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Expert looks at Nicaragua
By CHRIS SIGURDSON
Reporter
Author Philip Russell, an expert
Central America, presented what
h termed an alternative look at the
irrentsituation in Nicaragua to the
Irazos Valley Peace Action Thurs-
violence | lV night.
Showing slides that he took dur-
g several visits to the Central
mnerican country, Russell outlined
Jehistory, economic and social con-
tions of a country that has been a
point of United States foreign
licy since the early 1900s.
According to Russell, the Sandi-
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land distribution and cooperative
farming, raising the literacy rate and
using the income of the country for
essential goods rather than the lux
ury goods so prevalent in the past.
“You still see remnants of the old
social structure in Nicaragua,” he
said, referring to a slide. “This Mer
cedes Benz is verv typical of what the
wealthy elite had before the revolu
tion and which they can’t get now be
cause the government very carefully
rations what foreign exchange they
have. Now they concentrate on buy
ing medical supplies and educational
material rather than luxury im
ports."
Federico Holmann, a Nicaraguan
Aggie who accompanied Russell in a
question-and-answer session, said
Nicaragua is still not without prob
lems. Holmann spent the last two
years working for the Ministry of
Agriculture there before returning
to Texas A&M to work toward a doc
torate in dairy science.
“Working there can be very frus
trating,” Holmann said. “Because of
the Contras and the lack of money,
plans cannot be finished and we
must start over.”
Holmann and Russell both said
that while the United States’ eco
nomic sanctions have had little effect
on the country, the continued at
tacks by the Contras have made Ni
caragua divert money and man
power to the border defense that
was much needed elsewhere.
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WASHINGTON — The House
jpropi iations Committee on
Wednesday accepted an amendment
allocate Si million in 1986 for
Dmniunity impact studies in the
tine Gulf Coast cities chosen as ports
lor a Navy battleship and its support
~ st.
The additional money w ill l>e used
or concurrent studies to determine
iivironmental impact and the com-
tunities’ needs, said Allan Krauter,
tkesinan for Rep. Tom Loeffler,
(-Texas.
Loeffler said after the adoption of
irecommendation, “Both environ
mental impact studies and commu
nity impact planning efforts often
take longer than expected. I believe
studies conducted concurrently will
ensure that there are no delays in
implementing homeport decisions.”
The community planning study,
to be done by Navy officials, will con
sider municipal factors — housing,
construction, temporary versus per
manent jobs, and school enrollment
•— that will be altered by the influx
of an estimated 5,000-6,000 Navy
personnel.
But Galveston Mayor Jan Cogge-
shall said Wednesday she was skepti
cal that Galveston would be incluaed
in either study.
After the decision was made to
split the homeport between nine
coastal cities, Coggeshall said, the
Navy requested S8 million in sup
port money from Galveston in addi
tion to the incentives offered in the
original request for proposal.
Since then, “it’s been like a big
poker game” trying to present a
counter-offer acceptable to Navy
personnel, Coggeshall told the Gal
veston Daily News.
Unless the Navy can be persuaded
to accept the city’s original proposal
without the additional $8 million,
Coggeshall said, it is “a very real pos
sibility” that Galveston will have to
back out as a homeport site.
'ond lowered for two ‘thrill killers’
Associated Press
HOUSTON — T wo teen-agers
jiiccused of killing another because
[they wanted to “watch a man die” re
named in jail Wednesday despite a
[judge’s decision to lower their
onds.
State District Judge George
Valker reduced bail Wednesday for
john-Michael Alexander Trimmer
(and Harold Glenn Smith, both 17,
|from $500,000 to $100,000.
The two Houston teen-agers are
[charged with murder in the slaying
of Dennis Keith Medler, 19, of
Houston.
Also charged and jailed in connec
tion with Medler’s slaying is Michael
Gene Cravey, 19, of Houston.
Cravey, who was arrested Tues
day near New Orleans, was unable to
appear with Smith and Trimmer in
court for a bond hearing. He was re
turned to Houston late Wednesday.
Assistant District Attorney John
Petruzzi said bail initially was set
high because of the nature of the
crime.
“We requested high bonds be
cause these are dangerous people
and we don’t want them out on the
streets,” Petruzzi said.
He said the manner in which
Medler was killed was “incredibly vi
olent.”
Assistant District Attorney Elaine
Bratten said Medler’s killers put a
pipe behind his neck, “wrapped a
bandana around his throat and
choked him. Then they beat him
about the head and face with the
pipe, knocking his teeth out.”
Medler’s badly decomposed body
was found Aug. 14.
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