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t ■ i The Battalion ; ■ %£ N - STATE & LOCAL 3 Thursday, August 10,1989 — Conroe man charged with murder made previous threats to children CONROE (AP) — A man charged with capital murder in the killing* of his two children had made threats against them last month in another county, officials said. Russell Billingsley Sr.. 27, was (ailed (or 12 hours on July 24 on a complaint of disorderly conduct af ter allegedly threatening his chil dren at the family's home in Vidor, authorities in Orange County said Billingsley was tnarged Tuesday in Montgomery County deaths of his daughter. in the Brandy Vapors cause plane to head back to Houston HOUSTON (AP) — A Continen tal Airlines airbus en route to New York's l.a Cuardia Airport made an emergency landing Wednesday at Houston's Intercontinental Airport shortly after takeoff when crew members sighted sapors in the cabin, a spokesman sain Continental spokesman Ned Walker said crew members aboard flight 122 noticed a light vapor de veloping in the cabin shortly after takeoff about noon. As a precaution ary measure, the captain of the A- S00 airbus with 120 passengers de cided to return to Intercontinental, he said. Continental maintenance crews who examined the aircraft said the vapor was caused by heavy conden sation in the air conditioning system, he said. lire plane landed safely, taxied to the gate and passengers were being accommodated on other flights. Walker said. Mane. 7. and son. Russell Jr., b. who were shot Monday (list outside l^mk- ford’s Water Hole Tavern, about four miles southeast ol Conroe. Montgomery County Sheriffs De tective Tracy Peterson said Ian Mane Billingsley. 24. had left her husband and children in Vidor a lew weeks ago and moved into her par ents' resident e behind the tavern near(x>nroe. “He (Billingsley) had told her over the phone he was going to kill the kids because nobodv wanted them." Peterson said “As best we can tell, they'd had a lot of lamilv problems that provoked him to drive up (to the tavern) from Vidor with the kids Orange Counts Sheriffs Deputy WJ. Hubltard said he assumed Billingsley had sought psychiatric help and the case was referred to He had told her.. he was going to kill the kids because nobody wanted them” — Tracy Peterson, Detective child welfare officials. Hubbard said be heard no more about it until the thildren were killed Billingsley, himself shot in a fam ily dispute (hat led to the killings, underwent surgery Monday night at " Medical Center Hospital in Conroe with a .22-caliber bullet lodged in his brain, officials said. He is listed in stable condition and is expected to be released this weekend. Peterson said. Montgomery County investigators say Billingsley was shot by his father- . * in-law. Vern Lankford. 50. after S ng into the lounge with his pistol iwn. i Educator: School, good work ethic helps deprived children reach goals By Cindy McMillian STAFF WRITER Young people Irom levs lortunate ixukgtounds can achieve their goals through hard work and education. Beverly Clark, director ol the University ol Houston Outreach Center, told ISO teen-agers and their parents and friends Wednesday. Clark, the keynote speaker at the scholarship and awards program that dosed out this summer's South Opportunities Unlimited pn»gram, said that many young people wander aimlessly through high school with no plans for the future and miss out on opportuni ties for self-adsantemeut. * If students follow the "proper work ethu — making good grades, taking advantage ol opportunities and working hard — then they can stay on the road to suc cess. Clark said Drugs, crime and unplanned pregnane irs can take them off the road to success, she said She- told them to stay in school, pointing out that education in< reases in come and that more than 85 percent of Texas pi ison in mates were high sc hool dro|>outs. •''h** enmnraired the sindrnis to rrsiwct iea< hers and other adult authorities who “vimriimes hold the kes to your future.■* The students were part of an eight-and-a-half week program focused on high school students at risk of dropping out of school. Thes lived in dorms, worked ai on-campus (obs (or minimum wage and earned credits lor high school graduation by taking English and math (lasses at AfrM D H Seastrunk, Headmaster of Y.O.U., said this summer's program went “very well " The students were tested before arrival and tested again at the end of the program, he said, and they “showed measurable pro- gress Seastrunk said the program exposed the studen.s to a variety of career potentials thev may not have consid ered before Many of them experienced the responsibil ity of living awav from home for the first time, he said "We hope that their experience with college life will serve as an incentive to continue education.'* he said Placjues and certificates were awarded at the cere mony for outstanding work, student government, good citizenship, leadership. Y.O.U. Olympics, athletic excel lence, talent show and academic excellence Schol arships lor students who ch«x»se to attend A&M were awamed as well Poll: Texans prefer 6 Lone Star State’ as license plate slogan AUSTIN (AP) — The Lone .Star State' was the overwhelming favorite slogan for new Texas li cense plates in an Austin Amrn- can-Staresman poll, but many readers submitted their own ideas, ranging from political rom- mentary to off-the-wall statements Of the 7.656 ballots submitted. 6,515 chose ‘Lone Star State.' 587 said keep the plates the way they are — slogan-less — and 615 had their own suggestions Only 12l7lw» than two per cent, chose ‘The Friendship State,’ which was selected bv the Texas Highway Commission and has ignited the license plate flap I exas has always been known as the ‘Lone Star State.' and I'm proud of it." wrote Frances Hill- iker of Liberty Hill Ballots poured into the news- paper singly and in bulging enve lopes sent bv entire offices full of pcm>te and apparentlv entire small towns _ Mary Lambert of Round Roc k was one of the few who liked the proposal by the Highway Com mission “II we made 'Lone Star State.' people would only think of beer!" she wrote Some readers combined Tame Star State' and ‘Friendship State’ into The Friendly lame Star State.' Other suggestions included: •‘Don’t Mess With Texas' •‘Don’t Mess With Me State' •■Don’t litterdamit' •'Pinhead Legislature' •‘The Bank Failure State' •‘Texas, the Insolvent State' •“Yankee Go Home" •‘Bluebonnet State' •‘Gateway to New Mexico' •‘Gateway to Oklahoma' Ex-police officer investigated by FBI after rape conviction HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer convicted of raping an intoxicated female pris oner at a park is being investigated by the FBI for possible civil rights vi olations. U.S. Attorney Henry Oncken said the rase of fames Obula had been refetred to the FBI for a “prelimi nary investigation." FBI spokesman Rolando D. Moss said Tuesday the U.S. attorney's of fice asked the bureau to investigate whether Cebula, 29. used force and violence to violate the woman's civil rights in the Mas 2. 1988. attack. The bureau's findings will be for warded to the civil rights division of the Justice Department, which will recommend whether a grand jury should consider them for a possible indictment Moss said the bureau also will look into possiMr civil rights violations hv Keith Ferguson. 22. who remains charged with rape in the case. C>- hula and Ferguson, a security guard, arrested the woman outside a night club. * V ><\ ^ V • jfl to know that adversting in the Battalion is THE WAY to reach A&M students, faculty and staff. And it's no secret that those 70,000 readers spend money buying products. So Don't Leave Your Business’ Future to CHANCE The Back To School issue deadlines soon. 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