THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1978
Page 7
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4dded stress of spring, summer
pauses year’s peak suicide rate
charge
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did n(l | IDALLAS — More people may be
lepressed during the Christmas
at the foil days, but the head of a suicide
jravention organization says most
Rplc kill themselves in late spring
mm in fc e arly summer.
every-■ We think that what happens is
Y't hat the warmer weather gives
a Gray Kjjjple more energy, and they go
'anniiil| a d anc j ac t ou t their suicidal
° r hail■ughts,” said Charles Vorkoper,
n tosellyector of Suicide Prevention of
Bias Inc.
sevcr About 1,000 people a year call the
^davp-hour hotline to discuss their sui-
testifvi^ thoughts, and Vorkoper said
ey had if
from if
filed in r
the peak number of calls comes dur
ing the Christmas holidays. The
highest number of suicides in Dallas,
however, is usually recorded in late
April and early June. There are
some other theories about why
people are more prone to kill them
selves in this time.
“The end of spring is traditionally
a time of change — school is out,
people move, change jobs and get
married,” Vorkoper said. “All of
these things can cause added stress.
There’s also a lot of expectation that
summer will bring happiness, and
when this doesn’t happen it can in
crease depression.”
Vorkoper said the most important
thing a friend or relative can do
when someone appears suicidal is
talk about it.
“Many people, including some
mental health professionals, are.
afraid to talk to someone about
suicide,” he said. “They incorrectly
believe that talking about suicide
may encourage someone to actually
commit suicide.”
Vorkoper says research shows
that eight out of 10 persons who
commit suicide have discussed it
Analyst’s brother accused
UH investment scandal
but no Mafia
I United Press International
HOUSTON — Two men made a
mibined profit of about $103,000
jm the sale of their interest in a
rokerage firm that did extensive
lusiness with the University of
ntwalioitston, according to court tes-
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indareiB 6 * Covington, president of
Mington Knox Inc., said the firm
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State crime
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United Press International
©ALLAS — There is organized
o involbjme in Texas, but there is no one
prematimily” which controls it, says a
affect fS. Justice Department attorney,
unoff eli D oug McMillan has recently
;sionalD|en assigned to Dallas to operate
le Texas section of the Organized
nme Strike Force for the South-
est.
“There is no monolithic control of
nized crime in the state of Texas
(even in Dallas or Houston,”
cMillan said. “It is not a classic
lation where one family’ controls
ganized crime activity in the
b”
He said organized crime in Texas
l active in criminal activity ranging
om gambling and narcotics to
iphisticated white-collar crime and
pying into legitimate business. He
jemified “organized crime” as il-
Igal acivities engaged in by mem-
?rs of criminal syndicates in the
nited States.
|There’s no question that any
amber of organized crime groups
ive tentacles that extend into
exas, as is true of most other
atjes,” he said.
McMillan said Dallas’ central lo-
ftion made it an attractive site for
K 1 Texas unit.
He said the only aim of the strike
irce operations, established in
gxas last month, is to develop cases
ainst organized crime that can
Kid up in court.
Frankenstein
ryouts June 19-20
Jpyouts for the Premier Player’s
Jroduction of the Mary Shelly
flassic “Frankenstein will be held
It 7 p.m. June 19 and 20 in the Rud-
ler Forum.
Interviews for technical crew
nembers will be held at the same
ime. Tryouts are open to high
chool students or 1978 graduates
lot now enrolled in a university.
[The show, which will run July 26
hrough 29 at Texas A&M Univer
ity, is Tim Kelly’s rendition of the
iarly 19th century gothic horror
[ This production will mark the 15th
eason of the theater group on the
|xas A&M campus.
bought the shares from Patrick Sul
livan of Compton, Calif., for
$95,000 and the shares of Roger
Knox for $75,000.
Sullivan is the half-brother of
fired UH financial analyst Samuel
Harwell.
Harwell was fired for his
pyramid-style investment of UH
hinds in short-term government se
curities known as Ginnie Maes. The
school has not determined the
amount of losses it suffered during
the time Harwell controlled the in
vestments.
Covington testihed he and Knox
drew salaries of $10,000 a month
while they were in the partnership.
Covington has been the sole
owner of Covington Knox, Inc.,
since March.
He testified that Sullivan re
ceived almost $60,000 in consultant
fees for several months work.
The testimony came during a
hearing before State District Judge
Wyatt Heard. The firm is trying to
have dissolved an earlier court order
which placed CKI in receivership.
The receivership action was taken
last month at the request of the state
attorney general’s office and the
State Securities Board. They have
alleged that Harwell and the firm’s
owners engaged in a scheme to de
fraud the university.
The university claims CKI owes it
more than $475,000 because of the
fraud.
Harwell used his position to
speculate in short-term investments
of government securities and ah
legedly aided his half-brother in
other schemes.
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and given definite warnings be
forehand.
“Most people with suicidal
thoughts are not fully intent on dy
ing. They’re undecided about liv
ing, and they gamble with death,
leaving it to someone else to save
them.”
For this reason, says Vorkoper, it
can be very important to talk to
someone about potential suicide and
try to convince them to stay alive
and solve their problems.
“It’s not true that stopping some
one from killing themselves is use
less, since the person will just kill
themselves later,” he added.
“Actually, individuals who wish to
kill themselves are suicidal only for
a limited period of time,” he said.
Rut getting through one suicide
crisis does not mean the danger is
over.
Vorkoper said most suicides occur
within three months after an indi
vidual starts to improve from his or
her problems.
“After a suicidal crisis, when the
individual starts to improve, there’s
a likelihood that another suicide at
tempt will be made,” he said. “This
happens because the individual now
has more energy to put his morbid
thoughts into action.”
Man photographs burglary of neighbor’s
house, pictures develop into prosecution
United Press International
DALLAS — Gerald
Campbell’s photos were hazy,
somewhat fuzzy and probably
wouldn’t even win an honorable
mention at a local photographic
contest.
But they proved winners at
District Court No. 4 this week
for prosecuting attorneys Andy
Anderson and Christopher
Milner who parlayed them into a
45-year prison sentence for 23-
year-old Alfred Earl Burney.
Campbell, using only a pocket
camera, calmly filmed Burney’s
burglarizing or a nearby Garland,
Texas, home.
“It was an exercise in courage
— an act above and beyond the
duties of an ordinary citizen,”
said Judge John Mead who pres
ided over the case.
After seeing the photos — in
cluding one showing a very sur
prised and stunned burglar
reaching for the camera — the
jury took only 11 minutes to con
vict Burney and only eight more
minutes to send him to prison.
Campbell shot several pictures
of Burney attempting to carry off
an $800 stereo and a portable
television set, then confronted
Burney on the front steps.
“I wouldn’t take that if it’s not
yours,” he told Burney.
“Why not?” Burney re
sponded.
“Because my wife’s calling the
police,” Campbell said.
As Burney dropped the televi
sion set and ran, Campbell took
another picture.
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