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i Tuesday, June 9, 1987/nThe Battalion/Page 5 upreme Court rules for Texas water feud with New Mexico "P drivel ice c];K( lt i s ™"™ ‘'AS HI NOTO N (AP) — The H>. Supreme Court decided Mon- ' da) that Texas may be entitled to ^davsicompensation I or New Mexico’s vio lation of an agreement between the two states regarding apportionment bfwater in the Pecos River. _ m WThis is a major victory in our ef- P| Aifors to see that Texas — particularly jlj for our farmers in West Texas — ^geb its fair share of water from the BH:os River,” Texas Attorney Gen- %£k eral Jim Mattox said Monday. “And J|\ we all know how extremely valuable ^ water is in such arid areas as West Te\as.” MaI Hi he justices voted 8-0 to send the i j 13-year-old legal dispute back to a ^ “special master” to act as fact finder fot further hearings. At stake is whether New Mexico must pay Texas extra water or money in com pensation. Hlhe court rejected objections by New Mexico and Texas to prelimi nary findings that New Mexico had cheated Texas, depriving it of its fair share of Pecos River water. New Mexico Attorney General Hal Stratton and lawyers for the State Engineer were awaiting copies of the full opinion and did not have any immediate comment. This is not the first water fight be tween New Mexico and Texas, espe cially in the dry western part of the Lone Star State. El Paso, in extreme both states from now on live up to a 1949 compact on apportionment of Pecos River water. Last year, Meyers recommended a 340,000-acre-feet of water payback by New Mexico to Texas. While New Mexico lawyers did not disagree that the 340,000-acre-feet shortfall had occurred in Texas from 1950 to “This is a major victory in our efforts to see that Texas — particularly for our farmers in West Texas — gets its fair share of water from the Pecos River. ” — Texas Attorney General Jim Mattox ship” on New Mexico and that only future remedies are authorized for past violations of the compact. “We find no merit in (New Mexi co’s) submission that we may order only prospective relief, that is, re quiring future performance of com pact obligations without a remedy for past breaches,” Justice Byron R. White said Monday, writing for the court. tor patii mal rislt, igo, a nin West Texas, has waged a yet-unre- solved six-year-old battle with New Mexico over water in the Rio Grande. Both the Rio Grande and the Pecos River flow from New Mex ico into Texas. Charles J. Meyers, the special master, also was empowered to ap point a “river master” to make sure 1983, they objected to paying any retroactive relief. An acre-foot is the quantity of wa ter that would cover one acre one foot deep, or 43,560 cubic feet of water. The lawyers contended the pay back would work an “extreme hard- )T asks Hobby to give speech in check ul publn i nit liigt I, medic itom should ou do ’ou do lo not 1 I than [eslingi mid ch an we mnemlai mfereni izaiions Ik* leadi *nts to i make Ip inugliift etc xpert to l it’s an ini i and lit tat." ■ TYLER (AP) — Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby will speak at the dedica- raen of a new $9 million biomedi cal research building at the Uni versity of Texas Health Center, officials said. ■ The facility will be dedicated Jtline 11. H Hobby was invited to speak be cause he helped save funds pro mised for reduction. I The cuts would have jeopar- d zed construction of the build ing, which lost a wing due to ear lier reductions, said UT Health Center Director Dr. George A. Hurst. I The structure has three wings built off a central core and is about 71,()()() square feet. The UT Health Center specializes in lung and heart research. I The new facility has been un der construction for nearly two years. It will be dedicated by UT System Board of Regents chair- ■an Jess Hay. Slain patrolman’s weapon claimed to be inoperative SAN ANTONIO (AP) —The gun a slain patrolman allegedly pointed at a fellow officer wasn’t capable of firing because it wasn’t cocked, a po lice detective who found the weapon testified in court Monday. Farrell Tucker is on trial for mur der in the Aug. 18 slaying of his best friend, Stephen Smith. Tucker has said he shot his former patrol part ner in self-defense after Smith grabbed a .45-caliber