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Wednesday, June 17,1987/The Battalion/Page 5 Police Beat S willy daysl* ia The following were reported [to the University Police Depart- [ment from June 10 through [Monday: HARRASSMEN I : • A student reported that sev- leral students s<|uirted her with [water while she was riding her bi cycle by the Albritton Tower. She [stated that the students then Jlaughed at her and drove away in |a pickup. The owner of the vehi- Jcle was contac ted and said a letter ■ofapology would be written. TERRORISTIC THREA TS: • A student reported that he [received an anonymous call and [was advised that a bomb had been [planted in his house. • A student reported that he received three phone calls of a bomb being planted in his apart ment. ASSAULT: • A student reported that one of the girls attending the basket ball camp on campus was struck by a water balloon thrown from the third floor of a dorm by a white male. BUROLARY OE A HABITA TION: • A student reported that someone entered his room in Haas Hall and removed a part of his coin collection. • A student reported that someone entered his dorm room and removed $ 120 in cash. Judge decides to dismiss case against mayor onference of mayors names San Antonio as best place to live Midi fuij Klgtllffl; to respc suit. I the (i lout lilt | .Ktlffl eared in order ■ SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Ten mil- ■iii people eac h year think San An- ttjnio is a nic e place to visit and now tic nation’s mayors believe it is the best place to live. ■ The U.S. Conference of Mayors honored San Antonio as the nation’s niost livable c ity over 100,000, citing Mayor Henry C. Cisneros for lead ership in creating an Arts and Cultu ral Advisory Committee and adopt- ii g a Historic Landmarks District (jnlinance. ■ Cisneros, who was with his wife, Mary Alice, and their ill newborn son, was unable to attend the meet ing in Nashville, Term., where the award was given Monday. ■ “All of us in San Antonio take* pi ulc* in our people and our commu- jjiy, and we are pleased and Iron- dim: <|ed to receive this national recogni- ,nf tlm,” Cisneros said in a statement. SUCffr'l ■ Lily officials credited the 40-year- •Juu/l Hictvitiis f/n* s|)m rinL> the state old Hispanic mayor for |economic development struggles to diversify its petroleum- based economy. Acting city Mayor Alex Briseno said, “San Antonio is a livable place, a city that identifies with its cultural heritage, encourages art activities and histor ic preservation and does it within the context of a dynamic growing c ity.” Lire city was founded irt 17 IS when the Spanish viceroy wanted a halfway point between missions in East Texas and gar risons in north ern Mexico. Now, more than 10 million people visit San Antonio each year, pump ing .f I billion into the city’s coffers. Many of those tourists have stayed, said Fr ances Schullschik, spokesman for the city’s Visitors’ and Conven tion Bureau. Tourism is the city’s number two industry behind the military. The top tourist attractions are the River Walk, a winding park with res taurants along the San Antonio River, several Spanish missions, Mexican markets and the Alamo. BROWNSVILLE (AP) — Pros ecutors were stunned Tuesday when Mayor Emilio Hernandez's defense attorneys produced surprise evi- dence that brought dismissal of a fel ony theft charge against the mayor. “I’ve always said I know there’s a Cod, and I’ve been vindicated,” Her nandez said after state District Judge Darrell Hester dismissed the charge on the first day of testimony in the trial. Hernandez, 56, was accused of us ing city funds to pay for election campaign brochures in 1983. The second-degree felony charge of theft by a public official could have brought a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. But as testimony was set to begin Tuesday morning, defense attorney Reynaldo Cantu met with special prosecutor Sharon Mac Rae in the judge’s chambers and presented canceled checks and invoices show ing that a supporter named Jamie Walker had paid for the campaign literature. “It’s unfortunate that this infor mation couldn't have come to light earlier-,” Hester told the jurors be fore dismissing them. He commended the special pros ecutor lor calling for dismissal of the case. After Hester- agreed to drop the charges, a crowd of the mayor ’s sup porters in the courtroom cheered the outcome. Defense attorney Cantu said “a sloppy investigation” had been con ducted by the 'Texas Rangers, who have been probing allegations of city corruption since November, but have seen charge after charge dis missed. “What is disturbing about all of this is that all it took to find this out The (it rangiii! «l iiiat ir up n nest ui ri'rail retol! Expert says domestic cotton industry Is growing, looking better than ever io E CONROE (AP) — The domestic cotton industry is booming and this tar should be the second-best in the J.st two decades, a top industry offi cial said T uesday. ■ “Cotton is on the offense as never before,” Earl W. Sears, executive vice president of the National Cot ton Council, said at the annual Na tional Cotton Outlook Conference. am so excited. ■ “The