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Page 6/The Battalion/Wednesday, February22 1984 Murderer says he falsely confessed United Press International GEORGETOWN — Con fessed killer Henry Lee Lucas eslified Tuesday he falsely con fessed to a 1979 Williamson County murder because he wanted to commit “legal sui cide” as penance for killing his 15-year-old common law wife. Lucas made the statement during a hearing in which Dis trict Court Judge John Carter granted a defense motion to have Lucas’ murder trial moved from Georgetown because of pre-trial publicity. Lucas, a former mental pa tient convicted in 1960 of mur dering nis mother, has been charged with capital murder in the death of an unidentified fe male hitchhiker who was found on Halloween night 1979 near Interstate 35. Carter said he would an nounce a new site for the trial in about a week. He set a March 12 trial date. During testimony at the pre trial hearing, Lucas surprised ■HP •• ••••••••• H •• • • • PPPPPPPPMI 1 F is : V m * p ■ p p •COUPON- INTERNATIONAL HOUSE RESTAURANT Breakfast Special $*| 99 Monday thru Friday Up to 4 people with this coupon Offer expires Feb. 29, 1984 II Includes your choice of 4 great kinds of pancakes-- Buttermilk,Strawberry,Blueberry,or Pecan. Plus 2 strips of bacon or sausage and 1 egg (any style). IIP 111 Jp 103 N. College ^ URANT - : W — y I , prosecutors by saying three confessions he gave in the slay ing of the unidentified hitch hiker were voluntary, yet they were lies. “I just told them what they wanted to hear,” Lucas said of his conversations with William son County authorities. Lucas’ attorneys are trying to have his confessions ruled inad- missable on the grounds they were given after Lucas was ar rested illegally in Montague County for a firearms violation. Lucas said he made the con fessions because he wanted to “make legal suicide” after being convicted of stabbing and dis membering Frieda “Becky” Powell, his common law wife. “I was in love with her — I loved Becky,” Lucas said. Lucas said he learned details of the Williamson County crime by reading a police bulletin while held in the Montague County. Lucas also said one of the confessions he gave Williamson County Sheriff Jim Boutwell was made while he was under the influence of the drug thora- zine, and another confession was given just hours after he had received a life sentence for Ms. Powell’s murder. Lucas also has been sen tenced to 75 years in prison for the slaying of an elderly Ring- gold woman who had be friended him. In the Williamson County case, Lucas, 47, is charged with kidnapping, sexually abusing and murdering the young woman. He faces the death pen alty or life inprisonment on the charge. In all, he and Ottis Elwood Toole, the Florida inmate who was Lucas’ homosexual lover and frequent traveling compan ion, have claimed responsibility for more than 200 killings. Georgetown attorneys Don Higginbotham and Parker Mc Cullough, Lucas’ defense team, said their client could not get a fair trial in Georgetown because extensive media publicity had predjudiced potential jurors. Prosecutor Ed Walsh did not contest their request, but did say he thought it would have been possible to select an jury. \ ULTRA FASHION presents 36” TWISTER BEADS at WHOLESALE, PRICES TO THE PUBLIC (We Sincerely Apologize For The Inconvenience To The Public In Our Last Show, Due To Reasons Beyond Our Control.) Ttv/st Beads And Designer Necklaces of Dyed Fossil, Lapis, Coral' Pearls, Tiger Eye, Onyx, Agates, Jasper, Gold and Many More! Big Selection From 100 Different Colors in 36” Strands. .. LOWEST ADVERTISED PRICE GUARANTEED Holiday Inn, Culpepper Plaza, College Station, Tel. 693-1736 Sat., Feb. 25 & Sun., Feb. 26 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Women’s chorus will be touring England, Woles By HELEN DE LA ROSA Reporter The Texas A&M Women’s Chorus is going to Europe. Patricia Fleitas, assistant vocal music coordinator, says Texas A&M officials decided last week that the chorus will be able to tour England and Wales in May. Fleitas submitted an audition packet of video and cassette tapes, copies of concert pro grams, background literature and photographs of the Wom en’s Chorus to the Friendship Ambassadors, a non-profit or ganization that sponsors music tour groups. Friendship Ambassadors rec ommended the TAMU Wom en’s Chorus tour England and Wales under the theme of “Music is the Medium — Friendship is the Message.” Fleitas said all 53 Women’s Chorus members and two spon sors plan to participate in a 10- day trip. The group will proba bly give four or five perfor mances and while visiting Lon don, Oxford, Canterbury, Cambridge, Bass, Bristol and CheddarVillaee. College Night Wednesday, February 22 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Precision Haircut & Style - Only $10 Terrific campus cuts at super savings with student I.D. Free gifts & refreshments. ROGIS HAIRSTYLISTS Post Oak Mall 764-0660 TAMU THEATRE ARTS presents PROGRAM DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY FEB. 16-18 23-25 8=00 PM FORUM THEATRE Ticket Info: 845-1234 sponsored by Aggie Players MSC Political Forum presents: Washington D.C.