Page 12/The Battalion/Monday, February 17, 1986
Girl reports she was beaten
for not joining Satanic group
Associated Press
Economists
optimistic
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grow at a robust 4 percent rate
this year.
Economists at the brokerage
firm of Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith are forecasting
the economy will expand at a 3.5
percent rate this year, up from a
prediction of 3.1 percent growth
made just a month ago.
And the latest monthly survey
of four dozen leading economists
made by Blue Chip Economic In
dicators, a Sedona, Ariz., newslet
ter, found that two-thirds of them
were revising their forecasts up
ward.
These changes are not going
unnoticed by the administration,
which caught a lot of criticism last
year for projecting 4 percent
growth in 1986 when many pri
vate analysts were calling for
growth below 3 percent.
Robert Ortner, chief forecaster
at the Commerce Department,
said the drop in oil prices was just
one of a number of factors bol
stering the outlook for growth.
“Inflation has come down, the
dollar has come down and inter
est rates are down,” he said.
“These taken with the sharp drop
in oil prices has almost insured
that we will make 4 percent
growth this year.”
But not all analysts are that
positive.
They see the trade deficit,
which reached a record $149 bil
lion last year, remaining at a high
level through most of 1986 as re
cent declines in the dollar help
only gradually to boost U.S. sales.
In addition, these analysts con
tend that consumer spending is
likely to lag this year as Ameri
cans, already saddled by heavy
debt, cut back on their purchases.
EL PASO — Christene Mireles
thought she was at a regular party
with classmates and some of their
friends.
Then a boy told the 14-year-old
student that some of the 25 people at
the party were angry with her be
cause she would not become one of
them.
Suddenly, a group of girls con
verged on Mireles and starting beat
ing her up.
She cried out to one of the adults
for help, but the man encouraged
the fight to continue, she said.
“I didn’t know they were all satan-
ists,” said Mireles, who spent eight
hours in the hospital.
She was beaten, she said, because
she had refused to become a satanist.
The case is one indication of the
growing devil-worship fad among El
Paso teen-agers that is causing con
cern among parents, police, educa
tors and counselors, the El Paso
Times reported Sunday.
At least two junior high schools
however, begins the next day in Aus
tin, where the prince will host a cere
mony on the Capitol steps that in
cludes a 21-gun salute and a fly-over
by the Texas Air National Guard.
Garner said, “The prince was very
much interested in the restoration
program going on at the Capitol.”
Later Thursday, Prince Charles
will cut the world’s largest birthday
cake — 90,000 pounds and measur
ing 80 feet by 110 feet — that Dun
can Hines is presenting to the state.
recently changed their dress codes in
an effort to clamp down on the fad,
the newspaper said.
Henderson Junior High and Vista
Del Sol Junior High, Mireles’ school,
have banned occult symbols such as
“666,” pentagrams, upside-down
crosses and swastikas. Also banned
are heavy metal rock T-shirts with
satanic art.
Nick Cobos, assistant principal at
Henderson, said the fad is disrup
tive.
“That’s why I felt I had to do
something about it,” he said.
Some students who wore upside-
down crosses on large chains around
their necks were using the jewelry in
fights, he said.
Florence Luke, director of El Paso
Hotline, said some teens who have
been counseled live in great fear that
the devil is trying to kill them.
Luke said, “the animal sacrifices
and the drinking of blood is very
real to these children. Most of them
can’t even sleep at night. Some of
Next is a concert featuring coun
try singer Willie Nelson in cahoots
with the Austin symphony.
On Friday, the prince will fly to
San Antonio to visit with Mayor
Henry Cisneros and the Vista Verde
South urban revitalization project.
“We’ve managed to accommodate
everything he wanted to do,” Kelly
said. “But we had to fill in practically
every minute to do it.”
The prince’s first visit to Texas
was in October 1977, when he at
tended the inaugural flight of Brit-
them have thoughts of suicide and
thoughts of killing others.”
Marian Given, director of the El
Paso Youth Guidance Center, also
has worked on cases involving the
occult. She said Dungeons and Drag
ons, a fantasy game that uses such
things as sorcery and magic, has at
tracted some teen-age interest in the
occult.
Armando Martinez, another
counselor at the guidance center,
said not all teen-agers who get in
volved in the occult develop prob
lems.
“A healthy child with good self-es
teem, stable family and so on usually
can put these things in perspective,”
he said. “Some of the kids we see
here already have emotional prob
lems.”
Sue Joyner, an anti-occult
spokeswoman, estimated that 2,000
satanists of all ages live in El Paso.
