practice time for the regional well as hav■ine craphics rivaling the Atari sm need to reinforce their critiques with team and only four teams registered. My con- 2600. 1 read Matt Pearce's latest editorial the same "empty rhetoric" and "child- dolences to the coach, Andrew Rhodes, who The great gods of the absurd are rejoicing at concerning the Clintons' behavior toward William Safire ishness" of which he accuses the Clintons. Yes, the Clintons will have to pick up transients on the way to the obsequious worship by our campus. This with considerable interest.. 1 read of his disdain for Presi- should be open to responsible critique from others, and so the regional tournament to comprise his team. campus is indeed a comedy of errors, and in dent and Mrs. Clinton's "bickering and cheap-shot retalia- should he. If he is writing solely for entertainment, in the As long as the categories are Filth. Soiling the Shakespearean tradition, "there is some- tion" against Mr. Safire, only to find him using the same true Limbaughian tradition, then let's differentiate between One's Self and Public Urination, we may have thing rotten in the state of Denmark" and 1 bet language himself. He refers to President Clinton as "Slick good journalism and silliness. Remember what people say a chance. Marriott imports it. quadruples the price and Willie," "Bubba." and "a pathetic moron." about those who live in glass houses . .. Student House of Representatives. The exec- calls it chicken. How does this contribute whatsoever to constructive dia- utive board is almost all newcomers, so the logue about national issues? I would consider name calling Dwayne Todd innate ability of the last year's board to do Christopher Dhonail Smith is a junior his- a "cheap shot," wouldn't you? I was taught years ago that Hall Director nothing, save for finding innovative ways to sit tory sociology double major, who in his spare calling people names was something grown-ups didn't do. MDiv student on their hands, sh6uld not transfer. Although time tortures the damned in Hell with Alanis giving these soldiers of pseudo politics any Morrissette records and \.C Andrews novels.

Mi.t! Prmv 'Do the Cowboys think the nation revolves around them?" TCL' Daily Skiff MAMmertan Netuspqper

tan vvinsM Excessive hype kills Super Bowl's appeal EorrofwCHEF GINGER RICHARDSON It only happens once a year, but it seems says, "Well, there's Michael lrvin, God's but if the Cowboys don't do anything of MVNV.IV, EDITOR like an eternity. No, I'm not talking about gift to mankind. We also understand Coach importance on a particular day, there is no the State of the Union address. The event of Switzer had a turkey sandwich for lunch, need to spend 3/4 of a broadcast talking BK KI PRETZ focus is the annual Super Bowl. which he says helps him think strategically. about them. Al IVI.KTtSINC, MANAGEH The game itself doesn't last more than a include the Cow- "In other news, the Mavericks played This Sunday, I will watch the Tempe (or NATALIE GARDNER CHRISTI GIEEORU few hours, and it's rather enjoyable. But the boys in their top some team, and they may have won. Jason tem-PEE, as some newscasters call it) con- ( win s EDITOH \I MB EDITOR hype of the game can twist the stomachs of story, and then Kidd scored 150 points or something. In test like millions of other Americans. Since all but the most die-hard of football fans. devote 99 percent hockey, the Stars may have played, but who I have family from Pittsburgh and 1 hate LEIGH ,\\NE ROM >N TASHA ZEMKE Don't get me wrong. 1 like football. I'm a of their sports cares? Troy Aikman just combed his hair." Deion Sanders with a fierce passion, I'll OPINION EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR regular participant of the Sunday afternoon segment to the I don't particularly hate the Cowboys, pull for the Steelers. tradition of Dorito-inhaling and beer guz- team. A typical but some of the obsession expressed by In reality, 1 really don't give a damn BUKE SIMS RYAN .1. RUSAK PIKITOGRMIIV EDITOR Con DESK Cue zling like most men and some women. But I story could run North Texans is nauseating. For example, about either team, and 1 will probably just can't wait for the hoopla and the minute-by- like this: where do Cowboys fans get off on calling watch the game to learn the new Budweiser CHRISTY HAWKINS minute countdowns to Super Bowl Sunday "And this after- them "America's Team?" I don't remember slogan. When the score reaches 77-0, I'll do SI MI m REPORTER to cease to exist. noon, Deion Congress ever voting on this. Do the Cow- the honorable thing and turn to the Simp- This year, the presence of the Dallas Sanders (who, by boys and their fans think the nation sons, which should be coming on around Cowboys has quintupled the hype surround- revolves around them? that time. If the Cowboys, who are already EVA RUMI* the way, is an overrated, immature, over- STUDENT PUBUCMIONS DIRECTOR ing the game, and I pity the out-of-town paid waste) got three Xs shaved into the I suppose a factor in this obsession is the planning their victory parade, win the seniors who are going through all of this for back of his head. Here's what teammate fact that the Dallas area has no other game, God help us all. ANANTHA BABUIU the third time. 1 admire a city that rallies Michael lrvin has to say about it." impressive sports team. The Mavericks JOURNALISM DEPT. CHAIKMAN around its team, but the media and fans Irvin says, "It's pretty (expletive) unbe- have been disappointing, the Rangers do Matt Pearce is a sophomore news-edito- JAYNE AKERS have focused way too much attention on lievable. Deion is a crazy (expletive). He's not have a shred of talent and the Stars just rial major from Wenham. Mass. and is cur- BUSINESS MANAGER each preparation the Cowboys make. my friend, but he's as crazy as (expletive)." suck. This leaves the Cowboys as the domi- rently scalping tickets for the Feb. 15 DEBRA MCLAMB In local news coverage, most networks Then, back at the news desk, the anchor nant team. 1 know this is Super Bowl week, Clinton vs. Safire bout at Caesar's Palace. PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Page 4 StateTCU DailyNews Skiff Thursday, January 25, 1996

Tracking tool a hoax, feds say Husband indicted BY MICHAEL GRACZVK "We are concerned that a number of agencies have produced in someone's body "charges the free- ASSOI IATED I "Hiss spent substantial amounts of money buying these floating neutral electrons of the signature card with products. There is no scientific basis for this device the major strength of the signal" and leads the per- in spouse's slaying BEAUMONT. Texas — Federal prosecutors to work." son to the object. said yesterday a South Carolina company's claims "Our lawyer won't let us talk," Wade Quattle- "There is no known technology with the ability that its electronic device would detect explosives baum, president of Quadro Corp., said Wednes- to do that," Bradford said. "And this does not do or drugs, safeguard property or livestock and even day. that." Three of four wives met 'untimely end' find missing golf balls was a fraudulent hoax. His attorney, Timothy Kulp, said the company An analysis by FBI Laboratory technicians and Quadro Corp. of Harleyville, S.C. was slapped officials were complying with the restraining order by the Energy Department's Sandia National Lab- BY ROBERT G. WIELAND deputy first class with the Orange with a temporary restraining order, blocking man- and that the operation was idled at least temporar- oratories show the device is nothing more than a ASSOCIATED PHILSS County Sheriff's Office in ufacture, sale or distribution of its Positive Molec- ily. hollow plastic box attached to a retractable tran- Orlando, Fla., Carson said he still ular Locator, also known as a Quadro Tracker. He said, however, purchasers of the device were sistor radio antenna. The "chip" inside was found GATESVILLE, Texas — remembers how cool Reeves was Authorities characterized the black plastic box and offered a money-back guarantee and that many to be two pieces of plastic surrounding a piece of Unable lo choose between her after reporting his wife had been its accessories which cost from S395 to S8.000 as were pleased with its performance. black photocopied paper. A report from the San- just-divorced husband and her shot. nothing more than a phony space-age divining