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HUNTSVILLE — One-
hundred-fifty-six persons have
been sentenced to die in Texas
since reinstatement of the death
penalty in 1974, but only 132 re
main on death row as of March 3, a
prison spokesman said today.
No one has been executed in
Texas since Joseph Johnson was
electrocuted on July 30, 1964. The
method since has been changed to
death by injection.
Texas Department of Correc
tions spokesman Keith Wall said
24 of those sentenced to die have
experienced a change in status and
are either part of the regular pris
on population or are out on bench
warrants because of appeals.
Two men are sentenced to die
this month, but an American Civil
Liberties Union spokesman said
Texas law provides an automatic
30-day stay by the governor in ev
ery case, meaning neither sent
ence could be carried out until
April.
Sammie English, 25, convicted
of capital murder in Houston, is
scheduled to die Thursday. One
lawyer said his appeal process is
far from complete.
“I can assure you this man is not
gonna be executed for a long, long
time,” said Houston ACLU staff
counsel Stephan Presser.
Rudy Esquivel, 45, convicted
of capital murder of a policeman in
Houston, is scheduled to die
March 20. Esquivel is repre
sented by attorney Will Gray of
Houston, who could not be
reached for comment.
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TUESDAY
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS:
PRE-MED/DENT SOCIETY: Meets for elections and constitu
tional revisions at 7:30 p.m. in 204 Harrington.
OFF-CAMPUS AGGIES: Meets at 6:30 p.m. in 109 Military Sci
ence.
MSC HOSPITALITY SPRING FASHION SHOW: Will be held at
7 p.m. in Rudder Theatre. Tickets available at the MSC Box
Office.
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS: Meets at 7:30 p.m. in 110 Har
rington.
A&M WOMEN’S STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Hold: "
nizational meeting at 7 p.m. in 504 Rudder.
MBA ASSOCIATION: A Xerox
p.m. in 204C Evans Library.
BIOCHEMISTRY SOCIETY: Meets at 7:30 p.m. in ijw weep.
WATER SKI CLUB: Makes final preparations for the Polar Bear
Intercollegiate Tournament at 7 p.m. in 301 Rudder.
TAMU SAILING TEAM: Meets at 7 p.m. in Rudder Tower.
MEDINA COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: Meets at 7:30 p.m in
137A MSC.
SILVER TAPS CEREMONY: Will be held at 10:30 p.m. in front of
the Academic Building.
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS & ACTION: Professor
George Knox of the Scientific Commission for Antarctic Research
will speak on "Conservation and Exploration of Antarctic Marine
Living Resources” at 7:30 p.m. in Cl 11 Langford Architectural
Center. The business meeting begins at 7 p.m.
FOOD SCIENCE CLUB: V. Turner talks on South Africa at 7 p.m.
in 123 Kleberg.
MSC CAMERA: Lee Rodriguez speaks at 7:30 p. m. in 301 Rudder.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Inquiry Class will be
held at 7:30 p.m. in St. Mary’s Student Center. The Rosary will
be said at 10 p.m. in the church.
FINANCE ASSOCIATION: Rose Van Arsdel will discuss the career
opportunities with a brokerage firm at 7:30 p. m. at A. G. Edwards
& Sons Ine., 1119 Villa Maria Road.
ETA SIGMA GAMMA: Tom Stacy will talk about Discover Land
Inc., a psychiatric hospital without walls. 7:30 p.m. in 141 MSC.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Juniors interested in
working on the Senior Farewell Dinner meet at 7 p.m. in St.
Mary’s Student Center. Coffeehouse Committee meets at 7:30
p.m.
COLLEGIATE FFA: Dr. H.W. Van Cleave presents a program
about being a teacher in agriculture at 7 p.m. in 105 Harrington.
ASSOCIATION OF BAPTIST STUDENTS: John Steelman, Na
tional Youth Department Director for the BMA of America,
speaks at 7 p.m. in the ABS Center at 304
SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS: Rick Tonda from
T.T.L speaks about automotive fuel economy at 7:30 p.m. in
127-B Zachry.
TAMU CZECH CLUB: Presents a slide show on Czechoslovakia at
7 p.m. in 303 Physics.
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WEDNESDAY
MEXICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: John Cudelman, Assis
tant Director at the Placement Center, will speak on “Employ
ment Opportunities in Mexico.” International Week will also be
discussed. 7 p.m. in 110 Military Science.
LA ASOCIACION DE ESTU DIANTES DE MEXICO: Tendre-
mos asamblea a las 7 p.m. en el Edificio de Ciencias Militares,
Salon HO. El Sr. John Gudelman Jr. hablara sobre el teme
"Oportunidades de trabajo en Mexico.” Ademas trataremos
asuntos de importancia.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: Newman Club meets at
7:30 p.m. in St. Mary’s Student Center.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: UCM Aggie Supper will be held
at 6:15 p.m. in A&M Presbyterian Church.
MARRIED STUDENTS’ UNIVERSITY APARTMENT COUN
CIL: Meets at 7 p.m. in 119-D Zachry to finalize plans for the
picnic table project and the Easter Feast & Concert.
RUDDER’S RANGERS: Meet at 7:30 p.m. in 107 Heldenfels.
TAMU SAILING CLUB: Meets at 7 p.m. in 321 Physics.
SOARING CLUB: Meets at 7 p.m. at 1115 Merry Oaks, College
Station.
RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATION: Dr.
Krammer speaks on "Environmental Interest Groups and Their
Effect on Texas Politics” at 7:30 p.m. in 350 MSC.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF TEXAS A&M: Meets to discuss the
trip to Austin and the debate with the College Republicans at 7
p.m. in 127 Bolton.
