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: '^■S“ Wr.*< • ‘r • y <■ «../ •♦•.i ^ • • \ . h Tuesday, September 25, 1984/The Battalion/Page 13 ^ Suspension UTEP players arrested in purse-stealing incident )5 bed MCE 39.* 28* United Press International EL PASO — The football coach at ; the University of Texas at El Paso suspended a player indefinitely and took disciplinary action against three others Monday in an alleged purse stealing incident over the weekend. Police arrested running back Randy Forrest, I 8, of New Rochelle, | N.Y. and charged him with theft I over $20. While police were arrest ing Forrest, officers said, three other Miner football players interfered and were arrested, charged with in terfering with the duties of a police officer. The other three were identified as offensive captain David Toub, 22, of Mahopac, N.Y., fullback Vic Stag- liano, 21, of Hawthorne, N.Y., and a non-scholarship player, Mark Hayes, 19, of New York City. In a news release from the col lege’s sports information office, Coach Bill Yung did not say which player was suspended. He did say he nelieved the other three players “exercised poor judgement causing overreactions on both the part of our players and others.” Bar patron Michele lacobelli said Monday she left her purse on her ta ble while dancing at a Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity party in a motel bar. When she returned from danc ing, she said, she noticed her purse had been taken and its contents were lying on the floor. A security guard identified For rest as the man who allegedly stole the purse, police said. As lacobelli, her friend Diane Ramirez, and the guard, L. Mat thews, began walking toward For rest, lacobelli said, “he (Forrest) be gan dropping credit cards from his pants’ back pocket.” Police report the men followed Forrest into the rest room, where he tried to flush the purse down the toi let. lacobelli said she snatched the wallet from him when he came out of the restroom. “I yelled at him, calling him a thief, and his buddy came up to me and slammed me against the wall,” she said. “I thought these guys were going to crush me peanut size. They were mean.” Government loses 2 crisis pipelines M CO. HUE ton 9:30-6:M i ad 4410 ?e Main .25 26 127 28 29 30 /e >1^ United Press International WASHINGTON — The conver sion of two oil pipelines to natural gas could prevent distribution of an adequate supply of reserve oil dur ing a future international oil crisis, Congress was told Monday. Energy Department officials said they are considering a plan to build new pipelines at a cost of $100 mil lion. The government’s strategic petro leum reserve now holds about 430 million barrels of oil that could be made available if foreign supplies are interrupted as they were in the 1970’s. About 500 million barrels will be stored at the five under ground sites in Texas and Louisiana by the end of next year. Original plans called for the dis tribution of up to 4.5 million barrels of the reserve oil per day in an en ergy crisis, but the shortage of pipe lines means that no more than 2.4 million barrels can be distributed, the General Accounting Office re ported to a House Energy and Com merce subcommittee. Seaway Pipeline, Inc., and Tex- oma Pipeline Company have sold pipelines that carried crude oil im ports from the Texas Gulf Coast to the Midwest and the lines are being converted to carry natural gas. Those were two of the three pipe lines the Energy Department counted on to distribute reserve oil. “Unless some type of action is taken to correct the SPR distribution restrictions caused by the Seaway and Texoma pipeline sales, the gov ernment may not have the capability to distribute the oil during a supply disruption,” said F. Kevin Boland, of the CAO. The government is looking at the possible construction of three new pipelines to make up for the conver sion of the Seaway and Texoma pipelines, said Richard Furiga, dep uty assistant secretary of the Energy Department’s strategic petroleum The “distribution enhancement” pipelines would run from the Bryan Mound site, near Freeport to the Texas City area, between the West Hackberry site and the Lake Charles spur of the the Texas pipeline, and possibly from the proposed Big Hill- to-Sun Terminal pipeline to the Texas Oil and Chemical Terminal on the opposite side of the Neches River, Funga said. The additions would allow the re serve to distribute four million bar rels per day, “at the currently esti mated added cost of approximately $100 million,” he said, noting the plan is still under study by the ad ministration. Former bank officer claims loans authorized by others United Press International OKLAHOMA CITY — Former Penn Square Bank officer William G. Patterson, the only defense witness to testify in his criminal misconduct trial, said Monday he did not think prosecution witnesses who testified against him lied. “I’m not saying all these people lied,” Patterson said at the close of nearly six hours on the witness stand as his trial began its third week. “I’ve made individual statements in each case as to what I think happened.” Final arguments are scheduled for this morning and the jury is ex pected to begin deliberations about noon. Nearly four hours of the time Pat terson spent on the stand was under intense cross-examination by pros ecutors who tried to tear down his assertion that questionable loan transactions were the work of either superiors or subordinates. Patterson often responded, “I don’t know,” when asked about spe cific instances when prosecution wit nesses testified they had questioned him about loans or the alleged fund ing of notes without the permission of borrowers. He said he ordered a $30.3 mil lion note for Oklahoma City oilman Robert A. Hefner III raised to $31.3 million in March 1982, but denied ever admitting to Hefner he had al tered the note or funded it without Hefners’ permission. Patterson said he met with Hefner at Hefner’s home about a month