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State
Friday • November 17,
Death chamber renovations complett
in time for new execution witnesses
□ The new procedures
could take effect as
early as Dec. 1.
HUNTSVILLE (AP) — The
Texas death chamber has a new
look which makes it ready for
relatives of a murder victim to
watch their loved one’s killer be
put to death.
Continuing a tradition that
started more than 77 years ago
when inmates first built the
death house at the Walls Unit in
downtown Huntsville, Texas
prisoners have erected a wall
down the center of the death
chamber, cutting the viewing
area into two separate rooms
each less than 6 feet wide.
“We sat down and decided
about all we could do is divide
the room in half,” Neill Hodges,
the assistant warden at the
prison, said Thursday.
One room will hold witnesses
selected by the convicted mur
derer. The room on the other
side of the wall will house rela
tives of the murder victim.
Under procedures to be ap
proved Friday by the Texas
Board of Criminal Justice at a
meeting in Dallas, up to five rel
atives of a murder victim will be
able to witness the execution of
their loved one’s killer.
The Texas Board of Criminal
Justice ordered the rules draft
ed after hearing testimony from
victims’ family members who
urged that relatives be given
such an option.
The new procedures could
take effect as early as Dec. 1,
depending on what the board
does Friday.
The renovation required some
air conditioning changes, addi
tion of a second speaker so peo
ple in both rooms can hear the
inmate’s final comments, and
new carpeting.
Also, a blind was placed over
the window through which the ex
ecutioner watches the inmate. Of
ficials determined the shade was
needed because the mirror sur
face of the one-way glass window
allowed people standing on either
side of the chamber wall to see
each other in the reflection.
Hodges estimated the work,
which took about a week to com
plete, cost about $2,000.
Under the neto policy, as
many as five “close relatives
the deceased” could witness
execution. Those relatives
defined as a spouse, parent
stepparent, or adult brother,
ter, child or stepchild.
At the prison director’s dis
tion, another individual
close relationship to the
could be a witness. And if fen
than five relatives of the vie
wish to attend, relatives of an*
er victim for whose killing the
mate was convicted could atta
They’ll join in the de;
chamber up to five relatives
friends designated by the inm
as personal witnesses. Also
the chamber are up to fivene
media witnesses, a chapla
criminal justice board memln
and prison staff.
Fr
No 1
Just what the doctor ordered: Dr Pepper
fan writes book about the bubbly beverage
□ Author Jeffrey L. Rodengen
spent two years researching
his favorite soft drink.
WACO (AP) — There is no prune juice in
Dr Pepper.
Exploding that long-lived myth was the
most interesting thing author Jeffrey L. Ro-
dengon says he learned while writing his
book about the legendary soft drink. ’
On Saturday, Rodengen will visit Waco,
where Dr Pepper was first formulated in
1885 by pharmacist Charles Alderton, to
sign copies of his book, “The Legend of Dr
Pepper/Seven-Up.”
A devoted Dr Pepper drinker, Rodengen has
spent the last two years traveling the country
researching and collecting photographs about
Dr Pepper and Seven-Up for his book.
“It is absolutely my favorite soft drink,”
Rodengen said Wednesday, sipping a home
made Dr Pepper at the Dr Pepper Museum.
During his research, he spent countless
hours with museum officials collecting facts
about the origin of the drink and about the
history of Waco.
“I was drinking Dr Pepper long before it
was cool,” he said.
Rodengen, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is a
nationally syndicated columnist, producer,
director and industrial historian who has
written hundreds of articles chronicling
American technology and industry. “The Leg
end of Dr Pepper/Seven-Up” is his 14th book.
"I was drinking Dr Pepper long
before it was cool/'
—Jefftry L. Rodengen
author, “The Legend of Dr Pepper/Seven-Up’'
The book covers the time from when the
two soft drinks were formulated until their
recent purchase by Cadbury Beverages.
But Rodengen said it focuses on Dr Pep
per because it has a more interesting and
longer history.
