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Second library arson
suspect arrested
Three men rob bank
in Normangee
WACO (AP) — A 24-year-old
man was convicted Wednesday of
killing an elderly woman after last
year’s botched heist of the
Normangee State Bank, and two co
defendants were found guilty on
federal bank robbery charges.
Jurors took about three hours to
return guilty verdicts against Julius
Sephus, 24, Hashim Esteban
Thomas, 19, and his brother, Steven
Lee Thomas II, 17, said U.S. Attorney
Bill Johnston.
Prosecutors said Sephus planned
the August 1994 heist and shot 82-
year-old Ruby Parker to death at a
cemetery where the bandits met after
the robbery.
Sephus was found guilty of killing
Parker, who was visiting her
husband’s grave when Sephus
demanded her car and she refused,
as well as bank robbery, two
weapons charges and carjacking.
The Thomas brothers were
convicted of bank robbery charges,
and Steven Thomas was found guilty
of carrying a weapon into the bank.
U.S. District Judge Walter Smith
will conduct sentencing hearings for
the three later this spring.
Four men who already had pleaded
guilty to taking part in the robbery
testified against Sephus and the
Thomases during the three-day trial.
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New Party will focus on community
Thursday •April ljL Thu]
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□ Brazos County gets the
first chapter of a new po
litical party.
The Bryan Police arrested its
second suspect Wednesday in the
March 28 arson of the Bryan Public
Library. Clyde Newton Settles
turned himself in to the police
Wednesday. Police arrested Ronnie
O’Neal Jr. for the arson Tuesday
after he turned himself in. Both men
are from Midland.
The men are also suspects in the
burglary of the Masonic Lodge and
the slashing of six city vehicles’ tires
on March 28.
Police speculate that these three
incidents were acts of revenge
against the Bryan Police. Settles has
said that the incidents were retaliation
for police brutality in 1984.
Settles was arrested in October
1984 after he got into a fight with his
brother.
Sgt. Choya Walling of the Bryan
Police Department said Settles hit an
officer when Settles was searched
for weapons after he was arrested.
By Tracy Smith
The Battalion
A new political party is making
its way into College Station and
may provide relief for those stu
dents who don’t side with Democra
tic or Republican views.
Shalini Vallabhan, a Texas A&M
political science doctorate student,
said the New Party started as a
grass-roots party that encompassed
many progressive issues, including
women’s issues, labor unions, edu
cation, health reform and limiting
donations to candidates.
“The party is different from many
third parties in that it stresses the
community, starting at the commu
nity level,” she said. “Most of the
third parties start at the national
level and work their way down, but
this one begins with the people.”
She said that since the party’s de
velopment, its ties have spread over 10
different states and are currently mak
ing their way across Texas.
The Brazos County will have the
first official chapter in the state, which
will bring the University and the com-
munity together under one party.
Adolf Gunderson, an associate
political science professor, said that
between 50 and 300 people started
the New Party, with chapters crop
ping up almost simultaneously
across the country.
“Last November, 53 percent of the
voters expressed dissatisfaction with
the two main political parties,” Gun
derson said. “People are ready for a
change and many are willing to take a
chance with a new party.”
He explained that the New Party
is set apart from other third parties
because it does not damage the ex
isting parties.
“We want to avoid being a spoiler to
the either the Democratic or Republi
can Party,” Gunderson said. “Each
vote will really count toward the party
because we don’t intend to run some
one we don’t think can win.”
Vallabhan said the party is
against the current state of the
democracy, which she described as
“big bucks and the media.”
Currently, the New Party is only at
the local level, but Gunderson said the
party plans to move up to the national
level as soon as it can.
“We are building from the bottom
up and this may take time,” he said.
“It is hard to predict when the party
can reach the level of interest that
would send it to the national level.”
Gunderson said the nation’s citi
zens are expressing more and more
disgust about the current political
system.
“We don’t lean to the left or to
the right side of political views,” he
said. “We are aligned with the bot
tom-section, which deals more with
the people.”
Vallabhan said interest regarding
the party has been expressed at the
University, and the party plans to hold
its first formal meeting on May 4.
“We have quite a few people inter
ested in the party. However, many are
skeptical,” she said. “We want to move
beyond this skepticism and develop a
party that overcomes apathy and pro
vides a voice for progressive issues.
“If you ask people about progressive
issues dealing with education, for ex
ample, many will agree with the pro
gressive views. We need to bring these
views together into one organization.”