rod. "This thing is something that people are saying dia lab in New Mexico speculated the antenna was boyfriend, Sharon Reeves cra- "He was not upset.... No feel- "The only thing this accurately detects is your works, as befuddling as it may be to some," he driven by "the ouija board influence." dled a .20-gauge shotgun to her ings whatever," Carson said in checkbook," Ronald W. Kelly, senior resident FBI said. One of the chips on display at a news conference bosom and pulled the trigger with recalling his conversation with agent in Beaumont, said. The Tracker is a plastic box a little smaller than Wednesday contained dead ants that had been her toe, a defense lawyer said yes- Reeves at the scene. Company officials were ordered to appear next a video cassette and can be attached to a belt. The frozen and then embedded in the paper with epoxy terday. Reeves attitude also impressed week before U.S. District Judge Thad Heartfield to user inserts into a slot a small card — known as a glue. Not so contends prosecutors, former reserve officer Michael determine if a permanent injunction should be signature card — that contains a chip representing Federal authorities fear school districts looking who used new investigative tech- Galiana, who had been riding issued. an illegal drug or some representation of the item for ways to detect illegal drugs may have pur- niques to indict retired Army Sgt. with Carson. He described About 1.000 of the devices are known to have to be detected. chased the device because the company improp- Jack Reeves on a murder charge Reeves as "cool and calm: non- been sold to law enforcement agencies, school dis- The person then holds a companion device erly implied it was endorsed by agencies like the in the 17-year-old case. concerned." tricts and consumers at a total estimated cost of about the size of a television remote control to FBI or DEA. The most enduring evidence in Galiana. now a lieutenant with more than SI million, Mike Bradford. U.S. Attor- which a transistor radio antenna is attached that "These claims are false," Bradford said. the death of Sharon Reeves is an the Copperas Cove police, said ney for the Eastern District of Texas, said. freely swings from right to left. The antenna then "How would you like to have it pointed at your 8-by-10. black-and-white photo- that while other officers were "We're concerned use of this device could result points toward the item being hunted. kids, to have them branded as having drugs . . . graph of the crime scene. Coryell examining Mrs. Reeves' body in in compromising criminal investigations." he said. Its manufacturers contend the static electricity when it is patently false?" Kelly said. County District Attorney Sandy the bedroom. Reeves related to Gately told jurors that "new sci- him outside the house that "in entific capabilities" allow analy- Korea, you can have sex real sis of blood-spatter patterns and easy." other forensic evidence that was- Reeves, a native of Wichita Appeals law challenged by prisoner n't possible or wasn't used at the Falls, served in the Army from time the 34-year-old woman's 1962 to 1984, primarily as a legal death was ruled a suicide. clerk. He was stationed in the appeals from being dragged out. retroactively to death-row inmates. may include allegations that the B-i Pi (,(,-. FlKAC Reeves' second wife was the United States, Korea, Vietnam, t Opponents say limiting appeals Assistant Attorney General Peggy judge made a mistake. ASM H I A llli I R£SS first of three of his four spouses to Germany and Italy. increases the chance that an innocent Griffey, defending the law, said the While the law restricts inmates to meet an untimely end. Wife No 3 The proceedings became emo- AUSTIN — The new state law person will be executed. Legislature acted within its author- one habeas corpus appeal, there are drowned, and Reeves faces trial tional when prosecutors called limiting appeals by death-row The case being used to challenge ity. exceptions — for cases in which new April 1 in the death of wife No. 4. the defendant's son to the stand inmates is being challenged by a man the law involves James Carl Lee She noted that the law includes facts or legal arguments arise, and for Defense attorney Wes Ball Wednesday afternoon. Randall convicted in the 1984 beating death Davis, who was sentenced to death exceptions to allow inmates to bring instances in which the defendant has contends Mrs. Reeves was a vic- Reeves tearfully recalled how his of a teen-age girl, who was murdered following the beating deaths of a 15- late appeals in special circumstances, evidence to prove he or she should- tim of conflicting emotions who father had told him that his along with two little brothers. year-old girl and her six-year-old and and that it provides for increased n't have been found guilty. chose suicide after divorcing, mother had killed herself. The Texas Court of Criminal four-year-old brothers in Austin. access by inmates to appointed In Davis' case. Greenwood said he then reconciling, with her hus- The testimony elicited a simi- Appeals heard arguments Wednes- Davis, who lived next door to the lawyers. filed a habeas corpus appeal years band. "They got it right in 1978," lar sorrowful response from Jack day but didn't immediately rule on victims, was charged only in the "There comes a point in time at ago. But that appeal didn't include a he said as the trial began. Reeves, who sniffled and wiped claims that the new law is unconsti- girl's death, according to his lawyer, which a conviction has to become U.S. Supreme Court decision that Reeves, tall and thin with gray his eyes as his son told of an inci- tutional. Roy Greenwood. She was sexually final," she said. could affect his case. hair and wearing a dark suit, said, dent in which he feared his Lawyers on both sides faced ques- assaulted and the house was burglar- The law sets new deadlines for Greenwood said he can't file a "I am not guilty, your honor," mother's actions. tions, including queries from Judges ized. appeals. It also requires prisoners to new appeal citing the Supreme Court after the indictment was read. "I was afraid she was going to Frank Maloney and Morris Over- Greenwood argued Wednesday raise all their contentions simultane- decision because it was issued The case of Mrs. Reeves' July commit suicide," said the street concerning situations in which that the law to limit state appeals by ously in one habeas corpus appeal, shortly before the original appeal 20, 1978. death was reopened in younger Reeves, who was 10 at appeals would be barred under the death-row inmates, including Davis, rather than raising them one at a time was filed — and theoretically could 1994 and her body was exhumed the time of the shooting. law. is unconstitutional for several rea- in separate, serial appeals. have been included the first time. because of questions about the Jurors later heard from another "It's a mess." Maloney said at one sons. In habeas corpus appeals, consti- Under the old law, Greenwood disappearance of Emilita Reeves, son,then 16. point. He said it violates the separation of tutional issues generally are raised, would have had more opportunities a mail-order bride from the Ricky Reeves said there was "a Supporters of the 1995 law say powers between the legislative and such as ineffective representation. to bring up the Supreme Court ruling. Philippines. Her body was later lot of tension" in the house two they don't want to deprive inmates of judicial branches of government, and They are separate from an inmate's He said it's the retroactive nature of found near Lake Whitney by a weeks before his mother's death. their rights but do want to prevent that it unconstitutionally applies direct appeal, which is automatic and the new law that's most troubling. hunter. Sharon Reeves had divorced A suicide note turned over to her husband seven days before Copperas Cove police by Reeves her death. in the 1978 case was destroyed Reeves' first marriage, shortly after Sharon Reeves' death was after graduation from high Texas gets grants to fight drugs ruled a suicide. But Richard Car- school, ended in annulment. son remembered the gist of what In 1967, he was convicted of Clinton administration sends $11.5 million to Lone Star State it said. manslaughter in a shooting death BME UhPi "It was an apology type note," of an Italian man