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Southland exec surprises
ourt by pleading guilty
earlier court order
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the additional infornuftw YORK —A top executive
pe parent company of 7-Eleven
i i ei j ■Gristedes stores, who was to
aver has also filed asept« ltr j a | Wednesday in a inulti-
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1-year-old daughter. He J Yorktaxofficials has p , eaded
a would representhimsM, in a surprise move .
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former school teacher lree other executives of the
■ self-employed, said it Corp., including its
ent that he could reprj man are under investigation
It in court. e alleged conspiracy to larihe
aegan studying law on jl s tooverlook several million
l feel 1 am quite compt rs j n un p a j c ) l)ack sales taxes,
point to represent m)s
i fair and honest judpt,'
Raymond Dearie, U.S. Attorney
for the Eastern District of New
York, said Tuesday.
Southland, a Dallas-based cor
poration, operates 7,400 7-Eleven
convenience stores in 42 states,
and 97 Gristedes supermarkets
and the Charles and Co. food
stores in metropolitan New York.
Eugene DeFalco, 44, of Dallas
pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S.
District Court in Brooklyn to con
spiracy to bribe an official in mat
ters pending before the New York
State Tax Commission. Two other
counts of bribery and conspiracy
were dropped.
The Southland vice-president,
who will be sentenced Nov. 4,
faces a maximum sentence of five
years in jail and a $10,000 fine.
He entered his guilty plea one
day after testifying before a grand
jury investigating the role of other
company executives, including
Chairman of the Board John
Thompson, Senior Vice President
S. Richmond Dole and Chief
Financial Officer Clark Matthews,
said Asst. U.S. Attorney James
Harmon.
Jury selection in the trial against
Southland and DeFalco was sche
duled to begin Wednesday, but
there now is speculation that the
case against the company will be
combined with that of former city
Councilman Eugene Mastropieri,
a lawyer who allegedly was to
arrange the bribe.
Ramsey moves to Texas
New official praised
United Press International
WHEELING, W.Va. —
Outgoing Regents Chancellor
Robert Ramsey was praised by
the presidents of several state
colleges and universities, but
panned by members of the
West Virginia Legislature with
whom he was sometimes at
odds.
Ramsey’s resignation and
appointment as deputy com
missioner for academic and
health affairs in the Texas public
college and university system
was announced Tuesday by Re
gents President John Saunders
at the end of the board’s regular
meeting.
He is scheduled to assume
his new position in Austin, on
Nov. 15.
He also alluded to the frus
trations of trying to run West
Virginia’s higher education sys
tem during a time in which the
state Legislature was granting
only slight increases in funding.
He noted that Texas is a bigger,
richer state that boasts 108 col
leges and universities in its
system.
State college and university
officials praised Ramsey upon
hearing of his resignation.
“Chancellor Ramsey and I
have worked closely together in
my 22 months as president of
West Virginia University,” said
WVU President Gordon Gee.
ietail sales
?ase , n rr
na ] Jropped oil
.4 percent
■ from Compton,
said he was "exta
ative ’ and talkedalot
othing about his mu
J unusual. When she
consent to draw blood
d, “he said it really I
any difference bccaiu
trouble anyway."
the administration said the
stitation” in the recovery
not be a cause for con-
■er Wayne Jones saidC -p 1.4 percent in August,
■came violent when hi
fficers handcuffed bill
n in a van, buthefellh
as aware of what wasp
was faking mood dm
ratio behavior. Hie drop was the largest in
s said Compton ba e than a year and steeper
and started kicldngPi
orcing officerstotielajted, mostly because auto
plummeted 9.2 percent,
Commerce Department
uze. But he said befell:
or was fake —
vas staging it a little !i Tuesday
am
louncement that (mi
ational Hispanic Ha
United Press International
ASH1NGTON — The gov-
ment reported the nation’s
il sales, the pulse rate of the
nomy, fell a surprisingly
any leading forecastei
Analysts in and out of gov-
pent offered a variety of
ions, from Detroit’s inability
leliver enough of its most
iular models to the heat
which may have post
ed many fall purchases.
sville, Texas, to assiJ
11 lead to 12 new pk
Pima County, Adz.