‘84 March 12 - 18 Includes round trip air fare, Capitol Hilton lodging, Kennedy Center Performance, 2 dinners, tours, meetings Cost: $525.00, Deposit breakfasts and and much more. $250.00 due Feb. 23 For more information contact Lauri May in Student Programs Offiees 845-1515 What’s up WEDNESDAY A&M CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: An AMCFrA will be held at 7:30 p.m. in 103 Zachry. The film‘Tk Second American Revolution’ will be shown. Foi moic information, contact Mike Garrett at 846-6294 or Tom George at 696-1487. FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: \ I meeting will be held at 8 p.m. in 145 of the MSC. Jem I Pettibone, assistant head football coach, will speak. Foi I more information, call Jeff Paine at 260-3462. MSC AGGIE CINEMA: ‘Summer of ’42’ will beshownat I 7:30 p.m. in 701 Rudder Tower. Tickets are $1.50witlia | TAMU ID. METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT: A lunch aw I Bible study will be conducted at noon in the Wesb I Foundation (behind Pi/za Hut). Bring lunch or Jllot| sandwiches. Another lunch and Bible study will be con ducted Thursday at 12:30 p.m. For more information, call 846*4701. OPERATION: MOP-UP: A fund-raiser, aimed atcof pensating those on-campus students who suffered water damage during the freeze, will continue through the week. Collection points are set up at: Sbisa, the MSC, and the Commons. For more information, call 260-351 PRE-LAW SOCIETY: A meeting to discuss the planslot the regional conference (Feb. 25) will be held at? p.inin 302 Rudder Tower. SPORTS CAR CLUB: A meeting will be held in Ruddtt Tower. A car show will be held at Rudder Tower front! a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact Kristis 764-7889 or Donna at 846-6866. TAMU ROADRUNNERS: Registration for the‘2nJ Annual Run for the Arts’ will continue through Fridai from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the MSC Hall. The runwillbt March 3 and the registration fee is $6. Contact Marl Eddy at 696-3683 for more information. TEXAS AGGIE MOTORCYCLE CLUB: A meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Dudley’s to discuss upcoming club activities. For more information, contact Bonnie Gilmore at 779-6645. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY: An ‘Aggie Suppei will be held at 6 p.m. in the A&M Presbyterian Church The cost is $1. Contact Mike Miller at 846-1221 formore information. UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL: A candlelight communion service will be conducted at 10 p.m. in the Chapel. Contact Pastor Hubert Beck for moreinforma tion. THURSDAY ALCOHOL AWARENESS PROJECT: A lunch-time seminar will be at noon in 120A G. Rollie White. The new Texas drinking and driving laws will be discussed For more information, call 845-0596. INSIGHT: A student-faculty discussion will be heldai 12:30 p.m. in 504 Rudder Tower. The topic is‘Weap ons, Welfare, & Wealth-Federal Deficit: How Shouldii be Handled?’ For more information, contact Kathleenai 764-1129. Bubble boy David now on critical list United Press International HOUSTON — David, the 12-year-old boy born without any infection-fighting cells, took a turn for the worse Tues day and was listed in critical condition because fluids were accummulaling around his heart and lungs. David, who suffers from Se vere Combined Immunity Defi ciency which stripped his body at birth of any disease fighting cells, still is plagued with inter nal bleeding, which also is being treated, said his physician Dr. William T. Shearer. David’s condition was changed from serious — where it had been for the last week — to critical early Tuesday after the fluids began developing in side his body Monday and Tuesday. “Fluid accummulated in the pericardial sac which surrounds the heart Monday and was suc cessfully drained. Fluids devel oped in the lungs (Tuesday) and have been drained,” Shearer said. He said the fluids did not’reoccur after they were drained. David, who had never been sick since birth because he lived in a sterile environment inside plastic bubbles or a specially equipped room at Texas Chil dren’s Hospital, is receiving in tensive care for the most recent complication as well as intestinal bleeding and a stomach ulcer. The boy’s last name is sely-guarded secret to pr the family from publicity. A hospital spokeswoman: David, who was said lobeifj tally alert and with his pares: is still receiving steroids, atj biotics to prevent infectionq medications for the stomach' Officials said they are to: ducting tests to determine' cause of the fluid accutiv- tions. David was removed from: protective bubble on FebT ler he developed graft-vers- host disease, a reaction occurred following a bone is; row transplant operation. P tors said they could not pm erly treat the boy inside bubble and permanently moved him from the sterile' vironment. On Oct. 21, he undem 5 the transplant and received 1 small amount of marrow fa his 15-year-old sister Kathen! which was injected intohis^ The procedure was designee give David the disease-figl* cells that he lacks. Doctors consider grafi' f sus-host reaction serious'* newly grafted cells attack rounding tissue. 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