while he was he testified, "sort of like she was stationed in Italy. Reeves told ASM >< IATED PRESS greater Houston area, the other run- San Antonio police and Bexar County ning from Brownsville onto San Sheriffs Office, $1.6 million. torn between two lovers." Italian police the man had been Carson was a rookie patrolman WASHINGTON — The Clinton Diego. The other HIDTAs cover Los •Laredo Narcotics-Financial Trans- peeking through a window into at the time, and Mrs. Reeves' administration has released nearly Angeles. South Florida. Puerto Rico- shipment Task Force, composed of his bedroom. Reeves spent four death was the first such investi- SI 1.5 million in federal grants to Virgin Islands, Washington-Balti- the Drug Enforcement Agency. IRS. months in prison before being local, slate and law enforcement more-Northern Virginia, New York Marshal's Service, Texas Department h (SdQii gation he was involved in. Now a cleared of the charges. agencies in Texas as part of a coordi- City and Northern New Jersey. of Public Safety, Laredo police, Zap- nated strategy to crack down on drug The South Texas H1DTA is receiv- ata County police and district attor- trafficking, ing S6 million of the total, while the ney, and Webb County police and "These grants will give those who West Texas HIDTA will receive district attorney, S880.907. tight the war against drugs right here nearly S5.5 million. •Hidalgo County Financial Disrup- 'We Do TCU Send Home Billing" at home more tools and resources as Of the nearly SI 1.5 million Texas tion Task Force, comprised of N' we work together to fight illegal nar- total, some S809.000 is flowing to law Hidalgo County district attorney and W Berry cotics and the related crime and vio- enforcement agencies in the district of sheriff. San Juan police, Edinburg lence that they bring to our Ortiz, a former Nueces County sher- police, DPS, ATF and Marshal's Ser- communities." Rep. Solomon Ortiz. iff. vice, $777,192. D-Corpus Christi, said yesterday. Among the bigger Texas beneficia- •Eagle Pass Multi-Agency Narcotics MEET NEW The Office of National Drug Con- ries are the: Task Force. S656.135. trol Policy this year is parceling out •El Paso Financial Disruption Task •Multi-Agency Major Organizations PEOPLE THE FUN SI03 million among seven High Force, comprised of the sheriffs Task Force, comprised of FBI offices WAY TODAY Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas. department, Texas attorney general's in McAllen, Laredo, Brownsville, San One Day Service • Bundle Service • Dry designated as such because they are office and Bureau of Alcohol, Antonio, and IRS offices in McAllen 1 -900-656-2600 the main gateways for drugs in the Tobacco and Firearms. S3.6 million. and Laredo, S473.255. 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BY MIKI: MOKRZYCKI Researchers Lawrence R. Jacobs of the University of winning vision ... I believe I am that candidate," ASSOCIATED PRBM Minnesota and Robert Y. Shapiro of Columbia Univer- BY MAH\ NEUBAUER sity contend such an "open door" policy presents "an A.SSCK 1 All li I 'HI .ss Gramm said. WASHINGTON — George Gallup Jr. recalls relent- enormous advantage for presidents." Gramm said Dole simply tried to match Clinton's less Nixon White House requests for polling data. Louis "Polling data are rarely neutral. They invariably pro- DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican presidential empty political rhetoric. The Texas senator said that by Harris says presidential aides had a "fetish" about his vide political ammunition for one side, and the White hopeful Phil Gramm said yesterday that Bob Dole's contrast, he has offered a detailed v ision for a balanced syndicated surveys. House has unparalleled capabilities to maximize the fire- response to the State of the Union address shows he federal budget, tax reform and economic growth. By getting results of the independent polls before they power of privileged access and advance information," "cannot and will not win" in a political match-up "I'm not going to try to match rhetoric with Bill Clin- were published, Richard Nixon's subordinates were able Jacobs and Shapiro wrote. against President Clinton. ton. I'm going to deliver a plan." Gramm said. to draft elaborate "game plans" to exploit favorable data The authors argue that Harris and Gallup disregarded "It's clear from last night as it has been clear for years Much has been made throughout the campaign of the and occasionally tried to squelch negative findings. the canon of the late polling pioneer George Gallup Sr. that Bob Dole has no plan." Gramm said during I tele- 72-year-old Dole's age. But Gramm said yesterday he White House memos in the National Archives show. that pollsters remain credible only as detached "score- phone call from Cedar Falls. "He's like the coach that didn't think age was a factor in Tuesday night's back- Harris confirmed in an interview he once killed a col- keepers" who have "no connection with parties or candi- wants to coach the team in the Super Bowl who has no to-back speeches by Dole and the much-younger Clin- umn lead after Nixon aide Charles Colson complained. dates." plan." ton. And the records indicate a Gallup survey taken immedi- Harris, controversial throughout his 49-year polling Dole, the Senate majority leader and the frontrunner "There has been a growing belief at the grassroots ately after a Nixon speech on Vietnam used at least one career, told the AP. "Gallup and I always disagreed on in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, chose level in these early primary stales where people are question suggested by the White House. that, to be blunt about it." He said his willingness to offer himself to give the official Republican response Tues- starting to pay attention that Bob Dole could not win." "The Nixon administration pursued Harris and the opinions to politicians and world leaders never biased his day night to Clinton's third state of union address. Gramm said. "I think last night simply crystallized that Gallup Organization in order to manipulate poll results polls. During his speech, the president sounded a concilia- concern." and public opinion." two researchers who found many of "I've had a citizen life which is quite apart from my tory theme, summoning Republicans to work with him Gramm said the pendulum of support in the GOP the documents conclude in an article published this week polling life," Harris said. on a balanced-budget deal and including a salute to race has MI utng away from Dole (iramm predicted he'll in Political Science Quarterly. John Davies, the Gallup Poll's editor in the Nixon Dole's military service in World War II. be the candidate to take the lead and keep it. He was In interviews with The Associated Press, Gallup and years, also defended his contacts with the White House. Dole responded with harsh criticism for Clinton, say- asked about publisher Steve Forbes, who has Harris, who dominated public polling at the time, stren- "Everything was on the up and up, at least from our per- ing he "may well be the rear guard of the welfare state." bankrolled his own bid lor the presidency and is gain- uously denied their data were ever tampered with. As spective." he said. Gramm said Dole's performance showed that he is ing support. proof of impartiality and independence, both cited abun- But after reviewing stacks of Nixon aides' memos. he not the candidate who can lead the Republican Party to "Money might buy you love and I think that's dant negative findings they published about Nixon. They acknowledged: "They clearly had other motives." victory against Clinton. debatable — but it won't bu> you the presidency," also defended their regular contacts with Nixon aides and "He is not the candidate who is going to deliver the (iramm said with presidents before and since. see Nixon, page 8

Inmate hopes execution will bring peace Escapee captured

