The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 23, 1984, Image 9

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 23, 1984, Image 9

Newspaper Page TextMonday, January 23, 1984/The Battalion/Page 9 Jury not told results of drug test so far Warped by Scott McCullar [OIM , - iiitei 1 jow It real *Yo« I tiu'rt; •loo!| ■ wort 11 United Press International GEORGETOWN — A Swed ish pathologist who developed a test that found traces of a muscle relaxant in 15-month-old Chelsea McClellan’s exhumed body will discuss his findings in court today, but thejury in nurse Genene Jones’ murder trial may never hear him. The controversial test is a key piece of evidence in the prosecu tion’s case against Jones, who is accused of killing Chelsea by in jecting her with the drug, suc- cinylcholine, in 1982. Defense attorneys have filed a motion to keep the test from being presented to the seven- woman, five-man jury. “We say it’s not a scientifically- accepted test,” said court- appointed defense lawyer Jim Brookshire. District Judge John Carter said he would listen today to the testimony of the test’s creator — toxicologist Bo Holmstedt of Stockholm — before deciding whether Holmstedt can discuss his findings in the presence of thejury. Carter’s refusal to allow the test into evidence would be seen as a major victory for Jones, a 33-year-old vocational nurse who could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted in Chelsea’s death. If thejury is allowed to hear the evidence, it would cap two days of detailed medical testi mony in which prosecutors attempted to show Chelsea’s death could not have been the result of natural causes. Although doctors, nurses and pathologists all have testified ab out seemingly mysterious cir cumstances surrounding the baby’s death, no evidence has been heard directly linking the death to a drug injection. Kerr County District Attor ney Ron Sutton said he expected to wrap up the state’s case against Jones by Feb. 1. In addition to Dr. Holmstedt, other key witnesses scheduled to testify are Chelsea’s parents, Petti and Reid McClellan, and Dr. Kathleen Holland, the pediatrician who hired Jones to work in her Kerrville clinic. OfJZ AFTEKA/OOA/, WHILE WAITI/VG IN MERRITT'S APARTMENT FOR HIM TO ARRIVE, CAROLINE FINOS- • STAR TREK, SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE BIBLE-, W/A//VIE. THE POOH, CYRA/VO DE BERGERAC... HERE'S OWE STUCK BEHIND THE REST- HHM, WHAT'S THIS ONE? IT DOESN'T HAVE A TITLE ON IT. IT'S TOST A BLACK BOOK THAT LOOKS LIKE A... A- March on Austin to fight abortion Moroccan king reviews Islamic summit, riots III! hers inj to lft| ‘satoiijl United Press International CASABLANCA, Morocco — King Hassan II scheduled a na tionally broadcast speech Sun day in which he was expected to make his first comment on riots last week that reportedly left more than 240 people dead, officials said. Moroccan officials said the monarch’s speech was aimed at reviewing last week’s Islamic summit in Casablanca, but it probably would include a state ment on the rioting that erupted Thursday in the northeast of the 1 country. Spanish newspaper reports said 240 people died in three days of clashes with police and troops In Alhucemas, Nador and Tetuan. The three re portedly remained occupied by troops and tanks. Tne disturbances erupted over food price increases, rumors of a substantial hike in tuition fees for students, and a new border tax to reduce smug- f ling between Morocco and pain’s North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. The government imposed a virtual news blackout, ordering three reporters from France and Spain to leave the troubled area and issuing only a terse statement Saturday that security forces had the situation “well in hand.” No official death toll was available. The Madrid newspaper El Pais, quoting Moroccan officials in Melilla, said about 100 people were killed in rioting in Alhuce mas, a Mediterranean coastal city between Melilla and Ceuta. El Pais quoted the officials as also confirming that at least 40 people were killed in Nador, 8 miles south of Melilla, by sol diers firing from helicopters. Another Madrid newspaper, Diario 16, reported that 100 people died Thursday and Fri day in Tetuan, about 18 miles south of Ceuta. The rioting followed im plementation of a government austerity plan last autumn pro viding for price increases of up to 67 percent on some basic foodstuffs. News reports said widespread rumors that tuition fees would be increased 50-fold also brought students into the streets in large numbers. Diario, 16, said the govern ment, however, had decided to rescind the exit tax equal to $62 recently imposed on Moroccans leaving the country. The government’s economic plan was aimed at funding Morocco’s 9-year-old war with Polisario guerrillas to consoli date control of the former Span ish colony of Western Sahara, estimated to cost Rabat $1.25 million per day. It also sought to meet the de mands of international creditor nations for the rescheduling of Morocco’s $11 billion foreign debt* Food festival setting chosen United Press International NEW ORLEANS — After Preski which J oftheti ‘educa® nt to! icersf d desen® gressi# * cii M1 _ () more than two centuries of cele brated dining, the city of Antoine’s and Arnaud’s has been chosen to host the first Na tional Festival of American Foods and Cookery. The festival, held under the umbrella of a month-long event re him called La Fete, will feature cook ing demonstrations and full t courses conducted by chefs Paul Prudhomme of New Orleans, Larry Forgione of New York and Louis Szathmary of Chi cago. There will also be food and wine tastings, theme dinners, celebrity appearances and a show devotee! to food products | and utensils. “New Orleans has been America’s premier food city for more