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(#) Police Beat
False Alarm or Report
Biochemistry/ Biophysics
Building - An anonymous per
son called the victim to advise
him not to go to class because
the building would not be there.
The building was checked and
no evidence of criminal activity
was discovered.
Harassment
Hobby Hall - The victim is re
ceiving 6 to 10 hang-up calls a
day.
Driving While Intoxicated /
Resisting Arrest
covers and a tire and rim were
stolen from the victim's 1987
Toyota.
Richardson Building - A 486
computer and keyboard were
stolen from a third floor labora
tory.
Wells Hall - An upright ter
minal and keyboard were stolen
from a second floor computer
room.
Rudder Tower Loading Dock
- A 5-gallon propane tank with
gauges was stolen from the load
ing dock.
Zachry Engineering Center -
A Hewlett-Packard, Model 550-
C, printer was stolen from a first
floor room.
Milam Street - An intoxicated
motorist attempted to avoid ap
prehension by resisting the in
vestigating officer. The subject
was transported to the Brazos
County Jail and incarcerated.
Minor in Possession of Alcohol
Parking Area 32 - Citation is
sued.
party led to physical contact.
The reporting party said he was
slapped on the left side of his
face. The other combatant had
left the area prior to the arrival
of the investigating officer.
Houston Street - The victim
reported he had been struck
twice by eggs thrown from a
blue Oldsmobile Cutlass as he
walked past the Read Building.
Memorial Student Center -
The victim was approached by
an unknown male who asked
her to hold his hand. When the
victim refused the subject put his
hand on her waist and grabbed
her arm. The victim escaped the
suspect's grasp and ran into the
building. The suspect attempted
to follow the victim, but he fled
when he observed a group of
people coming towards them.
Public Intoxication
Assault
Misdemeanor Theft
Parking Area 56 - Four wheel
College Avenue Apartments
- An abusive verbal exchange
between two individuals at a
Dormitory 12 - Two intoxicat
ed individuals were arrested and
incarcerated in the Brazos Coun
ty Jail.
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For the first time since the 1960s, the U.S. Congress
is supporting the same bills as President Clinton on a
consistent basis, according to a study done by a Texas
A&M professor.
Jon Bond, a political science professor at Texas
A&M, and Richard Fleischer, a political science profes
sor at Fordham University, completed a study in No
vember on the number o/ times bills favored by Clin
ton were passed by Congress.
The study found that Clinton and Congress voted
the same 80 percent of the time at the end of his first
nine months in office.
Bond said only President Johnson in 1964 sur
passed Clinton in his voting-approval rate, and John
son was the most successful majority-party president
since the 1950s.
A Clinton aide contacted Bond about the study,
wanting to know if Clinton had the highest approval
rate in 50 years. Bond said.
"Clinton wanted to compliment Congress at the be
ginning of his State of the Union address," Bond said.
"He wanted to say that his first year in office had been
the most successful in passing legislation in 50 years."
But Clinton's success rate dropped in November
and December.
"They had to change '50' to '30' years in the
speech," Bond said. "If Clinton's voting rate had
stayed the same for November and December
would've been 50 vears. His rate would've been;
highest since President Truman."
Bond said the study was not necessarily a prea
indication of Clinton's ability to pass legislation
only measures the number of times he's passedatj
which he took an affirmative position on.
Phil Meuret, president of the Texas A&M Cob
Republicans, said Vice President Gore had tobrfii
ties on a lot of the bills that were eventually passed
"With the majority of Congress being Democr;;
these gridlocks shouldn't be occurring this freque
ly," he said.
Meuret said the gridlocks stemmed from the6
that Clinton wasn't elected by the majority of theps
ulation.
"None of the candidates had over 50 percentoftr
votes," Meuret said.
He said compromise had to take place beforesej t
bills were passed.
"The legislation passed on gays in the militan
wasn't what he (Clinton) wanted," he said.
Clinton's voting rate could change after theupcoi
ing senatorial elections, Meuret siaid.
Ron Going, program director of Aggie Democs
said Clinton's success with passing legislation hash
tie to do with partisanship.
"In some cases, more Republicans than Democr-:
are voting in favor of the bills that Clinton favors’ll
said. "They see the merit of the policy and notwta
party is on what side of the issue.
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mind getting in the car and go
ing to another location to answer
questions."
Adell said he was locked in
the back seat and taken some
where on west campus.