BY THERESA HUMPHREY rejected a commutation, and of execution since Utah outlawed inmate's head to be covered with a ASSOCIATED F"RB8S Edmund Lyons, his attorney, hanging in 1983. black hood, with ankles and hands in La. strip joint planned no last-minute appeals. Three other states allow hanging bound. The Manila hemp rope must SMYRNA, Del. — A convict "Billy has found some peace in the — Montana, New Hampshire and be boiled and then stretched while B\ KEVIN M< GU I miles to the southeast. awaiting the nation's third hanging sense of reconciling himself for what Washington, where two murderers drying to eliminate any spring, stiff- Asso IATEDPRI SS The man who drove Brumley to since 1965 said he hoped his execu- is to be," said Lyons, who visited were hanged in 1993 and 1994. ness or tendency to coil. The part of Shreveport later realized he might tion would bring peace to the family Bailey Wednesday, along with Bai- Before that, the last hangings in the die noose that goes through the knot BATON ROUGE. La. It was have driven an escaped inmate. He of the elderly couple he killed. ley's sister, foster sister, and a prison United States were in Kansas in must be lubricated with wax. soap or prison escapee Clifton Bromley's called police. The FBI became Billy Bailey, 49, was scheduled to chaplain. 1965, when four murderers were grease. K>\ e of the high life that finally caught involved because of the credit union be hanged between 12:01 a.m. and 3 The lawyer said he told Bailey to executed. Among them were Lyons portrayed his client as a up vv ith him an hour before closing robbers and the crossing of state a.m. today on outdoor wooden gal- think about his last words. Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry man who never had a chance. The time at a strip joint in Baton Rouge lines. lows afterclimbing 19 steps to a plat- "He said, 'If I say anything, I'm Edward Smith, the subjects of Tru- 19th of 23 children, he was beaten by A terse note in a management log As Brumle\ arranged his escape form with a trapdoor 15 feet above going to say 1 hope this brings the man Capote's book "InCold Blood." his stepmother, and after his father at The Gold Club tells the itory: "At from Tyler on Monday night, his the ground. The gallows were built Lambertsons some peace,'" Lyons Delaware had public floggings as died, she sent him and an older I a.m.. 1-24-96. customer wearing hostages Shirley Cherry, 55, and 10 years ago as Bailey's first execu- said. recently as 1952. The whipping brother from their two-room shack in wig in club matched description of a Peggy Roswell, 24. both abducted at tion date approached. Bailey was sentenced to hang posts were removed in 1969 but South Carolina to live with a half- wanted man detailed in an FBI circu- gunpoint Monday morning Strug- Witnesses were to include Delbert before Delaware changed its method weren't officially outlawed until brother in Wilmington. In Delaware, lar dropped off b\ agent Roger gled w ith their bonds of electrical tape and Saxton Lambertson. two sons of of execution to injection in June 1972. Bailey began a life of thievery. White." and rope in the abandoned Explorer. Gilbert and Clara Lambertson, who 1986. He could have chosen to die by Because 50 years have passed Bailey has said he was drinking An alert "house mom" to the strip- They freed themselves and drove were murdered with a shotgun at injection, but said he chose hanging since Delaware's last hanging, four heavily the day of the slayings and pers called police -- Brumley had left them the keys their farmhouse in 1979. Delaware because "the law is the law." Department of Correction officials doesn't remember killing the couple "They got to club at 1:20 a.m. and to a nearby, Exxon service station has not previously allowed family By coincidence, Utah is scheduled traveled to Washington state to study with Lambertson's shotgun. He had cuffed the suspect. Then they left," about 445 p.m. Roswell was at the members of the victims to witness to have its first firing squad execu- procedures. walked away from a work-release the note concluded. wheel executions. tion in 19 years early Friday. John Delaware decided to follow Army center after being told he was going Thus ended a four-day. three-state "She looked like she w as in shock.' Appeals delayed the hanging until Albert Taylor, sentenced to die for regulations for hanging, said Gail to face life in prison as a habitual odyssey that authorities say included employee Shaw Hapis said. "She the U.S. Supreme Court denied Bai- raping and strangling an 11-year-old Stallings, department offender because of a forgery charge. a gunpoint kidnapping, an armed rob- asked me to call the cops." ley a stay of execution last week. The girl, chose the firing squad over spokeswoman. Police believe he planned to steal the bery and some interstate bar-hopping. Chen) said yesterday, that she state Board of Pardons on Friday injection, the state's second method Those procedures require the couple's pickup. It all began Saturday when Brumley feared for her lift during the ordeal. drove a tractor away from a prison Her captor, she said, had "really wild- farm near Texarkana, Texas. looking eyes" But he also had a kind Brumley now is in federal custody side. He bought her a chicken sand- charged with unlawful flight and rob- wich during their travels and stopped Cooling technique ushers in new Ice Age bery. During a hearing yesterday at a pharmacy to get her insulin to afternoon before a U.S. magistrate, he treat her diabetes. quietly waived his right U a lawyer He even evoked a bn of sympathy. or replacing their whole chiller sys- was a very smooth transition." and agreed to be transferred back to "He was working so hard. I hoped BY RICHARD LORANT cost of S60 million. The company ASSOCIATED PRESS was formed Tuesday by subsidiaries tem," said Rick Zimbone. president The 19-story building is one of icvas. U.S. marshals would not say be would have a little more fun while of Boston Edison Co. and Unicom of the Boston Energies Technology nine connected by underground when he will be moved, other than he was out." said Cherry BOSTON — At the turn of the Corp. of Chicago. Group, the Boston Edison subsidiary pipes to the Adams Street plant. Two that it will have to be in the next 10 As it turned out. she got her w ish century, they air-conditioned the- The plants freeze large blocks of participating in Northwind. more plants are under construction. days. When captured, he was living it up aters by fanning air across giant ice at night, when electricity demand By eliminating their own air con- The Adams Street cooling plant He is believed to have spent some at The Gold Club. When Baton Rouge blocks of winter ice that had been is low and the price cheap. During the ditioning units, building owners covers half a city block. Above the time on the Arkansas side of police entered the club. Brumley was stored underground until the sum- day, as the ice melts, the cold water could save on maintenance. North- Osco Drug store on the ground floor, Texarkana after driving away from sitting at the bar. wearing a blonde mer. is pumped to the buildings. The pro- wind's cost would be comparable to a network of chillers and pumps the prison farm. Authorities at) lie wig, Now ice conditioning — the high- cess begins all over again after dark. installing a new system. gives way to two stories of ice tanks. kidnapped two women at gunpoint in "It looked kind of like a Tina tech variety — is back, and its pro- The first plant, due to be hooked A four-story plant in Chicago Each tank is the size of a tractor Texarkana on Monday, forcing them Turner wig." dancer Danielle Carter moters say it will save energy and up next year, could cool up to ten owned by Unicom Thermal Tech- trailer and contains four miles of tub- to accompany him as far as Tyler. later told WBRZ television. "And you help phase out ozone-depleting buildings the size of Boston's largest nologies began pumping cooled ing that freezes the water. Texas, where he abandoned them, could hear everybody whispering chemicals. without using chlorofluorocarbons, water to Chicago office buildings in "If you were to cut off the roof of along with a commandeered Ford about who he was. He just kind of Office buildings in Chicago's or CFCs. The manufacture of CFCs the spring, just in time for a killer the building and look down from the Explorer, at a church. He is accused stood out in the crowd." Loop already are cooled by a central was discontinued this year because heat wave during the summer. top, it wouldn't look a whole lot dif- of robbing a federal credit union in According to a police spokesman, plant filled with 5 million pounds of of concern over the shrinking ozone "It worked great for us. It kept up ferent than an ice cube tray," said Joe Tyler before paying a man SI00 to officers escorted him outside, where giant ice cubes. Boston is next. layer. all summer long." said Rich Penner, King, a spokesman for Unicom, drive him to Shreveport. they found he had more than SI.300 Northwind Boston plans to build "We're offering these owners an who works in one of those buildings which also owns Commonwealth In Shreveport. he hired a cab to but no identification. three downtown cooling plants at a alternative to changing refrigerants as a supervisor at Inland Steel Co. "It Edison. drive him to Baton Rouge, about 250 He gave police a bogus name. telling them his ID was at a hotel. The officers took him to the hotel after asking FBI agents to meet them there. In the meantime, investigators con- We're giving you two reasons to checkout firmed that serial numbers on the bills in his possession matched those taken Camp Bowie BlvcTs freshest coffee stop. in the robbery, police said. SUMMER STAFF POSITIONS Come to our Video Presentation: SPRINC BREAK! JAVA BLVD Thursday, January 25th 8:00 p.m. FREE! I FREE! I CANCUN ! 