Wednesday. March 7, 1984/The Battaiion/Page 11 ?e/ jp rled because u ; such a threai Rhodes sj me ii has u ^ event and an s for some I# :es earn in the ann :i most of it Sunshine Inn, r for the menu e theme of to stress safe If you’re goin i t of the com to come an reatest event reds go font rganizations j es ults of it yt i site or die city iso said, said the two of filming m i to the areaeci icing conside i the El Paso a beginning oft Serman scienl lilies come to ’odd War n programs.! e here illi he book, and; o Mexico and through Juare as crossea thet el bridge leadi itown area of bridge has I* ikers will usci ens, 30 miles cause it is dost I El Paso-Jui like, said Roh “cutive directoi n and visitorsl e filming wdli 1 Paso in Sanf of the to* or,” Knight si vill be shotatf small portion series iso itself. . said they wt rez, Mexico, itial delays in from Mexico! Around town After Hours registration continues Registration begins today for the second session of the MSC After Hours program. Registration is in 212 Memo rial Student Center and will end at 0 p.m. Diabetes care to be discussed The Brazos Valley Chapter of the American Diabetes As sociation will sponsor “A Diabetes Care Update” today at 7:30 p.m. in the conference room of the Bryan-College Sta tion Chamber of Commerce at 401 Washington in Bryan. Greg Holeman, a Squibb Nova spokesperson and registered nurse, will answer questions about diabetes care. The front door of the building will be locked, but the side entrance will be open. Blatchley to discuss Aggies’ role Ron Blatchley, Bryan mayor and director of Student Services at Texas A&M, will be the featured speaker at a seminar sponsored by the Traditions Council. Blatchley will discuss the role of the Aggies in Bryan and College Station. Blatchley will speak Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in 301 Rud der. Tickets available for variety show Tickets for the MSC Variety Show are now available at the MSC Box Office. The show will be Parents' Weekend April 13. Ticket prices are $3 for students and $3.50 for non-students. Financial Aid to have table at MSC The Student Financial Aid Office has an information ta ble in the main lobby of the Memorial Student Center this week. Students desiring information on the availability of fmacial aid or requiring proper application forms can ob tain information at the table. Counselors also will be avail able. WICI luncheon to honor women The Texas A&M's Chapter of Women In Communica tions, Inc. will host the second annual luncheon observing National Women’s History Week March 21 at 12:15 in 225 Memorial Student Center. The keynote speakers will be Dr. Bonnie Ledbetter and Dr. Sara Alpern, both who are assis tant professors of history at Texas A&M. Ledbetter will dis cuss “Texas A&M Women: Past" and Alpern will discuss “Texas A&M Women: Future.” Deadline to register is March 19 and the fee $7 a person. Checks should be made payable to Women In Communica tions, Inc. and can be sent to WICI, Department of Com munications, 230 Reed McDonald, Texas A&M University. For more information, contact Sandy Utt, 845-4667. Ash Wednesday services to be held The Catholic Student Association will have a special Ash Wednesday Services at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. on the east lawn of St. Mary’s Church. Ashes will be distributed at the To submit an item for this column, come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed McDonald. tychic searching or missing man ipment ner Main United Press International PALESTINE, Texas — Five exas psychics are helping :arch for clues in the month- )ng disappearance of a 40- ear-old businessman, and one flhem said he is convinced the tan was killed. Paul Delaney, a member of fie Chamber of Commerce and ther of four, has not been eard from since early the lorning of Feb. 6, when he opped for coffee en route to is wholesale gift warehouse re. Employees who arrived seve- al hours later found coffee on the floor of Delaney’s ffice, a chair and ashtray over- trned, $20 missing from a Jelly cash coffee can in another oom, and no trace of Delaney’s 982 luxury car. Five members of the North exas Parapsychology Associa- ionwho were asked to help out bv Delaney’s sister Marita learched the warehouse during (he weekend and found drops Of what might be blood. The Substance is being analyzed by IheDepartment of Public Safely Tyler. Psychic John Catchings of alias, who claims to have lo- ated the bodies of nine missing eople since 1980, said the [roup also searched a wooded, area near Palestine but ound no traces of Delaney. feel that Paul Delaney has Ml with foul play- and is no anger alive,” Catchings said. He was taken to a remote area to 30 miles from Palestine nd killed.” Catchings said the five psy- hicsplan to meet again in Dal- Jsthis week to compare their Jipressions of the case. The official police position is hi Delaney could have been illed or abducted or may have ill on his own. His family is ttvinced he was the victim of ioulplay. Manufacturer's decision protested Burial held for Cabbage Patch Doll United Press International CORPUS CHRISTI —About 50 small business owners closed their stores during the noon hour and dressed in their fune ral finery Tuesday for the half- humorous, half-serious