Torres, who heads tit
argest and oldest Hii) lut the slowdown appeared
said LULAC was“lefl e the single biggest setback
e monthly economic statis-
since the recession ended,
itaally caused by a more fun
lental problem, like
linghigh interest rates, fore
feel the Reagan adi ers say the sales decline
is really designin Idbe the beginning of a new
and announcementsto ward trend,
pression that it is soli
attacking the
ics,” he said.
; nice and good tos« le
stration trying to bt :ent '
of individuals, but I i
othing as far as an«
n to alleviate prob
he U.S-Mexicante
s going to continue lo
diming us,” said
problems cannot be®
. action alone, butil:
nt effort between tit
ites and Mexico.”
esides autos, other interes-
sensitive categories were
including construction
rials, off 0.7 percent, and
furnishings, down 0.4
Both the overall decline and
the drop in auto sales were the
largest since June 1982.
Commerce Secretary Mal
colm Baldrige, in a statement
prepared by his economic
advisers, called the sales sag a
"hesitation" and said it should
“not be a reason for concern.”
“The fall in retail sales is sur
prising in view of the (July 1) tax
cut,” economist Jerry Jasinows-
ki said, speaking for the Nation
al Association of Manufacturers.
"It appears that consumers
retrenched in August following
a period of exceptionally high
spending.”
Economist Michael Evans of
Evans Economics, who said he
thought he was being pessimis
tic in forecasting a 1 percent
drop, said the bigger August de
cline “clearly indicates we re
about to go into a slowdown
phase.”
The figure is especially signi
ficant since virtually the sole
support of the recovery so far
has come from increases in con
sumer spending.
Retail sales were $97.6 billion
in August after seasonal adjust
ment, the department said. It
was the second consecutive
month of disappointing per
formance at the nation’s cash re
gisters. July’s sales were down a
revised 0.2 percent.
Day-long peace
vigil held today
United Press International
SAN JUAN — Protestants, Ro
man Catholics and Jews from the
Lower Rio Grande Valley will par
ticipate in a dawn to midnight
peace vigil today at the Shrine of
San Juan as part of a nationwide
call for an end of hostilities in Cen
tral America.
Local organizer Mary McLeod
said the vigil is in concert with
other peace meetings in more
than 100 cities across the United
States and in Brazil, West Ger
many, Sweden, France, Spain and
Italy.
McLeod said Wednesday parti
cipants will wear blue armbands
representing peace.
“For many Christians, there
are problems of conscience stirred
by policies that seem to rely too
soon on violence and intimida
tion,” said Lon Speer, pastor of
Mission First United Methodist
Church and one of the supporters
of the vigil.
“Very often, we are too quick to
regard people as enemies, even
though our understanding of them
may be very slight,” he said.
“Surely no need for peacemak
ing can be more critical to us today
than that which is represented in
our next door neighbors,” added
David Freeman, minister of the
McAllen First Presbyterian
Church.
McLeod said the Salvadoran re
fugee problem in the United
States also would be addressed
during the gathering.
The U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service and the
State Department have refused to
grant political asylum to Salvador
ans, who McLeod said are as de
serving of mercy and grace as any
one else.
She cited an open letter signed
by more than 400 religious leaders
expressing “the urgent need to
discover paths of peace. ”
f FLORICULTURE - ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE CLUB
PLANT SALE
SATURDAY, SEPT. 17
AT THE
FLORICULTURE - GREENHOUSE
10 A.M.
. TO
2 P.M.FlCRfCUiUJRC
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PLANT y/TVi
SALE
COMMONS
Quad
Lubbock St
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DEPT. OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
MEAT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
(Located on West Campus next to Kleberg Center)
PRE-GAME SPECIALS
We will be open for all Aggie hom< '--'••hall 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 6 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 17
for the Arkansas State game .
(Phone number: 845-5651).
SIGMA CHI
invites you to our
FINAL RUSH PARTY
WHEN: TONIGHT WITH FREE BEER
AND PUNCH
RUSH Chairman: Glen Walter
Sigma Chi House
764-1047
693-8265
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Nov. 7-11
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