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Wednesday • April 19, 1995 The Bai talion • Page 7 Simpson attorney hammers away at criminalist LOS ANGELES (AP) — A plainly angry judge halted defense attorney Barry Scheck in his tracks Tuesday when Scheck persistently tried to suggest to O.J. Simpson’s jurors that police planted Simp son’s blood to frame him for two murders. Holding aloft a small test tube he said was sim ilar to one that contained Simpson’s blood sample, Scheck began his question to criminalist Dennis Fung, whose nine days on the stand ranks as the longest thus far in Simpson’s double-murder trial. “Are you aware, sir, that 1.9 milliliters, or one- quarter of the blood collected from Mr. Simpson’s...” He was stopped in midsentence by Superior Court Judge Lance Ito, who knew what was com ing next. Scheck was trying to say that a quarter of the blood sample was suspiciously missing. “Sustained. Sustained. Sustained,” the judge barked in response to a prosecution objection. “As sumes facts not in evidence, counsel. Not an ap propriate question. The jury is to disregard the im plication of that question.” But Scheck would not be deterred. “Has it come to your attention that the defense alleges...?” he began again, only to be halted before the judge summoned attorneys to the bench. Scheck was able to elicit from Fung that on June 13, 1994, the day after Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were slain, he saw no blood spots on the back gate of her condominium but did find and collect them when he returned July 3. Editors: Robbins, Clark to lead Battalion staff Continued from Page 1 Clark stressed the expansion of coverage in news, sports and entertainment. “The Battalion does a good job of coverage right now, especially in news, sports and Aggielife, but you can always get better,” Clark said. “I want to make the paper as diverse as possible.” Mark Smith, Battalion editor-in-chief for Spring 1995, said that both should be successful editors. “Both of them know what makes a newspaper tick,” Smith said. “I’ll be surprised if the paper doesn’t improve.” Robbins and Clark are now selecting their edi torial boards for the summer and fall. Both have their own opinions on what makes a good staff. Robbins emphasized the importance of diversity and dedication in a staff. "A good staff should be dedicated to good jour nalism and representative of the community,” Robbins said. “I want a staff that does its best job to produce the best paper.” Clark said he requires his staff to work hard. He explained that work ethic is vital to a paper’s success. “When I interviewed people for the staff, one of the first questions I asked was ‘What is your work ethic?’” Clark said. “It seems like a strange ques tion, but without work ethic, the work is just not as good as it should be.” Robbins described his management style as hands-on, but relaxed. “I want the job to get done, and done well,” Rob bins said. “I want my staff to fulfill all obligations.” Clark said his style would be similar. “It will be a mixture of hands-on and laid-back,” Clark said. “I want to let the editors do their job. If I don’t, then I’m not doing my job.” Smith said his successors are quite similar in their management style. “Both like to work closely with the staff and get involved in what happens,” Smith said. Smith did add some advice for his successors. “Be fair. That’s the most important thing,” Smith said. “Always keep your cool. Mistakes will happen. Just correct them and make sure they don’t happen again.” Crash: Authorities begin search for cause Continued from Page 1 be identified. He did not elaborate, but said the pilot asked for permis sion to dump part of the plane’s fuel load. Identification of what exactly went wrong must await comple tion of the crash investigation, he said. NBC Nightly News reported that the fuel in the plane’s tanks got out of balance and that the crew was unable to level it. The plane’s cockpit voice and flight data recorders were recov ered from the wreckage. Among the victims were Clark J. Fiester, one of four assistant secretaries of the Air Force, and Maj. Gen. Glenn A. Profitt II, di rector of plans and operations for the Air Education and Training Command at Randolph. President Clinton called it “a tragic loss for the U.S. Air Force and the nation.” Defense Secre tary William Perry said he had known Fiester for 38 years. Fiester was on his way to vis it Brooks and Kelly Air Force bases, both at San Antonio, and give a briefing at the Human Systems Center at Brooks. • The others killed were Fi- ester’s assistant. Col. Jack Clark II; Maj. Hubert B. Fisher, who was assigned to the Pentagon; the aircraft commander, 1st Lt. Paul Bowers; an instructor pilot, Capt. Paul Carley; and two pas sengers who had joined the flight on a "space available” ba sis, Air Force Maj. James K. Horne and Army Sgt. Padro Mercado, Air Force officials said. Bowers was at the controls. Maxwell officials said. The Air Force has more than 75 C-21s. The only other C-21 crash was in 1987, also in Alaba ma, the Air Force said. The most popular superhero in A&M histo Booksigning April 29th at the MSC Bookstore on campus The Legend of Tubularman, 2nd Edition. On sale now! Use your AGGIE BUCKS at the MSC Bookstore! 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