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Landry was called in response to prosecution attempts to portray White as a violent man. “He (White) would not hit him (Clark) without provocation” Landry said. White’s reputation for truth and nonviolence was “outstanding,” Landry said. White, who faces a year in prison if convicted, admitted earlier that he threatened and slapped Clark — a 205-pound tightend who claims he was punched — when he felt Clark’s driving on a rural North Texas road endangered White and his children. “I felt unless I took some immedi ate action, he (Clark) would continue following me and possibly get me and my kids killed,” he testified. White confronted Clark at a stop sign. “My intention of getting out of the car was to see if there was any reason for him (Clark) to be driving that way,” he said. Clark’s vehicle nearly pushed White’s family van into a head-on collision while the two drivers sped along at up to 80 mph. White said. “I felt I was in the presence of a man who I didn’t feel was of sane mind,” said White, who testified he slapped Clark when his concern did not seem to register on the youth. “I did not know if I hurt him. 1 wouldn’t call it a love tap,” said White. White was asked if the blow was delivered in self defense. “Yes,” White said, “because the importance of my comments directly related to the safety of my children.” Defense attorney Don Horton was overruled on his objection to the mention of professional football during White’s cross-examination. “Since football is a contact sport, it is inappropriate to be injected by the prosecutor,” Horton said. “It places a false burden on Mr. White because he is a football player.” Testimony continues through Thursday. State court upholds conviction of judge United Press International AUSTIN — A divided state ap peals court Wednesday affirmed the bail-jumping conviction of former Texas Supreme Court Justice Don ald B. Yarbrough, who spent 19 months on a far-flung Caribbean is land to avoid imprisonment for per jury. In a 2-1 opinion, the 3rd Court of Appeals rejected arguments that Yarbrough was not obligated to re port in 1981 for a five-year prison sentence for perjury because the wording on his appeals bond was technically incorrect. The court’s majority, in an opin ion written by Justice Jim Brady, also ruled that Yarbrough could not at tack the validity of his peijury con viction in the appeal of his bail jumping conviction. Yarbrough was sentenced to seven years in prison last J uly after he pleaded guilty to charges of fail ing to appear in 1981 to begin serv ing the prior five-year sentence for aggravated peijury. In a dissenting opinion, Chief Jus tice John C. Phillips said Yar brough’s perjury conviction should have been voided because of the trial judge improperly instructed the jury. The justice said the trial judge was also technically incorrect in requir ing Yarbrough to appear for “sen tence after mandate” since Yar brough had been sentenced prior to the Texas Court of Criminal Ap peals upholding his perjury convic tion. But the court’s majority said de spite the incorrect wording, the trial court’s sole purpose was “to see that the judgment of the Court of Crimi nal Appeals was carried out.” ■Yarbrough, 42, fled to the Carib bean island nation of Grenada to avoid imprisonment on the perjury charge after his conviction was af firmed in May 1981. But U.S. marshals arrested him on the nearby tiny independent is land of St. Vincent on March 18, 1983 and state law enforcement offi cers returned him to Texas. Yarbrough had been living with his wife and two children and study ing medicine on Grenada, which at that time had no extradition treaty with the United States, for 19 months. He was convicted in 1978 for lying to a grand jury that was investigating charges he planned to have a Victo ria banker killed to keep him from testifying in civil lawsuits regarding Yarbrough’s financial dealings, which included trading in gold and silver coins. The bespectacled Houston lawyer capitalized on the similarity of his name and that of well-known former Sen. Ralph Yarborough, D-Texas, to win a surprise election to the high court in 1976. lane for T Photo by PETER ROCHi j Fancy Footwork Pam Rasor of Irving kicks a soccer ball during games that are a part of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes summer camp. The camp will continue through