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Thursday • February 13,1
► State
Cowboy sues police
over false allegations
Making a
Choice
Ryan Rogers, The Battalion
Rick Fournier, a junior mechanical engineering major, votes in the yell
leader run-off referendum election Wednesday in' front of Evans Library.
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Cowboys
star Erik Williams, falsely named with
teammate Michael Irvin in a rape case,
sued police Wednesday, accusing
them of violating his civil rights.
The Pro Bowl offensive lineman
also sued a TV station and one of
its reporters for defaming him
through its handling of the story.
Williams’ federal lawsuit accused
police of falsely accusing him in public
statements and giving public credibili
ty to a complaint by his accuser even
though officers knew there were prob
lems with her complaint.
Lin Television Corp., the parent
company of Dallas-Fort Worth sta
tion KXAS, and reporter Marty Grif
fin were named in the second law
suit, a state case that alleges
defamation, negligence, fraud, in
vasion of privacy and trespassing.
Nation
Raising coffee prices
may steam customers
CHICAGO (AP) — There’s a dif
ferent kind of jolt coming soon to
coffee lovers. That cup of joe soon
dar
could cost more.
► 77iis day in history
Today is Thursday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 1997.
There are 321 days left in the year.
In 1542, the fifth wife of England’s King Henry VIII,
Catherine Howard, was executed for adultery.
In 1633, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in
Rome for trial before the Inquisition.
In 1635, the oldest public school in the United
States, the Boston Public Latin School, was founded.
In 1914, the American Society of Composers, Au
thors and Publishers, known as ASCARwas founded in
New York.
In 1920, the League of Nations recognized the per
petual neutrality of Switzerland.
In 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J., found Bruno
Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the
kidnap-death of the infant son of Charles and Anne Lind
bergh. Hauptmahn was later executed.
In 1945, during World War II, the Soviets captured
Too much rain in Latin Amer-
a strike in Colombia have sec
for future delivery of beans buo:
ward two-year highs.
The nation's top seller of re|
fee — Folger’s — already has
will raise prices 7 percent next:
and others are expected tof®
Coffeehouses could ire
prices 5 cents a cup bythe;
summer, and grocery stores
raise prices by the end of the
unless the wholesale priceil.
back, said Ted Lingle, exeal
rector of the Specialty CoffeeBt could be
ciation of America. ■ of "Days o
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cans who are coffee drinkers,irMs to pay cl<
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E. “Chuck” Yeager is 74. Actress Kim Novaki3,® )m p an y- s e)
tor George Segal is 63. Actor Oliver ReedisSSB “x 0 bring t
Bo Svenson is 56. Actress Carol Lynleyis55, ; B exc jbng oj
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12TH MAN/WALK-ON
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINt
DATE: Tuesday, February 25, 1997
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RING DANCE TICKETS!!
All artwork must be in black and white, no larger than
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All Entries are due by Friday, February 21,1997. at 5pm, in the
MSC Student Programs Office (2nd Floor). All entries become
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Finalist will he chosen and the CLASS OF 1997 will he
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ary 24-28, 1997. in the MSC Main Hallway.
SENIOR WEEK 1997
APRIL 21-26
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Time: 7:00 p.m.
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