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LOCAL AND STATE
Rangers rescue kidnap victim
United Press International
ALVARADO — A 1 A-s ear-old
I'irl, kidnapped on her u a\ to sc hool
and held two class, was rescued Sim-
dav In Texas Rangers who captured
live suspects in a 100-inph running
k r unlight across three counties.
"It was a little more exc iting than
Bonnie and Clvde," Texas Ranger
Lloyd Johnson said of the air-and-
ground chase, which ended about
4:30 a.m. when the suspects' car ran
out of gas on a rtu al road.
Alter a brief shootout, in which
two suspects were wounded, (he
Rangers rescued Aim McNiel,
daughter ol Alvarado State Bank I)i-
rector Don McNiel.
"She’s physicalb in good condi
tion considering what she's gone
through, " said Larry Todd, spokes
man for the Department of Public
Safety.
Authorities said Michael Lvnn
Mills, 27, of Pleasant Grove and
John Weslev Foote, 34, of Alvarado
were in fair condition to Parkland
Hospital in Dallas after being ar
raigned on aggravated kidnapping
c harges .it a Franklin Countv hospi
tal Sundav morning. Bond was set at
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1 he other suspects, charged with
aggravated kidnapping and at
tempted capital murder in Hopkins
Counts, were identified as Liza Ann
Bouvier, 18, of Batch Springs,
George Thomas Bai nes, 21. of Dal
las and Daniel Walter Necker Jr., 21,
of Mesquite. No bond was set. They
were scheduled to be transferred
back to Johnson County Sundav.
Todd said Amy was abducted Fri
das morning while walking to school
with a brother and cousin in the
small town ol Alvarado, 40 miles
southwest of Dallas.
Later that morning, McNiel re
ceived a phone call at home de
manding a $ 100,()()() ransom. The
caller called several more times to re
lay instructions on delivering the
ransom, Todd said.
“At f> pan. Saturdav evening, the
kidnappers told McNiel to go to a lo
cation in east Dallas where he would
be called f rom a pay phone,” Todd
said. I he caller then told him to go
to another pas plume near Tvler,
about 1 f><) miles southeast of Dallas,
and later was directed through the
towns of Longview, Dangerfleld and
Mount Pleasant to a closed gas sta
tion on Interstate 30, about 120
miles northeast of Dallas, where his
car gas e out.
As he svaited for more instruc
tions, a car came through the station
and the Rangers and FBI agents
who had been follosving McNiel pur
sued it.
The 20-minute chase headed back
toward Dallas through Titus, F'rank-
lin and Hopkins counties at speeds
of up to 100 mph until the suspects'
car ran out of gas at a f armhouse.
Students’ understanding vital to prof
By LOR IE WOODWARD
UcfHnicr
Wearing toeless jogging shoes and
a squashed blue baseball cap. Dr.
Harry Cralle, 34, looks more like a
misdievious street urt bin than an as
sistant professor ol agronomy.
Glancing at the towers of card
board boxes that fill his tins office.
I he laughingly blames the streets of
I his hometown, Chicago, for his tea-
I ching st vie.
“It was developed talking on the
I streets," Cralle suss. “ The fust thing
I I try to do is get people interested in
K svhal Tm saying. I force myself to
I overcome shy ness and reserve in the
I classroom.''
The students in his classes are as
I important to Cralle as the book
I work.
“There has to be some concrete
I understanding of things, but the ul-
I titnate goal (of education) is wisdom
■ that involves emotions and ideas and
I ethical judgements as well as infor-
| mation,” said Cralle.
I Cralle, h Loyola University honor
I graduate, cares about people and
I this caring has gotten him into some
I deadly situations.
As an emergency child abuse
I worker, he was greeted by guns and
I knives.
“You have to do something.”
I Cralle said. “Humor is usually pi etts
I good if you’re careful.
"1 used to go into homes and all 1
I would carry would be diapers and
some crayons. I'd open up the sack
and say . ‘You’ve got a gun and look
what I’ve got.’"
(dalle and his best friend con
ducted anthropological research in
tough Chicago neighborhoods.
