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Thursday
TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION: will have speakers for Rainfo
rest Week. At 11 a.m., Dr. Gary Watson will speak about ecosystem preser
vation; an Ecorap informal discussion at noon — domestic and foreign defo
restation; at 1 p.m., Michael Worsham, how to save rainforests; and at 2
p.m., Jorge Fossatti, endangered rainforest spectacled bear. Call Chris at
693-0676 for more information. At 7 p.m. in 110 Civil Engineering Bldg., there
will be a speaker meeting by author of “Clearcutting: A Crime Against Natu
re.” Call Filo at 847-6560 for more information.
FOURTH DAY: meeting for all who have made any Aggie Awakening. Planningle
AA #29 in progress at 6:15 p.m. in St. Mary s Student Center. Call 846-571/
ntormation.
for more inf
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NRHH: informal meeting to write letters to overseas soldiers at 6 p.m. attheFlyinj
Tomato.
TEXAS A&M SPORTS CAR CLUB: will have a car show from 9 a.m. to5p.nu
the Academic Bldg.
Friday
SIGMA IOTA EPSILON: social from 7 to 8 p.m. at Rita’s
RESIDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION: Hall-Y-Wood Squares at noon in Davis-Gary.
Call DJ at 847-4907 for more information.
MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: Comicon I- first comic book convention from noonloj
p.m. in Deware. Admission is $1
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: welcomes all Aggies to Life Line — this week
we have a special speaker— Dan Hayes at 7:30 p.m. in 108 Harrington.
YOUTH IN ACTION FOR CHRIST: Chris Henderson will teach lesson at 7:30pm,
at St. Matthew Baptist Church. Call Julian at 846-0125 for more information
TURKISH STUDENT ASSOCIATION: a traditional Turkish dinner celebrating the
67th anniversary of the proclamation of the Turkish Republic at 7 p.m. in 201
MSC. Call Ahmet at 846-1401 for more information.
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: will have noon Bible study at the Baptist Studem
Union.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have an informational meeting on junior yeaie*
change programs to Mexico, Scotland, Germany or England from 10 to 11
a.m. in 251 Bi
jizzell Hall West.
TEAC EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Ecorap session celebrating World Rainforest
Week. Informal discussion will take place on topic of deforestation. All inter
ested welcome at noon under the tree in front of the Academic Building.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. Call h
C.D.P.E. at 845-0280 for more information.
TEXAS A&M EMERGENCY CARE TEAM: meeting for all members at 7 p.m. in 601
Rudder. Call 845-4321 for more information.
TEAC: Family Film Fest for International Rainforest Week. Environmental films
shown all evening 6-10 p.m. in 301 Rudder. Admission is free, donations ac
cepted. Call Amy at 846-2068 for more information.
EPISCOPAL STUDENT CENTER: will have evening prayer and community dim/
at the Canterbury House. Call 693-4245 for more information.
CENTER FOR EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT (Mgmt 481): will have guest lecture
Arden R. Grover at 10 a.m. in 114 Blocker. Call 847-1847 for moreinfoma
tion.
ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: general discussion at 6 p.m. Call
C.P.D.E.at 845-0280 for more information.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: general discussion at 8:30 p.m. Call C.P.D.E. at 845-
0280 for more information.
STAGECENTER COMMUNITY THEATRE: will show "Monique” at 8 p.m. at3715
East 29th in Bryan. Call 846-0287 for more information.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: general discussion at noon. Call C.P.D.E. at 845-
0280 for more information.
THE DEWITT-LAVACA COUNTY HOMETOWN CLUB: will have a meeting to elect
officers & discuss upcoming events with party that follows after at 8:30 pm
at Casa Verde Apt #702D. Call Evon at 764-9087 for more information
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS: board meeting at
7:15 p.m. at 2900 Normand. Call 690-0687 for more information.
BETA SIGMA PSI, PHI BETA CHI, OMEGA PHI ALPHA AND FARMHOUSE:*!
have a trick or treat for the Brazos Food Bank at 5:30 p.m. For more infoma
tion call Derrick at 696-0591.
STAGECENTER COMMUNITY THEATRE: “Monique” at 8 p.m. in Town and Coun
try Shopping Center, 3715 E. 29th in Bryan. Call 846-0287 for more informa
tion.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: practical training for F-1 and J-1 International Stu
dents from 7 to 8:15 p.m. in 504 Rudder. Call Noelle at 845-1824 for more
information.
