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Page 6 THE BATTALION ^ A\/ 99 1Q7Q BEAT THE RUSH! for Theses & Dissertation Copying the nation 1 cai Bianchi confesses to seven murders The deadline for Theses & Dissertations is approaching fast — don’t wait ’til it’s too late! We’re not overbooked — we can do it right now! We specialize in fast, professional, high-quality & low-priced copying and printing. KINKO'S GRAPHICS, INC. 201 College Main (Open Sat. 9 to 5) 846-9508 United Press International LOS ANGELES — A 28-year-old security guard, who beat the gallows and gas chamber by confessing to a series of murders and implicating his cousin, faces arraignment today as the man who preyed on Los Angeles women as the Hillside Strangler. Moments after Kenneth Bianchi tearfully admitted murdering two girls in Bellingham, Wash., he con fessed to five of the 13 Los Angeles-area killings and agreed to testify against his cousin, Angelo Buono Jr., 44. Within a half hour, Buono, 44, was arrested in Glendale, Calif., without resistance and charged in 10 of the 13 killings which occurred during late 1977 and early 1978. Bianchi pleaded guilty in the Bel lingham cases in exchange for a promise that Washington au thorities would not seek the death penalty against him. He was sen tenced to two consecutive life terms for those killings. Los Angeles County District At torney John Van de Kamp said California would not seek the death penalty if Bianchi appeared as a truthful witness for the state in Buono’s trial. Bianchi could have been sen tenced to hang in Washington or to the gas chamber in California. Van de Kamp said both men would be arraigned in Los Angeles Municipal Court Monday on a vari ety of felony counts in connection with the 10 strangling murders. Bianchi, trembling and weeping, wore a bullet proof vest under a three-piece gray suit when he ap peared before Judge Jack Kurtz Fri day and changed his plea to guilty from one of innocent by reason of insanity. “I can’t find the words to express the sorrow for what I have done,” he told the judge. “In no way can I take away the pain I have given to others and in no way can I expect forgive ness from mothers.” By KE |S."g Battal Ignorance a . U es and legisl fre(American 5 tempting to ■tJent about iim !he ASF w 1978 l nittoe for Ex Jejfas A&M l late Kow in its ; lonsists of 52 ies, and is tr wide rep e the edn You lead, Vll follow A 6-month-old Quarter Horse colt, owned by the Texas A&M Large Animal Clinic, spends the first few hours of his halter breaking tied to Jackson, a steady hand at keeping bolster | ous youngsters down to earth. Battalion photo by Marsha Fife.; I "Pooch’ credited with 20 snake encounters ct them n ols that jted to doul ce Wright ator and f ntil now cational gi its in Wasl he ASF di Games Beer Northgate Open Daily at 3 p.m. — Sun. at 6 p.m. Whiskey Dog guards workers from rattlen United Press International PYOTE — For the 11 men who work round-the-clock shifts at a natural gas processing plant in “the middle of nowhere” — far West Texas — a dog named Pooch is the best friend they have. Not only is the German shepherd good company during the some times solitary shifts, but Pooch s legendary exploits have made many a worker at Lone Star Gas Co. s Warnick plant breathe a little easier. In his two years of residence at the plant, located 8 miles northwest of Pyote, Pooch at last count had headed off 20 potentially fatal encounters between workers and sleeping diamondback rattlesnakes. and several times warned workers away from natural gas leaks that ■iVashingto inent relati stationed o ■derate all |iSF busine: Sfom regiona alleges and id. Wright PRIOHITEAS BLENDS OF GIF I-GIVING ■■■■■■■H BLENDS OF GIF I-GIVING 3609 Place E. 29th - Bryan COURTS UNIVERSITY SHOE SERVICE “Expert boot and shoe repair” 104 College Main Northgate ATTENTION could kill them. "These guys who work out here would fight for of Pooch, says Gary Jones, superintendent at the plant. “Everybody out here talks more about of Pooch than they do their own kind, I guess. Nearly every body who works out here brings an extra sandwich for the dog. As an example of the workers re spect for the dog, he cites an entry in the plant logbook for Oct. 10: “Administered first aid to Lone Star legend after dog having been bit by a rattler. I almost got it hut Pooch got in front of me. That makes No. 20.” I It seems Pooch had gotten the ibite the rattler had aimed at a man Iwho disturbed the snake by turning over some pipe in the hack of the plant. “Of Pooch, darn it all, got bit. Jones said. “His head swelled up the size of a wastebasket. He was very, very sick the next day but he over came this thing.” “When he was sick, it seems everyone had a long face because they were so worried about ol Pooch. During the six years the Warnick facility has been open, one dog or another has taken up residence at the plant where gas is cleaned be fore it is piped to 1.1 Stai ( ustomers in Texas wou i l ern Oklahoma. But before Pr™ be. ; The gover All Recognized IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS “DON'T GIVE UP — WE LL MAKE IT FIT!" Student Organizations \ It’s TIME SHOT! to tl w 19 for Aggieland ’80 Group photos are being taken NOW! Avoid the last-minute rush. Book a time and date at YOUR CONVENIENCE by calling Yearbook Associates photographers, 845- 3771 any weekday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. iin more III.' (I.ILIS onh piOVKUll l : ^ oni i ca lly be Before Pooch t'.'nie. (hereiKj,. ()wn s ( u \\a\s he that worry in theMH ce anc l j your mind that you'd end up snake coiled around your leg, J Kenny Heath, Lone Star traiML w jH sion supervisor. But now y L nmis jhle do your job without 'vondt:iJj et j n ^ " li.'t s lurking around thr L ns () f a || 1 ' T Ee bulletii .Nil one ever had to show-M-i what to do when he metupurffi rattler, a common sight indf parched West Texas. He; seemed to understand that hem withstand a snake bite betted the workers, and went altei rattlers that had slithered up Id plant for shade. A few months ago, ployee was about to step into liisi w hen Pooch suddenly appeatf lunged and knocked the manlo! ground. As the stunned wotl picked himself up, he saw I wrestling with a rattlesnake hi in the shade of the car. Pooc h has been bitten “sevei eight times during his two yen the plant, Jones said, huthasn re(|uired a doctor’s care. "Hesk hit enough times that he swell J and every thing, hut it doesntl him because he’s got an immunil) ALTERATIONS AT WELCH’S CLEANERS. WE NO' ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCELlK ORT CLEANERS BUI WE ClALIgE IN ALTERING HAtiO 1C FIT EVENING DRESSES, TAPEBE SHIRTS, JEAN HEMS, WA10 POCKETS. 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