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Page 6/The Bafla I ion/Tuesday, April 19, 1983 r Judge jails trial’s murder defendant United Press International BROWNSVILLE — A district judge Monday ordered murder defendant Paul Wolf jailed for the remainder of his trial on grounds that Wolf purposely changed his speech patterns and demeanor during cross- examination. Shortly before a late morning break, presiding Judge Darrell Hester sent the jurors from the courtroom and told Wolf, who had been free on bond, that he would be locked up for the re mainder of the trial, which was expected to end this week. Earlier, Hester had admo nished Wolf for slurring his speech and appearing to be in a trance during questioning by District Attorney Rey Cantu. During cross-examination, Cantu replayed bit by bit a 23- minute “murder tape” that one of the victims, Billy Staton, sec retly recorded while he was being bludgeoned. The tape has been the key evi dence against Wolf, who has admitted striking Staton with an iyon bar and then attacking Sta ton’s fiancee, Leticia Castro, with a hammer at Wolfs home near La Feria on July 10, 1982. Wolf reiterated his conten- I can’t say for sure when I lost control. I can’t say exactly when I went crazy. — (Paul) Wolf re sponds to (prosecutor Rey) Cantu’s continous grilling. tion that he “lost control” when Staton came to pick up his daughter, Melanie, 3, for a weekend visit. Wolf and his wife. Sherry, had been engaged in a court visi tation fight with Staton, Mrs. Wolfs ex-husband. Wolf appeared pale anti slur red his speech as Cantu replayed portions of the tape, which re corded the sickening thuds of Wolf striking Staton from be hind and the victim’s groans and gurglings. “You tell us what part of the tape made you go crazy to kill two people,” Cantu told Wolf. “Maybe you’re still crazy, huh?” the prosecutor asked. “Maybe,” Wolf replied. Cantu contends that Wolf carefully planned the sneak attack on Staton and selected seperate Rio Grande drainage canals to dump the two bodies several days before the killings. La Feria mechanic Glenn Henderson, already sentenced to life in prison on his guilty plea in Ms. Castro’s death, has been the key state witness. Henderson testified Wolf asked him to help kill Staton and Ms. Castro. Wolf said Monday he “lost control,” when his step daughter began crying and re sisted leaving with her father. “I can’t say for sure when 1 lost control,” Wolf replied to Cantu’s continous grilling. “I can’t say exactly when I went cra^y.” IP" ISH1NC Court a i today i ver the ghtsof I within t v T’ anting^ - ''' onrese he s Sunny studies iwyers tlescah [live on ton ne [oso, N tre; staff photo by Eric EvulMfignty Stacy Dumas, a sophomore elementary education major from Round Rock, studies for a test in her special education class Monday afternoon between McFadden drew many Sunbathers and Haas Halls. 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Braniff s chief financial offic er, M. Philip Guthrie, said the proposal from Hyatt on Sunday was unchanged from the prop osal vetoed by the company’s se cured lenders last week. Guthrie said Hyatt had prop osed financing the new airline in several installments. He would not say how much Hyatt offered to invest in the reorganization, but said the proposal was insuf ficient. as much as SI00 millionma;i needed to get Braniff ilii e,wa l s .P again ,nwhl< C )nce Braniff files its rmfl' , '^ out nization plan, it will have604 , r „ e i ! se to have the plan approved! It?™ than 50,00(1 credit! ,25 ’ 00 ° Braniff was expected to file its reorganization plan in feder al court late Monday at Fort Worth. Braniff employee groups “We received a proposal from Hyatt Sunday, but as far as we can tell, it is the same proposal received last week,” said Guthrie. “The secured creditors “The total capitalization is still below what we think it would take to get the airline started again,” Guthrie said. The employee groups said they agreed with Braniff offi cials not to reveal how much the hotel chain had offered in its latest offer. Braniff executives have said more One attorney described i >!j. vernr approval process as “hom l ) [ lc ] t 1 l0! dons" and another said,"li'si bad they can’t use v machines.” Braniff attorneys said la ruptcy law permits amend its reorganization fl once it is filed with thebii ruptcy court — as longasit amended within 60 days creditors were allowedsul tibella, ,,|ausese len are while ] tales is time to vote. 4^ ’ c v v - os A* ^ A xf p 44^ oi 0 ^ o’ A* yP J + s e ♦ cA^O 0 -CT xsr ^ vT^ 0 cP .GTP, ♦cO 4<>vS' % °> 0 Lottery winner opts for a modest lifestyle United Press International DALLAS — He’s gotten a handful of marriage proposi tions — two, jokingly from men — and been urged to plunk his money down for vintage French wine instead of honky-tonk beer. “But I’m a beer man and al ways will be,” said Bob Hebrank, 42, winner of the New York lot tery a few weeks back. “Besides, French wine gave me the worst hangover I’ve ever had. “I have to do things at my own pace, my own way.” The lottery windfall trans lates to $897,000 before taxes for a lifetime, which will be dis tributed in a check for more than $40,000 each year for the Bronx-born, twice-divorced father of four. “For somebody who had trouble keeping $20 in a savings account,” tie said, “it’s been mighty comforting.” His investments have been modest so far. “I have about a thousand dol lars in a satellite company and veloper who promised bigf ^ fits. 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