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to U.S. Supreme Court
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Stadium I FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Po-
?ethi'" officers at a money-printing
tween theJ ant R was a R in f un when
m liey would call each other or su-
Tbled j ) uH erv i S0I * s ’ l au gh ' nto il 16 phone,
s Colts ill 611 hang 11 p ‘
, ,, I The prank lasted for months, un-
, ls 5]ll plant managers launched an in-
egamet st jg at j on j n October 1992 to de-
■ • ftonine w^ 10 was involved. Wlien
to winjiis« 0 jj ce 5g t Lester Erickson was
antral lo^lg^eti | ie professed ignorance. He
ilu'ir fe» as fired anyway,
advantam question of whether a gov-
they trailiiniment employee can be pun-
le s. Khed for denying wrongdoing has
ave to lilecome a serious legal dispute. On
artist ReAec. 2, it will go before the U.S.
uffer GMuprenie Court, with Erickson’s case
deep tiirtlsed as an example.
I The latest riding has gone in fa-
ilmgren wof the workers, most of whom
will get: tad been fired. It was made by a
ay. "Ift : ederal Circuit Court of Appeals,
with hw tad has been appealed by the Of-
pisisalE ice of Personnel Management.
Government officials say the
lecision impedes agencies’ abili-
yto investigate misconduct and
underlie: liscipline workers who lie about
nisconduct.
Not so, says Erickson’s attorney,
ulMarth of Greensboro, N.C.
"The Federal Circuit really
iJ loes not condone a right to lie,”
lesaid, but the court does say a
federal employee “has the right to
leny misconduct.”
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think he (Saddam Hussein) is
testing the United Nations,” Bush
said. "When you’re dealing with the
possibility of producing weapons of
mass destruction, it involves the
whole world, and we better be
strong and firm in making him
comply with international law.”
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|.5 yards Patterson Architects, the firm that
in tilt designed the facility, anticipated pos-
ile expansion when they devel-
ed the layout of the facility.
Fred Patterson, the principal
owner of Patterson Architects, said
the center will occupy some 10,300
square feet and that could increase
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The Baylor College of Medicine
became a part of the A&M System
in September 1996.
Dr. Leo Sayavedra, deputy chan
cellor for academic institutions and
agencies of the A&M System, said
the evaluation is a reflection of the
caliber of the administration, facul
ty and students at the college.
“The Baylor College of Den
tistry is a top dental school in the
state and the country,” he said.
The evaluation reinforces the fact
that the A&M System is a quality
system that expects its members
Carolina, could not be reached to
comment despite repeated efforts
by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Marth said he has not talked to Er
ickson recently.
A spokesman for the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, which
oversees the Western Currency Fa
cility in north Fort Worth, referred
questions about the investigation
that snared Erickson to the solicitor
general’s office.
The Star-Telegram compiled a
sketch of the mad laugher saga from
documents in Erickson’s case and a
separate unfair labor practices
complaint that other officers filed
against the bureau.
Before the investigation, some of
ficers had united to replace their gov
ernment employees union with a unit
of the Combined Law Enforcement
Associations of Texas, or CLEAT.
Documents in the labor case ar
gue that management retaliated
against the four main union orga
nizers by, among other things,
changing shifts and giving some of
them nonuniformed assignments.
Although Erickson was not
among the four, he supported
CLEAT efforts, according to a legal
brief in the labor case.
In October 1992, he spent
two months assigned to wash offi
cers’ cars, according to the brief,
written by an attorney with the
general counsel’s office of the Fed
eral Labor Relations Authority.
ter five council members — France,
Russia, China, Egypt and Kenya —
abstained on a resolution last
month threatening a travel ban.
Bush said Saddam is buying
time to find ways to garner mass
destruction weapons.
“I doubt it’s weapons so much
as it is research and hiding infor
mation from the inspectors as to
how far they have gone in trying
to obtain weapons of mass de
struction, including chemical
warfare and biological warfare,”
he said.
in the future.
“We designed it with future ex
pansion in mind,” Patterson said.
“We could add an additional
module. We also have as an alter
nate a multi-purpose space that
could be used.”
Miller said that the child care
center advisory committee is
looking for possible subsidies to
help fund the center and to pro
vide additional grant money.
to meet high standards.”
Hasegawa said the evaluation
means the college is meeting a
common standard for a dental
health care institution.
“The Baylor College of Dentistry
takes pride in quality patient care,”
he said. “The accreditation process
helps the faculty know we are
achieving that goal.”
Cohen said he was impressed
with the way the faculty worked
together to achieve the success
ful accreditation.
“I haven’t seen this level of co
operation in the five years that I
have been here,” Cohen said.
“Everyone pulled together to
achieve a common goal.”
