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HOUSTON — With a judge’s
blessing, state highway officials
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N. Blanton on Monday denied
squatter Bill Collins’ petition for
a temporary restraining order to
prevent the closing, saying it was
“anarchy” to allow such a claim.
Harris County Fire Marshal
JJ. Pruitt, acting on the favor
able court ruling, ordered the
Texas Department of Highways
and Public Transportation to
evict a handful of campers and
to close Roadside Park No. 54
because of serious fire code
violations.
A handful of angry campers
left hurriedly after hearing of
Blanton’s decision.
“It’s a crying shame,” said un
employed motorcycle repair
man Greg Lincavage.
Within an hour of the deci
sion, state workers strung
together oil drums with heavy
gauge wire to prevent access to
the park 30 miles east of Hous
ton. One week ago, the site was
home for 150 people, and at its
peak, 300 people camped there
in tents and makeshift huts.
Highway engineer Hunter F.
Garrison said it would take
front-end loaders and clean-up
crews two weeks to remove piles
of wood, cardboard and trash at
an expense of thousands of dol
lars to taxpayers.
State legislator Tony Polum-
bo, D-Houston, prepared a bill
in Austin that would allow the
highway department to enforce
its 48-hour camping limit at
roadside parks. A loophole in
state regulations had allowed
the settlement to flourish.
Until legislation is obtained,
the fire marshal said his depart
ment will act to keep other sites
from being overrun.
“We received a complaint
from a resident Monday on
some campers staying under the
Interstate 10 bridge at the San
Jacinto River,” Pruitt said. "We
will inspect those people for fire-
code violations tomorrow.”
The fire death last Wednes
day of an itinerant fruit picker
caused Pruitt to enter the park,
located on the San Jacinto River
at U.S. 90 for the first time.
He ordered the squatters to
comply with seven stringent
fire-safety regulations including
obtaining a fire truck — or face
arrest.
Gollins, 54, an unei
laundry worker, filed a
last Friday, on thedayPmr
to close the camp, askinji
temporary restraining “
against the fire marsM.
Blanton at that timedi
the petition but schedii
hearing and Pruitt baddi
A dozen transients
back into the park on
weekend. One of them,Ma
Dean, on Monday carnti
belongings and her
dog onto the highra
walked west.
“We’ve been thrown
the street. This is wherell
vive. I’ll survive. I don't
where I’ll go. Thestateof
can do anything it want!. 1
said.
Lincavage, 34, of Net
City, said other states
have taken care of the
"I thank the city,thefetl
shal and the state fori
these people down.Tlieitl
been a bunch of peopleos
to help, wonderful p«
think those people arev
ful hut I think your goven
stinks,” he said.
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SAN ANTONIO — Attor
neys involved in the defense of
three convicted co-conspirators
in the assassination of U.S.
Judge John H. Wood Jr. say the
acquittal of Jimmy Chagra, the
alleged mastermind of the kill
ing, is a boost to their appeal
efforts.
All the attorneys agreed that
the verdict reached by the Jack
sonville, Fla., jury proved their
cases should not have been
heard in San Antonio where the
federal courthouse was named
for Wood after his death outside
his home May 29, 1979.
Chagra’s trial was moved to
Florida because of heavy public
ity generated in Texas last year
by the trial of Charles Harrel-
son, a Dallas gambler convicted
as the hitman in Wood’s death.
Harrelson’s wife Jo Ann and
Chagra’s wife Elizabeth also
were convicted on conspiracy
charges.
Chagra was acquitted of mur
der and murder conspiracy
charges but was found guilty on
charges of obstruction of justice
and conspiracy to import more
than 1,000 pounds of mari
juana. He faces a maximum
sentence of 20 years. He already
is serving 30 years without
parole for drug smuggling.
“In Jacksonville it was just
another trial,” said Billy Rav-
kind of Dallas, attorney for Joe
Chagra, Jimmy’s brother, “In
San Antonio it was a cause. It
was like trying John Wilkes
Booth at the foot of the Lincoln
Memorial.”
Joe Chagra plea bargained
murder and drug charges for a
10-year sentence in exchange
for his testimony in the San
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