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ational THE BATTALION Page 13 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1981 5-year-old boy indicted in Fort Jackson murder United Press International COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal grand jury reportedly has indicted a 5-year-old boy for the murder of another child at Fort Jackson, but the U.S. attorney for South Caro lina refuses to discuss the case. “I can’t talk about any juvenile matter, neither to confirm it nor deny it,” U.S. Attorney Henry Dargan McMaster said Friday. The State and The Columbia Record, both based in Columbia, have reported that the grand jury indicted a child identified as “John Doe” for murder in the Aug. 7 shooting death of Christa Soule, the daughter of a Fort Jackson sol dier stationed at the huge training facility east of Columbia. McMaster, who said federal laws prohibit discussion on juve nile matters, said there were sev eral reasons an indictment could be sought in such a case. Records might be needed in case the juve nile were involved in a later crime, or to make sure a child is watched for possible future vio lent behavior, he said. Richland County Coroner Frank E. Barron III said the girl was shot with a derringer-style pistol. Life-saving demonstration Staff photo by Brian Tate with getting his hands on the doll. This exhibit was part of the Earth Fair, a public service sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The fair was held Saturday. CLASS OF ’84 First Class Meeting Tuesday Sept. 22 7:30-8:30 p.m. 607 Rudder Tower urderer awaits sentence United Press International [SALT LAKE CITY — An all- white jury that convicted avowed t Joseph Paul Franklin offirst- fegree murder in the sniper ayings of two black joggers re- onvenes Monday to decide if he jiould be sent before a firing iiuad. It is Franklin’s second convic- of the crime. Saturday’s state court convic- pn, however, could bring the lath penalty by a firing squad. 1 Franklin was sentenced to two consecutive life prison terms on a federal court conviction in March of violating the civil rights of Ted Fields, 20, and David Martin, 18, by killing them as they jogged out of a public park with two white girlfriends. Life in prison is the maximum penalty for a federal civil rights conviction. The federal jury deliberated two days, but the state panel found him guilty after only 6V2 hours. When the verdicts were read, Franklin’s sisters, Marilyn Garzan and Carolyn Luster, sobbed quietly. Franklin showed no emo tion, but defense lawyer David Yocom, former chief prosecutor for Salt Lake County, put his head down on the table in a gesture of despair. Judge Jay Banks met with lawyers following the verdict and told them to appear in court Mon day morning to discuss the penalty phase of the trial. Under Utah law, a separate hearing must be held to help the jury determine what sentence to hand a convicted mur- :urt y nti ind students offered ducational alternative United Press International PHILADELPHIA — Strike- pary Philadelphia students, suf- fing under their fifth teachers’ ike in a decade, are turning to immunity, home, religious and arf private schools as an alternative. in (| About 213,000 children in Phi- j s! ladelphia are facing the second enf fechers’ strike in as many years. sa , Hie strike, which began Sept. 8, jd lows signs of outlasting the 1980 rike, which lasted three weeks. It was in the 1980 and the 1976 pikes by the Philadelphia Feder- tion of Teachers that Esther Ed- ) ards started organizing 54 alter ative classrooms, each with one m/ieci teacher and one or two des. “We will keep expanding as Jng as the community demands it, Edwards said. “Ninety per- nt of our certified teachers are ikers who are fed up. ” Emily Rollins said her work to tablish “home learning centers” in 15 blocks of north Philadelphia iW is “in a very fragile stage,” but the program should be olf the ground in a week. A spokesman for the Archdio cese of Philadelphia, where en rollment increased by 1,000 be tween 1980 and 1981, said paroc hial school organizers are careful to screen students. “We have a policy that if we notice a large number of children trying to enroll because of the strike, we don’t accept them,” Len Czabator said. “They tend to leave as soon as the strike is set tled. ” derer. The trial lasted 15 days, with 75 witnesses taking the stand. None of the prosecution witnesses posi tively identified Franklin as the sniper who hid in a weed-covered field and fired six or seven shots into the two joggers as they left Liberty Park on Aug. 20, 1980. Prosecutor Robert Stott said that even though the state’s case was predominately circumstan tial, it “was an overwhelming body of evidence that, taken as a whole, leaves no doubt that Joseph Paul Franklin was the gunman in that field. ” The case went to the jury late Friday, after lawyers presented closing arguments in a day-long court session. Yocom’s arguments were interrupted for more than an hour when workmen accidently cut electricity to the courthouse. GET YOUR CAR READY FOR FALL! Beat the cold weather to come with these service specials: FRONT-END ALIGNMENT $ 16 95 Special Prices through Sat., Sept. 26 (Most American — Foreign Cars) 4-WHEEL BALANCE & LUBE (Most American & Foreign Cars) $ 95 University Tire & Service Center 3818 S. 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