Cralle wandered through alleys
alone, interviewed street people,
worked as a day laborer and slept in
Skid Row hotels.
His northern accent softens and
bis clipped speech slosvs as he re
members one close call in particular.
“1 thought I was going to be beat
up by seven people,” he said.
"It was the first time that it looked
like I was not going to be able to talk
ms way out of it, because I had al
ready been hit once very hard.
“Individ tally, some ol the stu
dents that I taught stood between
me and the group of seven other
people,” (dalle says. “These were
just teenagers, and that they were
willing to risk themselves for me was
absolutely stunning.”
Rubbing his hands together and
thoughtf ully staring outide of his of
fice, Cralle af firms that he still be
lieves in mankind.
Book collections port
of librar/s holdings
By LAUREN FOURNOY
Reporter
Books, dolls, coins, stamps and
antique furniture all have one thing
in common. They are all toiler tables.
Dr. Don Dyal loves to collect
books. In fact, he is in charge'of
more than GO,000 volumes of collec
table books in the Sterling C. Evans
Library.
He has been the head ol special
collections at Texas A&M Lor I 1
years.
“Books on just about any subject
can be found in this special collec
tion,” Dyal said. The collectable
books are housed on the second
floor of the library.
There are about 300 books on the
subject of the Ku Klux Klan. Not
only are there books on the KKK,
but also phonographic records and
tapes.
Two smaller collections consist of
the small children’s books and the
rare bird collections which include
books f rom Australia and Af rica.
“1 he largest collection we have is
the science fiction research collec
tion,” Dyal said.
“Not only is it the University's
largest, hut it is also the largest in the
southwest.”
Students have a choice of ovei
20,OOO hooks in the science fiction
catagorv. These hooks are used most
often In those who wish to read lot
enjovinent, Dval said.
Four rare hook collections are also
in this area ol the library. I Tie hooks
are rare because the number of cop
ies are tew. i he oldest hook dates
hack to 2.000 B.C. Some of these
hooks are cpiire expensive. Dval said
A handmade book of Chaucer can
he found here that is worth ovei
S3,000.
“ 1 he books that are bought (lot
the collection) are done so lor a pm
lose. " Dval said. “We do not buy the
look unless it will he of use to the
students ot professors. In othei
words, the hooks are bought accord
ing to tlie demand. "
Mam people that sell or donate
theii hooks to the library, do so un
der certain conditions, Dval said
Mam will oulv sell them il they ate
under supervision. Othei people
niav restrict the photocopying of the
books because it can cause consider
able damage. Books are sensitive to
their surroundings, Dval said, so
piesei vation is important.
“Although I love hooks, " he said,
"the job at the librarv is not an easy
one for me. It is a one-man-show.
i wo assistants help Dval and va-
tious students work part-time, lint
lie is the only one that can answer
mam ot the questions asked In te-
sean hers
State panel probes death
United Press International
EL PASO — A state regulatory
panel is investigating the death of a
man, 28, who lapsed into a coma in
an El Paso dentist's of fice and died
six days later.
Frederick James Crouch, a for
mer El Paso resident, was at the of
fice of Dr. Jan Louis Silagi when he
lost consciousness Jan. 3, his parents
said Friday .
“I took my son to the dentist, and
two hours later he is in the emer
gency room, critically ill,” said his
mother, Lillian Crouch, principal of
Canyon Hills Intermediate School.
Crouch was unconscious when he
was taken to Vista Hills Medical (Cen
ter and never regained conscious
ness. his parents said. Crouc h died
Wednesday and hospital officials te-
fused comment on the cause of
death.
William Nail, executive director of
the Texas State Board of Dental Ex
aminers, said the investigation was in
the preliminarv stage and no find
ings were av ailable.
Crouch, an Eagle Scout who grad
uated from Cornell l niversity, had
gone to the dentist bee a tse he was
being bothered by his wisdom teeth
and had a least one cavity that
needed Filling, said his father. James
A. (Touch.
He had been living in New ot k
and was visiting his parents when he
died.
Silagi, who declined comment on
the death, received hts I exas dental
license in D)G8, at cot ding to state i c -
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