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Indiana U. students
aid burned fraternity
United Press International
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Fellow
students poured out their help
Tuesday to members of an Indiana
University fraternity whose house
was destroyed by a deliberately set
Fire that killed one student and in
jured more than 30 others.
Jerry Scott Zook, 23, of Indianap
olis, admitted in a taped confession
that he set Sunday’s fire after two
drunken fights with members of the
Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.
Zook, a former Indiana Univer
sity student, is charged with murder
and arson. He was ordered held
without bond in Monroe County Jail
Monday.
In a taped confession played in
court Monday, Zook told of entering
the fraternity house, finding some
turpentine and using it to set the
fire.
“The first can I dumped on the
floor. I may have walked around the
house. There are periods of time I
don’t remember,” he said. “I don’t
know why I did this.”
The early morning fire spread
quickly from the living room, au
thorities said, generating dense
smoke that killed Israel D. Edelman,
19, of Richmond, Ind., as he slept in
an upstairs room.
Dozens of other students fled,
some leaping from upstairs windows
to escape. About 30 were treated for
smoke inhalation, and three re
quired hospitalization. Three others
suffered broken bones while escap
ing the blaze.
Monroe County Prosecutor Ron
ald J. Waicukauski said Zook was
drinking heavily at a ZBT party and
began fighting with fraternity mem
bers and alumni.
Friends took him away from the
fraternity house and tried to detain
him in a nearby apartment. But he
returned to the ZBT house and used
two quarts of turpentine to start the
fire, the prosecutor said.
University students contributed
Tuesday to an aid fund for the ZBT
house. ZBT officials started the fund
off with $1,000, and a Monroe
County State Bank official said
Tuesday the amount being mailed in
is still unknown.
Other students, particularly mem
bers of fraternity and sorority
houses, were offering ZBT members
meals, temporary sleeping quarters,
showers, soap, books and even class
notes lost in the flames.
Judge John Baker entered inno
cent pleas for Zook, appointed a de
fense lawyer for him and set trial for
Dec. 17.
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Chernenko: Party faces
farm production crisis
United Press International
MOSCOW — President Konstan
tin Chernenko told a special meeting
of the Communist Party Central
Committee the Soviet Union is beset
by an “acute” crisis in agricultural
production.
The Soviet leader, in a lengthy
speech carried by the official news
agency Tass, proposed a controver
sial plan to irrigate huge tracts of
land in the south.
The Central Committee meeting
came at a time the U.S. Department
of Agriculture estimates the Soviet
1984 grain crop to be 65 million tons
short of its 240 million-ton target.
Chernenko, who presentee! pro
posals to guide the country’s agricul
ture in the year 2000, described
grain production as the country’s
“key problem.” Western diplomats
said the proposals presented little
change in the Soviet’s conservative,
centralized system.
“The situation in agriculture in a
number of sectors remains difficult,”
Chernenko said.
“Agricultural production still lags
behind the country’s growing re
quirements ... the problem of pro
viding the population of many cities
with foodstuffs, above all meat, is
still acute.”
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Mikhail Gorbachev, the Politburo
member responsible for agriculture,
did not deliver the major agricultu
ral address, as would be customary.
Western diplomats saw it as an indi
cation he may have stepped down
from the post.
Four A&M students waited in line to buy
tickets to Bruce Springsteen’s Nov. 29, 30
Houston concerts. Tickets sold out tw
hours after they went on sale.
Group cites human rights
abuses in U.S., 117 countries
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LONDON — Amnesty Interna
tional, in its annual report Tuesday
on human rights abuses in 117 coun
tries, cited the record number of
American prisoners on death row
and accused Iran and Saudi Arabia
of inflicting “cruel and inhuman”
floggings and amputations.
The London-ba^ed international
human rights group said thousands
were killed in Asia in 1983 —
“through unlawful killings in Indo
nesia and other countries, and after
swift trials in China.”
Amnesty’s Report 1984 also cited
torture carried out by security forces
in Chile and by both government
and rebel forces in Soviet-occupied
Afghanistan. It cited disappearances
in the Central American nations of
EFSalvador and Guatemala.
Amnesty, which opposes capital
punishment, expressed concern—
over an increase in executions in the
United States and “the highest fig
ure ever” of convicted American
prisoners on death row.
