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)e6 lorth-cf state Battalion/Page 7 February 11, 1983 FBI plea-bargains wife’s release United Press International HOUSTON — A Colorado nan, who officials said master- irectors; minded a $15 million extortion ttempt of a chemical company condiBilant, helped FBI agents in their re prdj nvestigation on the promise his in loa .ommon-law wife be set free and , not charged in the case, a De- nver FBI agent testified. John McBride furnished in- tesdgators with details, such as m 10 ^ the location of the bombs at the 111 ^ Gulf Oil Chemical Co. plant in ll ' Baytown, only if Jill Bird would ne released from jail, said FBI agent Brian W. Jovick. He also ed investigators to a house ( 0 ! A'here explosive devices were 'uldif(® ound - e trilliM ^hen asked by Bird’s lawyer jibit^Wf Jovick got from McBride what lelibtn he had bargained for in the agreement, Jovick said “yes.” McBride’s cooperation with authorities was discussed Wednesday in a Houston feder al courtroom where U.S. District Judge Gabrielle McDonald is concluding pretrial hearings for the extortion case. A motion filed by Bird’s lawyer asked the government to abide by an agreement ham mered out in Denver by the FBI, U.S. Attorney’s office and McBride, which said Bird would be granted immunity if McBride would furnish information. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Ron Woods said he ignored the deal between the government and Bird because McBride did not supply the information pro secutors sought in the case. Bird was indicted by a Hous ton grand jury and charged in the case, along with McBride, Michael Worth, former Texas college professor Ted McKin ney and Timothy Justice. Woods said the FBI was forced by threats from McBride to sign the agreement. Authorities at the time of the deal were worried bombs were ticking inside a Gulf Oil Chemic als Co. chemical plant near Baytown, Texas. Five bombs were found and neutralized be fore any arrests were made. Jovick said McBride gave the FBI the information they wanted, but he lied to them in taking responsibility for all of the actions. ater authorities say ake Livingston safe United Press International HUNTSVILLE — Initial re sults of water tests conducted on ake Livingston indicate the 0,000-acre lake was not con- iminated with poisons which a aller said he planned to pour Into the water. “The results of the tests com- lleted so far indicate we have nothing to be concerned about,” ohnjadrosich, a spokesman for jhe Trinity River Authority, said Vednesday. “But some of these Jests take between 16 to 48- hours to complete.” J An anonymous caller threatened Tuesday to dump poison in the lake, which is the primary water supply for three East Texas communities. Resi- lents in Huntsville, Livingston Ind Westwood Shores were forced to drink well water while , ■RA officials tested the lake nodijT le slow l ion le j KinaJL "Official lelendrt 1 jglndicted as pass* |p If"* sior theit irv i blataiii exec®' Trail iociatic nisejuii that an vater. Upon taking the threatening call Tuesday, the TRA head quarters in Huntsville immedi ately shut off three valves sup plying water from the lake. Huntsville, population 25,000; Livington, with 6,000 people; and the small commun ity of Westwood Shores had more than ample supplies of well water, officials there said. Water from the man-made lake was being tested by the TRA and Aquachem Labs in Deer Park, about 70 miles from Huntsville, Jadrosich said. Authorities watched for sus picious activity around the 400- mile perimeter of the lake, espe cially monitoring the three cities’ withdrawal points. “I think we are dealing with a very disturbed individual,” Jad rosich said. The TRA would only say the caller was male. A secretary took the call. Grady Manis, an assistant re gional manager for the TRA, said, “It’s something you can’t take a chance on.” Because of the size of the lake, Jadrosich said someone would have to dump a gallon of poison directly into the water at an intake site to affect drinking water. “If you dump a gallon of poison into middle of this lake, it would be so diluted it would be undetectable. But dump it on top of a withdrawal point? That would be something else,” he said. ELEPHANTS! are one of the NEW styles at the Humane Society animal T-shirt SALE Post Oak Mall Saturday Get your pet a bag-o- Valentine treats! Other lovely Valentine gifts! ^ ien rep 1 itorcoiK a real dialei I the coi United Press International AUSTIN — A former staff member of the Travis County Democratic Party, David Gray, las been indicted on charges he estisaii'i made H 1S said ill stole more than $30,000 in party funds. h The second-degree theft in- cheri d'ctment returned Wednesday . an e j(i listed 20 separate thefts ranging from $36 to $5,000 that occur- d from January 1982 until ttober 1982. Gray handled business affairs () 10 Ear the party during the May |v irref and June primaries. He left the 'job in June, but continued to handle payments for the local party to cover primary ex penses, party officials said. The money was discovered missing in late November when the county party chairman lelejl |p u nd that a $23,000 bill from an Austin printing company had gone unpaid. ss strip 1 rol otf j stall# glatriff ’ ■ catist e I)P5" ; Apt. 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