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Page 4/The Battalion/Monday, April 23, 1984 Testimony begins today in trial for hangar deaths United Press International SHERMAN — Testimony will begin today in the capital murder trial of Lester Leroy Bower Jr., accused in the shoot ing deaths of four men, includ ing a deputy sheriff, last year on a north Texas ranch. Oct. 8, 1983 slayings of the four men whose bodies were found in a barn that was used as an ul tralight hangar. The six-man, six-woman jury, which ranges in age from 20 to 63, will be sequestered during the trial, Vhich begins at 9 a.m. in State District Judge R.C. Vaughan’s court. Bower, 36, of Arlington, Texas, is charged with four counts of capital murder in the The victims were Grayson County deputy Phillip Good, 29, who had been with the sher- iffs department only eight days; former Sherman po liceman Ronald Mayes, 37; Jerry Mack Brown, 51, a self- employed house remodeler from Sherman; and building contractor Bob Tate, 51, who owned the property. has no prior criminal record and his attorney described him as a model citizen. Authorities said they were led to Bower because he an swered an advertisement Tate placed to sell an ultralight, a lightweight motorized aircraft similar to a glider. One ultralight, valued at about $4,000, was missing from the hangar where the four vic tims were found shot to death. A search of Bower’s home re vealed three ultralight tires with the name “Tate” inscribed in- Bower, a Tulsa, Okla., native, side the showed. hubs, court records Moving Yourself? 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Mike Mulcahy, vice-presi dent of the student govern ment student services com mittee, says students who sell their books through the ex change make money and buy ers save money. “In the exchange, the sell ers price their own books,” he says, “so if the seller prices a book at $16 that he could have sold to the bookstore for $12, then he makes $4. On the other hand, the buyer would rather pay $16 through the exchange than buy the used book for $20 at the bookstore.” The book exchange has been tried unsuccessfully four times in the past — the last time in 1976. Mulcahy says the exchange failed in the past because the committee would buy a book from a student and if the book didn’t sell then the com mittee was stuck with it. The exchange was revived a year ago, but the committee did not buy the books. In stead, it served only as a mid dleman between the buyers and the sellers. Mulcahy says last semester the committee sold 65 per cent of the books it handled in the exchange. However, in spite of advertisements, few people picked up the left over books so the committee had to sell them, he says. “We made money last se mester because a lot of stu dents never came to pick up their books so we ended up selling those that were left over,” Mulcahy says. “We’re not doing this to make money — that’s not our purpose.” Warpe ALLEN WHAT'S r Under the new plan, committee will mailnoiia the students to pickupd checks or their books! f, were not sold. UM!l In previous years handling charge was25a a book, although last ter the charge was lows 10 cents. Mulcahy sa« charge will be raised to cents again to cover then of mailing notices lothti dents. The Business Stidi Council, a student organ lion in the College ofife ness Administration,\i| with the exchange for lit “All we want lodoisru our costs, which areadvtn mg, receipts, andmailedi Getting in shape for summer Many campus facilities arefre By CATHERINE CAMPBELL Reporter When the mercury climbs above 70 degrees, spring bursts A m SPRING WEDDING GOWNSAEE y Mary’s bnoppr* N Main | j Courthouse 10-50 % 0ftf On All Wedding Dresses In Stock Specials Throughout the Store Mary’s Bridal Shoppe 303 West 26 th 775-6818 $0$ SooV- TAMSEN The First Campus Entertainment Network in Texas! In front of the cameras or behind the scenes, you can be a part of MSC VIDEO ✓ • and TAMSEN. It’s FUN, FREE, and NO CAFFEINE! Find out more about MSC VIDEO and TAMSEN Tuesday April 24- ,h , 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder out in an array of bikinis, shorts, mini-skirts, shorts, tank tops, shorts and more shorts. In other words, it’s time to bare a lot — like it or not. For students and faculty in terested in getting in shape for the summer, there are plenty of free exercise and recreational facilities available at Texas A&M. The Assistant Director of In formal Recreation, Eric Hunter, said he