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DEMEANOR THEFT:
ay duffle bag was stolen
Ware Field House,
green and gold vinyl
was stolen from De-
House.
t $60 was stolen from
I Jitge Animal Clinic.
|An electric drill, a hammer,
ig tool and three screw
were stolen from 208 Bt-
Sciences Building.
backpacks were stolen
arious locations on cam-
ive bicycles were stolen
various locations on cam-
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me knocked her down
;her purse.
>RDERLY CONDUCT:
woman reported that
: was Stopped at an inter-
i on campus, a man walking
tued a small revolver at her.
t being apprehended by a
“ Station Police officer, it
errnined that the weapon
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! A woman in Hensel Apart-
she received harassing
Is from someone with a
voice. The caller re
bec name several times
l not identify himself.
| Another woman in Hensel
us said she received ha-
gphone calls from someone
a “sweet, low voice.” The
•repeated her- name several
>but did not identify himself.
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5IBLE DRUG OVER-
Police repor ted a woman liv
' Mosher Hall w^as taken to
ph Hospital for treatment
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Biology unit set
for $1.5 million
in renovations
By JO ANN ABLE
Reporter
The Texas A&M Department of
Biology is preparing for a $1.5 mil
lion building renovation project.
The project was approved for
construction by the Board of Re
gents Jan. 27, and construction will
begin around March 1.
will provide the department with
more laboratory space and environ
mental chambers for growing plants.
“To enhance the University we
have to provide the type of facilities
that would be found at other good
schools,” Hall said. “I think that for
us to be an internationally compet
itive department we really have to
have the facilities.”
J.A. Dippel, departmental coordi
nator for the project, said “We
moved all the faculty out and we
moved quite a bit of equipment out
so we could make room for the
workers and contractors.”
Renovations will include the addi
tion of new central heating and air
conditioning to two existing biology
buildings, Dippel said.
The renovation will also include
the construction of a three-story
building between the two buildings,
he said.
Dippel said the new building will
have elevators with access to both
buildings.
Dr. Timothy C. Hall, head of the
department, said the renovations
Hall said the new facility also will
aid the department in the recruit
ment of new and aggressive faculty.
A large proportion of the funds
will be used for the heating and air
conditioning, Hall said.
“It’s been very hard for people to
work in there,” he said. “A lot of the
plumbing is antiquated and we have
a lot of leaks in the system.”
Hall said he hopes that eventually
the department’s teaching and re
search laboratories can be reno
vated.
He said he expects the money
expect
transfer to be officially approved
and the signed documents to be in
the hands of the contractor some
time around March 1.
Man says he told
his brother to have
district judge slain
Associated Press
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AUSTIN —Joe Chagra testified
Tuesday he twice advised his
brother to proceed with plans to kill
U.S. District Judge John Wood be
cause of the judge’s stern sentencing
policies.
Joe Chagra, a former El Paso law
yer now serving 10 years for conspir
acy in Wood’s 1979 assassination,
was a witness in the retrial of Eliza
beth Chagra, Joe’s sister-in-law, who
also is accused of helping plot
Wood’s murder. —
pleading guilty in order to get a re
duced sentence.
He said they were offered a 15-
year sentence, which was not accep
table.
The younger brother said he went
to Las Vegas to see Jimmy.
“He asked me if I remembered
what we talked about in the (Mid
land) courtroom and if I still
thought he should do it,” Chagra
testified. “I told him that I did.”
Df. George C. Shelton, dean of
Allege of Veterinary Medicine,
>e speaking Friday at 8 a.m. in
230 Veterinary Medical Com-
on the development of a five-
lan for the college,,
ry A. Herron, professor of vet-
anatomy, also will be speak-
the involvement of the college
Ity in the development of the
Joe Chagra, 39, told how he and
Jimmy talked after Wood refused to
remove himself as judge in drug
smuggling case against Jimmy Cha
gra.
“He (Jimmy) asked me if he
should have the judge killed and I
told him‘Yes,’ ” Joe Chagra told the
jury Tuesday. “I was serious at the
time.”
Joe Chagra said he and another
attorney talked with U.S. attorneys
in San Antonio about Jimmy Chagra
jra said that after Wood was
£
Chagr
killed he talked with Jimmy again
and Jimmy denied he had anything
to do with it.
However, Joe Chagra said, about
two months later Jimmy pointed to a
name on a piece of paper and said
“he had hired him to do it.”
Mrs. Chagra’s attorney told the
jury that the defense would prove
Mrs. Chagra, 31, had no knowledge
of plans by her husband to kill Wood
and did not learn of them until al
most a year later.
idge says Nelson's death was occidental
Associated Press
:w BOSTON — The deaths of
r Rick Nelson and six others in
w Year’s Eve airplane fire were
lental and due to smoke inhala-
and burns, a justice of the peace
Tuesday.
ice of the Peace Alfred Welch
the report in the Bowie County
ict clerk’s office Monday.
On Tuesday, he said the report
| d on his inquiry into the fire
rd a DC-3 carrying Nelson, his
nee and his band would remain
d unless ordered released by a
hough Welch said the report
fluded the fire and crash landing
of the plane were accidental, he said
there were no speculations as to the
cause of the fire.
“That’s up to the federal boys,”
Welch said.
Some source reports said the Fed
eral Aviation Administration was
looking into the possibility that co
caine freebasing may have played a
part in the crash. Substantial
amounts of cocaine were found in
Nelson’s body, according to the re
ports.
Welch said there was cocaine
found in one or two of the others,
but would not name them or say how
much was found.
A state district court judge said
Welch’s report could remain closed
unless it became evidence in a law
suit.
Judge Leon Pesek Sr. of Texar
kana said, “I’m shooting from the
hip. I haven’t looked into it, but I
think that’s what it would take to get
it open.
“In the time I’ve been a judge
(eight years), I don’t think we’ve had
a dosed one.”
Inquiries are held to determine if
deaths are the result of criminal
wrongdoing, Welch said.
Welch said he conducted a closed
inquiry because of the prominence
of the accident victims.
“What I did was call the witnesses
and have them come into my office
one at a time,” Welch said.
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Class of ’86 Update
Pres - Mark Feagins Sec. - Wendy Cochrane
V. Pres - Kristi Sherill Treas. - Jay Maust
Soc. Sec. - Dan Smith Hist. - Bryan Temple
Topic: Class Gift
This year the council is going to hold a General Meeting so that the Class can make the final decision of what our
Class gift will be. Proposals will be accepted by anyone in the Class of 86 until Feb. 16, 1986. Anyone who has a special
suggestion on what the Class Gift should be may submit their proposal in a sealed envelope to the Class of 86 cubicle in the
MSC (Room 216). These proposals will be presented at the General Class Meeting and will be voted on separately.
February 16 - Deadline for Class Gift proposals to be turned in to Class of 86 cubicle. MSC (Room 216)
February 26 - General Class Meeting
Topic: Vote on Class gift
April 7-8 - Senior Induction Banquets
Association of Former Students
April 26 - Senior Bash at the Hall of Fame
April 27 - Senior Banquet at College Sta. HILTON
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