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Bamada Inn Main Ballroom 410 South Texas College Station (Across From Campus) Reagan’s choice of new FBI praised by Texan WASHINGTON (AP) — Sitting stiffly between U.S. Sens. Lloyd Bentsen and Phil Gramm, the San Antonio jurist nominated by Presi dent Reagan to become the next FBI director listened as Senate Judiciary Committee members showered him with praise. See related story, Page 1 The greatest accolades for U.S. District Judge William S. Sessions came from his natural allies — rep resentatives from his home state. ‘‘I was delighted as I listened to these statements of support,” said Bentsen, D-Texas, suggesting it would he wise of Sessions to obtain a videotape of the proceeding because it would likely be the most unani mous support he would gel in Wash ington. Harkening to Sessions’ reputation as a fair yet tough judge, Gramm, R- Texas, compared him to “an old- fashioned western marshal with a shining star on his chest . . . toting a big gun.” Gramm is examining a group of 23 potential replacements to fill the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas if Sessions is confirmed as expected. From Sen. Ted Kennedy, D- Mass., Sessions w’as hailed not onlv for his outstanding record, but “for his willingness to puff up stakes after many years in Texas to take on this enormous challenge.” Offering similar praise from the conservative right, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said he has not re ceived a single piece of negative comment on the Sessions nomi nation. One bit of lighthearted forewarn ing was offered by Sen. Howell Hef lin, D-AIa., himself a former federal judge. “In the future you need to return to your home state and the Sot. Ira cause that s the best m.<. against an ailment knowru , mat fever," Heflin said, refas jf J| ^ the river that flows through ingion. V( that. Sessions’ wife,Alt daughter, Sara, txith sitdnt audience, exchanged smiles The 57-year-old judge cn: stranger to Washington. Fro: jx'.. 71, he was chief of the gOttrjjg operations section of thejus:.. } partment’s criminal divit: j prosecuted obscenity, drafi' and election fraud cases. F l S. attorney in San Antonio President Ford nominated his judgeship in 1974 In a three-page state the committee. Rep. L K-San Antonio, took oinineiuiing Sessions to replaccment for outgoini toi William Webster, who heads the CIA. "While he said that tering ami that the job enormous honor and made it quite clear he wouldPROP< promote the idea among hi; ON leagues noi even make trr House Join calls cm wine letters on hu loses a eonsti hallSmith said. flow the leg “Fortunately, the pi ,'ifgrantee for wished to place his confide:. l 9usc* self-insi man of genuine humilin i inter of the f ication,” he said. nilfion, and \ Rep. Albert Bustaman!! 5 million, the Antonio, said he had come The propose Sessions while serving icar on the b; ( mints judge I adore coming ‘‘The eonsti gi ess ss hei e he found himD .provide for fait and tough, but mindful o wart ' h,,use rights of private citizens the grair concern to the moie/iberafic f®rtion of f on the t ommittee. 1 he committee will votti nomination on Sept. 15, c ately before it begins hearing: hotly contested Supremt nomination of federal apperi fudge Robert ff. Bork. of grain in cilities.” PROPC ON House Join oses a constit ermit rural fi t counties v\ Widow lives in poven while battling courts for right to oil leases 00,000 to levy ceed six ce roperty valu; £ the voters o he lax. The propose ear on the ba “The constit raise the m; rate that m; tain rural EASTLAND (AP) — Millions of dollars in oil leases are tied up in a legal dispute that has left a widow penniless because the word ‘‘all" did not appear in a document. Since her husband’s death six years ago, Norma Jean Harlan has tried to straighten out his accounts, which consist mainly of mineral leases that he consigned to her Ire- fore he died. Texas courts have held the oil wells, which were worth $8.3 million in 1981, because they could not identify the property her late hus band Eugene owned in Texas. In an appeal to the state Supreme Court filed July 24, Harlan’s