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All Aggie tennis final
still to be decided
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Serving the Gniversity community
Vol 80 No. 11 GSPS 045360 12 pages College Station, Texas Monday, September 17,1984
Genevieve Stubbs, senior staff attorney for the A&M System,
and Bill Kibler, assistant director of student affairs, field
questions asked of them by members of the media followinng
a preliminary meeting with the students involved with the
death of cadet Bruce Goodrich. The informal press confer
ence was held on the steps of the YMCA Building Friday af
ternoon. The place of the hearing was kept secret at the re
quest of the students.
Preliminary hearings conclude
concerning Goodrich’s death
By DAINAH BULLARD
Suit I Writer
University preliminary hear
ings concluded Friday for four
Texas A&M students involved in
the circumstances surrounding
the death of a Corps of Cadets
member.
Friday’s 15-minute hearing,
the second preliminary hearing
last week, was held for three ju
nior Corps members, Anthony
D’Alessandro, Louis Fancher and
Jason Miles. The cadets, former
members of Company F-l, re
portedly conducted an early-
morning exercise session which
resulted in the Aug. 30 death of
Bruce Dean Goodrich.
Goodrich, a sophomore trans
fer student from Webster, N.Y.,
and his roommate, John McIn
tosh, were awakened about 2:30
a.m. and instructed to participate
in the exercises, according to po
lice reports. Goodrich collapsed
during the exercises and died
about 12 hours later.
Last week’s first preliminary
hearing was held Tuesday for se
nior Gabriel Caudra, 21, of Hous
ton. Caudra, formerly the per
sonnel officer of Company F-l,
reportedly approved a request
from the three junior cadets to
conduct the off-hours exercise
session.
Bill Kibler, assistant director of
student activities, conducted both
preliminary hearings. Though
Tuesday’s hearing was open to
the press, Kibler said Friday that
Bryan attorney W.W. “Bill”
Vance, who represented D’Ales
sandro, Fancher and Miles, had
requested a closed hearing for his
clients. Kibler said the decision to
have an open or a closed hearing
is left to the students and their
lawyers.
Dr. John Koldus, vice presi
dent for student services, said
Sunday that no judgments or dis
ciplinary actions are decided
upon during the preliminary
hearings. The purpose of the
hearings is to review the students’
rights, and to inform them of the
charges against them and the evi
dence the University lias concern
ing the case, he said.
“It’s a preliminary thing mainly
to instruct the students and their
attorneys,” Koldus said.
The information for the pre
liminary hearings was based pri
marily on the results of investiga
tions conducted by the University
Police, Commandant of Cadets
Col. Donald L. Burton and stu
dent services, Koldus said.
In addition to the University
hearings, the Brazos County
Grand Jury is expected to review
the results of the investigation
into Goodrich’s death conducted
by Bob Wiatt, director of security
and traffic.
Godfather of heroin’ Quintana dead;
ends 16y 2 hour standoff with police
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — James
Quintana, known as the “godfather
of the Denver heroin trade,” was
found dead Sunday by police who
slipped into the house in which the
escaped convict had holed up, offi
cials said.
Quintana’s body was found in a
hallway by a police tactical squad that
had entered the house through the
basement, authorities said.
Quintana was serving a 15-year
prison term for conspiracy to distrib
ute heroin and a concurrent five-
year sentence for trying to bribe a
public official.
Quintana escaped Wednesday
morning as he was moved from Kan
sas City International Airport to the
U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kan.
The body was found about 8:30
p.m., ending a 16 '/>-hour standoff.
Police spokesman David Burns said
Quintana, 46, had been dead about
three or four hours.
The cause of Quintana’s death
had not been established. Many
weapons were confiscated in the
house, but police would not say what
they were.
Three people — Patricia C. Man-
zaneros, 30; Lewis Marvin Newton,
52; and Lloyd John Tafoya, 40 —
left the house and were taken into
custody by federal marshals Sunday
morning after Quintana called Sgt.
Pete Edlund, a police negotiator,
and said he was concerned about
their safety.
It was not known whether they
had been charged in the case.
Authorities said they knew Quin
tana was in the house since Saturday
morning, hut had to wait for arrest
warrants before they could move in.
Officers had talked to Quintana
several times by telephone and when
he spoke to officers late Sunday
morning he sounded despondent
and sorry for his crimes, police Sgt.
Jim Treece said. Quintana also
spoke by phone to his mother, police
said.
When authorities asked Quintana
to surrender, he retorted that offi
cers were “going to have to come in
and get him,” Treece said.
But he added at the time, “As long
as there is a chance to talk that man
out, we’ll wait.”
Late Saturday, police began to
evacuate or ask residents to stay in
the basements of their homes in the
residential neighborhood north of
the Missouri River. The evacuation
began before authorities went to the
rented house to serve an arrest war
rant, officers said.
Quintana had been in Denver to
testify in a civil lawsuit he had filed
against his lawyer. He was flown to
Kansas City International Airport
with Denver County Deputy Sam
Lucero, who rented a car to take him
back to the prison. They were forced
off Interstate 29 near 291 Highway
by four armed men in a second car.
The men handcuffed Lucero and
put him in the trunk of their car.
Quintana left with them in the
rented car.
13 SG positions open for qualified freshmen
By DAINAH BULLARD
Staff Writer
Texas A&M freshmen interested
in running for Student Government
positions can file for candidacy
Wednesday through Friday in 214
Pavilion.
