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Battalion/Page I October 21, II lab state Battalion/Page 5 October 21, 1982 pmerit tor each,"!! | t"mote-piloted airai ote-p v. Ih Victims want better system United Press International HOUSTON — A rape vic- jm, who for 15 months was Jot told about her assailant’s nam War, whenmBonfession to the crime, was () missionswherelW ajmong several witnesses who : h Vietnam,Chinaairged President Reagan’s le remote-pilotedask Force on Victims of he vehicles were mfirime to recommend ways to ng the 1970swithijmiiprove the criminal justice micro-electronic' system’s responsiveness to vic- tant data links, mi , urns. or s and trthernewiti® The group, chaired by Lois IcNeal said. Healsoi lerrington, a former Oak- nd, Calif., prosecutor and rife of Navy secretary John Herrington, began the last of lix national hearings in Hous- jon Tuesday. It planned to Conclude the hearings iVednesday. "People are victimized in Z"'* heir homes or on the street I md then the more insidious £ ictimization begins when the riminal justice system starts p grind away at them,” Mrs. /| derrington said. “This indif- | W Kerence to the suffering of the X l^X V_/lJ i|nnocent must stop. We must Restore a balance to a system vhich tries to be both respon- ive and fair but often is teither. “When we take the justice >ut of the criminal justice sys- .. i 1..; ir,I- em we leave behind a a sys- em which serves only the cri- ninal.” t would be unkjiiti ei si ties here is nothiilgltl other universitva id. “I thinkthepoti ng A&M intoihii overwhelming. 1 ’ seller’s successor, ■r, was accused of ft uitrihutions receivri on Sept. 15. Hi| lly raised S10,i ent. complaint said The eight-member panel, ippointed by Reagan in April ive campaign dunj month period ial reports were ft said Thornben) workers wenttoHij •adquarters and pH ial volunteers for to gain informati® ■ wanted to seew oing, pick upsomf id see what their as like,” said McOj f you check aroui ign, you’ll find tM II the time.” >l list on an Oct.li ind given a $150,000 budget, penditure forflyins ilans to submit a report to nade tamales Ironi Reagan and Attorney General estaurant to Waste William French Smith by the nd of the year, Herrington raid. The First witness Tuesday fundraiser. Cole said she had('i lightower was coni was Ann Keith, 44, of San Antonio, who blamed an in sensitive justice system for ruining her life. She said a man armed with a pistol broke into her Austin home Dec. 31, 1978, and raped her. Although the criminal re mains free, Keith said she has suffered psychiatric trauma, paid $95 an hour to a psychiatrist for three years of sporadic sessions, and lost more than $150,000 in in come when she could not con tinue her land sales job. Keith, who now works as a sculptor and writer, said the sheriffs deputies who investi gated the case were unsym pathetic. And when the Travis County district attorney’s office obtained a confession from her assailant, she said, prosecutors did not tell her for 15 months. When she asked to file charges, Keith said she was told the rapist was a “born- again Christian who had suf fered enough.” Rosemary Lehmberg, assis tant Travis County district attorney, denied describing the alleged rapist in those terms and said Keith did not understand the handling of her case, partly because it was unusual. Lehmberg said the man, who was indicted in the case last week, first confessed in church and church members contacted police. She said the suspect still could receive 99 years if convicted on charge of burglary with intent to com mit rape. However, Lehmberg admitted, she did not immedi ately tell Keith about the sus pect’s confession. “I have spent more of my time working with rape vic tims — victims of sexual assault — and I’m more sym pathetic with rape victims than anybody I know,” Lehm berg said. Travis County District Attorney Ronald Earle said in a telephone interview follow ing the hearing: “This case, to say the least, was a most un usual case. Sure it could have been handled a lot differently. We do make mistakes. We did not contact her as quickly as we should have.” Keith said she did win a damage suit against her then- landlord for giving out her key to a maintenance man and that she was pleased to have set a precedent that might aid other crime victims. The task force Wednesday was scheduled to discuss proposed recommendations for improving society’s re sponsiveness to crime victims. Texaco refinery cleanup sought United Press International PORT ARTHUR — Investi gators for three families that filed lawsuits totaling $45 mil lion in damages against Texaco Inc. want to clean up the portion of the refinery where a blast last week killed five workers and in jured eight others. However, tons of powdery catalyst must be removed from a cracking unit before the investi gation can begin to determine why a pipe ruptured, officials said Tuesday. Texaco spokesman Charles Rentz said cleanup had been postponed until this week to allow the catalyst to cool. However, a federal judge ordered that the site where evi dence is contained should not be disturbed. Tom Swearingen, attorney for three families who filed suit against Texaco, said the area where a 78-inch pipe failed last Wednesday is covered with 6 in ches of catalyst. The bolts and debris under the powder may indicate the cause of the pipe failure. Swearingen represents the families of Jessie Dennis Jr., 34; Herman Flope, 35; and Freder ick Rhine, 39, all of Port Arthur. Each family filed suit for $15 million, charging Texaco had not properly maintained the unit and had failed to protect the men working around it. Also killed were Charles Cho ate, 33, of Netherland, and Ver non J. Cole, 56, of Groves. Rentz said the unit, built in 1943, contained 400 to 450 tons of the catalyst, which helped break down crude oil into gaso line and other petroleum pro ducts. IS [Horne cancels benefit shows DUOh 1 AATU BARAOC United Press International DALLAS — There’s no busi ness like show business, unless it’s the business of politics, and / ihi that case singer Lena Horne said the show won’t go on. Horne, claiming she was [taught in a political crossfire, Tuesday canceled six perform ances at the city-owned Majestic. ;Theater next January. The curtain was raised on the brouhaha when Dallas City Anincilwoman Elsie Faye Heg- gins last month criticized spon- E Sors of “Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music” for charging opening night prices she said amounted to economic discrimi nation. Heggins, a black, said tickets priced from $50 to $600 would force most blacks to sit in the balcony as they did at the theater before integration. Horne Tuesday accused Heg- ^ins of using the singer’s name fto draw national attention to a ®ocal issue.” Tom Hughes, director of opening night activities, said all 227 $600 tickets for the benefit performance had sold, and sales of other tickets have been brisk. “I hope there’s just been no thing more than a breakdown in communications,” said Hughes of continuing negotiations to get Horne to reconsider. “I do not want to be caught in the middle of a local dispute and used as a pawn or symbol by either side,” Horne said, adding that her manager had deter mined no local black organiza tions had been invited to the opening and only a “select few” black members of multi-racial organizations had been invited. “More important, and the reason I cannot blindly support the councilwoman’s allegations, is that neither she nor the thea ter asked me how I felt about the issue,” Horne said. “This was to have been a char itable event. 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