protest burial of “Baby Rudy,” one of the original hand-stitched Cab bage Patch Doll. Helen Williams, owner of the Second-Hand Rose Antique Store, said she arranged the elaborate funeral — complete with about 30 other Cabbage Kids seated as mourners wear ing black armbands and hold ing iillies — to protest a decision by a manufacturer not to dis tribute the dolls through small businesses any more. As the tiny black pine casket containing “Baby Rudy,” Mrs. Williams’last Cabbage Kid, was lowered into a three-foot grave beneath a funeral canopy in front of her store, a record player produced the soulful strains of Willie Nelson’s “Georgia on My Mind,” which she said was the doll’s favorite song. The song was selected be cause Xavier Roberts of Cleve land, Ga., whose Babyland Gen eral Hospital originated the dolls, has informed small busi ness owners by letter that they cannot replenish their invento ries of the dolls, Mrs. Williams said. Small store owners hung cab bage wreaths on their closed doors during the funeral and sent hundreds of dollars worth of flower wreaths for Baby Ru dy’s funeral. "I have always carried the original ‘Little Person.’ Four- years ago I was at a Dallas show and saw the original Little Peo ple. I invested my last $1,000 I had in these babies and have loved them ever since. “They later became famous as Gabbage Kids and it was the small dealers, just as I am, who made him (Roberts) known in the first place. Now that he’s ‘made it’ so to speak, Little peo ple don’t need the little people any more. I understand J.G. Penney will be carrying his orig inal Little People. How can a small business compete? There is just no way we could compete with a comglomerate like J.G. Penney that’s world wide,” Mrs. Williams said. Mrs. Williams said she tried to telephone Roberts in Georgia to invite him to the funeral but he was reported to be in Lon don this week. “His child is lying a corpse and will be buried Tuesday. I want him to come to the fune ral,” Mrs. Williams said she told company officials in Georgia. Since Roberts didn’t make the funeral, Mrs. Williams said she was sending him the right arm “from my best mannequin” with a note saying: “I’d give my right arm to have more babies by you. Only the Rose knows. I only had one baby left. He died of a broken, heart. I wish you could have been here. He was laid out real Children who met Autry want him to stay alive United Press International HOUSTON — Three chil dren who recently befriended convicted killer James David “Gowboy” Autry have asked Gov. Mark White to spare him from an execution March 14, records showed Tuesday. The childrens’ letters were enclosed in a request mailed to White Feb. 29 from attorney Stanley Schneider of Houston. Schneider asked White to exer cise his constitutional authority as governor and grant Autry a 30-day reprieve from his March 14 execution date. Autry, 29, was sentenced to death for the April 1980 rob bery-slaying of Port Arthur convenience store clerk Shirley Drouet, a mother of five. A last- minute stay from the U.S. Su preme Gourt saved him from execution Oct. 4. “Gurrently, proceedings have been initiated to request a com mutation of his death sentence ... Enclosed you will find copies of letters to you that have been submitted by three young chil dren that know Mr. Autry and hope that he lives to see March 15, 1984,” Schneider wrote the governor. The letters were signed Marty Ardean, Gynthia Lee and Shelly. None of the three con tained return addresses. The girls’ letters did not give their last names. Schneider confirmed the three were children of a Dallas- area woman whom Autry has been writing and visiting in re cent months, but he refused to identify the woman or further identify the children. “I would be very hurt if you go through with the execution of James D. Autry. My sister and I have grown to know him and love him very much,” read the letter from Marty. “If you think your children would be hurt to watch it on TV, just think how we will feel to lose him. We are praying ev ery night that you will stop this and give J.D. a chance to come home to us someday. This will be a gettible thing to grow up with and a horrible memory,” the letter said. In another letter, Shelley told White she had visited with Au try recently and that she hoped to visit him again in the future. Becky Sepulveda, a spokeswoman for the gover nor’s office, said White was out of town and had not seen the request. \ Meanwhile, Schneider gave the state board of pardons and paroles further material to sup port his request to commute Autry’s death sentence to life in prison. Gharles Walker, the general counsel for the pardons and pa roles board said the board had AFTERNOON DELIGHT^ “They say Paul might have suddenly cracked, but I can’t believe that,” said his wife, Mar gie. 1 PM - 10 PM SALE MONDAY THRU FRIDAY SECRET RECIPE MffiJTu’© 1.29 PER DOZEN GLAZED Come By Today! 3409 TEXAS AVENUE • BRYAN CULPEPPER PLAZA • COLLEGE STATION Aquamarine, latin for sea water, reminded the Romans of the Mediterranean sea. It was believed to impart courage to its wearers, cure laziness and quicken the intellect. Legendary characteristics: Elegance and Grace. ALL IN 14Kt. 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