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Page 8 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1981 I 'I State t, That old and well black magic alive Warped in San Antonio By Scott McCulk United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Religion is in the eye of the beholder, say police, who often have strange en counters with an assortment of ethnic and religious customs, in cluding voodoo rites. Reports of Haitian refugees practicing voodoo or gypsies put ting the evil eye on people are not unusual in a community with a di versified ethnic population and re ligious beliefs, a member of the city’s Crime Prevention Bureau said. But the practices are deemed harmless unless an illegal activity is involved, Sgt. Rafael Lopez said Tuesday, following a local nursing Ken’s Automotive Bryan 421 S. 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Between 1,000 and 2,500 gyp sies reside in San Antonio and complaints sometimes crop up ab out gypsies putting the evil eye on people and selling mystical mix tures and potions, Lopez said. “They (gypsies) have got a regu lar tribe here, a clan,” he said. “But for us to conduct an investi gation into them or any other group, we would first have to prove there was some illegal activity. “If it’s a cultural belief or reli gious belief or whatever and peo ple are willing to put out money for it, what can we do?” Most voodoo said. is harmless, he “There are gypsies and Haitians with voodoo, and the Mexicans go to ‘curanderos,’” Lopez said. “The curanderos have a love potion or prayers for the dead. They tell you to go buy herbs and make tea and carry an eyeball of a deer or what ever. That’s a going thing. “I don’t think there’s anything negative about that. I’ve been a patient of it.” He described a Mexican custom of placing an egg in a bowl of water beneath the bed of a suspected victim of the evil eye. If the egg was cooked the next morning, it meant the evil was gone. “It can’t hurt; it just wastes an egg,” Lopez said. JUST A FEW FANTASY GIFTS FOR YOU, NOW, WHEN YOU CAN PROBABLY REALLY USE THEM - first, ROOM TO WALK. NO CROWDS, NO BICYCLES, NO TRAFFIC, JUST YOU. A WORKING XEROX MACHINE IN THE L1BRART -WORKS ALL DAY, NEVER A LINE AND IT NEVER RUNS OUT OF PAPER. SEVERAL WORKING CHANGE MACHINES-all over CAfAPUS, ANYWHERE YOU NEED THEM. THEY'LL CHANGE ANY THING FROM A $5-0 TO A $1 , WHETHER IT'S BRAND NEW OR ALL WADDED UP. |... AND FINALLY, A KO? [SERIOUS WISH FOR '100 THE HOLIDAYS, WHICH HOPEFULLY YOUW!®! WISH YOU NO LONELINESS.,, | ID 1 , i 0 Former secretary of state blamed No raise for election judges United Press International AMARILLO— Randall County Democratic chairman Mel Phil- We’re tooting our own horn . . . Battalion Classifieds Call 845-2611 Your Danskin Headquarters Manor East Mall 779-6718 lips, hearing that a dollar-an-hour pay raise for election judges hadn’t come through, laid the blame on former Secretary of State George Strake. Phillips blasted the former sec retary of state in a statement Tues day, saying Strake was “running for another office instead of tend ing to business.” The secretary’ of state’s office has informed county chairmen that the Legislature did not appropriate enough money to cov er both the pay raise of election judges from $3 to $4 an hour, and increases in other election costs Miller times starring Miller High Life : f I due to inflation. Now chairmen from both par ties face a shortage of almost $1 million in funds to pay for the May 1 primary election. Vic Terry of Austin, director of financial management and plan ning for the secretary of state’s office, said Tuesday the state is short about $913,IKK) of what it would take to cover the increased pay of election judges. “What it amounts to is that George Strake didn't go and ask for the supplement that he was supposed to,” Phillips said. "Its totally unfair for our election offi cials to have to take less than > has been allocated for them cause the secretary of state al“j time neglected to do what hi supposed to do. ’ Strake, a Republican, resis about a month ago to seel office of lieutenant governor was replaced by David Dean Chairmen for Potter and! dull counties said they will! the cooperation ofcountycoi sioners and the school disliif setting aside usual votingmad rental charges and schoolji rial fees to keep all polls ope the primary. Cyanide tested results by Frida Ui WAS I house h I for vvorl I oner in I lenge h I hie for I courts \ I Clo' I fded m I from b I assistan I al appe I his pa] I appeals Gre I federal The I the Dis I Green I most p I recordt I his type I with a 1 If n< I point-b I time in “Iror I be his I the con I ence h I Jackson I court I complc f “(He I were it I ences t I impose I in 197F I Green United Press International HOUSTON — A city health de partment spokeswoman says a panel investigating an outbreak of suspected cyanide poisoning should complete its review of test results by the end of the week. A general practitioner who dis covered the 12 non-fatal poison ings said he suspected cyanide was leaking into the Heights neighbor hood sewer system and mixing with chemicals resulting in poiso nous hydrogen cyanide gas. But, city health officials have criticized Dr. Tim Oesch’s find ings, saying he made his diagnosis prematurely and did not perform adequate tests. “The committee will provide additional expertise and objectiv ity to the cyanide investigation,” spokeswoman Shirlene Bridgewa ter said Tuesday. Health depart ment air, soil, water and blood test results were turned over to the committee, she said. “The committee will review all lab results, analyze data and pre pare a statement to be issued with in 24 hours upon receipt of all data,” Bridgewater said. The committee, made University of Texas Schooloffi lie Health instructors, by Dr. Marcus Key, profesw occupational medicine. Fink will be released health department, said. Other panel membenare: Jeffery C. 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