The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 13, 1980, Image 7

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 13, 1980, Image 7

Newspaper Page TextTHE BATTALION Page 7 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1980 i state le members loil e ritual in CutiJ 'ration of pan is to war ui g why does die, like JimJoie, This is only i sburg said, i Jimmy Carter President Jim Guyana now," people turned difornia State 1J ‘II to. layton might refuse to answer uestions for grand jury probe B&M BOOKSTORE has a wide variety of paperback books for all to enjoy Fiction Mysteries Westerns Best Seilers Magazines Comic Books United Press International AUSTIN — Speaker Bill Clayton eceived $5,000 rather than $10,000 om a union official and may refuse to answer questions from a federal and jury investigating bribery alle- ;ations, his attorneys said Tuesday. Lawyers for the embattled House 10 studentsattew pleader summoned three reporters to ■aft rally on&ij speaker’s Capitol office Tuesday alifornia at y, to observe the removal of a sealed I Envelope from a locked desk drawer, iego, sceneo(ni| : Clayton and his administrative war demonstrja|. 8ss i s tant, Russell Kelley, watched 1960’s and earklT ation of studi no, we won’t;; marched thoaii«jjf npus overlooldnp 1 but referred most questions to their lawyers. Defense attorney Bill Fitzgerald said the five bundles of cash — each containing 10 $100 bills — were placed in a sealed envelope immedi ately after Clayton s Nov. 8 meeting with L.G. Moore, a Houston union leader, and an individual who intro duced himself as a representative of Prudential Insurance Co. of America. Investigators have alleged Clayton accepted a $10,000 bribe from Moore in exchange for a promise to help Prudential win a state contract for a multimillion insurance program on state workers. Fitzgerald said U.S. Attorney).A. Canales suggested Clayton’s attor neys make pictures of the bills and bring the cash to the federal grand jury in Houston today where the speaker is subpoenaed to testify. Clayton’s aides said the speaker is “torn up” about his lawyers’ insist ence that he invoke his constitutional privilege to refuse to answer incrimi nating questions. “No question he wants to testify,” Fitzgerald said. “That’s a decision we re laboring over. The speaker has been insisting constantly that he wants to testify.” Fitzgerald “told me I was going to listen to him or he wouldn’t repre sent me, ” Clayton said when asked if he will make the final decision. Jack Gullahorn, former executive assistant to Clayton serving on his legal defense team, said reporters were summoned to see the money taken from a side drawer in Kelley s desk after efforts to contact a court official to take the money failed. “We’ve been trying to do this all weekend,” Gullahorn said. “There’s no federal judged that’ll touch this with a 10-foot pole.” Collectors stamps and supplies Largest selection of science fiction in the area 3602 E. 29th St. Bryan Brilab’ case testimony starts NEED HELP? Special Program FOR MEN 10 to 100 Pounds Overweight Consultation 846-1727 nei ft rather than 5 United Press International HOUSTON — An associate of House Speaker Bill Clayton, two Houston city councilmen and three sounded twoPiyecretaries appeared Tuesday before all for thetwJ a federal grand jury investigating bribery allegations in Texas, j In the three-hour morning ses sion, councilmen Homer Ford and t | Jim Westmoreland appeared, as well Hs Charlene Womack, Westmore- i] b land’s secretary. Also testifying were StriKpeilia D' az ’ w h° se attorneys would pay only that she worked in an office rsBdjacent to Westmoreland, and • 11 . Mary Ann Crow, secretary to local VlLil Cltfl^r leader L.G. Moore. H Bob Johnson, longtime director of I The Legislative Council and Clayton’s appointee to the Texas Employees Retirement Board, was Icheduled to appear in the afternoon before the grand jury investigating the FBI’s “brilab” — short for brib- Iry-labor — allegations of corruption m state and local governments in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and vers, noweverfiPklahoma. ism that the sffl Clayton allegedly accepted an “I’ll be glad when it’s all over,” he said. Ford's only comment was a light hearted statement regarding the FBI’s methods, which some claim constitute entrapment. “Entrapment, I can’t even claim entrapment because nobody offered me anything,” he told reporters. Among others subpoenaed to appear this week or next were Ran dall Wood, an Austin attorney and former lobbyist for Common Cause; Rusty Kelley, executive assistant; and Frank Mann, a former Houston city councilman. Clayton, 51, a millionaire farmer from Springlake, Texas, has acknow ledged receiving money on Nov. 8 from a union official who visited him ostensibly on behalf of Prudential In surance Co. Clayton said the bid information the insurance company representa tive requested was public and that his only interest was in saving money for the state on the $70 million to $80 million insurance plan covering state employees. Former lobbyist Wood, whose law partner, Donald W. Ray, also has been subpoenaed, said three men who identified themselves as Prudential representatives hired his law firm three or four months ago seeking information on the lucrative insurance contract with the Texas Employees Retirement System. Jackie St. Clair, the former state labor commissioner who now heads the state Building and Construction Trades Council, also was sub poenaed Monday. f HOUSTON I MEDICAL ] WEIGHT LOSS CLINICS CLINICS LOCATED NATIONWIDE ible to trim $Mi rrrent budget, part of financial!! school system. illegal contribution arranged by Moore. | In the “brilab undercover scam, FBI operatives posed as bribe- Schools Finarc fplFering representatives of Pruden- ished bythelffi tial Insurance Co. seeking contracts the board’s fe in return for kickbacks. Clayton allegedly accepted i cuts represente $10,000 from a fake Prudential agent budgetary[K^fntroduced by Moore but said he had ot intended to keep it. In December the Houston City buncil switched its $14 million em ployee coverage to Prudential by a -2 vote. The retirement board, hich Johnson heads, arranges for state employees’ insurance. 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