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BY TONY COVER Under an agreement with the McNaughton Company, the message TCU DAILY SKIPF library receives 20 newly published titles and sends back 20 titles from the core collection each month. Students wanting to browse through the latest best seller Gibbons said that if a particular title appears popular, the from Howard Stem or engross themselves in the new Anne library has the option of buying and adding it to the perma- to trustees Rice thriller now only have to go as far as the TCU library. nent collection at 75 to 80 percent off the list price. The Mary Couts Burnett Library has recently become The program costs about $2,500 a year and comes out of BY ANDREA DM M home to a popular reading collection of 400 fiction and non- the library's general book budget. TCU DAIL\ SKIFF fiction titles and current best sellers. "We've signed up for one year," he said. "We hope it The collection, ranging from works by Tim Allen to works and people like it. If the books don't circulate, we Scholarships, financial aid and Danielle Steele, is housed in the reference area of the library. may have to cancel the plan." diversity are some of the issues "We were getting an increasing number of suggestions, The current commitment to the program lasts until Octo- House of Student Representatives mainly from students, that they would like to see more pop- ber 1996. President Sharon Selhy would like to ular reading from the library," said Dennis Gibbons, coor- "I would encourage students to give us suggestions and see examined at this semester's dinator of collection development. "I think it will finally recommendations of the types of books and authors they'd meeting between Intercom members give them the recreational reading they've been looking like to see," Gibbons said. "And we'll be sure to make an and the Board of Trustees. for." effort to get it into the program " Intercom is comprised of elected House officers, representatives from various campus organizations and three administrators: Vice Chancel- lor of Student Affairs Don Mills; Digital technology may alter Dean of Campus Life Susan Batche- lor and Director of Student Develop- ment Services Barbara Herman. Intercom meets biweekly to dis- library's offerings to students cuss issues that are important to the organizations and to TCU students. Brian Spindor. House treasurer, BY SUSAN DOHERTY "Bookstores are popping up left But members of the Modern Lan- says he enjoys being on Intercom and TCU DAILY SKII'F and right every day," Seal said. guage Association worry that finan- thinks it is extremely beneficial to "Books are convenient. You can cial pressures will force libraries to both students and faculty. Gutenberg kicked off the Indus- take them anywhere." give up preservation of materials "It is good to be able to sit down trial Revolution when he developed Seal said that many of the texts that have been digitalized, according with the administration as equals." a printing press in 1436. That was and periodicals likely to be trans- to the Chronicle article. he said. "It gives us a sense of a work- nothing compared to today. ferred to digital material are refer- Members of the MLA said more ing relationship." Computers have ignited an infor- ence materials that are often too than just old books are lost when Selby sees Intercom as a vital link ret' n.iiiv .skin/Muni Mayer mation revolution that is changing costly for private citizens to own. actual manuscripts are not pre- between the student body and the R. J. Adams (front), a sophomore political science major, the role of books as primary infor- Seal said he thinks a digital library served, the article said. Board of Trustees. She said it is and Matt Gale, a freshman management major, examine mation sources. is both beneficial and helpful to stu- Seal said he does not see a big important for the groups to meet once a painting yesterday in the Moudy Building North. But the growing trend toward the dents. He pointed out that informa- problem in losing the "feel" of a text a semester because it gives Intercom digitalization of information is not tion that once took months to by preserving it digitally. the chance to tell the trustees what welcomed by everyone, and is even uncover from stacks of library books "Librarians are striving to pre- the students need and want. was installed at the post office. Since been a main concern as well. Since feared by many people, according to can now be accessed from a stu- serve the actual image of the page, In the past, the meeting between then, the Student Center's automatic 1993, additional lighting has been a Jan. 12 article in The Chronicle of dent's dorm room or home within not just the information," Seal said. the two has served as a catalyst for door has been installed and still more added every year, more call boxes Higher Education. minutes. "Things are changing," Seal said. the improvements made at TCU, construction, designed to make the have been installed, more security However, Robert Seal, a TCU "Digital sources are a big advan- "But 1 think they are changing for the Selby said. In the fall of 1994, acces- campus more easily accessible is staff, including bike patrolman, have librarian, doesn't think digitalization tage to TCU students now, and will good. I just hope that they change at sibility was a main concern. 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during his stint. Superbowl BY BRETT VAN ORT TCU DAILY SKIFF Washington State's pitchers fared far better Starter Todd Belitz went BY GRECJOR ESCH TCU's baseball team manhan- seven innings and handcuffed the TCU DAILY SKIH: dled its first opponent after arriving Frogs, allowing no runs on three Even though the calendar has on Hawaii soil, beating Hawaii hits. The Frogs scored their five now turned to January, Christmas is Pacific 20-2 Sunday at Hawaii- runs, during the 17-5 loss, in the upon us once again. Well, Christ- Pacific. ninth inning on no hits. The Cougar mas for football fans, that is. The Frogs came back Monday pitching staff allowed only the three It's only three more shopping and got their first taste of defeat this hits Belitz gave up earlier in the con- days until the big day. Of course I season, falling to the hands of the test. mean the Super Bowl. Time is run- Washington State Cougars 17-5. Tuesday morning the Frog bats ning out to TCU's nightcap with Hawaii-Hilo did not wake from their slumber. buy chips was cancelled. This time Cougar starter Jon and dip or Tuesday, the Frogs faced the Zumwalt shut down the Frog any other Cougars in a rematch. TCU fell offense, giving up no runs on three hits in five innings of work. Reliev- finger food again, but not by the blowout score for the they suffered Monday. The Cougars' ers Jared Clifford and Wayne Bowl. pitching shut down the Frogs' bats as Vezzetti worked the other four It's the TCU managed only five hits in Tues- innings scattering two hits. TCU's offensive totals for the time of year day's contest. No Frog batters when fam- crossed home, and TCU lost for the day: five hits, no runs and eight strikeouts in a 3-0 defeat. i 1 y and second time in two days to Washing- friends ton State by a score of 3-0. The loss saw the debut of two Gregor probable TCU starters for the year, come TCU redeemed