Tuesday, February 20,1990
The Battalion
Page 5
Harris County Democrats approach primary Parents of victim speak out
in search of new party chairman candidate
HOUSTON (AP) — Harris County Democrats still
Ifeeling from a controversial election of a Lyndon La-
Rouche supporter two years ago are looking for a new
party chairman in the March 13 primary.
. Claude Jones, a LaRouche follower, shocked party
leaders when he unseated incumbent lawyer Larry Ve-
telka in 1988. But Jones was ousted in early 1989 after
itate Chairman Bob Slagle learned Jones had been cam-
against 1988 Democratic presidential nomi
nee Michael Dukakis.
Jack Carter, then secretary of the Harris County
party, was named interim chairman.
While Carter is not running for election to the post,
Jones and three others — a lawyer; an investment
banker from a famous political family; and a real estate
investor who is a transsexual convicted murderer and a
champion of gay causes — are on the ballot.
Post Oak store manager reports
about eighty watches missing
A clear plastic display case con
taining about 80 watches was sto
len Friday from Afterthoughts in
the Post Oak Mall, according to a
Crime Stoppers report.
The manager of Af
terthoughts, in the southeast cor
ridor of the mall, noticed at ap
proximately 5:45 p.m. Friday that
the case of watches had disap
peared, the report said. The case
had been hanging on the wall just
inside the front entrance of the
store.
The case contained a mixture
of Geneva and Moulin brand
watches and some only had “Af
terthoughts” inscribed on the
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watch face. The loss has been esti
mated at $2,800, the report says.
Evidence indicates the thief
waited until the clerks were dis
tracted, then lifted the case from
the wall and ran from the store.
Investigators believe someone
may have seen one or more per
sons carrying the display case
from the mall or have seen some-
rpting t<
in the local area.
This week the College Station
Police Department and Crime
Stoppers need your help in iden
tifying this thief. If you have in
formation that could be helpful,
call Crime Stoppers at 775-TIPS.
When you call, Crime Stoppers
will assign you a special coded
number to protect your identity.
If your call leads to an arrest and
grand jury indictment. Crime
Stoppers will pay you up to
$L 000 in cash. Crime Stoppers
also pays cash for information on
any felony crime or the location
of any wanted fugitive.
Kilroys launch new crusade
to toughen laws for drug users
BROWNSVILLE (AP) — Nearly
a year after their son was abducted
and slain by a cult of alleged drug
smugglers, James and Helen Kilroy
on Monday launched a push for new
state laws to crack down on “casual”
drug users.
Consumers create the demand for
drugs, said the Kilroys, whose 21-
year-old son, Mark, a University of
Texas student, was abducted on
March 14, 1989, while on spring
break in Matamoros, Mexico.
“It’s (drug abuse) going to destroy
you, it’s going to destroy other peo
ple and it’s going to destroy our
country,” Helen Kilroy said Monday
in Brownsville.
Their son’s body was among 13
found buried on a ranch west of
“I
It’s (drug abuse) going
to destroy you, it’s going to
destroy other people and
it’s going to destroy our
country.”
— Helen Kilroy,
mother of murder victim
Matamoros, Mexico, April 11, 1989.
Two other bodies were found
nearby. Some of the victims, includ
ing Mark Kilroy, had been killed in
rituals designed by an alleged drug
ring seeking magical protection
against police and rival smugglers,
authorities said.
The Kilroys, from Santa Fe, a city
of about 8,000 near Houston, have
devoted nearly all of their free time
to an anti-drug crusade since their
son’s death. They announced a six-
point “zero tolerance” plan Monday
aimed at all consumers of illegal
drugs. They said they will push to
have a bill introduced in the state’s
1991 Legislature.
“We felt like it was our responsibi
lity to do something about it,” James
Kilroy said. “In our own town peo-
le have told us the problems they
ad been having that we wouldn’t
have known about if what happened
to Mark hadn’t happened.”
Kilroy said they consider it hypo
critical for the United States to insist
on illicit drug eradication in other
countries without cracking down on
our own “casual drug consumers
who create the demand.”
The six points in the Kilroys’ plan
are:
• Mandatory community service
“I
■ n our own town people
have told us the problems
they had been having that
we wouldn’t have known
about if what happened to
Mark hadn’t happened.”
— James Kilroy,
father of murder victim
of at least 500 hours for convictions
of possessing even the smallest
amounts of illegal drugs.
• Tougher penalties for small
amounts of drugs.
• Increased funding for drug re
habilitation and education.
• Increased funding for local law
enforcement agencies, particularly
on the border.
• Creation of a statewide task
force to assist local police.
• A mandatory fee convicted
drug users would pay to help fund
the program.
They appeared Monday with
their attorney, Rene Oliveira, of
Brownsville, who is running in a
Democratic Party primary race for
the state Legislature.
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