The Battalion
Vol. 73 No. 82 Friday, January 18, 1980 USPS 045 360
12 Pages College Station, Texas Phone 845-2611
”'S police remain baffled
)y Muhlinghaus murder
By RICHARD OLIVER
General Assignments Reporter
Although the investigation into the
murder of LeShan Muhlinghaus is ap
proaching its fourteenth week, College
Station police are stymied.
They have no leads, no suspects, and
the list of possibilities is gradually growing
smaller.
Major Edgar Feldman, assistant College
Station police chief, said the investigation
has reached a stalemate.
“As far as finding the individual who
committed the crime, nothing has sur
faced,” he said. “Most murder cases in
volve two people who knew one another.
We’ve exhausted all our suspects, and now
we re just waiting for something to break. ”
Muhlinghaus was stabbed to death on
Oct. 12 in her Travis House apartment.
The original police report described the
body as having only one stab wound in the
pelvic region, but subsequent reports re
vealed the body had over two dozen
wounds.
The murder touched off several rumors
of additional murders, threatening notes
and strange men frequenting apartment
complexes in the Bryan-College Station
area.
For several weeks after the investigation
began, the College Station police depart
ment reported a deluge of prowler re
ports, notes on cars and break-ins.
At this time, however, the reports have
died down, Feldman said.
“All of those have pretty much slowed
down,” he said. “Nothing new has been
happening, in any case.”
Although there was talk of connections
between the Muhlinghaus murder and
murders committed in Amarillo and Aus
tin, Feldman said ho leads have been
found.
“We haven’t had any new suspects, no
new leads,” he said. “Nothing’s happened.
We keep in contact with all the other
cities, but nothing’s turned up.
Feldman said the department is still in
vestigating the case with the aid of the
Texas Rangers.
^ampasas escapee may still be
n this area, investigator says
By NANCY ANDERSEN
City Staff
jocal police are still searching for a
jipasas County jail escapee who aban-
led his getaway car in a ditch off the
it Bypass Wednesday night.
I could only guess if he’s still in the
a, Bryan police Major Lee Freeman
iThursday afternoon. All police officers
e a description of 19-year-old Bradley
iultz, he said, but he has not been seen
ce Wednesday night.
ichultz is a white male, with a sandy
iwn crewcut, blue eyes, 5 feet 8 inches
I, weighs 130 pounds and has a tatoo on
his left arm.
Police received several calls from
people who reported seeing a man answer
ing that description driving down Texas
Avenue Wednesday night. Freeman said.
Bryan police immediately began check
ing every open business in the area, he
said. Police arrived at the Kentucky Fried
Chicken on 3220 S. Texas Ave. just min
utes after a man though to be Scbultz left.
A woman, who asked not to be iden
tified, was working when the man came in.
She said a man wearing blue jeans and a
white T-shirt walked in off the street and
asked for a drink of water. He left after
drinking it, she said, adding that he ap
peared to be hitchhiking.
The woman said she didn’t think much
of the incident until a police officer came
in an excitedly asked her where the man
had gone. She said she didn’t know if he’d
been picked up by a motorist or not.
College Station police said they are
aware of the situation, but are not actively
searching for the suspect.
Police said Schultz was being held on
charges of auto theft when he escaped
from the Lampasas jail Wednesday after
noon.
lussian dance company cancels
nsit to A&M and tour of U.S.
The Russian Krasnayarsk Dance Com-
ny has cancelled its American tour for
80, including a performance at Texas
StM University Jan. 24. The company did
it give a reason for the cancellation.
James Randolf, adviser for the Opera and
irforming Arts Committee which booked
egroupas part of its spring schedule, said
le received a telegram saying only the the
roup was not coming to the United States,
ut not why.
Randolf said he felt the cancellation was
rone of two reasons: fear of defection by
Ulcers while on tour in this country, or the
irrent controversy over the Soviet inva-
on of Afghanistan.
“The most reasonable explanation is the
tuation due to the conflict between the
Allies agree on
punitive actions
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Backed up by broad
ipport from European allies, the United
lates is examining “strong punitive ae
on against the Soviet Union, including
ostponing or moving the Moscow Olym-
ics.
A senior administration official said
Ihursday Deputy Secretary of State War-
p Christopher found European allies
;reed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
ift the spirit of detente “wounded and
leeding. ”
To restore detente, they feel the West
Mist “respond vigorously” to the aggres-
ion, the U.S. official said.
Christopher is reporting to President
iarter on the allied response to America’s
wves against both the Soviet Union and
ran.
The message also is being carried to
loscow by U. S. Ambassador Thomas Wat-
on, who is to leave the United States today
o return to his post, He was recalled to
Washington after the Dec. 27 Soviet inva-
ion of Afghanistan.
“We believe his presence is needed in
tfoscow to convey the strong views of the
'resident and Secretary of State Vance to
he Soviet leadership,” the spokesman
aid.
“We want the Soviets to understand first
land how serious a re-evaluation of our
elationship has taken place here. ”
The department’s chief spokesman,
lodding Carter, said, “I expect the an
gers will be clear in the next few days. ”
The future U. S. policy on Afghanistan,
Upected to be announced within a day or
o, and the parallel actions against Iran, will
“e an extension of the present moves, a
IS. spokesman said.
The senior administration official said
Kristopher found a lot of support for
United States and Russia over Afghanis
tan, Randolf said. “But whether the can
cellation was on the part of the United
States or Russia, I couldn’t say. It could also
be something totally different.”
Richard Stevens, chairman of OPAS,
said several refund options are being con
sidered for the 1,400 season ticket holders
and the additional $3,000 in tickets sold for
the performance.
