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Texas inmate warped
by Scott McCuilar
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^■-lOUSTON (Al*) — Attorneys for
4S at 7 p.m. condemned prisoner Joseph Star-
>lications for Mi vaggi asked a federal judge to spare
i Pavilion until St the convicted killer from the Texas
'achry at 7 p.m c * e;,l h chamber where he faced exe-
, .j cut ion before dawn Thursday.
will meet | Pl||^^t ar v a ggi t 34 ; W as scheduled to
die by injection for a 1976 burglary
ludder at 7 p.m that left a Montgomery County man
it. dead.
tjohn C. Denson was shot three
M Ttr hiKes and killed while his wife and
N 1 KRNATIOV daughter were tied up in a blanket at
cr at 12 p.m. an: thlir Magnolia home.
HStarvaggi and two others were
ide show on the cot victed of the slaying, while
>erat7:30pm charges against a fourth man were
hry at 7 p.m. d«'‘" ssed -
jIETY: will have J Attorney Anthony Griffin said
ludder at 8:30p: Tuesday evidence that showed Star-
)Ruddcrat8p- va S' was a continued threat to so-
..i . en ,‘7 ciety was insufficient, that Starvaggi
ill meet in 601R. h | (1 7 ineffective legal assistance at
Klal and that jury selection was im-
an informationi ploper.
0 p.m. |»Grirfin said he was uncertain
7ANS: will m«: whether he could win a stay from
UiS. District Judge Lynn flughes,
OR SOCIETY k ul sa ' d he was prepared to take the
case to the federal appeals courts.
■^■“With the status of capital liti-
!S( at < p.m, gauon as bad as it is, I don’t know,”
REW: Ap iplia:: Griffin said about prospects for a
n the Pavilion, stav. “It’s like going to a horror
movie.
7 n m JMB'-Wc’re getting blitzed.
. c 1 ' j '»“The object is to get a stay at some
1 a tae kwon C leyel.”
ollie White at i |Criffin said Starvaggi’s case had
Hlen delayed because of the death of
speaker on AID; a federal judge who earlier had han
dled Starvaggi’s appeal.
Klder at8.30p.w| w Q reen an( { Glen Earl Mar-
S: will meet in. t j n both of Houston, also were con-
JpCted in the death of Denson, 48.
in 145 MSC aiv Bpreen is on death row.
■Martin is serving a life prison
t in the comae. j ru r
RI he three were accused or break
ing into Denson’s home and stealing
its at die slice. jqTqqO worth of guns,
iences Building. ^Denson was a Montgomery
pJOunty juvenile probation officer.
Applications! jStarvaggi, who has been on death
21 Pavilion. rovv since 1978, would be the 26th
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state resumed the death penalty in
1982 and the sixth this year.
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Psychologist helps victims
of Chernobyl disaster cope
gi LLANO (AP) — The Llano school
district’s transportation director,
missing for six days since disappear
ing while test-driving a bus route,
was found tired and confused in a
California desert town, officials said.
■ Authorities said Rickey Gene Gil-
lem, 39, who disappeared last Tues
day, was otherwise in good condi
tion.
RGillem telephoned his wife,
Linda, Sunday night from a restau
rant in Bishop, a town of 3,500 in
eastern California not far from the
Nevada border, Llano County sher
iffs deputy Kenneth Poe said.
■‘‘He called and said he was a little
tired and a little confused,” said Poe,
who has worked on the investigation
since it began. “He said he did not
know how he got there.”
^Gillem was last seen a week ago
while driving along a new bus route
16 miles from Llano. The Llano In
dependent School District truck Gil-
lem was driving was found over the
weekend in the parking lot of a San
Antonio shopping center. Gillem’s
coffee cup and Bible were inside the
vehicle.
Poe said after Gillem called home,
his wife called Llano County sheriffs
deputies, who notified authorities in
Bishop. Gillem was placed in protec
tive custody, was given a medical
evaluation and probably will un
dergo another examination when he
returns to Llano, officials said.