“I had no idea Dr Pepper was invented
in Waco when I first started,” Rodengen
said. “The book includes how Dr Pepper
grew from a regional to a national favorite.”
The book contains reproductions of many
original photographs of. Waco from the 1800s
and more recent photos of the museum.
“Ohis is a lovely book that brings the his
tory of 1 Jr Pepper up to date,” said Mild)
O. “Milly” Walker, curator of collections
the Dr Pepper Museum. “This is a veryrai
able book. It does not read like a calendar.'
Walker said Rodengen’s hook is these:
ond that has been written about Dr Peps
in the 1970s, author Harry Ellis wroOT
Pepper: King of Beverages,” which was:
dated in 1985 for the 100th annivr. • |
celebration of the drink’s invention.
Rodengen said although he is onh:*
moting the book in Texas, he expects it»i
also be a best seller out of state.
Rodengen will have two more books
before Christmas about the history of Be
gs & Stratton, a company that makes smij
engines, and Ingersoll-Rand, a constru:
tion/mining company.
But neither of them will be as fun
writing “The History of Dr Pepper/Sevet
Up,” Rodengen said.
Pointing to his drink, he said, “All th:
is is a little flavoring and carbonatedw
ter. It’s not like writing about enginesc
nuclear submarines.” i
Editor's note: The author of this story; Mick
Brinkmann, was a 1994 graduate of Text
A&M and a former Battalion city editor.
Texas leaders consider all their workers 'essential
□ Many senators and congressmen are keeping
their staff while fighting budget battles.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown that has sent
some 800,000 federal workers home on forced leave appears to be do
ing little to trim the staffs of Texans in Congress.
Few in Texas’ 32-member congressional delegation have felt the need
to furlough their own Washington and district workers as the budgetary
battle between the White House and GOP-led Congress drags on.
Rep. Steve Stockman, a freshman Republican from Friendswood,
is going further than most of his colleagues on Capitol Hill.
While furloughed employees are expected to be paid at some point
for their enforced holiday, 10 of Stockman’s staffers have been
placed on leave without pay. And, Stockman himself has pledged to
donate an as-yet unspecified portion of his $133,600 congressional
salary to a Houston homeless shelter.
“It was important for our staff and for Congressman Stockman to
convey to the federal employees that we understand what’s happen
ing and that this affects us too,” press secretary Jennifer Murray
said Thursday.
“We had a meeting here and decided it was important for us to
show that we are serious about balancing the budget and that this is
more than just a war of words,” she added.
The two Texans in the House Republican leadership are taking a
different tack, arguing that during the shutdown their staffs are
important to furlough.
“In light of the fact we are in a leadership office and we are try
to reopen the government, we felt as though we needed everyf
here to make sure we could effectively do that,” said Tony
spokesman for House Majority Whip Tom DeLay of Sugar Land.
A spokesman for House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Irvij
said his boss is of a similar mindset. “The entire Armey teamisli
at work,” said spokesman Jim Wilkinson.
“To have a constituent of ours go one single day without avoic
their federal government is not a thing we can accept,” he ac
Rep. Chet Edwards, who is in the Democratic leadership,
shuttered his two district offices and placed nine full-time worlf
on furlough, arguing that anything less would be hypocritical.
“I believe this budget deadlock is completely unnecessary,
Waco lawmaker said. “However, until it is resolved, I think iU
be hypocritical for members of Congress to be fully staffed while,
erans, Social Security and other federal employees are furloughe
Republican Sens. Phil Gramm and Kay Bailey Hutchison ha
furloughed any of their employees, their press secretaries said.
Neither has Rep. Henry Bonilla, R-San Antonio.
“I think that Henry’s view is that in this time we are getting a
calls, a lot of questions from our constituents wondering howthisi;
ing to affect them,” said Bonilla spokeswoman Allison Griffin. "A
wants to have people here to help them with their requests.”
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