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The Battalion
Tuesday, November 21,
Judge acquits company of scheming
payoff to get government contract
WASHINGTON (AP) — A fed
eral judge Monday acquitted a Texas
company and two of its executives in
a payoff scheme involving a $400
million government contract for
mail-sorting equipment.
“We’re gonna have a real big
party when the attorneys get back to
Dallas,” said Jenny Barker, spokes
man for Recognition Equipment
Co., based in Irving.
U.S. District Court Judge George
Revercomb said prosecutors failed
in six weeks of trial to prove that the
company knew that a consultant it
had hired was kicking back money to
Peter Voss, vice chairman of the
postal board of governors.
Revercomb acquitted the com
pany, former chief executive officer
William Moore and former market
ing vice president Robert Reedy of
all criminal charges, including con
spiracy, theft, receipt of stolen prop
erty and two counts each of wire
fraud and mail fraud.
Moore and Reedy have been on
paid leaves of absence from REI for
the last year and will not return to
the firm, Barker said.
REI co-chief executive officer
Robert Vanourek issued a statement
Monday saying the company is “very
pleased” with the ruling and the
We’re gonna have a
real big party when the
attorneys get back to
Dallas.” .
— Jenny Barker,
REI spokesman
company is ready to put the case be-
‘ id it.
hint
On Voss’s recommendation, REI
in 1985 hired Bloomfield Hills,
Mich., consultant John Gnau, who
then made payments to Voss. Gnau
and Voss eventually pleaded guilty
in the scheme and were sentenced to
prison terms. Voss headed Ronald
Reagan’s 1980 Ohio presidential
campaign while Gnau headed Rea
gan’s 1980 Michigan campaign.
The prosecution emphasized that
Reedy at one point asked Gnau what
his arrangement was with Voss.
Gnau responded that it was better
for Reedy not to know, according to
testimony Gnau gave in the case.
“The fact that Reedy entertained
suspicions cannot be equated with a
prima facie case of guilty knowledge
and an intent to join a conspiracy,”
Revercomb said. The law does not
require “that private individuals
must conduct' independent investi
gations of their business associates.”
Although Voss recommended
Gnau, that fact does not mean that
REI knew or should have known of
the kickback scheme, the judge said.
“The inference that Reedy had to
know in this context that Voss, a
high and respected official of the
United States government, who had
been appointed by the president of
the United States and confirmed by
Texas Senate debates legislation
to change workers’ comp system
AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Sen
ate debated into the night Monday,
waging a fierce legislative battle over
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby’s plan to over
haul the workers’ compensation sys
tem.
More than two dozen amend
ments to Hobby’s plan were debated
as opponents fought for major
changes in the proposal. Several
amendments were adopted.
Hobby’s plan would raise maxi
mum weekly benefits for injured
workers from $238 to $416, but op
ponents of the measure say it would
limit permanent injury benefits and
restrict jury trials in disputed work
ers’ comp cases.
Lawmakers have been in special
session to try and overhaul the sys
tem of compensating employees in
jured on the job. Texas businesses
pay among the highest premiums in
the nation and workers receive some
of the lowest benefits.
Sens. Kent Caperton and Carl
Parker have an alternate plan that is
preferred by labor groups and trial
lawyers who represent injured work
ers.
“We’re working on some amend
ments that will cure some of the ills
in this bill that cause workers to be
treated unfairly,” Parker, D-Port Ar
thur, said.
The Hobby plan cleared an initial
hurdle when it was brought up for
consideration without the traditional
two-thirds vote.
Caperton, D-Bryan, said oppo
nents agreed to waive the two-thirds
rule in order to gain “good will from
those who have accused of us of be
ing obstructionists.”
Sen. John Montford, a co-sponsor
of the Hobby plan, said he was
shocked the bill was brought up
without objection. “It’s like you got
ready for a football game and the
other team didn’t show up,” Mont
ford, D-Lubbock, said.
