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Page 4 The Battalion Friday, April 21,1989 Book dealer Warped defaulted loan before death ig@l by Scott McCul Sen: AUSTIN (AP) — Rare book dealer John H. Jenkins III, who was found shot to death this week in the Colorado River near Bastrop, faced possible loss of his business after de faulting on a loan, it was reported Thursday. Authorities continued to investi gate the death of Jenkins, who was shot once in the back of the head with a large-caliber handgun. The Austin American-Statesman reported that court records showed Jenkins, 49, had defaulted on a $600,000 loan and faced the possibili ty of losing his publishing offices and warehouse. Jenkins was being sued for de faulting on a $20,000 loan made last year and was part of a trio of busi nessmen sued by the federal govern ment for failing to repay $1.3 mil lion in outstanding loans to buy a drilling rig in West Texas, court re cords showed. Also, he had defaulted on loans of unspecified amounts to renovate the campus of Westminster College near Waco, which he purchased for $55,000 in 1977, the American- Statesman reported. Jenkins was considered one of the country’s leading authorities on Texas history and Texana. Relatives said he had been doing research on a new book, searching for a cemetery west of Bastrop, when he died. Bastrop County authorities said they have still not determined whether Jenkins committed suicide or was the victim of a robbery-homi cide. Officials have not recovered the weapon that killed Jenkins. “We want to put this case behind us, but we want to make sure we do a very thorough job before it’s ruled one way or the other,” said Lee Con ner, chief deputy of the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Department. Deed records in Travis County District Court indicate Jenkins was facing the loss of a 30,000-square- foot warehouse and other property. I'M NOT LISTEN mil A/V/t/ha/g, r tust LIKE SINGING NEIL . OUT LOUP. y Waldo by Kevin Thom STUDENTS HAVE .SPOKEN OUT SAYING THAT THE BAIT COMICS NEED TO BE MORE LIKE REAL CARTOONS LIKE "CALVIN AND HOBBES." THE EDITORS AGREE, SO THE CARTOONISTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO CHANGE THEIR SLANT. WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE "NEW AND IMPROVED" WALDO 5(GN Proboscis by Paul Im No \ NAveuV seeiJ o/J niaoatiokJ on out i'n enuLVEitr pistrauujt. i Frau •so inreTHkTT. I FEEL po STRAuLLtp err SCCIETT. UMATGAW 1 DO? TRErE /ARE. MO •SIMPLE- HBASORtS left im this WORLD. ( KEEP KEACHIHL. F0C TWEl HANDLE. ON THIS TMIKlL— CALLED U PEL,-BUT rr LootLS like all \ CAM DO fCPL FoN Applicants vie for research grants Fulbright award allows faculty, graduates to research abroad By Andrea Warrenburg REPORTER The Fulbright Grant competition for 1990-91 officially opens May 1 for graduates in all academic fields interested in researching and study ing abroad. The Institute of International Ed ucation sponsors the grants to in crease understanding between peo ple of the United States and foreign countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills. Re cipients can research overseas with professors in their concentration of research or in a country wanting fur ther research in a particular area. “Fulbrights are prestigious schol arships,” said Cathy Schutt, staff as sistant in the Texas A&M Study Abroad Office. Applicants for Junior Fulbright Grants must have a 3.5 grade-point ratio, be a U.S. citizen, hold a bache lor’s degree or the equivalent before the beginning date of the grant, and demonstrate proficiency in the lan guage of their prospective host country. Full Fulbright Grants are for graduates with doctoral degrees. Many A&M faculty members are Fulbright recipients, Schutt said. Each country decides how many grants it wants to award depending on what areas of research it wants expanded, she said. Applicants can look at a booklet which lists what research countries are interested in and choose the country with which they want to ap ply, correlating it with their own area of research interest. Student recipients are overseas for about a year in countries such as Germany, Guatemala and England. “The grants give funding for re search that is often extremely diffi cult for a student to get and also fur thers them in their master’s studies by helping them with their thesis,” Schutt said. “It also looks great on a resume.” The applicant has several months to develop his vita and research pro posal and consult with his depart ment advisers and the Study Abroad Office. The applicant then interviews with the local Fulbright Selection Committee, which offers advice for final preparation of his project. The final vita and proposal are then sent to New York for competition. Stu dents are informed in January if their project has been sent to ik prospective Country for review The “rough draft* of the| is due fhd 'nfst week in Septerate and the final project isduethelis Monday in October. Spring meetings for consults with the Study Abroad Office bet: this week. The first meeting is tw at 10 a.m. in 251 BizzellWest. “Our office wants to work with applicants to give adviced help with deadlines,” Schutt said. Students wanting more inform lion can call the Study Abroad01 fice at 845-0544. Texas children extend friendship to Soviets AUSTIN (AP) —Janet Parker’s second-grade pupils realize there’s lots they don’t know about youngsters in the Soviet Union, but one thing is certain: They want to be friends. For several weeks, the second-graders and other stu dents at Kocurek Elementary School have been work ing on drawings, posters and personal messages, which later this week will be carried to a Soviet elementary school. residents, who leave Saturday. “1 think friendships start best when they start v youth,” he told a group of youngsters. “We'll sect benefits of projects like this in 20 years. If we canjfl kids to grow up trusting one another, then wecanmd some of the ice that has separated our two countries. The artwork will be hand-delivered to Public School 64 in Moscow by Willie Kocurek — the man for whom the school was named — and several other Austin-area In addition to visiting Soviet school children, to rek and his group will visit Armenian youngstersreffl ering from injuries suffered in December’s devastaffl earthquake. They are taking hundreds of colon:.: books, packs of crayons and pencils to perk up thespi its of the injured children. WASHINGTOI west senators wa czar William J. B the U.S.-Mexico t tensity drug traffic Three grisly, c murders in the [ “brutal reminder- have expanded a they said. Such a designs the temporary rea eral personnel tc would funnel assis local agencies. “Law enforcemt zona and Texas v readers use these pages to see what’s happening on the tube, let them know what’s happening with you. call 845-2611 to place advertisements in Th«Battalion SPECIAL X- EFFECTS ty Waterbeds & Bedrooms Mattress Pads Padded Rails j $9” i $9” each Satin Sheets Massage Units I $29” I $19” BEDS STARTING AT $129 00 complete SALE ENDING SOON! FUTONS ARE HERE! Futon Frames from Special Effects in natural & black STARTING AT $199" 1104-C Harvey Rd. Post Oak Square Behind Grandy’s & Cavender’s 693-0 Monday - Sunday Chinese st BEIJING (Af students braved pour and march in the Chinese < and authorities measures to cn dissent. About 1,000 s in the central Nanjing, and sti a port city east tered posters marches were re hai, Wuhan and were sketchy. Nationally te with a stern war: tests, the biggest mocracy demon 87, would no lor “These activit yond the limits c taking of harsh the disturbances essary,” the anm ing from an edi cial Xinhua New “These prote; Wright ac< WASHING' House Speaker cused the ethic dragging its fei tions against bin the Republica brought the ch; place suggested try to nudge Wi his case can reac “I would be the senior meml cratic leadership the speaker int before going th of a public defi examination,” Gingrich of G< whip. Gingrich said that Rep. Thom ington, now the will be speaker 1 June. Meanwhile, p Papers: H WASHINGT ver-buying bing ker and Williai came within wc the world’s silvi in 1980, the says in previoi ments. But attorneys the silver sho] nothing out of the sons of legi man H.L. Hunt “H.L. 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