af ter the bank closed, and that Hefner wanted Patterson to say Hefner never had agreed to borrow $30.3 million to purchase some oil rigs. Earlier Monday, Patterson testi fied he put his signature “on a lot of things,” but that he relied on infor mation provided by subordinates or superiors and was not trying to de ceive anyone. Patterson, 34, the former head of the bank’s energy lending depart ment, is charged with 25 counts of criminal misconduct prior to the bank’sjuly 5, 1982, failure. Prosecutors allege Patterson proc essed millions of dollars in loans without the permission of borrowers and sold millions more to participat ing banks even though he knew them to be worthless. The first witness called by defense attorney Burck Bailey, Patterson at one point broke down for a short pe riod of time when he was asked about what he had been doing since the bank failed. “I tried to get a job and no one would hire me,” Patterson said to ward the end of the hour and 40 minutes he spent being questioned by Bailey before U.S. Attorney Bill Price began cross-examination. “I mowed lawns ... put in sprin kler systems ...just anything I could do,” Patterson said. Patterson said he relied mostly on information supplied by subordi nates when he was selling loans to particiating banks and often made loans at the direction of former Penn Square board chairman Wil liam P. Jennings or bank president Eldon Beller. Under cross-examination by Price, Patterson denied regularly or dering loan payments to be made to larger banks before the money was collected from borrowers. He said such payments were occa sionally made, but only in “emer gency” situations. Witnesses have testified more than $13 million in such payments ere made before the bank failed. Patterson told Price junior loan officers who have testified they warned Patterson about bad loans. Police beat The following incidents were reported to the University Police Department through Monday. MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • A light green canvas car cover was stolen from a 1976 Dat- sun 280-Z in Parking Annex 56. • The rear license plate was stolen from a 1977 Chevrolet pickup parked on Lewis Street. • A red Miyata 10-speed bicy cle was stolen from the east end of Krueger Hall. • A black and white Schwinn ten-speed bicycle was stolen from the Davis-Gary bike rack. • A blue Centurion 12-speed bicycle was stolen from the bike rack outside the Oceanography and Meteorology Building. • A metallic silver Schwinn 10- speed bicycle was stolen from the bike rack outside the Zachry En gineering Building. • A Huffy 12-speed bicycle was stolen from the intersection of Joe Routt and Throckmorton Streets. HARASSMENT: • A student in Clements Hall reported she has received several harassing phone calls from an anonymous man. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: • Someone cracked the wind shield of a 1981 Fordpickup parked on Coke Street. Announcing THE BIG SWITCH Gene Zulkowski Has moved from Texaco next to Unitedbank to MOBIL on university across from the Zachry Bldg. Gene invites all of friends and customers to his new sta tion located at 815 University Dr. Gene offers • friendly full & self service Mobil gasoline at low-low prices • State inspec tion • Qualified mechanics doing a full line of Automotive repairs & service • road serv ice So please, come by and visit Gene, Cheryl, Mel Alden and their friendly staff at their new University Mobil. 815 University 775-8351 Furniture Outlet Welcome back Aggies. T.F.O. is ready to solve your furniture needs with a “welcome back” Sale on our everyday low prices. Check these prices while they last. 5 pc Dining set 7 pc Dining set Bookcases 3 pc coffee & endtables Lamps Bedframes Full size mattress set Chests Dresser & Mirror Nite stands Sofa & chair 5 pc Living Room Set Texas Furniture Outlet Open 9-7 712 Villa Maria UNIVERSAL GROCERY & SNACK BAR CHINESE LUNCH SPECIAL $2 00 -Eggrolls & Wontons- Imported Oriental Groceries-Exotic Foods All within walking distance of Campus Across from Blocker Bldg. & St. Mary Center 110 Nagle-C.S 846-1210 Bryan-College Station Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, PA. 1701 BriarcrestDr. Suite 100 Bryan, Texas 77802 Linda S. Dutton, C.N.P. As a certified nurse practitioner in women s health care, she provides an alternative choice for confidential, comprehensive routine physical exams, birth control & minor gynecology problems. By appointment (409) 775-5602 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday P.M. Lube Centers “Your Preventive Maintenance Specialists” Lube, Oil and Filter 10 Minute Oil Change We will Lubricate Car’s Chassis. Check & Fill windshield solvent, brake fluid, power steering fluid & correct tire pressure. We will drain the old oil & install up to 5 qts. of quality 30 wt. motor oil & new filter. (on most American & Foreign Cars & Trucks) 3100 Texas Ave. So. College Station 764-9253 This Week’s Speclallll S-J795 haidune I ROTOR 0*1 Youth Goodwill Mission from Taiwan R.O.C. presents An Adventure in Chinese Song & Dance Thursday Sept. 27 Rudder Theater 7:00 p.m. Rudder Theater Tickets $2.00 Sponsored by Chinese Student Association MSC International Programs Committee Balloon Bonanza 764-0950 1405 Harvey Rd. (across from Sears) College Station 822-1617 405 N. Pierce (Mike’s Grocery); Bryan BE UNIQUE, SEND BALLOONS! Rhodes Scholarship 1984 Are you a senior with a 3.5 + average? If so, you may be eligible for a Rhodes Scholarship. You could spend the next 2 years at Oxford University honing your career skills, widening your educatio nal base. Contact Dr. Carolyn Adair Director Student Activities 845-1133 Deadline: September 28 f 1984 32 Pool Tables 4 Shuffleboard Tables Arcade HAPPY HOUR 4-7 Mon.-Fri. Beer 500 Pitcher $2.50 Margaritas $1.00 Pitcher $4.50 Bar Drinks $1.00 j WED. NITE SPECIAL...FOR THE LADIES -Frozen Margaritas $1.00- from 7-9 p . m. 702 University #110B College Station 846-0085 Call Battalion Classified