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Wednesday, November 7,1984AThe Battalion/Page 11 :ts Imposter at poll y Democrats claim voters harassed by person in INS uniform leaders s s had( I'ingtonsj x-convktJ r atchthJ at traditJ li School] ' wasat ited i e had 1 ents, andj ■'erseopi the eletj United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Bexar County Democrats Charged 7 uesday that an imposter dressed as a U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service agent appeared at a predom inantly Hispanic poll to harass vot ers. Democratic spokeswoman Sabrina Foster said: “We had a Republican in a uniform that was green. It looked like an INS uniform.” County Republican Chairman iKnox Duncan denied the imposter was a GOP member, as alleged by Democratic officials. Foster said a Democratic poll watcher was dispatched to the Bracken ridge Elementary School af ter party officials received numerous complaints from voters. John Abriel, deputy district direc tor of the INS in San Antonio, said he was informed of the incident. He stressed that INS agents were not as signed to police any polls. Duncan suggested the incident was a joke, but expressed concerns about possible voting fraud. “We didn’t do it, but I don’t see how it would intimidate a bona fide citizen,” he said. Duncan conceded that Republi can officials were worried that unre gistered voters, including illegal aliens, would attempt to vote be cause election officials could not get all the names of registered voters to precinct officials. “All you have to do is put down a fictitious name and address,” Dun can said. “You couldn’t prosecute them. You wouldn’t know how they voted. There may be tens of thou sands of illegal aliens in San Anto nio. Groups are rounding them up to take them to the polls.” Bexar County Election Adminis trator Tony Gomez said he was con cerned about the unusually high use of challenge applications, which must be signed by voters who did not receive their cards and their names did not appear on precinct roles. “We’ll have to take a real close look at these applications,” he said. GOOD FOOD TOMMY’S BAR & GRILL Tommy's 1 /4 lb. Hamburger Large Fries, 16 oz. Soft Drink 33^5- $2.22 Fajitas B.L.T. Avocado Pocket $2.95 $2.95 i f"rTe"p"o~o"l’ _ 2-6m“"' _ with_cou^pon____expjresll/30/84__ "skaggs"shopping center"""846-4234 ^ lx)th t there; Photos of slain priest circulated owner] ihat he ’t intimii ty Chair iaid he lington’ii aid Tue tellers in precinct! i )lack, precinct 1 S* 3 ., know anil )tes stoleci tntury.ll! nsure a United Press International WARSAW, Poland — Photo graphs of the body of a slain pro-Sol- idarity priest were shown Tuesday by underground union leaders and appeared to confirm reports he was ■savagely beaten before being killed |by secret police. Four members of the Interior Ministry, which handles security af fairs, have been charged in the Oct. 19 abduction and murder of the Rev. Jerzy Popieluszko, 37, popular for his anti-state sermons. Other members of the secret po lice have been detained and may be charged later, officials said. Ever since Popieluszko’s body was pulled from a reservoir 11 days after he was kidnapped outside the north ern Polish city of Torun, reports have circulated that he was brutally beaten before being killed. An autopsy, sponsored by the Catholic Church and the govern ment, was performed but the results were not released. Jan Jozef Lipski, co-founder of the dissident Workers Defense Committee, said Monday the results had not been made public because they were too horrifying. The photographs showed the priest’s face almost totally blackened and discolored by what were thought to be the marks of a severe beating. In contrast to the face, the priest’s neck appeared totally white in the photographs. In addition, Popieluszko’s hands were also badly discolored. The seven pictures showed the body during various stages of prepa ration for Popielusko’s funeral last Saturday, which attracted hundreds of thousands of mourners in the largest outpouring of support for Solidarity since the union was sus pended in 1981 under martial law. Members of Popieluszko’s family and other people present while the L ^body was being dressed for the fune- the priest’s death. ral were said to have vouched for the authenticity of the photographs, al though it was not revealed who took them. The priest’s murder has triggered a crisis in church-state relations and has been blamed on a power strug gle in the communist government between Premier Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski and hardliners who op posed his recent amnesty for politi cal prisoners and overtures to the West. Prominent dissidents Monday called for Jaruzelski’s resignation, saying he bore the responsibility for Agreement set in tower lawsuit imics' in ,ve said s bne fighi xikesmat action ofi ishascoit has arraij t Count!! afetyofii :r policed able arise!! ■ largest United Press International HOUSTON — The families of five men who fell to their deaths in the collapse of a giant broad cast tower have agreed to a $21 million out-of-court settlement with the three construction com panies involved. The agreement was reached Monday as a federal jury was about to be selected to hear the families’ $88 million lawsuit con cerning the Dec. 7, 1982, accident in Missouri Gity. Attorneys said the amount paid to the families includes an nuities that will accumulate through the years depending on how long the widows live. The live workers were killed when the antenna, being hoistted to the top of the tower, fell and sheared a guy wire. The tower collapsed and the men riding the antenna to the top of the struc