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J Tuesday, April 10,1990 The Battalion Pages mm i\( n‘A5 Gom WKW6 WITH W KAT PoPi;LATlD//-<TUp7 EXPERIMENTS. >| WELL, X SET IT UP RIGHT. BUT IT SEEMS ro HAVE REVERSED THIS WAS NvV eapekimewtal &K0UP OF RATS... by Scott McCullar ©1990 % N\7 CONTROL GROUP GOT CARRIED AWA7 WITH THE IDEA OFCONTRJll Four Indicted on charges of illegally soliciting lawsuits EDINBURG (AP) — Ruben Sandoval, counsel for [the League of United Latin American Citizens, was one of four people indicted on charges of illegally promot ing lawsuits and soliciting business after the state’s worst school bus accident, court officials said Monday. News of Sandoval’s indictment brought an angry re- jsponse from LULAC president Jose Garcia de Lara, who called the charge the result of a “vendetta” by a “mean-spirited” district attorney and disgruntled law- | yers. The four were indicted on barratry charges last Fri- Iday, but their names were not revealed until Monday. The three lawyers and a secretary are Accused of ille- ! gaily soliciting business from survivors and relatives of victims of a school bus wreck that killed 21 junior and (senior high school students in the South Texas city of | Alton last Sept. 21. Dozens of people have sued Valley Coca Cola Bot- ItlingCo. Inc., whose truck ran into the school bus at an intersection and forced the bus into a water-filled pit. The charge against Sandoval brought an angry reac- [ lion from Jose Garcia de Lara, LL T LAC president. “He is innocent, he is innocent, he is innocent, and I (know this for a fact,” de Lara said at a news conference : Monday afternoon. Hidalgo County District Attorney Rene Guerra said a j grand jury began an investigation after officials heard that attorneys or their agents were trying to drum up business at wakes, hospitals and funeral homes. Some [families received letters of condolence with attorneys’ business cards attached, he said. More indictments are [expected, Guerra said Monday. Sandoval and a delegation of LULAC officials went [to the lower Rio Grande Valley after the accident, fol lowing reports that some attorneys were attempting to overcharge for their services. When Sandoval’s law firm was hired to represent two [of the victims families, officials from the McAllen LU LAC office accused him of taking advantage of his posi tion with the civil rights organization to get business for his practice. De Lara said Monday that Sandoval’s mission for LU LAC was finished when he took on the lawsuits. “He had long (finished) his duty that we in LULAC had sent him down there to take,” said de Lara. He blamed the indictment of Sandoval on “an uns crupulous district attorney,” as well as some “malcon tents” within the LULAC organization in the Valley. “The district attorney is a mean-spirited individual who has a vendetta against LULAC and its officials,” de Lara said. “kJ Fie is innocent, he is innocent, he is innocent, and I know this for a fact... He had long (finished) his duty that we in LULAC had sent him down there to take ... The district attorney is a mean-spirited individual who has a vendetta against LULAC and its officials.” — Jose Garcia de Lara, LULAC president Sandoval was indicted along with McAllen attorney Leo Pruneda, Pharr attorney Mauro Reyna III and Reyna’s secretary Norma Lopez. Sandoval’s attorney Rey Cantu said Sandoval is inno cent and is “looking forward to a trial ” Pruneda said he was innocent, Reyna and Lopez left the courthouse without comment Monday. Reyna was out of his office Monday afternoon and did not imme diately return a phone call. State law forbids lawyers from soliciting business or promoting lawsuits. The barratry charge is a misdemea nor on the first offense, and can be a felony under cer tain circumstances on a second conviction. Senate (Continued from page 1) the Status of Women plans on meet ing later this week to revise the reso lution again for discussion at the May Faculty Senate meeting. “I’m not sure about any specifics,” she said. “We’ll take a general look and try and cast the resolution in a more positive light.” In other business, the Faculty Sen ate: • Approved a resolution stating that qualifications needed for man agerial and administrative positions be worded to emphasize knowledge, skills and abilities, rather than prior appointments. The resolution, au thored by the Committee on the Sta tus of Women, was intended to assist women applying for managerial po sitions. • Passed undergraduate curric ulum changes adding an animal sci ence class; South African history class; two speech communication classes; three anthropology classes; a silvics class; a horticulture class; and two astronomy courses. • Discussed a report from the Planning Committee on the possible improvement of classroom audio-vi sual facilities. All resolutions approved by the Senate must be approved by Presi dent Mobley before being instituted. DOORS OPEN 6:00 P.M. BEGINNERS WELCOME! 