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Thursday • October24,
Campus
Say Cheese
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
Dawn Galloway, director of A&M United Methodist Weeschool and
Preschool, takes a picture Wednesday using a stuffed bunny to get the
childrens' attention.
Police conclude car
wreck investigation
The Bryan Police Department
has concluded the investigation of
the Sept. 22 truck accident that
claimed the life of one Texas A&M
student and injured nine others.
After a month-long investigation of
accident reports, witness statements
and physical evidence test results,
police concluded that traveling at an
unsafe speed caused the accident.
The truck was traveling approximately
76 mph in a 70 mph zone.
Sarah Marie Fullen, driver of the
truck and a sophomore history major,
was issued a traffic ticket for unsafe
speed — too fast for conditions.
Juveniles hold A&M
student at gunpoint
Monday at about 10:52 p.m., a
22-year-old Texas A&M student
was held at gunpoint by two juve
niles who demanded money from
him. When the victim showed them
he did not have any money, the
subjects ran away.
A UPD patrol officer stopped the
15- and 16-year-old subjects in
Parking Area 40. The officer found
a .357-caliber Magnum revolver on
the 16-year-old and a .40-caliber
semi-automatic pistol on the 15-
year-old. Both handguns were
loaded and were possibly stolen in
a burglary.
The officer also found marijua
na on the subjects.
Both subjects were taken to the
Juvenile Detention Center and
were charged with aggravated rob
bery in an area where weapons
are prohibited.
"As I’ve said before, this cam
pus is a microcosm of society,”
UPD Director Bob Wiatt said.
“Folks have to be aware that bad
things happen here.”
The subjects were from the
north side of Bryan.
Surgery result of
possible KA hazing
A member of the Kappa Alpha
Order had a testicle surgically re
moved as a result of a possible
hazing incident on Oct. 14.
The University Police Depart
ment referred the case to the Bra
zos County Sheriff’s Department.
Officials say the case is cur
rently under investigation by the
Department of Student Affairs.
Former cadet could
be victim of hazing
The father of a Texas A&M
Corps of Cadets’ member called
the University Police Department
on Oct. 21 to report that his son
was possibly a victim of hazing.
The student had suppt
considered leaving the I
peers allegedly gave hir
ket party” and spit inhisfi
Bob Wiatt, director of UPO^
the call has prompted aoii
gation to determine ifanylal
occurred.
► State
UT fire could
caused devastai
AUSTIN (AP) - Fireffl
ing through a University of
chemistry building in theal
a six-alarm fire found two
deadly gases that could lwi|
duced a “devastating’ loss of
ruptured and released int
The 2-foot-long tanks,
the chemicals phosgene and a
bromide, were found in a
room directly below the
fire. Saturday’s fire, the
years at the building, eru|
fifth floor.
“If either of those two
had been compromised
heat had caused their
open or if the tanks
had burst open — it wi
been devastating," Austir
Capt. David Fiero said.
Although no one was
the fire has raised safel
tions about what fire offici
is the improper storage of
cals at Welch Hall.
► This day in history
(AP) — Today is Thursday, Oct. 24, the 298th day
of 1996. There are 68 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph mes
sage was sent as Justice Stephen J. Field of Califor
nia transmitted a telegram to President Lincoln.
In 1901, Anna Edson Taylor, a 43-year-old widow,
became the first person to survive going over Niagara
Falls in a barrel.
In 1931, the George Washington Bridge, connect
ing New York and New Jersey, opened to traffic.
In 1939, nylon stockings were sold publicly for the
first time, in Wilmington, Del.
In 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect
under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
In 1945, the United Nations officially came into ex
istence as its charter took effect.
In 1952, Republican presidential candidate Dwight
► Weather
D. Eisenhower declared, “I shall go to Korea,” as he
promised to end the conflict.
In 1962, the U.S. blockade of Cuba during the mis
sile crisis officially began under a proclamation
signed by President Kennedy.
Ten years ago: Britain broke off relations with Syria
after a jury in London convicted a Jordanian in the at
tempted bombing of an Israeli jetliner departing
Heathrow Airport the previous April.
Britain said evidence at the trial had pointed to
Syrian involvement.
► Today’s birthdays
Football Hall-of-Famer Y.A. Tittle is 70. Rock musi
cian Bill Wyman is 60. Actor-producer David Nelson is
60. Actor F. Murray Abraham is 57. Actor Kevin Kline
is 49. NAACP President Kweisi Mfume is 48. Actor
B.D. Wong is 34. Singer Monica is 16.
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