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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1978 Page 5 A &M tj te d befoJ >’Terences j ' school E>s depi n of She,: ' sergea,i : Housti ttend nei ons to a he Corps s and thee Pus Coip urs a wed J rks in th which now or this »e thoi det whoj ear pow e r tenni try cn i fast att«| Bay inf the nation ison uprising leaves guard dead Black inmates save white hostages l iiilcd Press International jDSVILLE, Ga. — Prison authorities nday a group of black inmates prob ed two hostage guards in a violent that left two white inmates and guard dead at the Georgia State unday. tigators also said the bloody out lay have been inspired by a similar |ance at an Illinois prison, where iuards had been killed and three vere injured a day earlier, administration feels that it was and it did stem out of the occur- n Illinois, said State Corrections nan Sara Passmore. "It was some- milar. There were no demands by ioners." Stigators were also trying to deter- the uprising — the fourth at the sprawling prison since March — was racially motivated. All three victims were white and authorities said the inmates who took the hostages were black. Corrections officials said the three earlier incidents were ra cially motivated.” Passmore said authorities suspected a link to the Illinois prison violence because “sometimes when we have incidents in our institutions, it spreads to others; it s like wildfire, I guess.” She said the two guards rescued when the prison riot squad charged into barricaded dormitories may owe their lives to a group of black inmates who wanted to help make peace. Passmore said Evans and Warden Joe Hopper went over initial investigation re ports early Monday and found that some black inmates locked the two uninjured sur vivors — one black, one white — in a part oi the dormitory just before the riot squad charged. “Their lives being saved was actually credited to a group of black inmates,” she said. “They closed themselves in one of the dormitories. When the riot squad came in, they were unharmed.” The uprising began about 4; 10 p.m. as inmates were being taken to dinner. Offi cials said several black inmates grabbed four guards as hostages and set fire to bedding materials in two dormitory buildings. An hour later, a prison-riot squad broke through barricades that the inmates had set up. They found one white guard, identified as Dan Harrison, stabbed to death. Another guard, Preston Foskey, 32, was hospitalized in serious condition with as many as 10 stab wounds. The other two guards were not injured. Lhe riot squad also found the bodies oi two inmates, who were not immediately identified pending notification of their families. Prison authorities confiscated numerous homemade knives which were found hidden in inmate belongings following the distur bance. Passmore said the two buildings in which the violence occurred contain four dor mitories each. Six of the dormitories house black inmates and the other two white in mates. G S. District Judge Anthony Alaimo is sued an order earlier this month requiring the state to segregate living quarters for 60 days in an effort to cool racial tensions. Alaimo also ordered the state to reduce the 2,895-man population of the prison by 600 men. Order your meal and get Free Egg Rolls with this coupon THE FORTUNE COOKIES Known as “the Best Chinese Restaurant in Town” Menu offers 97 Peking & Szechuan & Cantonese dishes. Food to Go We deliver Free of charge NOON BUFFET Tuesday-Friday Telephone: 713/822-7661 ALL YOU CAN EAT: $2.38 1313 S. College Ave. Closed Monday Bryan, Texas 77801 rsonal ties cause judge decline Passman case I'nitcd Press International . n -EVEPORT, La. — A federal 1 Ban ?» hdsen to hear the bribery-tax iBturei i trial of former Rep. Otto . n Monday removed himself >s otlsi e case because of family tics rybuyti accounting company that i Passman’s hooks. new 1 |nd Judge Tom Stagg said he pxcuse himself from the case e his brother-in-law, John f, is senior partner in a La., company that dealt ssman. learned Friday that he was jideover the trial of Passman, is accused of conspiring to $213,000 in bribes from I ig, "one ie Corp.' m South Korean businessman Tongsun Park, accepting $98,000 of the money and evading taxes on the amount. Stagg said Saturday that he did not expect to remove himself from the case because the tie was so re mote. But Sunday he said he had reconsidered and would present the issue to the senior judge of the cir cuit for consideration. Monday his law clerk said he had decided to eliminate himself from the case. It would appear that if John Sav age is a witness, it might be better that I excuse myself,” he said. “1 don t think anybody can fail to be aware that judges want to avoid im propriety or any appearances of im propriety. Savage is married to the sister of Stagg s wife. He is senior partner of Savage, Moore, Miles and Johnston, which reportedly handled Pass man’s accounting. But Stagg re fused comment on the matter, say ing it would be unethical to discuss clients' affairs. Senior Judge Nauman Scott of the Western District of Louisiana origi nally was expected to preside over the trial, but he removed himself because his son also was involved in accounting for Passman. No date has been set yet for the trial. Jvzedaoi ? of qus he eods ju cana mocratic party heads criticize pport from national committee GET ACQUAINTED OFFER BRASS BELT BUCKLES ONLY AT THE WITH PURCHASE OF ANY PAIR OF BOOTS OR SHOES. 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