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Friday, May 4, 1984/The Battalion/Page 11 I Paso officers get bur acquittals, but guilty of beating United Press International ' ■EL PASO — There was argu- ^nt and “a lot of screaming yelling” among jurors who finally returned a split verdict pinst two El Paso County Jail icers charged with beating fSandcuffed prisoners after an Hempted jail escape in 1981,' 4-J^jurors said Thursday. ^Former jail Capt. Joseph ffiwling and former Lt. Hora- Gomez were acquitted on fopr of the five counts in a fed- :ral indictment. ■But the jury found them jilty of beating and kicking Al an Beck and failing to prevent ailers under their command roni beating and kicking Beck. V#\The misdemeanor conviction is Inishable by a maximum of that stril ? e y ear ‘ n P r * son anc ^ a $ 1 wilding i| f e ‘ these dcI U S ' Dlstricl J ud g e Ha rry ; ppsaid dllds P edl sel J une f° r i(),n‘ t heP lentin g and ik allowed both the .Men to remain free on bond. 'ciatton y inely diil| 'Slant stril is men all re money e same tpany m st on witl| ' strike aany hireil| rs and nberston ition, he ■“One of the reasons for the guilty verdict was because no medical care was provided for Beck,” said juror Cardelia Sev- insky after the jury was dis missed. “The medical care was the key.” Juror Glenda Yvonne Flores said, “There was never any real, real evidence that they (Bowling and Gomez) got together and conspired to beat the prison ers.” One of the problems the ju rors said they faced was contra dictory testimony from most of the witnesses. “There was a lot of arguing back and forth — a lot of screaming and yelling — but the final verdict was unani mous,” DeeBee Hajjar said. A visibly choked-up Bowling was critical of the Sheriffs De- E artment investigation into the eating. Bowling said situations like the beating incident were un derstandable because of the in experience and quality of the detention officers he was sent. icuadoran orphan imiles for first time United Press International ROCKTON, Mass. — A 5- b-old Ecuadoran orphan girl were as iS° once coldd only smile with . p| ant ■■ eyes offered a grin and a ■■acias” Thursday to doctors : said, insEo freed her fused jaw using >se peopltpints made from her ribs. - peopleBAlexandra Balcazar of Quito er Amenlroudly showed off a music box - , e’re nottpl teddy bear to a visitor and sa basicislbispered “gracias” — thank ■u — to doctors who removed ■tdages from Tuesday’s six- e JlOur operation at Gardinal (]|shmg Hospital. ^■The youngster sipped liquids ■houta straw for the first time Id gulped vanilla ice cream for decision yj ea kfast as doctors slowly tier fuflBrkgd her up to soft food, lawsuit. l"The jaw’s working fine,” -iness Bu:^ hospital spokeswoman Su- p O’Brien. The menu choice '$ based on the fact “she never to digest anything before.” Alexandra’s speech and diet re severely restricted because n process s than _e. t already s to havt y file a e Better t a reimbt . Consi j with iht d througfe aster pushed sales up large retail stores hat aim® United Press International NEW YORK — The nation’s -ere equi*-gest stores Thursday re- which I rted strong sales gains in )ril, pushed by heavy Easter ying. pC Purchases of spring clothes w 13 aded the sales spurt. Sears, Roebuck and Go., the lion’s largest retailer, re- Groce, b rted sales for the four-week ■riod which ended April 28 g ra duaii| r e $1.96 billion, up 9.8 per- iversity tent from $1.78 billion in April ensed b |983. Ie defaichairman Edward R. 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Texas 77840 (409) 764-0721 - Arguments heard for offshore sales United Press International WASHINGTON — A House Appropriations subcommittee heard arguments Thursday for and against extending a one- year moratorium can offshore oil and gas lease sales on the Outer Gontinental Shelf. All 28 Democrats in the Cali fornia House delegation sup port the measure to withhold for another year the money re quired for the federal govern ment to conduct offshore lease sales in California, Massachu setts and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Rep. Leon Panetta, D-Calif., said extending the moratorium is “essential” to negotiations with the Interior Department because compromise is impossi ble if leasing is allowed in the areas currently under the ban. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, opposing the ban, said prohibit ing a lease sale “could simply forestall revenues to the Trea sury anticipated to offset the deficit, delay the production of desperately needed oil and gas, and delay potentially significant employment in coastal commu nities.” Alaska is not affected by the existing one-year moratorium, but could be included in an ex tension. The House passed a mora torium last summer on Interior Department appropriations for offshore leasing activities this fiscal year, which expires Oct. 1. If extended, the ban would last through Sept. 30, 1985. In California, the existing moratorium bars leasing off the coast from the Mexican Border north to Huntington and New port beaches in Orange County, and around Santa Monica Bay and the Santa Barbard Channel, the ecological preserve and buf fer zone and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary- “In turn, Interior has indi cated a willingness to explore possible compromise in this area,” Panetta said. “A nego tiated compromise regarding exceptional areas deserving of protection in possible.” If the moratorium is not ex- ment may conduct lease sales off California and in the North Atlantic in fiscal year 1985, which begins Oct. 1, Panetta said. Levine testified he is “en couraged” by Clark’s assurance that none of the nine leases pro posed for sale in 1985 would be those areas under the 1984 moratorium, but has received “conflicting messages from the Interior Department.” of a birth defect that fused the lower jaw to her skull. 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