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Page 8 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1960 ACCIES! State/Nation al Don ^ l o Jcwe cloS \’ Vaught acquitted 10% AGGIE DISCOUNT ON ALL MERCHANDISE WITH STUDENT ID (Cash Only Please) We reserve the right to limit use of this privilege. Downtown Bryan (212 N. Main) and Culpepper Plaza By STARR MOORE Battalion Reporter An 11-woman ana one-man jury found Connie Vaught innocent by reason of insanity Thursday in the 272nd District Court before Judge Bradley Smith. Vaught, 35, was charged with aggravated assault for the damage done to the Department of Human Resources building in Bryan during her shooting spree on April 28. Of the four psychiartrists and psychologists who testified, two said she was insane and two said she was not. Assistant District Attorney Jim James III said three witnesses who knew Vaught well testified for the defense saying she was unbalanced. Vaught, herself, testified she lost control when she found she could not regain the custody of her daughter whom she voluntarily gave up for adoption. Only one of three safety controls worked in silo Brenda Rumfield and Pat Arbuck- le, both DHR workers, testified they saw Vaught come in the office with a gun and fire shots. Rumfield said Vaught locked her self in one of the rooms until the police arrived and evacuated the building. Rumfield said Vaught had threatened Arbuckle before April 28. John Vote Aggie Elect B. Patrick Democrat ASSOCIATE JUSTICE 14th Court of Civil Appeals Position 1 Candidate in 14 Counties: Austin, Brazos, Brazoria, Burle son, Chambers, Colorado, Ft. Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Trinity, Walker, Waller and Washington. James said Vaught wrote a letter to her grandfather saying she wished she had killed Arbuckle. However, Judge Bradley Smith would not admit the letter into court as evidence. ★ ★ ★ 15 Years Trial & Appellate Experience before local, state, federal and United States Supreme Courts Former City Attorney, Pasadena, Texas * Texas A&M “58” Native Houstonian ★ Honor Graduate-South Southern Baptist Texas Law School YOUR VOTE FOR HONESTY AND EXPERIENCE IS APPRECIATED Paid for by Campaign to Elect John B. Patrick, 108 Main, Houston, Tx. 77002 Ken Lindsey, Treasurer Some members of the jury wept as Vaught, the mother of five, testified of her difficult life — of her many illnesses, of her father’s death and the loss of her husbands. James said Vaught’s daughter, who is her fifth child, has been legal ly adopted. He said two of the chil dren are with relatives and two are with their father. James said Vaught will now be transferred to the county court for civil committment proceedings. He said she may be committed to one of the state hospitals. United Press International LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Only one of three major safety features designed to control fuel leaks in Titan II missile silos was workable at the Damascus, Ark., site that exploded Sept. 19, it was reported Thursday. The Arkansas Gazette reported that two other safety devices designed to deal with fuel leaks — massive fuel-storage tanks and an exhaust system — were ren dered useless because they were potentially as hazar dous as the dangers they were supposed to prevent. The explosion killed one Air Force crewman and injured 21 others. Fuel began leaking from the Titan II missile late Sept. 18 after a crewman performing routine maintenance dropped a wrench socket that punctured the missile’s fuel tank. The crew returned to the control center and discovered silo fire indicators had been triggered. They activated the only available safety system, which dumped about 100,000 gallons of water into the silo — only a fifth of what was needed to avert an explosion, the report said. They then evacuated the silo. Tanks to which the highly volatile fuel was to be transferred in the event of a leak were abandoned in 1967, the report said, when the missiles were rede signed and switched to a less-volatile fuel. Also, ini the tanks were found to be corroding with subs: that could have ignited the fuel. They were sealed;] years later. Unite wash: Nixon, rel The exhaust system, designed to flush fumesfrt: toward an silo, was de-activated in 1978 after an accident atil II site at Rock, Kan., the report said. The exhaust there activated and blew toxic fumes into a gror crewmen, killing two and injuring 22 others. With no one in the Damascus silo, the AirForctt not measure the buildup of fuel vapor, the report The missile’s manufacturer recommended it h alone because nothing would dilute the vapor cently. But two two-man crews were sent into the silo’s; trol center to measure the vapor buildup. The crew was leaving the silo when the blast hurled tit; in different directions and fatally injured Livingston, 22, of Heath, Ohio. At one point, the report said, the Air Forcej dered opening the 700-ton blast doors at the topd silo and venting