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Friday - February 10th
G. Rollie White Coliseum
8:00 pan.
TICKETS NOW ON SfiLE
Tickets are $15.50, available at the MSC Box Office &
Dillards in the Post Oak Mall.
For more information call 845-1234.
The Battalion Thursday, January 26,1989
Flood victims’ families sue camp CJ
Testimony against directors begins in 1987 camp-flood lawsuit foi
KERRVILLE (AP) — Visitors to a church-run
camp near the Guadalupe River on July 17,
1987, were hurried out of the camp and toward
the Guadalupe River, which had swelled from a
steady flowing stream into a huge lake, a survivor
whose two sisters were among 10 killed testified
Wednesday in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit
against camp operators.
Mike Smith, now 20, was the first witness
called by attorneys for three families suing the
Pot O’ Gold Camp; Huisache Avenue Baptist
Church of San Antonio, which operated the
camp; the Rev. Claud Bonam, camp administra
tor; and his daughter-in-law, Zelda Bonam, the
camp’s cafeteria manager.
The families’ attorneys have argued that camp
administrators ignored warnings that the Guada
lupe River was rising on the morning of July 17,
1987, when more than 12 inches of rain fell in
the Hill Country and allowed the buses to leave
safe surroundings.
Defense attorneys said that the flooding was a
natural disaster and that the campers were being
diverted away from the Guadalupe River when a
wall of water hit a bus and a van from Seagoville
Road Baptist Church of Balch Springs stalled,
forcing the 43 occupants in both vehicles to flee.
Ten teen-agers died and 33 teen-agers and
adults survived after being swept by the raging
waters.
In tearful testimony Wednesday, Smith, who
was 18 at the time of the accident, said campers
were awakened about 6:30 a.m., rushed out and
had to eat breakfast on the bus.
His sisters, Tonya, 14, and Stacey, 16, were on
the bus, but he said he didn’t talk to them be
cause they sat on different rows.
He said while they approached the river, all he
could see was water.
“I couldn’t see how deep it was,” he said. “It
was just like a huge lake out there.”
He said when the bus stalled he and other
teen-age boys were going to try to free by bus by
pushing it, but then all the occupants were told to
abandon the vehicle.
Smith said the water began rising and that sev
eral teen-agers were swept behind a tree and all
tried to climb it.
“It felt like I was going to die,” Smith said, wip
ing away tears. “Everybody was panicking. It was
like a movie . . . everybody shoving everbodi)
under the water to get to the tree.”
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He said he and five others were able toclJ
the tree until they were rescued by militaryuj
cal helicopters about four hours later.
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Smith’s father, Jerry, died last fallafteral!
with cancer. His mother, Linda, is seeking$6|
lion from the camp for her daughters’ dta
Also among the plaintiffs are John and I
Bankston, who are seeking about $5 i
the death of their son, 17-year-old
Bankston Jr., who saved other teen-agersbfl
being pulled away himself by the flood. Hist#
was never found.
Also, William and Brenda Gossett are setj
$3 million for the death of their daughter,!
16.
In opening arguments, attorney David ClJ
who represents the Gossetts and Smiths,saidj
camp operators were told repeatedly in thee
morning hours of July 17 that the river wajl
ing, but allowed several buses to leave thee
anyway.
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TROY (AP) — At least two people
were injured Wednesday when a tor
nado moved through Central Texas
near Waco, twisting through small
towns and leaving a path of damage
along the way.
The National Weather Service in
Waco issued a tornado warning
about 1:30 p.m., Weather Service
spokesman Buddy McIntyre said. A
tornado was spotted on radar by the
Weather Service about 10 miles
southwest of Waco.
The tornado reportedly caused
minor damage in Belton and Troy
and caused about $10,000 damage
to one home about two miles east of
Eddy.
No major injuries were reported.
At the University of Mary Hardin-
Baylor in Belton, trees were
uprooted and cars were overturned.
In Troy, there was extensive wind
damage, roofs were blown in and a
tractor trailer was overturned.
Other minor injuries were re
ported there.
Troy city secretary Ellis Prince
said what he believed to be a tornado
seven miles north of Troy caused
unspecified damage to a trailer park
and apartment complex.
Prince said Bruceville-Eddy re
quested emergency assistance from
surrounding communities, but the
alert was canceled after local officials
surveyed the town and found no
damage beyond the one house.
“It tore that house up pretty bad,”
Bruceville-Eddy Water Board mem
ber Douglas Duty said.
