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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
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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.
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U.T. fraternity house burns;
one killed, another injured
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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
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Magazine to offer a look at A&M
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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.
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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
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Explosioo,
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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 '"
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