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; D The Battalion ■ f ivr r 1 ■ 1 Cj 1 LI \jr Page Wednesday • January 15,195 ► Campus Student dies of severe asthma William “Trey” Walker III, a freshman biomedical science ma jor and Phi Gamma Delta fraternity pledge, died of asphyxiation from an acute asthma attack on Jan. 8. Walker and other pledges volun teered to clean the fraternity house that night. Around mid night, Walker complained he was having trouble breathing. Phi Gamma Delta president David Bethel said fraternity mem bers are trying to cope with Walk er’s death. “We have lost a good brother,” Bethel, a junior finance major said. “He’s a great guy who’s humble and sincere, and our condolences go to the family.” Funeral services were held Jan. 11 in Beeville, Texas. ► National Tabloid returns leaked photos BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A super market tabloid that ran crime-scene photos of slain 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey agreed Tuesday to return the pictures, along with two others it didn’t publish. In return, Boulder County agreed to drop a lawsuit that sought to block The Globe from publishing any more of the crime- scene photos, said Mike Kahane, a lawyer for the tabloid. The weekly Globe ran five pho tos in its issue that hit news stands on Monday. The photos show a garrote — a cord-wrapped stick that may have been used to strangle JonBenet — and a rope around one of her wrists. ► State Police testimony stirs Routier trial KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Life insurance policies and other family records were found near the bod ies of Darlie Routier’s two sons af ter they were stabbed to death, a police officer testified Tuesday. Officer David Mayne also testi fied marijuana was discovered at the Routier home. Defense attor neys immediately objected. Mrs. Routier appeared to smirk and ju rors were quickly ushered from the courtroom. State District Judge Mark Tolle said he would instruct jurors to disregard the officer’s statement about marijuana. A seven-woman, five man jury will decide Mrs. Routier’s fate in her capital mur der trial. ► This day in history Dave House, Tm; Battaiiok Scraping by| Stephan Fafatas, a senior accounting major, scrapes the ice off his windows before leaving campus Sun day. The ice was left by a major winter storm that plagued most of central Texas all this week. ► Weather / Si By Mhli The B/ Littered with and crumpled-i it looi Today is Wednesday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 1997. There are 350 days left in the year. On this date: In 1559, England’s Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey. In 1870, the Democratic party was represented as a donkey for the first time in a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly. In 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta. In 1943, work was completed on the Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. In 1967, the first Super Bowl was played as the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League, 35-10. In 1973, President Nixon announced the suspen sion of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations. In 1976, Sara Jane Moore was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Ford in San Francisco. One year ago: Risking the lives of more than 100 hostages in an effort to wipe out their Chechen rebel captors, the Russian military hurled rockets Today Tonight Today's birthdays Highs & Lows Today’s Expected High 44°F fonight’s Expected Loi 36°F and shells at the tiny village of Pervomayskaya. Actor Lloyd Bridges is 84. Singer Don Van Vliet (aka “Captain Beefheart”) is 56. Actress-singer Charo is 46. Actor-director Mario Van Peebles is 40. Singer Lisa Lisa (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam) is 30. Actor Chad Lowe (Life Goes On) is 29. Cloudy and cold. Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Tomorrow’s Expected High 54°F Tomorrow Night’s Expected Low 38°F Information provided by the Associated Prt AGGIELAND SOCCER LEAGUE ♦ The ASL has over 40 teams in 8 cities in 3 different divisions. • All games are 45-minute halves. • New teams are forming this Spring of 1997 season. • The first league meeting will be Thursday, January 16 at the Engineering-Physics Build. Room #216 at 7:30 PM. • If you are looking for a team, have a part of a team, or have a complete team, please come to the meeting or call the league. • The last day to reg ister a “team” is Tuesday, January 21 and the last day to register a “player” is April 9. • For more infor mation please call the league at 696-1974. 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