Some people are apprehensive
about the New Party, though.
Stacey Fehlis, a senior journalism
major, said that while she sides with
many progressive issues, she wants to
be sure of the party’s permanence be
fore becoming affiliated with it.
“Third parties have a history of
coming and going,” Fehlis said. “I be
lieve there is interest out there for a
third party, but only in one that will
be around for a longer period of time
than the ones in the past.”
Compromise not lil^
over Dallas condom
□ Dallas is the only county to prevent!
tribution of condoms by health world
want»
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas County Commi
Kenneth Mayfield says he has nothing agi
pie using condoms. He just doesn’t
health workers passing them out.
“We don’t give nicotine patches to smokers,
should that be any different?” Mayfield says.
Mayfield and his fellow commissioners havt
the county health clinic’s distribution of condo:
die sterilization kits and “safe sex” literature,
that has rankled some Texas health officials.
“There probably is no way to resolve t
Dr. Charles E. Bell, the Chief of the Bureauoli
ally Transmitted Diseases and HIV Preverj
the Texas Department of Health. “It’s neg%
any health care provider not to provide devil
information. Just to tell them to not have
going to happen.”
The ban, propelled by the court’s newly eli
conservative members Mayfield and Mike
a provision of a measure to accept more fundin']
cal AIDS research, prevention and testing.
State health officials said Dallas County
only public health provider in Texas thatdoescj
vide condoms to adults for disease prevention.
The ban fulfills Mayfield’s campaign pro:
change the county’s policy on distributing
brochures. The county should promote abstini
The ban also may affect doctors and n
come here to learn techniques in the
sexually transmitted diseases.
Cana
prevenl
The following incidents were
reported to the University Police
Department between April 5 and
April 10.
Criminal Mischief
Dormitory 6 - The victim’s
room was entered and a pair of
senior boots was damaged when
someone rubbed them against the
dormitory room wall.
case and a civil engineering text
book were stolen from a second
floor room.
Puryear Hall - A pair of blue
jeans with a gray wallet was
stolen from a residence hall room.
The wallet had a driver license
and other personal property.
Burglary of Habitation
Mclnnis Hall - The victim re
ported that sometime during the
semester break his Minolta
35mm camera with zoom lens,
five unknown movie tapes and a
black camera case were stolen
from his first floor room.
Schuhmacher Hall - A Koss
Model X52 stereo system, 100
compact discs, a portable disc
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stolen. The brown leather wallet
contained $90, a North Carolina
driver license, a TAMU ID card, a
Texas driver license, an ATM
card and a Visa card.
rization were incarcerated in Bra
zos County Jail.
Misdemeanor Theft
Commons Bicycle Racks - A
standard Schwinn High Plains
tire was stolen from a bicycle.
Sterling C. Evans Library - A
maroon backpack with a pair of
Rayban sunglasses, a collapsible
umbrella and three 3.5-inch
diskettes was stolen from a sixth
floor room.
Sterling C. Evans Library - A
black nylon briefcase with a wal
let and an AIWA portable person
al AM/FM cassette player was
Disorderly Conduct
Parking Area 2 - A subject ob
served urinating in public was is
sued a citation.
Attempted Burglary of a
Vehicle
Parking Area 30 - A 1991 Mit
subishi was damaged by someone
attempting to pry open the pas
senger’s side door panel.
Driving While Intoxicated
Joe Routt Blvd - The motorist
was incarcerated in Brazos Coun
ty Jail.
George Bush Drive - The mo
torist was incarcerated in Brazos
County Jail.
Harassment
Mosher Hall - The victim re
ceived an annoying call from an
unknown male.
Hobby Hall - The victim re
ceived three annoying calls from a
former acquaintance.
covered his backpack i
and an individual stand
by had a very full backpacS
victim asked to look intotl
ject’s backpack. After:
refusal, the subject openej
backpack and pulled
tim’s backpack. The suspe
allowed to leave. Thevici
ported the offense totheUoj
ty Police Department,
brary was searched, howd
the suspect was not locate! I
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Public Intoxication
Parsons Mounted Cavalry -
Two intoxicated individuals found
on the property without autho-
Attempted Theft
Sterling C. Evans Library -
The victim left his backpack unat
tended on the table on the sixth
floor. When he returned, he dis-
Arson (Criminal Mid
Band Drill Field
gating officer located
couch on the field and]
the College Station Fire!
ment personnel be notifid
fire was extinguished andj
vestigation led to the ideif
tion of five suspects.
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