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The Battalion TfSTE Wednesday • July 2! HIGH LOvr Fatal stabbing Homeless man awaits sentencing for murder of woman who offered him food, shelter DALLAS (AP) — A homeless man was convicted Monday of cap ital murder for fatally stabbing a woman who had taken him into her home and offered him food and a place to sleep. Dallas County jurors deliberated about two hours before finding John Wade Adams guilty in the March 21, 1997, stabbing death of Donna Duncan Vick, a religious, 52- year-old widow who lived in the Dallas suburb of DeSoto. The jury in the court of state Dis trict Judge Robert W. Francis must now decide whether to sentence Adams, 35, to death or life in prison. Gregory Edward Wright, Adams' homeless co-defendant, was sen tenced to death last year for the crime. Vick's son, Jerry D. Blanton, said he hopes Adams also will be sent to death row. ''My mom believed an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," he told The Dallas Morning News. "She was a very religious woman, but she sure believed that." Adams testified Friday that he saw his co-defendant stab Vick to death as she lay defenseless in her bed. He said he did not participate and regretted not stopping Wright. Prosecutor Greg Davis described Adams' testimony as a feeble attempt to "save his own hide." Both men traded the victim's property for drugs within hours of the murder, prosecu tors said. Three prosecution witness es said Adams made self-incriminat ing statements; Adams denied making those statements. Assault complaint filed against Chicago Bears' pick Curtis Enis IRVING (AP) —A Dallas County grand jury is investigating a sexual assault allegation against Chicago Bears first-round draft pick Curtis Enis, police have confirmed. Sgt. Tim Kelly, the supervisor of the Irving Police Department's crimes against persons division, said Monday that Enis is a suspect in a reported sexual assault. A woman complained to police about the alleged assault on May 30, Kelly said. Police referred the complaint to a Dallas County grand jury after the investigation yielded no physical evidence, he said. "This is one of those situations where it's a 'He said-she said,"' Kelly said. "It was referred to the grand jury because of the lack of evidence one way or the other." The grand jury returned the case to Irving police last week with a few questions, Kelly said. Those have been answered, and the case is now back with grand jurors. General Motors reopf, IGH owr two assembly plants, setj^; end to corporation stri| FLINT, Mich. (AP) — With pressure to settle increasing on both sides, negotiators recessed early Wednesday after failing once again to resolve a few remaining is sues driving the crippling strikes against General Motors Corp. Top union and automaker officials talked from early Monday morning until just past 2 a.m. Wednesday. They were to sense to delay a settlement; reach deals elsewhere. But as the strikes dragon? are feeling increased pressuti Dealers are running lowonimt in some cases out of the mostpi! p ro fi ta ble p i ck u ps, sport utili and minivans. Some workers ! paycheck for more thanseve A CONCEPT WHOSE Tl! COME 55 BlFFEft FOOO' LUDICROUS LAUNDRY FUN! rrrvr 2 FREE WASHES In our 181b. machines. Limit one per person. 1802 Texas Ave • College Station • Next to Blockbuster Video 909 B Harvey Road Woodstone Center (Behind Coffee Station) College Station, Tx. 77840 695-1279 Buy a Drink and Potato and receive 50$ OFF Not valid with any other offer. Expires 08/30/98. 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"I feel good; I feel this will let others stand up like me," Ed ward Eduok, a Nigerian immi grant who was fired in August 1995 after providing informa tion that led to the conviction of three hospital officials, said. In an 11-1 verdict, jurors delivered the verdict Monday, including $1.9 million for punitive damages. "We wanted to get the hospi tal's attention," juror Dean Bounds of Katy said. "This was not handled right. The biggest thing that got me was the lack of investigation. Boom, boom, he was fired and nobody comes and talks to him." Eduok, 49, first brought drug theft accusations to supervisors three times in 1992. When noth ing was done he went to Harris County Commissioner Steve Radack, an outspoken critic of hospital district waste. In 1995, Eduok was fired after working for more than 17 years as a pharmacist for Jeff Davis and LBJ hospitals in Houston. Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital assistant pharmacy director Erma Franklin Giles, her husband Gilbert and Leonard Simmons were convicted in July 1995 of tak ing about $40,(XX) worth of drugs from the LBJ pharmacy and tun neling them into her privately owned pharmacy. Maxicare. Partially paralyzed by a stroke last year, Eduok said he cannot find a job because his reputation was damaged. Assistant County Attorney F. Clinton Gam bill said the coun ty will appeal. The Legislature changed the whistle-blower's statute on June 15,1995, to no longer allow puni tive damages. Wood fill argued that promotions Eduok did not get before that date and memos for tardiness were part of a pat tern of retaliation against him. Jurors also assessed attor neys' fees at 33 percent of the award, which would raise the total to about $2.9 million. State District Judge Caroline Baker will rule on attorneys' fees at a later date. resume Wednesday morning, Richard under finan< rial strain. Shoemaker, the United Auto Workers' There we •re indicationsthttH chief negotiator, said. dispute tha t prompted thefMQJ Sources said a framework for a settle GM's decisi on to stop inve-rK^ ment appeared to be shaping up, balanc Flint Metal Center, had beei’-Bli ing promises from the automaker to in One source said the LAlLBlO vest in new equipment and keep plants help impro\ open with union concessions on a longer to a set leve 1 in exchange n contract and improved productivity. lion in new' i equipment. But many of the details still were ten- The mara % _ ...I ithon sessionsbeeBs tative, said sources who spoke on condi tion of anonymity. The strikes at two parts plants in Flint have brought GM's North American op erations to a virtual standstill and have cost the world's largest automaker an es timated $2.2 billion. About 189,700 GM employees in North America remain idled by the strikes, in addition to the 9,200 strikers. One proposal being discussed would have GM promise not to close the Delphi Flint East parts plant and two brake plants in Dayton, Ohio, for up to five years, sources said. In exchange, the UAW would agree to a four-year national contract in 1999, rather than the traditional three-year pact. But that proposal remained under dis cussion and was still subject to change, a union source emphasized. GM still was insisting Monday that any deal to settle the Flint strikes also include resolution of festering disputes at parts plants in Indianapolis and Day- ton, Ohio. The UAW also wants pend ing grievances settled at the Buick City complex in Flint. 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