revolver from him and threatened to kill him. Tucker shot Smith five times with his other gun, a .357-caliber Mag num. Smith, who was suspected of vigi lante activities and was suspended on brutality charges, allegedly planned to kill three top law en forcement officials he blamed for wrecking his career. not been cocked. Garcia had recov ered the revolvers from Smith’s car, where the shooting occurred. Bexar County Assistant District Attorney Bill Harris asked Garcia if the gun could have been fired in the position Garica found it and Garcia replied, “No, it cannot be fired.” Garcia said he found the pistol lodged between the driver’s seat and the console of the small car. “The weapon was upside down with the barrel toward the front of the car,” said Garcia, who uses a sim ilar weapon. “The grip was pointing toward the roof.” Garcia also said he recovered a loaded 9mm pistol from underneath the driver’s seat that was loaded and ready to fire. said. Testimony in the trial last week indicated that Smith, who was sus pended on brutality charges, had taken part in several vigilante-type slayings and may have planned to kill then-Assistant Police Chief Frank Hoyack, Deputy Chief Robert Heuck and then-District Attorney Sam Millsap. The three officials testified that Tucker met with them earlier on the day of the shooting and said he was afraid of Smith. Detective Rudy Garcia testified Monday that the .45-caliber pistol Smith allegedly held on Tucker was not capable of firing because it had During a break, reporters asked Tucker’s attorney, Terry McDonald, why Smith would hold an inoperable gun on someone. “Maybe he made a mistake dr he was committing suicide,” McDonald Millsap also said Tucker told him immediately after the shooting that Smith was stupid for not having the .45-caliber pistol cocked. Prosecutors have contended that Tucker could have avoided shooting Smith by jumping out of the car. The Smith slaying resulted in two police chiefs losing their jobs and sparked a federal investigation and an $8 million lawsuit by families who claimed they were victims of Smith’s alleged vigilante acts. ^...illionaire defendant starts testifying Fort Worth wrongful death civil suit , l or as f! good clli ‘We ha (t t now am ;> wantitm the ani® iners aiw I. Other/" s. siw el1 * ie said’ by wealil 11 it tliefflf* 1 hied, m ortij! 6 and da# s going, »aiiin® I buylM he .word city 1P 'J and ejl idoff 01 , idded. of d'e re biW orH ■ tort WORTH (AP) — Millionaire de fendant Cullen Davis told a jury Monday for the first time after a decade of legal maneuverings that he was in bed with his girlfriend when a gun man killed two people at his Fort Worth man sion. ■ “I was there,” he said under questioning from ajawyer for his ex-wife, Priscilla Davis. ■ Ms. Davis and her former husband, Jack Wil- born, are suing Davis for more than $20 million in damages in a civil wrongful death suit alleging he killed their 12-year-old daughter, Andrea Wilborn, in 1976. ■ Davis did not testify in a 1977 murder trial in Which he was found innocent of killing the girl. I He testified Monday for the first time in open court'about his activities on Aug. 2, 1976, the night of the mansion slayings. He said he ate din ner and went to a movie alone, arriving around midnight at the home of Karen Master, now his third wife. ■ Karen Master Davis testified in a previous trial that Davis was in bed beside her when she awak ened on Aug. 3, 1976, at 12:40 a.m., the same time the mansion murders took place. ■ Earlier, she had testified before a grand jury that Davis told her he got to her place a little be- f®re 1 1 p.m. Karen Davis testified Monday she was mistaken on that point. B Attorney Bob Gibbins asked Davis if his wife had “made up” for that miscue “by saying she saw you at 12:40 a.m?” Davis said, “That wouldn’t make up for it. I was there.” He also testified he had no idea why Karen Da vis didn’t tell police about the 12:40 a.m. awaken ing or mention it later when testifying before a grand jury. The shootings at the Davis mansion were com mitted by a gunman dressed in black and wear ing a wig. Priscilla Davis was wounded, and her daughter, Andrea, was killed, along with Ms. Da vis’ live-in boyfriend, Stan Farr, 30. A young mansion visitor, Bubba Gavrel, then 