She said El Paso has 150 active cov
ens. Traditionally, each coven has 13
members.
ish Caledonian’s London-to-Hous-
ton route.
But while touring Sak’s Fifth Ave
nue and the Johnson Space Center,
he didn’t get to see any of the rest of
the state, Kelly said.
Garner said Prince Charles’ visit
has been a big boon to Texas’ Sesqui-
centennial celebration.
“The prince helps call attention to
it,” he said. “In Austin, for example,
his attendance assured a sell-out
crowd (of 500) for a $5,000-per-cou-
ple dinner that is raising money for
the Capitol restoration project.”
Prince Charles' Texas tour begins
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Newspaper reports virtual gag order issued
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — Officials in
vestigating the death of a reputed
organized crime figure who turned
informant have clamped a virtual
gag order on local authorities, the
San Antonio Light reported Sunday.
Sources told the newspaper that
the dead man, who had been living
in Bexar County under the name
Freddy Marino, testified last year
under a different name in a major
federal organized crime trial on the
East Coast.
The Bexar County Medical Exam
iner’s office is continuing toxicology
tests to determine the cause of death
of the 45-year-old man, who was
found dead in his middle-class
home, the newspaper reported.
A source said Marino was a pro
tected witness in the U.S. Justice De
partment’s Witness Protection Pro
gram. Program officials in
Washington, D.C., declined com
ment.
The body was prepared at a San
Antonio funeral home and flown to
Brooklyn, N.Y., Saturday morning,
according to the newspaper.
County officials were called to the
home in the Emerald Valley subdivi
sion Wednesday evening. A room
mate, unnamed in official reports,
told investigators that he had found
the corpse hanging from a bed post.
A neighbor of the man, who asked
to remain anonymous, said Saturday
that Marino had spoken about leav
ing town to attend a trial. But Mar
ino never gave specifics about his
participation in the case, the neigh
bor said.
“He said he was involved in a trial
not too long ago,” the neighbor said.
“He would never go into detail.”
Other neighbors in the subdivi
sion said Marino moved into the
neighborhood in June 1985 and was
working as an auto mechanic in San
Antonio. The man told neighbors he
had at one time been a professional
drag-car racer known as “Fast
Freddy,” but had since retired.
What’s up
Monday
SPIRIT AWARD APPLICATIONS: Buck Weirus Spirt
Award applic ations are available in the Former Student;
lobby, 110 YMCA, the Student Activities of fice, the Stu
dent Government of fice and the MSG. Applications should
be returned bv Feb. 29.
PARKS AND RECREATION; registrant >n for pre-season
softball tournament will run through Wednesday. Forma!
will be double elimination. Plav starts Monday. Entry fee is
$55. For more information call 764-3773.
PARKS AND RECREATION: registration for College Sta
tion’s first soccer invitational will run through Wednesdr
Format will he round-robin with play being on Saturday
and Sunday . Entry fee is $75. For more information d!
764-3773.
PARKS AND RECREATION: will offer adult soccer
leagues. Registration will run through Friday. Season start'
March 3 and will consist of 10 games plus plavoffs. Entn
fee is $250. For more information call 764-3773.
NAUTICAL ARCHEOLOGY STUDENT LECTURES:Dor
Keith will speak on the ”Importance of Myth, Magicani
Stubborness in Nautical Archeology” at 7 p.ut. in 301 Bol
ton. For more information call 845-6398.
CAP AND GOWN PREFERRED PROFESSOR AWARD:
Charlie Plum will be honored as the 1986 Preferred Pro
fessor at 7 p.m. in 145 MSG.
ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCA
TORS: will hold its first meeting of the semester at 8:30
p.m. in 102 Rudder. Special guest speaker will be Mike Me-
Lamore, ATPE lobbyist from Austin. For more informa
tion call Jamie. 693-0483.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH; will provide a mini writing
course entitled “Strategies of Invention: The Declineand
Fall of the Blank Page at 6:30 p.m. in 124 Blocker.Tk
instructor will be Keith W addle The course is free. For
more information call 845-3452 or stop bv 227 Blocker.
PHI LAMBDA UPSILON; will discuss spring initiation and
awards at 5 p.m. in 229 Chemistry Blag, for more infer-
mation call AJ, 845-8015.
ALPHA ZETA: will hold an
in 113 or 123 Kleberg.
AGGIE TOASTERS: will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. in 1
Blocker. For more information call Kathy, 268-0058.
MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: will hold an open forum
“Who is the Greatest Living Science Fiction Writer?”
