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police continue to search
for men in guard’s attack
MISSION (AP) — A security guard found his own
life in danger while helping provide 24-hour protection
|! for the driver of a truck that collided with a school bus,
|$ulling21 students.
Police continued a search Tuesday for three men
^ivho allegedly doused the security guard with gasoline
and tried to set him on fire.
I Authorities said the armed assailants may have been
yplanning to set fire to the home of Ruben Perez, who
ttrove the soft drink truck involved in the Sept. 21 acci-
Hent.
I The students drowned after the truck knocked the
f>us into a water-filled pit in nearby Alton.
Cesar Cito Luna, chief of criminal enforcement for
he Hidalgo County Sheriffs Department, said Alexan-
ler Murillo, 21, a security guard for Wackenhut Secu-
ity Services, was making his rounds at Perez’s home
arly Monday when he encountered the three men.
“He said they had pistols and rifles, with masks on
heir faces,” Luna said. “They gagged him with a pair of
ocks and tied his hands with shoelaces. They poured
asoline on him and tried to set him on fire.”
But the matches would not light, Murillo told dep
uties.
“They were kneeling down trying to set him on fire,”
Luna said. “He kicked one and that one knocked an
other one down and the guard ran to the house. He
woke up the family and told them to call police.”
The assailants escaped by the time a nearby sheriffs
deputy arrived, Luna said. Investigators have leads in
the case, he said, but would not elaborate.
“We’re in the process of interviewing more people,”
Luna said Tuesday.
The 24-hour security guard protection was hired by
Valley Coca-Cola.
“Shortly after the incident, upon the request of the
family, we hired security for the family,” Julie Smith,
spokeswoman for the McAllen-based soft drink distrib
utor, said. ,
She said Perez, 25, remains on suspension from the
company with pay, pending the outcome of an investi
gation of the bus tragedy. Perez said his brakes failed
just before the crash at a rural intersection.
Mattox: Richards prefers tax
o lottery for education funds
■ AUSTIN (AP) — Attorney Gen-
iffal Jim Mattox, rapping his Demo-
■atic gubernatorial opponent Tues
day charged that state Treasurer
Ann Richards prefers higher taxes
■ a state lottery.
■ “Ms. Richards obviously doesn’t
eve n want to give the voters of Texas
a choice between a tax hike or a lot-
■y,” he said.
■ Mattox, Richards’ opponent in the
March 13 primary, referred to a
newspaper report in which Richards
said she would expand the sales tax
to services rather than create a lot
tery to raise money to fund educa
tion improvements.
■“The new tax she backs — ex
panding the sales tax to cover serv
ices — amounts to a direct personal
income tax on those who provide
those services,” he said. “And we all
know what that means: higher prices
tolthe Texans who buy those serv
ices.”
: Responding to the charge, Rich-
irBs’ campaign .manager Glenn
smith said Mattox was wrong.
■‘Ann has clearly stated her posi-
ion,” Smith said. “She is in favor of
i lottery as a source of non-tax reve-
nu and she opposes higher taxes,
digher taxes are not the solution.”
Mattox sues company
for selling mixed meat
AUSTIN (AP) — Attorney Gen
eral Jim Mattox filed a lawsuit for
more than $1 million Tuesday
against a San Antonio meat com
pany, alleging it sold adulterated
ground beef to 10 state schools and
hospitals and two San Antonio
school districts — Edgewood and
South San.
Named as defendants are Alamo-
Braun Beef Co. Inc., doing business
as Braun Beef Co. Inc., and George
R. Braun, the company’s president.
The lawsuit in state district court
in Austin said the company had
signed contracts with the state and
school districts to deliver pure
ground beef products but instead
delivered ground beef that con
tained poultry organs.
A man who identified himself as
George R. Braun said over the tele
phone, “I think at this time, I believe
I can’t comment on that.”
According to the lawsuit, the State
Purchasing and General Services
Commission purchased 89,783
pounds of ground beef products for
$103-,900 between September 1987
and September 1989.
An analysis of meat by Texas
A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic
Laboratory revealed the presence of
poultry organs in the beef, the suit
alleges.
The lawsuit said children with
poultry allergies could be adversely
affected by the presence of poultry
organs, but they do not pose a health
hazard at large.
Mattox is seeking damages and
restitution that could amount to
more than $1 million, according to a
statement, from his office.
attox said he is convinced that
Jljxas faces a choice between lottery
3r new taxes. A lottery, he said,
:o\ild raise $600 million a year
ivithin a few months of starting.
H“We will not have a lottery in
F^xas without strong leadership that
ioes not equivocate about the desire The Dallas Morning News re-
to have a lottery,” Mattox said. “I will
provide the leadership necessary to
get a lottery referendum through
the Legislature and to the people.”
ported that the event, held at a pri
vate residence Monday night, was
expected to raise between $30,000
and $50,000. Other sponsors were
TV personality Linda Ellerbee, au
thor Dan Jenkins and playwright
Wendy Wasserstein.
Police Beat
The following incidents were re
ported to the University Police De
partment between October 23 and
ctober 30.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF:
| • A chemical substance was
poured into a washing machine in
Underwood Hall. When the woman
retrieved her clothing, her skin
turned blue upon contact with the
clothing.
® A motorcycle fairing (front)
was damaged while in Parking Area
30.
