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Wednesday, May 11, 1988Arhe Battalion/Page 3 State and Local on 1 exactly y it is puti r; )m a main least twoi, 1 much tii tuly noteij o me. ;>r the ua, is anemit Bare pneumonia kills AIDS victim after officials reject pleas for drug ■ AUSTIN (AP) — An Austin man suffering from AIDS has died of a rare pneumonia after federal officials rejected last-minute pleas for a potentially life-prolonging drug. . ( «£ The man’s physician and friends said they 'ents ham tried repeatedly to secure the experimental drug tg the bu;iJ»inietrexate to treat the pneumocystis carinii to maker pneumonia, against which the man was strug- ^^ling for the second time. They said officials at the National Institute of llergy and Infectious Diseases declined to pro vide the drug because the man’s case did not pre- Jsely match narrow requirements set for its dis tribution by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. :ker P n J » Os i throned tad beo n and tasit te philosop e priest J -til. 'Busin a,’ he tol resident.’ Amid much fanfare earlier this year, both agencies announced the drug’s availability on an experimental basis to people with AIDS. It has proven effective in treating some cases of pneumocystis, scientists have said. “I still think it would have been worth a try,” said the man’s physician. The physician agreed to discuss the case with the Austin Amencan-Statesman on condition that both he and the patient remain anonymous. The man died Monday at St. David’s Community Hospital in Austin after several weeks of illness. He was diagnosed with AIDS in the fall of 1987. The name of science was invoked repeatedly in the refusal to supply the drug to the Austin man, his physician and friends told the newspa per. They said they were told the drug was avail able only to people with AIDS who both suffered from pneumocystis and who had also shown an intolerance for the standard treatments for the pneumonia, which is rare but commonly kills people with AIDS. The Austin man merely was not responding to the standard treatments for the pneumonia, the physician said. Federal officials “just wouldn’t go for it unless he had some form of rash or other reaction from the standard treatments,” said a church friend >ot Dome.I 'ion; botlj dts. ia Services,h T £ LISTS' an sues church, claims lesbian nun broke up marriage Recapitilization plan fails for RepublicBank BROWNSVILLE (AP) — A civil se brought by a man who claims his marriage was destroyed by a les bian relationship between his wife and a nun entered its first full day of testimony Tuesday. ■ Steve Woolverton of Port Isabel filed a $5 million alienation of affec tion lawsuit in 1986 against the Ro man Catholic Diocese of Brownsville, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Texas and Mary Kregar, a former nun. I Woolverton claims that their 12- ypar marriage broke up in May 1984 Because of a lesbian relationship be tween Mary Woolverton and Sister Mary Kregar. Kregar was assigned tt> Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in Port Isabel from early 1983 until mid-1984. 5 He also contends that the church l^new of Sister Mary’s homosexual behavior, but did nothing to stop it. I The suit also alleges that the then- nun had a lesbian relationship with Mrs. Woolverton and “suggested ading material to plaintiffs wife which dealt with subjects which fur thered defendant Kregar’s illicit purposes.” He said he confronted church of ficials about the relationship that he said was undermining his marriage, and asked to have Kregar removed from the Port Isabel Parish, but that the church refused to intervene. “(Brownsville Bishop John) Fitz patrick flatly refused to remove de fendant Kregar, and the illicit relationship between Kregar and Mary Woolverton continued un abated,” the lawsuit states. Sister Mary Franchon Pirkl, exec utive councillor of the Franciscan Order to which Mary Kregar be longed, said in a videotaped deposi tion that she was first told in January 1984 of other nuns’ suspicions about the relationship between the two women. Kregar was removed from the Ro chester, Minn.