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Chagra indictment unsealed
United Press International
SAN ANTONIO — An in-
lictment charging Jimmy Chag-
A with conspiracy to murder
issistant U.S. Attorney James
N\. Kerr was made public
Wednesday.
The sealed indictment was
^turned on Nov. 20. U.S. Dis-
rict Judge William Sessions
;igned the order making the in
dictment public.
The indictment charges
Uhagra with conspiring with
faynes Kearns to kill Kerr, who
was conducting an investigation
of Chagra’s drug dealing activi
ties.
Kearns was indicted on one
count of conspiracy to murder
and one count of assaulting a
federal prosecutor. He is cur
rently serving an 18-month sent
ence in Concord, N.H., for theft
from an interstate shipment.
Kearns also faces a bond
jumping indictment in Mas
sachusetts.
U.S. Attorney Edward C.
Prado told a news conference he
is confident the case will hold up.
in court. . _
Prado and FBI Special Agent
John W. Dalseg declined to ela
borate on the five-year investi
gation and refused to disclose-
the amount of money paid to
Kearns. Prado would not say
why the indictment was held for
10 days.
Kerr was injured in the Nov.
21, 1978, attack, in which
Kearns fired a semi-automatic
.30-caliber rifle at Kerr’s car, the
indictment said.
Chagra approached Robert
Piccolo to arrange the attack, the
indictment said. Piccolo, who
was not indicted, hired Kearns
to kill Kerr in a meeting in Sep
tember or October of 1978 in
Florida, the indictment said.
Piccolo then met with Kearns
in Pontiac, Mich., to deliver a
sum of money, then traveled to
Nevada on Nov. 17 to meet with
Chagra, the indictment said.
Chagra was acquitted on con
spiracy charges in the death of
U.S. Judge John Wood Jr., who
was shot outside his San Antonio
apartment May 29, 1979.
Kerr often prosecuted cases
in Wood’s court, and Chagra
was scheduled to appear before
Wood on drug charges when the
judge was slain.
The indictment said Chagra
wanted Kerr killed because he
was directing investigations into
the unlawful trafficking and dis
tribution of drugs by Chagra
and members of Chagra’s family
and organization.
IN CONCERT
December 1, 8 p.m.
First Baptist Church
College Station
Profits go to World Hunger Tickets available at BSD for $4.
sponsored by BSU
USD A told to hurry
with grain releasing
United Press International
AUSTIN — Texas Agricul
ture Commissioner Jim High
tower admonished federal offi
cials Wednesday to “get up off
their duffs” in releasing 83 mil
lion tons of grain to help feed
West Texas livestock.
President Reagan signed
legislation Tuesday calling for
release of the damaged grain to
drought-stricken ranchers, but
the U.S. Department of Agricul
ture said it could take as long as
10 days to develop guidelines to
dole out the corn.
“This just boggles my mind
that they’re stalling even more,”
Hightower said at a news confer
ence. “It’s been several weeks
since Congress first passed the
(legislation) and the USDA is
only now beginning to think ab
out how they’re going to handle
the release".
He said, “I think they could
do it tomorrow if they’d just get
up off their duffs and do it.”
Hightower and Gov. Mark
White have been highly critical
of U.S. agriculture secretary
John Block’s response to Texas’
drought problems. Hightower
said his department would pro
vide a referral service to help the
ranchers find the cheapest ways
to get the grain.
He said the corn could be del
ivered to most points for about
half the regular market price of
feed grain. The federal legisla
tion had no provisions for
- paying transportation costs.
Hightower also said the state
would drop a lawsuit against
Block and the USDA calling for
the release of the corn.
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United Press International
DALLAS — A San Antonio
consulting firm representative
told the Select Committee on
Public Education Wednesday
that a successful bilingual prog
ram in Texas will take more time
and money.
Testifying before a panel
headed by Dallas computer
magnate H. Ross Perot, Blandi-
no Ramirez said Texas school
children are leaving bilingual
programs after only one or two
years and with minimal skills in
English.
Perot’s committee is conduct
ing exhaustive hearings on
Texas’ public education system
in advance of a special legislative
session next year to address edu
cation needs.
While state law allows biling
ual instruction through sixth
grade, Texas Education Agency
regulations move students out
of the program too quickly,
Ramirez said.
“Bilingual education should
be offered to any child who
needs it, whenever he needs it
and for as long as he needs it,”
said Ramirez, a researcher for
Intercultural Development Re
search Association.
The San Antonio research
group estimated that Texas
should increase its spending for
bilingual education from $17
million to $(52 million. Those
funds do not include teachers’
salaries.
“Bilingual education is our
best hope,” Ramirez added.
“The teaching of English is non-
negotiable. We have to do that.”
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More than 150 new and backlist titles published by the
Texas A&M University Press will be sold at a discountof20
percent to 80 percent at the Press’ Christmas Warehouse
Sale Thursday through Saturday. Damaged copies also will
be available at greater reductions.
The sale will feature the books of Bill Brett, authorof
“This Here’s a Good’un.” Brett will be there Thursday to
autograph his books. Many other popular volumes also will
be available.
Sale hours will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday and
Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. The sale will be held
at the Press’ new location on Lewis Street, adjacent to the
bonfire site.
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The Brazos Valley Safety Agency will offer a defensive
driving course at the Ramada hwi Dec. 2 and 3 froin6p.ni
to 10 p.m. The classes can be used to have certain misde
meanor traffic offenses dismissed and to receive a lOpercem
discount on automobile insurance. The course costs $20,and
participants can register at 5 p.m. Friday at the Ramada Inn
For more information call 693-8178.
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The Graduate Student Council invites graduate students
unfversily-wide to attend their “graduation party” Friday
8 p.m. The celebration is open to any graduate student,
whether he is graduating this semester or not. It will be held
in the Barcelona Appartments party room, and admissionis
free. Refreshments will be preM«fed, but donations will be
accepted.
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Aggieland photos still being taken
Juniors, seniors, veterinary and medical schoolstudenls
can have individual pictures for the 1984 Aggieland taken
today through Dec. 2 at the Yearbook Associates officeai
1700 S. Kyle behind Culpepper Plaza; and Dec. 5-9 at the
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AUSTIN — The Univi
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find out why the numberob
graduates who passed the
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went wrong,” he said. “IfP "
memorization-type exam,
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rules.”
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part, the scores would have
very close to what they have
for years,” he said.
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