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The Battalion
Wednesday, October?,
Lawyers blame Bush for jury's awart
iVednes
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GALVESTON — Attorneys for an injured
Galveston railroad worker are blaming Presi
dent Bush for a jury's award of only $11,000 to
cover some $60,000 in medical expenses.
State District Judge Ed Harris said Monday
he will reconsider the jury's Aug. 21 finding,
which came the night after Bush's acceptance
speech at the Republican National Convention
in Houston.
In his nationally televised remarks, Bush
was critical of lawyers filing frivolous lawsuits
on behalf of greedy clients. Harris said the
speech left him "appalled.''
"I heard it and I was quite upset about it,"
Harris said.
The judge says he will rule within 15 days
on whether Bush's comments influenced the
jury that decided against a big damage award
for railroad worker Tom Lightsey.
Attorney Gordon Davenport of Alvin, who
represented Lightsey, told the judge the jury
ignored evidence of Lightsey's suffering and
expenses from a work-related back injury.
Davenport said the jury also failed to follow
court instructions in deciding liability and
damages in the case.
Houston lawyer Dan Spain, who represent
ed Burlington Northern Railroad Co. in the tri
al, argued that the court lacks the discretion to
second-guess jurors and overturn their verdict
on the possibility that Bush's speech swayed
them.
The judge said there were no judicialeu
that would justify a new trial, buthedi
dismiss the novel argument that Bush'ssf*
could have influenced the outcome of thee
"I don't think there were any reversible
rors in the trial except from this interveit
of this speech from the chief executiveof
country less than 50 miles away," Harrissi
One member of the jury told the Hoe
Chronicle that Bush's speech had no
the decision. The juror said the majority!
lieved that Lightsey was negligent in thev
he flipped the switch in the railroad yard
Davenport said Lightsey's medical bl
taled nearly $60,000 and the evidence supp
ed larger damage findings.
Clinton leads in poll;
1 in 10 support Perot
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — A national pod released Tuesday showed
Ross Perot getting the support of only one in 10 voters even af
ter they had a few days to hear about his campaign.
The NBC News poll taken Sunday and Monday showed Bill
Clinton leading with 46 percent, President Bush at 32 percent,
Perot at 10 percent and 12 percent uncommitted. Perot an
nounced his candidacy Thursday, then virtually secluded him
self except for a television interview.
The poll of 820 registered voters has a margin of sampling
error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
A poll released Tuesday by Cable News Network and USA
Today also showed Perot with 10 percent and Clinton at 46
percent, but with Bush at 36 percent.
Together the two polls illustrate how flexibly voter preference
can be interpreted. Clinton’s 46 percent made for a robust 14-
point lead in the NBC poll, up from 39 percent in the network’s
last poll in mid-September, mostly at Perot’s expense. But Clin
ton’s 46 percent in CNN’s poll was a 10-point lead shrunken
from 17 points just five days earlier.
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Continued from Page 1
ily raised in 1968 when U.S.
marines raided the Hanoi Hilton
only a few months after the pris
oners left.
"They put me in it (footholds)
when I was accused of whisper
ing or communicating with adja
cent rooms which was illegal,"
Ray said. "Even though they
didn't catch me, I probably could
have beat it if I had a chance to go
to court, but of course I didn't
have a chance to go to court."
Once, Ray spent 14 days in leg
irons. He was released no more
than three times a day to eat or go
to bathroom.
Being placed in footholds also
meant handcuffs which Ray said
made it impossible to sleep with.
Ray said he had to slip his
hands underneath him and turn
to the side in a fetal position. He
also found a technique to open
the cuffs by taking slivers of bam
boo and opening it or using a
bent nail.
"You had to really be careful
the guards didn't catch you and
you're roommate really had to
clear for you," he said. When you
heard the guard coming, you'd
get your hands behind your back
and get the cuffs in line and just
before you clicked it down you
would (cough or clear your
throat), so when the guy opened
the door he wouldn't have seen
anything.
"If they catch you with cuffs
off, they would extend the sen
tence."
Ray said not all of the North
Vietnamese were "sadistic S.O.B.s
that would go beyond even the
North Vietnamese prison rules . .
." Most of the time, Ray said,
they couldn't really get close
enough to do anything other than
stand at the window and tease
and harass.
Some were humane and others
just did what was expected of
them, and no more.
"You would see a whole spec
trum of humanity," he said.