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quadruplets' mother
SAN ANTONIO (AP) —Two men were arrested Monday on charges
of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the shooting death of
Sheila Bellush, the mother of quadruplet toddlers found slain in her
Sarasota, Fla., home.
Texas Rangers arrested Samuel “Sammy” Gonzales, 27, and Daniel
Alex Rocha, 29, both of San Antonio, said Mike Cox, a spokesman for
the Texas Department of Public Safety.
“I would not say this was based on a tip,” Cox said. “It was based
on an investigation. The Rangers were working as long ago as last
Wednesday, talking to people.... They were known to us as possible
suspects.”
Rocha was arrested at his home and Gonzales at work, Cox said.
Both arrests were made between noon and 1:30 p.m.
Both were being held in Bexar County Jail. No bond was set, nor
was it known whether they would fight possible extradition.
Officers continued to hunt for suspected killer Jose Luis Del Toro,
a 21-year-old from La Pryor in South Texas. He reportedly was last
seen in the U.S.-Mexico border town of Piedras Negras.
“The DPS and other investigators are still relentlessly searching for
Mr. Del Toro,” Cox said. “The investigation is still focusing on Mexico.”
Cox said it was not immediately clear how Gonzales and Rocha
were connected with Del Toro.
“I really can’t speculate on that,” Cox said.
Sarasota County sheriff’s officers visited San Antonio last week, ini
tially to talk to Mrs. Bellush’s ex-busband, Allen Blackthorne. They
had divorced in 1988 and he gave up parental rights to his daughters,
Stevie and 12-year-old Daryl, several months ago.
Police later changed their focus to Del Toro, who they believe went
to Sarasota to kill Mrs. Bellush, then fled to Mexico. Florida authori
ties said Del Toro left his fingerprints on a clothes dryer in the house.
The motive is unclear, though Sarasota sheriff’s officials suspect
the killer had help in choosing Mrs. Bellush as the target and making
his getaway.
Del Toro was sentenced Sept. 10 in Travis County to 30 days in jail
for misdemeanor theft. He was permitted to serve the sentence on
weekends.
He reported to jail Oct. 31 and was released Nov. 2, five days before
Mrs. Bellush was killed. The weekend of the slaying, he had said his
aunt died in California and he wanted to go to the funeral, according
to Travis County sheriff’s spokesman Curtis Weeks.
A car Del Toro is believed to have driven nearly 1,000 miles from
Texas to Florida was recovered in Austin. Inside were a .45-caliber
handgun and directions to Mrs. Bellush’s street written out by an un
witting clerk at a nearby gas station, authorities said.
Sarasota sheriff’s Lt. Bill Stookey said Mrs. Bellush apparently was
last seen alive Nov. 7 when her husband, James Bellush, went to work
and her 13-year-old daughter Stevie went to school.
Stevie came home and found her lying in blood in the kitchen of their
rented home. The 35-year-old woman’s four 23-month-old toddlers —
Frankie, Timothy, Joseph and Courtney—were wearing life jackets and
were unharmed, crawling around her body, authorities said.
Last Thursday, James Bellush adopted his wife’s two older daugh
ters. He and the six children will be moving to New Jersey to be near
his family.
“I never thought I was going to bury my wife at age 35,” he told
mourners at a packed memorial service.
Bellush, a 35-year-old representative for Pfizer Pharmaceutical,
met his wife in August 1992. They were married on April 23, 1993, in
San Antonio.
The couple moved to Florida in September, shortly after felony as
sault charges were filed against Mrs. Bellush. The charges stemmed
from allegations made by Stevie that she had beaten her with a belt,
raising welts on her legs.
Child Protective Services caseworkers investigated and later
dropped the state’s efforts to take temporary custody of the girl.
Safety
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Shaun Travers, a coordinator of
student judicial services in the De
partment of Student Life, said hear
ings, such as the ones by the stu
dent judicial services have, are
different from trials because they
focus on the development of a stu
dent’s character and education.
He said if media representa
tives were present at the hear
ings, the environment of the pro
ceedings would change.
“Our hearings are a one-on-one
conversation between me and a
student with a few witnesses in the
room,” Travers said. “If the media is
there, students may not talk about
why he or she chose to drink such
as a fight with parents, girlfriend or
boyfriend or a problem with their
grades. My goal is for the person to
learn something. I want that op
portunity to help you grow.”
Carter said closed hearings
make people wonder if they are fair.
Travers said that although A&M
hearings are closed to the public,
anyone can get statistics on the
number of hearings by the viola
tion of policy from the Department
of Student Life.
Kim Novak, coordinator of student
judicial services in the Department of
Student Life, said that A&M should
combat crime in a way that promotes
cooperation among departments.
“Student judicial services, stu
dent affairs or UPD cannot fight
crime on this campus alone,” she
said. “This (the fight) has to be
involved in every aspect of cam
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