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April 19,1982
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Suspects in judge’s death
to ask for reduced bonds
United Press International
SAN ANTONIO — A U.S.
magistrate has promised to hear
requests early next week to re
duce nearly $3 million in bonds
for three of five people indicted
in the 1979 slaying of U.S. Dis
trict Judge John H. Wood Jr.
An attorney representing Joe
Chagra, charged with conspira
cy to murder Wood, said at a
hearing Friday his client could
not post his $1.6 million bond
because the Internal Revenue
Service already had begun con
fiscating his property in re
sponse to a separate tax evasion
indictment handed down with
the Wood indictment earlier this
week.
Chagra, 35, and his sister-in-
law, Elizabeth, 28, were trans
ferred from El Paso to San Anto
nio Friday and appeared before
a magistrate to hear the charges
againstthem. Jo Ann Harrelson,
41, charged with obstruction of
The indictments — re
turned Thursday after a
three-year, $4.7 m ill ion-
plus investigation —
charged that Jimmy
Chagra hired Harrelson
to kill Wood, who was
known as “Maximum
John” for his tough
sentences in narcotics
cases, rather than face
trial in his court.
justice in the Wood killing, was
transferred to San Antonio
from Dallas for a similar
hearing.
Mrs. Harrelson and Mrs.
Chagra were being held in the
Bexar County Jail, and Chagra
was held at the federal penitenti
ary in nearby Bastrop.
U.S. Magistrate Robert
O’Connor said he would hear
requests early next week to re
duce Chagra’s $1.6 million
bond, Mrs. Chagra’s $1.1 mil
lion bond and Mrs. Harrelson’s
$250,000 bond.
Chagra’s older brother, Jim
my, and Mrs. Harrelson’s hus
band, Charles, were charged
with murder and conspiracy in
the Wood killing. Jimmy Chag
ra, 37, is serving a 30-year feder
al prison sentence in Illinois for
drug smuggling, and Harrelson,
43, is serving 40 years in a Texas
prison for drug and weapons
convictions.
The indictments —retui |
Thursda\ alter a three-Kj
$4.7 million-plus invest
— charged that Jimmy Clffl
hired I lat relson to kill \\'«j
who was known as "Maxii
John” for his tough senlencl
narcotics cases, rather thanli |
trial in his court.
Joe and Elizabeth Cham I
at < used ot helping to plaiuj
cover up the killing, andjoti
Jimmy also face drugd
an alleged plan to sell matM
and i' x umc to fin.iiueJimil
escape f rom prison.
Houston attorney DonEttl
said Friday he visited with Hi |
relson for the first time sift!)
indictments were returned a
his client was “relieved.”
"He’s looking forwardtokt I
ing his opportunity in cotf
This thing has been goingonl
three years,” Ervin said.
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THE MSC ARTS COMMITTEE
and
THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS
are proud to present
i “Good For All
James Harvey Johnson ’67
Texas State Artist of The Year
1982 - 1983
Exhibit in the Forsyth Alumni Center
MSC
April 15 - May 9, 1982
Agricultural crisis schemes
confront Congress this week
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Con
fronted by the greatest agricul
tural crisis in the Southwest in
five decades, Congress will tang
le this week with a bewildering
array of quick-fix schemes to
bolster the financially ailing
farmer.
One plan sets up what some
term a welfare state for farmers
in which loan payments would
be deferred or rescheduled by
the Farmers Home Administra
tion, the Agriculture Depart
ment’s chief emergency lender.
Another plan opens up new
lines of credit to farmers w'ho
cannot pay back old production-
based loans or qualify for com
mercial funds.
Most of the remedies focus
on changing the ways the FmH A
does business.
“Too many government
loans were made that were un
justifiable,” Billy Bode, a south
Texas farm auctioneer, said.
“The auction business has never
had it so good.”
Rep. Glenn English, D-Okla,
said the FmH A may be a catalyst
in bringing about an agricultu
ral depression.
A recent UPI survey of farm
leaders in the Southwest re
vealed as many as 70,000 of the
region’s 350,000 farmers may
go under by next harvest season,
and that regional farm income
— adjusted for inflation — was
the worst since the Dust Bowl
era. The region leads the nation
in the number of overdue loans
farmers owed the government.
Lawmakers from the South
west have taken the lead in the
fight to save farmers from bank
ruptcy.
English recently drafted a
land value protection act which
would automatically halt forecl
osures by the FmHA when the
rate is more than 10 times the
average foreclosure rate of
decade.
the
past
The
plan,
part ot a larger
package, may be reviewed this
week by the House Agriculture
Committee. The package could
be applied only to family far
mers who demonstrated good
management practices and were
considered a good bet to repay
the funds.
The Reagan administration
objected to the plan, saying its
generous provisions would in
terfere with the discretionary
authority of the Agriculture De
partment.
Moreover, the plan would
“extend welfare rights into the
farm community,” warned Rep.
Thomas Coleman, R-Mo., a
member of the subcommittee on
agricultural conservation, credit
and development, which
approved the plan.
