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AUSTIN (AP) —- State officials,
including Republican gubernatorial
hopeful Kent Hance, blamed state
parole officials Thursday for allow
ing a man out on the streets who
later, police say, sexually assaulted
and killed a 14-year-old Fort Worth
girl.
“The parole board has full re-
jonsibility for what happened in
ic Fort Worth case,” said Rep. Sam
Johnson during a public hearing of
the Task Force of Victims of Crime.
Texas Railroad Commission
Chairman Hance said at the hearing,
“There was no reason for that little
girl to be murdered. That has to
stop.”
Last Friday, Amy Lynn Thatcher
was abducted while walking to
school in Fort Worth. She was sex
ually assaulted and killed.
Kenneth Reed Smith, 20, has
been charged in the slaying.
February 1987
The victim, a 39-year-old woman,
said she did appear but the hearings
were postponed.
On July 13, Smith was released
from the Tarrant County Jail.
Johnson, R-Plano, said the state’s
Board of Pardons and Paroles “con
tinues to allow criminals to walk the
streets and harass our people.”
Hance told the task force, “The
general public has no confidence in
the criminal justice system. I think
they arejustified in that.”
But a spokesman for the parole
board said it was not to blame for
Smith being released.
“As far as we can tell, the parole
board conducted itself in the way the
law dictates all the way down the
line,” Karin Armstrong said.
She said a hearing was held to ad
dress the charges against Smith.
“The hearing officer’s conclusion
was that he had not been presented
with sufficient evidence to uphold
on a
Friday
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will have an all-nighter sportse
ning starting at 10:30 p.m. at Aerofit.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: Chairmen of events need too
up registration forms at Bizzell Hall.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES: is having a cultural adaptation gaM
for old and new international students from 3 to 4 p.m. in 601 Rudder. Formo:eJ
formation call 845-1825.
MSC NOVA: will have open gaming from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. Check thescreeiis|
room numbers.
MSC NOVA: will have a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 504 Rudder.
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a Bible study led by FatherErl
at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Student Center.
A&M HILLEL: will have a freshmen and upperclassmen dinner at 6 p.m. atHj
Jewish Student Center.
A&M HILLEL: will have Shabbat services at 8 p.m. at Hillel Jewish StudentCem-
will have a Friday Night Alive meetingt|
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST:
p.m. in 108 Harrington.
From February 1987 to August
1988, Smith had been in and out of the (parole) revocation based
state prison two times, first for unau- charge of sexual assault.”
thorized use of a motor vehicle and
later for revocation of parole.
He was released from prison in
December 1988, but the next month
was arrested on a charge of aggra
vated sexual assault. His parole revo
cation hearings were closed after po-
cnjH the * T ?ctim to ^ooenr
Hance proposed appointing a vic
tim of a violent crime to the parole
board.
He also called for the construction
of an additional 25,000 prison beds
at a cost of $631 million to handle
the overcrowded state prison system.
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LUBBOCK (AP) — The Texas
Supreme Court will soon strike
down the state’s public school fi
nance system, Attorney General Jim
Mattox predicted Thursday during
a convention of county treasurers.
“I fully anticipate . . . within the
next two to three weeks that our en
tire school finance system is going to
be declared unconstitutional by our
state supreme court,” Mattox said.
Mattox, who is expected to an
nounce soon as a Democratic candi
date for governor, went on to say
that he would support such a ruling.
“It needs to be (struck down) be
cause it’s not doing its job,” Mattox
said.
The pending case involves a law
suit filed in 1984 by school districts
with low property values.
State District Judge Harley Clark
of Austin ruied in iuo/ that educa
tion is a fundamental right, and said
the school finance system was un
constitutional because it failed to en
sure each school district has the
same ability to obtain money to edu
cate students.
The 3rd Court of Appeals on Dec.
14, 1988 reversed Clark’s ruling.
“The system does not provide an
ideal education for all students nor a
completely fair distribution of tax
benefits and burden among all of
the school patrons,” said the 2-1
opinion by Chief Justice Bob Shan
non.
“Nevertheless, under our system
of government, efforts to achieve
those ideals come from the people
through constitutional amendments
and legislative enactments and not
through judgments of courts,” it
said.
