Page 12/The Battalion/Friday, September 2,1983
Killer calm before dying
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PARCHMAN, Miss. —Child-
killer Jimmy Lee Gray, sche
duled to die in the gas chamber a
minute after midnight, had slim
hopes of a reprieve Thursday.
The father of his 3-year-old vic
tim said the execution was long
overdue.
Center in Montgomery, Ala.
“We’re waiting on pins and nee
dles.”
Going on a bear hunt
staff photo by Eric Evan Lee
The residents of Mclnnis Hall display
a spirit banner on the side of
their dorm. More banners will
appear as the freshmen are
organized and instructed to make
the banners before each game.
Lawyers said Ray, a two-time
killer turned deeply religious,
was calm and resigned to death
as his 12:01 a.m. CDT today. As
the execution date drew near
with no action from the Sup
reme Court on a last-ditch
appeal, prison officials pro
ceeded routinely with plans to
carry out Mississippi’s firstt-
execution since 1964 and the
country’s eighth since the death
penalty was reinstated in 1976.
Gray, 34, a slightly built com
puter operator, was sentenced
to death for the 1976 killing of
Deressa Jean Scales of Pasca
goula, who was sodomized and
suffocated in a muddy ditch. At
the time, Gray was on parole for
killing his girlfriend, Elda
Louise Prince, 16, in Parker,
Ariz. in 1968. He confessed.
Corrections Commissioner
Morris Thigpen said Gray
would be allowed to visit with
ministers in the death row visit
ing much of the day.
“He’s made his peace with
Ur
God,” said Hollis Allred of the
Natchez Church of Christ, who
has frequently visited Gray and
planned to be with him in the
final hours. “I think he’s well
prepared for death, better than
most of the rest of us.”
acid at his feet, formingl
deadly gas. Death is beli
occur within two minutes,
Outside the chamber a 1
phone line would be kept|
to the office of Gov.
Winter, although on Wei
day he reiterated his det
not to intervene.
Members of the Missistj
Coalition Against the
Penalty said they would 1
candlelight vigils outside |
governor’s mansion and out
the prison gates beginningJ
“He (Gray) feels it is inevit
able,” said attorney Dennis Bals-
ke of the Southern Poverty Law
“I don’t know why they can’t
go ahead and do what they
should be doing.”
At the 23,000-acre prison in
rural Sunflower County, where
Gray came within four days of
being executed in July, prison
officials moved to carry out the
death warrant. The prison was
sealed off to visitors and inmates
were confined to their quarters
Thursday.
Gray’s mother onre urged the
Mississipi governor not to inter
vene and no family members
were expected to be at the prison
for the execution.
Now you kno
On the signal of the sheriff of
the county where the crime was
committed, the executioner
would pull a lever dropping
cyanide pellets into a bowl of
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year authorized the fee to mark
the first time there has been a
charge for the one-year permits.
Commission spokeswoman
Regina Winland of the Abilene
office said she processed about
268 applications Tuesday, com
pared to the normal daily total
of about 50.
“I doubt that 25 percent of
those wells will ever be drilled,”
said Hank Krusekopf, assistant
director for the Midland com
mission offices where 104 appli
cations were processed
Tuesday.
Winland agreed, saying some
individuals had filed for 40 to 50
permits.
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ting them (permits) to avoid the
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water and oil pollution
Tim Miller, a 1
engineering
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ntion is attempting
it Duval County’s loca
:d welfare system wa
y votes and perpet
ministration of Coun
Iberto Uresti.
Uresti himself is not
Lubbock County hires legal
assistance to collect taxes
nt,but seven of his <
:rs, including his wi
on trial on fede
lying charges in U.S
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County Conn
iencio Saenz and
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LUBBOCK — A private law
firm has mailed letters to 19,750
delinquent Lubbock County
taxpayers advising them to pay
their taxes or be sued.
Attorney Thomas Goggan of
the San Antonia law firm Heard,
Goggin and Blair told reporters
at a news conference Thursday
that 1,000 suits are pending in
Lubbock County to collect late
taxes. He estimated at 1
1,500 more would be filed
He said the county is om imary by promising
total of $3.5 million in uni
taxes, interest and penaltiesi ad,clothing, media
ing back to 1939
men allegedly drun
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delinquent taxpayers could
ly exceed the amount of
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metiers passed as <
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ter Conservation District No,
Goggan said his firm retai
15 percent of all that it coital ' ne
but that it also pays all admiti
trative costs associated with I
tax collection. His firm alsott meed by $9.67 milli
lects delinquent taxes for Dal a j
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HOUSTON — Re:
southeast Texas
vastated by Hume;
be eligible for
relief funds, stat<
:al officials have am
The Federal E
anagement Agency
mounced almost $2!
federal funds will
lable to help lo<
its and individua
it storm' losses.
EMA regional dir
Stephens and (.
ite signed a fe
lerations agreemen
lursday commiting
The money inclut
lion for public woi
including debris i
ltd the $9.67 million
tthe.state’sDepartn
in Resources u
ants to individuals
s, Stephens said.
Laureen Chernow
VillLilile I
DEPT. OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
MEAT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
(Located on West Campus next to Kleberg Center)
LABOR DAY AND PRE-GAME SPECIALS
We will be open for all Aggie home football games.
LEAN GROUND BEEF (wrapped, frozen in 2 lb. pkgs.) $1.49 per lb.
50 lb. box $1.35 lb.
LEAN GROUND BEEF PATTIES (wrapped, frozen in 2 lb. pkgs.,
8 patties per pkg.) $ 1.59 per lb.
10 lb. box $1.49 lb.
T-BONE STEAKS (wrapped, frozen, 2 steaks per pkg.) $2.99 lb.
RIB STEAKS (wrapped, frozen, bone-in, 2 steaks per pkg.) $2.49 per lb.
BRISKETS (wrapped, frozen, boneless, trimmed, 4-6 lbs.) $1.69 per lb.
WE ALSO HAVE A&M CREAMERY PRODUCTS FOR SALE:
MALTS, SHAKES, ICE CREAM, MILK, CHEESE AND BUTTER
Other beef, pork, lamb, sausage and dairy products are available. Prices effective through September 18. We are
open for business Monday^ through Friday from 8 a.m. to i p.m. and 9 a.m. to S p.m. on September 3 and
September 17 for the California and Arkansas State games.
(Phone number: 845-5651).
oman for the E
mergency Manage
ie$9.67 million wii
maximum $5,
to residents
i Chambers, Fort
iston, Harris, Libi
)rda, Montgomer
icinto counties.
said the gra
lade to cover victii
Seeds and necessar
lulling from the c
The federal func
nee 75 percent ol
to public facil
ant program.
Hurricane Alici;
In the upper Texa
18. Damage e
ed Si billion.
Itephens said $ 1
jefederal money v
larked for repairs
facilities a
eanup in Harris
hambers and Bn
ilocal govermen
t receiving fedc
iistance from the
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