1 Speed (Ex Fri) 6:45 r/ 1st Session 7:15 2nd Session 9:00 TUES: WED: BEGINNERS’ NIGHT • Learn to play 8 Games & Speed • Over by 9 p.m. •1/2 Price Daubers • Dollar Food & Drink Specials $2 DOUBLE FUN 12 & 18 Face Specials THURS: 1/2 PRICE OPTION FRI: 5x5 NIGHT, 10 BIG Games SAT: SUPER SPECIAL, 18 Faces (or less) $ 10/Session, EXTRAS 500 per Front Face MAXIMUM NIGHTLY PAYOUTS TOWN SHIRE 2015 TEXAS AVE. S. DOTS CLUBS OF BRAZOS COUNTY UC *174G0795<MG BRYAN 822-9087 CHILD PLACEMENT CENTER UCI 17422519375 Snake lady collects hides to make curios MARYNEAL (AP) — Syble Hobbs is still known as the Rat tlesnake Lady, even though she no longer hunts snakes. “That was my CB handle,” Hobbs said. “I’ve got snake stuff in every state of the union and overseas ... No two hides are exac tly alike.” Although her hobby shop is no longer open, she loves making belts, buckles, purses, hat bands, billfolds and other items out of the hides. “I’m fixing to cover me a pair of boots. Whatever somebody wants, I try to make it,” she said. The 70-year-old widow is not running low on hides. “I’ve got an icebox full of hides,” she said, estimating the number at about 200. “1 skinned out a snake the other night that a couple of boys killed on the road and brought to me,” Hobbs said recently. “People bring me snakes they’ve killed all during the summer if they’re coming this way, or they’ll call if they run over a snake and tell me where it’s at on the road so I can pick it up.” She said she and her husband, the late Wilbur Hobbs, used to go snake hunting in the spring with two other couples. “To start with we’d just kill the snakes, but we started catching them and making stuff out of the hides in '65. “I ordered tanning formulas from here to yonder before I got one that I liked,” she said. She or ders leather “by the side” and cuts out the pieces to back her work. She used to sell her snake skin crafts from a hobby shop that also featured her ceramic and crochet work. She gave up ceramics when she hurt her back, and the hobby shop closed in 1988. “Now if someone wants some thing, they call or write Syble Hobbs and I get it, or write to the Rattlesnake Lady and I get that too,” she said ALL MAJORS INVITED TO APPLY The Battalion Staff Positions Applications available for: Assistant city editor • Assistant lifestyles editor • Assistant opinion page editor Assistant sports editor • Reporters • Staff writers • Reviewers Feature writers • Sports writers • Columnists • Copy editors Photographers • Cartoonists • Graphic artists • Clerks® Application for fall and summer semesters can be picked up in 216 Reed McDonald and are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 18. FIRE MILTON TURNER on Tue., April 10th Last year, the incumbent made $39,000 as your County Commissioner 1. Name one thing that Milton did for you to earn his salary? In fact, the incumbent made $250,000 over the last 8 years as your Commissioner. 2. Name two things that Milton did for you to earn a quarter of a million dollars? Elect RAMIRO QUINTERO Brazos County Commissioner Precinct 4 “I PLEDGE TO GIVE THE TAX PAYERS OF MY PCT. A DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK FOR A DOLLARS WORTH OF PAY — ALWAYS.” Paid For By The Committee To Elect Ramiro Quintero Gloria Quintero, Treasurer, Bryan, Texas ou... could be one of the next leaders of the ... Student Y Association Applications for the following Staff positions are STILL available In 211 Pavilion: President VP for Community Services VP for University Services & Operations VP for Special Events VP for Membership VP for Program Development VP for Finance & Public Relations Director of Adopt-A-Grandparent Director of Aggie Friends Director of Aggie Workshop for Kids Director of Food For Thought Director of Share Group Director of Youth Fun Day VI APPLY NOW! Applications for President and VPs due April 11th at NOON Need not be in Student Y to apply Persons MAY hold more than one Stajf position per year.