Page 4/The Battalion/Friday, January 20, 1984 Civic center proposed United Press International AUSTIN — City officials Thursday unveiled a $350 mil lion proposal that would include a new civic and convention cen ter linked to a private hotel and office, retail and residential de velopment. be devoted to private develop ment, would cover 86 acres of mostly city-owned property along Town Lake in downtown Austin. be connected to the civic center and the two would share meet ing rooms. The complex, 90 percent to It would include a $31 million civic center which Mayor Ron Mullen said would be the only structure that would need public funding. A private hotel would Architect Sinclair Black, who designed the complex, said a financing plan has not been worked out. But he said he ex pects a coalition to determine the details of a public-private joint venture. The Texas A&M University Singing Cadets v. are holding auditions for drummers. All interested should contact the Vocal Music Office at 845-5974 (003 MSC) Confessed killings linked to two unsolved slayings United Press International MONROE, La. — Police investigators tracing the steps of confessed mass killers Hen ry Lee Lucas and Ottis Elwood Toole linked the men Thurs day to a pair of previously un solved slayings. The accusations raised to 59 the number of murders police believe were committed by the drifters. The men have confessed to 200 killings in at least 17 states. “Following their leads will make you mentally and phy sically exhausted,” said Ray Hardison of the Williamson County, Texas, sheriffs de partment. “The mental strain is much greater though. “This makes Jack the Rip per and Charles Manson look like a Sunday school picnic.” About 100 officers from 18 states compared notes on the men and discussed details of crimes in hopes of determin ing whether unsolved homi cides in their areas could be attributed to them. Two additional cases were added to the “secured” case list, said Lt. Joe Cummings of the Monroe police depart ment. But he declined to re veal details of the kill which states were involved. “Both of them talk very freely,” Cummings said. “They are not stupid. They have problems with their memories sometimes, but they’ve committed so many crimes that’s understandable. “They want to get it off their chests,” he said, trying to explain the list of confessions the men have made since they were jailed. “They wanp the police, they say. They have no thing to lose, they say.” An officer from South Carolina said Lucas and Toole were suspects in the slaying of women in both Columbia and Georgetown, S.C. The two men met in Maryland after Lucas completed a prison term in the death of his mother. their spree. multi-state muti “What’s the odds ofb people like that being dm 1 together?” Cummingss “They both committed» ders by themselves and if Ixuli together.” They stayed together only a short period before splitting up, and met later at a mission in Jacksonville, Fla., Cum mings said. It was from there the two apparently began Lucas, 47, has admitted.) slayings, and has k charged with seven inTe| and one in Louisiana.Het her pleaded guilty to killir^ 1 elderly Texas woman andi | sentenced to 75 yean prison. He also received a lifeg i on term for his convictio; the death of his teenagea mon-law wife. c Annual Continental opens Nudist complex non-stop flights now j n Houston Uni United Press International Shoe 4 boot Sale Sale Prices on Every Shoe 4 Boot in Stock Dance Sports 29°- Cloqs ^>9^ 29- Fleece Mocs 19 ss ' Lt. Wt. Hikers ^0^ 49°-° Wolverine Walkers 6 39^ 9 Ad?? 3(z s - RockSports a W3*?55 09 * 4-6^ Also included Assorted Clothing , Housewares, Knives ^ Tents , Fra me packs, Kayaks, and many other items - \Q to.50 T* Sale Ends Sat. Jan.21 ' Ml Sales Final ' Open Every Thurs. Til 9 FM Whole Earth Provision 105 Boyett 846-8794 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Con- tinential Airlines will resume non-stop service between Hous ton and Kansas City Feb. 1, com pany officials said Thursday. ton earlier this week upheld Continental’s petition for reor- ide In making the announce ment, Continential said it will offer two round-trip flights each day between Houston Intercon tinental Airport and Kansas City Internatinal Airport. A bankruptcy judge in Hous- ganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Three days after filing for bank- ruptcy, Continental resumed operation as a low-cost airline. Although Houston is the fifth most popular destination for travelers leaving KCI, passen gers now have to stop at least once en route, said Delbert Kar- meier, Kansas City transporta tion director. United Press International HOUSTON — Residents of a Houston apartment complex said Thursday they are not pleased with a new policy that will turn their development into a small nudist colony. nia!” said one irate tenantl ed ic hursd don’t want this kind of I "Bas And we don’t like thatnpBL resident that will be livingi aut() p S , after the change.” PHI KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY SPRING RUSH TEQUILA Party Wednesday, Jan. 18 ’Hawaiian Party Friday Jan. 20 Treehouse Apartments Party Room • Cheap Wine Party Tuesday, Jan. 24 Country Place Apartments Party Room • Pajama Party Thursday, Jan. 26 Treehouse Apartments Party Room Become a part of 130 years of tradition. NO PLEDGING For more info, call Bob 696-9311 The new management of the 270-unit Fieldstone Apartments announced Wednesday they were converting the complex into a “clothing-optional com munity,” effective April I. No clothes will be permitted in the pool, hot tub, sauna and other interior areas of the com plex, said Peter Nutting, presi dent of the firm managing the conversion of the three-year-old apartment buildings. Clothes will be optional in other areas. bugh ii an I hey told us we ha