"It annoyed me that they
weren't truthful," Adell said.
Although he was not arrested,
Adell said he was read his rights
and treated like a common crim
inal.
"The cop said if I didn't an
swer the questions I would be in
a no-win situation," Adell said.
He told the police where he
had been and the people he had
been in contact with that night.
Adell said the officers ques
tioned him numerous times as to
why he was out so late without
identification or a jacket.
When the officers escorted
him to his room, they told him
he would be listed as a suspect
in the report, and that a detec
tive would be in touch with him
soon.
They still gave Adell no indi
cation of what had happened or
what he would be suspected of
doing.
"They said they would apolo
gize to me if they realized they
were wrong, but I haven't heard
anything from anybody," Adell
said.
"It bothers me that they put
me through that. I feel like they
really stepped over bounds on
this."
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SEGUIN — Kenneth Allen McDuff, one of
the most brutal killers in Texas history who has
been dubbed "the devil himself” by one vic
tim's mother, was sentenced to die Tuesday for
the murder of an Austin woman.
McDuff, 47, displayed no emotion when
State District Judge Wilford Flowers sentenced
him for the slaying of Colleen Reed, who was
abducted from an Austin car wash Dec. 29,
1991.
McDuff also received two terms of life in
prison for aggravated kidnapping and aggra
vated sexual assault in the disappearance of
Reed, a 28-year-old secretary for the Lower
Colorado River Authority whose body has
never been found.
It was the third death sentence for McDuff,
who has spent about half of his life in prison.
His escape of a 1968 death sentence, his sub
sequent parole in 1990 and killings since then
have become a symbol of a criminal justice sys
tem gone haywire.
McDuff's case led to changes in state parole
practices that are designed to make it more dif
ficult for violent criminals to win release.
Reed's sister, Lori Bible, who has aggres
sively championed prosecution of McDuff,
said he got what he deserved.
"She died a horrible death ... and the guvs
who did this to her are going to pay for it,” Ms.
Bible said.
McDuff's chief accuser in the Reed case was
his accomplice, Alva Hank Worley, 36, who
faces capital murder charges but has not been
tried yet.
Worley testified that he and McDuff abduct
ed Reed. As they drove north to Bell Count
Worley said Reed was repeatedly raped, beat
en and tortured by being burned with ciga
rettes.
He said he last saw Reed when McDuff
placed her in the trunk of his car and said he
was going to "use her up.”
Worley said he confessed to police because
he had a guilty conscience. McDuff's attomevs
accused Worley of testifying against McDuff to
try' to get a reduced charge.
McDuff denied killing Reed.
McDuff was first sentenced to death for the
1966 slaying of a 16-year-old girl near Fort
Worth. His accomplice, Roy Dale Green, testi
fied last week that McDuff also shot and killed
the girl's companions, two teen-age boys, be
fore raping and strangling the girl with a bro
ken broomstick.
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The Texas A&M University
Student Publications Board
is accepting applications for
Editor, The Battalion
Fall 1994
The fall ‘94 editor will serve from August 15, 1994, through
December 9. 1994.
Qualifications for editor of The Battalion are:
Be a Texas A&M student with a minimum 2.0 overall and major GPR at the
time of appointment and during the term of office;
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OR
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OR
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(Media Writing I and II), JOUR 301 (Mass Comm Law) and JOUR 304
(Editing for the Mass Media), or equivalent.
Application forms should be picked up and returned to the Student
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Deadline for submitting application: 5 p.m. Monday, March 21.
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Board Meeting beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, 1994.
The Texas A&M University
Student Publications Board
is accepting applications for
Editor, The Battalion
Summer 1 994
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August 5, 1994.
Qualifications for editor of The Battalion are:
Be a Texas A&M student with a minimum 2.0 overall and major GPR at the
time of appointment and during the term of office;
Have at least one year experience in a responsible editorial position on The
Battalion or comparable student newspaper,
OR
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OR
Have completed at least 1 2 hours journalism, including JOUR 203 and 303
(Media Writing I and II), JOUR 301 (Mass Comm Law) and JOUR 304
(Editing for the Mass Media), or equivalent.
Application forms should be picked up and returned to the Student
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Deadline for submitting application; 5 p.m. Monday, March 21.
Applicants will be interviewed during the Student Publications
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JULI PHILLIPS, Editor in chief
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