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i ustlfij state Battalion/Page 3 August 18, 1982 "asatti oe ■dfor backoff, insisted)! h develi ralism at to talt louse e® Judge said to be partial Woods case controversial OUt” Of; lew Fed; ; ened to te d United Press International S| dent| j SAN ANTONIO —Fcder- “Ptablej) d Judge William Sessions re- tl’t plam ■ usec ^ 1 ues day to disqualify i Reao; limself from the murder trial )f a federal judge, who was his ersonal friend, and denied a hange of location in the pub- icized case. “As a general matter,” said domain the judge in a statement re- “ founds leased Tuesday, “allegations umvilit g 0 ' n g to the background and the associations of a judge ather than the judge’s appraisal of a party personal ly, are insufficient to warrant disqualification.” In addition, he wrote in the 18-page order: “After con sideration of the evidence, the court believes that the cir cumstances recited by defen dants would not cause a reasonable person to harbor any doubt about this court’s impartiality on account of personal extrajudicial bias.” The pre-trial hearings, which ended Saturday, noted that Sessions often had lunch and attended many social events with Federal Judge John Wood, slain three years ago in a contract killing. Lawyers for the five defen dants, including El Paso con victed drug kingpin Jimmy Chagra, requested Sessions disqualify himself and move the trial from San Antonio, where it received heavy news attention. “While the publicity has been of high intensity from time to time,” Sessions wrote, “it has not been of such a high ly inflammatory character as to establish such prejudice that it may be said with cer tainty that defendants could not obtain a fair trial by a fair and impartial jury drawn from the San Antonio divi sion. “The evidence presented (in the hearings) was not enough to show a reasonable person was biased in case.” Sessions said he may change his ruling when jury selection begins in the trial Sept. 28. Chagra, his wife, Elizabeth, and his lawyer-brother, Joe, and convicted hit-man Charles Harrelson and his wife, Jo Ann, face various charges in the slaying. SMU Iranians holding strike United Press International DALLAS — The government wants to deport nearly a third of the group of I ranians who Tues day marked their third week on a sugar-water hunger strike fol lowing their arrest in an armed clash. Federal immigration officials said computer checks revealed that 10 of 33 Iranians did not hold valid visas and must show cause why they should remain in this country. Another 15 cases will be heard this week by a federal grand jury on charges they failed to carry alien identifica tion cards, a misdemeanor. They were arrested at a July 31 melee at Southern Methodist University in which four anti- Khomeini protestors were hos- E italized from knife wounds and eatings. The remaining Iranians post ed $75 bond over the weekend on the misdemeanor charge and were released. One of them has since disappeared, authorities said. A&M REALTY And APARTMENT PLACEMENT Serving the Aggies since 1971. We can j help you find any type housing — and J| it’s all FREE! m 693-3777 2339 S. Texas, C.S. “next to the Dairy Queen” Fexas ranch-hands to compete non-rodeo events in meet ngapir, NGA >dney J United Press International leinorefrWICHITA FALLS — Cow boys from 13 of Texas’ top ran dies will gather this weekend in an event that tests the traditional IVElp ills of a ranch hand and mea- vjsiires a few capabilities not pound on the rodeo circuit — like cow milking and cooking. The second annual Texas 1/ r Banch Roundup in Wichita Falls '' Ijpens a two-day run Friday and the winning team will be de clared the best all-around ranch in the state. I The event netted S27.000 for ee Texas last year and coordinator Mike McAfee said the figure could top $50,000 this weekend. More than 15,000 people are ex pected to attend. The annual roundup is the rancher’s answer to the profes sional rodeo, and although two of the events are found on the pro cowboy circuit, most would make a rodeo star blush. “These events are indigenous to the way these people operate their ranches,” McAfee said. “There are two events — the saddle bronc riding and team roping — that you find in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, but the rest are geared to how they work in ev eryday life. “These are the guys who haul the hay and build fences.” Events at the ranch roundup include wild cow milking, team roping, team penning, team branding and others. There also is a cooking competition that pits the best chefs from each ranch against each other. There is a saddle bronc com petition, but McAfee said it worked in reverse of the way professional cowboys ride their mounts. “The professional cowboys want the horse to buck. They wear spurs and kick the horse to make it kick higher,” he said. “They don’t wear spurs in our competition. 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