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A glance from a rearview perch
Staff photo by Becky Swanson
This is a common, but maybe one of the more unfamiliar sights at
the Memorial Student Center. Those entering or leaving the MSC
basement snackbar area from the east doors will probably see a
similar sight if they look up.
THE BATTALION PagelB
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1981
Tear gas fire causes
death of two people
Investigators find rifle
sed to assassinate Wood
United Press International
PORTER — A four-hour stan
doff between a gunman and Mont
gomery County Sheriff s deputies
ended with the death of two peo
ple trapped in a house deputies
accidentally set on fire with tear
gas they hoped would flush the
gunman out.
After the fire was extinguished,
deputies found the bodies of Billy
Bryant Sanford, 41, and his wife,
Sandra Sanford, 38. Both are sus
pected of the shooting that
brought deputies to the house
Wednesday morning, a sheriffs
spokeswoman said.
Sheriffs Capt. Paul McQueen
said the two might have been dead
before the fire swept through the
house. The bodies were taken to
the Harris County Medical Ex
aminer for autopsies.
McQueen said the shooting be
gan early and dragged on for four
hours. No other injuries were re
ported.
Sheriff Joe Corley said it was
necessary to use the gas because
officials suspected an injured per
son was inside the house.
“We received a call of a shoot
ing about 8:50 a.m. A patrol unit
responded and when the deputy
got to the location, he was fired
upon,” McQueen said.
“I called the Emergency Ser
vice Team, and when they got
there, they took charge of the
situation. ”
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United Press International
HOUSTON — Sources close to
he investigation of the 1979 assas-
ination of U.S. District Judge
ohn Wood said they had the rifle
ised in the assassination, an Au-
itin newspaper reported
Wednesday.
The Austin American-
itatesman reported agents inves-
Igatingthe assassination said they
|ad ced the rifle back to a Dal-
sporting goods store. The
Ivspaper said agents refused to
pply other details about the
Jo Ann Starr Harrelson, 41,
of convicted hitman Charles
arrelson, was being held on
500,000 bond two floors from her
j§band in the Harris County jail
Wednesday on charges she used a
false name to buy a rifle similar to
the one that was used to kill Wood
12 days before Wood was gunned
down outside his San Antonio tow-
nhome in 1979.
Harrelson, who has described
himself as a prime suspect in the
assassination, was being held
without bail on unrelated
weapons, drug and gambling
charges.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim
Powers said Mrs. Harrelson will
have to choose a lawyer before she
can ask for bond reduction or
waive hearing to determine
whether she is the person named
in the Dallas grand jury indict
ment.
Experts said the Mark V .240
caliber rifle Mrs. Harrelson is
charged with purchasing under
the name Fay King from Hunger-.
Bradlee Sporting Goods in Dallas
could have fired the .243 caliber
slug that struck Wood in the back
and killed him.
Harrelson, his wife and his
family have been questioned re
peatedly by the federal grand jury
investigating the assassination.
Harrelson has denied any involve
ment.
He said Mrs. Harrelson met
with lawyer Don Ervin of Houston
late Wednesday and was expected
to tell the government Thursday
whether she wanted a removal
hearing before transfer to Dallas.
Authorities have forbidden repor
ters from talking with her.
The jury continued its inquiry,
subpoenaeing a Leavenworth,
Kansas, prison inmate, Calvin
Wright, who is said to have ties
with Harrelson and convicted
drug peddler Jimmy Chagra.
Wright s lawyer said his client
had no information about the
Wood slaying.
Also scheduled to appear be
fore the grand jury Wednesday
was Las Vegas gambler Ray
Moore, who has said he met Har
relson at the “World Series of Pok
er” in 1979 before the Wood
slaying. Moore has said Chagra
was also at the poker tournament.
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US CRUCES, N.M. — Four
ales have given New Mexico
leir official support in the legal
attic to prevent El Paso from im-
irting New Mexico water, a
iyerforthe Elephant Butte Irri-
tion District says.
EBID attorney Steve Heman-
ez said Wednesday those states
Colorado, Nebraska, South
Dakota and Wyoming.
He made the comment at an
EBID meeting during which offi
cials agreed that the city of El Paso
fully expected to acquire the water
and was preparing for an all-out
court battle toward that goal.
EBID President John Salopek
said El Paso has spent $451,000 in
legal fees and $6.5 million to build
a water pipeline that stretches
from that city to the New Mexico
border.
“It’s obvious that pipeline is not
for the few wells in that area,” said
Salopek. “It seems evident they
plan to go into New Mexico.”
In its suit, El Paso, maintains it
needs the New Mexico water to
ensure its future growth.
It also has filed several other
suits in an attempt to block new
use of water by the city of Las
Cruces or any other source from
the Mesilla Bolson, the New Mex
ico water source it hopes to tap.
Salopek estimated New Mex
ico’s legal expenditures at be
tween $30,000 and $40,000 so far.
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