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Wednesday, April 4, 1984/The Battalion/Page 13 vn lilable nual Cottoj Society. lit Auditorii*. lon-sludeiiii nemberorj Fexas criminals pay back $52 million in ’83 restitution | United Press International II PASO — Criminals re- $52 million last I be theC«. | r in Texas as a result of new ie dance cos Ik giving them an opportu- Society mem. t) to pay back stolen goods, lices and money, probation Icials said Tuesday. I'ypical of the cases is an El lOUStOH ^ ,man cau ght fudging on his tm at a public housing project, lorting his income as less in the Fits ijuhe was actually making, thewomei! I trdon placet Joe Aguilar, director ot the :e. Inthecat [using Authority Project anders plate lagement’s office, said the ill crashed!) I is for triatlie- 2453. man has moved his family out of the city project “and is mak ing restitution for the months in which he lived in the apartment and lied to us about his in come.” Convicted criminals serving probated sentences in Texas paid more than $52 million in restitution, court costs, fines and fees, the Texas Adult Pro bation Commission reported. That amount is an increase of more than $ 11 million over the previous year. “Sheer volume and growth in the number of probationers ac count for the increase in collec tions,” said Dick Lewis, infor mation officer for the commission. Not all of the restitution is in to a crime victim, it is in the form of community service. “In El Paso the probationers are doing everything from cleaning up Concordia Ceme tery to working in the Commu nity Action offices to painting public buildings and cleaning up parks,” said Dr. Frank Loz- ito, chief of the El Paso Adult Probation Department. currency Much of “A group of men with car pentry skills recently remodeled a district courtroom at great savings to the county,” Lozito said. From December 1982 to February 1984, El Paso adult probationers have worked a to tal of 220,907 hours, he said. Using the minimum wage as a salary scale, they have repaid $740,000 in services to the com munity. Judges can order offenders to serve time in restitution cen ters instead of prison, thereby allowing the offender to remain in the communitv. Rates may rise anyway United Press International AUSTIN — Unhappy with a recommendation from the Public Utility Commission staff, Southwestern Bell Tele phone may implement a bonded rate increase on April 22, a utility official said Tues day. The full three-member PUC is scheduled to vote April 30 on the staff recom mendation that Bell receive $854.8 million of the $1.3 bil lion it is seeking. Bell spokesman Dale John son said the company expects to decide by mid-April whether it will place the higher rates in effect under bond. If bonded, the money from the increase would be held in an account pending approval of the rate increase. If the full isn’t granted, increase funds would the account. be re made from “I would hope that Bell would not frivolously throw away money by trying to bond rates that in some likli- hood may be reduced by the commission itself,” he said. Johnson said Bell’s prefer ence would be not to bond. nion leader lauds ospital decision rmeal United Press International variml u 5™ -T Ca !! in S , Texas ’ [itbersandl'ff' 13 hos P ltals a combat zo 2 a state employees union ler Tuesday praised a fed- court judge’s order that jnd state hospitals danger- |ly short of staff. This ruling confirms what members have been saying years — state hospitals are Issly understaffed, creating unsafe environment for kersand clients,” Eliseo Me .organizing coordinator of Texas State Employees Hion, said. J.S. District Judge Barefoot iders of Dallas ruled Monday state is in violation of a 1981 rt order that directed leping reforms in its mental nter. Tide® lh system. nders said the state must hire another 1,200 workers for itsuolence-prone mental hospi or face the prospect of a re |eof more than 1,000 mental lents. College Sd® he judge cited growing vio- tlie thirda«e among patients, a severe airy Selena Soilage of staff, and inade- r is ‘johnti® A :Murder-for-hire witness ourse isor a Drive The count lismissedauf le insuranct. igh Friday it )’84 34 at Ruddtr . to 1 a.nuii nalist quate treatment programs by the Department of Mental Health-Mental Retardation. Medina