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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1980 Page 9 tate ‘d nmendmt: ersonNou signed tospes tate the limit# 'ns facing Tea but the state mited rights t Greenhill is ilicly endorse courts of civ. ■ ’SI urt of Crimn al cases, sok United Press International HOUSTON — A $1.4 million civil damages award to the parents of an unarmed teen-ager shot and killed by police officers apparently is the first verdict to hold a city responsible for brutality by its employees. The decision handed down Wednesday by the six-member civil court jury delighted the slain youth’s parents, who had sued for $2 million. City attorney Jim Gardner said he anticipated an appeal. : Randall Alan Webster was 17 when he was shot to death by police man Danny H. Mays three years ago following a 100 mph chase in a stolen van. : Although officers said Webster was armed, subsequent investiga tions showing he was not and that police had placed a “throw down” gun by his body led to earlier federal civil rights violations convictions. All officers involved in the case are no longer on the city force. Mays, who declared personal bankruptcy two weeks ago, was ordered to pay $1 million of the award; officer John Thomas Olin, who participated in the coverup, was ordered to pay $200,000; and the city of Houston was directed to pay $200,000. A third officer, Norval Wayne Holloway, was exonerated for his part in the death and coverup. U.S. District Judge George Cire had dismissed three other ex policemen as defendants. “I’m tickled to death, not by the money, but because the facts were brought to light,” said Webster’s father, John Webster of Shreveport, La. Webster’s attorney, K. Michael Mayes, called the case a landmark because no other city had ever been held responsible for a case of police brutality. After the jury was dismissed, fore man Raymond Barone said the jurors felt the city must be responsible for the actions of its employees. Webster stole the van in February 1977 and led police on a 100 mph 'Sharing 9 helps schools save Computer cuts energy bills eserves svd -'ictionisfk entenceism • nn t . United Press International DALLAS — Texas schools could v intern^ ^ their ener gy bilIs b y 15 to 30 cd the disp P ercent ^d save up to $23 million a iminal Apptt ic limited ri£ ? both thestr sarings orffi year — money that could be better used in the classroom — by buying into a computer system, a study shows. . The study, released Tuesday by Honeywell’s Energy Management Information Center, said savings ie 5 “JfJ oeeur by “tying into” an existing l, , s | oua computer system that regulates i delays ml H a ^ n g ) lighting and air condition- .. . ing for 80 buildings in Texas, all nine met s hared computer service can be paid for out of fuel savings with no ' " Z drain on operating or capital ppingthef- budgets,” a Honeywell spokesman ial matter ‘"phe system is linked to a school by telephone lines and oper- ates chillers, lights, boilers, motors, pumps and fans at peak efficiency in each building it controls.” .J Under the system, schools are spared the high cost of purchasing ^ individual computers because they share the services of one central energy-control computer and its a operators. One of the computer con trol centers is located in Dallas and another in Houston. Roger N. Schmidt, spokesman for the Information Center in Dallas, projected total annual energy cost ings in all Texas elementary and mdary schools as $11.6 million to $23 million. One “typical working example” cited in the report was Brazoswood $chool in Clute about 50 miles south of Houston. The school was audited in 1979 and again in 1980, after in stallation of a time-shared energy- control system. In the first eight months, the re port said, gas consumption fell 48 percent and electricity use dropped 36 percent, for a combined savings of $63,000 during one of the hottest summers in Texas. The school has 2,050 students- It cost almost $36,000 to install sensor and control points in the school and link them to the computer system. The first-year fee for use of the computer was $35,000, giving a total first-year expense of almost $71,000. The study said, however, “The system will pay for itself in nine months with $23,642 in energy sav ings to spare in the first year.” from H ATM STUDY ABROAD aTm ST C/Dl '>, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN STUDYING ABROAD? WORKING IN EUROPE FOR THE SUMMER? TRAVELING & GETTING TO KNOW ANOTHER CULTURE? The Study Abroad Office is sponsoring a seminar on Study/Travel Abroad on Monday, October 27, 1980, 12 p.m.. Room 206 MSC. Topics discussed will include: study abroad opportunities, student tours, international student cards, work permits, train passes, travel bargains, passport applications, cheap hotels and youth hostel cards etc. Study Abroad Office International Center Bizzell Hall 845-1824 xs wjy avoHgv aghts wjy h Mi COWARTS JEWELRY AND SEIKO COMBINE TO BRING .YOU UNSURPASSED SEIK QUALITY WACHES AT UNHEARD OF PRICES AND WITH VALID SEIKO WARRANTIES... $59.50 $59.50 $69.50 $79.50 $95.00 $79.50 MANY-MANY MORE STYLES OF SEIKO WATCHES TO CHOOSE FROM AND ONLY AVAILABLE AT YOUR AUTHORIZED SEIIKO DEALER COME IN AND LET US SHOW YOU WHY SEIKO IS THE WORLD LEADER. 416 UNIVERSITY IN: NORTHOATE 846-5816 KxiRje^iwsrope "ACROSS FROM THE UNIVERSITY' chase through the city before wreck ing the vehicle. Mays initially claimed Webster came out of the van with a gun and fired at officers and that he returned fire and killed the youth. Other offic ers also swore to that version. It was determined, however, that Webster was unarmed when he got out of the van and that Mays actually stepped up to the youth to pistol death whip him. Mays’ gun discharged when it came down on Webster’s head, killing the youth. In the federal civil rights violations trial, testimony showed the officers agreed to place a “throw down” gun — a .22-caliber revolver taken from the police property room — by Webster’s body to justify the shoot ing. Mays and Holloway were con victed of perjury and conspiracy in the coverup. CAMPUS INTERVIEWS FRI. 17 OCT. 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