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Thursday, February 27, 1986/The Battalion/Page 5 m Thursday SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS; will hear - Booth of the student counseling service at 7:50 )7 Rudder- For information call Mark, 260-2081. [A PSI: will hear a discussion from Seidman Sc td Kenneth Leventhal on the differences be- ‘Big 8” and other public accounting firms at in the Hilton. For more information cau Tammy, iE AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION; it 8:50 pan. in 401 Rudder. For more informa- fai, 846-829 L ICING CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 267 East 11 meet at 8:30 p.m, in 504 Rudder. For more in- cali Dave, 696*8953. 'ARIABLE; will show the Disney version of “Ro- at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. in Rudder Theater. (AFTER OF THE AMERICAN VETERI- AL ASSOCIATION: today is the last day to >to contest entries on the first floor of the MSC. YOUTH FUN DAY; will have an adviser meet- >,m. in 601 Rudder. For more information call •0103. ERNATIONAL PROGRAMS COMMITTEE: will at 8:50 p.m. in 604A-B Rudder. For more informa tion call 845-1515. tTA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: Jim Hyndman, a recruiter lor Chaplin, will give a seminar on resume writing and interviewing at 7 p.m. in 102 Blocker. interviewing at 7 p.m. m JL Fontenot trial Jury acquits ex-principal Chimney Hill ^ Bowling Center "A Family Recreation Center' Associated Press LIVINGSTON — A state district court jury Wednesday acquitted a former junior high school principal of charges he killed a football coach out of jealousy over his relationship with a school secretary. Hurley Fontenot, 48, former principal of Hull-Daisetta Woodson Junior High School, had been charged with murder in the April 12 shooting of Billy Mac Fleming, 36, who coached and taught math and science at the school. The 10-woman, two-man jury de liberated for a total of 12.5 hours over two days. The standing room-only crowd at the Polk County Courthouse cheered when the verdict was read. Fontenot hugged his attorney Dick DeGuerin and then his wife and daughter. “This has been like a Barnum & Bailey Circus,” Fontenot had said while awaiting the verdict. “When it’s all over, I think I’m going to go take a long nap.” The jury earlier in the day had asked to rehear testimony concern ing a hotel receipt and several anon- ymbus letters sent to Fleming, which were “very derogatory” of his relationship with Laura Nugent, 36, the school secretary, according to prosecutors. Before the verdict was reached Polk County District Attorney Peter Speers had said,“If they can be con vinced that he wrote those letters, then they’ll be convinced that he killed Bill Fleming. About 100 people, many who at tended the six-week trial and lis tened to testimony from 86 wit nesses, also waited in the courtroom. Some of the spectators, who had pushed and shoved to get a seat, wore buttons proclaiming, “I Sur vived The Courtroom Stampede.” Defense attorneys claimed Liberty County investigators were trying to frame Fontenot for a murder he did not commit, saying they discarded or ignored evidence that pointed to other suspects. Prosecutors, however, insisted Fontenot, who once dated Nugent, was jealous of Fleming because he planned to marry her. 40 Lanes — Automatic Scoring League & Open Bowling Bar & Snack-Bar STUDENT SPECIAL MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9 AM to 6 PM $1. 00 a game student ID required 701 University Dr. East 260-9184 GALLERY ISSAN 10% Student Discount Discount is on all parts & labor on Nissan Products only. We will also offer 10% dis count on labor only on all non-Nissan products. Student I.D. must be presented at time workorder is written up. We now have rental units available for service customers 1214 Tx. Ave. 775-1500 Suit filed to block soft-drink mergers Associated Press CHICAGO — Plans to combine the nation’s top four soft-drink pro ducers into two companies control ling more than 80 percent of the market are being challenged in fed eral court. The class-action lawsuit, Filed by three individuals on behalf of them selves and other soda-pop consum ers, seeks an injunction to keep Coca-Cola Co. from buying Dr. Pep per Co., and to prevent Pepsico Inc. from acquiring Seven-Up Co. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, contends the ac quisitions would violate antitrust laws by reducing competition, which could result in soft-drink price in creases. Coca-Cola, the nation’s largest soft-drink company, would control about 46 percent of the domestic soft-drink market under its plan to buy Dr. Pepper for $470 million. Dallas-based Dr. Pepper, owned by Forstmann Little and Co., cur rently is the fourth largest producer. Pepsico, which said a month ago it intends to buy Seven-Up for $380 million, would have 35 percent of the $30 billion-a-year soft-drink market under the plan. Pepsico is the nation’s second- largest soft-drink producer. Seven-Up, owned by Phillip Mor ris Inc., is the third largest. Pepsico spokesman Jim Griffith said, “The suit is totally without merit and will have no impact on the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) review process.” Jury deliberations begin in Chagra’s retrial Associated Press AUSTIN —Jurors began deliber ations Wednesday in the retrial of Elizabeth Chagra, charged with plot ting to kill the federal judge scned- uled to preside over the drug racke teering trial of her husband. Chagra, 32, is charged with mur der conspiracy, accused of deliv ering a $250,000 payoff for the 1979 assassination of U.S. District Judge John H. Wood Jr. She was convicted in 1982, but an appeals court over turned the conviction because of im proper jury instructions. Wednesday, the jury was sent home after several hours without reaching a verdict. Deliberations were to resume Thursday morning. At the time of Wood’s death, he was scheduled to hear a case involv ing Jamiel “Jimmy” Chagra, who was accused of making up to $10 million a year smuggling boatloads of mari juana into Florida. Mrs. Chagra, the principal de fense witness in her trial, which be gan Feb. 5, claimed she knew noth ing about plans by her husband and his brother, Joe, to kill Wood. The government claimed through witnesses and seven reels of wiretap tape made by the FBI at the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kan. — where Jimmy Chagra was incarcer ated for drug convictions — that she was part of the conspiracy. Joe Chagra, who pleaded guilty to murder conspiracy in the assassina tion plot in a bargain with the gov ernment, said Mrs. Chagra had no part in the scheme. ATTENTION: FORMER PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS PEACE CORPS IS NOW CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY. For information on how you can be in volved in 25th anniversary activities CALL THE DALLAS PEACE CORPS RECRUITING OFFICE TOLL FREE: 1 (800) 442-7294 or contact Jerry Namken at 845-4722, Room 103 B, Ag Bldg. LAST DAY! FeeL GooD ABOUT YouRSelF Commons 10 a.m. to 8 p.m Gilfe BlPoD aggie blood drive DATES: February 24, 25,26, 27 WHERE AND WHEN: Fish Pond a.m. to 6 p.m. MSC Fountain u a - r n. to 6 p.m. Pavilion 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Another service of: Alpha Phi and Student Co me§a ' ° mega ^ A ' P vernment Association. YOU CAN DO IT EVERY 56 DAYS! THE BLOOD CENTER at Wadley