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state Clements credited in A&M recruiting United Press International HOUSTON — Vice Presi dent George Bush, one of a raft of Republican luminaries supporting Bill Clements for Texas governor at a Houston rally, said Clements was a ma jor cog in Texas A&M Univer sity’s recent faculty-recruiting venture. Monday’s visit marked the third time Bush has been in Texas in the past five weeks. In Dallas and Houston, Bush praised Clements as the force behind the strongest state economy in the nation. “He’s developed an econo mic climate that’s second to none, and I have traveled to most states in the union,” Bush said, adding the gov ernor was “responsible for attracting outstanding faculty members from across the na tion.” Texas A&M’s recent re cruitment of Nobel-Prize win ner and Harvard profesor Sheldon Glashow has drawn considerable publicity of late, but Texas A&M president Frank E. Vandiver has said such recruitment has been going on for a long time. “Viva Clements!” Bush shouted to a crowd of 300 in Houston’s downtown Tran quillity Park. “Bill Clements will be re-elected because he has been a great governor for all Texans.” Connally, Sen. John Tow er R-Texas, and Rep. Bill Ar cher of Houston joined Bush and Clements on the plat form. Clements thanked the crowd and said: “Are we going to have politics as usual? Our polls clearly indicate Texas is saying ‘no.’ We want to preserve what we have in Texas.” Bush, Connally and Tower joined Clements earlier Mon day at a Dallas rally where Cle ments attracted a larger lunch-time crowd of 1,100 supporters. Clements’ wife, Rita, pre dicted a 60 percent vote for her husband in Dallas County and victories in other areas. Gulf ‘bomber’ United Press International HOUSTON — A defense attorney asked for a delay in sen tencing a Durango, Colo., man who pleaded guilty to transport ing live bombs to a Gulf Chemic al plant as part of a multi- million-dollar extortion attempt. U.S. District Judge Gabrielle McDonald wanted to set sen tencing for Timothy Keith Jus tice on Dec. 14. Justice’s lawyer asked that sentencing be post poned until after the trials of four other Durango residents accused of trying to extort $15 million. Justice, a former police re serve officer, pleaded guilty Monday to two federal charges resulting from the extortion attempt. He plea bargained with the government in exchange for his testimony against four other defendants. Justice admitted cutting a hole through a security fence at Gulf Oil Chemicals Co.’s Cedar Bayou facility near Baytown Sept. 26 and planting five bombs under chemical tanks. “I plead guilty,” he said to the charges of transporting explo sives and using an interstate tele phone line in an extortion con spiracy. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ron Woods said prosecutors picked two of the 12 indictments against Justice that would send him to prison for no more than 15 years. The maximum sentence for the two charges is 15 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. Other defendants in the case are Jill Vurpillat Bird, John McBride, Michael Allen Worth, and Ted D. McKinney. The offenses they are charged with carry a maximum sentence of 105 years. A 13-page indictment against the five defendents revealed de tails of the group’s actions that only could have been provided by someone on the inside of the Battalion/Pagej November 3,19$ seeks delay group. Lawyer David Duncan of Durango said Justice revealed his part in the extortion attempt after he was arrested by the FBI Oct. 6. “He deeply regrets having been involved in this case. It’s his hope he can complete his time in prison in time to see his children before they are grown,” Duncan said. If Justice is sentenced to the full 15 years, he could spend less than four years behind bars be fore being paroled. Justice’s wife was in court Monday and watched as Woods cited the state’s case against her husband. Woods explained the plea bargain to the judge. “The government has agreed with the defendant and his attorney that he would plead guilty to (two counts), and per sist in his plea. The government will dismiss the rest of the indict ments at the time of sentencing,” Woods said. “He (justice) has agreed testify in all cases and against defendants in the GulfOilt tortion case.” Justice, as the prosecuti® key witness, was held inanisj tion unit of the Harris Com jail under an assumed namt, Bird’s lawyer was in the com Bird is the common-law wild the alleged mastermind of United P AUSTIN jy they will ipn soon o an to tur plot, McBride. She pleadedt nocent to the charges andw T , s , alK released on bail. ' The,slan ’ If the rare v McBride, who is being hell a jail in Laramie, Wyo, m , nestl "f Worth and McKinney, : 3n & eie< jailed in Phoenix, Ariz.,haven ier ^ lll J L . Iteen arraigned. They arejailti • IU ! on $1 million bond each re skeptna Authorities found theft tate 1° P 1 bombs Justice placed inis rom , < ,. e '^ i <] plant within days of whenCs executives received an extoriij letter. Officials feared lu-aiuu IDta. ru * f‘ existed when the FI [I s ’ nsl ' hr Force n exas own Texas I'ushed for ection of tl bombs foiled Worth the and plot by arrest) McKinney in .li riarsh and Clements’ yard anti-GOP site United Press International AUSTIN — Demonstrators jeered and waved banners in a rally at the mansion of Texas Gov. William Clements, assail ing his heavy campaign spend ing and support of President Reagan’s economic policies. “Clements, Clements, he’s no good, get him out of the neigh borhood,” about two dozen de monstrators chanted Monday in front of his official residence. The protestors also con ducted a door-to-door neighor- hood canvass to seek support for Democrat Mark White. They later pitched tents at the “Reagan Ranch,” erected last Friday to dramatize the na tion’s economic problems under the Reagan administration. Mansion guards locked the gates at the front of the building and monitored the protest, but there were no confrontations. A spokesman for the Associa tion of Community Organiza tions for Reform Now said the demonstration was part of a nationwide protest cjf “Reagano mics” that began two weeks ago and spread to more than 30 camp-out rallies. The four-day camp-out was aimed at reminding people of the “Hoovervilles” in the 1930s, said organizer Holly Blake. The weekend protest also included a soup line, a candidates’ forum and a march to the state Capitol. “We’re here to demonstrate what our needs are,” said ACORN member Gussie Hous ton. “We need jobs, more jobs and better jobs. “Governor Clements has identified himself as a Reaganite and ACORN wants to know if he has amended his ways,” she said. “Governor Clements has re fused to respond to Reagan Ranch issues so we are taking the issues direct to him.” Houston said ACORN wants more state funds allocated to welfare, the creation of public works jobs, the establishment of a citizens’ board to oversee emi nent domain proceedings and an elected Public Utility Com mission. Clements was campaigning in Dallas at the time of the demon stration. The governor was chastised in posters for spending a record $11.8 million in his re-election bid. 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