THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1979
Page 3
Battalion photo by Hurlie Collier
cerned for the Handicapped. Robert Trevino,
left, and Keith Chumley wait for able-bodied
students to take a ride in the wheelchair.
ble Ags ride chairs
By PATTI SHOQUIST
Battalion Reporter
■Twelve students at Texas A&M
University see the campus from a
different angle than other students
Sfferyday.— sitting three feet off the
ground in a wheelchair.
Kvlost able-bodied people never
have such an experience, but the
Students Concerned for the Hand
icapped at Texas A&M gave
everyone a chance, by sponsoring
“Mobility Awareness Day.”
■ I experienced my first wheelchair
ride along with a group of deans and
representatives from the various col
leges. Robert Trevino, coordinator
of the event, led us on a campus
I tour via wheelchair.
HTrevino and all students in the
Mfganization are confined to wheel-
Mmairs.
IBMost of us had difficulty in ma
neuvering the vehicles at first, and
then we found that most of the
■alkways on campus were not de-
Ijgned to accommodate wheels. The
potholes, prairie film and bricks
gave us some problems, but the
curbs and tree trunks were greater
threats.
Since so many obstacles got in the
way, most of us lagged far behind
Trevino who said he has picked up a
lot of speed over time.
“I can get from the plant sciences
building to my class across the rail
road tracks in 14 minutes,” he said,
“where it would probably take one
of you 45 minutes.”
It would take me forever. I never
thought that it takes a bit of effort to
move a wheelchair, but my arm
muscles felt the pain. I found some
relief, however, when a few friends
came by and gave me a push.
On the other hand, the handicap
ped do not always find someone to
push them around campus. Trevino
said that of the 12 students in
wheelchairs at A&M, he knows that
at least nine of them ride motorized
ones.
“The campus is just too spread
out to get across it on your own,”he
said.
Following the excursion, Ted El
liot, a counselor from the Texas Re
habilitation Commission presented
a slide program to the group.
The TRC commission was set up
in 1969 and is both state and feder
ally funded. It concentrates on find
ing jobs for the disabled. Elliott said
that Texas now leads the nation in
the number of rehabilitation cen
ters.
Steve Currier, coordinator of
sevices for handicapped students at
the University of Texas, and Sherry
Allen, a nurse from the school, gave
a presentation on the services foi
the handicapped on their campus
which included awareness sessions,
exercise classes, tutors, note takers,
guides, maps and pamphlets.
“We are bringing U.T.’s program
to the attention of our deans be
cause it would be beneficial to have
a similiar service at A&M,” said Jim
Magdalenski, a member of the Stu
dents Concerned for the Handicap
ped.
After the program, wheelchairs
were set up in front of the Ruddei
Tower fountain so students and fac
ulty could ride them.
uevas found guilty again;
Ind death penalty possible
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HOUSTON — Convict Ignacio
Guevas, the only rebel survivor of
the bloody 1974 Huntsville prison
break attempt, appeared uncon-
med at being found guilty of capi-
il murder a second time.
But Cuevas, a follower of Fred
omez Carrasco, could also face the
Jeath penalty for the second time
for his part in an 11-day siege of the
Walls Unit of the Texas Department
of Corrections that ended in the
jeaths of four persons Aug. 3, 1974,
eluding Carrasco and two hos-
iges.
Cuevas, 47, was convicted Tues
day in the death of prison librarian
| Jplia Standley. The Mexican na-
Rtional showed no emotion as the
J verdict was read. As his wife and
j fcur children departed the court-
om moments later, he waved and
smiled at each one.
The jury began today to decide
unishment, and prosecutors said
they would again seek the death
'enalty.
Convicted of murdering Standley
in 1975 and sentenced to die for the
crime, Cuevas was given a new trial
by a Texas appeals court because of
improper jury selection. Others
killed in the 1974 shootout in the
yard of the Walls Unit included Car
rasco’s other follower, Rudolfo
Dominguez, and another TDC em
ployee, Elizabeth Reseda.
Cuevas, who fainted during the
shooting, was believed dead by
Texas Rangers first on the scene.
Although he did not shoot
Standley, Cuevas was tried under a
Texas statute that can make complic
ity a capital murder offense. During
more than four hours of jury delib
erations Tuesday, it appeared at
least one juror questioned Cuevas
guilt.
In the 1975 trial, a jury deliber
ated two hours to reach a verdict
and 20 hours to return the death
sentence.
Notes to the judge from the six-
man, six-woman jury Tuesday asked
for review of testimony of three hos
tages regarding the arrangement of
escapees and hostages in a makeshift
shield used by the inmates to try to
reach an armored car from the
prison library where they hid for 11
days.
Water from fire hoses and then a
hail of bullets from Texas Rangers
and prison guards stopped the es
cape and defense attorneys con
tended possibly caused the deaths.
Texas Rangers testified they
heard muffled shots coming from in
side the shield before they fired.
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may have several gears, but they
can’t compete with the horses of the
Detroit Police Mounted Division.
They have all the regular moves,
plus sideways and pivot capability.
Besides, “Nobody stops a scout
car and pets it,” says Lt. Patrick
Muscat, head of the mounted divi
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Formed in 1893, the mounties’
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through heavy traffic and smoke to
get them used to urban working
conditions.
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