lawyer, Bobby Mann of Mineral Wells, says an appellate court in 1954 allowed a similar conveyance with the differ ence being the inclusion of the word “all.” “A reasonable person looking at the magnitude of the property dis cussed would reason that the prop erty interests referred to in the legal document would indeed be all that Eugene Harlan possessed,” Mann said. Harlan, 55, said “I have a right to inherit what my husband left me. They (the lower courts) have no right to look for ways to prevent me from inheriting it. “When a court can zero in on one word and you lose your inheritance, it’s wrong. Is the state of Texas going to take me on welfare when I lose my home?” Harlan, who is a diabetic, has been living alone in Alexandria, Tenn., tricts, but or without running water, a tci districts’ res or an automobile because she; money to pay the hills. PROPO Eugene Harlan, a former. 1 ON 1 shy professor, had beensici House Joint years before his death. The a constit had lived mainly on iheShTtend the schc Sf>0,000 income from miner; option for el he had obtained in 1952 froc 1 *’viving spou ther, who owned United l £ the exemp Corp. ?ouse is at lea me of death o Under Texas law, a deed exemption ing t eal property must cor- ?°i taxes cc grantor, a grantee, words oft* ' on 8' a s the ance and a reasonable describe ^residence h the property. The Texas spouse. Court has ruled that if a dec The Proposer iar on the ba: “The constiti used. limit Sch ° o1 A judge ruled that the, r“ l< f ence ho " was insufficient conveyance ,. spouse o mineral teases and gave J 1 ™ 1 ”’* Harlan’s children from a F y T f Be ’ not contain a description property, the document cats marriage, reserving one them for Mrs. Harlan. property But the deed, records; Bymg identified. PROPO! ON T She appealed, but Justift House Joint 1 Arnot on the 1 1th Court of f? co " stitut ional agreed with the lower courts'® legislature s.h ing ihr property could ^ make loans r developmen lithe economy Royalty and land document' I'Pfyment an Eastland County courthouse 1 ” 1U a lon 0 tain descriptions of the prop £r ’ .^ rc>mo lon • r r rpnses, and d Harlan said most of herfit'jf^ 1 * 0 ^ 1 ,. anc * 1 , • , letter obhgatioi estate was in the minerala ^ 99 percent of them are in J Harlan signed an affidavit seeki suc turning the mineral leasesov The p sed wife and left no other will. ar on the ba]] “The constit r— .. , r , 11 ^authorizing tl Family gains from investing^ — in broadcasting company PROPOS ON If FORT WORTH (AP) — Robert M. Bass’ investment in Taft Broad casting Co. has turned out to be the second most profitable deal ever for the family that is renowned for its money-making skills. The Robert M. Bass Group’s 1985 investment of $205 million in Cin cinnati, Ohio-based Taft is now va lued at about $718 million. Huge profits have been made by investing in an asset-rich, profit- poor entertainment company that was embroiled in a takeover attempt. But while the the family helped pre vent a takeover of Disney, Robert Bass and family associates are about to profit from the split up of Taft. Taft’s properties will be divided among three investment groups. The Bass group is the biggest sin gle stockholder with 24.9 percent and will get $157.5 million in cash, a House Joint Columbus, Ohio, television J es.a constitui and two large cable TV comp the Sb The deal represents a H Shways and for all Taft shareholders. n contrac The cost of buying out ■ rn pike Autho shareholders, who together] 1 ' money to tin percent of Taft’s shares, is$? roads and lion. Those shareholders ah thority. The offered either $ 157 a share tl '* lor ' ze the g< and one share of FMI f'^hty with a Corp. • '>000, a cour FMI is the company an ^ an y Cincinnati financier Carl in or parti that will get Taft’s entertainflWpfT 6 agreeme vision, producers of the ' rn P ] ke Authc Doo” and “Huckleberry f'°rem taxes to cartoons. Lindner owns lWP f ' P rinc iP a * an< of Taft ? Authority The third major shah 1 lntena uce and Dudley Taft, son of the coC e * urnpike founder, will get a television'fr 8 approve tl and assistance to build a e Proposed ; broadcasting company. 0n ^ue balk