intrinsic: good cjitalities of cotton are still unmatched in spite of the billions of dollars spent on re search by man-made fibers. It is on this solid foundation that everything is built.'' Sears said domestic mill consump- Cdtirllii [lion for the In st cjuarter is up 39 per- time Tlveai’ nof i I-Aw ulciiiii! lie is s' 11 i respet IIIOSIIK |Hir raid Com cent from a year ago. Cotton’s share of the liber market also is up three percentage points in the last two years, he said. “And we were striving to hold out market share or avoid a loss,” he said. In addition, the U.S. cotton indus try is doing well overseas as prices have become competitive in wor ld markets. “Foreign cotton acreage and pro duction have declined for the second consecutive year,” Sears said. “At the same time, world cotton consump tion today is growing at an accele rated rate of more than 2 million bales a year . This combination of events has made our exports sky rocket.” Sears credited some of the cotton resurgence to the 1985 Farm Act that guaranteed price protection for cotton growers. “I can’t say enough about how well the cotton program has worked for our commodity,” he said. “What’s more, if this five-year pro gram is left intact, some economists project that cotton production over this period will increase by a total of 2b million bales.” The future also is promising, he said, with commitments for exports already strong for next year. Sears said an advertising cam paign, “Grown and Made in the US- A,”is contributing to the industry success. “The campaign was initiated to right the wrongs caused to our in dustry and its suppliers by the flood of foreign cotton pouting into this country in the form of cotton textiles and apparel,” he said. At the same time, the industry has signed adver tising agreements in Ja pan and Korea and similar pacts with Italy, France and the United Kingdom are nearly complete. But Sears cautioned that the in dustry must continue to strive for ef ficiency, since government subsidies are threatened by moves to reduce the national budget deficit. Bride injured, groom arrested at reception . i(— ROSENBERG (AR) ""T and his bride ended B III HIK rtetl i'” 1 in jif tlicit' : i.islliw i Veb' A groom landed in jail up in a hospital after two dozen police officers swarmed into their wedding ffireption to <|tiell a fracas that witnesses said had already been settled. HThe groom and other members of the wed ding par ty claim at least one of the officers re sponding to a sheriff deputy’s distress call used excessive force when making nine arrests at the P 011 | leapt ion o I Leticia Gastanadas Arriaga and Fete urllJ': Arriaga. it ■ “They ruined everything,” the 18-year-old ]l bride said ol her Saturday night reception at- s vvw (ended by 250 people loam |); lllv ” e. T hey ruined the whole T he groom’s sister and brother-in-law have filed complaints against Fort Bend Gounty Dep uty C).J. Brown. Fort Bend Gounty Sheriff Gus George on T uesday said, “We’re taking some statements and we hope to wrap it up right now.” “It’s a tough second-base call. All we can do is use good judgment and then stand by it.” Brown faces dismissal from (he force, he said. Felicita Arriaga, the bridegroom’s mother, said there was a problem trying to get secur ity guards for the dance, so one ol the bride’s broth ers, Harris Gounty sheriffs deputy Fred Gon zales, agreed to provide security. I he mother said the disturbance began when Gonzales asked one of the groom’s brothers, 21- year-old Modesto Arriaga Jr., for identification when he ordered a beer. George said Gonzales asked Fort Bend Gounty Deputy Scott Gill, who was at the hall visiting with the manager, for help and Gill called for backup. About 24 officers from the sherif f’s office and the Richmond and Rosenberg police depart ments rushed in. “It got just plum out of hand,” George said. Leticia Arriaga, who said the matter had al ready been settled bef ore the mob of of ficers ar rived, said she was knocked in the head with a pair of handcuf f s. Little Caesaxs Pizza 1984 Little Caesar Enterprises. Inc FREE! ( Buy one Pizza ... Get one FREE! 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Asked why they did not present the exonerating evidence to the grand jury, defense attorney Eddie Medrano said, “The burden of proof is not ours.” Special prosecutor MacRae said she first learned of (lie defense’s newly revealed evidence at 9 a.m. T uesday morning, and was shocked. “T he evidence available to us at the time made it appear that the mayor had done something wrong,” Mac Rae said. “I have tried to he fair in this pros ecution,” the San Antonio attorney added. “I didn’t come down here to railroad anybody.” T he Brownsville mayor faces two more trials this summer: an aggra vated perjury case on June 29 and a bribery trial on July 20. Texas Ranger Rudy Rodriguez, who has coordinated the city hall probe, said he would welcome an ex amination of his investigation. “T hey’ve got a good alibi,” Rodri guez said. “A dead man can’t tes tily,” he added in an apparent ref er ence to (he shooting death of Carlos and Elizabeth Barrios. 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