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Page 12/The Battalion/Friday, April 3, 1987 Philadelphia ‘horror house’ suspect thwarted in jailhouse suicide attempt PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man charged with murder after police found half-naked women chained in his basement and body parts in his freezer tried to hang himself in jail Thursday, but was not seriously in jured, authorities said. week and charged with two counts of murder and multiple counts of rape and kidnapping. David S. Owens, superintendent of the Philadelphia prisons, said Heidnik used his T-shirt to suspend himself from a shower pipe. Gary Heidnik has been held with out bail at the Philadelphia Deten tion Center since being arrested last Heidnik was taken to the Guiffre Medical Center, where Dr. James Giuffre said the prisoner had an abrasion around his neck, but was not seriously injured. Hospital spokesman Frank Cra ven said Heidnik was brought to the hospital about 10:30 p.m. “with what looks like an apparent suicide at tempt.” Heidnik was in stable condition and alert, Craven said, adding that he would be admitted for obser vation and further evaluation. Police led to his dilapidated row- house by a woman who said she es caped from Heidnik found three women chained in a basement pit. Heidnik, a self-styled minister, ap parently lured the women to his house with flashy cars and money. Despite the run-down condition of his house, authorities have said he has a $500,000 stock portfolio. Texas gets monei from Senate’s ‘nol to Reagan veto Runoff (Continued from page 1) we’re both in the runoff,” Bradshaw said. Bradshaw said his first move in the runoff will be to contact Hogan and try to clear everything up before campaigning resumes again. He also said he doesn’t plan to al ter his campaign now that he’s ad vanced to the runoffs. “We will still run a campaign with an experience platform — the plat form we began with is one we felt we could win with, so we’re going to stick with it,” he said. Hogan said he has no plans to change his campaign strategy much either since it worked well enough to get him into the runoff with a con siderable majority. But he will listen to the advice of any candidates who COUPON jBring this coupon to the Brazos Valley Golf Range for free $1.25 basket w/purchase of $3.75 basket j Children under 10 accompanied by an adult receive free $1.25 basket Hours Mon.-Fri. 12 p.m.-8 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sun. 1 p.m.-8 p.m. East Bypass across from Mall 696-1220 COUPON Texas Basket Co. MOW OREM SUNDA YS! 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Come By and See Our New Selection of Beautiful Blooming Flowers and Outdoor Plants THE TEXAS BASKET CO. 102 Johnson Navasota, Texas 409/825-8030 \ SCHULMAN THEATRES 2.50 ADMISSION 1. Any Show Before 3 PM 2. Tuesday - All Seats 3. Mon-Wed - Local Students With Currant ID's JMThur^KORA^Ovei^C^Nnte^ •DENOTES DOLBY STEREO now may choose to endorse him, he said. “I’m going to stay on what I be lieve in and keep the same ideas,” Hogan said. “But I’m going to talk with other candidates who are en dorsing me so I can get some ideas from them.” He also said starting this cam paign from the position of front runner gives him some added confi dence. “Down deep, it makes you feel good, but that’s how it affects every body,” he said. “If you win a track meet by a hundred yards it gives you a better feeling than winning by a few inches. I’d feel terrible if I just got lazy and quit campaigning at this point, though, so I’m going to keep at it.” Bradshaw said it’s not easy start ing out from behind, but he’s not in timidated by starting the race from that position. “It takes 50 percent to win an elec tion, so that means that Mason has to get 23 percent more, and I have to get 33 percent more,” he said. “We’ll just have to work a little harder than before. I think we can do that — I believe we can do that.” Complaint (Continued from page 1) ing the runoff campaign he could still be disqualified, but said if the candidates spend responsibly from here on out that event is unlikely. Reached for comment, Bradshaw said, “I knew when the complaint was filed that it would end up this way, because I knew the facts. I had my receipts and my file, and I was ready to present it to whoever wanted to see it.” He has mixed feelings about the publicity’s effect on his image and his campaign now that he’s in the runoffs, he said. “If the other candidates’ intention was to bother me personally, then they won,” he said. “If it was to knock me out of this race — they lost.” DALLAS (AP) — The Senate override of President Reagan’s veto of the highway bill frees up $850 million in federal funds for Texas highways in 1987, state of ficials said Thursday. That money wilf support about 20,145 jobs in construction and related activities, said Marcy Goodfleisch, spokeswoman with the State Department of High ways and Public Transportation in Austin. It also may mean that Texans will be able to drive 65 mph on some highways by mid-summer, she said. some major state dollars fortl projects that would have bray “We’ve been wailing for two days,” she said, referring to con gressional action. “Reaction in the whole department has l>een very positive because we know we can go to work on projects that are now needed.” She said estimates are that 23.7 jobs are created with every mil lion dollars spent on highway projects. The department will l>e- gin letting contracts almost imme diately. “We have been postiioning projects for a while now and as early as December started using f ederal dollars,” she said j ing the new bridge in BaytowJ Southeast Texas as an exampit The bill permits states ion die speed fimit from:55l»( mph on most stretches ofinul state- highways and earaiiij more than 100 highwaydtm stration projects tailor-made!j individual lawmakers. The ()5-mph limit woukhal to 2,422 miles of interstatekM way s in Texas, hut not to* mor c m ban miles. Tnib- | l»<- allowed to drive only60a* dining the day and 55 mptil nig fit, Goodfleisch said. C ioodfleisch said the statetni| w av I Citing Ilmen Kink 1 set a public hearing DetoreitaBS.q vo,e whelhn t,) “lianM.c speed limit on some hiRMidP* Legislativ t tecessary I "he 65 U.S. Sens Bentsen < publican, l< . ... Jtiwth action, she said, BS | e|]ipo[ ■'We . > 3 override vote pi |» of neu Phil (irammandU fp, , n u , 1 exas Gramm,i|fl ( | - yy 1,1 sustair. 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