Three key votes were taken dur
ing the first four hours of debate:
• Senators defeated, 20-11, a
proposal by Montford that would
Father faces charges
for murder of 2 sons
found slain in Maine
SHAPLEIGH, Maine (AP) — A
Texas man who was being sought
for allegedly kidnapping his two
sons in a custody battle was arrested
on a murder charge Monday after
the boys, ages 4 and 6, were found
slain along a dirt road, authorities
said.
Roy Irwin Abbott, 52, of Denton-
was being held without bail in the
York County Jail in Alfred, state po
lice said.
Investigators learned of the slay
ings when Abbott turned himself in
at the county sheriffs department
shortly before noon. Trooper Ran
dall Nichols, a state police spokes
man, said.
Police found the boys’ bodies
along the road, about a half mile
from a camp on Silver Lake where
Abbott was reported to have been
staying in a cottage, Nichols said.
The names of the boys were with
held pending confirmation but
Commissioner worries
about students failing
required TEAMS test
AUSTIN (AP) — More Texas
high school students are passing the
state’s graduation exam, but the
state’s chief educator is concerned
about those who failed.
Preliminary results of the latest
state graduation exam showed that
77 percent of the 181,236 juniors
who took the exit-level test in Octo
ber passed all tests taken, up from 75
percent last year.
In addition, 59 percent of the
24,359 seniors who took it passed all
tests, up from 55 percent in 1988,
the Texas Education Agency re
ported Monday.
However, state Education Com
missioner W.N. Kirby said he is con
cerned about the number of seniors
who will have to take it again in May
to get diplomas.
“Local school districts must en
sure that these students get the re
mediation they need to enable them
to master the minimum skill level,”
Kirby said.
“We must improve our instructio
nal programs so that all students
meet our current standards. In the
future, our students will have to be
better prepared and the emphasis
will be on increasing these stan
dards,” he said.
Students who do not receive a
high school diploma because they
fail one or more sections of the
TEAMS — Texas Educational As
sessment of Minimum Skills — test
are eligible to retake that section
each time the test is given.
Most seniors taking the exam
were students who failed to pass one
or both sections in two previous at
tempts last year. Sixty-two percent of
these students passed the math sec
tion, up from 57 percent last year,
while 68 percent passed English, the
same as last year.
Amongjuniors, 80 percent passed
the mathematics section of the test,
up from 78 percent last year. Passing
rates on the English language arts
section remained at 90 percent, the
same as 1988.
have limited to one year’s salary the
damages possible against an em
ployer who was found guilty of fir
ing an employee for filing a workers’
comp claim.
• A second Montford proposal,
to limit punitive damages against in
surance companies for wrongly de
nying benefits, failed by one vote.
• Parker won passage, 17-14, of
an amendment that would reduce
from six to three the members of the
board that would administer the
workers’ comp system.
the United States Senate, was initial
ing a scam to fill his own pocketsii
not justified,” Revercomb said.
The judge read his decision from
the bench following the close of tit
prosecution’s case.
One part of the prosecution cast
concerned the installation of a nev
postmaster general, a candidate ret
ommended by Moore.
William Spartin, the presidentot
Gnau’s firm as well as a Postal Sen
ice consultant on personnel matters
asked Moore for suggestions for tire
job of postmaster general.
Moore suggested former Amen
can Airlines chairman Albert V.Q.
sey, a neighbor of Moore’s.
The government alleged thai
Spartin was a “mole” who was a con
sultant for the Postal Service on per
sonnel matters at the same time lit
was secretly working for Gnau’s fin
and REI.
Revercomb said there was amplt
evidence that Postal Service manage
ment had known for some time
about Spartin’s dual role.
The inference that recommend
ing a candidate for postmaster gen
eral “is tantamount to taking ore
the personnel decision-makingprot
ess of the board of governors is not
supported by the evidence," tilt
judge said.
After Revercomb’s decision
Moore criticized Assistant U.S. At
torney Joseph Valder, who headed
the prosecution team.
Officials probe
Skinhead gang
for murder clue
Caperton said other amendments
ape
would be proposed to remove Hob
by’s proposed restrictions on jury tri
als and alter a schedule of awards for
permanent disabilities, such as the
loss of a finger.