itself in the night- sophomores David Meyer and Scott Esch together cap by defeating the Hawaii-Hilo Atchison. Meyer started and went Sports columnist and wait for Vulcans 7-3. three innings, giving up a run on two the hype to Yesterday the Frogs were to play hits and two walks. Atchison end and the kickoff to begin. The Washington State for the final time relieved Meyer and lasted three and Super Bowl is very similar to last on the island, but the game was can- two-thirds, allowing two runs on month's holiday, except Christmas celled due to rain. The game will not one hit, while walking three. usually lives up to its advanced be rescheduled. Another tragedy seemed in the billing. The networks sometimes So after six scheduled games, the making in the nightcap versus get criticized for having too many Frogs have played four and are at an Hawaii-Hilo. Reid Beucler . a high-tech commercials during the even .500 (2-2). sophomore transfer from Virginia, game, but the commercials have Some glaring statistics jump off started and walked the bases full been the only thing keeping the the box scores. The defense, some- after starting the game with a strike- audience's attention over the years. thing head coach Lance Brown Now comes the 30th chapter of wanted to address in the off-season, out. Beucler threw a double play 1(1 I tally skill' Bl.ikc Sims the super saga. It may be time for crumpled under the tropical sun, ball to get out of the inning without the NFL to replace the adjective Making muscle:Junior finance major David Vara works out his biceps in the Rickel weight committing nine errors in the four any damage. Beucler took the hill in the bottom "super" with something more room Wednesday. games. half of the second with a 1-0 lead appropriate like "lopsided," or risk In the opening contest against and promptly walked the first two another lawsuit, this time from fans Hawaii-Pacific. David Johnson, a batters of the inning. He then made for false advertising. The average transfer from McClennan Junior things worse by throwing a wild margin of victory in the first 29 College, had a good start to his sea- pitch, and Brown promptly yanked Bowls has been two touchdowns. son. The junior went 3-5 with five Cowboys run wild in Tempe Beucler in favor of sophomore The "closest" game over the last RBIs and slammed the first Frog Heath Collins. four years has been 17 points. Isn't round tripper for the season. Also having a big day during the Collins went four strong innings, that super? Arizona residents are afraid Dallas fans will break the law allowing four hits and one run, Another black eye the Super 20-2 shellacking was freshman Matt Howe. At the designated hitter posi- while striking out three. Bowl has given the NFL is the dom- Wayne Newton's performing. Cowboys. BY MIKE COCHRAN tion. Howe went 3-4 with two RBIs. He received the win while receiv- inance one conference has had over Rumor has it that Barbra Streisand's Jones is cruising around in an oys- ASSOCIATED PRESS Prior to what he had indicated ing offensive help from second the other. It would be one thing if lurking about. ter-white stretch limo AND a special earlier, coach Brown let his pitchers baseman Brad Wallace, who went 3- they super blowouts switched con- TEMPE, Ariz. — Such splendid But the Valley of the Sun is mostly luxury bus. reportedly designed for go for longer than one inning apiece. 5 w ith three RBIs and his first dinger ferences every so often, but the fact madness. all abuzz over the limos and lavish singer Whitney Houston. Junior Flint Wallace went five on the year. Sophomore catcher the AFC hasn't had a world cham- Hotels are packed, pubs are over- lifestyle of the Boys from Texas, Several of the Cowboys, including innings in the start, struck out seven Casey Smith went 2-4 with three pion since the first term of the flowing, celebrities are popping up their boisterous owner and the aura Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin and and allowed an unearned run. RBIs David Johnson also had Regan administration has rendered like desert cactuses, scalpers are and mystique of America's Team. Erik Williams, summoned limos In Monday's game. TCU fell another good game with a 2-4 out- the last weekend in January mean- demanding S3.500 for a ticket, the A local scribe has gone so far as to from Dallas. The fleet arrived in what behind early and would never catch ing and a RBI. ingless. If people watched the NFC Cowboys are making waves and the claim them as Arizona's own. would pass for a presidential motor- up. The Cougars chasedjunior Toby The good news for the Frogs: no championship game, they could say sheriff is on the prowl. There's even a blue star glittering cade. Dollar from the mound in two more games versus Washington they saw the world championship of Yes, indeed, the Super Bowl party above their mountaintop resort, a "In my day. we were lucky to have innings. Dollar was wild, walking State after the rainout. And even football. (For you Super Bowl trivia is in full swing. princely palace aglow with a zillion enough money to hail a cab," said three and throwing two wild pitches more good news far the Frogs: five Kevin Costner's on the links. Jay lights and the sparks spinning off during the six putouts he recorded. games remaining \ersus the Vul- see Esch, page 8 Leno's taping Tonight Shows. owner Jerry Jones, the King of the see Cowboys, page 8 He allowed seven runs on five hits cans of Hawaii-Hilo. Rickel strives for more participation in intramural sports

BY TASHA ZEMKE Martin said that he is trying to increase the num- TCU DAILY SKIIT ber of women and coed participants in intramurals. Popular spring events, like basketball, will have INTRAMURAL CALENDAR - s PRING '96 TCU intramurals bring organization to sports that about 40 men's teams sign up, but only six or seven Sport Entries Due Play Begins students won't find in pickup games, said Larry Mar- women's teams will come out to play. tin, assistant director for intramurals. "We want the numbers closer to being equal," he Tadpole Tipoff Tourney 1/26 Th 2/1 * "We provide the framework: score-keeping, tim- said. Basketball "t/26 Su 2/4 ing, officiating," he said. "They're also a great social Basketball will kick off the spring competition. Racquetball Doubles 2/2 Su 2/1 1 outlet, a way to meet new friends." The Tadpole Tipoff Tourney, a pre-season tourna- Freethrow / 3 Point Shootout 2/2 MO 2/12 And above all. they're free. ment, will run Feb. 2 and 3 and costs S10 per team. TCU is one of the few universities left in Texas The tourney was the idea of Milton Daniel Hall Wallyball 2/16 Su 2/25 that offers intramurals for free. It charges only a min- Director Jimmy Flint, and it was originally targeted Wiffleball 2/23 We 3/5 imal fee for pre-season tournaments but not for reg- toward freshmen, but anyone is invited to participate. Eric Holt Soccer Tournament 3/1 Fr 3/8 * ular-season play. Martin said. Entries are due Friday to the intramural "I have a problem charging students," Martin said. office in the Rickel building. Teams should have Soccer 3/1 Mo 3/1 1 "We're here to service them." between 12 and 15 players. The regular basketball Weightlifting 3/1 Tu 3/26 However, making teams pay in the future might season will then begin Feb. 4. Floor Hockey Tournament 3/8 MO 3/25 reduce the number of teams that drop out during the Last year during basketball finals, the Beta Ultimate Frisbee 3/8 Mo 4/8 season, one of the intramural department's biggest Upsilon Chis beat the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity; problems. the Delta Delta Delta sorority beat the Kappa Alpha Spring Softball 3/29 Mo 4/8 "The number of teams is up but so are forfeits," Theta sorority; and the team "Too Good," a group of Tennis Doubles 3/29 MO 4/15 Martin said. "People see themselves losing games friends won the coed match. Sand Volleyball Doubles 4/12 Su 4/2 I and they drop out. Or their teams will fall apart. Outdoor soccer is also a popular event among TCU Innerfube Water Basketball 4/12 Mo 4/22 "Charging money might reduce forfeits and hold students, Martin said. people more responsible," he said. "A captain might The Rickel is also looking for students to referee •Minimal entry lee required. Source Lurry Martin. Asst intramural Director mkc . say, 'Hey, 1 paid, you better show up.'" the games and is offering $4.75 per hour.

