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DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY < </) 707 South Texas Ave., Suite 101D College Station, Texas 77840 1 block South of Texas & University [SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE 11-year-old Texan attempting to fly from coast to coast LOS ANGELES (AP) — An 11- year-old boy settled onto two pillows so he could see out the window and took to the sky Wednesday in a bid to become the youngest person to pi lot a plane across the United States. “It’s not a big deal to me,” said John Kevin Hill, who has had 150 hours of flying experience and hopes to fly around the world two years from now. “I’m used to flying long distances. “It’s something to do for the sum mer.” He was confident, he said, be cause “I’m better than most pilots.” Morning fog burned off in time for the Arlington, Texas, boy’s take off in a single-engine Cessna 210 from Whiteman Air Park in subur ban Pacoima en route to his first stop at Cedar City, Utah. Dressed in jeans, a “Texas” T- shirt, tennis shoes and a ball cap with his name on it. Hill was accompanied by flight instructor Mike Fields and a newspaper reporter. Because Hill’s not old enough to obtain a solo pilot’s license, Fields is a required companion on the week- long, 3,500-mile trip. Fields, who will take the controls only in an emergency, has been Hill’s instruc tor since the boy started flying at age 9. Hill’s longest previous flight was a 7,000-mile trek with Fields across the northwest United States and Canada last year. The journey could get Hill’s name etched in the Guinness Book of World Records, which lists a 9-year- old for setting a record in 1983 with a solo flight over Mexico. But there is no entry for the youngest pilot to fly across the United States. Hill found the sky over Los An geles crowded. “It’s very hard to take off from here because there’s a lot of traffic,” he said, remarking that he would have to rely on instruments rather than control-tower radar because Whiteman has no tower. “I’m a little nervous,” he had said Tuesday. “Well, I guess I’m excited and nervous.” Hill has a stopover Friday in Love land, Colo., north of Denver. Then, it’s on to Kansas City, Mo., and St. Louis for a stop Sunday. On July 1, Hill is scheduled to reach Washing ton, D.C. In Loveland, he will get the keys to the city from Mayor Don Riedell, who will proclaim Friday as John Ke vin Hill Day. A reception also is planned in Washington, where Rep. Dick Armey, R-Texas, has invited President Reagan, Vice President George Bush and Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole to witness the landing. His father, Johnny Hill, said, “In two years, he’s going to fly around the world. It’s already set. And he wants NASA to let him ride on the next shuttle. Heck, he has more fly ing time than those senators they sent up.” Hill bought his son a $20 intro ductory flight when the boy was 9. Soon, the boy began asking for more lessons. His mother, Patsy Hill, didn’t want him to fly but acquiesced after seeing his dedication. She thought her son would lose interest, but now predicts he’ll probably stick with it into adulthood. At a sendoff Monday in Arling ton, about 200 well-wishers gathered to see Hill off. The Texas Rangers gave him an autographed baseball and the Dallas Cowboys gave him an autographed football. W V 11 Wl I 9 U Thursday TAMU NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN: wl meet at 7 p.m. in 305 A-B Rudder. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: will hold a BiUestudvai 6:30 p.m. outdoors between Rudder Tower andtheMe morial Student Center. Friday CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: will hold Night Alive” meeting at 6 p.m. in 510 Rudder. a “Fridai Items tor What’s Up should be submitted to The Bittilk 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working iaysk fore desired publication date. Patrolman aquitted of murdering friend may get old job bac SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A pa trolman acquitted of murder could get his job back unless of ficials find he broke departmental rules in shooting a fellow officer, the city’s personnel director said. Farrell Tucker, 36, was acquitted in the Aug. 18 shooting death of his best friend, Stephen R. Smith, 31. Tucker claims self-defense in the shooting of Smith, a suspected vigi lante cop who Tucker said planned to kill three top law enforcement of ficials. Joe Constantino, city personnel director, said Tuesday that Tucker’s case doesn’t come under a provision calling for his entire disciplinary re cord to be reviewed before allowing him back on the job. Constantino said under those guidelines, it would seem Chief Wil liam O. Gibson probably has little choice but to allow Tucker back on the force. “There has to be something stem ming out of the Smith-Tilde dent, the shootiig, that Cite allege to be a viohtion,” Consit said. Meanwhile, Cty Attorney I Garza said he wil continue Its search for Gibson “We are plottng a lot of ground,” Garza sad. "Thaiii taking so long. Wedon't haveii precedent to deal vith.” Si.iu- law gives city offim days to decide whether Tudt: be reinstated. “We don’t want owaiuk but we still