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et withouti|®>AN FRANCISCO — A fourth
uliculous man was arrested Monday in the sale
it are si Of military secrets to the Soviets by a
s, becauseHriily spy ring allegedly master-
;o betalkinjninded oy a retired Navy commu-
^ood thiiiinications specialist, the government
they are. announced.
he silly irffifThe latest suspect, Jerry Whit-
■rth, 45, of Davis, was previously
known only by the code-name “D”
and surrendered here, U.S. Attor-
ne\ Joseph Russoniello said. An FBI
agent said more arrests were ex
pected.
jWhitworth, who federal officials
5 said had access to sensitive commu-
mcations code techniques for 10
)ieais and had stolen classified cqm-
■inications documents, entered no
k -i-JmJfea at an arraignment. He was or-
er the Wred held without bail pending a
^■tention hearing Friday and pre
liminary hearing June 18.
is the ^Whitworth apparently is not re
nt reDorl' to t ^ iree members of the same
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in C li,din)|« esled: John A. Walker, 47 alleged
kingpin ot the spy ring, and his son.
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Arthur J. Walker, 50, John Walk
ers brother, also has been arrested.
Red qil An affidavit filed in support of
,, i the charges alleges Whitworth con-
spired with the Walkers to “comrnu-
, "!' nicate, deliver and transmit” defense
ec , m 0 SBcrets to the Soviet Union.
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e( f ^In August 1977, the affidavit Con
or the k tends, Whitworth traveled to Hong
er mate! g on g lo mee t with John Walker,
jm in (* Whitworth later “stole classified and
vest of M sensitive documents relating to naval
'eoffers! communications and communica-
ral ground|j ons secur ity f r0 m the Naval Air
Station in Alameda, Calif.,” the affi-
'davit says. After his retirement,
Whitworth worked at Alameda as a
^ defense contractor.
^ ■“^6 affidavit makes clear that
Mr. Whitworth, by virtue of his ra
dio communications position, had
access to some of the most classified
J (JO 1 communications data that we had,”
Russoniello said after the arraign-
ress Ultnt. adding that Whitworth passed
the information to John Walker,
who passed it on to the Soviets.
FBI Special Agent John H. Peter
son said in the affidavit that on May
11, 1984, a letter was received by the
F'BI’s San Francisco office, which
had been postmarked in Sacra
mento. The letter from “Rus, Some
where, USA” was addressed to the
“Agent in Charge.”
,? In this letter ‘Rus’ states that he
has been involved in espionage for
several years and that he has passed
top secret cryptographic keylists for
military communications and other
intelligence information to his con
tact who provided the information
to agents of the USSR,” Peterson
said.
‘Rus’ turned out to be Whitworth,
who surrendered Monday afternoon
in San Francisco following issuance
of a federal espionage complaint by
a U.S. magistrate in northern Cali
fornia.
Whitworth, currently unem
ployed, joined the Navy in 1960 and
retired in 1983 as a senior chief ra
dioman, the government said.
The bureau also said that Whit
worth was assigned to the Service
School Command in San Diego as a
communications instructor during
the period of October 1970 through
Jan. 31, 1973. John Walker was the
assistant director of Radioman (A)
School at the school from September
1969 to December 1971, officials
have said.
The FBI said that from 1973
through October 1983, Whitworth
had various positions in the Navy,
“usually involving security clear
ances and crypto communications
duties.”
Earlier Monday, Arthur Walker, a
retired Navy officer who allegedly
was part of a family spy ring that
sold military secrets to the Soviets,
asked for court-appointed lawyers as
he faced a preliminary hearing in
Norfolk. Va., on espionage charges.
John Walker and his son Michael
are scheduled to be arraigned in Bal
timore on Tuesday.
Designer fish
Photo by ANTHONY S. CASPER
This unusual goldfish bowl can be found in
the new Horticulture and Forestry Science
Building on the west side of campus. No, the
arrangement didn’t grow this way. It was de
signed by Mr. James Johnson, floral de
signer and lecturer for horticultural sci
ences. Some of the plants he used were
onion blossoms, cattails and diffenbachia.
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Employees
at A&M get
new benefit
By JERRY OSLIN
Staff Writer
Humana Hospital of Bryan is of
fering a 5 percent discount on all
hospital services to Texas A&M Uni
versity System employees who par
ticipate in the system’s group health
plan.
Cecilia Mclnnis-Bowers, the hos
pital’s director of public relations,
said the discount is part of a pro
gram offered by the hospital to help
local employers curb nealth care
costs.
Humana’s program, “Passport to
Health,” also allows A&M employees
to pre-register for hospital services,
which saves time and reduces stress,
Mclnnis-Bowers said.
The program covers employees
and their dependents who are cov
ered by their employer’s insurance
company.
Under the program, employees
will not be required to pay their bills
upon hospital admission or when
they are discharged. They will be
billed for the amount not covered by
their insurance company.
Employees covered by the pro
gram also will receive newsletters de
scribing the hospital’s services, spe
cial programs and seminars.
Tne program is a courtesy to local
employers to help them control ris
ing health care costs, Mclnnis-Bow
ers said. But the program does not
bind employers or their employees
to any contract or agreement.
To be eligible for the program,
employees must fill out an applica
tion which is available through their
employer. The hospital will then
send the employee a card enabling
him to receive the benefits.
Employees must provide personal
and medical information about
themselves and their dependents
when they apply for the program.
They also must give the name of
their insurance company.