said the TSEU would ask the court to order an audit of the mental health agency’s books to determine spending priorities and the agency to comply immediately with court- ordered staffing levels. “MHMR employees are told that there is no money to hire additional direct care staff, yet MHMR seems to have enough funds available to add more and more levels of bureaucracy at the central office,” he said. With a $1 billion budget for two years, Medina said, the agency should be able to pro vide adequate staff. Meanwhile, mental health of ficials received a blow Tuesday when the chairman of the House Appropriations commit tee informed state agencies to prepare “no growth” budgets next year. jntesl ailed in San Antonio society, t will receivi Certificat# nore ii I in Bi s April 18- j United Press International [AN ANTONIO — A pros- tion witness whose cooper- in led to murder-for-hire ges against a local woman found shot to death Jnesday after failing to at- 1 a meeting with investiga- reals late: d, [nternationil Penti! 3N - ; nominated! mander in t Sennewali Commam chard Cava* the sday md a nativf more nrvice, has e Forces ?als with d .ogistics, is based at f* he body of Robert Gonza- 60, was found in his home bout 1:15 p.m. He had been five to seven limes in the , said police Sgt. Ralph Lo- Lopez said Gonzalez was duled to meet with police dnesday. When Gonzalez ed to show up, police began if his relatives and even- found his body in his ie. issistant district attorey Ka- Amos said Gonzalez was an lortant witness against Kath- Burke Freudenmann, who charged last month with final solicitation to commit ital murder. iy said Gonzalez was a friend, whom Freuden- nn allegedly asked for help her husband killed. Gonzalez went to the police, they set up an undercover cer. ,Amos nly iilit having Amos declined comment when asked if Gonzalez’ death meant the murder-for-hire charges against Freudenmann would be dropped. Amos said that the under cover officer made tape record ings in which Freudenmann, 50, offered $12,000 for the death of her husband, Bernard Freudenmann, and suggested the “hit” take place on Sept. 15, 1983. The tapes disclosed dicus- sions of various ways to dispose of Freudenmann’s body, in cluding planting drugs on him and making the killing look like “a drug deal gone sour,” Amos said. Freudenmann, who surren dered to authorties March 14, is free on $100,000 bond. The Freudenmanns, who are undergoing divorce proceed ings, pleaded guilty last year to federal charges of wire fraud and failure to file income tax documents in a restaurant fran chise scheme. They received probated terms, were ordered to pay $21,000 in fines and make $222,000 in restitution to peo ple who invested in the non existent franchises. Auction Texas A&M University Surplus Equipment and Property Sale SAT., APRIL 7,1984 KMX) AM PURCHASING & STORES BLDG. (On the TAMU Campus) OFFICE EQUIPMENT & FURNITURE bodge Vans (2) Calculators Dodge Van Electric Typewriters (IBM, Royal, and others) Dodge Station Wagon Dictaphones Ford Tudor Teletype Machines Ford Courier Pickups (2) Copiers podge Van Desks Chev. ’/, Ton Pickup Sling Chairs Dodge 3/4 Ton Pickup Office Chairs Dodge Pickup Overhead Projectors Dodge Carryall Telephone Answering Machines Ford 3/4 Ton 4WD Pickup Chev. '/, Ton Pickup Dodge Ton Pickup MISC. EQUIPMENT & MACHINES »an Scooters (5) Large Electric Generator -side Chev. Pickup Beds (5 ) ’63 AC D-6 Dozer er Shells (4) Cincinnati Milling Machine w/ Horz. and Vert. Chev. Sedan Heads, 48" Table and Power Feeds Dodge Van Computers Station Wagon Filer Saw 2 V-8 Engines Microfilm Camera equipment fifuges, Microscope Parts, Fraction Collectors, Dew Point Recorders, Ph Meters, ^Recorders, Oscilloscopes, Autoclave, Balances, Spectrophotomete Sizers, Signal Generator, and other items. s, Gas Chromatographs ^ ITEMS: Glass and Metal Entry Doors, Stainless Steel Scrap, Metal Scrap, Copper Pipe, /fixtures, Cameras, TAMU Corp Collar Brass and Belt Buckles, Electric Carts, Wooden |*is. Metal Window Frames, Trash. Can Covers, Mattresses, Couches, Footballs, Softballs, l^rts, Color TVs, TV Monitors, Cord Trimmer, Killing Floor Scale, Ice Cream Cabinets, f Vats, Beef Carcass Saw, Manure Spreader, Gas Dryers, Offset Press, and many other itenis. 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