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Sheriff indicted
in torture claim
United Press International
HOUSTON — A former
San Jacinto County sheriff
and three former deputies
have been indicted by a feder
al grand jury on civil rights
violations stemming from
alleged water tortures to
crime suspects in the East
Texas county.
The Houston grand jury
Monday returned a six-count
indictment naming former
Sheriff James “Humpy” Par
ker and former deputies Carl
Lee, Floyd Allen Baker and
John Glover with conspiring
to violate the civil rights of
citizens in 1979 and 1980, said
U.S. Attorney Dan Hedges.
The tortures were used to
coerce confessions from the
suspects. The victims, dep
rived of an adequate supply of
oxygen, almost suffocated or
drowned by the ordeal.
In March, Parker, 47,
pleaded guilty to similar
charges, but withdrew his plea
at sentencing last month when
a federal judge rejected the
agreement as
appropriate.”
most in-
“This water torture gener
ally included the placement of
a towel over the nose and
mouth of the prisoner and the
pouring of water into the
towel until the prisoner began
to move, jerk, or otherwise in
dicate that he was suffocating
and-or drowning,” the indict
ment said.
Last week a San Jacinto
County grand jury in Col
dspring indicted Parker and
former deputies Baker, Lee
and Aaron Edwards with
theft, misappropriation of
funds and state civil rights
charges. Coldspring is a rural
community north of Houston
on U.S. 59.
The first federal count
charges the four with conspir
ing to injure and threaten six
prisoners in the custody of the
San Jacinto County sheriffs
department from about Sept.
8, 1976 to Sept. 23, 1980.
Congressman raps
energy attorney
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United Press International
WASHINGTON — A De
partment of Energy attorney re
ceived nearly $33,000 in un
necessary travel and lodging ex
penses — including $6,945 in air
fare — over an 18-month period
ending in January, a congress
man charged Monday.
Rep. Albert Gore, D-Tenn.,
told Energy Secretary Donald
Hodel in a letter that attorney J.
Michael Tabor should not have
been issued two blanket travel
authorizations between October
1981 and January 1983.
Tabor, who was originally
stationed in the department’s
Dallas office, began working in
Washington while still technical
ly assigned to Dallas.
While in Washington, Tabor
was reimbursed for all living ex
penses, including weekend trips
to Dallas and other trips to Tul
sa, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San
Francisco and New York costing
$6,945, Gore said.
Tabor could not be reached
for comment.
However, Susy Howard, spe
cial assistant to Ray Hanzlik,
administrator of the depart
ment’s Economic Regulatory
Administration, in which Tabor
is working, said the department
would respond to Gore’s
charges at a May 23 oversight
subcommittee hearing.
“The department is reviewing
all the topics raised in (Gore’s)
letter, and a response will be del
ivered to the subcommittee at
that hearing,” she said.
She would not elaborate on
the charges, except to say that,
“For the last 18 months, Mr.
Tabor has been performing all
of his assignments as required.”
Gore termed the expendi
tures of more than $32,000 “an
outrageous example of waste
and mismanagement and total
disregard for (Energy Depart
ment) and federal personnel
manual requirements.”
In addition to Tabor’s air
fares, he received $26,000 in
other expenses, including
$7,500 to compensate him for
hotel and apartment stays,
$11,000 for meals, $1,000 for
laundry and $1,000 in commut
ing expenses, Gore said.
Gore said government and
department regulations allow
such compensation only for li
mited time periods and when an
individual’s expertise is needed.
“He has no special expertise
or experience that would justify
his being detailed to the ERA
headquarters for even a few
months, let alone 18 months,”
said Gore.
Gore said Tabor was appa
rently sent to Washington at the
request of Louis Streigal, a for
mer ERA official.
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A Time For Sadness and Joy
staff photo by Barry Pi
Final Review is a proud and happy
moment for members of the Corps,
but for seniors it is also a time for
sadness. For Tommy Reynolds,
right, and Gregg Maxton, left, both
of Company M-l, it means farewell I
some very close friends. Reynolds i
an industrial engineering major
Killeen. Maxton is a biomedici
science major from Dallas.
Seven Air Force fliers make
first all-women world flight
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MCGUIRE AFB, N.J. —
Seven female U.S. Air Force
fliers landed in Frankfurt, Ger
many Tuesday — marking the
first ever transatlantic flight by
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training exercise, Frank said.
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Brothers
sentenced lot
in robberyP
United Press International
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brothers from Vidor haven
sentenced for their rolest|
scheme to hold the famiiyl
Beaumont bank presidentb
tage in an effort to extortn
from him.
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enced to 25 years for kidrl
ping and 20 years for robll
Monday. His twin brother,HI
ry Harness, received 20vt|
for kidnapping and 20yearil
robbery.
The two pleaded guiltytol
charges Monday.
Police said they forced tl
way into the home of
State Bank President Lo»1
Weir on Oct. 28.
They tied up Weir’s
daughter and housekeeper
tied what they said wasaboj
around Weir’s waist. Theyj
sent Weir to the bank tol
money. He contacted polief j
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