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Page 2 • Tuesday, June 22, 1999 News Cisneros’ mistress testifies Editing of taped conversations raises issue of tampering WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros sought yesterday to quash prosecutors’ use of tapes secretly recorded by his ex mistress, saying they constitute “tam pered, inauthentic evi dence” that should not be allowed at his up coming conspiracy trial. “The tapes shouldn’t come in,” Barry Simon, a member of Cisneros’ high-priced legal de fense team, said. “The bottom line is the gov ernment has advised the court already ... they were tampered with. End of story.” Prosecutor Mark Jackowski acknowl edged that Linda Jones had deleted por- CISNEROS tions of her taped phone conversations with Cisneros, editing out passages where she threatened him or that dealt with their sex life or other people. But Jackowski said the tapes are “relevant evidence.” “She just edited out these offensive passages or what she believed to be of fensive passages,” Jackowski said, adding that she destroyed the originals after mak ing copies. But he said only five of the 33 tapes the government intends to use at Cisneros’ Sep tember trial were altered. The independent counsel’s office wants to use the tapes to corroborate witness testimony that the for mer Cabinet officer conspired with his one time lover to conceal his “hush money” payments to her, which exceeded $264,000. U.S. District Judge Stanley Sporkin voiced some concern. “She’s editing the tapes and picking out that which is good for her,” he said at the pre-trial hearing, which is expected to take a few days. Jones, who ran afoul of the Cisneros prosecutors and was put in prison in part because she misrepresented the tapes as originals, took the witness stand yester day to sketch the extramarital affair and her decision to begin taping Cisneros as the highly-publicized relationship soured. As Cisneros came under considera tion for a Cabinet post and talked to Bill Clinton’s advisers in late 1992, Jones said she became increasingly worried that the payments would cease. She said Cisneros told her Clinton officials in Little Rock, Ark., had cautioned him the support “looked like hush money, blackmail.” Five injured in bus accident HUNGERFORD, Texas (AP) — Five people were injured yester day when a bus carrying 30 pas sengers overturned on U.S. High way 59, authorities said. No one died in the 3:45 p.m. accident 50 miles southwest of Houston. Five injured passen gers went to Gulf Coast Medical Center in nearby Wharton. The most serious injury was a broken leg. The other four vic tims were expected to be treat ed and released. Uninjured passengers con tinued their trip from Brownsville to Houston on a replacement bus. The cause of the accident was unknown yesterday. Man dies in roadside fight SAN MARCOS (AP) — An Indiana mo torist apparently was beaten to death after confronting the occupants of two other cars along Interstate 35, sheriff’s deputies said. Dave Starr, 40, of Kendallville, Ind., died on the highway shoulder just outside San Marcos Friday night, according to po lice. No arrests had been made by yester day, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office said. Autopsy results on Starr’s cause of death were pending yesterday afternoon, but officials said they believe he suffered blunt force trauma. Starr was driving a construction com pany van with three passengers when he pulled over to the side of the road and got out. It was not clear why he pulled over. A pickup truck with three men pulled in front of the van, and a car with three or four men stopped behind it, officials said. “There was some type of altercation be tween them and the occupants of two oth er vehicles,” Sgt. Allen Bridges said. “The people in the van from Indiana have vary ing degrees of what happened because there was so much going on.” Bridges said Starr and his co-workers from Total-Tower Service of Bloomington, Ind., were driving a company van south from Austin to San Antonio when the at tack occurred. Among the passengers in Starr’s van, his brother-in-law Jeffery Knight of Long Beach, Calif., was treated for injuries and released. Jamie Nitcher of Knox, Ind., and Joshua Donahue of Pleasant Lake, Ind., were not injured. The two vehicles involved in the alter cation were described as a late-model, red Chevrolet or CMC extended-cab pickup oc cupied by three or four men and a red Chevrolet two-door Cavalier occupied by three men. Careers Continued from Page 1 fluid power, consulting and technical sales. Jones said he was originally a business management major and with 35 hours re maining until graduation, he decided to change his major to industrial distribution after taking a class in the program. “Industrial distribution is more hands on,” Jones said. “Business classes were more theoretical.” Jones said industrial distribution uses marketing, management and finance and “scratches the surface of engineering. ” He said the classes teach concepts to be used after graduation, unlike some classes which are taken to simply earn the credit. NUTZ Jones said some students use the Ca reer Center to find a job, but jobs can also be found through Professional Associa tion of Industrial Distribution (P.A.I.D.), an organization run by students with pro fessors as mentors. “The program is like a family,” Jones said. “Professors are open and friendly and help with references and questions about different companies.” By R. DELUNA Doa/T You 7h/a)k XT'5 Time 7ol.e> V That Hek Bovfrieajd'x Just a ReaaiiE roor VET.J LET'5 -CT-. Have Sont Fu/0 J First., LEE,) \aKXJLD YOfj\ AIIaID R\?PMG >r This Beanie/ / Jl Enriching minds JP BEATO Leslie Melton (left), a senior agriculture journalism major, and Trisha Moreloci a senior journalism major, help Lisa Lopez, a high-school junior from Rio Her put together a newsletter Monday as part of the three-day Journalisms, Enrichment Program. Success Continued from Page 1 cants will not increase dramati cally, but the caliber of students continues to rise. He said the department will continue to weigh factors such as leadership ability and extracurricular ac tivities. Estrada advised that eighth graders begin to prepare for their college careers. He said they need to make a plan for their future course work and get involved in extracurricular ac tivities, but they also need to stay focused. Don Wood, assistant director in the office of institutional studies and planning said, “The graduation rate for the first full time freshmen who entered in the fall semester of 1992 and graduated in six years is 70.6 percent for all students. The corresponding rate for transfers is 69.6 percent.” License J Continued from Page I the company’s product follows A&M’s ing art guidelines. Boenig said the purpose of these guidelinesii® sure the item being sold portrays A&Minapoiitl ner. For example, the guidelines prohibittheM of the logo on alcohol, tobacco and gamblingp'R Another program which generates moneym versity is the Aggie Pride license plate progtarl distributes state license plates bearing the AB Lane Stephenson, coordinator fortheAgp censing program, said the license plates costs tional $30 to the regular amount one would: purchasing a license plate at the Departmen: Vehicles. Last year, Texas A&M became the first offej versities in the personalized collegiate licensef gram to reach $1 million in sales. Aggie Pridept prise almost one-half of all collegiate platessdc: TWenty-five dollars of the $30 cost toobtai: gie Pride plates goes to the Collegiate Licens arship program, which provides scholarshipsti on a financial-need basis. Stephenson said there are currently 6,40f with tire Aggie Pride license plates, and 275 benefit from the scholarships. i Featuring ■ Reed Boyd y *Starts at 9pm ^ •Tues-Sat No Cover Post Oak Mall 693-6429 Tuesday AH Day! t/2 lb. Burgers and Fries Buy t Get t Half-Price Now Hiring Part-Time Our new facility is open in the College Station Business Center! Openings include: • Customer Service • PC Support • Office Maintenance • Hardware Repair & Support Other full time positions available as well. We offer flexible hours between 6 a.m. - 10 p.m., and real world work experience with opportunity for full time after graduation. 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