Friday. The cot ling smoot ;43 a.m. I hen a bac -doll. |est about 2 The com Homosexuol avoids deportation from U.S. ase the ot United Press International DALLAS — Differing appeals court rulings on immigration by ho mosexuals may allow a Briton, who recently lost a U.S. Supreme Court appeal for citizenship, to avoid being deported, his lawyer said. If Richard John Longstaff, 44, had stayed in Dallas he most likely would have faced deportation pro ceedings by local Immigration and Naturalization Service agents, attor ney Leonard Graff said Tuesday. That likelihood stemmed from a ruling by the Supreme Court upholding a ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Oi - lid the leans that Longstaff, who own ihich is ba clothing stores in Dallas and Hob ton, may he denied citizenship!*• cause he is a homosexual. However, the high court did i address the question of whether!#! mosexuals, generally, can bedenid citizenship, Graff said The question has divided the Ne» Orleans court and the 9th U.S.cir cuit Cour t of Appeals in Californii with the West Coast panel ruling lies later, i ore than irogram sii Discover light coni} gree on a NASA e 0 years ol ig a test S; red a h; ten and w londay. “A hard f a compc ome electi liliirg,” he V..W.IOI panel i ui.i.g -| A iepla< 1983 that homosexuality is insuffr he shuttle cient reason for denying citizenship * Discover As a result of the loophole, Loup p space pi; laff will move to San Fianc®M av niissio where local INS agents observea.m. I i uling more favorable to him. Engineer leshoot th irecasters Brownsville residents fear hexes Police gel voodoo complaints eather sy 'ents of rai mter Mor Disappoi enry Hai ioats and < k, Steven ptullane ai United Press International BROWNSVILLE — On a regular basis, Brownsville police have to deal with complaints from people who fear hexes were placed on them, find “voodoo dolls” on their prem ises or are concerned the evil eye or some other witchcraft may be work ing against them. Texas’ southernmost city — a melting pot of superstitions from Mexico, the Caribbean islands. South America and Europe — ap parently has its own form of voodoo that one expert says may he based more on the Y\o\Vywood “Tarzan” than anything else. Dr. Leo Carrillo — an expert on curanderismo, a superstitious form of healing practiced throughout South Texas and Mexico — says true voodoo as practiced in Haiti is a form of witchcraft that originated in Nigeria and is based on the god of thunder “Shango” and several other- voodoo deities. He said true voodoo has little to do with dolls and pins because that concept of witchcraft originated in Europe and not in Africa. “It’s not at all like what Tarzan movies say,” said Carrillo, a profes sor of ethnic studies at Corpus Christi State University. “What has happened, Tarzan and Hollywood have worked into the dolls and pins. The popular belief comes more out of Tarzan.” Nevertheless, plain old curande rismo is strange enough without the Hollywood trappings. Besides using herbs and spells and other folk medicine practices to chase away disease, a curandero (healer) usually practices a little “white magic” on the side to take care of a believer’s psychological well-being as well, Carrillo said Some of the faith healers they can do some magic and bri#i unfaithful husbands home or assutfl a “justojuez (just judge)” incrimi^ trials. One woman near Reyno» Mexico, reportedly cashed in hanil somely during the Vietnam warb ensuring that young men who'* ited her from the Rio Grande Valle were not drafted into the An#' Carrillo said. Some of the practitioners do dolls and pins in a positive way, Cn rillo said, by slicking the pins in# a doll. THE REAL ITALIAN PIZZA tacovery’s m. They rel id watche firing ear mneh. “Everyot aiher wait lachine wi stein,” s lark Hess. Workers rained tin ad tank a >ad of suj. ad liquid c M it early V Weather L. MSC Barber Shop Located on the Texas A&M University Campus Hours: Monday-Friday 8a.m.-5p.m. 846-0629 SANTINI-BUCK Good only thru 8-18-84 CATERING ALL OCCASIONS^ 693-5533 WITH WHOLE WHEAT! OPENING SOON The Mongolian House A completely unique dining and taste experience featuring Mongolian Bar-B-Q Chinese Buffet * It’s a new taste sensation and dining experience. * It’s fast, friendly service in a relaxing atmosphere. * It’s All You Can Eat for an incredibly low price. 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