22, was par tially paralyzed by a bullet that remains lodged near his spine. Beverly Bass, Gavrel’s date at the time and now his wife, was not hurt. Ms. Davis and the Gavrels testified last week that Davis was the gunman. An Amarillo jury heard similar testimony in the 1977 murder trial before acquitting Davis in a trial that also allowed extensive testimony about the flamboyant lifestyle of his ex-wife. The 53-year-old Fort Worth industrialist in sisted Monday he was not angry nor bitter to ward his ex-wife, Priscilla, the day of the shoot ings but conceded he was “frustrated.” He said in response to questions that he had accumulated $14 million in personal debts at the time and was being sued by his younger brother Bill for roughly $100 million. In a calm voice, Davis recalled that his divorce judge had upgraded his support payments to Priscilla that day from $3,500 to $5,000 monthly and ordered him to advance her thousands of dollars for expenses and legal fees. The judge also had granted Ms. Davis a delay in the divorce trial. Davis called the money a “drop in the bucket.” He said his company assets at that time were worth about $100 million and that his personal and community property was valued at around $6 million. In 1985, the oil-related family business em pire, Kendavis Industries, was forced into bank ruptcy and Davis and his older brother, Ken, were ousted from the hierarchy last spring. Davis told reporters before the start of the cur rent civil trial that he no longer is a millionaire but later joked that he is not a “multi, multi, multi, multi-millionaire.” In testimony Monday morning, Davis was questioned by his ex-wife’s lawyer about killing his stepdaughter’s kitten during an angry scene in the 1970s. “I was mad,” Davis said. “I don’t know about a rage. I knew what I was doing.” Attorney Gibbins asked if he considered his ac tion part of a blind rage. “I consider it stupid,” Davis replied. : 0- MINOR EMEfcGENCIES i00 Special Services and Facilities Yearly Check & Pap Smear $40 Your Allergy Injection $3 00 Aids, Herpers and Special Testing TAMU Student Discount 20% TAMU Employee Discount 10% 50% Discount on intial visit Parkway Medical Clinic 2305 A. S. Texas Ave. “If that were the case, New Mexi co’s defaults could never be reme died,” he added. The dispute began in 1974, when Texas sought to sue New Mexico in the Supreme Court, even though the case had not been previously aired in a lower court. A year later, the Su preme Court agreed to hear the case without any lower court appear ances. The court’s special master had recommended that New Mexico re ceive a three-year grace period, then pay back about 34,000 acre-feet of water a year for 10 years. College Station, Tx Student ID Required 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon. -Sat IF YOU REALLY WANT TO RELAX THIS SUMMER THEN LEASE YOUR APARTMENT NOW WITH US! Convenient. Comfortable ■ Affordable Living Jrlith the Fa?TftS yeu m/AimuA Taos Aurora Gardens 1 Sevilla 401 Anderson 409-693-6505 1501 Hoftatoan #33 409-693-2100 GREAT SUMMER RATES & SUMMER SHUTTLE BUS TOO! REMA Real Ejuxu Maihagemfrtt of Ammaa. ?ru FREE SNEAK PREVIEW NOTHING CAN STOP THEM, NO ONE CAN HELP YOU. THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE. 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Beef Steaks Regular Price Per Pound* Sale 30-40# Box Beef Round Steaks (bone-in) . 5 ?. old . c,ut . $2. 59 SI. 49 $1 .° 9 Beef Rib Steaks (2 steaks/pkg) $2." ^$2* $1 ."* Beef Sirloin Steaks (boneless) SoMput SB. 29 SB. 29 . ... $1." T-Bone Steaks (2 steaks/pkg) SB. 69 $2." ,.$2; 69 Beef Strip Steaks (boneless) $4." , $3." ..$2." Beef Roasts Beef Clod Roasts (boneless) SB. 09 SI. 29 $1 .° 9 Beef Rump Roasts (boneless) $2. 69 $1. 99 $1, 49 Beef Sirloin Tip Roasts(boneless) $2. 69 $1." ..$1. 49 'Prices are good for paper wrapped beef only Other Beef, Lamb, Pork, Sausage, Dairy Products and Farm Fresh Eggs are available. Prices effective while supplies last or until June 30, 1987. We are open for business Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. We are located on the West Campus between the Kleberg Center and the Horticulture/Forest Science Building. (Phone 845-5651). , MASTERCARD AND VISA MasterCard and Visa Accepted with Purchases of $20 or itforeT* 1