ture fell to their deaths. “The tower was so tall that when the workers fell, it was like falling off the Empire State Building,” said Arturo Ramirez, an attorney for the families. Ramirez said the settlement will provide long-term and imme diate cash benefits to four wid ows, seven parents and six chil dren of the dead workers. The companies have already paid $6 million to Houston inde pendent television station K.TXH. The 1,971-foot tower fell on a new television transmitter station and took the fledgling sta tion off the air for 61 days. The companies involved in the settlement are Stainless Inc. of Pennsylvania, which manufac tured the tower antenna; Harris Corp. of Illinois, which manufac tured and fabricated the tower and World Wide Towers Service Inc. of Pitman, N.J., general con tractor on the tower project and employer of the five men. Grand jury reopens jailed parents case FREE LUNCH FREE LUNCH FREE LUNCH Dr. John Koldus, vice president for student services, would like you to know about his “Free Lunch” program designed to encourage contact between students and administrators. The program will include a luncheon in the Memorial Student Center foiled by a discussion on any and everything. If you’d like to attend, complete the form below and mail it in. You will be contacted as space is available. All students are welcome to participate. Return this form to Dr. John Koldus, vice president for student services, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843. NAME. ADDRESS. PHONE CLASSIFICATION. United Press International HOUSTON — A grand jury is re convening at the request of an attor ney for a couple jailed nearly two months for refusing to testify against their son, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Attorney Randy Schaffer, repe- senting Bernard and Odette Port, asked Monday that the grand jury be brought into session. But, he said, the request does not necessarily mean the couple will answer ques tions about the June 7 slaying of let ter carrier Debora Sue Schatz, 23. “A decision hasn’t been made as to what will happen at that time,” Schaffer said. “Obviously we need to do something to get the ball rolling. We were just sitting around and doing nothing. Whether they will, will not or will partially testify, I have no idea.” The grand jury was scheduled to reconvene this morning, but the Ports will not be allowed to select which questions they will answer, Harris County District Attorney John Holmes said. “They have no right to deny the inquiry from the state - that’s clear,” Holmes said. “That issue has been about as far as you can go in the (court) process. We’ve won. Now we’re going to back up and say, even though we’ve won, we’re going to spot you a few yards? That’s bull.” The Ports have been jailed since Sept. 12 on charges of contempt of grand jury. The panel indicted their son, David, 17, for murder Sept. 28, but prosecutors have extended the grand jury investigation, claiming the charge could be upgraded to capital murder. The Ports have contended they have a parent-child privilege not to testify against their son, but have lost legal battles on the issue in a series of state and federal courts. Prosecutors rejected an offer by Bernard Port in a hearing last month to answer grand jury ques tions approved by Schaffer. A fed eral judge later ruled the couple had no right to try to direct the grand jury’s inquiry. Six rioters killed in South African strike United Press International JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Police fired birdshot into mobs of rioters in black townships around Jo hannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday killing six blacks on the second day | of a strike demanding civil r igh ts for majority blacks. Witnesses said police and army units sealed off the townships of Sharpeville, Boipatong, Bophelong, Evaton and Sebokeng, and at least 16 armored personnel carriers pa trolled Tembisa, after 10 blacks were killed in racial violence Monday. Po lice would not comment on the re ports. At least 106 people have died in racial unrest since September when a new constitution went into effect maintaining the white-ruled govern ment’s apartheid system of segrega tion and discrimination of the na tion’s 22 million black majority. More than 70 victims were killed by police and all but one were black. Police Lt. Tom Jefferson said Tuesday’s deaths occurred when groups of blacks threw rocks at po lice, set fire to trucks, vandalized >nt 3 3 shops and barricaded streets in black townships around Johannesburg. Jefferson said police fired birdshot into mobs which attacked a local councilman’s house in Katle- hong, a township 13 miles southeast of Johannesburg. Police also fired at black rioters attacking a liquor store in Tembisa. Four blacks were killed in the two outbreaks, he said. Also, two black women were killed in conflicts with police in Daveyton and KwaZekeele in eastern Cape province, Jefferson said. Employers in the industrial belt surrounding Johannesburg said be tween 40 and 90 percent of the black workers stayed away from work on the second day of a strike called by a coalition of black labor unions and political and anti-apartheid groups. The strike — the fourth in two months — was called to press de mands for a range of black civil rights, including the release of politi cal prisoners, lower home rentals and a role in government. until Nov. 21 40% off on all Diamond Earrings, Pendants 50% off all I4kt chains and bracelets Financing Available 415 w. university Dr. c.s. Technology’s Leading Edge Be a science or engineering of ficer in the Air Force. 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