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FBI officials pull plug on Freemen rancf
Neighbors believe the remaining 1 8 fugitives have portable generators
JORDAN, Mont. (AP) — The FBI
pulled the plug on the electricity at the
Freemen ranch Monday and flew a heli
copter around the property, passing over
a sentry post where an American flag has
been flying upside down.
A day earlier, the FBI had moved ar
mored vehicles closer to the compound.
The power was cut during the after
noon in “another effort to persuade the
Freemen to resume negotiations for a
peaceful settlement” to the 71-day-old
standoff, the FBI said in a statement.
The Freemen compound appeared
quiet. Some neighbors have said they
are sure the Freemen have their own
generators.
But it is not known how long the fugi
tives could hold out without any addition
al outside power.
A fuel distributor said his company
made a delivery to the ranch last fall, in
cluding 290 gallons of diesel that could be
used to run generators.
The FBI switched on portable genera
tors to supply power to 41 neighboring
homes that are wired into the same cir
cuit supplying the 960-acre Freemen
grain and cattle ranch.
On Sunday, three FBI armored vehi
cles were moved to within a few miles of
the ranch.
The FBI has said it wants the equip
ment available for emergency rescues or a
move onto the ranch.
However, a government source, w TL
spoke only on condition of anonymi June
said the arrival of the equipment d<
not mean the FBI is planning to en
the compound.
“We haven’t given up” trying to e
the standoff peacefully, the source sau
Agents also established additioi
checkpoints Sunday along a rural r<
between Jordan and the ranch.
The FBI believes 18 people, three
them children, are inside the ranch.
Some of the adults are wanted
charges including circulating milliom
dollars in bogus checks and threaten
to kill a federal judge.
Cont
news
BRIEFS
Highway 6 detour
begins Wednesday
Officials at the Texas Department
of Transportation say motorists
should be prepared for a change in
traffic at the intersection of the High
way 6 frontage road and Briarcrest
Drive on Wednesday.
Traffic will be detoured to the out
side of the frontage road beginning at
Briarcrest to the south limit of the
project 1.1 miles away.
TxDOT's Area Engineer Pat
Williams said the traffic must be
moved to the opposite side of the
frontage road so work can begin on
the inside lane.
Work is expected to be complet
ed by late July.
A&M's Orman named
U.S. Army consultant
Dr. David T. Orman, an associate
professor of psychiatry at the Texas
A&M College of Medicine has been
appointed the psychiatry consultant
to the U. S. Army Surgeon General.
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four years, will assist in policy deci
sions and set the agenda for the psy
chiatric care of Army personnel.
Orman is chief of the psychiatry
department at Fort Hood's Darnall
Army Community Hospital, i .
A&M's Reves garners
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Young Author Award
Texas A&M doctoral student
Alexander Reyes received the Out
standing Young Author Award at the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers Circuits and Systems Soci
ety May 14 in Atlanta.
Reyes, a doctoral student in electri
cal engineering, won the award for "A
Wireless Volume Control Receiver for
Hearing Aids," a paper that appeared
in Part II of the IEE Transactions on
Circuits and Systems last January.
Reyes, a native Bolivian, received
his bachelor's and master's degrees
in electrical engineering from A&M.
Engineer Calhoun to
receive Collins Award
Dr. John C. Calhoun Jr., a petrole
um engineering professor at Texas
A&M, will receive the American So
ciety of Engineering Educators' (ASEE)
top honor for engineering education
at the organization's annual confer
ence later this month.
The W. Leighton Collins Award
is given to those who make highly
significant contributions to the ASEE.
Calhoun has a distinguished
record of service at A&M, from his
beginnings as engineering dean
through his vice chancellorships in
engineering and development to
his service on the Vision 2000
committee.
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drought decimates soil, crops
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(AP) The prolonged drought
is hurting not only crops but
the land they grow on, accord
ing to a Texas A&M Universi
ty study.
Rural land values in some
parts of the state are dropping
because of the dry weather,
said Charles Gilliland, a re
search economist with A&M’s
Real Estate Research Center.
Land values in the High
Plains, San Antonio area and
Lower Rio Grande Valley are
weak, Gilliland said.
