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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1981 Page State 'ii sek leti ikb loin! 'inf n aul finl ajti dde ’sud nei rad ioJ r est:' TEXAS A&fti JNIVERSITY | ARKING PERMIT FM1 80 txplfts 12-31 : VAL 0 14052 1980>1**1 FRESHMAN- SOPHMORE *HMhL PCRMiT Expires i 31 81 Misspelling permitted Col. Tom Parsons, director of security and traffic for Texas A&M University, said the misspelling of the word “sophomore” on all 4,412 green parking permits issued was “just one of those things that slipped by us.’ Only one person noticed the misspelling or at least pointed it out to him. Parsons said. Former narcotics agent admits lying in testimony StufT photo by Greg Gammon United Press International DALLAS — A former under cover agent whose testimony helped convict a Tyler man for assaulting her partner now admits she did not know who the assailant was, the Dallas Morning News re ported Thursday. The Morning News reported former narcotics agent Kimberly Ramsey Matthews told federal au thorities she did not know who shot her partner, Benjamin Creig Matthews. The two agents married after their 1978-79 narcotics investiga tion ended. Mrs. Matthews earlier had tes tified Kenneth Bora had shot her partner. Bora, sentenced to 20 years in prison for the shooting, was released from jail in August after federal authorities were told he had been framed by Matthews in another case. The Morning News reported that as part of a plea bargain arrangement, the Matthewses will not be prosecuted for other cri minal offenses based on their undercover work. The judge in the case, however, is not bound by the agreement, the paper said. The source also told the Morn ing News Matthews firebombed Kim Ramsey’s car so they could collect the insurance and that Tyl er police officials had planned to discredit one of the paper’s repor ters by planting cocaine in his car. then informing Dallas police. The reporter, Howard Swindh had written several articles critic; of the way Matthews and M: Ramsey carried out their undei cover probe, which led to 121 ir dictments. The plan was neve carried out. Army investigates veteran’s arrest AKEZ TEQUILA ...stands above the GOLD OR SILVER IMPORTED & BOTTLED BY TEQUILA JALISCO S A ST LOUIS. MO, 80 PROOF [^jjTiirrLRjT^^ United Press International LAREDO — Fort Sam Hous ton authorities are investigating the case of a decorated Vietnam veteran who was arrested by milit ary police and held on erroneous desertion charges. Maj. Thomas Estes arrived in Laredo Wednesday to begin in vestigation of the Sept. 26 arrest of Roque Vela, who was spirited to Fort Sill, Okla., and spent four days in jails before being cleared of desertion charges in what the Army later described as “a compu ter error. ” Maj. Estes told the Laredo News he had been sent by Col. Alvin Hill, commanding officer at Fort Sam Houston, to “look into the facts and circumstances about the military police who came down and apprehended Mr. Vela.” Estes declined to discuss de tails of the investigation. Vela said he had been called by Fort Sam Houston officials Tues day and was asked if he would grant Estes an interview. "He told me that he wanted to speak with other witnesses as well,” Vela said Wednesday. “Evidently they (the Army) are trying to get both sides of the story.” Vela said Estes was investigat ing “the part the Fort Sam Hous ton MPs played in the incident; what they did or did not do cor rectly. ” Vela, decorated for service in one of Vietnam ’s most vicious bat tle zones and honorably dis charged in 1968, was arrested by military authorities while attend ing a birthday party. Officers, brandishing a warrant for his arrest, took Vela into cus tody despite his protests and assurances he could provide proof of his honorable discharge. Vela was detained for four days, including a night’s stay in the Webb County jail before he was transferred to the Bexar County jail in San Antonio and then to Fort Sill. It was later discovered Vela’s personal file in the Pentagon had not been kept up to date and his field file was burned in a 1973 fire at a records center in St. Louis. Vela said he was told Friday by a member of GOP Sen. John Tow er’s staff that the Army was im plementing changes in its file system. “As for me, I don’t think things will ever be the same again,” Vela said. “Of course, I’m back to my business and family routine, but this kind of thing puts me in the spotlight.” Vela, awarded the Army Com mendation Medal for valor in Viet nam and the Purple Heart, said he had received calls and letters of support from across the country. “Those are the good things,” he said. “On the other hand, this did do harm to my.credibility as it was put in question and I also lost quite a bit of money during that time.” sic****************************** I TIRED OF COOKING * 6* I WASHING DISHES? * * * Then dine at the MSC each * * evening. How can anyone t prepare a meal for as little * as $2.19 plus tax? You will find the answer at the MSC j from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. each ’ evening. “QUALITY FIRST” stf '^Lf sl? >Lf si? •sLf vt- vL* -st- vL« vL* vL* •d' vL» vL- vL. • 'T* PJQ ■» PACT/CC JE-zY-TLTIl? 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