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Page 2 • Monday, April 26, 1999 EWS Fish As The bAis OF ■' 5l/*l£L & LEUJIS " 6/?ou; CLosek... W£ HE^E AT T/5« v WOUtD L-ikc£ To P^y A B/T OF A Tribute.., LET'S took AT The ORlfcWA OF That i^ou eable Fv?PE-T , / “ This Takes os Sack M/JA/y ~jo f\ Small. Cottage, where DREADS Coaae True BY R. DELUNfl 2J Hey Bhby, why Dom't yoo x 1 t>oiA& Imposter arrested after steal trooper’s identity, ruining cret A TE6EAD UAS BORA). Simel & Lewis r~ _ v- By Mel Turtle trouble Strandings increase, shrimpers deny hlame CORPUS CHRISTI, (AP) — Wildlife officials are blaming boat propellers, fishing line and shrimpers’ nets for at least 40 dead or near dead sea turtles that have washed up on Texas beaches in the past two weeks. It’s been at least a year since so many stranded sea turtles were found in a two-week period on Texas beaches, said Donna Shaver, a biologist who studies sea turtles at Padre Island National Seashore. Officials said some of the dead turtles found the past two weeks were Kemp’s ridleys and leatherbacks, both endangered species. Others were loggerheads and green sea turtles, which the federal government classifies as threatened species. Shaver told the Corpus. Christi Caller-Times in Sunday’s editions that wildlife authorities around the state examined the turtles and found that one died from being caught in a gill net, another died apparently from getting tangled in fishing line and three appeared to have been killed by boat propellers. Wildlife authorities said acci dental drownings in shrimpers’ nets is a strong possibility in many of the cases in which cause of death could not be determined. “It’s important to remember there are a variety of factors which can cause turtles to strand,” Shaver said. “What I can say is that there have been numerous shrimp vessels seen off the South Texas coast and off Galveston as well, so it’s possi ble some stranded as a result of in cidental capture in shrimp trawls.” Most shrimpers comply with federal laws that require turtle ex cluder devices in their nets to pre vent the turtles from being caught and drowning in the nets, said a shrimpers’ group spokesman. “There is 98 to 99 percent com pliance,” said Wilma Anderson, ex ecutive director of the Texas Shrimp Association, based in Aransas Pass. “I think it should be highly recog nized that the shrimping industry is doing a very fine job.” Anderson said most Texas shrimp boats have been shrimping off Florida for the past two weeks. Shrimpers should not be blamed for most of the deaths, Anderson said. ABILENE (AP) — They had the wrong man. Bob Sims, a state trooper who patrols Stephens County, knew he did not rack up thousands of dol lars in credit card purchases. Nevertheless, a river of red ink was rising around Sims, his cred it was wrecked and bill collectors were beating down his door. Authorities finally caught up with the credit card culprit last year. When federal agents arrested the impostor in Baltimore, he had amassed $250,000 in debts using Sims’ name and had hundreds of unopened credit card bills logging purchases on phony accounts opened with the personal infor mation of dozens of Robert Sim ses nationwide. “He was living off my credit and others,” Sims said. “It was a nightmare. We had no credit any where, and my fear was what let ter we would get in the mail next. There’s no telling how many Robert Simses are out there still having problems. They may nev er get it straight.” The Abilene Reporter-News re ported in Sunday’s edition that another case of identity theft in TUESDAY TAMU Buddhist Association: Khen- po Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche will speak on “The Meaning of Life from the Buddhist Perspective” at 7 p.m. in 701 Rudder. Contact Nathaniel Rich at 696-0384 for details. University Undergraduate Re search Fellows Symposium: A re ception will be held at 6 p.m. in the Rudder Lobby on the 2nd floor. Oral presentation of fellows’ completed ATTENTION STUDENTS NON-STUDENT HOUSING EOR THE SUMMER RENT A SPACE EROM US OVER THE SUMMER You Must be enrolled in the Spring 99 and Tail 99 Semesters A $300 Deposit and $25 Application fee will be required at the time you apply unless you already have a deposit on file with The Housing Office This is GREAT for students who want to remain in the Local Work Area or go to Blinn College To Apply Please Contact: Housing Assignments Office lOl YMCABIdg. 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An Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer. Committed to Diversity. Breckenridge is bringing even wider attention to an offense that only recently became a crime. Congress last year outlawed the assumption of another per son’s identity and attached a max imum punishment of 20 years confinement to the offense. The case involves Joseph Jerome Griesmer, who stands ac cused of stealing a New York man’s identity 35 years ago. Griesmer, a Breckenridge bait- shop owner, is accused of using the alias to avoid detection of a dishonorable military discharge, to pile up debts and to file a fraud ulent bankruptcy. He is scheduled to stand trial May 3 in a Lubbock federal court room. “It’s an invasion of someone’s privacy and credit reputation,” said Bill Mateja, the Lubbock prosecutor pursuing Griesmer’s case. “Most people find it ex tremely damaging. It’s almost like defaming someone.” Prosecutors charge that Gries mer, 64, began using the identity of a New York man in 1964 after the victim’s wallet was stolen at a county fair. Federal agents began investi gating Griesmer aften ted a bankruptcypeiit:: using the New Yorke: Social Security numbe In state trooper: man by the name oil! Simms was accused of identity by accessing’ al information of doze: Simses while working card. Even after the offer Sfi Si ms spent weeks cor, ® itors and credit infer B m panics trying to eraser^* * ia '“ ”T1 fast I couldn'tkeepirrtw 1 ( I Brenda said. "I thought,‘fiL 1 task m fronte® wai Doe Public may neverirH it straight. EverythingL| now. But I’m still something is goingterj Authorities say the tion against identitytk| ing access to person;: such as Social Seam: cense and credit card:| "I’ve compared in: burglary,” oneattome. police and insurant: help, but you’ve stillgc:: clean up. 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