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ieyer LSI? The' Battalion Serving the University community 78 No. 33 USPS 0453110 16 pages College Station, Texas Wednesday, October 12,1983 Man charged in CS killings 1 A&M worker ”'S one of five ulty gmi | • • s area victims through th >rk led to ‘g of the mi id Dr, Phi^ the genetic arc! Univet from staff and wire reports A man suspected of killing live ople, two in College Station, and jdnapping six others Tuesday was imaged,tlii arged with two counts of murder cussionstd P a y ' n Brazos County after being iprehended in Wharton County late nesday, a College Station Police De triment spokesman said. Elisio H. Moreno, 24, of Mercedes |d a Bryan resident for a year, was cancen«arged with capital murder and the ’s work ahiirrarus will be served in Wharton nelp in tret k* nt y where Moreno was arraigned ises by sho to antibioit g bacteria. born June! M , Conn.,aj |p raduate Cornell It on aggravated kidnapping charges to day following a massive five-hour manhunt that led to his arrest, Capt. Ron Miller of the College Station De tective Division of the police depart ment, said. Capitol murder charges are ex pected to be filed in Waller County today where Moreno is accused of kill ing a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper, David Wells of the DPS office said. Moreno allegedly began the shoot ing spree by killing two in-laws, Juan Garza, 30, and his wife Esther Garza, 31, at the Doux Chene Apartments, 1401 FM 2818 in College Station, a College Station police report said. The victims were relatives of the suspect’s wife. The elder Garza was an employee of the Cain Hall dining facility on the Texas A&M campus and Juan Garza was a carrier for the Bryan postal service. Moreno was arraigned on aggra vated kidnapping charges this morn ing in Wharton by Judge Daniel SklarT Wharton County Sheriff Rudy Machala said. Machala said bond was set at $100,000. The College Station police report said detectives plan to bring Moreno to Brazos County to face charges brought against him, but the date of his transfer is pending since Moreno will be facing charges in Waller and Wharton Counties. The charges facing Moreno in Wal ler County are a result of the alleged shooting death of DPS trooper Rus sell Lynn Boyd, 25, at approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, DPS spokesman Larry Todd said. He said Boyd was killed after stopping a Ford LTD north of Hempstead. “It’s our understanding the officer was on a traffic stop on Highway 6 near Hempstead,” Todd said. Authorities searching for the killer in Hempstead found three people who had been shot in a house near a church. Two died, but one woman survived, a spokesman for Life Flight Helicopter in Houston reported. The dead were identified as James Bennett, 71, and Mrs. AlHe Wilkins, 79. Their bodies were taken td McWil liams Funeral Home in Hempstead. Waller County District Attorney Jim Keeshan said the elderly people were shot when they apparently re fused to cooperate with Moreno. He said Mareno told the victims he was a utility lineman and wanted to park his car behind their house. When they did not cooperate, he shot them, Keeshan said. The survivor, Anne Bennett, 70, is in critical condition with a chest wound, Debbie Byrne, a spokesman for Hermann Hospital said today. Bennett was flown by helicopter to Houston’s Hermann Hospital. Officials said the Hempstead vic tims were related. Their bodies were found inside at a house at about 8:40 p.m, but officials said they could have been laying there for up to an hour. Moreno was apprehended and arrested between Wharton and El Campo on U.S. 59 in Wharton Coun ty following the 130-mile manhunt across south Texas, DPS Sgt. Dyrle Maples reported. He said Moreno, in a Ford Bronco with one of the six hostages Moreno is accused of kidnapping, was stopped at a roadblock and offered no resist ance. Moreno was taken to the Whar ton County jail where he spent the night. Officials said the suspect earlier kidnapped Bill and Pat Shirley and their three children, forced the Shir leys to drive them to Cypress, where he reportedly released them un harmed. He then allegedly continued to Pasadena, where he comandeered a brown Ford Bronco and took the driver hostage. College Station police Sgt. Art Wilt- sie said the man being sought in the Waller County slayings was the same one wanted in a College Station dou ble homicide earlier Tuesday. “We did have a double homicide here in the city,” Wiltsie said. “A man and his wife were shot. The man in the double-homicide here is also the suspect in the trooper shooting down in Waller County.” See MURDER, page 16 Texas A&M carillon site undetermined scribed Pais >es, which ii- it unempto :imp in na Canal til /ernmenttt Like ships passing in the night staff photo by John Makely These two bicyclists seem to have opposing views on who has the right of way. University Police recently imposed fines on bicyclists who wander from the straight and narrow. These bikers were riding on Ross Street Tuesday afternoon. ~]Earl Cook dies of heart attack by Stephanie M. Ross Battalion Staff The idea to donate a carillon — a bell tower — first came to Ford D. Albritton 15 years ago. That idea was presented at the last Texas A&M Board of Regents meeting by Albrit ton, and he received a standing ova tion for his presentation. All gifts to the universities within the Texas A&M System must be approved by the regents for legal reasons, said Robert G. Cherry, sec retary to the board. The president of a university may not simply accept a gift without the board’s approval. Be cause of this, at each meeting, the re gents approve all gifts made to the universities. Only when a gift is unusual or out standing, is a formal presentation made, Cherry said. Albritton’s dona tion became an item on the agenda through one of the regents, which is one of the proper channels to follow to be recognized at a board meeting, Cherry said. Albritton, a former member of the board and