Debriefing
Thursday • January 23,
► Campus
'Sul' Ross IV to be
laid to rest today
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Lawrence
Sullivan "Sul” Ross IV died Monday in
Ft. Worth, where he lived since 1946.
Ross was the great-grandson of
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, a former pres
ident of Texas A&M College in the
1800s. His great-great-grandfather
was Shapley Price Ross, a Texas
Rangers captain who was one of
Waco’s first eight settlers.
Lt. Col. Ross was born in 1920 in
Waco and graduated from A&M College
in 1942.
In the Air Force, Ross served as a
B-29 pilot in World War II. He also
served in the Korean and Vietnam
Wars before retiring in 1972.
Ross’ funeral will be held today in
Ft. Worth.
Prosecutors said Crayton tv
Central Texas Medical Centerir
the day before giving birth butti
out after about three hours.
She later was found athoirt
was urged to return to the \
but refused, saying she was;]
out, police Detective Sherry
told the Austin American-State'
for a story Wednesday.
Simpson's lawyer
targets police wo
State
Botany On Tour
Ryan Rogers, The Battalion
John Jahovec, a biology Ph.D. candidate, explains the details of the plant life on campus to his Botany
201 students during a tour Wednesday afternoon.
Addicted mother
faces injury charges
SAN MARCOS (AP) — The mother
of a nearly month-old boy born ad
dicted to cocaine faces a felony
charge of injury to a child.
San Marcos police issued an ar
rest warrant this week for 31-year-old
Sharon Crayton. Her baby was born
Dec. 29 addicted to cocaine and suf
fering from fetal alcohol syndrome.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP)-
Simpson’s lawyer took aimatpj
Wednesday to counter a theei
summation by the victims’ reie: I
that featured pictures of a sr
Ron Goldman and the angui
voice of Nicole Brown Simpson
"We will demonstrate to
there is an immense amount
with the evidence," attorneyRi
Baker told jurors. “Theytalkj
results of tests, we talk about
tamination before these tests
ever done.”
He also criticized the plainti
who implored jurors to find Simpl
responsible for the June 12,la
deaths of Ms. Simpson andGil
man, and to strip the football si
of his fortune.
“True justice would be to see a
Goldman walk through thatboci
Nicole Brown Simpson playing,j
her children," attorney DanielPe:J
celli said. “That is not going to
pen. They are gone forever."
► This day in histoiy
(AP) — Today is Thursday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of
1997. There are 342 days left in the year.
In 1845, Congress decided all national elections
would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November.
In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced
his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In 1964, the 24th Amendment to the Constitution,
eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified.
In 1977, 20 years ago, the TV miniseries Roots,
based on the Alex Haley novel, began airing on ABC.
In 1973, President Nixon announced an accord had
been reached to end the Vietnam War.
Five years ago: Forty-seven nations, including the
United States, agreed on a massive global humanitar
ian effort to rescue millions of hungry people in the for
mer Soviet Union.
One year ago: Delivering his State of the Union ad
dress to a skeptical Republican Congress, President Clin
ton traced the themes of his re-election campaign and
confronted GOP lawmakers on the budget, demanding
they “never— ever” shut the government again.
Weather
Today
Tonight
Tomorrow
Highs & Lows
► Today's birthdays
(AP) — Actress Chita Rivera is 64. Singer Anita Point
er is 49. Actor Richard Dean Anderson is 47. Rock singer-
musician Patrick Simmons (The Doobie Brothers) is 47.
Rock musician Danny Federici (Bruce Springsteen and the
E Street Band) is 47. Rock singer Robin Zander (Cheap
Trick) is 44. Princess Caroline of Monaco is 40. Singer
Anita Baker is 39. Reggae musician Earl Falconer (UB40)
is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Marc Nelson (Az Yet) is
26. Actress Tiffani-Amber Thiessen is 23.
Today’s Expected HJ
70°F
Tonight's Expected^
58°F
Mostly cloudy with a 40
percent chance of rain in
late toddy apd ^pvith-,,
eastly winds at 10 mph.
Cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain, fog after
midnight and southerly
winds at 5-10 mph.
Cloudy with 60 percent
chance of rain and
southerly winds turning
to the north at 10 mph.
Tomorrows Expected
High
73°F
Tomorrow
Expected Low
45°F
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