“THE TALL BLOND MAN WITH ONE BLACK SHOE”: This
French comedy rounds out Aggie Cinema’s Foreign Film Series.
7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theatre.
THURSDAY
CATHOUC STUDENT ASSOCIATION, Bible Study will be held
at 9 p. m. in Corps Area Lounge F. Night Prayer will be said at 10
p.m. in St. Mary’s Church.
CLASS OF ’82: Holds a Spring Break Party on the second floor of the
Alamo beginning at 7 p.m.
TAMU MICROCOMPUTER CLUB: Meets at 7 p m. in 203
Zachry.
FRESHMAN AG SOCIETY: Dr. Jim Wild of the Genetics Depart
ment will speak at 7:30 p.m. in 208 Scoates.
ANGELINA COUNTY HTC: Meets at 7:30 p.m. in 604 Rudder.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE COLLEGE ORGANIZATION: Presents
a free lecture entitled “Healing Through Spiritual Perception” at
8 p.m. in 601 Rudder.
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SOMERVILLE — The sniper
who opened fire on a picnicking
family at Lake Somerville had an
arrest record and,was jailed in July
in Burleson County for a terroris
tic threat on another man’s life,
officials said Monday.
Burleson County Sheriff A. G.
Wilhelm said Lester Wilson Wa
gers, 29, had been jailed last year
for threatening another person,
but Wilhelm would not give any
specifics or the victim’s name.
“We don’t know much more
about Wagers. He was in our jail
once, and that’s the only time we
handled him,” Wilhelm said.
He also had been arrested in
1975 on a disorderly conduct
charge and in 1977 for possession
of marijuana.
Wagers, an unemployed wel
der, opened fire at Lake Somervil
le in Washington County Satur
day, killing 37-year-old Thomas
Thies, who was celebrating his
birthday with his wife, daughter
and two sons.
He first shot Thies in the shoul
der, but the fatal bullet hit him in
the face. Officials said Wagers
then cut off Theis’ ears, placing
them on Thies’ face. He also shot
Thies’ daughter, Tonya, 6, as she
and her mother sped away in a car.
The youngster is in stable condi
tion in the hospital.
Wagers then got back into his
blue pickup truck, and headed
north into Burleson County where
he shot Richard Martinez, 16, be
fore taking his own life an hour
later.
Martinez was listed in stable
condition in Hermann Hospital in
Houston.
Police dogs found Wagers ab
out 6:15 p.m. Saturday in a
wooded area in the park. Witnes
ses said they heard a gunshot at
about 1:30 p.m. coming from the
direction of where the body was
found, Goldberg said. He had
been dead about four hours when
found, Wilhelm said.
Officials could offer no explana
tion for Wagers’ bizzare behavior.
Washington County Sheriff
Elwood Goldberg said Wagers
“just went berserk.”
Wilhelm said ho autopsy has
been scheduled for Wagers to de
termine if he was on drugs at the
time of the shooting spree.
"As far as I’m concerned. I’m
not planning to have an autopsy. It
happened, it’s over, it doesn’t
matter now why he did it,”
Wilhelm said. He said the sniper
shooting was the most violent inci
dent in Burleson County history
that he could recall.
Goldberg said he has tried to
interview friends of Wagers to
gather information about the man,
but "we can’t find many of them.
He was pretty much a loner.”
An employment application
with Hi-Line Industries, a manu-
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facturer of truck parts in
Brehnam, Texas, where Wagers
was employed temporarily as a
welder, showed he had no pre
vious military record. Initial re
ports stated Wigers was a ‘Viet
nam veteran.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1981
Feed store drug gets
professionaFs boost
United Press International
AUSTIN — A Fort Worth
woman said her husband’s life
would have been saved and her
father would have lived longer if
doctors were free to prescribe a
chemical now legally sold only as
an industrial solvent.
Suzanne Frias, her eyes well
ing with tears, told a House
Health Services Committee hear
ing Monday that people should be
able to get prescriptions of
dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) from
doctors, and not have to hunt it
down at supply shops, feed stores
or in the black market.
“I think it could have extended
my father’s life and saved my hus
band’s life,” she said. “People us
ing it are getting a fantastic re
sponse, but it needs to be brought
into the health field. ”
Frias, who says she used
DMSO to treat her broken neck
suffered in college, supported a
bill by Rep. Gene Green, D-
Houston, making DMSO avail
able with a doctor’s prescription.
DMSO is available as a solvent
or for use on animals with sprains,
strains, and other ailments.
Although it is not approved by the
FDA, a large number of people
have used it for decades.
Green said his legislation
would require the doctor to pro
vide a written statement inform
ing the patient that DMSO has an
FDA restriction. The bill would
ensure the solvent is being admi
nistered correctly, he said.
“We have a drug available, but-
the FDA says you can’t use it. Bu£
it is being used widespread,” heC
said. “Most people who woulct
want to use it would go to ther
physician first. It’s so available, so
widespread, so used everywhere,*
but the people who are using it-
are not under a doctor’s care.” Z
Dr. E.J. Tucker, a HoustoiX
surgeon, introduced three cancer
patients he had treated witl>
DMSO and said, “these peopla
would all be dead today withouC
the treatment of DMSO.”
Tucker added that DMSCC
might not be a cure-all for arthri;
tis, but it is “a valuable adjunct. It
is a big help.”
“I’ve treated many cases of
arthritis with DMSO and I hav£
never had a severe side effect from
these people. The worst side
effect I have seen is skin irritation?
which can be alleviated,” he saidr
Tucker said until the drug is
legalized, “we are tied because it
is considered an illegal drug.” ;
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