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state Battalion/Page 7 June 10, 1982 ing Ranch heir ot cheated: lawyer United Press International SAN ANTONIO — A Jlawyer for the King Ranch [said Belton K. Johnson must [have known about the nego- [tiations his family was con- [ducting with Exxon USA be- [fore he sold his 12 percent [ownership of the property be cause Johnson was a nephew land confidant of the ranch |manager. Leroy Denman, the gener al counsel for the south Texas empire for 30 years, said Tuesday that negotiations be tween the family and Exxon for better gas prices had been going on since 1957. Denman also said Johnson was a confidant of ranch man ager Robert Kleberg, who ori ginally put pressure on Exxon in 1972 to raise royalty pay ments. Kleberg died in 1974, and ranch lawyers said Johnson had hoped to replace him. But when the family passed over him, Johnson sold out in 1976, the lawyers said. Exxon eventually paid the ranch $150 million in back royalties, but it was after John son had already sold his in terest in the ranch for $7 0 mil lion. Johnson filed suit, saying up to $45 million from the royalty money should also be his. SMU grad completes five degrees United Press International DALLAS — Francis Edwin Smith Jr., who set a record at Southern Methodist University by walking off with five degrees in four years, says his social life only suffered a little. Smith said he did not miss any major parties but did have to miss some small ones while tak ing extra courses each semester and during the summer. “I made sure I had some kind of balance going,” he said. “I didn’t want to be some kind of bookworm.” His efforts paid off with de grees in psychology, social scien ces, criminal justice, history and sociology. In additon, he is only three college hours away from earning a degree in anthro- pology. SMU Registrar John Hall said as far as he knows that is a record for the school. Smith said he efforts were a means of getting attention in he preparation for law school said. It apparently worked since he has been accepted at Washburn University in Topeka, Kan. an files suit against Army or ‘Gestapo-like’ false arrest United Press International I LAREDO — A Vietnam veteran arrested by the Army on Jfalse desertion charge last Sep tember has filed a $1 million I laim against the Army for what [e called “Gestapo” treatment. [ Roque Vela, of Laredo, was restedSept. 26, 1981, by three lilitary policemen from Fort am Houston while attending a birthday party for a state district judge. Vela spent four days in various jails before he was finally cleared of the desertion charges at Fort Sill, Okla. Vela claimed Tuesday that the false arrest and imprison ment brought him shame, humi liation and embarrassment as a direct result of negligence by the U.S. Army. “I don’t believe any citizen of the United States should go through this,” he said. “Gestapo treatments like this went out more than 30 years ago. We have shed a lot of blood to eli minate these tactics.” A Purple Heart-decorated veteran, Vela said he offered to show the MPs documentation that he was honorably dis charged. They refused to accept the offer, he said. Vela’s attorney prepared the claim, which was mailed to the U.S. Army’s claim service. Vela and Garcia said if the army claim office does not offer a reasonable settlement, they will take the case to federal court for a jury trial. — \rrny veteran who claimed insanity >hoto by PtH / J in forgery scheme gets convicted Ider Ell O / O anny on ci ian )n R(£ i ban i United Press International SAN ANTON IO — A 23-year trmy veteran whose lawyer rgued that experiences in Viet- lam made his client go “hay- /ire” was convicted on four bunts of forgery in a scheme to ash checks intended for young “ecruits. Sgt. Walter Louis Jeter, 44, lad argued that a mental dis order made him legally insane when the forgeries occurred be tween October 1979 and May |981. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Board says no to any new oil tax reported]) old-miniif ■en by his o was dr)* r a cor| med to fa i Clovis In ndboc /e A ./ United Press International AUSTIN — An advisory ward on energy issues unani mously adopted a resolution Wednesday opposing the im- losition of any new or increased ederal taxes on domestic oil. Members of the Texas Ener gy and Natural Resources Advisory Council approved the resolution after a state-federal liaison told them new federal energy taxes were likely to be approved by Congress this year. “New or increased energy taxes are inevitable,” said Daniel Matheson, of the Office of State- Federal Relations. Matheson said there was sup- iort in Washington for a tax of etween $2 and $10 per barrel on imported oil. He said that proposal could carry with it a $2- to $3-per-barrel tax on domestic oil. ‘I think it’s highly unlikely that any tax will be imposed on the consumer in this election year,” Matheson said. “It would be at the point of production.” Gov. Bill Clements said con sumers ultimately would pay for any new or increased oil tax. Steve Hilbig said in closing argu ments Tuesday, “Sgt. Jeter used the very uniform he wears in court today to help commit the crimes in question.” Jeter, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, was accused of forging endorsements on checks for re cruits in his wing and cashing them. Jeter served 31 months in Vietnam and told psychiatrists his experiences included stack ing bodies like cords of wood, watching his friends die and being wounded *himself. De- DIFFERENCE! fense attorney Harry Bellinger said the events caused Jeter to go “absolutely and totally haywire” in the forgery scheme. 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