HOUSTON (AP) — Ten days be
fore the Chernobyl disaster, Hous
ton psychologist Dr. Rickie Moore
was in West Germany conducting a
seminar. A young couple in the
group was celebrating the news that
they were expecting their first baby.
When Moore returned to Ger
many a month later, she learned that
the woman had been advised to have
an abortion. She and her husband
had walked in the rain a few days af
ter the April 26, 1986, meltdown at
the Soviet reactor that released high
levels of radiation into the air. Rain,
experts say, was a carrier of radioac
tivity and caused hot spots through
out Europe.
The couple was hit by some of
that fallout. In addition to the physi
cal problems, they had to deal with
the psychological fears that followed
the event.
How much radiation did they
take?
Was the food safe to eat?
Would they die from the long
term effects of the fallout?
These questions and the pressures
they create, Moore says, are wide
spread in Europe. For nine of the
last 16 months, the psychologist has
been working with victims of fallout
in Southern Germany, the Nether
lands, Austria, Switzerland and
France. She has been helping them
face the reality of the disaster and
cope with it.
“The psychological effects of liv
ing with that uncertainty as well as
the difficulties of adjusting to a to
tally new way of life as a result of
having their food, air and water con
taminated is monumental,” she says.
Experts estimate that 200 million
people in Europe were exposed to
contaminated air. That exposure is
expected to increase as more people
ingest tainted food. Radiation levels
were especially high in Poland, West
Germany (Munich in particular),
northern Italy, the Lapland area of
Finland and the Turkish shore of
the Bla’di? Sfea.
Most of the reindeer in Lapland
were contaminated and had to be
destroyed. Experts say the radioac
tive fallout may virtually destroy the
“Many people react with a
feeling of renewed hope.
Yes, I can make a differ
ence. I do matter. My
child has a right to a full
life.”
— Dr. Rickie Moore,
Houston psychologist
Lapp culture, which depends on the
animal for its economy.
Moore says victims of radiation, in
addition to the physical effects of
vomiting, diarrhea and fever, suf
fered a host of emotional reactions
long after the initial exposure. They
included agitation, tiredness, apa
thy, a sense of powerlessness, de
pression, sleeplessness and eating
disorders.
Some victims suffered severe
shock just after the disaster.
One woman Moore helped had
been hiking in northern Italy just af
ter the Chernobyl accident. She was
outside in the rain, eating berries
and fruit in what experts later deter
mined was a hot spot. When she re
alized she had been exposed, the re
action was immediate.
“She had a total collapse,” Moore
. says. “She went to pieces. It took a lot
of support to keep her functioning
in her job working with hand
icapped children.”
Just after her exposure, the
woman joined one of the psycholo
gist’s seminars.
In her work, Moore teaches peo
ple who have been radiated the
ABCs of survival — accept, belong
and commit. First, they must accept
they have been exposed and their
food may be contaminated. Second,
they recognize they belong to a
group of similar victims and can find
help from others. And third, to
overcome their grief, they agree to
commit to living life fully and work
ing to prevent further catastrophes.
To do that often means altering
lifestyles completely.
Moore says people who’ve been
radiated frequently undergo value
changes. Those with money no
longer prize it above all else. The
pursuit of worldly possessions loses
its sparkle. And victims begin to
evaluate priorities, placing emphasis
on peace rather than pleasure.
In her seminars, victims are en
couraged to form networks. They
laugh, sing and talk about issues that
are important in their lives. And
they recognize and accept that de
pression and sadness will help them
deal with a newly awakened sense of
mortality.
Sometimes participants bring
their children, parents, spouses and
friends to the seminars, healing old,
painful wounds from the past. Cou
ples often resolve problems and dis
cover new ways of relating. As they
break down walls of defense and de
nial about the disaster, negative atti
tudes are erased and they experi
ence relief from fear.
“Many people react with a feeling
of renewed hope,” Moore says. “Yes,
I can make a difference. I do matter.
My child has a right to a full life. I
can change the way people interact
with each other.”
For those who recognize that tur
moil is normal after an event such as
the Chernobyl incident, the road
back to good mental health, though
difficult, is possible, the psychologist
says.
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