7:30 p.m. in 205 MSC. For more information call She
845-1515.
MSC CAMERA COMMITTEE: will
nrgani/at tonal meeting at t pm.
lolct a meeting ar / pm
in 607 Rudder. For more information call Tracv. 26ft-
8348.
DANCE ARTS SOCIETY: will have aero!
ja/z, 7:30 p.m.; inter./adv. jazz. 8:30 p.n
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course entitled “l sing ili<- Library for Basic Research"aB 0Ile
6:30 p.m. in 20 U Sterling C F.vaus Library, f he instnic lF e "
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window University Drive Hwy 21 Texas and S.W. Parkway Manor East Mall morning
IM Gameplan
ENTRIES CLOSE
Free Throw Contest-Sign-ups
close on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 6
P.M. The contest will be held
Tuesday, Feb 25 on the Main
Floor of G. Rollie White be
tween 7 and 10 P.M. The high
est total of 25 free throws wins.
There is no entry fee.
Horseshoe Doubles-Entries
close at 6 P.M. on Tuesday,
Feb. 18. Play begins on Tues
day, Feb 25. Matches consist of
best two out of three games to
15 points. Horsehoes are pro
vided and there is no entry fee.
For more information call the
IM-Rec Office at 845-7826.
ENTRIES OPEN
Tennis Doubles-Finally, here’s
your chance to rant and rave
like John McEnroe. Tennis Dou
bles entries open on Monday,
Feb. 17 and close on Tuesday,
Feb. 25. Matches consist of
best two out of three sets, with
4-point games (no ad.) Partici
pants must furnish their own
racquets and a new, unopened
can of balls, otherwise they for
feit. The winning team keeps
the unopened can from each
match. No entry fee.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
McDonald’s Intramural Highlights is sponsored each Monday
in the Battalion by your local McDonald’s Restaurants at Uni
versity Drive, Manor East Mall and on Texas Avenue. Stories
are written by Liz Dillow, graphics are by George Clendenin
and photos are by Tom McDonnell and David Tatge.
BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
Basketball Playoffs will be posted Tuesday, February 18 aW
PM in the Intramural-Recreational Sports Office, Room 159
Read Building. Playoffs begin Thursday, February 20 so teams
should be sure to check the schedule before then.
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL GAME
The Texas A & M Association of Handicapped Athletes will
host the Houston Rollin’ Cougars in a wheelchair basketball
game on Monday, February 24 prior to the Texas A&M-
Houston Southwest Conference basketball game. The game
will begin at 6 PM and is sponsored by both the TAMUantl
Houston Intramural-Recreational Sports Departments.
PENBERTHY SOFTBALL
TOURNAMENT
It’s not too early to enter your teams in the Penbertliy
Softball Tournament. Entries for this double elimination tour
nament will be open from Friday, February 14 until Tuesday.
April 1. All Intramural rules and regulations apply although
teams in the Penberthy tournament do not have to be made
up of the same members of the regular season tournamen!
team. Entry fee is $40.00 with divisions open in Men’s A&B,
Women’s Open, and CoRec Open. Batbags will be awarded
to the champions of the Men’s A, Women’s Open and Co
Rec Open divisions while, runner-ups in these divisions and
the champion in Men’s B will receive T-shirts. At leasts
teams must sign up for a division for it to be offered and at
least 12 teams must sign up in a division for second place to
‘ be awarded.
OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT RENTAL
Planning on a camping or hiking trip for Spring Break?Tlie
Intramural-Recreational Sports Office will have reduced
rental rates for outdoor equipment rentals over Spring
Break only. Be sure to reserve the equipment rentals over
Spring Break only. Be sure to reserve the equipment well in
advance. For more information contact Patsy Greiner at
845-7826.
Ramp 9 Mules go up against Spunk-E in basketball action. Playoffs
begin this week for more action!
SPORT CLUB NEWS
—The Men’s Lacrosse Club will be out-of-town this week playing
LSU in Baton Rouge on Saturday and Rice in Houston on Sunday.
-The Men’s Rugby Team will be playing San Antonio in San Antonio
on Saturday, February 22.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
-Slowpitch Softball regular season began yesterday, Sunday, February 16.
Teams that have not picked up their schedules should do so immediately. --
Slam Dunk finals will be held at the half-time of the TAMU-Texas Tech
Womens’s basketball game on Tuesday, February 18. Come on out to sup
port the Lady Aggies and cheer on your favorite slam dunk participant. -
Free Throw contest will be held Tuesday, February 25 from 7-10 PM on the
Main Floor of G. Rollie White.
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