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Former parole board chairman pleads guilty to perjury
The Associated Press
WACO — Former state parole board
Chairman James Cranberry pleaded guilty
Thursday to charges he lied during an in
vestigation of parole consultants like the
one that helped free five-time killer Ken
neth McDuff.
Cranberry, 61, admitted lying to a fed
eral magistrate about how many inmates
he represented after he resigned from the
board of pardons and parole in May 1991.
As part of the plea, Cranberry agreed to
help state and federal investigators still
probing parole consultants.
Last week, former Texas parole board
member Frank Eikenburg was arrested on
charges he gave out confidential informa
tion on inmates. Eikenburg of Plano, is
charged with felony misuse of official in
formation.
Cranberry’s attorney, Randy Gilbert of
Tyler, said his client testified before the
grand jury that returned the charge against
Eikenburg.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Johnston de
clined to say if other current or former
board members were being investigated.
But he confirmed that the probe began af
ter McDuff — one of Texas’ most notori
ous killers — abducted an Austin woman
and a pregnant Waco convenience store
clerk.
“The reason our office became aware of
probation consulting questions is that we
were looking for McDuff and we began to
hear about these people,” Johnston said.
When authorities finally arrested Mc
Duff, they found a card for a parole con
sultant, not Cranberry.
In entering the guilty plea before U.S.
District Judge Walter Smith, Cranberry
also admitted that while he was on the
board he helped a Dallas car dealer’s son
win a parole hearing and eventual free
dom in exchange for a reduced lease pay
ment on two automobiles.
Cranberry, a former Lubbock mayor
who now lives near Tyler, declined com
ment on the case. No sentencing date was
set. Prosecutors estimated Cranberry faces
up to six months in prison.
Cranberry was charged with perjury
for lying to a federal magistrate about
the extent of the consulting business he
ran after resigning from the board. Fed
eral prosecutors said Cranberry served as
a consultant for inmates and their fami
lies on 22 cases and was still receiving
fees when he testified in 1992 that he
handled only six or eight cases aniln
no longer in that business.
The businesses themselves were nc;
legal at the time. And although Granfe:
voted to release McDuff in 1989,tkri;
no charges or public allegations ofm
doing by him in that case.
McDuff was sentenced to die in l)j
for killing a teen-age girl, oneoftki
youths slain together near Fort Wortil
ficials say he killed the other two yo©
but those cases did not go to trial. H
Duff’s sentence was commuted to lift:
prison after the Texas death penaltyi;
declared unconstitutional in 1971
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Chlamydia, genital warts
common STDs at A&M
By Tiffany Gambone
Sexually Transmitted Disease
Awareness Committee
The Brazos County Health De
partment reported 386 cases of
sexually transmitted diseases in
1993. Chlamydia and genital
warts are the most common on
the Texas A&M campus.
• Chlamydia
Prevalence - Chlamydia is the
most common STD in United
States with more than 3 million
new cases reported each year.
Transmission - It is passed
from person to person through
any sexual contact.
It cannot be spread through
kissing, toilet seats, doorknobs,
swimming pools or eating uten
sils.
Symptoms - Symptoms in
clude pain during urination
and/or a runny, whitish dis
charge.
Treatment - It can be treated
with antibiotics such as tetracy
cline and doxycycline, and it
cannot be killed with penicillin
or other home remedies.
seat, door knobs, swimming
pools, eating utensils or blood
transfusions.
Symptoms - Symptoms begin
with a tingling or burning feel
ing, a discharge from the vagina,
a feeling of pressure in the ab
domen and pain or soreness in
the buttocks. Small red bumps
appear near where the virus en
tered the body. These bumps
turn into blisters or open sores,
scab over and heal without scars.
Treatment - There is no cure
for herpes because it is a virus.
Acyclovir is a prescription drug
used to decrease the pain and
length of outbreaks. There are no
over-the-counter drugs or home
remedies for herpes.
• Gonorrhea
Prevalence - There are more
than 700,000 cases of gonorrhea
each year.
Transmission - It is passed
through any form of sexual con
tact. It does not
develop out of another disease.
Symptoms - Symptoms in
clude a burning feeling during
urination and a thick, yellowish
or greenish discharge. Women
often have no symptoms.
Treatment - It can be treated
with a shot of ceftriaxone.
There are no over-the-counter
drugs or home remedies.
• Herpes
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Prevalence - There are about
500,000 new cases of herpes
each year.
Transmission - Herpes is an
infection that stays in one spot in
the body and is spread by direct
skin-to-skin contact. The virus
is usually spread during sex.
Cold sores, oral herpes, are most
often caused by herpes simplex
virus-1. HSV-1 can be passed to
the mouth during oral sex. Her
pes cannot be spread by a toilet
• Syphilis
Prevalence - There are more
than 100,000 new cases of
syphilis each year.
Transmission - The disease is
almost always passed from per
son-to-person through direct
contact with a syphilis sore, le
sion or moist rash during sexual
contact. Moist kisses can pass the
disease if one of the people has a
lesion on the lips or in the
mouth. Syphilis cannot be
spread by toilet seats, door
knobs, swimming pools or eat
ing utensils.
Symptoms - The first stage of
syphilis is the outbreak of a sin
gle chancre or sore. The chancre
is firm, round, small and pain
less. It shows up where the bac
teria entered the body. The chan
cre lasts for one to five weeks
and heals on its own. The second
stage starts when a rash breaks
out. The rashes look like spots
on the palms of the hands and
bottom of the feet. Rashes can
also resemble small blotches or
scales or a bad case of acne. The
rash lasts two to six weeks and
clears up on its own. There are
no symptoms in the last stage,
but the disease is attacking the
nervous system and internal or-
gans.