the highly toxic fumes. But slower tion of the area would have endangered the heall residents, so the option was scrapped. Their security losing appeal Bonds’ interest boosted United Press International Grandparents probably will tuck savings bonds into children’s birth day cards forever, but many Amer- • • • • • • • •• •• AGGIE CINEMMm •••••••••••••••a ' * »•••• »•••• ••••* * i r •••- #••• •••« #•••• ••••* “FOR GOD’S SAKE, GET OUT!” "THE AMITYVILLE HORROR" <•••• *•••• *••••» toy THE <Mr L VMIIYVII.I F. HORROR t>,.. i* N A**'? OCT 31 FRI. 7:30 P.M. & P.M. 9:45 ::::i *••••» HK<>L IV V VK<,1 »T kll»Df K and ROD F.M.KM “T'Hl \MI mil |> lb HI ROM' NOV. 1 SAT. 7:30 P.M. & 9:45 P.M. RUDDER THEATER HALLOWEEN' HE CAME HOME FOR Halloween OCT. 31 & NOV. FRI. & SAT. MIDNIGHT 1 - R ^ RUDDER THEATRE n;M A. COM iNItftN M I ON At PW00UC7 i( At times it looked like it might cost them their jobs, their reputations, and maybe even their lives. REDFORD/HMTMAN AliTHE PRESIDENTS «jtlf ROBERT REDFORD/DUSTIN HOFFMAN ALLTHE PRESIDENT S MEN Starring JACK WARDEN Special appearance by MARTIN BALSAM. HAL HOLBROOK and JASON ROBARDS as Ben Bradlee Screenplay by WILLIAM GOLDMAN • Muse by DAVID SHIRE Based on the book by CARL BERNSTEIN and BOB WOODWARD Produced by WALTER COBLENZ • Directed by ALAN J PAKULA A Wildwood Enterprises Production • A Robert Redtord - Alan J. Pakula Film * CJawanm R';o\fMuNir.A!ioNs::OMPAr*v "ALL THE PRESIDENT'S *••••< ••••#< MEN' NOV. 2 SUNDAY 7:30 P.M. RUDDER THEATRE ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE MON.-FRI. 9 P.M. Dennis Ivey's Lakeview Club The Very Best In Country-Western Music and Dancing" Set Thursday Wight LONE STAR DRAFT REER! Cover $3X10 Men $14)0 Ladies Music By Dennis Ivey & The Waymen Saturday Night Dennis Ivey & The Waymen $3.00 Cover — $24)0 Pitchers Lone Star Come Get Acquainted With Of Amarillo, Our Mehcnaical Bucking Bull. 3 miles north on Tabor Road off the East Bypass icans consider U. S. bonds a bad busi ness deal. And they say one percent higher interest, starting Saturday, won’t make much difference. “You can get more interest at the bank,” said Mabel Hill, a semi- retired sales clerk from Caseyville, m. “Government bonds are one of the worst things you can put your money in,” says Ken Elliot, 56, of Provi dence, R.I., who saves gold and silver. “It’s a rip-off,” said a 36-year-old New York author. “Once again the little guy gets the worst of the deal. The government has raised the rate on savings bonds, but it is still far below what they pay banks and cor porations. Why can’t they give the small saver the same amount of in terest?” The one percent interest hike on government bonds and notes — now yielding seven percent maximum — and another one percent increase that could come as early as May 1981, has been touted as help for the small saver and a way to increase bond sales. But the government mainly wants to persuade people not to sell the bonds they already own. Due to high market interest rates, Americans cashed in $7.7 billion worth of bonds last year. The tactic may succeed in stem ming redemptions, but some of the people who bought bonds in the past for patriotic reasons say they wouldn’t do it today. Retired machine repairman Andrew Gonzales, 68, of Albuquer que, N.M., bought 100 savings bonds during the past 20 yean plans to keep the ones he office, say in conduct 1972 and linked to i Nixon ' federal c< and told a. gated auth duct such Testifyi mer FBI < 1970 he ay plan for w includinj domestic He told plan wher Hoover ol made clea bid the ! further hr He test the six-an< W. Mark! ler, the F No. 3 mei ing nine il bilen about five years ago he quit It them, and not because of the int rates. , “I had bought them as an inti/ « ment in the country and I havijU | f lost faith in the government,’’® les said. “I won’t buy anymortfc United matter what the interest is ’’ MIAMI — “I bought them during World ^ Preside II,” said C.B. Johnson, a Sani; 1°^ Nica cisco sculptor. “Everybody did w'suliary of the rates have been too low He said raising the rates would more bonds, but only if “they them enough to compete wit terest rates from other sources or two percent isn’t going to d; I’m not going to buy them.’’ Some Americans, however, buy bonds regardless. In Campti, La., Gus Brouss for 27 years the manager ofCity and Trust Co., says higher in rates will not affect bond salesu 1,- town of 1,100. j ^ ur p ,u ; “Most people I sell bonds tor moza , middle income and have itf Use , buying bonds for years,” he 0r 7 t iat s ‘ “They buy for their grandchildrafp for a birthday.” And for another large group Americans, even if the interests doubled, they don’t have any ms left over to put aside. f| n ^ “Savings bonds? Are you jobi**3 UI asked Dan Martino, a 37-year- driving instructor from Wara; Unitei R.I. “I have three daughters and: ATLANT me tell you it’s hard, very hard^phylococi save a penny. 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