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The Battalion
Page 11
ormer Texas professor goes on trial in shootout
The Associated Press
[OTEAU, Okla. — A former
isprofessor was ready to kill a
■lore County deputy to keep
Agoing back to Texas to face
iges there alleging he held a
nan captive, a prosecutor
rged Monday.
Cathey's trial began Mon-
i charges connected with
former English instructor's vi-
itcapture in a remote part of
lore County April 21. Cathey
lawmen began firing at each
irafter they told him they
aied to tow his car from the
a state prison, prosecutors
ithey, 52, faces a life sentence
nvicted on a charge of shoot-
|:atDeputy Ross Parkhurst
with the intention of killing him.
"There is no doubt that Cathey
was going to be Ross Parkhurst's
assassin," Assistant District Attor
ney Gary Buckles said.
"With his words and
deeds, it is obvious that
he intended to kill every
one there."
Cathey was wearing a
bulletproof vest and car
rying a .25 caliber hand
gun and a 9mm pistol at
the time of his arrest,
Buckles said.
Cathey also is charged with
feloniously pointing a gun and us
ing a bulletproof vest during a
felony.
He could get another 95 years
if later convicted on federal
charges of possessing stolen cars
and illegal silencers that police
found at his backwoods hideout.
"I'm not going to stand up here
and tell you that Dr. Cathey is a
model citizen," attorney Russell
"Sure, he made some dumb
mistakes, but he did not form the
intent to kill Deputy Parkhurst."
- Russell Barber, attorney
Barber said. "Sure, he made some
mistakes — some dumb mistakes.
But he did not form the intent to
kill Deputy Parkhurst."
Cathey says the gun dis
charged after he was shot.
LeFlore County prosecutors
say they expect the trial to last
through Wednesday.
Texas prosecutors are waiting
to try Cathey on a variety of
charges that include the kidnap
ping of the woman who
says she was made to be
a sex slave at his home in
suburban Sunnyvale.
The former professor
at the University of
North Texas says the
woman, now in prison
on drug charges, was a
willing participant.
Cathey was about to
go to trial in that case when he
disappeared. He established a
new identity in Poteau where he
was known as Preston Primm, a
recently widowed psychologist.
For nine months he lived in
Poteau, building a wooden cabin
and becoming a familiar figure.
His disguise included a beard and
shaved bald spot, authorities say.
His identity was discovered in
April when two guards from a
nearby prison spotted a stolen car
near his camp and summoned
sheriff's deputies.
When the deputies arrived,
Cathey was waiting with his vest
on and carrying a Clock semiauto
matic pistol, authorities said.
He told a reporter shortly after
the shootout that he had one of
the deputies in perfect firing
range when they first arrived, but
that he was incapable of pulling
the trigger and killing the officer.
Barber has said those state
ments are the crux of his defense.
The judge has ruled that the re
porter cannot testify about the
statements, which he said were
self-serving hearsay.
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food you enjoy the most. Now
calorie counters, sodium
sand cholesterol cops are
igout after Chinese,
lie Center for Science in the
Interest decided to test the
that Chinese food is better
you than, say, McDonald's
;ers and fries, and came out
r McDonald's,
tor instance: An order of Kung
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est to help Alzheimer's patients
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oved to National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
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vas un- in Alzheimer's disease patients develop a flaw
water, itcloses up a microscopic pore, or channel,
king its -ugh which flows a form of potassium,
loaded fcnsaid researchers speculated that if this hap-
Dn that sin brain cells, why not other cells in the body?
ring its j that in mind, the NIH team tested cells taken
In tissues in the nose and from the skin. In both
y mess
homes
fat as four Quarter Pounders.
An order of Moo Shu Pork has
more than twice the cholesterol of
an Egg McMuffin.
And House Lo Mein had twice
the salt of a Pizza Hut pizza.
"Popular Chinese dishes like
Kung Pao Chicken and Moo Shu
Pork are as bad for you as a
greasy cheeseburger and fries,"
said nutritionist Jayne Hurley in
CSPI's September Nutrition Ac
tion Healthletter.
But wait. General Tso's fans.