-based order in Aug. 1984 by a “mutual decision,” Pirkl said, primarily because of Kregar’s inability to lead a celibate life. DALLAS (AP) — A shareholder’s plan to recapitalize the troubled First RepublicBank Corp. with pri vate money fell through last month when federal regulators stepped in to replace the chief executive officer, officials said. George Reagan, assistant chief fi nancial officer with Executive Re tirement System of Texas, said his organization was working with an unidentified First RepublicBank shareholder to bail out the holding company, which lost $1.5 billion in 1988’s first quarter. But the effort was dropped when the U.S. Comptroller of the Cur rency stepped in April 12 as the quarterly loss for the Dallas-based holding company was reported, he told the Dallas Morning News Mon day. The comptroller’s office appoint- edAlbert V. Casey, former Ameri can Airlines chairman, as First Re- publicBank’s chairman and chief executive officer. Reagan said share- and debt-hold ers saw that action and the assistance First RepublicBank began receiving from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as subordinating their cor porate standing. The following were reported to the University Police Depart ment from Sunday and Monday. MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • A purple Open Road, 10- speed boy’s bicycle was reported stolen from the Sterling Evans Li brary between 3 p.m. April 25 and 3 p.m. April 26. • A student’s gray wallet and contents were reported stolen from her backpack, which was left unattended in the Kleberg Building. • A blue backpack, which was left unattended, was reported sto len from the third floor of the Evans Library. • An Eastpack backpack was reported stolen from the Com mons Dining Hall between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on May 3. It was left unattended at the entrance of the facility. • A world map was reported stolen from the second floor hall way of the Llalbouty Building be tween 10 p.m. Sunday and noon Monday. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: • A student reported that someone broke the right sideview mirror on his maroon Pontiac Grand-Am, which was parked in lot PA 23. BURGLARY OF A MOTOR VE HICLE: • A student reported that someone entered his locked truck and removed his Escort radar de tector between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m Monday. BURGLARY OF A BUILDING: • Five bottles of liquor were reported stolen from the bar in the faculty lounge between 11 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday. FELONY THEFT: • A Texas A&M employee re ported that someone stole a Ma cintosh Plus computer from his unsecured office in the Agricul ture Economics Building. The following are arrests that took place at Northgate early Tuesday morning: • A Southwest Texas State University student was held by the owner of the Dixie Chicken for allegedly stealing a cookie from behind the bar. The student was later arrested by a College Station Police Officer and charged with public intoxication. An A&M student, was also ar rested and charged with public intoxication. According to the re port, the student was staggering when he walked and passed out while sitting on a couch. Both students were jailed at the College Station police depart ment and bonds were set at $100 each. The cookie stealing charges were dropped. • A Bryan man Was arrested and charged with class A assault of a College Station police officer, and disorderly conduct (lan guage) in connection with a dis turbance outside the Dixie Chicken. The man also had part of a broken marijuana cigarette in his top shirt pocket, according to the report. The Bryan man and a friend were taken to Hu mana Hospital for treatment of minor cuts. Both men refused treatment, and they were later jailed. Keathley Hall resident charged with criminal mischief By Ashley A. Bailey Staff Writer A Keathley Hall resident was charged Monday night with assault, public intoxication and crimi nal mischief. The police report said that Elizabeth Anne Foster, a 21-year-old sophomore business admin istration major, entered another resident’s room and began to yell. The report said Foster then kicked out the window' and exiled the room. Upon leaving the room, Foster encountered an other resident whom she pushed to the ground, the report said. In the report, Sgt. Michael W. Buckley of the Texas A&M University Police Department said he observed Foster to be intoxicated when he ar rived on the scene. Bob Wiatt, director of security and University Police, said Foster received medical attention about 11 p.m., and was taken to the Brazos County Jail shortly after midnight. Both the assault and the public intoxication charges are class C misdemeanors and are pun ishable by fines up to $200 each, Wiatt said. The criminal mischief charge is a class A misdemea nor and is punishable by fines up to $2,000 an d/or up to one year in jail. The UPD has completed their piyestigation and the matter will now be referred to Student Affairs. Tic; •wii.y.u.. lidO'ICf Ir ■!■■ ' I The Largest Selection of Wholesale Diamonds in the area! 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