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BioLogica research group, inc. 776-0400 Page 10 The Battalion Thursday, March 25,1993 Fort Worth in upheaval over probation sentence THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WORTH- A day after a white supremacist received probation in the slaying of a black man, residents took to the streets in protest Wednesday and two jurors said the panel had actually intended to give the convicted murderer prison time. Christopher William Brosky, an 18-year-old white supremacist, received 10 years' probation Tuesday in the 1991 slaying of Donald Thomas, 32. Brosky wasn't the triggermah but helped plan the attack, according to testimony. He could have received life in prison. Jurors filled out blanks on a sentencing form, writing in five years' prison time and 10 years' probation. But Texas law does not allow juries to mix punishment. Legal experts say State District Judge Everett Young had no choice but to assess Brosky 10 years' probation. “There were some who wanted to give life imprisonment without parole, some who wanted parole now," juror William Daniel Wertz told The Associated Press. “All had to be welded together to come up with one answer for 12 people. “We sat and we discussed and we haggled and argued and debated various phases of the thing. We came up with giving him five years hard time and 10 years' probation on top of that. Otherwise, it would have been a hung jury." Black and white residents were incensed by the sentence and hundreds of people took to the Fort Worth streets Wednesday in protest. “This fight is going to go on until we can walk in peace, one protester, Ken Henderson, told the cheering crowd outside the Tarrant County Justice Center. “That's the bottom line." The National Association for the Advancement for Colored People and other civil rights groups were calling for a U.S. Justice Department investigation. Two other skinheads, William George “Trey" Roberts III and Joshua Hendry, both 17, have pleaded guilty to the slaying. U.N. launches rescue effort Helicopter mission fails as Serbs bomb stadium THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina— U.N. helicopters swooped into besieged Srebrenica to fly refugees to safety Wednesday, but the operation was halted after Serbs shelled some of the refugees as they waited in a soccer stadium. The attack killed one person and injured 21, including two Canadian peacekeepers, U.N. officials said. They said 26 people, including the U.N. soldiers, were flown out before flights were stopped. In New York, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali deplored the casualties and called for an immediate halt to the shelling. Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader who approved the U.N. flights, denied that Serb forces were responsible and accused Bosnia's Muslim-led government of- firing at the landing site and blaming it on the Serbs. Bosnian Serb military commanders indirectly admitted the shelling. In a statement, they charged the U.N. helicopters tried to infiltrate soldiers into Srebrenica to “save Muslim criminals who committed genocide against the Serb population." It also accused U.N. soldiers of firing at Serb positions to provoke shelling. The shelling of the landing zone and also the Tuzla airport called into question Karadzic's assurances that corridors would be opened to evacuate Srebrenica. Many such promises by Bosnian Serb political leaders have been ignored by their military forces. Fighting around Sarajevo abated after several weeks of heavy battles in the western suburbs. An international airlift was suspended for a fifth day, however. The United States and its NATO allies sent the United Nations their plan for militarily enforcing a no fly zone over Bosnia if the Security Council should order that. Karadzic has threatened to leave peace talks if that happens. National News Briefs Perot's reforms praised by polls WASHINGTON (AP) - Ross Perot's proposals for gov ernment reform, ranging from adoption of the line-item veto to reining in lobbyists, are be ing enthusiastically endorsed by the American people, his pollster said Wednesday. Even as Perot was on Capitol Hill attacking the proposed trade agreement with Mexico, his supporters held a press con ference across town to tout the results of a poll commissioned by Perot's group. United We Stand America. The poll was ordered after Perot's 30-minute infomercial Sunday night, during which the Texas billionaire asked viewers to send in ballots with their re sponses to 17 questions on gov ernment ethics and budget re form. He also asked viewers to join United We Stand America, by sending in $15 checks. Given the way tnose questions were asked, there was little doubt the results would be to Perot's lik ing. Bombing suspect returns to U.S. NEW YORK (AP) - A cab driver believed to have orga nized the World Trade Center bombing was flown back to the United States from Egypt on Wednesday to face charges. Mahmoud Abouhalima, 33, described by a federal investi gator as “someone on the style of a consultant," arrived at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh and was taken by police motorcade to FBI offices in Manhattan. He was to be ar raigned Thursday. AIDS researchers trace virus course WASHINGTON (AP) - The AIDS virus can hide for years in lymph nodes before launching a final, lethal attack on its vic tims, scientists report in a new finding that shows the disease is never idle. The discovery may lead to earlier treatment for patients. Two studies to be published Thursday in the journal Nature show that once a person is in fected, the AIDS virus can con gregate in lymphoid organs, such as the tonsils, spleen, ade noids and lymph nodes, where it steadily infects key blood cells and breaks down cells that filter out viruses. Eventually, the filter cells in the lymph organs are destroyed and infected blood cells spill out into the body's circulation system, leading to a collapse of the immune system, the classic sign of the lethal stage of AIDS. The researchers said the findings show that drugs must be found to combat the AIDS virus from the moment of diag nosis and that therapy cannot be relaxed during periods when there are no symptoms. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Al lergy and Infectious Diseases said the discovery answers one of the key mysteries about the course of the AIDS virus dis ease. State executes 2nd Hispanic THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HUNTSVILLE - A Mexican national was executed early Thursday for the fatal shooting of a Dallas police officer, becoming the second Hispanic man execut ed in Texas this week. Ramon Montoya, 38, was pro nounced dead at 12:18 a.m., seven minutes after the lethal injection began flowing into his arms. Before the chemicals started flowing, Montoya turned to Paz Montoya, his father, and said in Spanish, “May God help us. I am ready." The elder Montoya, who wit nessed the execution, replied, “May God help you, too." The execution came slightly more than an hour after the US. Supreme Court refused to grant a stay. A federal appeals court had also refused earlier Wednesday evening to halt it. About 25 persons protested the execution. Standing on a street outside the prison, the chanted such slogans in Spanish as "Jus tice," “Viva Mexico" and "Life, not death." -* On Jan. 26, Montoya eluded death when the U.S. Supreme Court granted him a reprieve just hours before he was to have been strapped to the death chamber gurney. A month later, however, the high court without comment re jected his appeal and Montoya re ceived a new execution date. REVT THE REVOLUTION Largest Selection of Wheels & Bearings in Town! DISOOUWT BIKE 0CMWIY RaUerblade. 61 ^ md ^ 846-1946 SKATESMART ATtlTION ALL (MMHIS HDiTS ALL ON-CAMPUS RESIDENTS MUST EITHER RENEW THEIR CONIRACT OR CANCEL THEIR HOUSING FOR THE PAIL 1993 - SPRING 1904 ACADEMIC TEAR WTffl THEIR RESIDENCE HALL STAFF MARCH 30 - MARCH 31 FINALIZE YOUR HOUSING PLANS NOW! * China Carden fj] Chinese Cuisine FINE DINING Daily Lunch Buffet Full Dinner Menu Brazos Valley Wines 823-2818 2901 S. Texas Avenue Bryan J
