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Four inmates were injured in the incident, which occurred at the Beto I Unit about 9:45 a.m. Thursday as the inmates were getting ready to eat, prison spokesman Charles Brown said. frc years for a murder conviction from El Paso County, received a stab wound to the upper abdomen, while 21-year-old Roy Allen, serving a 20- year sentence for aggravated rape in Tarrant County, was stabbed in the abdomen and also injured his right knee. Both were treated at the unit’s in firmary before being transferred to the Anderson County Memorial Hospital where they had surgery, prison spokesman David Nunnelee said. Also stabbed were Pedro Vargas, 19, serving a 10-year term for aggra vated robbery from El Paso County, and Miguel Martinez, 24, serving five years for burglary of a habita tion in Dallas County. They were treated at the unit’s in firmary, Brown said. Prison officials have no suspects or motive in the scuffle, he said. A lockdown has been ordered for about 190 inmates at the prison, Nunnelee said. Houston gives record number of traffic tickets HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s municipal court system is working double-time trying to handle the re cord number of traffic tickets issued by Houston police last month, offi cials said. Excluding parking tickets, Hous ton drivers got stuck with 97,195 ci tations in September, court officials said. “It has placed a burden on my personnel, of course,” chief munici pal Judge Felix Stanley said. But, he added, “I’m in no position to tell the officers what to do out there.” Chief prosecutor Ronald Beylotte agreed, saying, “I think it’s good, as long as they’re issuing valid citations, and I think they are valid.” Police spokesmen have not of fered any specific explanation for the sudden jump, saying it appears to stem from a greater emphasis on traffic safety, including an increase in radar units in traffic trouble spots and a heightened emphasis on how officers spend their time. Citations for traffic violations had climbed gradually from 51,437 in August 1985 to 59,814 in July 1986, but then it leaped by 24 percent be tween Julv and August, when the to tal was 74,378. Besides traffic tickets, police are writing between 25,000 and 40,000 parking tickets and 6,000 to 6,500 non-traffic citations a month, which Beylotte said is about normal. Salutes by Dawn But* Expert nomed director of nuclear center Dr. Jon A. Reuscher, an expert in research reactor safety, has been named director of Nuclear Research Reactor Programs for the Nuclear Science Center at Texas A&M. The research reactor, located Southwest of campus past Easterwood Airport, is one of two reactors at A&M. The second is in the basement of the Zachry Engineering Building. Reuscher, Class of ‘58, left A&M after receiving his master’s and doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering to work for Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, where he has been for the last 20 years. At Sandia, he was responsible for the design, development and op eration of three Department of Energy research reactors. In his newly created position at A&M, Reuscher will be responsible for the direction and administration of a five-year plan for the center, which officially will be announced Oct. 17. The program goals include the expansion of the physical facility,an increase in reactor power and new uses and applications for the reactor, "We are also going to begin an endowment program,” Reuscher said. “We hope we can solicit gif ts and trusts from industries and indi viduals to in essence raise money. This will be somewhat unique because no university in the country has tried that with their reactors.” Reuscher also will assume the major portion of administrative re- sponsibilites, will teach in the Department of Nuclear Engineering, and will try to enhance utilization of tire reactor. Presently the reactor is used for University research, as an educa tional laboratory and by private industries. An expert in research reactor safety, Reuscher served on three safety committees for Sandia, on safety committees f or the Universityof New Mexico and now serves on the saf ety committee for the Aberdeen Proving Grounds and on the advisory committee for the U.S. Ait Force Neutron Radiography Reactor at McClellan Air Force Base. The Nuclear Science Center is celebrating its 25th birthday this year. Although the center opened Dec. 18, the official reunion will be held Oct. 17 and 18. By J° Psychology prof gets teaching award /\ training loin Oct. 6 L interestc jers at the K rCenter. The cente pe survive (vices. Ser ione servic an escort ireau. The centei whom are Jteran voli ys. Anyone in unselor n lining sessi- The sessio 9 p.m. eacl v should jrkshop loc On the fit irkshop, B int and di ic at A&I rapist a rcement ag ...the state rvices will ocedures < Texas A&M psychology Profes sor Ludy Benjamin recently re ceived the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished l each ing in Psychology Award. The award, presented by the American Psychological Founda tion for Benjamin’s contributions to the teachings of psychology, in cluded a % 1,()()() c heck. Benjamin was selected because his outstanding performance as a classroom teacher, his development of effective teaching methods, Ins development of innovative curric ula and his teaching influence. A graduate of the University of Texas, Benjamin attended Auburn University and Texas Christian Uni\ torate in psychology. Benjamin has written five books Ludy Benjamin lie earned his doc- m the te psychology, has served as Educational Affairs Officer in the American Psychologi cal Association central office, president of two APA divisions and has edited numerous articles on psychology. Benjamin, who received the Distinguished Teaching Award from Texas A&M in 1984, says that undergraduate teaching has always been his primary interest. “Undergraduates sometimes get lost ii institutions,” he said. “1 think they (undei portant, and I think universities like Texas of an ef fort to get their primary faculty intc students and not overload those with gradt tants.” iduate research n large gr; l^gwf [graduates) are pretty im- A&M ought to make more > the beginning courses for late student teaching assis- Because i ireaten to | niied water |anged its < ajor empha in prog rati ad of the n il conservai later Devel ursday in I Addressing es of city mpanies a: m arounc ilnted a nevs programs , Contrar i/iding cam* >aid, now have to I live state fi ‘ams. These reqti |e passage ° mber, wh A&M senior receives geology scholarship ^ De P a. r urces into t ission and t iment Boar 1VDB, now ngtool for s iations, has municipa rst, each r lop a long' 1 am to encc iter withou 1 :cond, eac | 'ought cold David Schewitz, a I exas A&M se nior from DeSoto, has been named a recipient of an International So ciety of Exploration Geophysicists Education Foundation scholarship. vho grad or’s detjn with a bachelor’s deg ree in geology, received the $l,000-a-year schol arship because of his excellent aca demic performance in the study of the earth sciences. Schewitz’s scholarship may be re newed each year and may be ap plied to graduate studies. The chairman of the SEG’s schol arship committee announced Sche witz’s scholarship last week saying it was one of 97 awarded by the foundation year. The society awarded $111,600 in stud and has awarded over $1 million since its f in 1956. 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