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4 Page 6/The BattalioiVThursday, September 22 1983 Mattox to make court appearance United Press International AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox makes his first court appearance today in the aftermath of a grand jury indictment charging him with commercial bribery. The grand jury indictment was issued Sept. 13 and alleged that Mattox offered not to delay approval of several bond issuances being handled by a Houston law firm if the firm dropped attempts to question his sister in connection with a lawsuit involving Mobil Oil Corp. The court date was scheduled primarily for the purpose of naming lawyers in the case. Mat tox, 40, a Democrat elected last year, already has hired noted Austin attorney Roy Minton for his defense. Minton said Wednesday he believed the indictment against Mattox was defective because it did not allege a crime. Approval or denial of public bond issues, he said, is one of the duties of the attorney general and does not fit into the statu tory definition of a bribe. However, Minton said a mo tion to quash or dismiss the in dictment probably would not be filed until approximately 10 days before the next court hear ing, which he predicted would be in November. The charge against Mattox resulted from a two-month grand jury investigation into his campaign finances INTERNATIONAL HOUSE of RAJtCAKES* RESTAURANT District judge fines rest home $5,000 HU€NTION RGGI€S Join us in creating a neuu Aggie tradition 24hr fiGGI€ SP€ClfiL United Press International DALLAS — In what Attorney General Jim Mattox called a pre cedent-setting case, a state court judge Wednesday levied a $5,000 civil fine against a Mes quite nursing home accused of subjecting its patients to danger ous conditions. home reform in Texas,” said Mattox. “And I intend to con tinue cracking down on consis tently bad nursing homes by going to court to obtain civil penalties.” One case cited was a patient who died two hours after she was found standing on her head and returned to her bed without restraints. I All you can eat Pinto Beans with I meat and Cornbread for 99< Dallas County District Judge John M. Marshall also named a trustee for the Trailwood Man or Nursing Home, which lost its state certification and the right to receive state Medicaid pay ments last July 31. A spokeswoman for the nurs ing home said officials there were unaware of the penalties and had no comment. The inspectors also found several cases of improperly dres sed bedsores, patients lying in their own excrement and pa tients with scabies, said Mattox. 103 N College Ave 846-7073 “I view this case as setting a precedent in the area of nursing During an inspection earlier this month, Texas Health De partment inspectors said they found five instances of improp er medical care at Trailwood Manor. “I’m sending a message to shoddy nursing home operators with this judgment that I am not afraid to take them to court to obtain penalties and that I will be successful,” said Mattox. The art final was a 6-foot painting. Your friends helped you pass with flying colors. A deftly hurled splotch of magenta blended surrealistically with a cascade of vermilion, occasional suggestions of orange and cobalt blue and what do you have? What else: “The Birth of the Universe!’ It’s the painting that completed your art final, and frankly, you couldn’t have done it by yourself. Afterwards, it’s time for a little down-to-earth gratitude. You owe them at least a few Lowenbraus, not to mention the laundry bill. Lowenbrau. Here’s to good friends. PUC shuts up former staffer United Press International AUSTIN — The Public Utility Commission Wednes day blocked the testimony of one of its former staff mem bers who had been sub poenaed by Texas Electric Service Co. on behalf of its $195 million rate case. In an emotion-charged emergency hearing in which former PUC staff member Dr. Samuel C. Hadaway stormed out of the meeting, the com mission voted 2-0 to void a subpoena for Hadaway. A PUC examiner last week issued the subpoena for Had away, who resigned as PUC economic research director a few weeks ago to join the fa culty of Southwest Texas Uni versity. The subpoena was issued at TESCO’s request. Hadaway had prefiled written testimony for the TESCO rate hearing before he left the commission, but it was disavowed by the PUC af ter his resignation. While PUC chairman Alan Erwin was explaining the commission’s ruling, Had away jerked open the door to the PUC hearing room and stormed out. He could notbe reached for comment. During the hearing he said TESCO had not paid him for his appearance. The hearing Wednesday marked the latest in a seriesol bitter exchanges between the commission staff and TESCO. The conflict apparently began at the start of the rate heanngs when the company was forced to turn over certain records. Erwin said he regretted that “bitterness and hostility had developed,” and commit sioner Peggy Rosson said she was sorry Hadaway had been “dragged into the middled this mess.” While he was still on the PUC staff, Hadaway made re commendations on common equity and company account ing procedures and directeda study on the relationship of company bond ratings tocut- tomer costs. In opposing Hadaway'stet- timony, PUC attorney Steve Porter said the law creating the commission barred for mer PUC employees fromre turning to the PUC to repre sent a utility. Judge relaxes ban on cameras United Press International GEORGETOWN, Texas — A state court judge Wednesday re laxed part of his earlier gag order that banned all cameras and tape recorders from the grounds of the Williamson County Courthouse. In response to a complaint filed by KVUE-TV in Austin, District Judge William Lott agreed to allow cameras and tape recorders on the court house grounds but continued his ban on equipment inside the building. Lott is presiding over the case of Victor and Moaene Marek of Bartlett, who are charged with stealing and selling $150,000 worth of grain from a ware house they operated. Williamson County deputies seized a video recorder from KVUE after a reporter took the de the court house Monday. Lott issuedth original gag order last week, did not put it into writing us; Monday. MSC CEP1 ' tonight at SI.50 with jM-REC sp . captains’ i ylOTORCY ride to the Blocker (/ eHlALPlW i at the met TAMSCAM! - a radar pi I Hurricane aggie see ties will be MEXICAN-, beanorga for stuclei health-rek A&M EMEI duled for medics to JHEATRE office for t Saw.” Shov informatic Sports m semester i: plans for t FENCING C meeting, vv BETA ALPP from Peat, COLLEGE terested in 7 p.m. in J C0MMITTI AMERIC. on the fin Membersh CLASS OF’t this week i Sunday in iSmi ties The Texas Court of Crimm Appeals Tuesday rejected a in:- lion by KVUE to halt thetiii until the issue is resolved k the court gave Lott until Th© day to file a response to thettk vision station’s complaint NEW ORLE rother-in-law ih Sheriff H; ected of pi equipment insic In an 1 Tpage response file late Wednesday, Lott said It mugtders hea had issued similar ordersduriri ect j on f 0 , ,| 1) his seven years on the bench)! iperation ter receiving complaints fra |urors and witnesses and abo. 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