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Police in Houston, Dallas, Irving, Beaumont and San Jacinto County say Gypsies have told stories of robberies, assaults and revenge attacks by a rival group. Most, if not all, of the stories are concocted, the officers say, to get police to arrest and intimidate the other family. On one side is the powerful Evans family of Houston, headed by Wal ter Evans, a Gypsy who says he was born in a tent about 47 years ago. His sons say it was probably closer to 55 years ago. On the other side is the Bucky Mitchell family, most of whom live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Mitchell is a patient at M.D. Anderson Can cer Center and is Evans’ brother-in-law and cousin. The Mitchells and Evanses were close for years, the children becoming best friends, and the adults frequently business partners. But in the summer of 1991, one of Mitchell’s sons, Joey Mitchell, 26, violated Gypsy law by becoming involved with a not-yet divorced Gypsy woman. That sparked a chain of events that angered Texas law enforcement of ficers and tore the families apart. The members are descendants of nomadic tribes that left northern In dia more than a thousand years ago to become the first dark-skinned peoples in Europe. They made their living as itinerant musicians, for tunetellers and entertainers. Gypsies usually rely on their internal social structure to resolve dis putes. That’s what first happened between the Mitchells and Evanses. At a Dallas meeting of the Romani Kris, or Gypsy court, on Sept. 1 6- 17, 1991, leaders from Texas and neighboring states tried to determine a fair penance. About 1,000 Gypsies were in attendance. Acting as prosecutor, Walter Evans demanded that Joey Mitchell pay the offended family a “globa,” or fine, of $2,500. A vote was taken and the sentence imposed. But the Evanses contend that Joey Mitchell ignored the globa so he was “blackballed,” the most severe punishment Gypsies can impose on each other. Blackballed Gypsies cannot eat, drink or socialize with other Gypsies and cannot attend Gypsy weddings or funerals. As a result of the black ball, Walter Evans and his sons — Jerry, Freddie and Tony — say they have been the victims of robberies, threats and physical attacks by the vengeful Mitchells. The family is afraid to go out at night, they say. “We’re kind of being careful of w’hat we’re doing and where we’re going,” Freddie Evans said. “They are trying to harm my family.” Joey Mitchell contends he paid the globa. MSC Film Society of Texas ASM Fei Hu The Story of The Flying Tigers A PREMIERE SCREENINq wiih spEciAl quEsis FranIc ClmisTophER Ai\d pRAivik BoRiiNq The filivi's Directors ancJ ProcIucers GeineraI CIiarIes BoncJ '49 Genera! "Tex" Hil! 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Lower courts said the ban violated executive branch em ployees’ free-speech rights. •Left intact a ruling that said a Michigan teacher had legitimate ed ucational reasons for refusing to let a girl show classmates a videotape of her singing a religious song. •Agreed to decide in a Califor nia case whether statements made by defendants during failed plea negotiations with federal prosecu tors may be used as trial evidence against them. The gun-control case asks whether Congress wrote the 1990 law correctly to comply with the Constitution’s Commerce Clause, which allows Congress to regulate interstate commerce. The law carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine for anyone caught with a gun near a school. Lopez, then a senior at Edison High School, was arrested after school authorities received an anonymous tip. He admitted carrying a .38- caliber handgun and five bullets, and was sentenced to six months in prison. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that in most cases the law was invalid under the Commerce Clause. Other federal pun control laws describe a link between the banned activity ib® interstate commerce, but the GuB' Free School Zones Act does not, the appeals court said. Because Lopez’s indictment als did not describe such a connection, his conviction must be thrown out the appeals court ruled. The 5 th Circuit court suggest^ that Congress could enact a ne"' law that might pass constitution! muster if it specified a link be tween guns at school and com merce. The Senate passed such a raea sure last November as partob massive crime package being de bated in Congress. In its high court appeal, tb £ Clinton administration noted tha ; the law has been upheld by anoth er federal appeals court, the Sau Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Jim Jet