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Page 4/The Battalian/Monday, December 12, 1983 ■ / ’■ Murderer asks court, governor for his life United Press International ANGOLA, La. — Convicted murderer Robert Wayne Wil liams has only two days to live unless he can persuade the gov ernor or a U.S. Supreme Court justice to halt his eighth date with Louisiana’s electric chair. Williams, who has won seven delays of his execution from state and federal courts, asked U.S. Supreme Court Justice Wil liam Brennan Saturday to bar the execution, scheduled be 1 1 !l 1 AUTO INSURANCE 1 FOR AGGIES | Call: George Webb I Farmers Insurance Group 3400 S. College 823 8051 tween 12:01 a.m. and 3 a.m. Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the na tion’s nigh court said Sunday Brennan was not expected to rule on the appeal this weekend. Justice Byron White Satur day refused to halt the electro cution, citing a ruling last month in which the high court vacated its own stay, clearing the way for the first execution in Louisiana in more than two decades. Williams also has asked Gov. Dave Treen to save his life by commuting his death sentence to life in prison. Treen said he was considering the appeal and planned to announce a decision Monday. Sam Dalton, an attorney for Williams, said the appeal to the moment his client was ex ecuted. Williams, a 31-year-old di vorced father of four, earlier this week asked the state Par dons Board to commute his death sentence, but the panel re fused. Williams has asked that his sentence be reduced because he did not intend to harm 67-year- old security guard Willie Kelly during the robbery of a sub urban Baton Rouge A&P groc ery store Jan. 5, 1979. If Williams loses his appeals and is executed Wednesday, he will become the first person kil led in Louisiana’s electric chair since Jesse James Ferguson was put to death in 1961 for the rape Treen would stay in effect until and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Survey of students reveals parking as main problem by Debbie E. Warren Battalion Reporter Most Aggies feel that among all the problems at Texas A&M, parking is the worst, according to a survey conducted by the Student Government to find out stu dents’ opinions about current issues here. The ten questions on the survey were based on issues the Student Senate thought were important. Those pri marily dealt with transporta tion, service fees and Univer sity facilities. Laurel Smith, an adviser for the project, says 1000 sur veys were mailed out random ly to students in October. “We sent out letters to a thousand students who were selected at random from the entire student body of about 36,000 students,” Smith says. “The response rate was very good. About 450 returned the surveys out of the 1000 that got them.” Smith says a problem that everyone seemed to think needed to be solved is the parking situation. “That (the parking situa tion) was the biggest concern that people expressed,” he said. Another big issue that Stu dent Government was con cerned about was whether the students’ fees should be in creased to pay for services or whether students should have to pay specifically for user ser vices like the swimming pool. That was a big controversy re cently. Students felt over whelmingly that user’s fees were appropriate.” Smith says the majority of the students surveyed were also in favor of having co-ed dorms on campus. “Forty-seven percent of those surveyed thought there should be co-ed dorms avail able,” she says, “and of those that favored them, many, but not all, would actually live in them.” Smith says every group in terms of colleges and classes were well represented in the survey except for freshmen. “We speculate that maybe freshmen don’t know too much yet about these diffe rent issues,” she says. “They had only been here three months when the survey was done and just weren’t familiar enough to either be con cerned or feel they could answer the questions.” issues they are facing. Not only is this the firsts; vey to be conducted Student Government, also the first one tob nized and managed dents. Jana Nelson and Sharp, both students^ signed the survey, distrik; it randomly and analyzedij results. Smith says this is the first scientific survey that has been conducted by the Student Government and hopes it will start a trend. “I don’t believe I know of any place else in the country where a student government has funded a student survey,” Smith says. “I think it will be very helpful to the Student Government to know what students are concerned about and how they feel about the “It gave us the advant; because we are students ij we can relate to whatthes dent Government want! Sharp says. "Probably afc that is expert at this could designed a better survey a more professional survevi: way. Being students we Kf however, able to betterim pret the questions." The survey costabo, S550. The Student Cover ment originally budjti S764 for the project. at by Ste Bi Last w< Debate C debate te inclu A&M sqi ety Pres mann. Brossi major fr tournar proved i creased t pants to 1 division; senior di This ty took both the visions. “Bay gest Com a debate “They a thecoun Southwc U.T. fraternity house burns; one killed, another injured (LJ.5 fin United Press International AUSTIN — A fire in a Uni versity of Texas fraternity house Sunday killed one woman and severely burned a man, injured one firefighter and destroyed two-thirds of the building, au thorities