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Emergency maintenance and security access. 402 Nagle College Station 846-8960 m METRO PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT INC Page 14AThe BattalionAThursday, June 14, 1984 — —■—-— - —a What’s up Texas news in brief United Press International Plano teacher is not liable for damages AUSTIN — The Texas Supreme Court Wednesday let stand a lower court ruling that the Plano Independent School District and one of its teach ers were not liable for damages for a classroom injury suffered by a student. The high court upheld without comment an opinion by the 5th Court of Appeals in favor of the school district and teacher Becky Bales. The parents of Armstrong Middle School student Paul Diggs sued the school district and Bales for $300,000 damages after the youth suffered permanent eye dam age during an apparent spitball fight among students on May 7, 1981. The complaint alleged Bales had been negligent in her supervision of the class. But the appeals court said a damage suit against a school board could be sustained only if a student is injured through excessive force or corporal punishment by a teacher. Immigration officials arrest 92 illegal aliens ROSENBERG — Federal immigration officials Wednesday arrested 92 illegal aliens and took them in a bus and two vans to a detention center in Houston. Officials said 12 Immigration and Naturalization Service officers and six Rosenberg police officers went to.a Rosenberg tree surgeon’s business and arrested 47 aliens. Another 25 were arrested at a bus stop, and 20 more were arrested at a construction site. Thursday CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: holds weekly bible study at 7 p.m. in room 145 MSC. CHI ALPHA: is sponsoring a lesson on humanism at 7 p in. in room 402 Rudder. MSC AMATEUR RADIO COMMITTEE: will hold its first eneral meeting at 7 p.m. in room 140 MSC. New mem- ers are welcome. TAMU SAILING CLUB: meeting at 7 p.m. in room 410 Rudder to discuss weekend outing to Lake Somerville. A presentation will be given on windsurfing. Sunday CHI ALPHA: Sunday school lesson on “The Study of Disu pline.” Come as you are to the All Faith's Chapel medita tion room at 9:45 a.m. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION: a picnic at Hensel Park from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Ice cream, drinks and chips will be provided. Confessed killer crazy, lawyer says Comptroller says second session is needed EL PASO — State Comptroller Bob Bullock predicts Gov. Mark White will have to call a second special session of the Legislature to raise taxes to finance educational reforms. Speaking to a group of lawyers in El Paso Tuesday, Bullock said lawyer and doctor bills may be taxed to increase funds for education. Bullock said the new tax is needed because of a shortfall in the state treasury that he blamed on a combination of events that began with the 1982 decision by OPEC to lower the price of oil. He said the drop in price resulted in the loss of “hundreds of millions of dollars” in state severance tax income, as well as a drop in the sales tax, which is tied to oil and gas interests. Bullock said Mexico’s devaluation of the peso also hurt Texas, followed by the drought in West Texas, the freeze in the Rio Grande Valley and the hurricane that hit Galveston. Prisoners' civil trial suit settled out of court EL PASO — A multimillion-dollar civil trial against El Paso County offi cials, filed by former prisoners of the El Paso County Jail, has been settled out of court. Seven former inmates sued the county and county officials for $7 mil lion for severe beatings they received at the hands of jailers. Just hours be fore the civil suit was to have begun Tuesday, the prisoners settled for an undisclosed amount. The complaint said the inmates were subjected to savage beatings for three to five hours by more than 20 sheriffs deputies and jail guards. The beatings took place in March 1981 after an unsuccessful jail escape attempt. Two former jail officers were convicted last month of beating one of the in mates and allowing officers under their command to beat the inmates. A third former jail officer will go on trial next week for his alleged partici pation in the beatings. Dallas utility rate cut recommended AUSTIN — The Public Utility Commission staff has recommended a $05.2 Tnillion rate cut for Texas Utilities Electric Co., rather than the $304 million rate increase the Dallas-Fort Worth area power company had re quested. “This is a jolt,” said TUEC Vice President Tom Baker. “If it’s adopted, I think in the long run it could prevent our company from building the addi tional facilities that we need to meet our growing demands for energy.” PUC Assistant General Counsel Ed Pope said the staffs decision, an nounced Tuesday, was guided by the provisions of a new law that allows uti lities to be granted money for uncompleted construction projects only un der exceptional circumstances. Neighbor indicted in deaths of 3 children AUSTIN — The neighbor of three children found beaten to death with a steel pipe has been indicted on three capital murder charges. James Carl Lee Davis, 21, was indicted Tuesday by a Travis County grand jury. He is accused in the March 3 rape and beating death of Yvette Johnson, 15, and the slayings of her two brothers — Tyrone, 6, and Tony, 3 — who were killed in their beds. Davis, who was being held without bond in the Travis County jail, was a neighbor of the children and allegedly broke into their home while their mother was away visiting friends. Nightclub has 'separate but equal' happy hours DALLAS — A nightclub accused of discriminating against men because it provided free drinks to women during happy hour, has agreed to a “sepa rate but equal” happy hour for men. Attorney James Carroll, angered because women were given free drinks at Monopoly’s Park Place while he had to pay for his, pushed the city to en force its anti-discrimination ordinance. Mike Luter, an investigator with the Dallas consumer affairs depart ment, said Tuesday the city will only enforce its anti-discrimination ordi nance if a bar patron files a complaint. Business not so easy, director says United Press International LOS ANGELES — The claims of a talent agency clerk who told police he murdered Vicki Morgan, one time mistress to presidential confi dant Alfred Bloomindale, were the words of a “crazy man who made a crazy confession,” his attorney de clared Wednesday. The real killer, defense attorney Arthur Barens said outside Los An geles Superior Court, is still free be cause of an investigative coverup and conspiracy. . Barens said it was no coincidence that Morgan was killed just as she was about to send to her publisher a book in which “she was going to name government officials she was involved with.” Witnesses have testified that the book was going to be