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Page 10/The BattaliorVThursday, October 13,1983 Convicted man slew for family United Press International LIPSCOMB — A man who ;laimed he killed an acquaint ance under pressure from a Jrug syndicate which hreatened his parents was con victed of murder Wednesday. Michael Anderson, 26, was Found guilty in the Feb. 19 shooting death of Robert Hall, 28, of Sayre, Okla. Anderson’s defense was based on his claim hat he committed the crime jnder duress caused by the threats to his family. Anderson testified Tuesday hat a member of a narcotics syn- licate he identified as “The Family” ordered him to kill Hall ir see his parents, Marvin and Sue Anderson, killed. He claimed the drug syndi- :ate wanted Hall and his wife, Donna, killed because they were -O testify against another mem ber of tne drug ring. He said he carried out the slaying after a series of bizarre, hreatening incidents. He said lis parents were followed, dogs were killed at his residence, and snakes were placed on his porch. Anderson showed no reac tion to the verdict, which came after six hours of deliberation. However, a sister of the slain man, Brenda Brown of Amaril lo, audibly chuckled when the verdict was read. The jury began deliberations on Anderson’s punishment fol lowing a plea by the prosecutor for the maximum sentence of life in prison. Defense attorney Harold Comer countered that Anderson deserved probation because he was trying to protect his family. “This is not a killing without reason or a killing without some justification,” Comer said. “He did have his family in mind when he killed Robert Hall.” Hall was shot in the head four times Feb. 19 as he, Anderson, and four others sat in a car. Anderson surrendered to Lake Charles, La., police on March 3, about 24 hours after Hall’s body was recovered in Anderson’s back yard. Cool but still sunny staff photo by John Makely Despite weather forecasts depicting a cold, rainy day, the sun shone and the high temperature was 69 degrees. 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Storage costs were run ning up to $1 million a day. Polk, chairman of the Texas House Committee on Human Services, has asked U.S. Sena tors John Tower and Lloyd Bentsen, both of Texas, to take immediate action to have com modities such as canned beef, tuna, vegetables and other foods diverted from feeding prog rams, or “soup kitchens,” to other purposes. In a recent letter to both sena tors, she said the food is not Alpha Lambda Delta Pledge Tea Thursday October 13 7:00 p.m. Rudder 701 being used effectively because of tight regulations that govern which soup kitchens are eligible to receive the commodities. Under federal rules no prog ram can qualify if it discrimin ates against any segment of soci ety. That means that programs specifically intended to assist the disabled, the elderly, and school children or any other special group cannot receive the food. Officials of the Texas Depart ment of Human Resources and local food bank operators, who have been distributing the com modities to needy people across the state, agree that due to reg ulations, Texas doesn’t have enough eligible programs to use all the food allocated to the state. The program, which requires the food to be used by Dec. 31, has been heavily criticized throughout Texas during re cent weeks. Texas food bank operators have said that programs to dis tribute commodities to needy families have been poorly admi nistered by the USDA and the Texas Department ol Human Resources. The food bank operators have complained that govern ment red tape has prevented them from distributing ions of commodities which have been silting idle in their warehouses for months. Folk’s letter did not address problems with the giveaways to needy families but said the soup kitchen program needs immedi ate attention. 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A representative will be on the campus THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1983 to discuss qualifications for advanced study at AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL and job opportunities in the field of INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT Interviews may be scheduled at PLACEMENT/RUDDER TOWER 10TH FLOOR AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT Thunderbird Campus Glendale, Arizona 85306 Court rejects Dimples' bid United Press International AUSTIN — Dimples Jo Wal ker says her 20-year prison sent ence should be overturned for two reasons: one, a knife is not a deadly weapon and, two, she never intended to kill Charles McGhee when she stabbed him through the heart at a Lubbock cafe in 1978. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, however, took a dim view of her argument Wednes day and unanimously upheld her conviction on charges of voluntary manslaughter. “The contention is somewhat disingenuous,” the court said of Walker’s first ground of appeal — that a knife is not a deadly weapon, “given that in the man ner of the knife’s use — to stab the victim through the heart— it proved quite capable of inflict ing a deadly wound.” The court had similar words for her other ground of appeal; that she never intended to kill McGhee. "The same stabbing in the heart that shows the weapon to have been deadly amply demon strates appellant’s intent,” the court said. “We note further that the appellant was heard to say T hope he dies’ as she left the scene.” In other action Wednesday, the court reversed the capital murder conviction and life pris on sentence of a Louisiana man convicted of raping and stab bing a North Texas woman. 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