Treatment - A shot of benza
thine penicillin will cure a per
son wno has the disease for less
than a year. Shots are needed for
someone who has had the dis
ease for more than a year. There
are no over-the-counter drugs or
home remedies for syphilis.
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Take our Daughters to Work Day
Successful women offer job guidance
By Eloise Flint
The Battalion
Thousands of girls ages nine to 15 visited
the offices of influential women Thursday to
celebrate the value they add to society dur
ing the second annual “Take our Daughters
to Work Day.”
The event was aimed at encouraging
young girls across the country to accompany
parents, family friends, relatives and teach
ers to work, to gain first hand exposure to
the workforce.
Pamela Reese, adviser to student activi
ties, said the program is a self-esteem
builder.
“Results of studies have shown that girls
have lower job expectations than boys,”
Reese said.
She brought members of Girl Scout troop
No. 1966 to the A&M campus so they could
have the chance to see what opportunities
are available for them in the future.
Reese said being on the Texas A&M cam
pus also provides tnem with encouragement
to further their education.
“Having lunch with girls in the Corps and
talking with Brooke Leslie (student body
president) gives them the opportunity to see
females in leadership positions, which is en
couraging for them’ she said.
Carrin Bilhle, a 10-year-old from Lexing
ton Elementary, said she has learned respon-
sibility from her day at work.
She completed tasks such as making
copies, delivering payroll reports and filing.
Bilhle said she wants to be a lawyer when
she grows up, but first she plans to attend
college.
“I want to go to A&M because I am an
Aggie fan,” Bilhle said. “I want to go on a
volleyball scholarship.”
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sistant in student services, said she hopes
her daughter understands what the working
world is really about.
“When she comes home from school and
is so tired, she doesn’t always understand why
mom is so tired,” Ms. Bilhle said.
“She needs to understand that this is an
eight-to-five job, and that mom has a lot of
responsibilities that don’t allow her to stay
home all day.”
“When she comes home from
school and is so tired, she
doesn’t always understand
why mom is so tired.”
- Candy Bilhle, accounting
assistant in student services
By the year 2000, the council predicc
that two out of three entrants into tiekk:
force will be women, so girls need cm
support and attention to boost tbeiistlf
confidence.
Emily Davidson, associate professoro!
psychology, said the program providestk
opportunity to see women as role models
"In the news and on the TV they are«■
posed to male role models, such as politi
cians and other major figures,” Davidsos
said.
She said the program is a positive movett
influence girls.
“Given how many things there are.i:
won’t make a huge change, but it definite}
won’t harm them," Davidson said.
She said at home parents should encoi-
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Patricia Khrone, a 9-year-old from Ana-
son Jones Elementary, learned how office life
works by meeting with Dr. Carolyn Adair,
director of student activities.
Reese said meeting with influential
women builds the girls’ self esteem and en
courages them to set goals for their future.
According to the Bluebonnet Girl Scout
Council, girls set their sights on low-paying
jobs and often have views of being support
ed by their husbands.
The council guidelines say young girls
need to see that women have a range of life
options so that they can shape more realistic
futures.
The council reports that approximately 30
percent more girls than boys suffer a decline
in basic feelings about themselves at the be
ginning of adolescence.
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He said when girls watch TV they mostli
see men holding important places in sodetf
and don’t pursue things they are capable of.
Hoyle also said parents can influenct
their daughters to be more assertive in the
home with chores.
"Let them do chores that are typical;
boys chores,” Hoyle said.
"They can mow the yard and take ontihe
trash, letting them be the ones to gette
hands dirty’
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their fathers for a day, to show them tbeyatf
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First man to head Houston’s NOW resigns
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — The local NOW
chapter’s first male president has
quit because state organization
officials criticized the way he
handled a response to a planned
men-only appearance by Louis
Farrakhan.
Wesley Fryar, 2 7, said he re
signed earlier this month, and
three of NOW’s five-member lo
cal board also have stepped
down. All remain members of the
National Organization for
Women.
Fryar and others had criticized
Farrakhan’s plan to hold a men-
only speech earlier this month at
Texas Southern University to ad
dress problems facing black men.
But there also were those who
supported the speech, including a
group of local black female ac
tivists.
The site of the April 11 speech
was moved to a local church
when the school said the Nation
of Islam leader could not prohibit
women from attending an event
at a public facility.
Fryar had issued a press release
saying the speech at Texas South
ern would violate federal law be
cause women would be excluded
at a public facility.
But at NOW’s Texas State
Council meeting on April 9 in
Houston, several state leaders
criticized him for not consulting
them first.
”1 felt that they (state NOW
leaders) did not support me on
something they should have, and
to me that was a vote of no con
fidence,” Fryar told The Houston
Post in Thursday’s editions. “That
came as a big blow.”
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support me on something they should haw
and to me that was a vote of no confidence,"
- We sly Fryar, Houston NOW presiial
Tish Parker, a vice president of
NOW’s racial diversity commit
tee, said Fryar should have con
tacted her group first.
NOW National President Patri
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the need to have “gender specif-
“From a national pets]
we don’t think you solve issuesd
race by discrimination based os
gender,” she said.
“At a public facility, i
shouldn’t be an exclusionol
Student Parking Garage Renewal Information
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* Call 862-PARK and speak with a Parking Counselor
and we will fill out the forms for you over the phone.
* Stop by the PTTS Main Office, Room 117 of the
Koldus Building and pick up a renewal packet.
Remember, criteria for renewing your parking garage privileges
are as follows:
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* Housed in residence halls for the 1994/1995 school year.
(Students assigned to the North Side Parking Garage prior to
October 19, 1989 will be allowed to retain their space until
graduation.)
* Return your renewal information no later than May 13,
1994. Failure to return this information may result in the
loss of your parking garage assignment.
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