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| United Press International
SAN ANTONIO — Defen-
| lants charged in the 1979 assas-
| ination of U.S. District Judge
ohn Wood have filed dozens of
| ift-trial motions in the case, in-
| Mingtwo seeking disqualifica-
ion of the presiding judge.
In a motion filed Monday,
oe Chagra, who with his
irother, Jimmy, is charged with
Jie killing, claimed that he and
1 iris brother made such profane
atements about U.S. District
4 ' : William Sessions in a
ape-recorded jailhouse conver-
J alien, that he should step down
jom the case rather than risk
■ lis objectivity.
Joe Chagra said Sessions
Kould have trouble remaining
impartial if the tape is allowed as
evidence in the trial.
Joe Chagra’s motion said the
conversations will also give the
jury the impression that Sessions
has special knowledge of the
three-year investigation that led
to the indictments of Joe, Jimmy
and his wife Elizabeth, and hit
man Charles Harrelson and his
wife Jo Ann.
Jo Ann Harrelson, already
convicted of using a false name
to buy the gun that killed Wood,
also filed a motion asking that
Sessions disqualify himself.
She said Wood and Sessions
had been friends, that Sessions
exhibited “shock and grief’ at
Wood’s funeral and that Ses
sions had lived under guard for
two years after the slaying.
Sessions scheduled a pre-trial
hearing for July 19 to begin the
dozens of motions filed Mon
day, the deadline for all the de
fendants except Jimmy Chagra,
who has been granted an exten
sion.
Jimmy Chagra is accused of
hiring Harrelson to kill Wood
before Chagra could be tried on
drug charges in Wood’s court.
The indictment says Chagra was
afraid of Wood’s well-known
harsh sentences for drug deal
ers. It says further that Joe
Chagra encouraged the crime,
and the two wives participated.
The courthouse where the
trial is scheduled has been
named after Wood, although all
the defendants have asked to
have their trials moved else
where.
Joe Chagfa said in his motion
for a change of venue, filed
Monday, that evidence pre
sented at the trial might not be
flattering to Wood.
“In San Antonio, the judge
has been so highly honored that
the presentation of such evi
dence would be considered pre
judicial, even though relevant to
the defense,” the motion said.
The slew of defendants’ mo
tions also asked that their trials
be severed from the others, that
various counts against them be
tried separately and that wire
tapped conversations be sup
pressed along with evidence
taken in searches of their homes.
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FORT WORTH — Officials
f of Braniff International say the
Bure of the bankrupt airline
Rends on whether the carrier
is forced from its huge corpo-
ate offices and terminal at the
■las-Fort Worth Airport.
I However, officials of the D-
______ jW Airport Board, which has
led suit in federal bankruptcy
bun claiming Braniff failed to
pake full payments for the use
If the facilities, said allowing the
Irline to remain jeopardizes the
Bond holders.
1; A final hearing on the suit
was scheduled Tuesday.
■Ernest Dean, executive dire-
ftr of the board, argued that,
pile an eviction may hurt Bra-
'■f, there is public harm result-
heel chaitteT WHS U P S ate s P% ce -
■ ■ We re trying to get the facil-
[g an ac n A back in order to develop
in the benaim^ ievenue anc j protect the
controversifcnd holders,” he said.
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However, Braniff president
Howard Putnam said the air
line’s opportunity to get back on
its feet depends on the carrier’s
ability to list the airport facilities
as assets.
“Those facilities are absolute
ly key to our ability to fly again,
though not under the name of
Braniff,” Putnam said.
Robert Hoffman, special
counsel to the board, indicated
today’s proceeding will focus on
the effect of the unpaid bills,
more than the status of the bills.
“Braniff tendered a check for
a portion of the payments that it
owed, but declined to pay a ma
jority of the payments,” Hoff
man said.
“The board is perfectly will
ing to provide any facility
needed by Braniff in getting
back into the airline business,
but unwilling to let Braniff shut
down a fourth of the airport
while they reorganize,” he said.
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rr imnairttl AUSTIN — Attorney Gener-
1 H \ ' JMark White said Tuesday that
‘ , ,/ he is optimistic a settlement can
t reached in a 10-year-old suit
inst Texas prisons if the fed-
1 government will modify its
band for private cells for in-
ates.
White, Gov. Bill Clements,
son Director W.J. Estelle and
I n „ jtinembers of the state Board of
,a . |orrc(lions met in a closed,
ie ‘ e S a ' hour-long meeting Tuesday to
t as a tee Mcuss a possible settlement to
eld in the ^ su j t t j iat resu it ec j j n a federal
itol. It "%ourt order limiting inmate
)f theffl^Bpulation and requiring other
irter who ■despread changes in the pris
on system.
■ “Basically, our position is
Jexas will not surrender on the
gle-celling issue,” White said.
State officials and U.S. Justice
partment attorneys are sche-
|||0n P u ^ ec * to discuss a possible out-
jofeourt settlement to the suit
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