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Page 6/The Baflalion/Wednesday, August 3, 1983 Trustee accused of interest conflict United Press International DALLAS — Conflict-of- interest allegations have been lodged against a trustee of the Rowley United Pension plan and the vice president of a com pany that sponsors the plan who are accused of receiving loans from the pension fund. The accusations were out lined Monday in a suit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor against the five trustees of the Rowley Plan. The trustees, Harry C. Her rington, Robin Wightman, Wade Wallace, W.L. Baxter and Dale Chappell, were accused in the suit of failing to collect more than $1 million in delinquent loans. The suit additionally accuses Herrington and John H. Row- ley, vice president of United Artists Theatre Circuit Inc., of “soliciting and accepting” loans from the pension plan’s trustees. The Employee Retirement . P r trustees of a pension plan from making loans or extending cre dit to persons or firms related to the pension plan. The suit accuses the trustees of failing to take “reasonable steps” to collect more than $1 million in past due loans and in terest and failing to require periodic loan payments, charge reasonable interest rates and fol low pension plan rules regard ing outstanding loans. Chappell, who became a trus tee after the loans were approved, is accused only of violating the plan’s rules for out standing loans. Herrington, Wightman, Wal lace and Baxter are accused in the suit of making prohibited loans to Herrington and John H. Rowley. The suit asks that Rowley and Herrington be required to repay the outstanding amounts of their loans at prevailing interest rates. Dad, son charged with jewel robbery United Press International DALLAS — Federal author ities Tuesday were holding a man, 19, charged with his father in the $250,000 gunpoint jewel robbery of an elderly couple. Bond was set at $500,000 Monday for Richard Charles Skatell, who was arrested Friday near his mother’s North Dallas home. Skatell’s father, Frank Andrew Skatell, 44, was arrested July 18 in Pennsylvania. Denton police Sgt. Howard Kelly said the couple had known the Skatells since 1974, and admitted them to their home May 27. LAST CALL To get a brand new condo for the fall. We have many competitively priced new units available for sale, lease, and lease- purchase. CALL DAVIS AORTUCCTT AT GREEN & BROWN REAETY FOR ALL OF THE DETAILS. 846-5701 l»C DOC 3UC 30C Wednesday Beach Night OPEN BAR 7-9 TOO prize goes to the girl with the best tan. $ 1 00 imported Beer & Margaritas All Night for further info: 693-2818 Atheist group objects to books United Press International AUSTIN — Atheist Leader Madalyn Murray O’Hair Mon day blasted history textbooks being considered for use in Texas public schools, saying they contained “Biblical non sense” offensive to atheists, hu manists and agnostics. member State Textbook Com mittee. She said her organization ob jected to all world history texts being considered because they contained “Christianization of world history and give religion a false and heroic role.” humanists and agnostics,” she said. O’Hair, who heads the Au stin-based American Atheist Center, made her remarks Tuesday during the second day of hearings before the 27- She also said the books in accurately portrayed religious wars and violence associated with religious causes. “These textbooks contain Biblical nonsense that is blatant ly offensive to atheists, as tyells as O’Hair suggested that each of the texts should contain a for ward that said religious fun damentalists were intruding in the nation’s school system to make the public schools a forum for “religious dogma.” 1984-1985 school year. The State Board of Education will make the final decision on new books in November. The yearly hearings are the first step in the adoption of $36.$ million worth of new books for use in public school classrooms beginning in the This is the first year, thanks to passage of a new state law pushed by the anti-censorship group People for the American Way, that supporters of prop osed texts are permitted to make positive comments. The Board of Education in earlier years allowed only criticism of books. The annual hearings pre- Bay oyster beds to be protected viously were dominaif gions fundamentalist! nationally-known boi Mel and Norma Gables^ Presl view, who object MJbNVER — claim is over-empbl ^ j ohn B1 tbooks on non-tradit f ^ wiU lm roles and the theonT for whei r,fjghe‘1 was a Local chapters oftf^ that wiI1 h al Organization for aye r S jected to what they t Union F the use ot sexistlanc.4 Stone said eral books, mdudinj||: such as foreman insif; 1 Lowering t pervisor. imply one thii >wer prices,” ■ Stone said ord wheat c; Corps agrees to dredge elsewhe dll remain at ;vel for the m; Id the propc ^■mean th mother round age deficient United Press International HOUSTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to move its dredging operation in the Intracoastal Canal to help fishermen who are opposed to dumping the dredge waste onto Matagorda Bay shrimp and oyster beds. James Blackburn, the lawyer The suspects took about $250,000 in jewelry and at least $2,000 in cash and left the Hawks bound with tape but otherwise unharmed. ’1 Dr. representing fisherman Roy Tipps of Sargent, Monday per suaded the Corps of Engineers to move later this week 10 miles west of its present location. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Beery of Houston participated in the agreement. “We think we can pick up the dredge and move it and maybe help the shrimpers to some de gree,” said Ed McGehee of Gal veston, Corps of Engineers chief of construction. “Shrimping has been poor this year.” McGehee spent two hours on the telephone with Blackburn and Beery to reach an accommo dation, Blackburn said. Under the agreement, the dredge will continue dumping waste silt lifted from the bottom of the Intracoastal Waterway onto shrimp and oyster areas of east Matagorda Bay until Wednesday, when it will move 10 miles west. 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