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Washington awaits return
of Kthiopian crash bodies
State plans memorial service for Lelancf ,
Ethiopia
Micke\
The bodies of Rep Mickey Iceland
and eight other Americans were
flown home in flag-draped coffins
Tuesday, two weeks after they died
in a plane crash while on a humani
tarian mission
The coffins were loaded onto a C-
141 transport after a two-hour air
port ceremony and left Addis Ababa
shortly after noon Officials said the
aircraft was expected in Washington
about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, after
an overnight stop in Frankfurt. West
Germany
In Washington, the State Depart
ment said it planned a memorial
service W'cdnesday at the Lincoln
Memorial Lrland’s family plans a
private service in Houston
Lei and. the other Americans and
seven Ethiopians were killed Aug. 7
when their chartered plane crashed
into a mountain en route to the Fug-
nido refugee camp near the Suda
nese border All 16 aboard are be
lieved to base died instantly.
Fugnido is one of four camps run
by the U.N High Commissioner for
Refugees that house more than
300.000 Sudanese who fled famine
and civil war in their country Le-
iand. a 44-vear-old Texas Democrat,
was chairman of the House Select
Committee on Hunger
Searchers found the crash site a
week later Retrieval of the 'bodies
from the mountainside- and idenHfi-
catton. took nearly another wr ah
At tlie memorial service in Addis
Ababa. Iceland was eulogized by
U.S.. U.N. and Ethiopian officials as
a man of compasaAna.
Parents of crash victim
hire lawyer to investigate
HOUSTON (AP). — Tne parents
of New York investment banker
Ivan Tillem. who died in the Ethio
pian plane crash that also claimed
the life of Rep. Mickey Leland. have
hired a prominent New York lawyer
to sue those responsible for the
crash.
Jacob Fuchs berg, a former New
Y'orl State Court of Appeals judge,
said Monday he was hired by George
and Irene Tillem to sue whoever is
determined to be at fault for the
deaths of Tillem. Leland and 14 oth-
Leland. Tillem and others were
killed Aug 7 when the Twin Otter
plane, en route to a refugee camp Hi
western Ethiopia, crashed itito a
nigged mountainside near the Su
dan border
We re just at the beginning of
our invest igat ion Fuchs berg said
Leland s wife. Alison, told the
Houston Post that she had not heard
about the pending suit
1 don t know anything about it.
and I'm not a party to the suit.' she
said Monday evening.
B-CS residents show concern
over issue of local Satanism
By Phillip Sutafc
Special to Th* Battakon
Satanism and other occult religions seem beyond the
realm of reality for most people. They assume some
thing of that sort would occur in California, or New
York; Bryan-Ckillege Station and the rest of Texas
wouldn't be involved.
Or so was thought before Mark Kilroy was murdered
in Matamoros as part of a cult ritual.
Satanism does exist in Bryan-College Station, but
whether or not it’s a problem is the question.
Bob Wiatt. head of security at Texas A&M. said that
to his knowledge the only instance of any saianit activity
on the A AM campus, or for that matter in Brazos
County, occurred in 1986 when a group of Bryan High
School students were caught in Rudder Tower with an
altar set up and a display of books and teaching materi
als associated with Satanism
“All they were charged with was criminal trespass."
Wiatt said
He said that there is probably quite a bit of activity, if
all of the role playing games, the heavy metal music, the
buying of the literaturr associated with Satanism and
the graffiti in the A&M steam tunnels are included.
But, lie said he isn’t sure that any of this indicates par
ticipation in cult activities.
^At what point does it transcend normal interest?"
Wiatt said. “It depends on the involvement of the indi
viduals and whether they make it the focus of their liv
es.”
Wiatt also said that Satanism itself isn’t a criminal act.
unless the participant gets into a ritual that humiliates
individuals This is covered by the state laws on hazing.
Wiatt is unwilling to say whether Satanism will lead to
ocher crimes.
“Is there an interest in this subject because it is so
widespread, or is it so widespread because we are show
ing so much mterest?“ he said.
There are believers in all things, such as Satanism.
UFO’s and Elvis. There is possibly more participation in
this activity than we think. But that’s not to sav there is
more to it. 1 ’
Lou Sloat. director of the Ritual Crime Task Force,
said his group acts as a clearing house for any crime
that appears ritually oriented. But. he said, he is not an
authority; there is loo much to know.
Sloat said on average, every high school in Texas has
a student who could oe called a dabbler. A dabbler is
usually someone young, who is in the experimental
stage of Satanism, whether that be Dungeons and Drag
ons. reading Satanic material, or involved in other acts
without getting too invoved in the rituals.
Eventually a dabbler can become part of a Satanic
group, which could involve a ’’mainstream" religion,
such as Church of Satan, or a self-styled cult.
“The self-styled cults tend to be unorthodox.“ Sloat
said. ’’And the most dangerous They make up 80 per
cent of the crime we could call ritualistic "
In the past two years. Sloat said, six ritual crimes have
been investigated in Texas.
I here are believers in all things,
such as Satanism, UFO’s and Elvis.
There is possibly more participation in
this activity than we think. But that’s not
to say there is more to it." ’ - *
— Bob Wiatt
Ben Crouch is a soiiology professor at A&M. He is
emphatic that he isn’t an expen on the subject, nor
steeped in data. Not yet. anyway.
Crouch's specialty is criminology, specifically the pe
nal system. He has been questioning virtually every ju
venile that has has been institutionafized in the state tor
criminal acts.
The study is being funded by the Texas CommMMon
on Substance and Alcohol Abuse and originally dealt
only with substance abuse. On the suggestion of a
friend, he added a set of questions on satamc activity.
From what he has learned so far. Crouch said,
“There is more smoke than fire.
“I am. as a sociologist, skeptical as to whether we have
a serious phenomena Not participation, but conse
quential. such as a < rime threat ”
He said he does not understand supposed “experts”
who throw out undocumented statements, and he
doesn’t see a correlation between cnrmmai activity and
Satanism.
“Satanism is neither necessary or sufficient to pro
duce delinquency.” Crouch said He said he thinks that
coming fiA>rn a bad home environment is a more likely
cause tor the juvenile offender.
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