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Rachel Paid for by the Neeley Lewis Campaign your advertising dollars do better in Page 14/The BattalionTuesday, November 6,1984 Twin execution Killers scheduled to die in electric chair United Press International STARKE, Fla. — Lawyers for two condemned killers scheduled to die Wednesday in Florida’s electric chair, pursued appeals Monday try ing to halt the nation’s first double execution in 19 years. Attorneys for Timothy Charles Palmes, 37, appealed to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in At lanta. Palmes took part in the torture death of a Jacksonville businessman in 1976. He was scheduled to be exe cuted in 1980, but a federal judge granted a stay. The other condemned man, Chester Levon Maxwell, 29, killed a golfer during the robbery of a Pom pano Beach golf course Sept. 19, 1980. His lawyers were appealing to a state circuit judge in Fort Lauder dale. The warrant ordering Max well’s execution is his first. Palmes’ appeals were rejected Fri day by the Florida Supreme Court and Sunday by a federal judge in Jacksonville. He was sentenced to die for the stabbing of Jacksonville furniture store owner James Stone, 41, whose body was found stuffed in a weighted wooden box on the bottom of the St.John’s River. Palmes and Ronald Straight were convicted in separate trials of killing Stone. Both were sentenced to die. Straight remains on death row in the state prison. Authorities said Jane Albert, Palmes’ girlfriend and an employee at the furniture store, lured Stone to her apartment with the promise of meeting a woman. When Stone went into the bed room where the woman was sup posed to be, he was jumped li Palmes and Straight. The two me bound Stone’s hands and feet will wire, taped his mouth shut, put garbage bag over his head, hit hit with a hammer and stabbed times. The two men were convicted#; the testimony of Albert’s daughter,; SV . who witnessed the murder. Afc joeing - was granted immunity and testfe' 1 ie at both trials. Ui MOB de Ente i the Wo when it city Mor back The executions are scheduled(# 7 a.m. FST Wednesday at the ida State Prison. If carried out,the would boost the number executedit 31 since the Supreme Court lifted® ban on capital punishment in Five in the last eight days. Fight on for Texas navy base United Press International Mark White meeting of AUSTIN — Gov. Monday scheduled a elected officials and business leaders to muster support for a $100 million Navy base that may be built at one of seven Texas coastal cities. White said he will meet Friday with the state’s congressional dele gation, Gulf Coast legislators, may ors, county judges, port directors and chambers of commerce presi dents. “Designation of one our of Texas ports as homeport for a Battleship Surface Action Group would be a tremendous economic shot in the arm, not only for the winning port but also for the state,” he said. White said the state is prepared to tgency resources to any lected 1 commit state ag Texas port selected by the Navy, but the governor said he would remain neutral. Houston, Galveston, Port Arthur, Orange, Brazosport-Freeport, Cor pus Christi and Brownsville are in terested in the base. But those Texas cities must also compete against 10 other ports in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida. In addition to the $100 million initial construction cost, the base is expected to generate an annual pay roll of up to $60 nftillion. r; BMP, Moroccan linked with killer's checks United Press International DALLAS — A police officer testified Monday that he traced murder suspect Abdelkrim Be- lachheb to a nearby house hours after a nightclub massacre, through a checkbook that matched one used by the fleeing gunman. Prosecutors have introduced more than 70 pieces of evidence against Belachheb, 39, a Moroc can immigrant, on trial for mur dering six people and injuring another in a June 29 shooting spree at lanni’s Restaurant and Bar. Defense attorneys have not denied that Belachheb was re sponsible for the shootings, but claim he should be found inno cent by reason of insanity. Five police officers Monday identified Belachheb’s car, pic tures and ammunition used in the shootings, which police described as the largest mass slaying in Dal las history. Bill Parker, a homicide division sergeant who arrested Belachheb at a north Dallas residence several hours after the shooting, said he found a checkbook with Belach heb’s name on it inside a wrecked doned after striking a telephone pole, matched the clescriptton of the car driven by the lanni’s gun man, he said. When he went to the address listed on the checkbook, Parker said he found Belachheb lying on a bed in a back bedroom, smok ing a cigarette. The officer said he also found a 9 mm magazine containing several bullets in Be- lachheb’sjacket. Parker testified that Belachheb did not appear to lie drunk, nor did he appear to be disturbed or hysterical. Officer Joseph Schreck identi fied 18 plastic vials containing 15 shell casings, two live rounds of 9 mm ammunition and seven spent bullets recovered from the res- test shu ings, bu space. I’ World’s rived fcn night. A1 Ha Kenned Tn Ui ST. I | Scott sa; nessmer day anc plane. 1 leave th few stiff In an as conn Scott esi lion pee fer trot when fh “I've tal their jc bosses t said. Scott Gc u taurant. station wagon. The car, which had been aban- State District Judge Gerry Holden Meier refused to allow a bullet removed from the body of John McNeill as evidence. McN eill was wounded in the nightclub shooting. Witnesses told the eight- woman, four-man jury that Be lachheb had an animated conver sation with a woman at the bar, blew her a kiss, left the bar and returned minutes later, spraying the area with gunfire. NEW of assa; dira Ga neral p across I being s< Himala Ganc Wedne; lence a< claimed mated ceremo sands o A Hi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 FROM NOON TO 1:15 James Milligan, Dean of Admission at Columbia Law School El that Texi plosi card Pan will host a meeting for all interested students. sor s; T1 scrib and seen later For further information, please contact Dr. Hillary Jessup, Pre-Law Advisor. Indulge yourself at Padre Cafe’s Shrimpfest. You’re going to love Shrimpfest! Dive into all the fried or boiled shrimp you can eat. Tackle crispy salad with homemade dressing. Savor hot rolls made from scratch. Munch irresistible french fries. And enjoy it all in the bizarre atmosphere of the Padre Cafe. u Shrimpfest: all you can eat. $7.95 every Tuesday 5:00 p.m. - close. 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