Laura Madia, election co-commis
sioner, said 13 positions are open for
qualified freshmen. To qualify, stu
dents must have 12 or fewer class
room hours, excluding hours gained
from placement tests or classes, in
which the students currently are en
rolled. Students must pay a filing fee
of $3.
Madia said freshmen will elect stu
dents to fill the five positions for
Class of ’88 Council. Council posi
tions include president, vice-presi
dent, secretary, social secretary and
treasurer. Eight freshmen seats on
Student Senate also will be open to
election, Madia said.
The elections will be Oct. 8. Fresh
men may vote in the Memorial Stu
dent Center main lounge or in the
Pavilion, Madia said.
Mondale to talk
with Gromyko
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Democrat
Walter Mondale, insisting “I am not
meddling,” announced Sunday he
will meet with Soviet Foreign Min
ister Andrei Gromyko Sept. 27, a
day before the Kremlin official talks
with President Reagan.
Mondale said his main aim during
the meeting in New York will be to
emphasize the importance of renew
ing negotiations to control nuclear
weapons. He also stressed he is not
trying to undermine Reagan’s ses
sion with the Soviet envoy, planned
for Sept. 28 at the White House.
And, with a pledge that if elected
he would “not sign any agreement
that fails to protect American secu
rity,” the Democratic presidential
candidate sought to dispel claims he
would not be as tough in arm nego-
tiatins as Reagan.
“Vigorous debate on arms control
will continue in this campaign,”
Mondale said in his weekly paid po
litical radio address. “But whatever
our differences, Mr. Reagan has my
support on Sept. 28. My meeting
with Mr. Gromyko will make that
abundantly clear.”
“This meeting will not be negotia
tions. Only the president negotiates
with foreign powers. It will be a dis
cussion,” Mondale told reporters fol
lowing his radio broadcast.
“I’m not planning to upstage any
body. As a matter of fact ! think the
effect of my meeting may at least
make dear to Mr. Gromyko that
they should be under no confusion
about domestic political campaigns,”
he said.
Mondale said he had “no fears”
the Soviets might use him or play
him off against Reagan “because I
can’t be used. I’ve been around the
track.”
While professing support for Rea
gan, however, Mondale set a high
standard for success, far beyond ex
pectations expressed by White
House aides. “Millions want the Rea-
gan-Gromyko talks to produce con
crete results,” he said in the radio
talk.
“Americans hope that meeting
will produce an agreement on a
U.S.-Soviet summit,” he said. “They
want U.S.-Soviet arms control nego
tiations to resume. They want pro
gress on human rights.”
Polls show Mondale trailing Rea
gan from 15 to 30 points. His cam
paign strategists, grimly confronting
those numbers as Nov. 6 draws
closer, have been juggling staff and
sifting through issues in an effort to
generate more excitement among
voters.
Reagan announced last Monday
he had invited Gromyko to Wash
ington and the Soviet diplomat ac
cepted. Gromyko 75, who has been
Moscow’s top diplomat since 1957,
will be in the United States to attend
the United Nations General Assem
bly session.
Mondale, who has promised to
seek a superpower summit within six
months of taking office, repeatedly
has pointed out that Reagan is the
first president who has not sat down
with the Kremlin leadership since
U.S.-Soviet relations were estab
lished in 1933.
Mondale said he had not consul
ted the White House or State De
partment before setting up the
meeting because, “I know what I’m
doing.”
A White House spokesman said
the administration had no “advance
knowledge” of the Mondale-Gro-
myko meeting and declined any
comment on it.
In his radio talk, Mondale noted
the Reagan-Gromyko meeting
“comes barely five weeks before our
presidential election.” But he said
the Soviets should not mistake “the
heat of our political contests” to
mean “we are divided on all things.
“We are united in our commit
ment to strong defenses,” said Mon
dale. “We agree on the urgency of
avoiding war. We refuse to make the
possibility of peace a casualty of this
or any other political campaign.”
Mondale said he would tell Gro
myko three things:
• “America has only one presi
dent at a time” and Reagan “speaks
for all Americans.”
• Moscow “has nothing to gain”
from delaying arms talks. “If I am
elected president, I will drive a
tough bargain.”
• “World survival demands true
progress on arms control. We must
set aside rancor and blame. We must
lauch serious, businesslike negotia
tions.”
David Aaron, Mondale’s top for
eign policy adviser, said the Demo
crat’s campaign was approached in
formally about seeing Gromyko
about the same time as Reagan’s an
nouncement.
Thanks in part to his longevity,
Gromyko has moved into a more
prominent position in recent months
in the Kremlin hierarchy, which has
been in flux from the successive
deaths of Presidents Leonid Brezh
nev and Yuri Andropov, plus the re
ported ill health of Konstantin CJier-
nenko, the current Soviet leader.
In Todays Battalion
Local
• Data Processing Center changes its name. This is only
part of the long-range changes planned for computing on
campus. See story page 3.
• Malnutrition can be prevented with healthy eating hab
its. See story page 4.
• Freedom Scramble Golf Tournament raises money for
MDA. See story page 5.
National
• New Miss America is a wholesome change for the pag
eant. See story page 11.
• NASA says it would jump at a chance for a Mars flight.
See story page 6.
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