► Campus
TAMU System, TEA
form direct link
The Texas A&M University System
named Wednesday a former Tarleton
State University administrator to a
new joint position with the Texas
Education Agency.
Dr. William E. Reaves Jr., former
dean of the College of Education
and Fine Arts at TSU, will assume
the mantle of director of education
al programs. The position will pro
vide a direct link between the
System and Texas public schools.
The appointment marks the first
time the TEA and the System have
collaborated for a shared manager
ial position.
A&M begins fund
raising campaign
The 1996 State Employee
Charitable Campaign got under way
at Texas A&M facilities Monday.
Campaign workers started col
lecting contributions toward the
University’s goal of $160,000.
Texas A&M University System
offices and agencies began collect
ing money for their $92,500 goal.
Donations are made to a vari
ety of charitable organizations
with cash, check, bank draft or
payroll deductions.
The campaign ends Oct. 31.
► State
Bats make home
in high school
JOHNSON CITY, Texas (AP) —
Students in this Central Texas town
are getting an extended Labor Day
holiday because of a bat colony that
took up residence in the high school.
Teachers will report back to work
Thursday and classes will resume
Monday, Superintendent John Lands
said Tuesday.
A professional bat excluder from
San Antonio will work this week to
prevent the small, winged animals
from returning to their lofty roosts on
the campus, which also houses the
elementary and middle schools.
A bat was found last Wednesday
in a teachers’ lounge, caught and
placed in a small brown trash bag,
which was left outside with a pile of
trash, Land said. However, the bag
somehow did not get picked up
with the other garbage.
► Nation
Step by Step actor
shot by L.A. couple
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor
Brandon Call, who plays J.T.
Lambert on the ABC-TV series Step
by Step, was shot while trying to
elude two people who chased his
car, police said today.
Call, 19, also known for his ear
lier role as the young boy Hobie on
Baywatch, was wounded in both
arms and was able to drive to
University of California, Los
Angeles, Medical Center. He was
listed in good condition.
The actor told police he was
driving on the city’s west side
Tuesday evening when he realized
he was being followed by a man
and woman in a car, said Lt.
Anthony Alba.
“He tried to get away from
them, but they chased him to a
cul-de-sac and opened fire,” said
Officer Mike Partain.
The motive for the shooting
wasn’t immediately determined.
Step by Step, a family comedy,
stars Patrick Duffy and Suzanne
Sommers.
► This day in history
(AP) — Today is Thursday, Sept. 5, the 249th day of
1996. There are 117 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in
Philadelphia.
In 1939, the United States proclaimed its neutrality in
World War II.
In 1975, President Ford survived an attempt on his life
by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a disciple of Charles
Manson, in Sacramento, Calif.
Ten years ago: 21 people were killed and dozens
wounded after four hijackers who had seized a Pan Am
jumbo jet in Karachi, Pakistan, opened fire when the lights
inside the plane failed.
Five years ago: In Moscow, Soviet lawmakers
approved the creation of an interim government to
usher in a new confederation. Jury selection began in
Miami in the drug and racketeering trial of former
Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega.
One year ago: France ended its three-year moratorium
on nuclear tests, setting off an underground blast on a
South Pacific atoll. OJ. Simpson jurors heard testimony
that police detective Mark Fuhrman had uttered a racist
slur and advocated the killing of blacks.
► Today’s birthdays
Today’s Birthdays: The president of the Motion Picture
Association of America, Jack Valenti, is 75. Comedian-
actor Bob Newhart is 67. Actor William Devane is 57.
Actress Raquel Welch is 56. "Cathy” cartoonist Cathy
Guisewite is 46. Rock musician Brad Wilk of Rage Against
The Machine is 28. TV personality Dweezil Zappa is 27.
Actor Andrew Ducote of Dave’s World is 10.
Dead four-year-old
was size of infant
NEW YORK (AP) — The 4-year-
old girl who allegedly starved to
death in a crib as her mother cared
for six other children in their apart
ment weighed just 15 1/2 pounds
when she died, the medical exam
iner said Wednesday.
“You would expect a normal 1-
year-old to be heavier than this,”
said Dr. Charles Hirsch, the med
ical examiner.
The autopsy found that the girl,
Nadine Lockwood, died from mal
nutrition and dehydration caused
by starvation.
The average 4-year-old girl weighs
35 pounds, according to the National
Center for Health Statistics.
The girl’s mother, 32-year-old
Carla Lockwood, is charged with
second-degree murder and endan
gering the welfare of a minor.
Lockwood told police she didn’t
feed Nadine regularly for a year or
seek medical help even when she
realized the girl was dying.
Police responded Saturday night
to a call of a child’s having trouble
breathing. They found Nadine dead
in her apartment.
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