•ports Digest Lobos defender has stroke Senators dump coaches NFL honors QB Favre Ole Miss suspends five players Sick kids get Bowl wish

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New OTTAWA (AP) — The Ottawa Senators PHOENIX (AP) — Packers' quarterback OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi was PHOENIX (AP) — Last year's Super Mexico defensive tackle Steve Malonson has aren't last in the league in everything. In fact, Brett Favre was named the NFL's Player of without five players when it played No. 21 Bowl was bleak for 12-year-old Ryan Ptak. suffered a stroke. they lead the NHL this season in one cate- the Year yesterday. Auburn on Wednesday night. freshly diagnosed with leukemia. The junior from Houston was listed in seri- gory — coaches. Favre set an NFC record with 38 touch- Ole Miss coach Rob Evans announced Sunday's game will be better for the Ohio ous condition yesterday at University Hospital. Yesterday, they gave the job to Colorado down passes, guiding the Packers to their first before the game that four players, including boy, who will don his Emmitt Smith jersey Malonson, 22, suffered the stroke Tuesday assistant Jacques Martin. Hours earlier, the divison title in 23 years. They beat Atlanta and starting sophomore forward Ansu Sesay, and see his beloved Cowboys in person. at his apartment, according to a statement league's perennial doormat fired Dave Alli- San Francisco in the playoffs before losing to were suspended for breaking team rules. The seventh-grader, from Euclid, Ohio, is released Wednesday by the athletic depart- son two months after he replaced Rick Bow- Dallas in the conference championship game. Sesay averages 9.6 points and leads the team one of 10 sick boys who will take a break ment. ness. Other finalists were Indianapolis quarter- with 6.1 rebounds a game. from treatments and trek to Sun Devil Sta- "We were shocked to hear about Steve — General manager Pierre Gauthier also back Jim Harbaugh. Dallas running back The other suspended players were senior dium. All the boys made attending the Super we're doing all we can to support Steve and his dumped four players, acquired two, jetti- Emmitt Smith, wide receivers Michael Irvin forward John Jackson (7.0 ppg), junior guard Bowl their number one wish, granted by the family," said New Mexico coach Dennis Fran- soned his entire coaching staff and brought of Dallas and Herman Moore of Detroit, and Kenny Davis (5.5 ppg) and freshman for- Make-A-Wish Foundation. chione. in Martin. Buffalo linebacker Bryce Paup. ward Jon Cantrell (5.2 ppg). Page 8 News Thursday, January 25, 1996 TCU Daily Skiff

understandable. It is hard to get a one play and then bruiser Bam Mor- Esch page 7 reading on the matchup since the ris on the next. COWbOyS page 7 Blast destroys Steelers are somewhat different The Cowboys will face the most from last season's opener, espe- aggressive blitz defense in the NFL, buffs, the Los Angeles Raiders cially on offense. Pittsburgh still which will be trying to knock Troy former Cowboys wide receiver Drew were the last AFC team to win, in prefers to run, but it is definitely Aikman out of the game. Aikman is Pearson. Bosnian peace 1984.) more diversified. good at reading blitzes and deliver- David Casstevens of The Arizona Maybe this year's Cowboys— For example, the Steelers have an ing perfect passes to burn defenses. Republic groused that the NFC Steelers match up is just what the offensive wildcard in Kordell Stew- If I were the Steelers, I would tone champions, who won two of the last Accidental explosion kills soldiers NFL needs to restore credibility in art. He is a type of player the Cow- down the blitz some, or else this three Super Bowls, are as gaudy as a their grand event. The two teams boys have not faced this season. Super Bowl will just be like the oth- Super Bowl ring with a 13 1/2-carat gave us two thrilling Super Bowl Dallas has had the advantage of ers. stone. BY SAMIK KRIUC the Muslim-led Bosnian govern- games in the '70s. After watching the the unpredictability of Deion The Cowboys have the best tal- Not coincidentally, the Cowboys Ass. |( I \|||, I'HISS ment to do the same. onslaughts of the past, those games Sanders on offense. This previous ent, and if they play like they're rule as 13 1 /2-point favorites to win There is still substantial tension have been elevated to the "special" advantage is now at best a wash for capable, they'll win and claim a their fifth national championship. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herze- between Muslims and Croats and status not only in Super Bowl history the Cowboys. The Steelers now third championship in four years. Worse yet, Casstevens took govina — An explosion roared keeping their federation together but also in NFL history. employ three, four and five wide Barry Switzer (Coach Bozo) offense mightily to the suggestion by through a stadium housing NATO is seen as critical to the success of Let me stress one word in that receiver sets, meaning linebackers deserves some credit for getting Jones that Arizona's 1 a.m. booze troops last night, killing at least the peace plan. sentence: history. As much as will need to cover speedy receivers, Dallas to the Bowl, but if the Cow- curfew might conflict with the Cow- three soldiers and injuring seven In Sarajevo, Rajko Kasagic, Cowboys' fans want to bring up the which may mean trouble for Dallas boys lose, Switzer has opened the boys' victory party. in the worst military accident premier of the Serb region, trav- R word for player motivation to win (we all saw what happened when door of criticism for letting players "How arrogant can you get?" won- since the peace-enforcement mis- eled to the government-held side the game, they won't be able to do linebackers tried to cover the 49ers' stay out late and treating them like dered Casstevens, who once wrote sion began. of the city to meet with Bosnian it with a rational argument. Those Jerry Rice). presidents with all the limousine about the Cowboys as a Dallas news- The cause of the blast at the Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic in great games are history and have The Steelers have a strong run- rides. paper columnist. compound for Italian and Por- the office of Carl Bildt, the civil- nothing to do with the outcome of ning game and use two backs with The bad news for some will be a Amid all the Super Silliness comes tuguese soldiers was not immedi- ian administrator of the peace this game. completely different running styles. Cowboys' victory and another NFC an unusual message from the Mari- ately known, but it was not a deal. The premier-designate of The Cowboys have been estab- The struggling Cowboys' defense victory; the good news will be that copa County sheriff. He warns in a bomb or "aggressive action," said the federation, Izudin lished as a 13.5 point favorite. This has been recuperating in the play- spectators finally have a game that half-page newspaper ad that law- British Maj. Simon llaselock. a Kapetanovic, also took part in seems pretty high, but considering offs, but they might have trouble won't be over by halftime and long- breakers are in deep trouble. NATO spokesman. the meeting. the recent NFC dominance, it's handling slasher Erric Pegram on ing for the Bud Bowl. "Unlike other cities, we have room NATO sources said early indi- According to the independent for lawbreakers in a place we call cations suggested some ammuni- Fonet news agency, based in Bel- Tent City," Sheriff Joe Arpaio tion exploded. grade, the prime ministers dis- announced ominously. One Italian and two Portuguese cussed freedom of movement, "Jail here isn't like a motel. Here, were killed, and six Italians and re-establishing phone lines and fund-raiser whose securities firm rule of credibility is to admit to falli- you'll work all day, eat the nation's one Portuguese were injured, said roads, and formingjoint radio and Nixon from page 5 owned Harris's polling company. bility." lowest-cost jail meals, sleep in tents Italian Lt. Col. Salvatore Iacono. television stations. They didn't "Need a long-range plan to dis- Nixon's White House generally in the desert and you may find your- The accident came at the end of announce any agreements. credit Harris (unless Lufkin can con- viewed the Gallup Organization self on a county chain