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CAN-AMERICAN ENGINEERING SOCIETYtjim
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le at 7:30 p.m. in 104C Zachry.
tlGCLUBtWe will be making plans for the Lake Somervil-
ting, Oct. 21*23, at 7 p.m. in 510 Rudder Tower.
iNT Y:Sign up for the Apollo Club at Janie’s desk on the
d floor of the Paviliion by Oct. 17. The club meets and
with faculty and staff members.
NT GOVERNMENT-EXTERNAL AFFAIRStWe
iscuss the Christian Children’s Fund and Aggie Olympics
meeting at 8:30 p.m. in 140 Memorial Student Center.
NGELOAVEST TEXAS AGGIE CLUBtA general
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enter.
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[) CAMPUS MINISTRY:Join us for fun, food and
ship from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the A&M Presbyterian
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LJRFING CLUB:We will discuss the Galveston trip at 8
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• a.m. to noon through Friday. Local kindergarten and
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Defense says racial slur biasedjury
ittox attacks
ll’s requests
Press Internationa]
V — Southwestern
hone Co. has sought
yment for expenses it
hour in its divestiture
rican Telephone &
Co., Attorney Gener-
tox said Tuesday in
pre-filed with the
lity Commission,
■western Bell is re-
that the Texas Public
wnmission shelter the
i a golden umbrella at
s’ expense to replace
ilia of AT&T,” Mattox
tbrney general’s office
permission to inter-
el 1.4 billion rate case
fcf the State Purchas-
ieneral Services Com-
I'uesday was the last
Bled testimony was
|i the case. Hearings
B begin Oct. 24.
testimony, Mattox used
tpesses to attack Bell’s
Ir construction-work-
ss revenues, a provi-
I rate case that would
to make a return on its
in facilities that are
aperation.
ow hinders
nt for pilot
i«i Press International
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red search efforts in
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Wyoming Civil Air Patrol Lt.
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was becoming a factor in the
search for Kruse, and said only
search for Richard one CAP plane was able to carry
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Mistrial denied in AGRI court case
United Press International
DES MOINES — A judge in
the conspiracy trial of AGRI In
dustries Tuesday denied a mo
tion for a mistrial sought by de
fense attorneys, who were stun
ned by a prosecutor’s racially re
lated query to a witness.
U.S. District Judge Harold
Victor dismissed the mistrial re
quest after taking it under
advisement Tuesday at noon. In
making the ruling, the judge
said U.S. Attorney Richard Tur
ner had the right to ask a de
fense witness about the firing of
AGRI employee Roger Jones.
AGRI and the five company
executives on trial are blaming
Jones for a shipping error that
forced the company to take
$500,000 worth of government
wheat from a Fort Worth ele
vator.
Turner was trying to find out
if Jones was fired because he was
black. Defense attorneys said
Turner’s questions may have
prejudiced the jury, which in
cludes two black women.
Company officials have stated
Jones made the grain error be
cause he was using cocaine and
went into a drug rehabilitation
program right after the mistake.
In the disputed question,
Turner asked defense witness
Wayne McCalla, “And isn’t it
also true you discussed it and
said, ‘Remember, Roger’s a
black’?”
McCalla denied the state-
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ordered the jury out of the cour
troom and heard several mo
tions for a mistrial.
Earlier Tuesday, Victor
announced he had denied ear
lier defense motions to dismiss
the case. However, he did take
under advisement new requests
by attorneys for three defen
dants — Michael O’Dowd, Pat
Kevlin and R.F. Nelson — to re
consider the dismissal motions.
AGRI and five of its top offi
cials are on trial for allegedly
conspiring to steal 133,000
bushels of government-owned
wheat on May 5-6 to meet a ship
ment deadline and avoid penali
ties totaling $6,000 a day.
Charged in the case are Kev
lin, 51, executive vice-president;
Jack Wyard, 43, of West Des
Moines, grain division chief;
Tom Williamson, 38, of Clive,
transportation director;
O’Dowd, 30, of Houston, head
of Texas operations and son of
company president B.J.
O’Dowd; and Nelson, 51, Fort
Worth warehouse superinten
dent.