To become eligible for the pro
gram, the company or employer
agrees to encourage its employees to
join the program through a memo
or through an employee meeting.
The program is free for employ
ers and employees.
CC promoting Sexual Assault Awareness Week
By BRIAN PEARSON
Staff Writer
Local volunteers are working to
stemmi'Wcrease community awareness of
and olli^xual assault and prevent the term
igh School'©"ape” from being an unspoken
rised mo‘- four-letter word,
nd athlei(|; This week, through Saturday, has
in a nfleen declared by Gov. Mark White
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During this week the Brazos County
Rape Crisis Center is trying to edu
cate the public on sexual assault, in
form citizens of services available to
rape victims and to recruit volun
teers by radio, television and news
paper advertising, a spokeswoman
for the center said Monday.
“We, as a rape crisis center, want
society to quit accepting rape as if it
were something that is always going
to exist, and help us to make it a
crime that will hopefully one day not
be in existence,” said Linda Castoria,
RCC executive director.
She said the number of client
cases in 1985 is higher than in 1984,
possibly because more victims are re
porting sexual assault now. She esti
mated that one out-of-five rapes
now are reported, instead of one
out-of-10 previously.
She said more victims are report
ing sexual assaults not only because
there are more places to turn for
help, but also because people are less
fiightened of the court procedures,
which are not like the ones drama
tized on television.
“They no longer put you on the
stand and badger you,” she said.
Castoria said the courts do not pry
into the victim’s past unless nec
essary, and only ask the basic ques
tions of who, where, when and how.
She saiid society must become
more aware of sexual assault and
create stricter laws which punish the
rapist and provide better counseling.
“We are asking society, will we be
gin updating our laws to protect the
victim rather than the rapist so we
can make this a rape-free society in
stead of a rape-prone society,” Cas-
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President declares disaster
in tornado-ravaged states
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President Reagan signed disas
ter declarations for 12 Pennsylva
nia and four Ohio counties Mon
day as officials attempted to
estimate the damage caused by a
pack of tornadoes that swept
through parts of three states and
Canada, killing at least 86 people.
“I sympathize with the people
of this region,” Reagan said, “and
... I salute their courage in facing
the tremendous task of rebuild
ing their lives and communities
laid waste by the storm.”
The order frees federal funds
for low-interest loans, grants of
up to $5,000 and temporary
housing assistance.
The tornadoes caused at least
$250 million in damage, most of
it in Pennsylvania, where 1,700
buildings were destroyed, 62 peo
ple killed and 700 people injured.
There were 12 deaths in Ohio
and damage in western New York
state and the Canadian province
of Ontario, where 12 people died.
Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste told
the Federal Emergency Manage
ment Agency that an estimated
175 families were left homeless by
28 tornadoes that touched down
in 11 Ohio counties. The state has
estimated damage at $45 million.
No figures on the homeless in
Pennsylvania were available.
The president directed Vice
President George Bush to inspect
the stricken areas Tuesday.
Pennsylvania Cov. Richard
Thornburgh said the state will fo
cus on the town of Wheatland,
where Mayor Helen Duby said 95
percent of the town’s industry
had been destroyed at a cost of
$50 million.
George Dahlin, borough presi
dent of the hard-hit Erie County,
Pa., town of Albion, said he had
been forced to delay a full-scale
cleanup effort while he sorted out
the responsibilities of insurance
companies and federal, state and
local governments.
Officials in New York’s Chau
tauqua County, on the Pennsylva
nia border, estimated between
$3.5 million and $4 million in
damage to eight communities.
toria said.
She said the RCC has received 12
actual client cases — where victims
reveal their names — and eight
anonymous cases from Jan. 1 to May
31. From Oct. 3, 1983 to Dec. 31,
1984, the center received a total of
41 cases.
The Brazos Valley RCC offers a
24-hour counseling service and sup
port groups for victims.
Plight of block children
Poverty rate on the rise
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Black chil
dren are losing ground in American
society, according to a new study by
the Children’s Defense Fund.
The study says that statistics have
reached levels that essentially guar
antee the poverty of black children
for the foreseeable future.
The fund, a liberal lobbying
group for child welfare, said federal
budget cuts since 1980 have reduced
spending in “survival programs” for
poor families and children by $10
billion a year. The group said the
cuts are showing in the statistics.
The group said black children are
more likely today to be born in pov
erty than live years ago.
In 1979, the group said, 63.1 per
cent of black children m female
headed families lived in poverty, as
were 18.7 percent of black children
in two-parent or male-headed fami
lies. By 1983, those figures were 68.5
percent and 23.6 percent, respec
tively.
The group said mothers of black
children are now less likely to have
proper medical care during preg
nancy and are more likely to be un
married or under age 20.
One of the parents is more likely
to be unemployed, the group said,
and the children are more likely to
be unemployed as teen-agers. And if
these children graduate from high
school, they are less likely to attend
college.
Marian Wright Edelman, CDF
president, released the results of the
study Monday. She also said some
statistical pointers indicate that this
trend will continue for a long time.
She said that in 1950 only 18 per
cent of black infants were born to an
unwed mother, but in 1982, more
than 55 percent of black infants
were born out of wedlock. Among
infants born to black teen-agers, 36
percent of the mothers were unmar
ried in 1950. By 1982, that figure
was 86 percent.
More gaps are apparent in other
areas, she said. According to the re
port, black children are twice as
likely as white children to die in the
first year of life or be born prema
turely; three times as likely to die of
child abuse and five times as likely to
be dependent on welfare.