gang." a day that had seen some favor- And they failed to resolve "Unknowingly and perhaps trol)." said an undated note in more favorably than Harris. Then there's "GR1PELINE." able events - notably a meeting differences over the release of naively we allowed ... the Nixon Colson's handwriting. On Nov. 3, 1969, hours before Local newspapers have opened a of the Bosnian prime minister and prisoners of war. Last Friday the administration to capitalize on public Harris accused Colson of lying to Nixon delivered the televised phone line for readers who want to the designated premiers of the two two sides failed to meet a dead- opinion data," Davies said. please Nixon and Haldeman and said speech in which he first referred to sound off. ethnic regions that are to be cre- line to release 900 POWs - Nixon believed the pollsters Lufkin never interfered with his the "silent majority" who backed Some samples: ated under the peace plan that was only about 300 were released — "directly affect our ability to govern, work. Colson doesn't wish to discuss his Vietnam policies, Chapin sug- •"Our gripe is that there is not signed in December. in what NATO officials called because of their influence on con- his actions in the Nixon years, an aide gested questions for a survey enough coverage on the Pittsburgh Although the agenda for the the first major let-down of the gressmen, foreign leaders, etc.," his said this week. Gallup was conducting immedi- Steelers.... It seems like the Valley is meeting was not ambitious and no peace. chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, wrote By 1971, the White House was try- ately afterwards. favoring the Cowboys, with all the breakthroughs were announced, Still, Silajdzic described the in his diary. ing a different approach. One suggestion: Ask whether coverage they are receiving in the the fact that it even occurred was meeting as good and said "peace- He apparently passed along his On July 28, Colson wrote to respondents "think moratoriums and media." — Helen Kolacic and Lor- testimony to the strides Bosnia is time" meant sitting across the concerns. Harris said Nixon aides Nixon: "As part of our continuing public demonstrations are helpful or raine Carey, Tempe. making to end nearly four years of table from former enemies. had "a fetish about the Harris poll effort to cultivate Harris, 1 recom- harmful to the attainment of peace." •"1 call it the Greed Bowl ... " — war. Kasagic said he was "not that appeared in newspapers." mend that you call him, mainly to Gallup never provides exact word- Michael Lee. Scottsdale. The regions are to be subordi- afraid" to be in the government- Davies, now an advertising execu- express appreciation for his continu- ing for questions, but a news release •"My gripe is not about the Super nate to a central government; one held pan of Sarajevo, a clear mes- tive, agreed. "It got to the point that ing advice and consultation." A then reported: "By a 6-to-l ratio, the Bowl, but about the people who are will be controlled by Bosnian sage to Serbs who fear they were calling all the time," he handwritten note on the memo said persons contacted agree with Presi- playing in it. 1 don't mind the Cow- Serbs and the other by a Muslim- mistreatment after the entire city said, "calling at home at night and on the call was made at 10:27 a.m. July dent Nixon that moratoriums and boys winning, it's just the fans who Croat federation. comes under Muslim-Croat con- weekends." 30. public demonstrations are harmful to come here. They are destructive peo- Yesterday. Bosnian Croats said trol in two months. Gallup Jr., asked about a 1972 But Colson leaned on Harris in the attainment of peace in Vietnam." ple."— Kathy Madden, Phoenix area. they would gradually transfer the "lt is time to build bridges of White House memo indicating his September 1972 when he began a The archives also show how Hey. And it's only slightly after authority of their self-proclaimed peace." he said after the meeting. organization was considering cutting column by declaring it "highly Nixon aides used favorable findings midweek. state to the federation and urged "1 believe in peace." contacts with Nixon aides, said, "It unlikely" Nixon could win a re-elec- in upcoming Gallup columns. might have been just the relentless- tion majority while facing both a ness of the requests." Democrat and the independent can- Dwight Chapin, the Haldeman didacy of Alabama Gov. George aide who kept tabs on Gallup, urges Wallace. similar warnings on Nov. 10. when people reviewing these events a Three days before publication, Debt from page 1 the issue of a possible default first quarter-century later to remember Colson called Harris to complain, Collegiate Beach Club arose in the budget negotiations. the tenor of those times — troubled, according to a transcript found in Still, the wording of the Moody's yet more trusting, at least until Colson's files. A I >iv i-ion of Holiday Express, Inc. get burned." said Charles Schumer. a announcement was far more blunt Watergate. The first paragraph "is very mis- senior Democrat on the House Bank- and specific. "We had a war going on, and pub- leading. 1 think, because 1 don't think SPRING BREAK 96. ing Committee. "In certain ways, the S&P expects an announcement lic opinion was critically important," it's what you and 1 discussed," Col- inmates are running the asylum within the next several days and Chapin said. "Yes, we wanted to son said. He told Harris he feared the ITS A TRIP here." Becker said that this sort of action by know what was going on, and (the headlines would be "Nixon Can't Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin bond rating services is "periodically pollsters) wanted to share it ... but it Achieve 50 Percent." issued a brief statement expressing done when they feel that the security was not some sinister thing." Harris told Colson he would have his belief that the debt impasse will of the interest or the principle of the Nixon and his aides deeply dis- the syndicate kill the lead and start be resolved by the end of February. bonds is in jeopardy." trusted Harris, who had been John F. the column with his second para- m CANCUN m The amount under review repre- Credit-rating decisions by Kennedy's pollster in the 1960 pres- graph, which emphasized the likeli- sents only a part of the S2.3 trillion of Moody's carry enormous weight in idential contest that Nixon lost to hood Nixon would win. Treasury debt currently rated Triple- the multitrillion-dollar bond market, JFK. Administration records indicate In a follow-up memo to Halde- from A. the rating service's highest grade. where investors buy and sell depend- Harris was targeted for both stroking man, Colson noted, "This changes it Moody's said the possible down- ing partly on the risk they won't be and strong-arm tactics from 1970 from a negative to a positive lead, grade doesn't reflect "any underlying repaid. into at least 1972. from our standpoint." M*L* tfpO^V plus tax deterioration in the fiscal position of A credit downgrade can make it Colson memos show he hoped to "Colson's criticism (of the origi- the United States Government, but more expensive for the issuer of "christianize" Harris by complaining nal lead) was eminently correct." V>«* rather from the peculiar circum- bonds to borrow. In this case, that to Dan Lufldn, a major 1968 Nixon Harris says now. "1 believe the first stances surrounding the present could translate into higher interest (800) 235-TRIP political controversy over the direc- rates that reverberate throughout the tion of federal economic and social bond market and broader economy. policy." The Moody's announcement coin- The Republican-led Congress has cided with conciliatory moves by the TRAFFIC TICKETS said it might refuse to extend the gov- Clinton administration and its defended but only in Fort ernment's borrowing authority Republican-led adversaries to Worth, Arlington, and unless the Clinton administration achieve a balanced budget and elsewhere in Tarrant County. this is your No promises as to results. Any Tine capitulates in the budget brawl, extend the government's borrowing and any court costs arc not included although there were possible signs of authority. on (ee for legal representation. conciliation yesterday. 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