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L Battalion/Page 7 January 24, 1982 * Construction magnate dies I United Press International HOUSTON — George ■ Brown, a shop owner’s son I turned construction magnate, ■ who boosted Lyndon B. John- Ison along the road to the pres- | idency — died Saturday at St. I Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. He | was 84. I- Brown and his brother, Her- E man, left the hardware business I their father operated in Belton ■ 'as soon as they were old enough land built Brown & Root Inc., l one of the world’s construction I giants. I' Brown’s personal fortune I when he died is said to have ex- ■ Jceeded $100 million. I" Along the way, the Browns IjDecame involved with a political upstart named Lyndon Johnson and, for decades, were closely associated with his political rise. In return, Johnson, as con gressman and senator from Texas and as president of the United States, helped Brown & Root get many federal contracts. “We always believed in good government and keeping good people in office,” Brown once told an interviewer. “Those things go hand in hand. There’s a place for both.” In 1926, George — who joined the Marines in 1918 and attended Rice Institute and the University of Texas before obtaining a Colorado School of Mines degree — opened the Houston office of Brown Sc Root. New Deal contracts fed the company well during the De pression. World War II made it a giant. Although road and bridge building was a key to Brown 8c Roofs growth, the company built the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, the Marshall Ford Dam on the Colorado River near Austin, Johnson Space Center and began the South Texas Nuc lear Project. After Nuclear Regulatory Commission criticism and bad publicity. Brown Sc Root was re placed by Bechtel Power Corp on the project. The company also became a pioneer in offshore construc tion, building the first offshore drilling platform that was out of sight from land. In 1962, the brothers decided Brown Sc Root needed a new owner and put 80 percent of their interest in the company into the Brown Foundation. In 1962, Herman died at age 70. A month later, the company was sold to Halliburton Inc. for $37 million and George became chairman. George Brown retired in 1975, but remained active in Texas Eastern Corp., which he founded with his brother. The company was involved in natu ral gas production and distribu tion. WKidneys needed for kids MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING for the spring darkroom signups REFRESHMENTS TO BE SERVED MONDAY, JAN. 24 7 P.M. RUDDER 601 Inmate donors rejected United Press International GALVESTON — A proposal ry [J to allow prison inmates to volun- 1; tarily donate kidneys to children »needing transplants has been re jected by a hospital administra tor who said the plan posed leg al, moral and ethical problems, officials said. Dr. Luther Travis, head of the pediatric kidney transplant unit at John Sealy Hospital, said his department would not parti cipate in any program with pris on inmates. “If you have a group of pris oners, and put them in a room (asking for volunteers), that is coercion,” he said. “And the risk of removal (of a kidney from a living person) makes it a highly moral and ethical question.” The idea of approaching prisoners through the Texas Department of Corrections and asking for voluntary kidney donations began when the three-year-old son of Alvin lawyer Ben Wagner, 30, was suf fering from kidney failure and needed a transplant. In September, the child’s body rejected his mother’s kid ney. Neither Wagner nor any other relative has the necessary matching blood type to the boy. TDC officials agreed with the proposal, but TDC Director W.J. Estelle Jr. said those in mates who donated kidneys would receive no special prom ises or benefits. Wagner said Red Cross offi cials discussed kidney trans plants with about 26 inmates at the Darrington Unit of TDC in Brazoria County. Fifteen im mediately volunteered to have their blood tested to determine if they could be matched with a child in need of a kidney. “The ones who signed up we ren’t asking for favors. They just wanted to help someone,” Wag ner said. Despite Travis’ refusal to par ticipate in such a program, Wag ner said he would continue to pursue the idea. “You can’t imagine what it’s like seeing your child slowly de teriorate before your eyes,” he said. “There’s no reason why volunteers can’t be used to save a child from that kind of life.” Meanwhile, Wagner’s child received a healthy kidney from a child who died in Miami last week. He remained in stable condition following transplant surgery. Clinic abductor misii 10 coi lie Sul? vpnotii rce vi orbel* ’Rvm otism ngerc t do nttoik he ge in the fa success rgetv and jsed jecausf accepi , Rvns edical s hass licine ledbv ■ntisii pleads guilty United Press International ALTON, Ill. — One of three men accused of abducting an abortion clinic owner and his wife and threatening to kill them if he did not stop performing abortions has pleaded guilty, au thorities said Saturday. Wayne A. Moore, 18, of New Caney, pleaded guilty Friday to ■ a U.S. District Court. District Judge William L. Beatty set sen tencing for Feb. 18. Moore could face 20 years in prison. Moore pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to obstruct interstate commerce by threats of violence in a plea-bargaining arrangement. Don B. Anderson, 42, of Pearland, is another suspect in the abduction of Dr. Hector Zevallos and his wife, Jean. Anderson is scheduled to go on trial Monday before Beatty. The third suspect, Moore’s brother Matthew, 20, is awaiting trial. No trial date has been set. Authorities said the three sus pects were charged with attempts to force Zevallos to close his Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Ill. Fed eral kidnapping charges could not be filed because no state line was crossed. Come Join Our Family at the Collegiate FFA Meeting! 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