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Wednesday, March 30,1983/The Battalion/Page 7 ‘Kidnapped’ woman abandons children as part eduled f te alf Vssociation. iw, which pj I 42 classes c hallenges a ipts at rq ig came of the Mi law went staff photo by Irene Mees Another Fightin’ Texas Aggie line line looks long at these polls behind the ademic building. The polls will be open again ay until 6 p.m. Elections are for class officers, student government, and yell leaders. Students can vote at Sbisa, the Memorial Student Center, the Academic and Agency building and the Quadrangle. United Press International MEMPHIS — A Texas woman claims a man described as a mail order minister and his wife kidnapped her and forced her to abandon her four chil dren at a Memphis fast food re staurant, police say. Diane Hamlin, 29, of Hunt sville, was found across the state line in Chattanooga Monday where she was staying at a Salva tion Army shelter. She was charged with abandoning her children, ages 6 to 2, at a McDo nald’s restaurant in Memphis Thursday. Mrs. Hamlin first told police she left the children behind be cause she couldn’t care for them anymore, said Chattanooga police detective John Brown. “They moved into the Salva tion Army because they didn’t have any place else to stay,” Brown said. “They had been liv ing in a car for several days.” Mrs. Hamlin later changed her story and accused her travel ing companions of abducting her. The companions — convicted sex offender Robert Yeary, 42, and his wife, Carolyn Yeary, 30 — also were arrested at the shel ter and charged with abandon ment. The Yearys’ 7-year-old girl was turned over to juvenile authorities. “She (Hamlin) says she was coerced to go with them,” police spokeswoman Helen Cooper said. “Their relationship went from friendly to not so friendly.” Mrs. Hamlin also told police the Yearys forced her to have sexual relations with them and Yeary stabbed her in the rib cage with a kitchen knife, Cooper said. Police described Yeary as a mail order ordained minister. Police said Yeary was convicted in 1976 in Indiana of theft, assault, rape and sodomy. Memphis police were to ar rive in Chattanooga Tuesday to investigate Mrs. Hamlin’s allega tions. Meanwhile, officials said Hamlin apparently told the chil dren their father, Donald Ray Hamlin, had been killed a month ago by the police. Hamlin was in jail in Knoxville on an embezzlement charge when he learned his children were in the custody of the Juvenile Court in Memphis. Hamlin was released on $2,000 bond, with the help of his attorney, Richard Loffman, and went to Memphis Sunday for a one-hour visit with his three sons and daughter. WE DARE YOU TO EARN $500 PER WEEK this summer. If you’re hardworking, intelligent, & self- motivated, then come meet the students here at A&M who consistently earn over $500/week. Want to hear more? Call Lyle between 10 & 11 p.m. only 693-2138. exans tell of Cuban ordeal United Press International A Texas cou- mobile De; akers forte repeal of in increase ovt United ms | es )UST0N greatest b id they endured 148 days s the oneeiii :nta * torture - poor diet and irvival at if in M interrogations as spies Ioward Tlior e a congressman helped rile dealert' i 1601 fr° m Cuban prisons, lie Texas An :i ™ Hofstadter, 29, and his Gina Strickland, 22, both rownsville stepped off a at Hobby Airport* Mon- ntive Sa7un® ro PP ed t0 their knees aiul repeatedly f. hhe g round - „ . .. Im/p love America,” Strickland ted, throwing her hands in ir. Hofstadter, wearing an gebaseballcapand sunglas- mbraced waiting relatives iroclaimed the day the hap- in his life. re couple was flown home S. Rep. Mickey Leland, D- who credited his close It with Cuban President Castro for the couple’s re couple said they had 1 imprisoned in Cuba since plane developed engine J electrical problems and id them to make an rgency landing in a wet, r field late at night on Nov. Hofstadter said high winds | them off their course from ayman Islands to Florida, he pair said they reported to authorities and were immediate ly questioned as spies and ac cused of being members of the CIA. “It was very hard to com municate to them we were not CIA agents. We were never told if or when we would be re leased,” Hofstadter said. He said the couple was forced to choose between signing con fessions charging them with spying or drug smuggling.. “He had an alternative — to either admit to being a CIA agent and get 20 or 30 years in prison or admit to being a drug trafficker and be released in four or five days. Unless we signed either of the two, we would be held in solitary con finement,” Hofstadter said. He and Strickland said they spent 43 days in solitary confine ment before agreeing to sign the written statements. Both denied the charges. After signing the confessions, they were taken to separate pris ons. He was housed in an 8-foot by 16-foot cell with five other American men. She was put in a cell with three .women from Florida. Hofstadter said they were fed beans, rice and bread and were forced to use the bathroom through a hole in the floor. “I prayed a lot and cried a lot and took a lot of pills," Strick land said. “They gave me lots of tranquilizers.” Both said they were hospital ized for a week prior to their departure. Strickland said she was given an intravenous injec tion for two days to alleviate headaches, but Hofstadter said he felt fine. Hofstadter said he doubted he would ever be released. “You can’t believe anything until it happens because Cuba is a land of manana (Spanish for tomorrow).” Leland, who arranged the couple’s release after a two-hour meeting with Castro, praised Cuban authorities for their cooperation. DELIVERS! For a Hot Steaming Pizza — or anything on our Menu. CALL Shiloh Place I 693-0035 University Square 846-3412 (after 5 p.m.) / ($1 OFF Campus Delivery After 9 p.m. with this Ad.) 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