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Page 8 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1979 Blood type frees man serving life sentence on charge of rape United Press International FLINT, Mich. — John Henry Harrison, convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the rape-slaying of a 16-year-old babysitter, is a free man today because of his blood type. Harrison spent eight months in prison researching and preparing a petition to the trial judge, proving his blood type was not the same as that used as evidence against him. Genesee County Prosecutor Robert Leonard reluctantly agreed Harrison had proved his case and ordered the 45-year-old former truck driver released from custody Tuesday. Harrison’s blood was never typed during his trial. He learned of the discrepancy only after he was issued a prison identification card listing his blood type. His release marked the end of a bizarre case that began March 3, 1970, when Jan Logsdon, 16, disap peared while babysitting. The key testimony against Harri son in his 1971 trial before Genesee County Circuit Judge Thomas C. Yeotis came from a crime laboratory analyst with the Michigan Depart ment of Public Health. The analyst said saliva samples from Harrison indicated his blood type was O-positive. After more than a year in the Southern Michigan Prison at Jackson, Harrison was issued an identification card showing he had A-positive blood type. The prosecutor said Wednesday it would be impossible to retry Harri son, even though he said he still be lieved Harrison was guilty. “There is no way I could get a conviction,’ said Leonard. “Even if the other evidence stood up, what’s important is that an expert has to tally excluded the defendant. All the rest of the case is circumstantial and could be totally coincidental. SALAD-SANDWICH-SOUP Rain blossoms Now open for your convenience in the basement of Sbisa Dining Center. Salad priced by the ounce and sandwiches by the inch. Open 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A combinaton of several warm days and gentle rains brought forth early spring flowers in several places on the Texas A&M campus Thursday. These blossoms sprang up in the North Mall near the Chemistry Building. Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr. Same entrance as the Underground Railroad. (Sbisa Basement) ‘QUALITY FIRST’ TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY MSC TOWN HALL SERIES ATTRACTION #4 QNGERBFfE AD PRODUCTIONS LTD PRESENTS SALLY ANN HOWES \ EARL LOIS WRIGHTSON & HUNT Presents JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ IN Friday, March 2, 7:30 P.M. G. Rollie White Coliseum music by RICHARD RODGERS lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II book by HOWARD LINDSAY ano RUSSEL CROUSE SUGGESTED BY THE TRAPP FAMILY SINGERS BY MARIA TRAPP > staring TERRY SAUNDERS A&M Student/Date Non A&M Student Date General Public General Admission Free w/ticket $3.00 $4.00 Reserved $4.00/4.50 $4.00/4.50 $6.00/6.50 Tickets & Info — MSC Box Office 845-2916 Town Hall will be looking for “The Good Ag” February 27 through March 1 in conjunction with the Johnny Rodriguez Show on March 2. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY MSC TOWN HALL SPECIAL ATTRACTION Zone I Zone II Zone III A&M Student/Date 7.00 5.75 4.50 General Public 8.00 6.75 5.50 8:15 p.m. Rudder Auditorium Tickets and info. MSC Box Office 845-2916 _ IbiMBBHiaBiMB■■■■ ■■■■■■I■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ ■MMi■■■aaBi■■ BM Mr MSC AGGI NEMA Off campus merger proceei irents By TRACEY WILLIAMS Battalion Beporter Disagreement about rules that will govern the new organization marked the Thursday night meeting between representatives of Hassle-Free and the Off-Campus Student Association as they con tinue to work toward a merger. Both groups act as links between Texas A&M University and the 22,0(H) students who live off cam pus. Thursday’s meeting was the third session in which members of these two groups discussed the pro posed merger. The main area of disagreement at the meeting involved the length of membership necessary to run for an executive office. Representatives of Hassle-Free said that they feel it is important for a person to be a member of an or ganization for about a year before being able to hold an executive of fice. They defined the executive of fices as president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. “I want the executive officials to know how the organization works before they hold the offices, and if you have a strong enough organiza tion, the people in the group are going to want the offices,’’ said Mike Pettus, Hassle-Free chairman. Representatives of the OS A dis agreed. “If somebody that hasn’t been in the organization has the gumption to come off the street and run a tough campaign, then evidently they’re going to do sonn the office,’’ said Jill Hall, pr« of OSA, in explaining that sin not feel membership requirei were important. While the requirement on bership was not