You can make it all better if you
eat a cup of steamed rice along
with a cup of entree. Says the
newsletter: "Chinese food sud
denly becomes good for you."
Most devotees of Chinese cuisine
do that anyway.
CSPI, a consumer advocacy
group, bought dinner-size take
out portions of 15 popular dishes
from 20 Chinese restaurants in
Washington, Chicago and San
Francisco, and sent them to an in
dependent lab for analysis.
Sweet and Sour pork was OK
for sodium, but stir-fried vegeta
bles hit the day's quota with 2,100
mg. House Lo Mein had 3,460
mg., which CSPI called "incredi
ble."
cases, he said, the test showed that the potassium
channels were collapsed in tissue from Alzheimer's
patients.
Alkon's team then treated cells with chemicals
that cause microscopic sparks in healthy cells.
Where the potassium channels were closed, in the
Alzheimer's cells, there were no sparks.
Jo Ann McConnell, senior vice president for med
ical and scientific affairs of the Alzheimer's Associa
tion, said that if the validity of the diagnostic test can
be proven it would be important in dealing with the
disease, but she warned that other promising tests
for Alzheimer's have been disappointing.
"We are guardedly optimistic about this," she
said. "There have been a number of tests for biologi
cal markers which have been proven to not be true."
"It would be very beneficial to doctors to deter
mine exactly what the disease entity is because there
are many forms of dementia that are treatable," said
McConnell. "If you could rule out Alzheimer's then
you could explore seriously the other possibilities."
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disorder that
gradually destroys memory, the ability to function,
and, eventually, life itself. There now is no treatment
and the disease always is fatal. An estimated 2.5 mil
lion to 4 million Americans have the disease and Mc
Connell said it is expected that number will triple
within 20 years.
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Big Bend Bears
The Associated Press
AUSTIN — Hiking alone on Emory Peak Trail in the Chisos
Mountains, Carl Teinert was startled by a noise in the brush.
"Lo and behold, there was a bear moving through. He looked
up, saw me, shorted a bit and just kept wandering through," said
Teinert, 43, an environmental consultant from Austin who vaca
tioned in Big Bend National Park this month.
He joined a growing list of visitors who have encountered black
bears in this 801,000-acre wilderness of austere desert and jagged
peaks along the Rio Grande.
The park had no bears when it was established in 1944. They had
been wiped out by hunting and trapping. Park officials believe
bears waded or swam across the river from Mexico in 1988.
Park officials estimate that a dozen bears now inhabit Big Bend
— more than are found anywhere else in the state. So far this year,
visitors have reported 170 bear sightings — more than double the
number for any full year.
Most of the sightings have been in the mountains, but bears also
have been reported at lower elevations. They've been seen outside
the park as well, on private land and at the nearby Black Gap state
wildlife management area.
"Their return here is one of the greatest things that have hap
pened in Big Bend's history," said Raymond Skiles, the park's
wildlife biologist. "It's mind-boggling and fascinating."
It also has brought new challenges to the National Park Service,
said Kevin Cheri, assistant superintendent at Big Bend.
Officials want to avoid the "bear jams" that plague Yellowstone,
Great Smoky Mountains and other national parks, where motorists
stop to photograph and tease animals that have lost their natural
fear of humans.
The service is taking a two-pronged approach at Big Bend: edu
cating visitors and bear-proofing receptacles for food and garbage.
Crews recently installed 50 metal food lockers at mountain
campsites used by backpackers. Special lids costing more than $500
each have been acquired for trash bins at the popular Chisos Moun
tains Basin campground.
Yellow road signs show a bear walking. Other signs admonish
visitors, "Do not feed the animals."
Karen Boucher, a park ranger, gave another piece of advice dur
ing a recent evening slide show at the Chisos campground, which
occasionally is visited by bears: "Please make sure you put all your
food in your vehicle."
No one has been hurt by a bear,, but a few encounters have left
visitors shaken. Two years ago, a female bear escorting two cubs
dashed toward a hiker and skidded to a stop 20 feet away — a type
of behavior that wildlife biologists call a "bluff charge."
"In a case like that, the best thing to do is back out slowly,"
Skiles said. "The chance of injury is so minuscule even though it
might seem threatening."
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