want t< directs! time to it so we’re all cotnft with the outcome,” Carzasaid. Gibson said Tueslay, “Tfc not yet been identiied any |t reason why Officer Tucker • not be put back to wok.” /; If Gibson doesn’t nakead within the 30 days, Ttckerro reinstated automaically, stantino said. Wife confirms testimony of husband as McFadden murder trial continues BELTON (AP) — A woman confirmed her husband’s testimony Wednesday that a teen ager was in a car similar to one driven by Jerry “Animal” McFadden the day the youth and two others were seen alive for the last time. Lavita Pace Boykin of Lake Hawkins told ju rors in McFadden’s murder trial that she saw Bryan Boone of Hawkins, who went with Suz anne Harrison and Gena Turner on a weekend outing in May 1986. Her husband, Gregory, gave similar testi mony Tuesday. McFadden is accused in the beating-strangu lation death of Harrison, 18, whose partially clothed body was found the day after she disap peared from Lake Hawkins. Authorities found the bodies of Turner, 20, and 19-year-old Boone 10 days later. McFadden has not been charged in those deaths. Boykin, 20, told jurors that her husband said, “ ‘Hey, look; there’s Bryan.’ I slightly turned my head and said,‘Yes, it sure is.’ ” But defense attorney Vernard Solomon, in cross-examination, asked Boykin if she remem bered telling police in a June 1986 statement, “We did not wave at Bryan or anything.” Boykin said in the third day of testimony she now' remembers that her husband waved at the teen-ager who was sitting in a blue-and-white Bronco similar to one McFadden was driving. Two other witnesses testified they saw a blue- and-white Bronco traveling on a road about three miles from Lake Hawkins. Harrison’s mother, Mary Ann Harc sobbed Tuesday as she recalled thedavof daughter’s death. Clutching a handkerchief, Harrisinio: rors her daughter would have gradaiec honors three weeks after she was killei. kei She gave a list of student activities hr ter participated in and said she hadte cepted at Texas A&M University. Harrison said her daughter spent the Turner’s house the day before she w and then spent most of May 4, 1986,witi!t This is n work bei Later that evening, Turner and Boom Harrison up at about 6 p.m. and saidthtj not be out past 7 p.m., Harrison said.) said it was the last time she saw herdaug Convicted killer executed by lethal injectioi HUNTSVILLE (AP) — A con victed killer whose drug use made it difficult for prison officials to ad minister a lethal injection was exe cuted quietly early Wednesday for the 1982 robbery-slaying of a Beau- montjeweler. Although Johnson was brought to the death chamber shortly after mid night, it wasn’t until 12:43 a.m. that the lethal drugs began flowing through his veins. Death came 12 minutes later, Attorney General Jim Mattox said. down during a daylight robbery on Aprils, 1982. After waiting in a nearby prison office for word of Johnson’s death, Granado’s daughter, Rosie Moreno, said, “I felt I had to be here for this. I had to seejustice is done.” ( i PENSA il |layy sign ay to st itty Hav '{tain of« Gulf pus C Elliot Rod Johnson, 28, of Port Arthur, asked for forgiveness while family members of his victim waited across the street from the Texas De partment of Corrections Walls Unit to assure themselves the execution had occurred. Mattox said prison officials tried his right arm several times but could not find a suitable vein for the nee dle. Finally, it was decided both nee dles would go in the left arm. “He went to sleep in a peaceful fashion,” Mattox said. Johnson, a lOth-grade dropout who also dropped out of the Army because he couldn’t cope with mili tary life, insisted he was not in the store at the time of the shooting. State and federal courts Tuesday re jected his final appeals. About four hours beforetl cution, Johnson made a to his mother, Luanna, win month began serving a sbl prison term for theft. | T he ag contributi Johnson, whose record ir cola-area two drug convictions, said ;:toward d the three others convicted iaccomodr Granado slaying drove toBeif on April 8, 1982, to buy somt but he was ill and waited outsiii A disf fluid be ial gov “I’m very sorry for bringing all the hurt and pain to everyone who loved me so much,” Johnson said in his final statement. “I hope all my friends find it in their hearts to for give me.” Johnson was killed for the shoot ing death of Joseph Granado, 67, and a fellow employee at his down town Beaumont store, Arturo Me lendez, 45. The two were gunned Johnson and another man, Mau rice Andrews, were sentenced to death for the Granado slaying. An execution date has not been set for Andrews. A third man received a life prison term and a fourth got 30 years. Testimony at his trial, hi placed him inside the stert of the pla Granado and Melendez vet County ct execution-style. A jury tools ;nexaticn utes to convict him. ida was i _ , , r [Panhand! Johnson was the fourth mate to be executed this f q ov g 0 ‘| the 24th — more than in an officials ; state — since the state resunf Jo t0 cutions in 1982. \/V# r ' A J Jo*" Unlimited Tanning one month * Aerobic Special Call 846-1013 offer ends June 30th SHOfl adverts w the Battalic classified 0; 845-# vve woi sell f sM Th( 21 e 4Qc