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Wednesday, August 17,1983/The Battalion/Page 7 ijl ime could limit inquiry of Mattox assistant pr* lonorarynleJ iculture Tea >f agriculpmli om theassaJ unial awardiJ t he dedion enn 1 United Press International ■ AUSTIN — A grand jury investigation of Attorney General Jim Mattox enters its fourth week Tuesday, but time restraints may prevent the panel from expanding its inquiry to cover new allega tions of wrongdoing by the State’s beleagured chief legal officer. I No witnesses were sub- 'poenaed for today’s grand jury session, but Travis Coun ty District Attorney Ronnie Earle said the panel would continue to review reports ’that Mattox misrepresented the source of a $ 125,000 cam paign loan and threatened the Dond business of Houston- ggased law firm Fulbright & Jaworski. 1 More recent allegations of improper conduct by Mattox have arisen since the grand jury probe began, but Earle ■said Monday he was unsure whether the new reports gould be presented to the ,rand jury. “It’s a matter of available time and available people,” Earle said. “The problem is there are a number of allega tions floating around and there are only limited num bers of people and hours in Attorney General Jim Mattox defended his actions in the most re cently reported inci dent involving his in tervention in a $1.4 million Texas South ern University con struction project. the day to investigate those allegations.” Earle said he expected to day to resolve an impasse over which of Mattox’s telephone, appointment and travel re cords can be presented to the grandjury. Mattox’s attorneys contend the documents are privileged information be tween Mattox and his clients and, therefore, should not be subject to study. The attorney general Mon day defended his actions in the most recently reported in cident involving his interven tion in a $1.4 million Texas Southern University con struction project. TSU officials said a con tract for artificial turf had been awarded in March to the second-lowest bidder without initial objection from Mattox. Mattox said the low-bidder — Superturf International, headed by N.W. Paschal, a longtime Mattox supporter who contributed $5,000 to his campaign last fall — called la ter to complain about the bid specifications and convinced him to intervene. Tree spared by corporate decision United Press International SPRING — Leonard and Laura Woods have kind words for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. because of a corporate decision to reroute a gas pipeline rather than cut down a 100-year-old black walnut tree. “I was just amazed,” Woods said. “Just flabbergasted that a big corporation would be so cooperative with grass-roots lit tle people like us.” COMPARE Compare the cost of a complete meal at the Memorial Student Cen ter with the cost of a similar meal anywhere else. IF YOU OPEN MON.-SAT. 6:30-7 p.m. SUN. 7 a.m.-7 p.m. “QUALITY FIRST” The couple asked officials of Tennessee Gas, a subsidiary of Tenneco Inc., if they could spare the tree, and after some study by company officials were told the company will avoid the majestic tree and others. Tennessee Gas had the legal right to clear the black walnut, a tree rarely found in southeast Texas, because it was on a com pany easement. After the first survey, engineers said the tree’s COMPARE Compare the cost of a complete evening meal at the Memorial Student Cen ter with the cost of a ham burger, cola, and french fries anywhere else. roots were a hazard to the pipe line. The company’s easement cuts diagonally across a corner of the Woods’ property. After several calls, including one to Bill Such, a vice president with Tennessee Gas, the com pany said it would reconsider. Pipeline division supervisor Jim Quasney flew to the Woods’ home, looked at the sitution and determined it would not be necessary to cut down the tree. The new pipeline would be re- routed,- Quasney told the couple. A tree expert estimated the Woods’ black walnut was worth tens of thousands of dollars be cause the close-grained wood is scarce and highly prized for making furniture. COMPARE Compare the nutritional value of an evening meal at the Memorial Student Cen ter with a snack for the same or similar price anywhere else. COMPARE Compare the cost of an evening meal at the Memo rial Student Center Cafeteria with the cost of a meal prepared at home. Many agree that it is less expensive to dine at the MSC. CAN FIND A BETTER OFFER, LET US KNOW open ^ OPEN MON-SAT 6:30 A.M.-7:00 P.M. SUN 7:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M. “QUALITY FIRST” 6:30-7 p.m. MON.-SAT. SUN. 7 a.m.-7 p.m. “QUALITY FIRST” OPEN MON.-SAT. 6:30-7 p.m. SUN. 7 a.m.-7 p.m. “QUALITY FIRST” prmer player rand head will appeal rtment, ha>® 1 1 jusmesadyape charge 10 from Pens; ofessorofiwM vorked in rsM U n ' ,e d Press International rk Co ■EW ORLEANS — A former eefrom.Mi Southern University football is doctorait P aver returns to court Friday in ■attempt to win his freedom mberous - w *f' e appealing his conviction iathematica]ifHF iar S es of attempted forcible i the author (;pP e : r r ind Applicat® A 1 tt0rne ys i former hne- rkbook” B n L inwooc ‘ Hamilton, 25, of it Suppler E aslon ’ P a -> Monday filed a re- 11 quest to have bond set for the ho earliertlii;f 0 f tbal ! P la y er > while he appeals fceonviction for the attempted rape of a New Iberia woman. ■A hearing on the request was , . Beduled Friday. lOSt pO*Hamilton was found guilty it Friday of the rape attempt, |t a jury could not agref on ravated rape charges filed inst him and four othdr SU nts Associate i dents picnic 1 old member, le Baptist Si ball games. avers. louse he felony conviction carried aximum penalty of 20 years risonment, with the sent- enfe left entirely to the judge’s redon. Two other deferdants — tCr Kim Ray Dads, 20, of |anta, and receiver Earnest 20, of Houston — were quitted. iter for thB The jury could not reach a se is an evenilit ver( f> ct on the charges against ind willbehe8 ornas Hudson and Herman 7p.m.tollp Coltman Jr., forcing the Beans Parish district attorney by the Bated 0 whether to try the pair )-2611. fl 3 * 11 - A meeting on the DA’s response to the“hung jury” was ^scheduled in two weeks. Hijacking foiler offered job as supervisor Unitec Press International MIAMI — Pan American odd Arways is giving Spicer iung a new assignment as a su- «rvisor in its San Francisco operation, assuming that’s all ight with the hero who foiled an ttemptedhijacking on a Miami- k Houston flight. J Lung, yho was hired by the a irline in Nicaragua in 1964, had lost kis catering manage ment job h Houston July 15. On A»g. 2, he, his son and imi ffiwyer Ralph Symons peel f Cuban man who was Imanding the plane fly to kvana ind strapped him to a seat for the remainder of the .-flight. Company officials decided they wasted Lung back, but they weren’t sure where. 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