than 200 years,” said La Fete’s president, Moise De- nnery. “We feel that it is the ideal location for an annual celebra tion of cooking in America which will attract visitors from around the world.” ssistanu La Fete, a non-profit organi- h for o' nation, has produced regional hedtocf food festivals in New Orleans included past four years. The City itsortlie : Iget [of conved >t, lot, 3 /Of Council has allocated $25,000 from the municipal budget for production costs and individual activities will be sponsored by coxporations. Dennery said her organiza tion was created to improve New Orleans and serve as a lure for corporate headquarters and branch offices. American Ex press has signed on as the first major underwriter of this sum mer’s event, she said. The Culinarians, a national marketing association of food and wine authorities, are coordi nating the talent and education al programs. A gourmet dinner called “Prelude 84” will be held April 5 at the New Orleans Museum of Art to coincide with the opening of an exhibit titled “Food as an Art Form.’ Other activities with La Fete include plantation tours, Missis sippi River and bayou cruises, walking tours of historical sites and visits to the Audubon Zoo and the Louisiana Nature Center. In other culinary news, the Louisiana Crawfish Farmers Association will host the first In ternational Crawfish Tasting and Trade Show in Lafayette Feb. 4. Free to the public, the show will feature crawfish dishes some of the city’s restaurants. prepared by finest restaur There will be crawfish ling- uine, Cajun rolls — even craw fish-stuffed beignets. Music will be provided by Dewey Balfa and other southwest Louisiana per formers. United Press International AUSTIN — Urging prayer for the children they said died in “the war of abortion,” about 4,000 anti-abortionists marched to the state Capitol Sunday in a grim commemoration of the 11th anniversary of the Sup reme Court decision legalizing abortion. The crowd bore banners and placards that read, “We’re glad you were born,” “Abortion: Hit ler would be proud” and “Is being unwanted a capital offense?” The group also sang hymns on the Capitol steps and listened to several speeches. “We are here to pray for the children who died in this war, the war of abortion,” said Ange la Fletcher, spokesperson for the coalition of several groups. “If you took all the American battle casualties from the Civil War through the Vietnam War, we killed that many American babies in nine months,” she said. “We encourage the people of this nation to seek repentance.” John Whitehead, the keynote speaker, called for pregnancy hotlines, pregnancy crisis cen ters set up through churches, and legal picketing of abortion clinics. He linked abortion to Nazi Germany, saying, “The parallel to Nazi Germany is obvious, any body who doesn’t see the para llel isn’t alive today mentally. “First it was abortion in Nazi Germany, then euthanasia and down the line. It’s* happening here, and we have to wake up.” The rally came two days after the Texas Abortion Rights Ac tion League met to announce their political goals and decry the actions of the anti abortionists. “Succumbing to the pressure of anti-choice forces, who use smokescreens and mirrors to magnify their powers, the House of Representatives voted ★ Endowed Lecture Series announazi LntzxvLzvjiL j-oz committzz, nz^nzljsz^Jzi^. erffifiCioatLorn now aoai£a£rCe. at tfze. rf}£j2i&tavj i £h£ancl (erfoom 216 JVirfiKl-crfj-* (D). dommitts. Ln.te.ru-ie.wi to (je (ze£d ^.amxarxj 30 and 31 4r the bi* ► n of tiscellai looking f 1 MT Repnii! id they s will sup! ^ spoW SreeneL yet l ^ plannei the pai 1 ' Tjblican* ies recb 1 in the sion. 2 mounu' d extract^ FEC to DStS, wh ncludebi 11 ri San FA ng the 1 », will off iipproxiP | ban the -e publics 1 - .lias’ set 1 def of sec n’t worrit 1 ! ations. MSG CAMERA COMMITTEE First meeting of the semester-Tonight Rm. 301 Rudder 7:00 P.M. Darkroom memberships Plans for the semester Leadership opportunities Newcomers welcome in September to totally eliminate Medicaid funding for abor tions,” Jan Friese, executive director of the league, said Friday. “Less than half of the Texas delegation to Congress opposed this callous gesture,” she said. AVON Representative Kari Mayse Hobby 225 260-0053 JEWELRY FOR LESS Will Meet or Beat Any Locally Advertised Price! ALL TYPES OF TWISTERS Add-A-BEADS 4 mm - .50 7 nun - $1.75 5 mm - .80 g n im - $2.50 6 mm - $1.40 ALL TYPES OF JEWELRY AVAILABLE Call 260-3391 for appointment ASK FOR BRYA1V Join Us foran “AFFAIR OF THEHEART 1984Spring/ Summer Bridal Extravaganza Bride ’n Formal and AI’s Formal Wear, along with the Aggieland Hotel, have planned an exciting afternoon full of events for the bride, the groom, and the wedding party. DATE: Sunday, January 29th,1984 TIME: Booths open at 2:00 p.m. Style Show at 3:00 p.m. PLACE: Aggieland Hotel Grand Ballroom 1502 South Texas in College Station, Texas R.S.V.P.: Reservations Requested Please call (409) 693-6900 or (713)659-7000 Bride ’n Formal and AI’s Formal Wear Present THE STORYBOOK WEDDING Bridal Gowns, Attendants’ Dresses, Mother-of-the-Bride Gowns, Special Occasion Gowns and Tlixedos will be modeled straight from the pages of the national bridal magazines. EXHIBITS Many area firms associated with the wedding market will demonstrate their product or service for your pleasure. Talk to the vendors—Florists, Photographers, Cosmeticians, Heirloomers, Bakeries, Gift Registry, and more. DOOR PRIZES: Thousands of dollars worth of door prizes will be given away during the afternoon, including a very special Honeymoon Trip as the Grand Prize. FORMAL WEAR OF HOUSTON, INC. THE AGGIELAND HOTEL BRID€*n FORITIAL

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 23, 1984, Image 9

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