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Friday, September 8,2000
THE BATTALION
Friday, September
Press barred from hearings
Overweight child’s custody battle takes place in N.M.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s Supreme
Court upheld a ban on news coverage of custody hear
ings for a severely overweight 3-year-old girl who was
taken from her parents.
On Wednesday, the high court turned down an appeal
of Children’s Court Judge Tommy Jewell’s decision to
bar reporters from the hearings, which resumed Thurs
day. The state and the girl’s family have also agreed to
keep silent.
“Essentially, the Supreme Court has allowed a black
out on one of the most compelling abuse and neglect cas
es in this country,” said Martin Esquivel, lawyer for the
Associated Press and other news organizations.
Jewell barred reporters from Tuesday’s hearing, say
ing “the court has basically lost control” of the case be
cause of the intense international publicity.
State law allows for the media to attend custody hear
ings as long as the child and family members are not iden
tified. Esquivel argued that the names were already public.
Anamarie Martinez-Regino’s parents, who have not
been charged with a crime, have gone to court to regain
custody of their daughter, who was taken by the state Aug
25. At the time, she weighed 120 pounds and was 3 1/2
feet tall. Doctors tested Anamarie for a variety of condi
tions, but court documents do not specify the cause of the
weight gain and rapid growth.
The parents defend the care of their only child, al
though an affidavit filed by a social worker says Ana-
marie “will surely die” unless she uses a breathing ma
chine when she sleeps, follows a special diet and
exercises more.
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Aryan Nations
fined $6 million
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP)
— A jury on Thursday awarded
$6.3 million to a woman and her
son who were attacked by Aryan
Nations gua/ds outside the white
supremacist group’s north Idaho
headquarters.
The jury found that Aryan Na
tions leader Richard Butler, the
group and its corporate entity,
Saphire, Inc., were negligent in
the selection, training and super
vision of the security guards who
assaulted Victoria and Jason
Keenan two years ago.
The Keenans' attorney, Morris
Dees, had asked the jury to
award more than $11 million in
punitive damages. Dees said he
hoped the penalty would be se
vere enough to bankrupt the
Aryan Nations.
Jurors recommended that the
Keenans receive $330,000 in
compensatory damages for being
chased, shot at and assaulted by
the guards. The jury awarded $6
million in punitive damages.
Russian Security Service
questions Pennsylvanian
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) —
A college researcher who was de
tained in Russia along with an Amer
ican colleague accused of spying said
he knows nothing about the alleged
purchase of secret data.
Daniel H. Kiely, head of energy
and power systems at Pennsylvania
State University's Applied Research
Laboratory, was released after being
questioned by Russian authorities.
But Edmond Pope, a former senior
researcher at the lab, has been jailed
there since his April 3 arrest.
“I was questioned privately
about my relationship with Mr.
Pope. Everything we were doing
was straightforward," Kiely told the
Centre Daily Times in Thursday's
editions.
The Federal Security Service, a
successor agency to the KGB,
maintains Pope illegally bought
plans for a high-speed torpedo. He
faces 20 years in prison if
convicted. Pope denies doing
anything illegal.
The case has generated tension be
tween the United States and Russia.
Kiely said he was questionedtls
day of Pope’s arrest in a room
which several Russians were present
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I Was Always
An Aggie And
Didn’t Even
Know it.
As a kid, I was almost like family to Df.
M.E. "Buddy" Brandt '66, and his wife, Linda. 7|
Doctor Buddy always told me I would gradu- ®
ate from A&M someday and have an
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Even after my family moved to Michigan, |
the Brandt's kept in close touch with us, J
Doctor Buddy continued to insist that I would I
someday be an Aggie. I continued to insist 11
wouldn't.
In the end, Doctor Buddy was right. I 1
did become an Aggie after all. Before passing |
away, his kindness and determination for |
me to become an Aggie were demonstrated
by his setting money aside for my Aggie Ring.
If it hadn't been for him, I could not have |
purchased my Ring when I did. Looking at |
my Aggie Ring, I often think of my angel ;
in heaven who wanted me to be an Aggie, r
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