According to rural land
price statistics collected by
the center, land along the
Canadian River breaks aver
aged $193 per acre, down 16
percent from 1994.
Land north of that area is
$364 per acre, down 9 percent
from 1994 median prices, and
south of that area is $301, down
Myste
the he
seven percent.
“I think most of that weak
ness can be traced to the
drought and the (poor) cattle
market,” Gilliland said.
Land values on the outskirts
of San Antonio fell about 13
percent, from $980 in 1994 to
$856 per acre in 1995. “I sus
pect that is associated with the
drought as well as the ongoing
water problems that people
west of San Antonio are facing,”
he said.
In the Lower Rio Grande
Valley, land values fell 10 per
cent from $1,377 per acre to
$1,242 in 1995.
Statewide, the median value
of land increased from $683 in
1994 to $727 per acre in 1995,
still far short of the record high
of $1,050 per acre in 1985.
In the Johnson City area, the
value of land rose from $1,016
in 1994 to $1,200 per acre, a re face fc
suit of feverish real estate ac Am
tivity taking place aroun<ofGa<
Austin, Gilliland said. notbij
“The one bright spot that’ Th
on the horizon is an awful lot oDallas
Texas rangeland and some seiege S
lected areas that are purchase be rea
for scenic beauty and recreand 7
ational amenities,” he said. seems
“The income to support thos Mer
kinds of purchases continues tandsk
prosper even though agricultui LaC
al income is being affected b zooks i
the drought.” of the
Gilliland said the rural lan oOs re
price situation could reversiom tl
with some clouds. been pi
“All it would take to tunBrands
things around in the agricultuiare bei
al sector is for some good, heavaame t
rains to set in and replenish th
groundwater and so forth an)
get us back to a more norms
situation,” he said.
Gallery
Continued from Page 1
Beetlejuice action figure), their
i arrangement and the messages
they convey.
“The appeal of her work is the
universality of it,” Brown contin
ued, “She takes human emotions
kept hidden and brings them to
the surface.”
The kind of art on display is
called assemblage which
Wilzig describes as “collage
in 3-D.”
Her sculptures are mostly
constructed of junk. She says
her father’s pack rat nature
rubbed off on her. He was im
prisoned in Auschwitz during
World War II and collected and
used everything he could get his
hands on.
Many of the pieces in the
exhibit contain parts of man
nequins, which Wilzig said
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ple,” she said.
In junior high, though, she
saw a mannequin painted in
psychedelic colors and realized
she wanted to create works of
art with them.
However, it is not the mate
rials that provoke controversy,
but what she does with them.
The themes of her art, Wilzig
said, are “obsessions, passions,
repressions.”
“I don’t believe in politically
correctness,” Wilzig said, ac
knowledging that her work is
controversial.
“I try not to be offensive,
but the work can offend peo
ple,” she said.
Still, visitors to the Visual
Arts Gallery will not see her
most provocative works because
she has sold most of them.
“This is pretty much the mild
stuff,” she said.
After surveying the exhibit,
Mozola agreed with Wilzig’s
assessment. She said, al
though it was the most sexual
ly provocative exhibit the Vi
sual Arts Committee has dis
played, she is very comfortable
with the MSC Council’s deci
sion to bring the exhibit.
Drought hurh
land values
AP—The prolonged droug, .(( A
Fees
Continued from Page 1
“I used to use my loan money
for outside expenses, but now
more goes to tuition and fees,”
Casey Shaeffer, a senior finance
major, said. He also claimed few
er people will be able to pay
their way through school if fees
continue to increase.
Katie Arnold, a senior jour
nalism major, agreed.
“My loan amount is substan
tial to cover the cost of school,”
Arnold asserted, “but if fees
keep increasing, it will be harder
for everyone.”
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land they grow on, according
a Texas A&M University stud;
Rural land values in soil
parts of the state are droppi
because of the dry weather, si
Charles Gilliland, a resear
economist with A&M’s Real l|
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Lower Rio Grande Valley £
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of San Antonio fell about 13 p
cent, from $980 in 1994 to
per acre in 1995. “I suspect tl
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San Antonio are facing,” he sa
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land values fell 10 percent fr
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Statewide, the median val
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