said. Fire Lt. Jim Boynton said the fire broke out about 6 a.m. at the Lambda Chi Alpha house, kill ing the woman who was trapped in a hallway and injuring a man. Brae ken ridge Hospital spokeswoman Barbara Vanness said the injured man, UT junior Frederick Paul Pestorius, 20, of Barington, R.I., was in stable condition in intensive care. He suffered second- and third- burns, Boynton said. Boynton said other residents of the fraternity house were apparently evacuated safely from the burning building. Authorities say they believe the fire started in one student’s room, but investigators had not determined what may have set off the blaze. “The ID on the female is going to be hard because she was burned pretty badly,” said Fire Capt. Danny Stamper. Stamper said the woman apparently was visiting one of the residents. “They had a Christmas party there the evening before,” he said. Stamper said 12 of the U- shaped stucco building’s 18 un its were destroyed in thti alarm blaze. Stamper said one also taken to Brackenndii possible broken !» Unitet ALLA sampling c dustriai i siith-grai skills am asp of s< when a piece of sidinglm according building fell on him. Sunday i Other firefighters trait: |Herald . smoke inhalation. j Result! and arra “Everyone else gotouit month e: for the one person win jHerald, p taken to the hospital," Si* national < said. Magazine to offer a look at A&M PECK o PECK G> by Tricia Parker Battalion Reporter Next year’s edition of Discov ering Aggieland, a magazine de signed to inform Aggies about their school, will be even bigger and better according to the new editor, Tracie Holub. Holub, a senior journalism For 50 years Loupot has been depending on the Aggies. His business has been built on one Aggie telling another Aggie that nobody treats Aggies better than Ol’ Army Loupot. Right now Loupot is buying used books. He wants all your used books so he’ll have used books for you Aggies to buy this fall! Remember, you have 30 days to buy back any book you decide to keep—for the same price Loupot paid you. ■ • AGGIES DEPEND ON LOUPOT’S! LOUPOT DEPENDS ON AGGIES! r————— HAVE A FRIEND OR RELATIVE COMING TO A&M? If you have a friend or relative coming here next year, give us their name andij address and we’ll send them a Free Aggie Gift! FRIEND’S NAME ADDRESS (Fill In And Drop Off At Loupot’s) ONE HOUR PARKING!!! Behind Loupot’s Bookstore Bring your used books now and get top dollar-don’t wait until ifs too late and they become obsolete. Protect your investment. KFLOU POT'S *I<i BOOKSTORE NORTHGATE (At the Corner Across From the Post Office! Beginning Our 50th Year Of Serving Aggies. major, says the magazine, which will be released next fall, will yontain facts and stories about the'University. The magazine is designed for freshman and others experienc- ing Texas A&M for the first time, but it contains something for everyone. It also will contain coupons similar to those found in the People Books (coupon books) published each semester, Holub says. “But this year we’re taking a different approach,” she says. “Last year it was more like a pamphlet. This year we want it to be more of a magazine.” Joe Jordan, student body president, says Discovering Aggieland was published this fall for the first time in magazine form. “We felt it was pretty good for a first-year effort,” Jordan says, “but we still have some kinks to work out.” From now on, Jordan says, the publication will be printed once a year in the fall. In next fall’s edition, Jordan says he hopes the magazine will consoli date published material by other student oi as well as student govei “The idea devel and consolidate pul Student Government, Services, and Student and publish it as a service student body,” Jordansa« tried to do it several fore, but the problemra ing a publisher.” Consolidation money because orgai longer will be competii; advet rising, he says. „ Holub says she wouldi.'I’/’ l x l< magazine to also be semi school counselors so a who are deciding on a( can learn about Texas Ail cade, and U.S. educ fare, “ The c 'eloped b Esultati prs — in< Je — ant students stralia Knee, J; eden. Ameri ented ston I |bic sch as th; ircent n sed Ic merit the test a: Explosioo, fire result after leak ICITY- United Press Internatiotil HOUSTON - An a®: | ^ ^ leak at a downtown HousttW'*®? 3 cream plant touched off S 1$' plosion and fire which iftflname injured several firemen,aK ities said. Firefighters, wearing bottles and special pnS clothing, worked fori one-half hours to dousetf'f which broke out Sunday® ing at the two-storyBord®! plant on the south side of ton, said A1 Patrick, a^1 partmenl spokesman. Firefighters, who nist <: i the scene after receiving I port of an ammonia leif ported the explosion. “When the explosioi red, it blew bricks, glai boxes of ice cream intoth/ and sent a big ammonias 5 cloud over part of the do* 15 ! area,” Patrick said. “Ho'j they (firefighters) didsj tight rein on the fire,ai ' had to be evacuated." Firefighters wearing and dressed in specialp^l suits entered the buildiif the explosion in an find the leak. “The support tearn^; two more engine cofflr making it just short of 1 ' alarms, Patrick said off “The cause of thefif under investigation,"^ The building was a I Patrick said, but then 111 ' explosion and fire help* injuries at a minimum. “It this would haveW' tomorrow, there wof been a lot of peop be said. “If this had W on a weekday, there's® 0 what kind of casual^, juries this would have 1 '" >. <