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Thrift fraud
FDIC files $560 billion lawsuit
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DALLAS (AP) — Federal bank
regulators have filed a $560 million
lawsuit against the former owner of
Western Savings Association, con
tending he defrauded the failed
thrift of at least that much money.
The Federal Deposit Insurance
Corp. also accuses Jarrett E. Woods
Jr. of spending $7 million of deposi
tors’ money on himself during the
thrift’s final months in 1986.
The lawsuit is one of the largest
filed by the government against a
savings and loan owner. It was filed
Friday in Dallas but not released un
til Tuesday.
Government lawyers in Dallas said
Tuesday that they could think of
only one lawsuit that was larger —
the $1.1 billion lawsuit against
Charles Keating and associates in
connection with the failure of Lin
coln Savings and Loan in California.
The lawsuit against Woods ac
cuses him and Western Capital, a
corporation he controlled, of engag
ing in fraud and violating contracts.
The government alleges that in the
four years Woods controlled the
thrift, he squandered its deposits on
high-risk and fraudulent invest
ments and improper loans.
“The losses suffered by the insti
tution appear to exceed $1 billion, at
least $560 million of which was the
preventable result of the policies and
C radices implemented at Western
y Jarrett E. Woods Jr. and Western
Capital Corporation,” the lawsuit
states.
Woods is accused of using thrift
money to refinance his home, fun
nelling millions into his children’s
trust funds, paying off a personal
loan and paying himself an $800,000
bonus and a $41,667 monthly salary.
Prosecutor files more
charges in cadaver thef
HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecu
tors said Wednesday they plan to
file more charges against a free
lance undertaker charged with
felony theft for dumping medi
cal-school cadavers in a mass
grave and pocketing the money
he was paid to cremate them.
Assistant District Attorney
Jean Spradling Hughes said Rich
ard Joseph Herrin Luciano,
owner of the Continental Casket
Store and Continental Cremation
Services, would be charged within
the next week.
She refused to specify the
charges, but Herrin’s attorney,
Jack Kennedy, said the charges
would include fraud, wiretapping
and making terroristic threats
against area funeral homes.
Kennedy said Herrin would
plead innocent to all the charges
Herrin has said he has been ha
rassed by the funeral industry!*
cause the prices for the casketsht
sells retail are so much lower than
those sold through funeral
homes.
“There is a great deal ofbkter
ness between (Herrin) and thefu-
neral industry because he under
cuts their business by sellinj
caskets for $700 or $800," Ken
nedy said.
Herrin pleaded innocent
Wednesday to the theft charge.
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Poor schools
applaud action
of state court
SAN ANTONIO (AP)
tiffs in a landmark school fat
lawsuit applauded a TexasSupreffl
Court decision Wednesday to
arguments in the case and urjt
lawmakers to work quickly to refon
the system.
“Time is of the essence," said
perintendent James Vasquez
Edgewood School District, It)
plaintiff in the lawsuit. “Itdoesl*
come critical t hat we get itouttoi
Legislature as quickly as possible.
The Texas Supreme Courtsaid
will hear arguments Nov. 28.
Last month, state District
Scott McCown ruled the system
constitutional because it doesn’tgd
all schools “substantially equal’
cess to funds for a similar tax efft* 1
He made the ruling despite effoit
by lawmakers last summer to refoH
the system.
Poor school districts in thetas®
Edgewood vs. Kirby, claimed
overhauled system is no diffe
from the one declared unconsi
tional by the Texas Supreme
in October 1989. The pi;
sought to have the new :
thrown out.
Representatives of some
districts said Wednesday they hop
to see another ruling before thetti
ular legislative session convenes
January.
Yvonne Katz, superintendent
Harlandale School District, anotb
E laintiff, said she hopes the
igh court gives legislators nnH
guidance in how to reform the
tern to make it constitutional.
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She also urged lawmakers to
dress the issue “at the front end
the Legislature and not wait unt
last three to Five minutes” so
school districts will have timetof 11
pare budgets for the 1991-92 sett
year.
A1 Kauffman, a lawyer for
Mexican American Legal Deft 1
and Educational Fund, concur^
Kauffman represents 13 school
tricts and 25 families in the fin) 5
lawsuit.
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