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\ Page 6n~he BattaliorVTuesday, January 31, 1984 Jury selection begins in Allman child abuse trial Warped United Press International JEFFERSON — Attorneys Monday began the tedious pro cess of selecting a jury to hear the trial of a woman accused of fatally beating her 3-month-old daughter. Questioning of the 63 poten tial jurors began after Judge Ben Z. Grant denied a defense motion to exclude from evi dence a confession by Sherry Allman in the Nov. 10, 1982, slaying of her daughter, Sherry Lynn. Grant ruled without com ment in denying the motion that contended the woman was men tally incompetent when she con fessed to police shortly after her arrest. Investigators said Allman, 25, told them shortly after her arrest that she began hittingFer daughter when the infant would SCHWINN • PEUGEOT • FUJI Over 100 bicycles on display in our showroom V5RS shoes “The Originals” Now In Stock Schwinn & Centurian Exercisers • FULL LINE OF PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR ALL MAKES • Service and repair on all makes • Full-time factory trained service personnel AGGIELAND j) SCHWINN 809 S. Texas, C.S. 696-9490 Next to Red Lobster not slop crying. At a pretrial hearing last week she said she did not remember giving oral and written statements. Only 10 of the 63 potential jurors called Monday had heard nothing al out the case. Attor neys were scheduled to resume questioning of jurors Tuesday afternoon. A psychiatrist testified during the pretrial hearing last week hearing that Allman, who spent three months undergoing treat ment at Rusk State Hospital be fore she was ruled competent to stand trial, suffers severe de pression, was mildly retarded and has multiple personality de fects. Police initially attributed the infant’s death to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, but further investigation revealed the child had been battered throughout her life and beaten to death. Ur FORI |feud tha estates pnoved i vhere a the exhu pster’s b< It is a |uilor-m T'homps* "rote tlit Money"; Continental requests approv of cancelled labor contracts A Kansas Gity, Mo., grand jury indicted her for second- degree murder in the 1976 death of 4-month-old Marvin Neal Allman, who was smothered with a pillow. No indictment was returned in the 1978 death of 1-month- old Joseph, who Allman claimed accidentally smothered when she rolled over him in her sleep. The grand jury did not inves tigate the death of another All- man baby who died following a premature birth. United Press International WINTER IS HERE Let s be sure your car is in condition to perform prop erly. We have 4 mechanics on duty, Monday thru Saturday noon, who can do most types of automotive service. ALIGNMENT and 4 WHEEL BALANCE for most domestic 6- foreign cars pickup trucks <jj y| 95 slightly higher 34 (Note — We do set alignment on Ford I-Beam & small car struts) (Please Bring Ad) Good thru 2/15/84 Home owned & operated Continued by popular demand • ENGINE TUNE • 4cyl. — $28 6cyl. — $34 8cyl. — $39 For electronic iginition, others $10 more. Includes: replaced spark plugs, check rotor distributor cap, adjust carburetor and timing. University Tire Allen Scasta, class of ’81 Lonny Scasta, owner 846-1738 3818S. College Ave! (5 blocks north of Skaggs) HOUSTON — Continental Airlines, in the latest round of its fight to keep flying under bank ruptcy court protection, Mon day asked a judge to approve cancellation of union contracts it says are out of line with the mar ketplace. “The labor contracts at issue, both individually and collective ly, are burdensome upon the de btor,” Continental lawyer John Gallagher told Bankruptcy Judge R.F. Wheless Jr. “They are products of a bygone era.” Gallagher argued Civil Aero nautics Board regulation of the airlines guaranteed profits and resulted in high labor costs until 1978 when Congress eliminated regulation and forced new com petitive efficiency on airlines. “Continental is a victim of regulation, of prior regulatory structures, of economic ineffi ciency and the higher expecta tions that regulation built into the airline industry, in both management and labor groups,” Gallagher said. Continental already has un ilaterally voided the contracts, laid off more than half its work force and imposed 50 percent pay cuts and longer hours on those who remain. But the airline needs bank ruptcy court approval of that ac tion to go forward with its reor ganization. The Air Line Pilots Associa tion, the Union of Flight Atten dants and the International Association of Machinists, all of whom are on strike, and the Transport Workers Union, who are not on strike, oppose the move. do is to use the bankruptcv. to achieve a compeiiliveed? Charles eliminating future obligain nom employees,” IAM lawyer Clarke argued. Clarke said improving com petiti ve position is non! limale purpose for banir: or * u *! rejection of contracts, asj questioned the constitulio: aiec * by of court action voif Union lawyers argue Con tinental’s unilateral voiding of labor contracts immediately af ter it filed for Chapter 11 reor ganization Sept. 24 has no basis in law. “What it is really seeking to vidua I property rights. The union lawyersalsor the Railway Labor Act goir Continental’s relations unions and forbids i of union contracts. Unit WAS tanl chi harply < l^d an “ii ador to In a 1< )f the St ommit jf Willi; Lo kinko's copies Vines ignite 2-alarm fire be Re Unit! CLASS READERS United Press International that apparently started from the ignition of dry vines, officials SAN ANTONIO —One resi- said, dent was injured Monday in a An unidentified resident was two-alarm apartment house fire taken to Medical Center Hospit- LOf Heagat mother and gro ®ul Lon Professors, make your class readings available to your students at a dis count rate and no cost to you. kinko's copies 201 COLLEGE MAIN 846-8721 AGGIE Alpha Kappa Psi National Professional Business Fraternity. Organizational Meeting Tues. Jan 31 7:00 p.m. 308 Rudder All Business Majors invited for futher information call Brad Phillips. 823-7456 lection. Ladl dds of e-elect emot Quoted a Makers -9 and In Fa al for treatment of smolt halation, but no other were reported, officialssel The fire damaged fror.'. j ue ly IIla to eight units of the thiwtwi 0 win tli High Ridge Apartments the insterseclion ofFi sburg and Callaghan roads officials said. Arson investigator Rayi Trevino said a maintei man and an eye witnes ported seeing vines bui the exterior of the buildint “The vines are so dn® a P ei spread real quickly," IrtB^agan said. “It (fire) quickly ins?J Mr. the roof and attic.’’ ■oothes It was not known iflhe® cans w’l were intentionally set on said. The first fire alarm soi at about 3:30 p.m. v and a district chief respoi said Capt. Bob second alarm was issued 15 minutes later. Squires firefighting units respon daze. ihe unniny tarsh e he poo lea’s aln REGISTER YOUR STUDENT ORGANIZATION! January 31 - February 14 213 PAVILION furrecti Briti: jnent W |on of i leclinec Jack Re las beei certain lb be < friend < '4«/tt'4U True Brotherhood makes college more than just and education-Brotherhood makes college come to life...' 99 The Brothers of Sigma Chi unvite all in terested men to come out and see how our Fraternity can enrich not only your college years, but can be the beginning of lifelong friendships. 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