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City park workers began boring hundreds of holes in the soil sur rounding the historic tree and were to fill them with a mixture of bark, sandy loam and chemical-attacking microbes, said John Giedraitis, city forester. The Texas Department of Agri culture took soil samples. Once it is determined where the herbicide re* mains, the forester said, the next step could be severing the roots on that side of the tree. Such action is "very drastic," Gie draitis said. But he added, "We need to stop the tree from absorbing the chemical. “Otherwise, the tree will keep put ting out leaves, and the chemical will keep being absorbed, and the leaves will keep falling off, until there’s no more energy left to produce leaves,” he said. After it was discovered that the powerful herbicide Velpar had been poured around the tree’s base, work ers initially removed obviously con taminated soil and injected activated charcoal and microbes into the re maining dirt. The new effort began after it became clear that it had failed to eliminate the poison. “I remain cautiously optimistic, but we’re dealing with a real prob lem,” Giedraitis said. A local legend says Stephen F. Austin signed a treaty with the Indi ans under the tree, although there is not much foundation for the tale, according to the Handbook of Texas. The oak — which is about 50 feet tall, has a 127-foot limb spread and The following incidents were reported to the University Police department from June 8 through Sunday: FELONY THEFT: A student reported that someone tried to steal his 1984 Chevrolet Camero from a park ing lot. BURGLARY: • A man reported that some one broke into his car and stole a radar detector, a cellular phone and a parking garage access card. • Another man reported that someone broke into his car and stole his wallet and checkbook. MISDEMEANOR THEFT: • Six bicycles and one back pack were stolen from various lo cations around campus, • A student reported someone stole her wallet her vehicle' which had towed. • A woman reported someone stole $78 from her wal let in the Mail Services Building. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF: that from been that • Two Fire extinguishers disharged in Blocker Building. ARSON: • Paper towels from both res trooms of the A-l Loungewett placed in a trash can neartheei trance to the lounge and set os Fire, damaging the paneling. DRIVING WHILE INTO GATED: • After stopping a vehicle fe running a stop sign, an officerdt termined that the driver ap peared to be intoxicated. CARRYING WEAPON: • After stopping a car for run ning a red traffic light, anofficet asked the driver for proofoflii- bility insurance. When the drivtt opened the glove box, the officii saw a handgun Inside, HARASSMENT; • A student reported thitht received an obscene phone cull, IN DECK N 1 EXPOSURE; • Officers located a man In Sterling C. Evans Library wb witnesses said was masturbatiiij near the reference section. is 52.5 inches in diameter at breast heierht — was admitted to the Ameri can Forestry Association’s Hall of Fame in 1927. It is estimated to be more than 500 years old. The ailing oak is getting moral support in addition to technical ex pertise. Nestled against its base are get-well cards and bunches of flow ers, while tucked into the trunk’s niches and hollows are crystal rocks, which some believe have healing powers. Margaret Hofmann, a former city council member who was introduced by Giedraitis as the “tree lady of Austin,” said the tree’s misfortune had brought some good with it. Many Austin residents had not heard of the Treaty Oak before the poisoning and the ensuing publicity, she said. "Now, everybody knows it,"Hi mann said. "People are learn: about how to protect trees andfe valuable trees are. In that respec think it’s good.” Police Sgt. John Jones, whoisi vestigating the case as a second-t gree felony criminal mischief, sad grand jury subpoena maybeneeii to gain access to some recordsp raining to the case. He would give further details about those cords. Jones earlier said police idenli a primary suspect in the case that the person has not been tak into custody. SAN FRA Reuschel t< pitches on T hitters couldt The major ries with a 1 pitch strikes natters he f newly acquire 2-0, four-hit ing San Frar Astros. The Giant was aided by Steve Bedrosi rtew team. It “We’re getting there . wheels grind fine, but they {di slow,” he said. out in a row o eluded a threi “My zone f the middle ol said Reusche hits, walked c in 7 1-3 inni straight decis work. But us have a bettei hind.” Veteran grieves Court ruling no making flag desecration illegal DALLAS (AP) — A Korean War veteran who recov ered the remains of an American flag spat upon and burned by protesters said Wednesday he was grieving the Supreme Court’s decision limiting states’ power to outlaw such desecration. But the attorney who defended the protester after the flag burning at a demonstration during the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas said it was gratifying to know what veterans fought for, including the First Amendment, is still alive. “A lot of people who served their country are griev ing just like I am,” said Dan Walker, who came upon the burning flag in front of Dallas City Hall. “Some do not respect the country and the flag, its symbol.” Walker, who was angered when he scooped up the flag’s remains, said nothing has changed with the high U Fhey can say it is exercise of free speech. Their free speech is worth exactly what they paid for it: exactly nothing.” — Dan Walker, Korean War veteran court’s ruling that flag burning was a form of express ion protected by the Constitution’s