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eai r ule under ; his own, 'e death of I 3S happy dings ani o celebrate luring the e pt in the id mud 01 Americans a sort of a 1 "It's the ! lives, the ie eats, the endlessly i colored d Taft said Abraham ' To Harry New York a a major work was hrough a : eared the Monday, October 12,1992 The Battalion Page 5 Lubbock landfill yields findings Preliminary digs produce evidence of life, activity almost 10,000 years ago THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LUBBOCK — Archaeologists say preliminary digs in Lubbock's landfill have revealed animal remains and evidence of humans living there between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago. David Brown, an archaeologist for Austin-based Hicks & Co., said experts are now conducting a laboratory analysis of the findings. "The field work basically confirmed our suspicion that it was a significant archaeological site," Brown said. "We know that people were there. What we have Is bison bones, bones from small mammals and debris from stone tool manufacture. "What we don't know is how all these things interrelated." Brown said the early humans who left the debris could be the same group documented as inhabiting the Lubbock Lake Landmark site as far back as 12,000 years ago. The landmark was declared a state historical park in October 1990. "We don't even know for sure what their range in the Lubbock area would have been," Brown said. "Whether there was a resident band in the Lubbock area, or whether they just wandered around, we don't know. "That's why we feel like this site is important — you have so many questions to ask and such a blank slate to start with." Hicks & Co. was hired by the city to excavate a portion of the landfill after bison bones were found in a preliminary archaeology study needed for a state expansion permit. The company is scheduled to complete its laboratory work in February, at which time officials will decide if the site should be an archaeological landmark. That would mean closing an acre of the city landfill. Brown said archaeologists still must determine whether the artifacts represent the location of an intact gathering place or whether they were washed there. He said the findings were buried 30 feet underground near sediment that appears to be a former riverbank. "We suspect that it was a little bit marshy there, and, if that is the case, the deposits might have represented a kill site rather than a camp site," Brown said. to fumisk intinues to iture from th. When he had 1\ ion. motioned ise. I d. A lim- slots are ormation at 862- ISENTA- 993 Cot- are now Activities iervices adline is more in- loore at : TEAM h Friday j the Polo 1 e, no ex- 1 me he a lionship oall Tom We met rill every you are us then jns, we a White irmation MOHS: Rainbow o 12:30 rug Pre enter at tion. pictures and Oc- a.m. to located to Taco | WORK- p.m. in j Crime squad targets computer fraud THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — The FBI office in Dallas has established a white-collar crime unit devoted exclusively to computer fraud. A staff of three, headed by Special Agent Bill Eubanks, was created in August in response to complaints by company executives who say their computer systems are becoming more susceptible to attacks from computer hackers. The squad is targeting fraud including industrial espionage, theft, destruction of product information and stealing long distance codes. Hackers include not just the stereotypical "computer nerds" who get their thrills simply by gaining access to a corporate computer system, Eubanks said, but sophisticated criminals whose goal is profit. "We sense there's a problem out there," Eubanks said. "Just about everyone now has a computer." Under several federal statutes, the acts of illegally entering government or private computer systems and tampering with, stealing, damaging or misusing information are punishable by prison terms and fines. No such cases investigated by the FBI have yet been prosecuted in Dallas. But FBI agents say they are conducting several investigations here spurred by complaints from Corporations. "We're definitely concerned with people trying to hack into our computer networks," said Detlef Eurich, head of corporate security for Dallas-based Electronic Data Systems Corp., a computer and information services company. "With the expansion of the use of information technology, the opportunity for abuse for criminal purposes is on the rise," Eurich told The Dallas Morning News. Dallas' computer systems may have experienced some of the most sophisticated attacks in the nation, FBI agents said. They declined to discuss specifics. "Dallas is a major financial center of the Southwest," Eubanks said. "We want to approach this from an aggressive standpoint. It hasn't been aggressively pursued in the Dallas division." It is only in the last two years that computer fraud cases have received national attention. In July, five New York City-based hackers were indicted on federal charges. They were accused of breaking into corporate computer systems and stealing confidential credit reports, telephone long-distance codes and other information, which they sold for profit. Among the companies whose computers were invaded were Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. and the TRW credit reporting agency. Survey reveals increase of child abuse in Texas THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HUNTSVILLE ~e Nearly 1 million Texas children are at risk of growing up in homes where abuse is common, according to estimates made by a Sam Houston State University survey. The Sam Houston survey of 941 Texans, when applied to the state population, shows that child abuse has nearly doubled in Texas from 1978 and 1991. In 1978, only 7.7 percent of parents surveyed