United Press International
Latest Figures issued by the Amer-
ral
ican Legal Defense Fund showed
there were 1,420 prisoners on death
row, including 720 whites, 597
blacks, 75 Hispanics, 15 native
Americans, five Asians, and eight
undetermined.
AUSTIN — The best place to
look for a job in Texas is still the cap
ital city of Austin, while unemploy
ment from last winter’s crop freeze
continues to give South Texas the
highest jobless rate in the state, the
Texas Employment Commission re
ported Tuesday.
Austin posted the lowest unem
ployment rate in the state at 3.4 per
cent in September. Bryan-College
Station had the second lowest unem
ployment rate, while the McAllen-
Pharr-Edinburg area had the high
est Texas jobless rate last month at
21.5 percent.
The average state unemployment
rate in September, reported earlier
this month by the TEC, stood at 5.8
percent.
Other metropolitan areas and
their unemployment rates for Sep
tember include:
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4.5 percent; Beaumont-PortAnis
Orange. 10.7 percent; Brow
Harlingen-San Benito, 13.4
Dallas-Fort Worth, 3.8 perinE
Paso, 10.1 percent; Galvestonla
City, 9.2 irercent; Houston,6,1
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BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
If you’re living off campus, you may find that you want to move out of your
apartment, duplex, or house before your lease term has ended. Although
your reasons may seem valid to you, moving out before your lease expires is a
breach of a legal agreement and the manager may be entitled to damages.
It is incorrect to think that you only forfeit your security deposit if you break
your lease. You can be sued for the remainder of the rent you owe, according
to the terms of the lease. If you are unable to pay your debts after suit, a
judgment can be filed against you which lasts for 10 years. This means that
certain personal property you acquire during this period can be used for pay
ment of the damages. A judgment on your record can prevent you from ob
taining loan or credit.
Many apartment managers and property owners are now reporting resi
dents who break their leases to the local Credit Bureau. This could have an
impact on your future ability to gain credit in Bryan/College Station. If it is nec
essary for you to move, there are several ways you can try to lessen the dam
age of breaking your lease and thus reduce your risk. The ways of reducing
your risk are; (1) negotiating, (2) subleasing, or (3) releasing.
Negotiate: It may be possible for you to negotiate with the manager to al
low you to terminate the lease. If you and your manager reach an agreement,
make sure that the agreement is in writing and signed by both parties.
Sublease: A sublease is an agreement in which you rent your apartment
to another person with the manager’s permission. Before you consider-this
alternative, be sure to ask your manager if he/she allows subleasing. Many
managers do not. According to a sublease, you become a sub-manager; you
are still responsible for the apartment including damages and rent. You are
not entitled to receive your security deposit until your lease term ends.
Release: This is the most widely used option. In a release, you find a per
son who is willing to lease the apartment. An agreement is made by all parties
which states that you are no longer liable for the apartment. A new lease is
created between the resident and the manager which terminates your lease.
In some cases, you will receive your security deposit within 30 days after mov
ing out. In other cases, you will not receive you deposit until the lease term
expires.
WHAT’S UP DOC?
As midterm rolls around most students are finally becoming
adjusted to the changes associated with a new semester - new
classes, new instructors, and of course, fees. Among the list of
charges for shuttle bus pass, lab use, building use, and parking
permits lies the Student Health Center fee. Although often
overlooked, this service is probably one of the most valuable
as it entitles students to a full range of confidential and free
health care. Beutel Health Center provides students with a va
riety of facilities including a modern laboratory and x-ray, physi
cal therapy, and diagnostic departments. Services such as
clinic visits, diagnostic examinations, care of illness or acci
dents and laboratory tests are offered to all students on a first-
come, first-served basis. A student is also provided 10 days of
treatment per semester for cases requiring hospitalization.
In case of an emergency, the Health Center provides an
ambulance service which is available 24 hours a day. A Uni
versity ambulance is available for all on campus emergencies
and some off campus emergencies. If you live in Bryan, the
University’s ambulance is available to you free of charge. Col
lege Station residents must call the College Station Fire De
partment (911), and there may be a charge for the service.
The Health Center is open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. until
4:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.
For emergency treatment a student can call 845-1511, 24
hours a day. Beutel Health Center has a variety of services to
offer to students at Texas A&M. For more information call 845-
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