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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
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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.
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not yet acted on that request.
The board had given Schnei
der until Tuesday to provide
more written documents to sup
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Schneider claims Autry was
abused as a child and that his
actions as an adult were tainted
by his childhood experiences.
A jury in Port Arthur or
dered Autry to die by injecton
for shooting convenience store
clerk Shirley Drouet between
the eyes during a robbery. Joe
Broussard, a priest inside the
store during the robbery also
was shot to death. A Greek
sailor, Tommy Svarnas, was left
brain damaged by a gunshot
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