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n § state Battalion/Page 7 November 5, 1982 hagra says drug abuse due to brothers’ problems a poem bvi ti-malediaiii e hatred o( 1/fatherfiraB United Press International 1 “Daddy iM SAN ANTONIO — Joe ion ofthfi'« ha S ra ' s j U(l S nicnt and nieniot \ m m in r,W m impaired bv Ins heaw use i .Micocame at the time he emom - e rchildra» ed his brother .l ulunv 10 ki| l ®ederal Judge John H. Wood, ■he El Paso lawyer testified. ^ tr S li j 06 Chagra said Wednesday ' inder cross-examination that tis drug abuse began with the iressures that followed the mur- lerof his eldest brother Lee in lecember 1978 and the indict ment of middle brother Jimmy m drug charges in February 979. ‘My whole life changed af ter ny brother’s murder and my ither brother’s indictment,” aid Joe Chagra, whose cross- xamination was to resume Thursday. He is testifying under a plea- largainarrangement in the trial sitive nicSonj chshea ’The Patrit poet Vein the conilkt ihes its efh conjure 1:.. n his conci i more likened his. 1 h rase coao t at the s aljoutasf ts said Roloff rites set for Friday; pastor expects large crowd at theta United Press International HOUSTON — An autopsy of doff the VVeprotd adio evangelist Lester Ki we prob farris County medical examin- office reported, and his ,ense, maili indy was released for prepara- plavs, out his polio aid hedidi ion for a funeral expected tc raw 10,000 people. Roloffs body was trans mother ofiorted to a Houston funeral ot going toi iqme Wednesday. From there it ras to be moved to Corpus hristi in preparation for to days funeral at the Corpus hristi coliseum. Roloff and four of his follow- i were killed early Tuesday rhen the Cessna 210 he was illoting crashed in Leon mthenm County. “We’ve had calls from around heworld since the word spread )of Roloffs death),” said the lev, Mike Rios, assistant pastor lined to iss but said defeat »i . the in Texas, elieved his 1 its’ record ising weeb bite saw omments failedtoai )fRoloffs People’s Church in uselhati Corpus Christi. “We’re expect- ncreasedf ngat least 10,000 people.” ) consumer -A spokesman for the Cage criticaloff Hills Funeral Home in Corpus for the Pul Ghristi said the funeral would be at 2 pan. Investigators said Roloffs latoryagei single-engine plane apparently came apart and fell to the in, savin} 1 have of somelli “The ui is are goi m panics it they're vell-reguli ie looked I •rly and( ut added il ue 10 lintinenis. intmenl itate Sif< retired jtt /V nalioO' Salty J| rout o cea ! often iw insect h irritatii anufac. lu { nor ski 11 duel bell » f**' OCK: re mists lOES ! 2J' of Charles Harrelson, accused of being the triggerman in the Wood slaying on May 29, 1979. Also on trial are Jimmy Chagra’s wife, Elizabeth, and Harrelson’s wife, Jo Ann. Jimmy Chagra is to be tried later on a murder charge. Joe Chagra said he also was under the influence of cocaine when he says Harrelson confes sed to him in detail about Wood’s murder. “I think it definitely affected my memory,” Chagra said of the drug. “It affected my judgment. It affected my personality.” Chagra said the idea to kill Wood arose after Jimmy, sche duled for. trial on cocaine smuggling charges, refused a government plea-bargain to plead guilty in exchange for 15 years in prison. Jimmy wanted to plead guilty to two counts of marijuana smuggling for 10 years, Joe said. The plea negotiations broke down a week before Wood was killed, Joe said. “Are you telling this jury you and your brother Jimmy con spired to kill Judge Wood over a five-year differential in sent ence?” asked Harrelson’s attor ney, Tom Sharpe of Brown sville. “Yes, I am,” Chagra replied after a long pause. Then he said: “Jimmy’s main reason for not accepting the plea is that he would not accept a cocaine count. The 15 years is not what bothered him — it was the drug involved.” After Wood’s death, Jimmy Chagra was tried by federal Judge William Sessions, who is also presiding in this trial, and was sentenced to 30 years with- howed nothing ground suddenly, scattering wreckage across a pasture three miles north ol Normangee. The wings and tail of the craft fell a half-mile from the fuselage. Also killed in the crash were Elaine Wingert, 30, Roloffs sec retary; Susan Lynn Smith, 29, a teacher at Jubilee Home; Cheryl Palmer, 24, a Roloff missionary in Arizona; and Enola Slade, 25, a counselor at Jubilee. GOLD OR SILVER IMPORTED 4 BOTTLED BY TEQUILA JALISCO S A ST LOUIS. MO, 80 PROOF r Sensational PM. Dressing... in Qiana* Drysilk. 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