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'Page 29,15 state Battalion/Page 5 November 29, 1982 ly has spofe tration abom :y have n« ; anythingva, pen and tte said. ifident action le that if thn here theyrf >aid. “It’spiii- n in the nes >e the catala but he prolt und to see it tyed will h ae end of this text. He said )mes first ani his dictum and his fail) ig in Collegt tuting A$e it soccer. Dnd ect in Sugarlani nan’s parents in arriving at noine for tht jays. d Sherman,?, it, had been at. Truax was; ing after la* 1 West caught rman’s late- A A AAAAAA pizza. | pizza, { very. Tent city donors say residents want handouts United Press International HOUSTON — Men and women who have given time and money to help about 300 homeless and unemployed re sidents of “Tent City USA” spy they are disgusted with the camp because they feel many residents are looking tor free handouts and are unwilling to help themselves. Tent City USA has gained nationwide publicity in recent weeks through news stories about the poor, homeless and unemployed who have set up makeshift tents and camp grounds along the muddy banks of the San Jacinto Ris er, about 30 miles east of Houston. Food, clothing and money donations have flooded the camp, but supporters say reci pients are taking advantage of good Samaritans and refusing to help themselves. “There arejobs in Houston to be had. But the people out there are simply exploiting the people who are giving them goods,” said Ray E. Meyer, who founded a church primarly to provide tax write offs to businesses that contri bute to Tent City and other charitable causes. Meyer, a missionary in Europe for 10 years, and a group of businessmen are looking for 15 acres of land to establish a permanent Tent City and permanent buildings for the site. But he said he’s disgusted at the people’s lack of motivation and the rampant drinking at the camp. Houston businessmen John Shelton and W.D. Emmons also deplore the drinking at the camp and they question the ambitions of Tent City re sidents. Emmons recently donated 12 tents, portable stoves and lanterns to the residents, while Shelton said he spent about $1,200 of his own money paying for portable toilets for two months. Shelton also persuaded a friend to temporarily donate a generator to light the camp at night and run refigerators for food. Although he provided the generator and all the equipment to hook it up, Shel ton said the generator has not been used. Lou Thorpe, who has an automobile junkyard across the road from Tent City, said he has advertised for several minimum wage jobs hut he had few takers. Those who have come to work, have stayed only hours before quit ting, he said. “Yeah, I need ajob, but Em not going to take one that doesn’t pay what I’m worth. I’m holding out for something (that pays more),” said Herb “Lobo” Shondel. Shondel said he moved to Tent City about six or seven w'eeks ago after he quit a $25,000 a year job as a data entry supervisor in St. Paul, Minn. New drug ‘sniffer’ nabs man at Houston airport United Press International HOUSTON — A Venezuelan national remained jailed Satur day on charges of possession of cocaine in what of ficials said was the first arrest of a drug suspect through the use of a mechanical drug “sniffer.” Carlos Humberto Garcia, 36, was charged with possession with inteht to distribute a con trolled substance following his arrest at Intercontinental Air port late Thursday by U.S. Cus toms Service agents. Customs spokesman Charles Conroy said the suspect was nab bed as he walked through a new ly installed mechanical drug “sniffer” at the airport. The $19,()()() device, de signed and built by Customs Ser vice technicians in Washington, D.C., alerted agents to the con tents of the man’s luggage, Con roy said. Agents found more than two pounds of cocaine worth about $358,000 packed in the false sides of the suspect's suitcase, Conroy said. Conroy said the “sniffer,” which looks similar to walk through metal detectors at air ports, was installed about six weeks ago to help Customs agents detect smuggled narco tics. Arrest made in refinery threats Late Night Happy Hour FUN • FOOD • DRINKS mumm '”1 3 12" j I pizza. | pizza. I ery. I I ...J United Press International Houston — a former Amoco Oil Co. refinery worker was arrested and charged with sending extortion letters to Amoco’s Texas City refinery, an FBI spokesman said Saturday. Alton S. Edwards, 38, of Houston, was arrested by FBI agents late Friday and charged with transmitting a threatening communication through' the mails, said Amoco spokesman John Vesey. The FBI said Edwards would remain in federal custody until today, when he will he charged formally during a hearing be fore a U.S. magistrate in Houston. Don Wilson, assistant dire ctor oi security for Standard Oil CcSof Indiana, Amoco’s parent company, said Edwards was dis charged from his job at the Texas City refinery in October. ; Vesey refused to release lurther information regarding Edwards’ employment record with the company. However, the spokesman said he believed Ed wards was the only suspect being sought in the case. Amoco earlier this month re ceived two letters signed by Garfield escorts shuttle United Press International EjLAGO — Samantha Lenoir "as in orbit Saturday over a sketch of her favorite cartoon character — Garfield — who made his first appearance in space with the help of her fafher, astronaut Bill Lenoir. ■James Davis, the creator of the feline Garfield, sent the 14- year-old a hand-signed drawing oCher beloved comic strip char- acjeras thanks for getting Gar field into space. fMiss Lenoir, whose father re- cemiy flew in space aboard the fifth mission of the shuttle Col umbia, had drawn her Dad a pic- ture of Garfield that said “Hi, Houston.” ■luring the mission, Lenoir h^ld up to the picture during a television transmission from the paceship. l didn’t know he was going Uptake it up on the shuttle,” S?mantha said Friday. “When he held it up, I saw Garfield and s&t, ‘Oh, my gosh, that was mv picture.’” But Samantha was not the unly one who saw the picture. “I just happened to see it and tljen even more people told me about the bit on TV and I was jast so excited that Garfield had ■bade it into space,” Davis said. pTjust had to do something. That was one of the pleasant Ut ile surprises that happens in the business that you just have to acknowledge. jSo, David drew Samantha an °riginal Garfield, complete with a^pace outfit. ’“From one space cadet to another. Thanks, Jim Davis,” r ead the inscription on the car- l bon Davis sent Samantha. ||$amanlha will treasure the 'hawing more than most. De- '['ite her love for cats, she can- ;f itot own one. pThey make me sneeze up a 'firm,” she said. “The People’s Worker Revolu- tionery (sic) Committee for Worker Justice.” The letters, which also bore the name M.H. Brown, contained unspecified threats of violence against Amo co if the company failed to re hire employees who had been terminated. Wilson said a man identifying himself as Edwards contacted the company by telephone after Amoco issued a statement asking the sender of the letters for clarification of the demands. The letters, dated Nov. 4 and Nov. 16, were sent to Amoco ex ecutives in Texas City and offi cials of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Local 4- 449 in Texas City. They did not outline specific threats or speci fic names of employees that should be rehired. Vesey said security was in creased at the refinery after the letters were received, but the plant continued to operate nor mally during the investigation. “I think people were quite cu rious at the refinery, but it did not slow anything down. We did beef up our security and that will continue,” Vesey said. CULPEPPER PLAZA FOR CHRISTMAS! 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