Prince said Bruceville-Eddy re
quested emergency assistance from
surrounding communities, but the
alert was canceled after local officials
surveyed the town and found no
damage beyond the one house.
“It tore that house up pretty bad,”
said Bruceville-Eddy Water Board
member Douglas Duty.
Duty said the area seems to be tor
nado-prone. “In the last 10 years,
I’ve lost two barns to tornadoes.
They just pop down, hit something
go back up. Evidently they just like
the place.”
Paper reports 2 officers
questioned in murder
AUSTIN (AP) — An Austin po
lice officer and a former policeman
have been questioned about the 1982
slaying of a topless dancer who was
an aspiring concert pianist earning
money to pay for her studies, Austin
American-Statesman reported
Wednesday.
Quoting unnamed sources, the
American Statesman said the former
officer is viewed by authorities as a
suspect in the killing, while the ac
tive-duty officer is considered a pro
spective witness.
Ruth Elizabeth Bettis, 19, was last
seen Nov. 24, 1982, when she fin
ished work at the bar.
Her body was found the next day
near a low water crossing in a rural
area outside Austin. She was nude
from the waist down and an autopsy
revealed she had been sexually as
saulted, strangled and shot once
over the right eye with a small-cali
ber gun. A toxicology test showed
that she had used cocaine the night
of her death.
The American-Statesman re
ported the investigation into the
murder had stalled until federal
Drug Enforcement Administration
investigators were told that two
members, of the Austin Police De
partment were at the club where the
woman worked and may have left
with her the night she was killed.
The information compelled inves
tigators to take the unprecedented
step of calling a police officer and
former police officer in for question
ing and to view one of them as a sus
pect, the newspaper reported.
What’s Up
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FACULTY FORUM: Dr. Lanier Burns will present “Can Christianity Be Unique::: |
a Global Society?" at 12:30 p.m. in 226 MSC.
JUNGIAN SOCIETY/DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY: will show the film |
“Matter of Heart” at 8 p.m. in 105 Harrington.
ALPHA KAPPA PSI: will have a rush mixer at 8 p.m. in the Timber Creekpait( {
room.
DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: Mobil Oil will preserj
information on careers in data processing at 7 p.m. at the University Inn pent
house suite.
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS: will meet at 7 p.m. in 203
Zachry.
STUDENTS WITH ALTERNATIVE PHILOSOPHIES: will discuss medioert) |
and materialism at 8:30 p.m. in 404 Rudder.
PI SIGMA EPSILON: will have a rush party at 7 p.m. in the press box.
MSC WILEY LECTURE SERIES: will have an information session on the sprirs j
membership drive at 7 p.m. in 404 Rudder.
PHI BETA LAMBDA: will have happy hours from 5-8 p.m. at the Hilton Sun-
dance
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FORUM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 026MSC
TAMU BICYCLING CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 305 Rudder.
HISPANIC BUSINESS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 1251
Blocker.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet. Call the Center for Drug Preventa j
and Education at 845-0280 for details on today's meeting,
ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: will meet at 6 p.m. Call the Centertoj
Drug Prevention and Education at 845-0280 for details.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at 8:30 p.m. Call the Center for I
Prevention and Education at 845-0280 for details.
ALL-U NIGHT: for spring sports at 7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet with all “countries”tfial
want to be represented during International Week from 1:30 p.m. - 3:30p.m.ir
Rudder Tower.
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: will have a Friday Night Alive meeting al
7:30 p.m. in 108 Harrington.
LATIN AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 8:30 p.m. at St
Mary’s Student Center.
TAMU COMPUTER USERS GROUP: will have demonstrations of Ventura 20
and Viewpoint from 10:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. in 027 MSC.
VENEZUELAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have an informational meeting
at 6 p.m. at the Flying Tomato.
COLOMBIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 305 Rudder.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon. Call the Center for Drug Pre
vention and Education at 845-0280 for details.
PARENTS WEEKEND COMMITTEE: Parents of the year applications are avail
able in the Guardroom, Pavilion, Evans Library, and the Student Programs Of
fice and are due Feb. 10.
BUCK WEIRUS SPIRIT AWARD: applications are available in the MSC, Ste
dent Affairs offices and the vice president of student services office through Feb.
1.
Items for What's Up should be submitted to The Battalion, 216 Reed McDonald
no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only publish
the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What's Up is
a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are m
on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you
have questions, call the newsroom at 845-3315.
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