a member of the Class of ’43, said he has visited many campuses across the United States and noticed that many of the eastern schools had a carillon. He thought that the carillon would add to the beauty of the cam pus at Texas A&M. The company that will build the carillon also built one at the Universi ty of California at Berkeley. The proposed carillon will be con structed of brick and Texas limestone to match the Academic Building, and a 10-foot diameter clock will be set in each of the four sides of the tower. At first, the carillon was to house 35 electronically controlled bells. After the gift was received so warmly, Albritton said he decided to increase the number of bells by 12, which will add three octaves to the bell system. The larger bells, which will number 26 or 28, will have the official seal of the school and an inscription on them, Albritton said. He added that one of the bells will have his name on it, and one will have his wife’s. The others, he does not know about. The original proposed site for the 130-foot carillon was between the YMCA and Coke buildings. Current ly a feasibility study is being con ducted of the proposed site because underground water and electrical lines and a steam tunnel are under the site. Alternate sites also are being con sidered and included in the report. Some alternate sites include the plaza on the west side of campus and the grassy area between the O&M Building and the Langford Architec ture Center. Albritton declined to comment on the possible site change until the re port is finished, but said. he thinks there won’t be a problem finding a site that will make everyone happy. The final site for the carillon must be approved by the Board of Regents. Dr. Earl Cook, distinguished pro fessor of geography and geology at lexas A&M, died Tuesday morning lorn a heart attack. I Cook, 63, joined the University fa- lltyin 1965 as associate dean of the lollege of Geosciences. He was famed dean of the college in 1971. Cook taught courses in the geogra- jhy department dealing with man nd his relationship with nature and nergy. He also taught classes on re to5 70U source depletion and human welfare. Cook, who was born in Belling ham, Wash., received his Ph.D. from University of Washington in 1954 where he earned a B.A. in 1943 and a M.A. in 1947. In 1981, Cook received the Achievement Award from the Geosci ences and Earth Resources Advisory Council at Texas A&M. He served on many committees including the Com mittee on National Materials Policy, the Texas Governor’s Energy Advis ory Commission and the National Academy of Sciences Helium Study Committee. He served as consultant to the Na tional Academy of Sciences and the University of California San Diego Energy Symposium. Cook wrote many publications per taining to the geology of the Amer ican West. Some of the topics of the papers include energy and the en vironment, limits to the exploitation of nonrenewable resources, the role of history in the regulation of the nuc lear fuel cycle and the charting of our energy future. Geology professor Dr. Campbell Pennington said Cook was noted for his humor and endowed with a vast amount of charm, which he only for got on occasion when he wanted to make a point. Funeral services are pending. Cook is survived by his wife, Violet ta Burke Cook, and three children. inside Around town 12 Classified 19 Local 3 National 7 Opinions 2 Sports 13 State 4 What’s up 11 forecast Cloudy and rainy today. Highs in the mid 70s. Regents to discuss repairs, accept bids for bond sales by Karen Schrimsher Battalion Staff The Texas A&M Board of Regents will meet Thursday to discuss hurri cane repair allocations for the Univer sity of Texas at Galveston and accept bids for the sale of a new series of Permanent University Fund bonds. Repair costs for damage caused by Hurricane Alicia in August are ex pected to exceed Chancellor Arthur G. Hansen’s $100,000 copstruction contract award authprity. Hansen is recommending that the board extend his limit in order to expedite repairs. In order to determine the extent of the damage, the architectural firms of Rapp Partners, Inc. of Galveston/Bel- laire, and Reed and Clements, Inc. of Texas City were hired to prepare damage reports at the Pelican Island and Fort Crockett campuses. Bids for the sale of $21 million worth of PUF bonds will be received today, and tabulation of the bids will be submitted to the board on Thurs day. Notices have been mailed to Texas banks with assets in excess of $200 million requesting proposals for registration and paying of the bonds. The Permanent University Fund is a permanent land endowment de signed to provide a stable source of funding for permanent improve ments and enhancement of the quali ty of education within the Texas A&M and the University of Texas systems. One way the university systems be nefit from the PUF is through bond sales. PUF funds are used as collateral for the bonds, and the bond proceeds may be used for construction and other permanent improvements. An appropriation request on the agenda is for legal and administrative expense to pay expenses in connec tion with the bonds, including attor ney fees, printing, rating, advertising and mailing costs. The Planning and Building Com mittee will meet to discuss $975,000 worth of repair funding for the mar ried student housing apartments on College Avenue. The apartments are in need of roof and balcony repairs. The committee also will review the traffic-flow study compiled by Bar- ton-Aschman Associates, Inc., a Houston consulting firm that special izes in traffic and parking problems. Barton-Aschman was selected in January to conduct the study. John D. Albritton, a former regent who plans to donate a carillon to the University, is expected to attend the meeting, but discussion of the gift is not scheduled. Bones to be Indian Ov excavating the remains before Aug. 21 during construction of the new e» weir s,uci. . The U.S. Corns of Engineers a lered hah of rnmtmctinn . 1 there are amateut*