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The Battalion
Thursday, June 22,1989
The Battali
Austin tights
for famous
poisoned oak
AUSTIN ((AP) — A new effort to
fight the poison attacking the centu
ries-old Treaty Oak was launched
Wednesday, as police continued in
vestigating the case and well-wishers
left flowers at the tree.
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.
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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.”
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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
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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.