Victor dismissed charges last
Thursday against Glenn Feil-
ner, superintendent of the
Houston warehouse because of
insufficient evidence.
With McCalla, an AGRI grain
superintendent from Houston,
on the stand, defense attorneys
tried to show the complicated
process AGRI goes through to
load ships and blend the exact
grade of grain to fill orders.
Victor said he had “real prob
lems” with the amount of back
ground the defense was present
ing in the case to justify the grain
shortage, which AGRI officials
claim led to the use of the gov
ernment grain.
Objecting to numerous de
fense exhibits and questions.
Turner said he believes whatev
er reason the grain was short was
irrelevant. “It’s not a justifica
tion or defense for taking the
government grain from Fort
Worth,” he said.
However, defense attorney
Carroll Vance of Houston said
the background information
goes to the “heart of the case.”
Snake found,
but has to go
United Press International
VICTORIA — Time is run
ning out for a nine-foot-long
python, who was missing for 20
months but turned up recently
in a bar, scaring the patrons who
stood on chairs holding beer
bottles in their hands for protec
tion, officials said Tuesday.
Alan Hass, the python’s own
er, would be in violation of a city
ordinance which prohibits resi
dents from keeping wild animals
in their homes, if the python is
returned. City officials, in this
south Texas city said the reptile
will be put to sleep if a new own
er — preferably a zoo or snake
farm — is not found by mid
week.
“We cannot permit specula
tion at the expense of the citizens
of the state,” Mattox said. “Di
vestiture in progress is the same
as construction work in progress
and both are contrary to regula
tion in the public interest.”
Mattox said he planned to
personally argue against Bell’s
case during upcoming hearings.
“I believe the commission
should cooperate with the com
pany in limiting losses in income
but it should not anticipate un
known reduction in revenues, in
response to the company’s pleas,
to eliminate stockholders’ risk
and maintain their confidence,”
Hopper said.
Other expert testimony filed
by Mattox said Bell should re
ceive a 13.25 percent return on
investment instead of the 17
percent requested by the com
pany. Mattox said the lower in
vestment return could save con
sumers millions of dollars.
Also filing pre-filed testimony
were the Texas Municipal
League, the U.S. Department of
Defense, the Texas Retailers
Association and the public coun
sel of the PUG.
“This doesn’t surpise me at
all,” said Haas, 25. “The general
population’s reaction is to see a
snake and kill it. Most people
have no knowledge that some
snakes are good.”
Haas said in March 1982 the
snake — named “Big Snake” —
escaped from its 9-foot long
cage in the Haas home. It
prompted a massive snakehunt
for the brown and white reptile,
alarming residents over its
whereabouts, but it was not
found.
“My mistake was reporting it
in the first place,” Haas said.
Friday, Victoria police re
ceived a call that a snake was in
the the Copa Cabana bar, where
the frightened patrons jumped
on chairs and threatened the
animal with beer bottles. Para
medics soon arrived and the
was coaxed into a large !
body bag and taken to the city’s 1
animal control office.
The Copa Cabana is two
blocks from Haas home.
Haas said he was informed by
city officials that he could no lon
ger keep the animal in his home,
because of the ordinance passed
when the 10-year-old python
originally was lost. The snake
was a Christmas gift from a
friend.
“I’ve called zoos and organi
zations, but no one wants it.
They are very common,” he said
of the $300 python.
Despite being missing for 20
months, “Big Snake” appears to
have been eating well. Haas said
he probably was feasting on
birds and mice.
He said he wanted his pet
back because “I’ve known the
snake practically its whole life.”
He knows, however, it does not
recognize him.
“He doesn’t know me. They
recognize the human scent, but
otherwise their intelligence is
very basic,” he said. “They city
considers it a wild animal be
cause it has reverted back to the
wilds. But if it did anything
wrong, they would come run
ning to blame me.”
Assitant City Attorney Mark
Taylor said he will have the
animal put to sleep if Haas does
not come up with an acceptable
new home. County officials said
he could live outside the city
limits and keep his snake, but
Haas said he cannot move in one
day.
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