"You'd see. the ones who really
didn't like brutality. When tor
turing was going on these guys
never participated in it or they
would shake their heads and
walk away. There were some who
had a real mean streak and some
enjoyed inflicting brutality and
torture on people. Most people
were the middle group that did
what they were told, just a prod
uct of society. In that sense, for
me it was easier to direct my ha
tred towards the system and not
the specific individual because
that's not healthy either."
Finally, on Feb. 12, 1973 Ray
was released and returned to the
United States. He was also the
first ROW back in Texas.
Ray said he relates his experi
ences to present day problems
and encourages people to not
give up when things get tough.
When giving speeches, he empha
sizes things that kept him going
for six years and nine months:
spiritual and moral values.
"In order to prepare for the
worst, as well as the best, there
are a lot of principles you have to
learn that will avoid a lot of trou
ble and help you cope with a lot
of troubles," he said. "If you ig
nore or default on learning those
principles you're going to have a
lot more problems and a lot less
solutions."
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Players increasing stakes
in Continental bidding
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Continental Airlines heated up
Tuesday with two suitors
sweetening their offers and
Scandinavian Air Systems
denying it has joined another
group that wants to buy the
Houston carrier.
Continental also announced
that a federal bankruptcy judge
granted it yet another extension
in filing a reorganization plan,
which had been due Tuesday.
The newest deadline is Nov. 16.
SAS issued a statement
Tuesday disavowing comments
by Houston Air Inc., w
announced the previous dav
SAS had joined it in itsefra
acquire Continental
Scandinavian carrier already
a 16.8 percent stake
Continental. ■
"SAS has not bound itself 11
any solution regarding theta
of Continental Airlines,”1
statement said.
SAS said it has had conti;
with several bidders, andbelw
Houston Air "has drawnfu
reaching conclusions fromtfi
contact, since SAS has ml
committed itself to any oneofli
proposals for Continental!
future."
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in a tight position and concerned
about losing even more American
lives in Vietnam, Hatchett said.
The deal Nixon made to get some
prisoners back was better than
none.
"It was a case of cutting our
losses short," Hatchett said.
Ray said the Nixon administra
tion had a different attitude to
ward American POWs than the
previous administration.
"The Johnson administration
did not want the North Viet
namese to think the prisoners
were of sufficient value and be
come an important bargaining
tool," Ray said.
"But the Nixon administration
gave (POWs) more value . . . real-
and welfare was too importanlS
ignore
The problem came with prii
oners held outside North tit
nam, Ray said.
"The way the agreement in
negotiated, the North Vietnam
claimed to have control overtli |nterpri£
Communist element in Laosar
Cambodia and could thereforeas |vith a C
sure that all the prisonerswoii nies its
return," he said. "Eitherthejiifi — 1
to us about what kind of conte Ta tj on
they had or they just failed toW
low up on it.
If there was nothing more tin
could be done then, Hatchett
there is something more the pi
eminent can do now. .
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soldiers were left in Laos,
Hatchett said. "But I doubtW]
they are still alive. Weneedanao
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Proceeds from Greek l/l/eel(
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By TANYA SASSER
Staff Writer of THE BA TTALtON
Greek Week 1992, an ef
fort to increase Greek unity
and raise money for the Unit
ed Way, begins Thursday
morning with a Greek picnic
and continues through Sun
day afternoon.
Proceeds from Greek
Week ‘92 will go through the
University to the United Way,
but they will be earmarked for
the Brazos Valley Boys and
Girls Clubs, said Dr. Mike
Leese, coordinator of Greek
affairs.
Last year, Greeks donated
$3,500 directly to the United
Way, Leese said. This year,
proceeds are expected to be
about twice that amount.
Leese said Greek Week is
important because it provides
an opportunity for Greeks to
work together and it is a com
bined effort from all of the
chapters on campus to do
nate money to the United
Way.
The Greek Week 1992
Schedule of Events is as fol
lows:
picnic (11 a.m.)
■ Dunking Booth — Greek
representatives from each
chapter
■ Marshmallow eating contest
(noon)
All will take place near Rud
der Fountain
■ Greek Night at The Tap(9
p.m. )
FRIDAY, OCT. 9
■ Football/Softball Tourna
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SATURDAY, OCT. 10
■ 5K run/walk (9 a.m.)
At Research Park — every
one is invited to participate-
$5 entry fee
■ Greek games — volleyball,
obstacle course and tug-of-
war (1 p.m)
■ Football and softball cham
pionships
All will take place at the polo
fields
SUNDAY, OCT. 11
THURSDAY, OCT. 8
■ Banner Contest and Greek
■ Awards ceremony in Room
229 of the Memorial Student
Center (1 p.m.)
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