• A section of a brick fence at the
All Faiths Chapel was knocked over.
| • A beverage type substance was
sprayed on the walls and carpet in a
room in Blocker.
| • The hood of a vehicle was dam
aged while parked in Area 88.
® The gate arm to Parking Area
22 was broken off.
© Someone climbed up on the
roof of Les Appelt Hall and tore the
lightning arrestor system from its
mounts. Apparently, the same light
ning arrestor rods were used to
damage the walls in the building.
• A bale of hay was set on fire at
the rear of the Satellite Utilities
Plant. The College Station Fire De
partment squelched the fire. It was
determined that the fire was deliber
ately set.
, • Parking Area 19 was barri
caded with a broken gate arm, a
street sign and bricks.
® An American Eagle Airlines
personnel reported that someone
Iiad opened the passenger door of
one of their aircraft parked on the
tarmac at Easterwood Airport.
® A T-top on a student’s vehicle
vvas shattered while parked on Biz-
zell Street.
• A vent window latch was bro
ken on a car parked in Area 62.
• Windows in cars parked in
^rea 40 and 62 were shattered.
^ ASSAULT:
• A student reported she was as
saulted by another student outside
EHobby Hall. The man allegedly
slapped and choked her during an
argument. He fled the scene after
tearing the police were called.
• Assault charges will be brought
ainst a student in Cain Hall after a
student claimed he assaulted her af
ter an argument.
MISDEMEANOR THEFT:
• A tapestry wall hanging of
apples was stolen from the Rudder
Theater Complex.
• Two suspects stole several 12-
packs of soda water from the 7-
Eleven store on University Drive.
Officers found the vehicle in which
the suspects had fled parked in Area
39. Two students were identified
and the stolen items were found in
the car. Both suspects were given a
citation for theft and released.
• A Texas A&M hang-tag was
stolen from a student’s car on Coke
Street. Another hang-tag was taken
from a car in Parking Area 73.
• A wallet was taken from an un
secured office in the Psychology
Building. A wallet also was stolen
from a room in Rudder Tower.
• A rear license plate was stolen
off a vehicle parked on Lamar
Street.
• Nine bicycles were stolen from
various locations around campus.
• A wallet was stolen from an un
secured backpack in the Rosenthal
Meat Science Center.
• Cash and jewelry were stolen
from the Heep Center for Soil and
Crops Sciences.
• An unsecured backpack was
stolen from Sbisa.
• Cash was stolen from a wallet
placed in an unlocked locker in the
Sbisa Dining Area employee locker
room.
• A purse was stolen from an un
locked filing cabinet of the Small
Animal Clinic. The purse, minus the
cash, was recovered in a trash can on
the second floor.
• A rear license plate and inspec
tion sticker were stolen off a motor
cycle while in Parking Area 35.
• A Sony hand-held micro-cas
sette recorder was stolen from the
Academic Building.
• A woman positively identified
the man she saw steal her wallet in
early October.
TERRORISTIC THREAT
• A bomb threat was phoned in
to the Emergency telephone line, re
al 12:15 p.m. on Friday at Harring
ton Tower. The building was evac
uated and searched without inci
dent.
BURGLARY OF A MOTOR VE
HICLE:
• Ten stereos were stolen from
cars parked in Areas 30, 40, 56, 63,
69 and 88. Most entries were made
through a broken window.
• A radar detector was stolen
from a car in Parking Area 89. Ste
reo speakers from a different car
were stolen in the same lot.
• The T-tops were stolen from a
vehicle in Parking Area 56.
BURGLARY OF A BUILDING:
• Two Apple Macintosh comput
ers were stolen from the Teague
Building along with various other
computer equipment.
• An Emerson VCR was stolen
from the Grounds Maintenance
Building.
PUBLIC INTOXICATION:
• Three students were running
amok in the Commons banging on
doors. Police arrested one man after
he gave officers a false name and ap
peared to be intoxicated.
• In Parking Area 20, a student
was found passed out in his car with
the motor running and the vehicle in
reverse gear. He was arrested after
police determined he was inebriated.
• Police responded to a distur
bance in Dorm 2 where they found a
student being restrained by several
individuals. The other students were
forced to restrain the man after he
began throwing furniture. He was
arrested for public intoxication.
FALSE ALARM OR REPORT:
• After authorities responded to
an alarm in Les Appelt Hall, they
discovered it had been activated by
someone pulling a manual pull sta
tion. The same incident occured in
Eppright Hall.
FELONY:
• A G.E. Image Translater VCR
was stolen from the Academic Build
ing.
A CRIME PREVENTION UNIT
IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE RE
QUESTING INFORMATION ON
COMBATING CRIME. CALL 845-
8900.
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A two-part lecture presenting
both sides
Featuring
Dr. John Howe
-Pres., UT Health Science
Center at San Antonio;
Pres., Tx. Society for
Biomedical Research
Nov* 2, 1989
201 MSC
2PM
Free Admission
Dr. Neal Bernard
-Chairman, Physicians
Committee for Responsible
Medicine
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MSC
Political
Forum
Political Forum
presents:
fi Look Into
Governmental
Ethics
featuring
Robert Royal
of the
Ethics and Public Policy Center
Wednesday, Nov. 1
8:30 pm
201 MSC
Free Admission
Reception to Follow
This program is presented for educational purposes and
does not necessarily reflect the views of MSC Political Forum.
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November lO, 1989
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