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Call 845-2611 Burned dog may not be first victim of teen-ager HOUSTON (AP) — A teen ager charged with animal cruelty for allegedly setting fire to a prize-winning dog earlier this month may have committed simi lar acts before the June 2 inci dent, a prosecutor said. “This case is appalling,” Harris County Assistant District Attor ney Kris Moore said Tuesday. “There’s evidence that this may have happened more than one time, and that concerns me.” The youth, 15, one of two teen age cousins who admitted setting fire to the animal after getting the idea from a movie, was charged with animal cruelty Tuesday, Moore said. If convicted, the youth, from the Clear Lake area, could face confinement in a Texas Youth Commission facility until age 21. The two teens allegedly doused a 5-year-old English springer spaniel with charcoal lighter fluid and ignited it at a Pasadena apart ment complex, she said. The dying dog, which had won more than a dozen awards for obedience in statewide dog shows, hobbled home and was de stroyed shortly afterward. Assistant District Attorney Eliz abeth Godwin said the youth, who was being held in a juvenile detention facility, “has a history involving thejuvenile court.” Police have withheld the names of the teen-agers. Godwin said the other youth, 16, also may be charged. Both came to the police department with their parents about a week after the incident to admit to the crime, officials said. The incident prompted the dog’s owner-trainer, Jimmy Fincher, 34, to move from Pasa dena to Pearland, where he is raising a springer spaniel puppy donated by a Houston couple three days after the incident. “At least something’s being done about it,” Fincher said of the criminal charge. “I’m just kind of glad to be out of Pasadena right now.” Thursday KANM STUDENT RADIO: a disc jockey meeting held at 7 p.m. in 301 Rudder. Friday AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS ASSOCIATION: will shoi NASA video and use an observing telescope at 7 p.m. 404 Rudder. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalit 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working dajsk fore desired publication date. Medical board drop discipline procedure against Killeen doct AUSTIN (AP) — The State Board of Medical Examiners has decided against disciplining a Kill een physician who is accused of im properly treating two pregnant women. In addition to the vote Tuesday not to discipline Dr. Harold Wood, the board declined to accept the gy necologist’s offer to give up his medical license. The decisions mean that Wood can continue practicing medicine in Texas. However, his medical license still carries restrictions imposed last year by the board. The board found that Wood not only failed to treat a patient with cancer, but never told her she had the disease, which eventually killed her. The medical board discussed Wood’s case for more than three hours. The discussion focused on a rec ommendation by the staff that the gynecologist be disciplined for his recent treatment of two female pa tients. The women contend that they had problems with their pregnan cies or labor while under Wood’s The other woman suffered gestive heart failure during Austin obstetrician-met: Noble W. Doss Jr. testified tin women’s medical records show that Wood treated fc properly. Melanie Alsop, 30, thepn whose baby died, said afte- hearing that “justice wasn’td® “They protect their own,’ said. Her attorney, Bill Oxford board members “ruled theoA they could in view of the mony.” Oxford, however, criticized medical board for not k Wood to testify about discrepat that w ere found between them cal records and Alsop’s statea about the care she receivedi Wood. The board placed thegynet ist on probation for lOyeanbi ning in November, but thedets allowed him to continue pne medicine. The probation had beenr; mended by one board memtr met with Wood in a secret N care. In one case, the woman’s baby died three days after birth nary session. A legislative committee ( the board for not holdingap hearing. Ja Federa Igrounc Brownsville probe crumble Ml as city worker gets acquitti^f BROWNSVILLE (AP) — The Texas Rangers came into town last year hot on the trail of city corrup tion, but they are now on the de fensive after watching charges from their probe disintegrate one by one. The latest in a series of staggering blows to the eight-month investiga tion was the acquittal Wednesday of a city employee accused of forging endorsements on two $100 checks used to pay for a department Christmas party in 1985. Wednesday’s verdict in the trial of Cayetano Ovalle, a Brownsville Ur ban System parts clerk, came a day after the felony theft trial of Mayor Emilio Hernandez abruptly ended when new evidence appeared strong enough to convince the special pros ecutor to drop the case. “I can’t believe that the Texas Rangers were involved in this fiasco, because this has probably been the most one-sided investigation that anybody could have done,” Albert Villegas, Ovalle’s defense attorney, said after the jury returned the ver dict. Cameron County Attorney Benja min Euresti declared the city probe over Tuesday after a judge dis missed the mayor’s case before the jury had heard any testimony. He and Capt. John Dean of the Rangers’ San Antonio office agreed Tuesday there was no reason to continue the investigation. Euresti originally asked the Rang ers to come to Brownsville to look into charges of purchasing irregula rities at City Hall. A grand jury returned indict ments accusing various officials and city employees of crimes including bribery, gift solicitation, witness tam pering, official misconduct and forg- grand jury foreman had at record, and all the indictmeaif dismissed. A new grand jury declines I diet Lieck and Hodge, and Si Prosecutor Sharon MacRaetf seek a new indictment a leta because of insufficientevij ISAN A ves a pt lalthou] iwn the ISo wit) ken it c le add s< It found only enough evidence: to play diet the mayor, the two partd BThe cii ery. and City Commissioner Susaa 1 employee tin. feches ft Then in May, the invescc for senioi Named in the indictments were Mayor Emilio Hernandez, City Man ager Kenneth Lieck, City Commis- “This has probably been the most one-sided inves tigation that anybody could have done. ” — Albert Villegas, Ovalle’s defense attorney sioner Tony Zavaleta, Municipal Judge Kip Van Johnson Hodge and Brownsville Urban System clerks Rudy Garza and Ovalle. Then it was discovered that the parts took another blow when State tin Comi trict Judge Gilberto Hinojosljue. missed Austin’s case before it a jury. » "1 am Euresti then asked fordisniiifjjhein,” B< the gift-solicitation charges a® “1 have Garza and Ovalle. Both had bet! ar c prett; cused of soliciting donations the lessor city vendors to pay foradeparc| Botellc Christmas party. Remaining against Ovalle* ■ forgery charge for which he*-, quitted Wednesday. Hiswastij case in the probe to go as ( jury verdict. Only two cases stemmingfcl terminated eight-month pr°V main to be tried, both against | a »non Hernandez. He faces a June ^ r on a charge of aggravated ? and a July 20 trial on k JW'Jouriu . J ’ tor nouns charges. ■DALI./ “I con rieese sai SUMMER SPECIAL “isSSh