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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1974
Henley trial delayed;
'Father’ wants out of crisis
B
Routi
Venue change possible
HOUSTON (JP) — Prosecution
lawyers will call what they term
“10 average citizens” to testify
today in an attempt to prove that
the trial of Elmer Wayne Henley,
17, should be moved to another
city.
Henley is charged in six of
the 27 deaths of teen-agers killed
here over a three-year period in
what police said was a homosex
ual murder-torture ring.
Don Lambright, an assistant
district attorney, said, “We plan
to use people as witnesses who
don’t have any connection with
law enforcement agencies or the
news media . . . just the average
citizen who is the type of person
who would make up a jury.”
District Court Judge William
Hatten said Tuesday in a pre
trial hearing he had no choice
but to delay Henley’s trial after
lawyers for both the state and
defense entered into a stipulation
that the defendant could not get
a fair trial anywhere in the Hous
ton area now because of publicity.
“With this stipulation, the
court has no alternative,” the
judge said.
Lambright told Judge Hatten
he should go ahead and order a
change of venue. “There is no
logical reason to believe a fair
trial can be obtained ... 12
months from now,” he said.
After an hour’s testimony
Tuesday, Judge Hatten also dis
missed a defense motion to
throw the whole case out of
court because of prejudicial pub
licity allegedly generated by po
lice.
George Flynn, a reporter for
the Houston Post, the first wit
ness, was asked by Gray where
the Post obtained a statement by
David Owen Brooks, 18, another
defendant in the case. The state
ment, widely published here, ac
cused Henley of complicity in the
slayings.
Lambright objected that the re
porter’s source was not material
to the trial and Judge Hatten
agreed. The judge also cut off
similar questions put to Lt. Breck
Porter of the Houston police.
: o
Rotary Club
offers award
to go abroad
Applications are being taken by
the Bryan Rotary Club for the
Rotary Foundation Educational
Award for Study Abroad in the
1975-1976 school year.
To be eligible for the award the
applicants must be between the
ages of 20 and 28, have a bachel
or’s degree and a good scholastic
record.
The award includes round-trip
transportation, educational and
living expenses for one year.
Applications must be filed by
Mar. 15 with Dr. R. G. Cochran,
Head of the Nuclear Engineering
Department in Room 129 of the
Zachry Engineering Center.
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
A&M. SAILING CLUB
( will provide a
chance to learn a lifetime sport in
Room 501 of the Rudder Tower at 7 :30
p. m. The club will provide you with
boats, instructors, lessons and
limited amount of sailing for
an un-
$15.
STUDENT YMCA is accepting applica
tions for cabinet aid positions between
8 a. m. and 6 p. m., W<
tions between
ed. thru Fri.
Applications are also available for the
iewpoint
ser
Applications are available in the Stu-
jint Panel and Student Y repre-
vpoi
entative in the annual Cotton Pageant.
Appl
dent Programs Office.
SAN ANGELO - WEST TEXAS HOME-
be
no building was listed.
THURSDAY
PHI SIGMA BETA will hold an organiza
tional smoker at 7:00 p. m. in Room
302 in the Rudder Tower. Refresh
ments will be served. Contact Bobby
Price 845-3681.
BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE will
meet in the “Black Room’’ of Bizzell
Hall at 7:30 p. m.
CEPHEID VARIABLE SCIENCE FIO
TION COMMITTEE will discuss
ficers selection in Room 502 of
MSC Tower at 7 :30 p. m.
of-
the
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WIVES
CLUB will be given a demonstration
on shaping up the figure at the Figure
Salon, 3710 East 29th St., Bryan at
7:30 p. m. A short business meeting
will follow at the home of Donna Mid
dleton, 301 Ball St., Apt 1080, College
members will be wel-
Sta. Any new
come.
MSC RADIO COMMITTEE will meet in
rooms N & O of the MSC Student Pro
grams Office. New membership cards
will be issued and elections will be held.
PREVET SOCIETY will meet in the
main lecter room of the Zachry Engineer
ing Center at 7:30 p.m.
TEXAS A&M SKEET & TRAP CLUB
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 610 of the
MSC Tower.
FRIDAY
MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
will have two prayer sessions at 1 :00
and 2:00 p. m. Friday. They will be
held in the All-Faiths Chapel.
PANHANDLE HOMETOWN CLUB will
have a party at 8:30 p. m. in the Casa
del Sol party room. There is a charge
of $1.50 per head.
AGGIE CINEMA will show ‘Sometimes a
Great Notion’ at 8:00 p. m. in the Uni
versity Theater. Admission is 60^.
There will be an Aggie Cinema meeting
after the movie. The movie will also
be shown Saturday night, same specs.
After Judge Hatten upheld the
objections, Gray said, “I submit
to this court that we are unable
to go forward on the motion. We
are being denied our constitution
al right to be heard.”
After Tuesday’s hearing, Gray
said he plans to subpoena the
files of major newspapers in all
Texas metropolitan areas to show
there has been so much publicity
“we don’t believe the defendant
can get a fair trial anywhere in
Texas right now.”
By MARK WEAVER
Staff Writer
Dr. Edward Teller, onetime
“Father of the H-Bomb,” cut to
the meat of the energy crisis
Tuesday night.
“There is too much talk on who
is to be blamed for the energy
crisis,” Teller said. “I just want
to find how to get out of it.”
Speaking on technological solu
tions to the energy crisis, Teller
said, “Energy, environment and
economics are the factors that
must balance. Overemphasis on
any of these will lead to other
worldwide problems.”
Teller spoke to a polite capacity
audience in Room 701 of the Rud
der Tower.
Speaking with a heavy Euro
pean accent Teller said that regu
lation is not the solution. He said
that a lack of research is what
hurts development in all areas.
“Because young people today
are opposed to technology they
are turning America into an un
derdeveloped country,” Teller said.
“Since 1945 there has been a move
against technology, leaving tech
nological fields bare.”
Teller said that more deep drill
ing in the ocean is needed but the
cost is too high. Oil spills are also
a big problem, but only because
of a lack of technology, he said.
“There is a bacteria that eats
oil, and they could be cultured
and then dropped on oil spills,”
Teller said. “The problem again
is a lack of technology.”
-Gdal is the most immediate! a ^ e
available fuel at the moment!- 011
ler said. There is much moretnIF
in the U. S. than oil, but ir-
methods must be researched
get increased development, | nfttee i
sai( l* i'' iencies
Again, research must be mill:
plied to produce better reactti ^ ea ”
and cheaper methods of fine t® 6 c ^ a ‘
uranium, Teller said. "Money already
necessary, but without huiri^ould t)
brains, technology can never i«
prove and develop,” he said.
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