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Pa0 e THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1979 ^ Woman gets 10 years in child abuse case KTO? FAE? KOFAA? RUSSIAN CLUB ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING APRIL 18 RUDDER 701 EVERYONE INVITED 7:00 P.M. KALEIDOSCOPE OF DANCE 8=00 PM APRIL 19 RUDDER THEATRE th United Press International HOUSTON — A middle class homemaker and mother of two girls Tuesday was sentenced to 10 years in prison for child abuse in a case described by a prosecutor as “among the most vile recorded in his tory.” Alice McKnight, 28, put her head on the defense table and sobbed after the announcement of the verdict. Her husband rushed to her side, put his head to her’s and cried. McKnight did not speak to reporters after the verdict. Her attor ney said he had 10 days to decide whether to appeal. McKnight testified Tuesday for the first time and asked for proba tion after admitting she withheld intravenous injections of antibiotics to keep daughter Kimberly, 6, from suffering hearing and kidney problems. “Are you asking the jury for mercy or justice?” asked prosecutor Charles Rosenthal Jr. “Justice,” McKnight replied. “For probation, right?” Rosenthal asked. “Yes,” she said. The jury Monday found her guilty of criminal negligence in with holding medication from Kimberly during the child’s 19 hospitaliza tions from 1974 to 1976. Doctors testified McKnight, a woman who often briefed doctors on the technical aspects of the case, sought attention from medical personnel. The woman also was charged with injecting fecal bacteria and saliva into her daughter’s blood to produce and prolong infections. In a last minute ruling Monday Judge Joseph M. Guarino did not allow the jury to deliberate that charge. Rosenthal summed up his two-year involvement in the case in his final arguments. “The acts perpetrated by the defendant, the mother in this case, are among the most vile ever recorded in history,” he said. Seven doctors testified during the two-week trial that the most sophisticated medical technology in four hospitals could not keep severe infections from recurring in Kimberly. Finally, they said, they determined that Kimberly’s problems coincided with the child’s iso lation with the mother. They devised tests to determine whether the mother was tampering with medication and that evidence was intro duced. Court judge cult membel mentally sai > couple'i MARK (V PICTURES INCORPORATED PRESENTS The true story of how the King and His men put all the pieces^back together again DEE WALLACE GRANT GOODEVE Produced and Directed by DOMALD W. THOMPSON Executive Producer RUSSELL S. DOUGHTEN JR. With special guest appearance by LOWELL LCINDSTROM A MARK IV Pictures Incorporated Production Filmed in IOWA Thursday, 7:00 p.m. ALL FAITH’S CHAPEL Sponsored by the Association of Baptist Students Playing with the hig kids Sul Ross third graders took time out from the classroom to visit Texas A&M University last week. Here Angle Flores and Francisco Tello compete in a wheel barrel race. Battalion photo by Lynn Blanco m s ® i » is h UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL 315 N. Main 846-6687 I have walked, where kings desire to walk in the valley of forgiveness where peace is not an echo but a free and vibrant shout of hope. IWORSHIP SERVICES AT 9:15 A.M. AND 10:45 A.M. WORSHIP CELEBRATION AT 6 P. M. Wed. Candlelight Communion Service - 10 p.m. United Press Intemationil DENVER —A refused a New Jersey’s quest they be named pen guardians of their 20-yeti, daughter to prevent her froi turning to the Hare Krishna gious sect. Judge James Wade saidFi Agliata and her parents, Loi and Dolores Agliata, hadsij agreement under which agreed not to pursue the ianship. In return, the gir meet with her parents court hearing. “Therefore, the court (Miss Agliata) isn’t incapai and the court dispenses with ing of written medical Wade said in a ruling h Hare Krishna spokesemjn landmark decision for freedom. The Agliatas, of Westfield, had asked for guardianship o[| daughter, claiming her mentil| cesses were diminished joined the sect. Miss Agliata amined by several psychial Wade said their reports, duced in open court, would the girl was not mentally in« tent. A district judge had Thursday the young woman mentally incapacited and on her to leave the Iskicon Temph| Krishnas’ local headquarters, girl obeyed after a four-hoar' frontation with police herself in the protective cm the district attorney’s Tuesday’s hearing. Miss Agliata had joined* Krishna movement in Denvrf year, hut left the sect afterj “deprogrammed.” During a hearing last Frida fore District Judge Joseph who was acting probate jud| witness testified he and Miss stopped at Stapleton Intenul Airport April 5 on a flight toll The witness, Steven C. Te« said Miss Agliata saw four meal of the Krishna sect whom shel and began arguing religion them. Teumer said he wentt plane boarding area and Mis liata never showed up. Miss Agliata’s parents, fearii might have been kidnapped,! Denver two days later. HeiS found her at the Kpishna Te( but said she did not recognizej '“They were chanting, ‘Frani this and do that, ’ and this was yellow in the face violent,” Agliata testified./ never seen my daughter in state. She didn’t know who I stru< ; office pel THIS WEEK ONLY! ALL MESH SHIRTS Vz PRICE! (through Saturday, April 21) LOUPOT’S BOOKSTORE Northgate — Across from the Post Office THE F-18 HORNET . . . NEW . . . FAST ... 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