Meanwhile, Reps. Charles
Stenhold and Ken Hance, both
Democrats from Texas t|
backed Reagan’s economicp
cies last year, announced!
were joining a coalition I
Democrats — dubbed the“fa|
crisis group” — and m
write current farm law.
Sen. David Boren, D-Oli
promoted a similar partift
? ;roup and demanded a 1
arm foreclosures held bvi
FmHA, which controls ane
mated $23 billion inoutstandi
farm debts.
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Elective Courses in Recreation
8e Parks for Fall Semester 1982
NO PREREQUISITES
RP 101 (1-0) Introduction to Recreation &: Parks:
Sec. 501 M 12:00
Sec. 502 W 1 2:00
A broad treatment of the recreation movement and the role of
parks, leisure and recreation in modern society.
RP 201B (3-0) Foundations of Recreation and Parks:
MWF 10:00
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This course is designed for non-RP majors and deals with the
development of recreation and leisure. Their theoretical foundations,
philosophy, sociological impact, and prospects for their role in future
American society.
RP 301 (3-0) Outdoor Recreation T.Th. 9:30
A study of the development and administration of recreation
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facilities and programs in essentially natural environments. Emphasis
will be on land and water recreational opportunities in which environ
mental features are a dominant characteristic.
MWf 12:00
RP 31 1 (3-0) Community Recreation Program
fundamental concepts, characteristics, current trends and factors
influencing the provision of organized recreation and leisure pro
grams. Aspects of development, planning, operations, and administra
tion of community recreation programs.
MWF 9:00
RP 340 (3-0) Recreation for Special Populations
Provision of recreation services for special groups: the handi
capped, the elderly, economically and culturally deprived, the gifted,
and youth groups. Emphasis is on development, programming, provi
sion and management.
RP 423 (3-0) Tourist and Resort Development MWF 10:00
Tourism and recreational travel; the nature of resort development
and management. Historical and social background of the tourism
industry in the U.S. and its relationship with resource characteristics.
Problem of ownership and control of state, national, and international
resort industries.
T.Th. 8:00
RP 460 (3-0) Development of Recreation Resources
Basic problem of development of recreation resources and of the
planning process on the municipal, state, and national levels. Planning
philosophy, information sources, regional influences, political
realities, and behavioral survey metnods.
RHR 375 (3-0) Conservation of Natural Resources
Sec. 501, T-Th 8:00
Sec. 502, T.Th. 2:00
Principals — philosophies associated with the development, manage
ment and use of natural resources. Ecological implications inherent in
management alternatives involving the natural environment and use of
renewable natural resources.
The above courses in Recreation and Parks may be used as
electives in a variety of programs. Check with your departmental
advisor for further details.
For more specific information on any of these courses please
contact the Department of Recreation and Parks, Francis Hall. Phone
845-541 1.
HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE
APRIL 20 9:00 P.M.
ALL FAITH’S CHAPEL
SPONSORED BY:
Wesley Foundation
United Campus Ministry
Hillel Foundation
University Lutheran Chapel
Church of the Latter Day Saints
The history of humans oppressing other humans is
long and depressing. The Holocaust, a story in itself of
horrible dimensions, has become a symbol of the
awfulness of all human oppression. On Tuesday, April
20, a day nationally designated as Holocaust Remem
brance Day, we plan to encourage a responsible ad
dress to the future that still lies before us through a
sorrowful remembrance of what lies in the background
of our human history. We invite all who are interested
in such a concern to join us.
This week, a Senate agi
ture subcommittee wi!
administration’s response.!
milted by Sen. Paula
R-Fla., the administraitj j
backed plan would incref
operating loans issued by 1
FmHA, but kill the agency's! | United Pr<
troversial economic emetf WASHING
loan program. It also would three of every
minate a limited resource,i®re committe
rowers’ provision that forces are strangers
government to loan low-intei®nd men are
money to disadvantaged: victims than
mers. Department
Sunday.
Recently, a clutch of fad I The dep£
state lawmakers — includil Crime Surve
Sens. Boren, David Pryor. i l elusion by e>
Ark., and Thomas Eagletoiu rape, robbery
Mo. — fired off a letter loti 1973 througl
White House demanding t estimated 23
$600 million in emergency crimes were
ernment loans be made availafe United States
to farmers who could notobt
credit elsewhere and
swamped by production-1);
debts.
an average
per year.
The study
der and kidn
The surv
three times
omen to be
r
In a related development J
Agriculture Department’s "oil ^
look” report last week predictB r ; rne at t j ie
farm recovery would beunlili j t sa ; f j
before 1983. (twice as likelv
Secretary Block was e 'ibed by stra
gloomier. Testifying beforjl Were rnore pj
congressional subcommittee by simple ass;
week he predicted reco'i 0 f rape by si
would take until the rtiid-1® even p or b ot
and would be difficult to [| “Americar
point because of uncertaii'l were victims
about the domestic and " ( f strangers at
economies. 20victimizat
pie over the
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