One option, Stevens said, would be to
substitute the Russian dance tickets for
another OPAS performance with an
additional cash refund to compensate for
the higher price.
Other options would be a full refund or
working in conjunction with Town Hall and
allowing the tickets to be exchanged for the
boycotting the Moscow Olympic games.
He said the Western Europeans “widely
questioned the propriety of holding the
Olympic games in Moscow at this time.”
He said the allies discussed the Olympics
in terms of alternatives rather than a cancel
lations — a delay, until next year, a differ
ent site, or even breaking up the summer
games into numerous sites, with each event
contested separately.
The official said the allies generally
agreed that “strong, punitive” measures
against the Soviet Union were called for,
and he listed some specifics:
— Agreement that the Europeans would
production of “Showboat, coming in
March.
Stevens said a final decision on the re
fund will be made by Monday.
The trouble in finding a replacement act
of the same caliber as the 80-man dance
troup could have serious effects on the
OPAS budget, Stevens said.
“This could really hurt us financially. It
was selling better than any other show,”
Stevens said. “We re really going to have to
sell out our other performances.”
Stevens said he was also concerned about
the possibility of a cancellation for the last
act this year, Lazar Brman, a Russian
pianist. But, Stevens said he had heard
nothing about the act cancelling so far.
not undercut the American embargo on
grain and soybean sales to the Soviets; con
sideration of European measures, includ
ing embargoes on sales to the Soviets of
poultry and butter.
— Cutting back some European export
credit, which the Soviets use to finance
purchases in the West; further cutting back
on the kind of high technology items the
Western nations sell the Soviet Union.
— Cutting out all European economic
assistance to Afghanistan, with the excep
tion of some minor humanitarian programs;
cutting down the size of all European dip
lomatic missions in Afghanistan.
Staff photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.
Show time
Steve Crouch of Bryan Marine positions one of the dozens of sport boats
to be featured at this weekend’s Brazos Valley Boat and Sport Show.
Show exhibits will include boat and sporting equipment dealers from
throughout the Brazos Valley area. The show, held in the Brazos Center
Friday through Sunday, is open to the public free of charge.
Jugglenaut
Brian McAuliffe, a junior psychology major from
Houston, has a unique way to relax during a hard
day at school—juggle. McAuliffe has been juggling
for about one year and has been known to even
juggle air hockey discs.
Battalion photo by Lynn Blanco
Insurance agent asks board
for stronger regulations
United Press International
AUSTIN — A Dallas insurance agent
Thursday called for a moratorium on sales
of life insurance in Texas until the State
Insurance Board finds a way to prevent
deceptive sales pitches that he said cost
consumers $22 million a year.
Joe A. Mintz of Dallas, an insurance
agent, said the sales presentations allowed
under current Texas regulations and new
rules being considered for adoption by the
state agency encourage deception in insur
ance sales.
“This department for 12 years has per
mitted deception in the sale of life insur
ance,” Mintz said. “You followed the rec
ommendation of industry spokespersons
and complied with their vested interest by
adopting methods of cost comparison and
replacement of existing life insurance that
are profitable to industry and costly to the
consumer.”
Industry representatives appeared be
fore the three-man insurance board
Thursday to support adoption of so-called
model regulations developed by the Na
tional Association of Insurance Commis
sioners.
Several representatives urged exemp
tions for policies of $5,000 or less or annual
premiums of $200 or less on grounds it
would cost too much to require all com
panies to comply with regulations on such
small policies.
The insurance company representatives
said the model regulations will require
companies and agents to provide a net
payment index and comparison data on
dividends in addition to the cash-
surrender cost information currently re
quired under Texas rules.
“The use of one index by itself can put
the individual in a position of making a
mistake,” said Robert D. Nicholas, as
sociate general counsel of the American
Council of Life Insurance.
Mintz, however, said the computations
used by the insurance companies prevent
comparisons between cash value or so-
called whole life policies and term insur
ance.
“Texans,” he estimated, are “spending
$22 million annually in premium dollars
because of misleading, deceptive and
fraudulent sales pitches.”
Mintz said Texas does not need new or
additional regulations on how agents or
United Press International
Today is Friday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of
1980 with 348 to follow.
The moon is in its new phase.
The morning stars are Mercury, Mars,
Jupiter and Saturn.
The evening star is Vertus. Those born
on this date are under the sign of Cap
ricorn.
American orator and statesman Daniel
Webster was born Jan. 18, 1782.
Actors Cary Grant and Danny Kaye
were born on this date — Grant in 1904
and Kaye in 1913.
On this day in history:
In 1943, Moscow said the 16-month
Nazi siege of Leningrad, Russia, had been
companies can solicit business or encour
age customers to replace existing policies.
“You just need to crack down on people
using deceptive mathematics,” Mintz told
the insurance board.
William P. Daves Jr., board chairman,
said the mathematics used under Texas
regulations would look more favorable if
inflation was not so high, making interest
returns of 3 and 4 percent less attractive.
“I would presume there hasn’t been as
much misrepresentation about insurance
as there has been by the federal govern
ment about money,” said Durwood Man-
ford, longtime board member.
lifted.
In 1966, Indira Gandhi, daughter of the
late Indian Prime Minister Nehru, was
named as the new premier of India.
In 1968, the United States and Russia
agreed on a draft of a nuclear non
proliferation treaty.
In 1978, Egyptian President Sadat or
dered his foreign minister home from Is
rael and informed President Carter talks
would resume after Israel changed its posi
tion.
A thought for the day. Daniel Webster
said, “Let our object be our country, our
whole country, and nothing but our coun
try.”
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