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Saber Inn ^P 0r | Room ■Jj 1 Haircuts $8 50 Varsity Shop 301 Patricio College Station Behind Flying Tomato 846-7401 N ew 3*C Restaurant TONIGHTS SPECIAL 5-9 pm, ALL YOU CAN EAT Country Style Ribs & 2 Vegetables $5.95 —ALL DAY— , 750 Longnecks $1 Coronas ^ Banquet room ^ ^ available Harvey & Texas Ave, - Culpepper Plaza - 693-4054 Page 4/The Battalion/Friday, September 25,1987 Police tie gunman in Texas shootings to Missouri killings CONWAY, Mo. (AP) — A man who killed three people before tak ing his own life in Texas was also the killer of three others in southern Missouri last week, officials said Thursday. Howard Franklin Stewart, 36, whose parents live in Lebanon, Mo., had told two acquaintances before Tuesday’s shooting spree at Corsi cana that he was wanted for killing three people in Missouri. Two Missouri sheriffs, Lawrence Rifenburg of Laclede County and Jerry Cox of Dallas County, went to Texas Wednesday with two Missouri Highway Patrol investigators to look for evidence linking Stewart to the crimes. At a news conference Thursday in Conway, where a command post was established after last week’s killings, the officials said there was no ques tion that Stewart was responsible. “We are certain it was Stewart,” said Rifenburg, who was joined at the news conference by Cox and Webster County Sheriff Eugene Fraker. They said the evidence showed that Stewart killed George Brewer, 43, and his wife, Carol, 36, both of Niangua, and Steve Vestal, 38, of Conway, after being picked up while hitchhiking last Wednesday, first by the Brewers, then by Vestal. All were shot to death with a .22-caliber gun. The sheriffs said they had no idea why Stewart killed the three, with Fraker saying he thought he was “mentally unbalanced.” Rifenburg said drug problems may have been a contributing factor, along with fam ily and job problems in Texas. “We still have quite a few things to put together,” Rifenburg said. “I’d still like to know the motive. When you see something like this happen, you just don’t turn it aside and not wonder why. “We are relieved — we know who did the killing. Yet still, for the peo ple’s satisfaction here, we would like to know why.” Stewart returned to Texas Friday after visiting with his parents in Mis souri. > In a half-hour shooting spree on Tuesday, Stewart first killed his two pit-bull terriers, then his former em ployer, Dennis James Wade, at Wade’s office, then his estranged wife, Brenda Stewart, and a friend, Edward L. Persons Jr., of Jonesboro, La., police said. An acquaintance, Mark Johnstone, said Stewart told him he was upset over losing his job, feared he would lose his wife and talked of killing her. “He said if he couldn’t have her, nobody could have her,” Johnstone said. “I told him you just don’t kill people. He was crazy as a bedbug. I wish I had taken him more serious.” On Sept. 16 — the day of the kill- ne told his parents he was COLLEGE BC today in 21( UNITED CAB fellowship j tne Valid: N oon today Sunset Today: 7:17 p.m Sunrise Saturday: 7:15; mgs going to hitchhike back home. That night, he showed up at his parents’ home again, despondent and saying that someone had stolen his back pack as he tried to hitch a ride. Last Friday, his parents put him on a bus back to Texas. The Brewers were last seen at a store in Conway on Sept. 16, and of ficials said they were killed between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. after picking up Stewart. They said that Vestal picked him up later and was slain be tween 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The sheriffs said shell casings from a .22-caliber automatic that Stewart had used for target practice at his parents’ home Wednesday night matched casings found in the Brewers’ van and Vestal’s pickup, as well as those found at the scene of the Texas killings. Map Discussion: The high pressure system over Michiganwfllpi Id f cold front into the southern U.S., maintaining mild temperature or no rain will accompany this frontal system. The low pressure® in the southwestern U.S. will remain nearly stationary andconte: produce showers and some isolated thunderstorms whileaPariib moves onshore in Washington. Forecast: Today. Mosdy sunny and warm with a high temperature of 87der Winds will be southeasterly at 8 to 12 miles per hour. ible study at CHESS CLUB 607 Rudder ALPHA PHI 24 and 25 f< babysitter ir INDIA ASSO celebrations TAMU BADN White at 7 p STUDENTS \ Sept. 25 at 3 LATTER DA Robert Wils INTER-VARS and watch “ CLASS OF ’89 lie Relation: 216 MSC ur OFF-CAMPU: 223 Pavilion RHA CASIN< chairman ar Tonight: Fair and mild with light and variable winds and a low temperature of 63 degrees. Saturday. Fair to partly cloudy and warm with southeasterlywiai to 14 mph and a high temperature of 89 degrees. Weather Fact: Weather conditions for the Texas A&M-Southerc Mississippi game will be fair to partly cloudy with a high tempercl 85 degrees and northeasterly winds of 8 to 12 mph. Prepared by: Charlie Staff Meteoal A XrM De pariment of Mete®:® ■ J TEXAS A&M Zachry park AGGIE SCRA are available ment is Sept CAMAC: will ternoon. STUDENTS 1 First aid for 3:30 p.m. MUSLIM’S SI der Tower ; ber. TAMU INTE folkdance le Items for Win 216 Reed Ai fore desirec Host of TV talk show viows ■ ww ^ijy/o/7c as key element in relationships 0 /y er * By Barbette Foley Reporter Talk show host Claudette Sims told about 200 students in the MSC Wednesday night