by Sam Houston said at least one child in their family had been mistreated. In 1991, 16 percent of the parents surveyed reported at least one child had been mistreated. Results from the survey, done in conjunction with the Children's Trust Fund of Texas, were published in the Houston Chronicle on Sunday. Researchers did not define child abuse or neglect in the 32- page questionnaires distributed to the Texans surveyed, who were selected randomly from a list of licensed drivers in the state. Instead, they gave survey participants a list of behaviors in four categories —- neglect and physical, sexual and emotional abuse — and asked them to decide which constituted abuse. Using the answers from those surveyed, researchers also estimated as many as 2.5 million adult Texans suffered some form of abuse when they were youngsters. Other major findings included: — Emotional abuse showed the biggest increase, with 11.1 percent of adults saying they had children who had been locked in a closet, cursed, forced to sit in a corner or otherwise emotionally abused. Incidents of sexual abuse also increased, from 1.1 percent in 1978 to 5.3 percent last year. — Nearly 19 percent of the adults said they had been victims of abuse or neglect as children, compared with 14 percent in 1978. "Everyone has been saying that child abuse was increasing," said survey director Raymond H.C. Teske Jr., a Sam Houston State criminal justice professor. "But we were surprised to see how much it had increased. We never expected it had doubled." Even more alarming to experts is the small number of incidents of abuse and neglect reported to authorities. Twenty-one percent responding to the questionnaire said the abuse was reported. But in half the reported cases, no action was taken against the abuser. Less than 8 percent of the offenders were arrested, and even a smaller percentage — 3 percent — landed in jail or prison. "Everyone has been saying that child abuse was increasing. But we were surprised to see how much it had increased. We never expected it had doubled." -Raymond H.C. Teske Jr., Sam Houston State criminal justice professor Father links UT-OU violence to alcohol S: En- un and e. For at 845- ■ BUSI' eting at Guast TAMU. Cyrano i 604C y. For at 693- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — Allowing people to drink in downtown Dallas during the Texas-Oklahoma estivities is an invitation to problems, says the ather of a teen-ager shot to death during this year's revelry. Wayne Crump of Carrollton says police hould have foreseen that violence would rupt, despite a heavy police presence hroughout the party area downtown. T don't think they should allow them to irink down there at all," Crump said. His son, fhomas Justin Crump, was fatally shot late h riday night after a minor traffic accident on the west side of downtown. Police reports indicate that there were at least three other shootings and two stabbings in which victims were taken to local hospitals. Several fights were reported, including one in which a man was hit repeatedly with a hammer. During a fight at a restaurant, four men fell through a window. Allowing revelers to drink "just invites trouble," Crump said. "When I was a kid, it was fist fights and drinking, now it's knives and shooting." City leaders said that although police were prepared for the usual crowd control problems, they will have to devise a plan to prevent a repeat of Friday night's violence. "It was a whole different level of problems than we've ever seen at Texas-OU," said Mayor Steve Bartlett. "At 11 o'clock, all hell broke loose," he said. "I think it shocked us all. It is not clear what we do about it, but it is clear that we will have to deal with it in a different way," Bartlett added. The violence prompted talk of enforcing the city's ordinance against public drinking, which traditionally is waived during festivities the weekend of the football game between the University of Texas and Oklahoma University at the Cotton Bowl. /10US: ainbow 0 p.m^ >reven- at 845- NAGE- iforma- ;essing its at 1 s Gen- > n call aid be n, 01b n three /esired sh the ntact if 5 Up is r-s non- There -Ml ruh -all the Iraqi authorities release American bomb expert THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WEBSTER, Texas — The anxi ety ended Sunday for a woman 'vho had waited for days to hear from her husband, an American |bomb-disposal expert arrested by Iraqi authorities in a border dis pute. Chad Hall, 50, was returned to Kuwait on Sunday, a day after he was released by Iraqi authorities. And his wife, Susie Hall got the telephone call she had been iwaiting Sunday morning. "I didn't even look at what ime it was," Mrs. Hall said from ler suburban Houston home. The phone rang, and somebody 'aid, 'Hang on.' Then his voice :ame over the phone and I was very pleased. ' Mrs. Hall said her husband "was doing great." However, she declined to discuss any details about what her husband had told her about his captivity. Hall was arrested Thursday af ternoon in a disputed section of the Iraq-Kuwait border. The retired U.S. Army major was released Saturday after two days in Iraq. The United Nations took custody of him in Baghdad on Saturday and flew him to their border headquarters at Um Qasr for a medical examination Sunday before flying him to Kuwait. On Sunday, Hall blinked back tears as he described his terrifying ordeal to reporters at the U.S. Em bassy. RESEARCH Skin Infection Study VIP Research is seeking individuals 12 years of age or older with uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections. If you have a skin infection, you may qualify for a four week research study using a currently available antibiotic medication. Participants who qualify and complete the study will be paid $200. 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