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Wednesday, April 11,1984AThe Battalion/Page by Scott McCullar i i i x Robbery suspect caught, hostage left unharmed United Press International RED OAK — A bank robbery suspect, armed with a handgun and two dummy grenades, was captured about 30 minutes af ter an attempted holdup at the Red Oak State Bank, where he took a loan officer hostage. The suspect, tentatively iden tified as Jesus Valenzuela, 40 of Garland, Texas, was arrested Tuesday morning in DeSoto in the truck of the kidnapping vic tim, loan officer James E. Boyd. He was arraigned on aggra vated robbery and aggravated kidnapping charges Tuesday and was being held in the Ellis County Jail. Boyd, who was ordered drive the robber from i scene, was released unharrr before officers surrounded i suspect in a DeSoto shoppi center. The suspect allegedly walk into Boyd’s office at abv 10:30 a.m. under the preteij of discussing a loan. seoukm ALLAN V/Hl resently 0 11 pass the men by Fi ues se en, whose bo* i a bam thaiji alight hangai 1 they were use lie had tie placed lo ircraft. One ues, valued ( as missing (f| re the fourd 1 to death, i Deformed newborns’ treatment discussed FIND IT INTERNATIONAL HOUSE *"mc**b RESTAURANT 1/3 lb. Hamburger, French Fries, Large Coke IN TNI ^MITA^7 Offer expires April 30, 84 United Press International Maybe you’ve never heard the phrase “die comfortably.” It shows up in a report on a survey of nurses and describes what usually happens to badly deformed babies when families, alone or in concert with a doc tor, decide against heroic ef forts to keep the infant alive. Babies allowed to die com fortably, the report says, get food and water. They are spared dying as the result of starvation and dehydration. The phrase appears in a re port in NursingLife and was ex plained by Patricia Nornhold, clinical director of the profes- sionaljournal. Presumably, babies left to die of dehydration and starvation would be viewed as dying un comfortably. The insider’s view of delivery and neonatal suites was pro vided by a NursingLife survey report. Some 3,500 nurses were polled about their views on fates decreed by doctors or parents for severely deformed infants. Fifty-four percent of those surveyed said they favor allow ing such babies to “die comfort ably” when there is no possibil ity of any meaningful existence, the report said. Among pediatric nurses sur veyed, 72 percent favored al lowing such newborns to die comfortably. Among all respondents, re gardless of nursing specialty, 31 percent had mixed feelings while 9 percent were “slightly” against the practice. Six per cent, however, favored allowing grossly abnormal infants to die. Many nurses surveyed com mented about necessary distinc tions among handicapped in fants, cautioning that not all handicapped ones are grossly malformed. “I’m in favot/, I think, of al lowing and perhaps even has tening the death of a severely abnormal newborn,” one nurse said. “I am, however, very con cerned that many pediatricians and laymen lump Down’s Syn drome children into the se verely retarded groups,” she said. “These children are so dif ferent from, say, microcephalic babies. We have to educate the public.” Another said, “We haven’t the right to decide when re tarded babies should die.” She identified herself as the mother of a Down’s Syndrome child. “He teaches me every day to be happy with small things ... and shows me that loving and being loved is what living is all about,” she said. AUTO INSURANCE FOR AGGIES Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group 3400 S. College 823 8051 ti Offer good anytime One nurse said of her per sonal experience: “I gave birth to a microcephalic infant. My husband and our obstetrician decided before delivery not to resuscitate after diagnostic studies confirmed the problem. “They didn’t discuss the deci sion with me at the time, but I have no regrets. Judge denies request to use lie detector test United Press International )1 three oil (1 underneaii carpet. M the doorwajf ingar, abouit hers. IVANHOE, Minn. — A judge Tuesday turned down a request by 18-year-old Steven Jenkins to admit a lie detector test as evidence in his murder trial for the ambush slaying of two Ruthton bankers. Jenkins and his late father, James Jenkins, 46, were charged with gunning down bank president Rudolph lilythe, 42, and loan official Deems Thulin, 37, last Sept. 29 after luring them to a vacant farm the elder Jenkins once owned near Ruthton, a town of 400 in southwestern Minnesota. Jenkins’ attorney, Allan Swen Anderson, contended the youth was under duress from his fa ther at the time of killings. He asked to admit results of a lie detector test performed on Jen kins and a character analysis of Jenkins’ father based on hand writing in an alleged suicide note. District Court Judge Walter Mann rejected the request. He said a lie test is not recognized as evidence under state law and a handwriting analysis is unre 1 liable as court evidence. Selection of a jury is expected to take most of this week, and opening statements and testi mony are expected to begin ei ther late this week or next week. Jenkins and his father fled to Texas following the shootings. The elder Jenkins committed suicide three days later. Steven surrendered to authorities in Paducah, Texas. Authorities theorized the Jenkins were upset over the loss of the farm to the bank and also failed in an attempt to get a bank loan to buy some milk cows. Officers said the Jenkins apparently lured the bankers to the farm and shot them. Young Jenkins faces two first-degree murder charges and four charges of second-de gree murder but contends he took no part in the shootings. He said he was hiding behind a shed on the farm and saw noth ing; until his father told him to leave. nGG/£ ’84 A Du Last Chance for Summer Fun! DEADLINE APRIL 13 RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO INSURE AN INTERVIEW SLOT FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS 845-5826 or 845-9635 /' ^ PIN ALL V FIGURED OUT SOMETHING TO 6ET US OFF THIS ISLAND. f$UT TH! S WILL ATTRACT SOME ATTENTION. / pou&T IT WE'VE TRIED SMOKE SIGNALS, RAFTS, message bottles. cc a f ro really fine eats Dominik Drive College Station-BYTHE-SEA An si i ve **sai*y Sale Thurs., FrL, Sat. 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