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jpWBUBa local/ state Battalion/Page 5 September 27, 1982 Wood murder trial to begin Tuesday Calling all freshmen staff photo by Octavio Garcia United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Charles Harrelson’s trial for the murder of Federal Judge John Wood be gins Tuesday. His wife Jo Ann and high roller Jimmy Chagra’s wife Elizabeth will be tried for conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to obstruct jus tice. Jimmy Chagra, now serving 30 years on the drug smuggling charge, was granted a separate trial at the last minute — a move that federal Judge William Ses sions had rejected until govern ment prosecutors said they also wanted Chagra tried separately. Chagra and his brother Joe faced additional charges of drug smuggling in a reported scheme to spring Jimmy from the feder al prison in Leavenworth, Kan., after his drug conviction and to finance his escape from the country. That issue now will not have to be addressed at the first trial. Joe Chagra, an El Paso lawyer, agreed to testify against Harrelson — but not against his brother — as part of a plea bar gain in which he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder. The other charges were dropped. The prosecutors have hours of taped conversations between Jimmy and Elizabeth Chagra that will be played for the jury. Elizabeth Chagra is accused of delivering Harrelson’s $250,000 payoff money to his stepdaughter in Las Vegas. She reportedly wrote a letter to Wood’s widow this month apolo gizing for her role and saying she acted on her husband’s orders. Mrs. Chagra’s attorney, War ren Burnett of Galveston, said if Jimmy Chagra could be tried first, he could then testify on be half of Mrs. Chagra at her trial and could exonerate her. Other wise, Burnett said, Chagra would have to incriminate him self if he testified. But Sessions followed the prosecution’s wishes in trying the other three defendants first. Burnett has warned he will try to delay Tuesday’s trial. Jo Ann Harrelson has already been sentenced to three years in prison for using a phony name to buy the high-powered rifle authorities believe was used to kill Wood. After this conspiracy trial, she will face another trial for lying to a grand jury about the Wood case. evin Harris (foreground), a senior sociology major in A-Battery, band of the Corps, and Larry Marek, an icultural economics major in the C-Battery, band, stand at the bugle on the Quad and call at freshman to “hump it.” Harris is from Oklahoma and Marek is from Marlin. -3 crash victims ‘critical’ ; y United Press International MIDLAND — The pilot and i-pilot of a small airplane that lashed into an apartment com plex and a resident of the com- Bex were listed in critical condi tion in Lubbock Saturday with ''' severe burns, hospital officials xpects saic i leted ml Two other men injured in the Biday crash were listed in stable Jpdition at a Midland hospital. Police said no additional vic- aswere found at the Warwick Apartment complex, where a small plane carrying prisoners Louisiana crashed shortly af ter takeoff Friday, gutting 12 Ipartments and seven cars. Listed in critical condition ot of “A Univei e studi thebltf iy Resti be doi public Steppe Saturday in the burn unit of ct was il | home, dly an s incorp: will as enouf cumulate! bui Lubbock General Hospital ab out 100 miles north of Midland were the pilot, Allan Sheets, 56, of Baton Rouge; copilot Ken Hornsby, 41, of Baton Rouge, and Richard Sellars, 20, of Mid land. Sellars had burns over 85 per cent of his body, hospital offi cials said. Sheets was burned over 70 percent of his body and Hornsby suffered burns over 35 percent of his body. The two prisoners being transported to Louisiana were in stable condition at Midland Memorial Hospital. Witnesses said the timing of the small plane’s crash into the complex probably prevented more victims than the five men burned in the fire that raged af ter the accident. An search of charred apart ments and cars ended about four hours after the 2 p.m. crash. Police said no additional victims were found. “It could have been worse if it had happened when more peo ple were home from work,” said assistant apartment manager Laura Havrda. “And the kids weren’t home from school. The plane, registered to the Louisiana Department of Cor rections, apparently clipped one unit of 24 apartments with its wing shortly after takeoff. Havrda said the crash dam aged the most distant of six apartment complex units, the one closest to the small, city- owned Midland Air Park where the twin-engine Beech appa rently refueled before it took off. The Red Cross and other volunteers worked Saturday to find lodging for those whose homes were destroyed. Havdra said a motel in Odessa, 20 miles northeast of Midland, offered free lodging for up to three days to victims of the fire. Police declined to release de tails of the crash, but one witness said flames shot as high as 150 feet above the apartments. Another witness said one pas senger crawled from the wreck age and called for help. BARBECUE & BLUEGRASS i i NO PLACE BUT THE WEST CAMPUS i October 2 from 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m. 1 ‘ i The COLLEGE of AGRICULTURE REUNION BARBECUE Jim Eller and The Granada Bluegrass Band featuring Mr. Frank C. Litterst, Professor of Animal Science, performing. t Tickets available for $5 in Room #129 Kleberg Center or Room #102 Agricultural Building. Sponsored by the College of Agriculture and the National Agri-Marketing Association. JSC Council meets to hear reports, approve speakers The MSC Council will meet tonight at 7:30 in 216T Memo- ial Student Center to hear com- niittee and vice-president re- orts and to approve new peakers. Council president Todd Nor wood said the council will hear a eport about a new student de- 'eipoment training program ailed Phoenix. The program, vhich is to be implemented this 'ear, is actually a series of prog ams designed to train students n various managerial and eadership skills. 0 p. The council also will hear a ■report on a branch of the MSC laMge-fTravel Committee: the MSC (Travel Project. Students who went on the trips to the Domini can Republic and to Trinidad and Tobago worked in the coun try and lived with a native family. Norwood said the council will also approve more speakers for the fail and spring semesters. med A. and t the Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods. 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