MALAYSIANS IN AGGIELAND: will have a general meeting and potluckdino«|
7:30 p.m. at the University Lutheran Student Center.
COLOMBIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a general meeting at 7pr
404 Rudder. For more information call Alvaro Escobar at 696-2158.
TAMU BICYCLE CLUB: will ride bicycles to Snook for kolaches. Meet at gain
Rudder Fountain. Call Gordon Powell at 823-6224 for more information.
ECONOMICS SOCIETY: will have a social activity with professors from4to6:
p.m. at Royal Oaks Racquet Club. For more information call Andrew Mathews
764-8210.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT: sign-ups for freshman class officers and senators
open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. in 214 Pavilion. For more information call PerryUstj
at 845-3051.
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon, i
C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information.
TEXAS RESIDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION: small group leader applications;
available through October 17 in 215 Pavilion and A6 Hart Hall.
DEPARTMENT OF RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have horseshoe douts
posted at 1 p.m. in 159 Read.
Saturday
OFF CAMPUS AGGIES: will have an Aggie Olympics at 10 a.m. at HenselPai
For more information call Amy Zensen at 845-0688.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will have an international a
hour broadcasting songs from Bolivia at 7 p.m.
A&M HILLEL: will have an open party at 9 p.m. at Hillel Jewish Student Center,
TAMU SURF CLUB: will have a three-person volleyball tournament at 11:30a:
and a guys and gals swimsuit competition at 5 p.m. Both events are atSneate’
Sports Bar.
Sunday
OCEAN ENGINEERS: will have a picnic at Lake Somerville at 3 p.m. Come joint
fun; food and sailboating. For more information, call Tracy Manlove at 847-0970,
MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: will have a new members picnic from noon until2p
at Hensel Park. Cost is $2 per person.
A&M HILLEL: will have a snack and study at 7 p.m. at Hillel Jewish Student Cento
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TOKYO (AP) — Koito Manufacturing Co.
said Thursday it will not give T. Boone Pickens
Jr. more power just because he is increasing his
stake in the Japanese auto parts supplier to 26
percent.
But the company, which Pickens has railed
against for repeatedly refusing him a spot on its
board, said the larger ownership by the Ameri
can takeover specialist could threaten its position
on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Pickens said Wednesday in Washington, D.C.,
that his Boone Co. — Koito’s largest shareholder
—was buying another 10 million shares above the
32.4 million it currently holds but has no plans to
mount a takeover battle.
He said he expected to request a special Koito
shareholders’ meeting in early October.
“We just don’t have to allow Pickens to have
seats on our board even though he increases the
stake from 20.2 percent to 26 percent,” Koito
spokesman Mikio Tsuruta said. “There is no
such law.”
Tsuruta also said Pickens could not request a
shareholders meeting until at least the end of
September. To make such a call, a shareholder
must hold more than a 3 percent stake for at least
six months.
“We haven’t even been notified anything
Azabu, a large Japanese car sales and reali^K
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How come Pickens has to do this
to us? It wouldn’t be good for any of
our shareholders, even including
Pickens.”
— Mikio Tsuruta,
Koito Co. spokesman
tate concern, owns about 10 percent of the shat
in Koito, an automobile lighting companydos [
associated with Toyota Motor Corp.
Additional purchases by Pickens could ends l\US
ger Koito’s position on the Tokyo Stock; Area]
change’s first section, which permits stockdtfijse t<
ing on a credit basis and makes raising capfthf dir
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about this from Pickens’ side,” he said. “The deal
is strictly between Pickens and the Azabu Group,
which has nothing to do with us in the first
place.”
“How come Pickens has to do this to us :
wouldn’t be good for any of our shareholdeBtren
even including Pickens,” Tsuruta said atjbank e
about the danger of falling to the exchange’s said. “
one! section. tii iewj
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Koito would fall from the first section if its shortap
10 shareholders’ total stake exceeds 80 perctileiued
The top group, including Pickens at 20.2 pertflation;
and Toyota at 19 percent, now holds a totaltcome a
percent stake. Pickens’ new purchases woiBlhe
boost the level to 73 percent. Spider
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