Thursday, April 7,1983/The Battalion/Page 9
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United Press International
4NTA FE, N.M. — Police
dnesday said a man armed
a 9mm semi-automatic pis-
went on a rampage just be-
a motel bar closed and shot
Mte men, two of whom were
Ijjud in serious condition at a
[local hospital.
■ Alan Dale Wilson, 31, of San-
ta|Fe, N.M., was booked into the
jnty jail on suspicion of
jgravated battery and aggra-
ed assault with intent to com-
uilt a violent felony.
[Listed in serious condition at
Vincent Hospital Wednesday
re Simon Apodaca, 34, of
Ota Fe, who underwent
gery for a wound to his right
, and John Gauer, 36, of
, who underwent surgery
a gunshot wound to the
lomen.
\ hospital spokesman said
|lbeit Benavidez, 33, of Monte
zuma, was treated and released
for a gunshot wound to the
cheek.
Authorities said the shooting
incident began at 1:43 a.m.
Wednesday after Wilson
allegedly left the bar before clos
ing and retrieved a pistol from
his car.
Police said Wilson returned
to the lounge and got into an
argument with Apodaca, the
bouncer.
“Basically, the report we get is
that he had been creating a dis
turbance all evening at the
lounge. He left, then he came
back and started hassling one of
the customers. A security guard
tried to evict him from the place.
A struggle ensued. He pulled a
gun and shot Apodaca,” said
Police Detective Lt. Andrew
Leyba.
After allegedly shooting
Apodaca, Wilson apparently
fired erratically, striking Gauer
in the stomach.
Police said Wilson then ran
through the bar lobby, where he
encountered Benavidez. Au
thorities said the two men faced-
off again in the parking lot, and
Wilson allegedly stuck his gun in
Benavidez’s mouth and asked,
“Do you want to die?”
Authorities said Benavidez
told him, “Do what you have to
do,” but was moving his head as
the gunman fired.
Wilson then fled toward a
nearby service station and threw
his weapon through the front
window before he was tackled by
several men.
Wilson suffered facial bruises
while being subdued and was
taken to the hospital for treat
ment before he was booked.
The suspect was expected to
be arraigned on the charges la
ter Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON — A study
the government by a business
oup found billions are wasted
ery year, but the Reagan
ministration, which commis-
med the probe, refused to
nbrace a report immediately.
The first six reports of the
esidenfs Private Sector Sur
ly on Cost Control that were
leased Tuesday criticized a
idearray of government prog-
ms and practices.
The survey said an examina-
mof the departments of Agri-
Iture, Health and Human Scr
ees, Commerce, and ELnergy as
veil as the Environmental Pro
tection Agency and some smal
ler agencies suggests at least
$11.8 billion a year in tax money
was spent unnecessarily.
By the time all the reports are
in, the costs of the identified in
efficiencies are expected to top
$60 billion a year, the elimina
tion of which would far surpass
any economies suggested by the
Reagan administration.
Although the reports ampli
fied themes expressed by Presi
dent Reagan that government
was wasteful and inefficient,
administration officials were ex
tremely cautious in their re
marks about the first reports.
White House spokesman
Larry Speakes said the studies
“are preliminary reports. We’re
looking for constructive
changes.
“What we do will be equitable
and fair,” added Speakes, saying
the recommendations will be de
livered to Reagan following a
period for public comment and
review by the federal agencies.
Panel Chairman J. Peter
Grace, head of the W.R. Grace &
Co., spoke to reporters on be
half of the corps of volunteer
executives from dozens of com
panies, stressing he thought
government could continue
doing much the same job as it
does now but for less money.
ACLU files suit against city
or blocking family’s rental
United Press International
(DETROIT — The American
Jvil Liberties Union has filed a
llvsuit accusing the city of
Southgate of trying to block a
lack family from moving into
the downriver suburb.
| David L. Johnson said he had
i at the house he rented ab-
iit 10 minutes when a city
Jiilding inspector arrived and
told him everything in the house
had to come out because no one
[obtained a permit.
City officials denied racial
bias was the motive, saying they
were merely trying to enforce an
ordinance that requires a health
and safety inspection before
anyone moves into rental prop
erty.
But the real estate broker
who rented the two-story house
to the Johnsons said the pre
dominantly white suburb has
not enforced the ordinance in
the 1 1 years she has been re
nting homes there.
The family finally moved in
after filing suit through the
ACLU. A hearing on the suit,
which seeks monetary damages
from the city, is scheduled for
April 22 before Wayne County
Circuit Judge Richard
Kaufman.
Johnson and his wife, who
have four children ranging in
age from 2 months to 11 years,
said they never expected to face
racial discrimination when they
moved back to the Detroit area
from Houston.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. —
A federal court jury has
awarded $25,000 to a man who
said he suffered a serious neck
injury when he walked into a
motel room occupied by a “skim
pily clad” woman.
James L. Hardy, Jr. of Need-
ville, Texas, claimed in a federal
court lawsuit that a clerk at a
Days Inn motel gave him the
wrong key during a family vaca
tion trip in July 1981.
Hardy said when he opened
the door to the room he saw a
woman wearing only a night
gown. He said he suffered a rup
tured spinal disc from “bolting
out” of the motel room.
A jury T uesday ordered Days
Inn of America Inc. to pay Har
dy $25,000. He
$225,000.
had sought
“I was shocked to find some
one in that room when I entered
it,” Hardy testified. “I’m not
used to going into rooms where
there are skimpily clad women.
When I saw that woman in
there, all I knew is I wanted to
get out of there.”
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