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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1980)
I age 8 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1980 ‘Lipstick’ murder victim state described as Very lonely’ MSC Political Forum Texas’ Attorney General United Press International DALLAS — A 28-year-old woman found strangled in her bedroom near a lipstick-scrawled message to her husband was a quiet, “very lonely” person, a neighbor said. Police Wednesday questioned neighbors of Debra Martinson, look ing for motives for the slaying of the woman. Her attorney husband, Don, found her sprawled nude — her hair still in curlers — in their $200,000 split-level home Monday when he arrived home from jury duty. The words “Now we are even Don” were written in pink lipstick on a full-length mirror in the bedroom and Mrs. Martinson’s clothes were found arranged in a neat path leading into the room. An autopsy indicated she had been dead five to seven hours when her body was found. A police officer said investigators had questioned “anyone who could tell us anything about it.” “We’ve got several leads that we’re checking out and checking a lot of different angles,” he said. Sgt. Gus Rose said the purpose of the mysterious message still had not been determined. Idea for Texas rail St 2 1 “We can’t discount it since it was there,” he said. “It was there for some purpose but we don’t know if it was for a diversion or not.” Neighbors described the Martin sons as almost reclusive but indi cated Mrs. Martinson seemed lonely. system called ‘folly’ “I saw her enough times to count on one hand and I saw him even less,” said Marty Dale. “I think she was probably very lonely. She was left alone so much.” Another neighbor, who asked not to be identified, said, “We really don’t know Don. He never seemed to be home very much. I think De bbie was really very lonely much of the time.” Mark White “In Defense of Texas’ Also store-made fudge in won derfully scrumptous flavors! 693-9405 CULPEPPER PLAZA J/lake Easter Special! with our PERSONALIZED OLID CHOCOLATE' EASTER EGGS and BUNNIES made with love and care in the Qeftendipity Qhp United Press International AUSTIN — Rep. Buddy Temple, D-Diboll, Wednesday accused Rail road Commissioner John Poerner — the man he is challenging in the Democratic primary — of proposing a rail system connecting Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio without providing accurate informa tion. Poerner has proposed a “Japanese bullet train” linking the three metro politan areas. He said the system would cost $6 billion but would net a profit of $1.5 billion a year. But Temple disputed those figures at a Capitol news conference. He said the 750-mile rail system and the supertrains would cost a total of $20 billion. Temple said the $1.5 billion profit figure is also erroneous. “To have a gross income — not profit — of $1.5 billion a year would require 45 million passengers a year, ” he said. “To have a $1.5 billion profit, assuming 10 percent profit on sales volume, would require at least 450 million passengers a year — 30 times the population of Texas. “Simply put, Poerner’s proposal is a folly.” Temple said Poerner did not pro vide information on how the rail sys tem would be financed. “It is a boondoggle,” he said. Temple also said there are two proposals under consideration to im prove Amtrak rail transportation in Texas. He said one proposal calls for the spending of $200 million to im prove road bed, tracks and operating equipment to allow speeds of up to 79 mph. The other proposal calls for the spending of $1.2 billion to acquire new right-of-way in some areas, build new track, rebuild old trad and purchase new high-speed equip-! ment. He said the state and theDe partment of Transportation would share in the cost if either one of the proposals is implemented. Temple said he realized thataraj passenger transportation system could not be profitable because a( the huge capital outlay and preseal competition, but said a backup sys tem needed to be implemented, AUS tions o ing anr consoli they ca teacher The tors an tors, be their oj the Tex with tin “I’m willing to consider suchasw! tern — but not one that’s goingtoix; the biggest public works project our nation’s history,” he said. Cancerous waste ion, w | membe tion ofl “Our fight aj and uni professi McMea TPE. 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The Coast Guard said the tanks were unsafe and could rupture so the PCB was transported in February to a federal General Services Adminis tration depot at Curtis Bay, just south of Baltimore in the Che sapeake Bay, with the promise that McM the toxic waste would be movedai Santa Hi soon as a better site or incinerate the con; was found. Ini their Coast Guard spokesman Mill rapidly Waller said federal Environmental TSTA tc Protection Agency officials expectfc (issociati certify the Rollins Environment)! McMi Services incinerator in Deer Parka tions ha safe for the disposal of toxic wastesl»||| April 15. If the firm receives the certiih-' tion, the PCB will be moved toTesajl within 90 days, Waller said. Rollins was the firm that movetl the contaminated oil from Shaipffi town to Curtis Bay. 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