guarantee of free dom of speech. “I haven’t mellowed any,” said Walker, a 61-year-old retired engineer from the U.S. Army Corps of Engi neers. “But I am convinced now that they can burn the material, but not burn the spirit. So it is just the body they may kill, but they will not kill the soul.” Walker said he held no animosity for Gregory “Joey” Johnson, whose sentence of one year in jail and $2,000 fine was thrown out by thejusdees in a 5-4 vote. But the veteran said he did hold a “distaste for his (Johnson’s) actions. He is a sick guy. But he doesn’t want my sympathy.” Johnson, of New York City, is a member of the Rp lutionary Communist Youth Brigade. His attorney in the original case, Stan Weinberg,s: veterans should be encouraged by the ruling becau* shows values they fought for in the Bill of Rights a still intact. “The reaction is an exultant feeling that, even ins | 4 vote, you are proven right,” said Weinberg, a lawyer. “Secondly, it is a great sense of gratitudetli what is so fundamental in our form of living is still able, still strong, still sound, still well.” He denied that the ruling was a slap in iliefaceofj triots nationwide. “The flag is important and if that is what people lieve, then they should fly it,” said Weinberg. “That the way that they affirm their belief in it.” Writing for the court, Justice William ). Brennans* a Texas law that bans conduct leading to breathe 1 the peace was unaffected by Wednesday’s ruling. But the justice said it violates constitutional fret speech guarantees to ban flag burning at politicalrafc or protests merely because the destruction of the Hi offends some people or because the state wishes topti serve the flag as a symbol of national unity. Walker said he became angry when he came the protesters desecrating the flag and chantim “America, the red, white and blue, we spit on you." The veteran gathered the burning fragments ofll* flag, much of which had been consumed, and I them because he remembered the procedure Army manuals. The West Point graduate later reed'd a letter from Ronald Reagan thanking him forhisat tions. “It (the flag burning) was uncalled for, and Istil not know what they were protesting,” he said."!ft!if were interested in exercising their freedom of speed they should jolly be well be able to talk and iaeoti' what it is that they protesting. “They were protesting against what? The govert ment’s actions?” the veteran asked. “They cansayil exercise of free speech. Their free speech is worthed tly what they paid for it: exactly nothing.” I‘£s? Two deputies accused of harassing, extorting money from Mexicans SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two Duval County Sheriffs deputies have been arrested on charges that Mexican nationals were stopped on roadways and forced to pay cash fines. Sheriff Santiago Barrera Jr. said deputies Ernesto Gonzalez, 40, and Felipe Hernandez, 39, were released on $1,500 bonds Tuesday after they were charged with official oppres sion. The charge is a Class A misde meanor punishable by up to a year in jail and up to a $2,000 fine. Barrera said both deputies were suspended indefinitely without pay. He said the arrests culminated a two-week investigation that included the Texas Rangers, who were asked for assistance last week. Barrera said the charges stern from a June 6 incident involving Jose Guadalupe Chavez Gutierrez, a Nuevo Laredo used-car dealer who reported being stopped by a man in a deputy's uniform on State High way 44 outside Freer. Chavez said in a sworn affidavit that the deputy sought to levy a fine at the scene for lack of auto liability insurance. Chavez told authorities the dep uty seized his Mexican driver’s li cense when he could not pay the $175 fine on the spot. Chavez said the man told him to return for his li cense when he raised the money. “He told me that I had to pay the fine directly to him. He said nothing about a judge,” Chavez told the Cor pus Christi Caller-Times. “He didn’t say it was a bribe, but that’s the way we took it.” Chavez said that in a sting opera tion arranged by authorities he went to Gonzalez’s Freer home Tuesday to pay the fine and collect his license. Chavez said he had been Fitted with a two-way radio, concealed in his sock, that allowed Texas Ranger Rudy Rodriguez and a Duval County deputy to overhear the transaction from a nearby car. Chavez said Gonzalez drove him to Hernandez's home to collect the license, Duval County Attorney Abelardo Garza said seven other Mexican na tionals have made similar allegations about being stopped by men in dep uty’s uniforms who demanded pay ment for fines. Barrera said authorities have not determined how much money was collected from the Mexican nation als. Author gives ship model to Clements HE Wl RE AUSTIN (AP) — Best-: author Clive Cussler and anassf ciate Wednesday presented Go' Bill Clements with a detailedsci* model of the warship Zaval* which sailed more than ago under the flag of the TeV Navy. Cussler, who has written st<f ral books including “Raise the 1* tank,” and attorney WayneGrot quist of Austin discovered ll* the shipwrecked Zavala Galveston. The author had built for Texans. The Zavala was a 201-fo* converted sailing vessel and thought to have been the lit* steam-powered battleship North America, The ship sf some action against Mexico b* tween 1839 and 1841, duringt f! days of the Texas Republic, The ship was abandoned afif a hurricane ran it aground,and, was buried in the early Iff when sand was pumped ontoG* veston Island to expand it. The Zavala was found under parking lot at Galveston's Fieri? Artifacts from the ship wef turned over to Texas A&M IT versity for cleaning and presen- tion treatment.