Hobby’s opponents said the so-
called impairment schedule is unfair
because it awards the same amount
of money regardless of what a
worker does for a living.
House Speaker Gib Lewis said he
hoped his chamber would be able to
vote on a compensation bill from the
Senate before Thanksgiving.
In another development, Hobby
said the second part of his proposal,
which calls for mandatory compen
sation coverage and reforms the
pool for employers who cannot buy
compensation insurance, is integral
to lowering rates.
House leaders say they oppose
that part of Hobby’s plan.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Possible
involvement of the Skinheads and
another gang were under scrutim
Monday as investigators probed ibe
shooting death of a 19-year-old
woman, authorities said.
“It is gang related,” Jim Deles
dernier, deputy chief of the Bexa:
County Sheriff s Department crimi
nal investigation division, saidoftk
Sunday killing of Lori Ann Forresi
The gangs allegedly involved art
known as the Skinheads and thePsv
chos, De Lesdernier said.
A 16-year-old girl- was arrested
Sunday afternoon in connectior
with the slaying of Forrest, whoap-
parently died of a single gunshot
wound to the-head about 12:30a.m.
officials said.
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Forrest was fatally shot after b
ing a party in northwest Bexa
County attended by Skinhead'
members, authorities said.
Her body was found in a n
bor’s yard across from where tht
party was given.
Nichols said they were Abbott’s sons.
The two boys were pronounced
dead at the scene and there were
gunshot wounds on both bodies,
Nichols said, adding that a weapon
had been recovered. Autopsies were
to be performed Tuesday to deter
mine the cause of death.
Nichols declined to say what kind
of weapon had been found.
Denton police had issued an ar
rest warrant for Abbott on Oct. 16
on charges that he kidnapped the
boys in a custody dispute, Nichols
said, adding that Abbott’s name was
listed in the National Crime Infor
mation Computer.
The trooper said officials did not
know whether Abbott had any con
nection to Maine or why he was in
the state. Shapleigh is located in ex
treme southwestern Maine near the
town of Sanford.
Abbott was scheduled to be ar
raigned at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Tuesday
MSC RECREATION: will have a general meeting at 5 p.m. in 124 MSC. Call
Kristie Buchman at 847-0266 for more information.
SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB: will have a meeting at 7 p.m. in 115 Kleberg.
Yearbook photo will be taken at 8 p.m. in Zachry.
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AGGIES FOR CLAYTON WILLIAMS: will hold a general meeting at 8:30 p.m. in
501 Rudder.
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: will have a Christian fellowshipa(
9 p.m. in the lettermen’s lounge in G. Rollie White. For more information
call Dusty Gotcher at 696-6687.
MULTICULTURAL SERVICE CENTER: Rudy Rodriguez, former student who
presently attends Harvard Law School, will speak on Harvard Law School
from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in 145 MSC.
ECONOMICS SOCIETY: will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Cafe Eccel.
TAMU FLYING CLUB: will have its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. at TAMU Fly
ing Clubhouse.
GAY & LESBIAN STUDENT SERVICES: will have a presentation on biological
evidence for homosexuality at 8:30 p.m. in 305 A&B Rudder. For more
information 847-0321.
TAMU SURF CLUB: will show “Atlantic Crossing” at 8:30 p.m. in 701 Rudder.
TRIATHLON CLUB: will discuss current direction of Tri Fed/USA at 7 p.m. at the
Flying Tomato.
RUSSIAN CLUB: will have a bake sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the rotunda of
the Academic Building.
A&M CYCLING TEAM: will take team picture for the yearbook at 3:30 p.m. at
Rudder Fountain. Wear your jersey if you have one.
DUNN HALL STAFF: presents “The Beer, The Bod, & The Porcelain God," a
program on the effects of alcohol on an R.A.’s body at 8 p.m. in the Com
mons Lobby (Dunn side).
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS STEP STUDY: will have a general discussion at
8:30 p.m. Call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. Call the
C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information.
Wednesday
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at 8:30 p.m. Cal
the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. Call the
C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information.
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