about high- level Reagan administration officials she met through Bloomingdale, a member of the president’s “kitchen cabinet.” Prosecutors, who have confirmed having a draft of the book, said it contained “nothing earth shatter ing.” But Barens said investigatorsdt stroyed evidence by mishandlingllit prosecution’s main physical evidem — the baseball bat they claimed Mi viu Pancoast used to beat the formr model to death on July 7, 1983. A police fingerprint expert test fied Wednesday that no prints wen found on the bat, and a bloodexpt: testified that the chemicals used lest for prints had destroyed ar possibility of determining if tb blood on the bat was Morgan’s. Additionally, according to test niony, it was at least three weeksit ter the crime before experts wen given the bat to perform the tests. “There is no reasonable explain tion possible why they waited ana cessive period of time,” Barens sat outside court. “Suppose someone else’s prim were on that bat. It would be lit slam-dunk of this case and Man; Pancoast goes free,” said co-defem counsel Ted Mathews. Pancoast, who has a history ofps chialrict problems, has pleaded ii- nocent and innocent by reasonofis sanity to first-degree murder. Shultz wants laws against terrorist aid United Press International WASHINGTON — Secretary of State George Shultz told Congress Wednesday the government needs new laws to “get a handle on people” who aid terrorist groups, but sought to reassure lawmakers that citizens’ rights will not be abused. Shultz described the legislation as “a balanced approach” between doing nothing in response to the in creased danger of terrorism, and overreacting to it. As an example of overreaction, Shultz cited the case of Argentina, where the previous military govern ment is accused of killing thousands of citizens in its effort to crack down on terrorism. Administration proposals would make it illegal for U.S. citizens to as sist countries that support terrorism and authorize the secretary of state to pay rewards for information on terrorist groups. Shultz’ testimony in the House Foreign Affairs Committee followed appearances by other administration officials last week in both House and Senate panels, where they ran into widespread concern about the pro gram. Critics say the proposed legis lation is too broad and could un fairly restrict civil liberties. As first proposed, the legislation would have directed the secretary of state to designate organizations as well as other governments as terror ist, and automaticaly make it illegal for Americans to aid them. Shultz said that has been changed “to take account of congressional comments” and now would cover only governments. Members of Congress had warn; of the problems of applying the te rorist label to groups that are tryini to overthrow repressive govert ments. Shultz said the legislation wont not change the behavior of otlie pro-terrorist governments, be would give the United Statesa»? to prosecute citizens who aid them “The purpose of this legislation! to give us a handle on peopleintti United States who are ... provkfc services and support of these teri« ist activities. ... Those are the we are trying to get at in thislef lation.” The legislation grew out of lb case of former CIA agent Wilson, who aided Libya’s traiMj and arming of terrorists. In pH* ecuting Wilson, the U.S. p merit found it had no laws ically barring such pro-terron> activities. He was convicted ofvitfc ing a weapons export law, i shipping explosives and conspiraf to murder. Shultz told the committee term 1 ists are assaulting basic Western' 5 lues and interests. “We are now faced with a probltj which is of major and growing S; nificance,” he said. “The main target of terrorists! not just individuals but the basics terests and values of the demotf cies,” Shultz said. Minority business owners get advice United Press International DENVER — So you want to start your own business? Make lots of money, buy a fancy car and live in an expensive home? Your first step, says Gilbert M. Cisneros, 40, project director at the Business Development Center in Denver, is many long hours in the li brary. Find out everything there is to know about the business. Then get some professional ad vice. And finally, plan to spend morn ing, noon and night on the job. Even then, he said, you are not guaranteed of success. Cisneros’ job is to counsel mi nority businesses — to let them know how to open certain doors, where to go for loans, who to see for business and to tell them what they have to do to stay in business. He doesn’t sug- arcoat the,advice. “My advice is for somebody to bury themselves in the library for about a month,” said Cisneros, who holds degrees from Adams State College in Alamosa and the Univer sity of Colorado. “They should study everything they can about that particular busi ness. The library is just an invaluable tool that not a lot of people utilize. Learn as much as you can.” After the research work is done, Cisneros advises potential business men and women — or those already in operation and experiencing prob lems — to use a resource center like the one in which he is involved. It is a private company operated by Jona- than-Jacob and Associates but has a three-year contract with the U.S. De partment of Commerce. “All people see is that green col ored pasture out there,” said Cisne ros, who admits he had many of the same dreams when he first entered the business world. “They envision themselves driv ing around in Eldorados and Mer cedes. They don’t visualize the other side of that — the credit person com ing to pick up the car. We try to make them look at both sides.” The center offers a variety of services to minority businesses, in cluding access to capital devel opment; help with access to govern mental agencies and private companies, and assistance in man agement and technical needs. “I know how hard it can be,” he said. “We talk as many people out of business as we talk people into busi ness. I’ve had people in my office lit erally start crying because nobody gave them that type of advice in the beginning. “They’re losing their houses, they’re getting a divorce, they’re in debt and they just don’t know which way to go. If somebody would have just sat down in the beginning and been very honest with them 1 said, ‘Hey, I don’t think you cal' it,’ it would have been better." The center this year has prod® $10.6 million in procurement 1 portunities for minority busing ahead of the $8.5 million goals® 1 der its federal contract; has sec® $2.4 million in new loans, comf to a $2.1 million goal, and' helped start 15 new businesses Two customers pleased witl' : service, which costs a basic $25 hour, are Bob Macias, who ope® Professional Mechanical Insula 1 * and has added $600,000 word 1 work since signing up, and Haf Brown, owner of Western Matf nance Service. 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