doesn’t think students know enough about all the free facilities available for working out and toning up. “I don’t think the vast major ity of the students are aware of the recreational opportunities that are available to them on campus,” Hunter said. “We’ve got weightrooms, racquetball and handball courts, tennis courts, the aerobic and other jogging tracks, the swimming pool and an intramural sports equipment checkout — all of which are free, except for the swimming pool.” Most of the people who use the facilities know what is of fered and use the equipment of ten, Hunter said. “Our programs really cater to the people who are not ‘super athletes,”’ he said. “We try to gear our programs around the average students.” For those interested in work ing out with weights, three weightrooms are available in G. Rollie While Coliseum: the ma chine weightroom, which houses the Nautilus weights and the Universal weights systems, the free-weights room and the Weight Lifting Club Room. In the machine weight room, the Nautilus equipment concen trates on conditioning or toning the body and developing overall body strength, Hunter said. The Nautilus program also offers many extras, such as a small reference library where students and faculty can check out books and magazines on conditioning. Also, qualified student instructors, knowledge able about weightliFmg and exercise technology, are avail able to assist those working out. There is also a file system to help people keep track of their ress by charting the num- ;r of repetitions done on each machine and the amount of weights lifted. The Universal equipment is a large one-piece machine that offers an array of exercise units: a bench press, shoulder press, leg press, chinning bars R Unitei HONC eagan, jatls of oint of eace,” is ill for a tid voic ihina wil “I ask ,eagan ared foi and weights for curlsandii ‘ mencai | Everyday from 5 pi ie v '’ <)1 p.m. ihe Nautilusandll*B en ’ 01 equipment are availablt reservation basis. Tho* book a reservation for lliR!. sl0 P, riod can be assured ..._ workout on all nine foB. 1 . , w< machines available wIiIimP 11 rl terruptions or I lines. All that’s needed toga the machine weightroon student l.D. card. Studeaj welcome to bring along as long as they workom the same period, Hunter The free-weights rooint] more serious weightliften wants to do more than just up or develop their strength, Hunter said, weightlifters can workooli building and power IS . Again, only a studentI.D.t line " is needed to get in. The last of the three »i (rooms is the Weightli (Tub room, which often ft pic-class weights for peopb are serious about niaintffl or increasing their lew! strength. However, fat catch to using this weigta only members of the lB^P 0 ^ Lifting Club can get in more information aboutj( perm; |>rsake i id live her.” The pi n beg; rapping ace ai lountaii Air I ile fligl :cond o 11,190-n Ihina. With t sir ised on ie first ent raped I iinng a ickam , “We w e are t( ley for Council to discuss new plan for full service travel agency By JILL GOLDEN Reporter Options for providing a full service travel agency to Texas A&M students, faculty and study abroad programs will be one of the main items discussed at the First meeting of the new Memorial Student Center Council. The 35th MSC Council, headed by chairman Pat Wood, meets at 7 tonight in 216T MSC. anility,” |ropriat should b a day day of t iffering Voicin rnie “w lounce tree,” F Idvisers. The Travel Agency Study Committee was formed to ini tiate the development of an on- campus travel agency. The study was prompted by the re cent rejection by University ad ministrators to renew Texas A&M’s lease with Beverly Bra- ley Travel, says Greg Hawkins, former Council chairman. The Council felt the need for an on- campus travel service was high, especially among international students, who made iipJ> percent of Braley Travels” ness, which is located®' MSC, Hawkins said. Other items of the to* 1 ing of the semester include • standing committee ref from the Program Revb'( mitlee and the Buildings lions Committee. • standing committee apf ments. • officer reports. Ifou get it all at DAIMVER’S! Danver’s Fresh Top Round Roast Beef Sandwich. Piping hot. And you dress it your self at our salad bar at no extra cost. Fresh hand-pattied Va lb. Ground Chuck (no fillers) goes into every one of our Ham burgers and Cheese burgers. Dress it yourself. Delicious Hearty Hot Ham Sandwich. 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