that a woman wants a man who is not allergic to the truth, who can love her — even when she is not so lovable — and who has potential. Sims is producer and host of the public-affairs talk show on KTRK, Channel 13, in Houston titled “Crossroads.” She also produces and hosts “The Mahogany Woman,” a weekly one- hour call-in program on radio staion KTSU from Houston. Wednesday night she was the fea tured speaker of the “Interpersonal Relationships: Love, Sex and Da- sponsored by the ting program MSC Black Awareness Committee. Sims’ presentation was directed primarily toward women, who made up about half the audience. “The most important thing that one human being can give to an- Following a few responses from the audience, Sims jokingly said she thinks her perfect mate was either killed in Vietnam or incarcerated. “There is no promise that we will find someone we will love forever,” Sims said. By Tony Repo. 1 Each spring se “Love is something you do, not say. I’m not from Mis souri, but still ‘show me. ’ — Claudette Sims, talk show host other human being is time,” she said. She also believes friendship and good communication should be key elements in all relationships. She asked why so many people, including herself, are still single. Women sometimes are their own worst enemies, she said, because they expect too much from their mates. However, she does believe women are entitled to truth, honesty and quality time with a quality man. “Love is something youdo-f? say,” she said. “I’m not frori i souri, but still ‘show me.’ ^ I Sims didn’t speak muchakcl but said she didn't believe iuM r - multiple sexual relationships ; P 0U P°. n<) mo, c On dating, Sims sa.d pioft are ad A T t0 ^ date others because theyarttl tu the eve, but whod"'®'® am ' similar interests, are takingi| down a dead-end street. u- u i i r a high level of a< “If it seems too goodtobbl nient and interest i probably is,” Sims said, ’' 1 "" three wishes, I would wishM one to love, something to il something to hope for,” Sims is the author of “Donl'l For Me,” a humorous bookt!| relationships, and has publish! eral poems. The program is of honor students v Dallas City Council adopts record budgei year,” Lyn Fraser, ator, says. Last semester th< ants for the 35 spe A score of 1,150 Aptitude Test an oint ratio at midt mum requirement: the program for sti first semester of year, Fraser says. During the foil mester, acceptance basis of SAT scor DALLAS (AP) — Following six weeks of de bate over shrinking municipal revenues, the City Council approved a record $1.09 billion budget for raisin: that calls for raising taxes 6.8 percent and laying off more than 100 employees. The budget also mandates reduced hours at city libraries, swimming pools and recreation centers in addition to a 21 percent increase in wa ter and sewer rates. “I think it’s obvious that no one at this table is happy with having a tax increase,” Mayor An nette Strauss said after the vote Wednesday. But without it, “we would not have strength ened oui police fc; ce,” Strauss said. “We would not have continued our programs for the needy, programs for the elderly would have fallen by the wayside and we would have be come a dirty city,” Strauss said. The budget, which takes effect Oct. 1, elimi nates 685 jobs but will require layoffs of only 110 employees because most of the positions are al ready vacant, officials said. Council members adopted by an 8-3 vote a tax hike that will add $23.94 to the annual city tax bill on a $100,000 home and generate about $16.7 million. Most of the increase will pay for big-ticket items, including a $3.8 million pay package for police and firefighters, high-technology crime fighting equipment for police and a proposed Af- rican-habitat exhibit scheduled to open at the Dallas Zoo in July 1989. interest and facult And the average residential water ani*' says, bill will go up to $28.28 per month, aninctS*| $4.90, or about 2 1 percent. Council members say the city’s tax-lisf B general fund will grow to $459 million ? | million. The city is experimenting with a c«M* | plan calling for city residents to set» trash cans and put out their garbage pa Cutbacks on dozens of city services also in clude reducing park maintenance and the sweep ing of residential streets. Officials said more than a third of the tax in crease will cover the city’s rising cost of servicing the debt on major building projects, including City Hall and the downtown library. The 1987-88 bill for debt service is expected to be $ 102 million, up $6.6 million from this year. The tax bill on a $100,000 home will rise to $376.04 this fall. bags. Officials say the move, bitterly some homeowner groups and minority? FL PASO (AP) would improve worker productivity at? fe’hser to shoot do- $670,000 annually. ^ge, a spokesm; But councilman John Evans, who 1 spokesman against the budget, said the council shol t: ^ ie Navy s Iasi have approved a tax increase when touji 1 ’ *j ot ^ now w ha nomic times are forcing many resident!* “rone is a remote-' their family budgets. Navy spokesma “There’s a lot of people without job ‘ t ” r ^ ss t ^ iat unc y there’s a lot of people who don’t knowhiT 2nd was pan or tl are going to make ends meet,” Evans said | Initiative, a progr« e> r> I Vjpcinrmc wi.th IlCW Win atrip to The Real Juice Soda! Win A Trip For Two to Sunny Acapulco! Look for details at these ^gadisplays. fH* 7-11 0 H&M Texaco iVo l un iursv ixottwuty sponsored by star a* & as**