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files under
Chapter 11
EL PASO (AP) — William “Willie”
Farah, the largest stockholder of ap
parel manufacturer Farah Inc., has
filed for reorganization for his per
sonal businesses under Chapter 11
of the federal bankruptcy code.
The petition was filed in U.S.
bankruptcy court in El Paso on
Tuesday, just days before a special
shareholders’ meeting William Fa
rah called to try to oust six members
of the nine-member Farah Inc.
board of directors.
Company officials said Friday’s
meeting still would be held.
Farah was operating a real estate
consulting company called Invesco
and also owned and operated Ter
race Hills Apartments.
The petition shows debts totaling
$2.3 million to Farah’s largest unse
cured debtors, including his three
sons and daughter who are owed
thousands. His daughter, Haleen
Farah Zwiefel, is the largest creditor,
owed $724,947.
A list of assets was not included
with the petition.
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DALLAS (AP) — An avowed
witch who is the target of an Okla
homa church’s wrath says Southern
Methodist University officials con
tinue to support her despite the fu
ror over a presentation she made to
students.
A Ketchum, Okla., church has
filed a complaint against SMU’s Per
kins School of Theology, charging
that the seminary allowed the witch
to discuss her beliefs during a con
ference on religions.
Avowed witch Linda Finnell led a
small-group workshop on “Return
ing to the Goddess Through Di-
anetic Witchcraft” in February. She
says she is a non-Satanic witch.
“I’ve spoken with the people at
SMU and I know they are fully be
hind me and fully behind themselves
for what they did,” Finnell told the
Associated Press Thursday.
Finnell said she was disturbed by
the publicity surrounding the pre
sentation and wants to remain as
“low-key” as possible. She declined
further comment.
The charges were filed July 27 by
the administrative board of the 425-
member First United Methodist
Church.
Finnell’s presentation was made
during the annual Women’s Week
conference, sponsored by a student
organization. Women of diverse reli
gious faiths, ranging from Chris
tianity to Buddhism, Hare Krishna
and Islam, were invited to discuss
their beliefs, rituals and traditions.
Dr. Stanley Menking, associate
dean of external affairs at Perkins,
said Thursday that Finnell was in
vited to address the group as part of
a forum on women’s spirituality, but
the university did not endorse her
views or invite her to perform a serv
ice.
“It was an educational program,''
he said. “We weren’t sponsoring a
service in witchcraft or the subject
that she dealt with.
“We certainly endorse her right to
express her religious views and reli
gious commitment, and as an educa
tional institution, one of our pur
poses is to know about things,” he
said.
In a letter to SMU’s board of
trustees, the Ketchum church board
recommended that several penalties
be levied against Perkins, including
decertifying the seminary as an or
daining institution for at least a year.
Justices challenge runoff system
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WASHINGTON (AP) —The Jus
tice Department challenged
Georgia’s election runoff system
Thursday, charging in a voting-
rights lawsuit that the system dis
criminates by diluting black voting
strength.
Texas and seven other states in
the South and Southwest have simi
lar systems, in which a candidate
must win a majority of the vote in a
multi-candidate election or face a
runoff.
John R. Dunne, assistant attorney
general for civil rights, said such
laws amount to “an electoral steroid
for white candidates,” giving them
“an extraordinary power” over black
opponents.
Dunne said the department has
no immediate plans to challenge the
election systems in Alabama, Arkan
sas, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
Mississippi, South Carolina, and
Texas, the only other states with sim
ilar laws requiring a majority vote for
nomination or election to office.
But he said those state runoff
laws, because of their similarity to
the Georgia law, likely would be
overturned should the department
prevail in the Georgia case.
The law has stymied black candi
dates who win the most votes in a
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COMMUNITY OF SINGLE ADULTS: will meet for happy hour at 5:30 p.m. at
the Ramada Bistro. They will go bowling afterwards. For more informa
tion, call 774-4355.
STUDENTS OVER TRADITIONAL AGE: The Supper Club will meet at 6 p.m. at
Pop’s Barbeque. For more information, call Donielle at 845-1741.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general meeting at noon. Call
the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information.
Saturday
COLLEGE STATION PARKS AND RECREATION DEPT.: will present a sum
mer concert featuring country singer Kent Finlay at 8 p.m. in Central Park.
Concessions will be available, and lawn chairs and coolers are welcome.
COMMUNITY OF SINGLE ADULTS: will meet for a wild card happy hour at the
Ramada Bistro at 8 p.m.
Sunday
BRAZOS VALLEY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP:
Lisa Lipscomb, a clinical nurse coordinator of the Alzheimer’s Disease
Research Center in the Dept, of Neurology at Baylor Hospital, will dis
cuss current research and experimental medicines being used in treating
the disease at 3 p.m. in 160 Medical Sciences Building. For more infor
mation, call Pat Stirling at 693-1680.
Tuesday
BRAZOS COUNTY A&M CLUB: will have the monthly lunch meeting at
the Clayton Williams Jr. Alumni Center at noon. The speaker will be A&M
basketball coach Kermit Davis. For reservations, call Barbara Kasper at
776-2053.
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race against two or more white can
didates, only to lose the ensuing two-
way runoff with the strongest white.
The Justice Department suit, filed
in U.S. District Court in Atlanta,
contends that the 1964 Georgia law
deprives black voters of an equal op
portunity to elect candidates of their
choice.
Though many of the black candi
dates are Democrats, Claiborne Dar
den, a political pollster based in At
lanta, said the Republican Party
could be the real winner if the fed
eral suit leads to abolishment of the
runoff system in Georgia and the
other states.
Woman gives
plasma to save
stray dog’s life
VICTORIA (AP) — Cindy Saun
ders thought long and hard about
picking up the mangy dog she saw
limping down the roadway.
She already had a dozen cats and
could barely afford them. She de
cided, given the condition of the la
brador retriever, to take him to be
destroyed. It seemed the kindest
thing to do.
But she changed her mind and
took the animal home, selling her
plasma twice a week to buy food for
him and her cats.
Little did Saunders know that the
dog she saved was Trinity Rocket
Starr, a regional celebrity for his
ability to catch a Frisbee disk. Trinity
had performed at local demonstra
tions before he disappeared 4'A
years ago.
Saunders placed an ad in The Vic
toria Advocate’s lost and found sec
tion and got a call from Warren Mil-
berger.
Milberger had lost Trinity when a
neighbor, upset that the dog kept
wandering into his yard, took Trin
ity somewhere else and abandoned
it. The neighbor told Milberger he
didn’t realize the dog was the well-
known Trinity.
Milberger had little hope that the
dog in the ad was his long-lost
pooch, but figured he’d take a look.
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