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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1981)
THE BATTALION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1981 Page 7 Reputed Mafia boss disputes bank’s story Photo by Dave Eins'I early yesterday to bring the plane to the Rudder Complei. He is a member of the Flying Texas Aggies, an inter- collegate flying team. He has been flying five years aid has logged about 200 hours as a pilot. United .’ress International GRETNA La. — Reputed Mafia boss Carlos Marcello has testified h< was promised an auto matic extension on a $1.8 million loan a cily bank claims he should have rejaid on Feb. 3. The Bank of New Orleans is suing Narcello for recovery of the 1976 ban and a civil hearing on the natter continued Thursday in state district court. Narcello claims bank officials pronised to extend the loan for five years. However, bank executive John H Lewis denied Marcello s testi- nbny, saying there were no docu- rients in bank files promising an extension on the loan. Lewis said Wednesday he made it very clear to Marcello that unless the loan was repaid by Feb. 3 he would have to sign a docu ment reaffirming as collateral 50 acres of West Bank land owned by the reputed rackets boss. Marcello testified that he did not dispute the loan and accepted the financial obligation, but mere ly wanted the bank to honor their agreement for an extension. Lewis testified he did not parti cipate in the 1976 loan to Marcel lo, but said bank records showed it was granted at 6 percent interest when the prime rate was between 7 1 /j percent and 10 percent. “There had to be some con sideration but I don’t know what it was,” Lewis said. He said Marcello had never done business with the bank be fore the 1976 loan. Texas Office of Traffic safety b-defendants split Wer skyride liability ■a———— ■ —W——Y—————— >l —— StemaPhi Epsilon 1 J’menis C/m'ted Press International DALLAS — The State Fair of tolcll;T exas and Von Roll Ltd., co- ■ 'Bendants in a suit stemming j from the fall of a gondola ride at ■ i the 1979 fair, are blaming each i Other for the accident. .. L A 22-year-old, wheelchair- itrodi - llIK 9 ua drapalegic is suing tor $11.7 million as a result of injuries she received when her “Swiss would »^Stride’' gondola plunged 85 feet fathe crowded midway two years f- ago. * Attorneys for the ride’s manu- JVjBtiurer and the fair workers who ran it appealed to jurors in the first 1 s ’ iIlc *y of the trial Wednesday to de- )ert ■ourt di'| nd acted ie tend me the case on the basis of facts, nstead of sympathy for Cindi Hol den. whose attorneys say the acci dent not only crippled her but has destroyed her marriage. Four gondolas slammed into one another and two of them fell to the ground, killing one person and injuring 17, on the last day of the 1979 fair. The State Fair contends the failure of the ride was the manufacturer’s fault. However lawyers for Von Roll Ltd., the Swiss manufacturer, said fair workers were responsible for the accident that sent the ride plung ing down on the crowded midway. Von Roll officials said fair work ers should have shut down the ride if weather conditions re ndered it unsafe. They said the wind was gusting up to 40 mph on Oct. 21, 1979, when the accident occurred. Attorneys for Holden said her medical bills were running into several thousands of dollars. She currently is in divorce proceed ings from her husband, and her attorneys said that her paralyzed condition put an undue stress on the marriage. Experts from the Consumer Products Safety Commission in Washington, which investigated the accident, said they were not able to tell if the ride was unsafe when the accident occurred or whether it was being operated in an unsafe manner. Attorneys have said the trial may take several days. Because of the accident and subsequent suits, the Swiss Sky- ride was closed during the 1980 State Fair and officials say it will not be opened for this year’s fair in October. JHISH 1981 10 XDE-XQ Cheap Sunglasses Rarity 12 Open Ru^hP&riy 15 ZDE - AAA Around ^ World Party Jot mere infonrmUori of directions edit: 846-8347 696-3945 696-0038 & n All Parlies At Sdjrttd CPtfi r Epsiiori Wfaiefnity Jlcuse. § «\oo 0FF ANY PACK \N STOCK WVTH TH\S> COOFOU GOOD THRU SEPT. 30.19&V is couldl “SCENT REALTY Call us BEFORE you need us. Free consulta tion or buying and sel ling. B46-SJ79 f Christa Pandey, Broker 4015 Tex. 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Applications are availabte in'^ |LRrn. 216 MSC from Sept. 7th - Sept. 14th. ■^L for further information please call 845-1515 The MESSAGE =( r—-— IS... ■ i ^ ‘' Cl'3AcrP'^“-^ v 7) o f) The UCC is proud of these students and wants to honor them, and any other UCC student, with a BBQ on Sunday night, Sept. 12, 6 p.m. at Mt. Aggie — (across from G. Rollie) Please come! Joyce E. Anderson Jeff Harborth Robert Richey Richard Babunovic Kim Harmel Mark Richter David Berger Robert E. Harry Stuart E. Ross Kent Beuhrer John Hayden Clifford Sanders Garnett Boecker Dana Hees David S. Schilling James Boenig Cheri Hillendahl - Greg Schmidt Martha Bohls Nancy Kelly Dawson L. Schnautz Jeff Bormann Katherine Krueger Mark Schoenemann Mike Bormann Lisa Kueck Randy Schriewer Mike Bremsteller Scott Kuhn Kimera Sizemore Carol Cook Laura Langston Sherryl Sebesta Brian Dickschat Karen Leonhardt Alicia Spring Rodney Dickschat Patricia Link Paul Startz Renee Eixmann Pamela Lowrie Scott Strother Allan Ewart Lawrence Alan Maguire Scott Thornton Bradley Federwisch Ben Malabanan Debie Uvacek Gregory Wayne Felder Tony Matcek Suzi Vinson Jack Fink Carolyn Mazurowski Cindy Wheatley Jeff Garrett Scott McClure Terri White Kelly Georges Gary & Annette Mehrtens Robert Winans Connie Gibson Susan Mikeska Stan Wisseman Kari L. Gibson David Mikolas Mark Wayne Wolff Gary Goessler . Lori Mohr Dottle Daggett Royce Goodwine Deborah Morris Karin Wetzler LuAnn Groppe Charles E. Oberrender Kevin Ludwig Mary Grunewald Kurt Parthum David & Lisa Jeff Hall Diane Peat Timmerman