decided, other requirements to run executive office were agreed;,)« These requirements are ' Le United Press Int OUSTON — old Massacht whose parent then fled to Mi beatment, mad ographers he m student must live off campus,J m to the Unitec at least a 2.25 GPR that maintained throughout the st; inghis head in 1 ter, and have successfullym pleted 30 credit hours. Other actions taken by the included defining the duties o[ president and deciding to wait the constitution was name the organization, Carter relays message of marine released by to Mom Iranians ’m fine,” he United Press International LANSDALE, Pa. — Her mother’s instinct told her something had gone wrong, so she called the White House. Four hours later, President Car ter himself called Mrs. Jayne Kraus with a message from her son, freed after being abducted from his Tehran hospital bed: “Tell my mother I love her very much.” phone call from the White House at noon Wednesday. Her son’s message, relayed by Carter, was: “Tell my mother I love her very much. Get to Nina. Tell her I love her too and I feel good.” erald and Diam i, Mass., slippe itry for a televi: lesday despite order for refri Massachusetts |ictate Chad’s tr dr lawyer, G< assured them th ited. Massachusetts irra issued the the Gree La Jan. 23. Ch fubination of ch ile-vitamin tr Lerican docto Carter said Marine Sgt. Kenneth Kraus, 22, had been released to the U.S. Embassy by the new Iranian government Wednesday. Left-wing radicals had abducted him from his hospital bed, charging he had killed three Iranians in the embassy gun battle last week. “I’m so happy and relieved,” said Nina Trongone, Kraus’s finacee and a student at Montgomery County Community College. “I hope he comes home. I just hope he comes and we’ll be together for awhile.” instinct told me that som gone wrong.” She said she first talked dential adviser Zbigniew Bi who assured her everything being done to rescue her son ' Kraus said she was surprisedij Carter called her later. As of Wednesday night, Kraus’s widowed mother had not received word on an expected arrival date. “My prayers have been an swered,’ Mrs. Kraus said, fighting back tears, after getting the tele- Carter’s telephone call, which ended days of anxiety for the Kraus family, came about four hours after Mrs. Kraus had called the White House because, she said, "things had gotten out of hand. My mother’s Poster of hero snatched By STANTON RAH Battalion Reporter the Aggie Players THEATER ARTS SECTION DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH TEXAS ASM UNIVERSITY ■ 45-3411 EQUUS Sy PETKR SHAFFIR the twisted w on the oceat 05 Somebody ripped off Super, edjvers t I here he stood, as big as me, w main corridor of the Memorials dent Center. All of a sudden,* doer-of-evil came running i snatched Superman off his feet, ij went right out the door man of Steele under his arm. United Press Ir HATHAM, Ma: luck. A grt divers wei id the murky when they < 1; of the Aran st ner that sank ' iion with a bar ice last Septer s has been si ★ TRYOUTS ★ FOR ACTING ROLES Sign up for production crows MON. FEB. 26 & TUES. FEB. 27 7:00 P.M. - RUDDER FORUM For more information & materials see the call board, 3rd floor Bizzell (east wing). Keep Red Cross ready. aT THE A’ quite a few wi ring as the A in Fish, an Falmouth f tures oeeano says he has s le library try Guy Steele, who owns the Mo sus s ^* S j ()I ' Collection shop in Dal smain , in ^ specializes in selling movie posit an e r m ., °- e stills and T-shirts. This weel ™ ()f Mann brought a sample of his warn , le Arans * Texas A&M University, courtesr ent . . Aggie Cinema, the primaryfi : saic v programming committee at 1« A&M. j S()n pj Beth Scott, an of Aggie Ok * officer, said that the free-stani )0 ( 6-foot, cardboard advertisement the movie, “Superman,” was ,*tnate c: from the MSC at about noonTi* day. The poster, valued at $35,i 1LWAUKEE part of Steele’s display in the Mi lescribed as where he was selling movie post! scan pick up The Superman poster was noli But at gover sale, because it cannot be replatf 'indictment r Scott said that the Supern ithis week c poster is not all that Steele lostb J Finney, 3 Also taken, in separate instana dence cours were a package of photographstf edures offere the movie “African Queen,” vab : Prison’s edit at $20, and several movie posit) 'e indictment In all, Steele has lost about!! Mprm for for] worth of merchandise, Scott sail he gained ft Steele had planned to si informs and through today, but he sold most 'b for tax reft the posters he brought with hal le Internal 1 Thursday afternoon. one check Steele said that despite the tit! but com] he would like to return next yet’ error before c nailed. United Press 1 Friday February 23 7:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m. .504 Prizes for the best Costumes! Don’t forget... LOCO-MOTION CIRCUS request : i»ney could ft «years if con L/ Admission: $ 1 00 With TAMU ID Advance Tickets On Sale At MSC Box Office by Se' work e ^ted at W f ea ^ a PpHcatio ^ newt D °^ men