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HOUSTON — A federal jury began delib
erations Tuesday in the trial of three members
of a radical polygamist sect accused of killing
a young girl and three former members as
part of an alleged plot to bring on "the king
dom of God."
Prosecutor Terry Clark called the defen
dants "murderous missionaries" who killed
(orGod and the promise of obtaining worldly
possessions for following their father's reli
gious teachings.
But defense attorneys claimed if their
clients killed, they did so as an act of revenge
(or years of abuse they suffered as children at
the hands of three of their victims.
The trial in U.S. District Judge Simeon
Lake's court began last Monday and included
testimony from Cynthia LeBaron, who took
the stand against her half-siblings.
William Heber LeBaron, 28, Patricia
LeBaron, 27, and Douglas Lee Barlow, 31,
were indicted in the July 27, 1988 fatal shoot
ings, which were carried out almost simulta
neously in three locations. If convicted, they
(ace up to life in prison.
Jennifer Chynoweth, 8, her father, Duane
Chynoweth, 31, were gunned down in a
Houston driveway, while his brother, Mark
Chynoweth, 36, was killed in his Houston ap
pliance store. Ed Marston, 32, was murdered
in Irving.
The men had abandoned the Church of the
First Born of the Lamb of God, founded by the
late Ervil LeBaron. Patricia and William are
natural children of Lebaron, and Barlow is his
stepson.
Prosecutors claim Ervil LeBaron's writings
demanded that those who left the church
must die to bring about the "kingdom of
God."
"These people killed in the name of God
Almighty," prosecutor Mike Shelby said dur
ing closing arguments Tuesday.
And the spoils, or tangible goods, went to
those who brought on the kingdom, he said.
"This man (Ervil LeBaron) was obsessed
that these people die because they left his
church," Shelby said.
In the 14-count indictment, the three are ac
cused of various charges, including murder-
for-hire in the men's deaths and tampering
with a federal witness in the girl's slaying.
Prosecutors claimed the promise of gaining
worldly goods constitutes murder-for-hire.
But Tom Berg, William Lebaron's attorney,
argued the slayings were an act of revenge for
years of abuse the defendants suffered while
their father was in prison. LeBaron died in
1981 in prison.
The defendants were "enslaved," forced to
work long hours and threatened with death if
they disobeyed, he said.
"They were murdered for what they did to
the<;e children and their families," Berg added.
r >efense attorneys also questioned the testi
mony of Cynthia LeBaron, who was granted
immunity and is part of the federal witness
protection program.
Three others also were indicted last sum
mer, including Aaron Morel LeBaron, 24, and
Jacqueline LeBaron, 26, who are believed to be
in Mexico.
Last October, Richard LeBaron, 21, pleaded
guilty to charges of tampering with a witness
and interstate travel to commit murder for
hire in Duane Chynoweth's death. His sen
tencing is set for Jan. 26.
As part of a plea agreement, federal prose
cutors have agreed to recommend Richard
LeBaron for the federal witness protection
program.
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a student shoots a teacher and
holds a class hostage, a classmate
said.
Classes were canceled Tuesday
at East Carter High School, while
authorities tried to figure out what
provoked the student, who held a
class hostage during Monday's
rampage.
Scott Pennington, 17, was
charged with two capital murder
charges and 22 counts of kidnap
ping in the 15-minute standoff.
At an arraignment Tuesday, Dis
trict Judge William Woods set a
Feb. 5 hearing to decide whether
Pennington will be tried as an
adult.
Prosecutors said they intend to
seek adult status.
Pennington was transferred to a
juvenile detention center outside
the county, said state police Troop
er Gary Kistner.
Houston plaza air conditioner cools skyscraper
without environmentally harmful refrigerant
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HOUSTON - The air condi-
J. ioning system in a Houston sky-
has a real goocscraper on Tuesday became the
tnd we have tovorld's first in a high-rise build-
Hickey saiding to be completely converted to
1 of upper classiise environmentally correct re-
y advantage folfrigerants.
The 52-story Texaco Heritage
via Brown is av-Plaza had been using a refrigerant
per game. known as CFC-11, which will be
tanned later this decade under a
j jU.S. Clean Air Act provision that
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lit 4-bn!chlorine, fluorine .^nd carbon
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dangerous ultraviolet rays.
In renovations that began in
April 1991 and completed Tues
day, the Texaco Heritage Plaza's
three chilling units now are
equipped with HCFC-123, a re
frigerant that is accepted by the
Environmental Protection Agency
and international agencies.
HCRC-123 is considered 20
times less harmful to the earth's
ozone layer than CFC-11.
"There are about 80,000 chillers
(across North America) that will
have to be converted," R.O.
Hunton, president and chief exec
utive officer of Houston Trane, a
major air conditioning manufac
turer, said.
"Other owners are going to
have to do this soon. If they don't,
they're going to wind up rushing
at the last minute to try to achieve
these types of conversions be
cause these chillers are going to
have to be converted."
Larry Siegel, a Trane vice presi
dent, said it was fitting that the
ceremonies marking the first con
version project were being held on
the eve of tne inauguration of Sen.
A1 Gore as vice president.
Gore is author of a book in
which he describes ozone deple
tion as a top environmental con
cern
"What we're witnessing here
today is a response to Vice Presi
dent Gore's plea," Siegel said.
"What this means is we do have
facilities to change out these CFCs
and the means to convert what is
very, very harmful to the ozone."
This is the first of thousands of
conversions that will have to be
made in the coming decade."
Building and air conditioning
company executives went to the
equipment room on the top level
of the skyscraper where a switch
was turned on to bring the third
and final chilling unit to life.
Centrifugal chillers produce
chilled water for circulation
through a building's air condition
ing system. The CFCs aid in the
cooling process.
At the building in Houston,
considered the world's most air-
conditioned city, the three 1,050-
ton compressors were dismantled
and sent to a Trane plant.
Siegel said the renovation cost
only about 25 to 30 percent of the
expense that would have been in
curred if the building manage
ment had merely replaced the
three air conditioning chillers,
which cost about $250,000 each
plus another $100,000 to install.
"We got all three done for less
than that," said Roma Kirkland,
operations manager for Coventry
Management Systems, which
manages the building.
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