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DALLAS (AP) — Thousands of
sentences could be affected by an ap
peals court ruling striking down a
law requiring judges to inform ju
rors of state parole laws before de
ciding convicted felons’ punishment,
prosecutors said.
A panel of the 5th Court of Ap
peals in Dallas, acting on an appeal
filed by a convicted armed robber,
ruled 2-1 Tuesday that the law vio
lates provisions of the Texas Consti
tution requiring separation of pow
ers between executive and judicial
branches of government.
“We’re aware of the opinion of
the Court of Appeals . . . and are ex
tremely concerned about its applica
tion,” said Rider Scott, chief felony
prosecutor in the Dallas County dis
trict attorney’s office.
Prosecutors said the decision, if
upheld on appeal, could affect sen
tences handed down in thousands of
trials held across the state since the
law went into effect Sept. 1.
The statute requires judges to tell
jurors, in general terms, of the exis
tence of parole laws and effects of
good-conduct time on the length of
time inmates serve. The law also re-
quiresjudges to instruct juries not to
consider how parole laws could be
applied in individual cases.
A San Antonio appeals court re
cently overturned another case on
similar grounds, ruling the law is un
constitutionally vague and mislead
ing. Prosecutors asked the Court of
Criminal Appeals in Austin to re
view that case.
The Texas Legislature passed the
law in its last regular session as part
of an anti-crime package.
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Gives home to exotic animals
A&M gets wildlife center
By M.K. Pfeifer
Reporter
The only Wildlife and Exotic
Animal Center of its kind in the
nation will be located on the
Texas A&M campus this fall.
The center, which is a unique
combination of museum and ex
perimental laboratories, will fea
ture animal displays and exotic
live animals, and will offer classes
and lab facilities to graduate stu
dents. The public will be ad
mitted free of charge once a
month and by appointment.
The museum displays full
heads and torsos of many species
of deer and antelope.
With each head is a map to
show the region of the animal’s
natural habitat and some heads
have silhouettes beside them to
show the students where to tran-
quilize the animal.
The University granted the
College of Veterinary Medicine
20 acres and two old wood farm
houses off Agronomy and F and
B roads. The farm houses were
renovated by graduate veterinary
students into an office building
and museum.
The program is funded totally
from private donations made by
such groups as the Exotic Wildlife
Association and the Houston and
San Antonio Safari Clubs.
The center will cost $1.5 mil
lion. But Dr. Stephen Seager, di
rector and professor of. veteri-
nary physiology and
pharmacology, who did most of
the fund raising, said he doesn’t
know where to get the last
$500,000 to finish the project.
Plans are in the works for the
exotic animal center to handle
even more live animals that it al
ready does, Seager said:
The center already has an oryx
antelope from Africa and a nilgai
antelope from India.
Dr. James D. McCrady, head of
the veterinary physiology and
pharmacology department, said
he believes wildlife management
(the selective breeding and har
vesting of animals in the absence
of natural predators) is essential
to the survival of exotic animals,
and is therefore essential to train
students in current wildlife man
agement practices.
Seager said the center also pre
sents an opportunity to experi
ment with the new market of
exotic animal meat.
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1100 Carter Creek Parkway, Bryan
823-8073
Dr. Robert Leslie, Pastor
Rev. John McGarey, Associate Pastor
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Student killed in riding accident
A 22-year-old Texas A&M stu
dent died Monday after sustaining
head injuries that apparently re
sulted from a horse-riding accident.
Laura Chapin, of 602 San Benito
St. in College Station, was found
unconscious by a passerby in a pas
ture north of Emerald Forest off the
Westinghouse Waste Water Treat
ment Plant Road between 8:30 p.m.
and 9 p.m.
College Station Police Lt. Irvin
Todd said Chapin apparently fell or
was pitched from her horse when
she was riding Saturday night.
Todd said the police don’t believe
foul play was involved.
Chapin was taken to Humana
Hospital and then by Lifeflight heli
copter to Hermann Hospital in
Houston, where she died at 5:35
a.m., Todd said.
Chapin, the daughter of Gordon
and Judy Chapin of Lampasas, was a
second year veterinarian student at
A&M.
Reagan 'not sincere' about ending apartheid
DALLAS (AP) — President Rea
gan is not sincere about ending
apartheid in South Africa and does
not speak for most Americans on the
issue, the leader of the country’s
principal non-white activist group
said.
The Rev. Allan Boesak, co-
founder of the United Democratic
Front, will be the keynote speaker
today as the National Association of
Black Journalists’ annual convention
begins.
Boesak, also president of the
World Alliance of Reformed
Churches, said Tuesday that “Rea
gan’s racist attitude” toward blacks
in South Africa makes him “sick.”
“Whether Americans like it or
not, one of the things that worries
me most is that there is no consis
tency in his (Reagan’s) policy, no
logic,” Boesak said.
“I believe the element of racism is
so strong that it influences every
thing,” he said.
A spokesman for the White
House said Reagan declined com
ment on Boesak’s remarks, which
also criticized reports the Reagan ad
ministration is looking for a black to
succeed Herman Nickel as ambassa
dor to South Africa.
“It will not impress me to have a
black ambassador defending Mr.
Reagan’s policy of constructive en
gagement,” Boesak said, referring to
the administration’s attempt to per
suade Pretoria to end apartheid.
“Why send a black ambassador to
South Africa?” Boesek asked. “Is it
because the majority there is black?
Again, there is a subtle racist thing
there. Whether a person is black or
white is irrelevant.
“It is the policies that person must
defend and carry out in South Af
rica; that’s what matters.”
“Such an ambassador would suf
fer the same as the present ambassa
dor. Black people will not speak to
him.”
Student Book Exchange
August 18-September 5
Make $$ selling your books
Save $$ buying your books
Come by 221 Pavilion and register your books
that you want to sell!
A list of all books for sale will be made
available at the MSC, Commons and Pavilion.
For more information call
Student Government at 845-3051
Another service provided by
Student Services/Student Government
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