Local writer Patrick McConal
will be signing his book.
Over the Wall: The Men Behind the 1934 Death House Escape
at Barnes 6 Noble Saturday, September 30. McConal will begin
the signing at 6:30 p.m. and give a brief reading at 7 p.m. There will
also be a signing at Hastings in Bryan October H. from 2—4 p.m.
The book, published by Eakin Press,
includes an account of the 1933
Caldwell Jewelry robbery in
downtown Bryan by the Whitcy
Walker gang. Also included are the
details of one of the most infamous
prison escapes in history at the
Walls Unit in Huntsville.
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Tina Martinez and Nick Whitacker, both senior RPTS majors, wash a car this past weekend.
The students are raising money to go to the National Recreation Parks Association conference
Phoenix, Ariz.
Philippine fighting
takes civilian lives
TALIPAO, Philippines (AP) —
Coconut fanner Ullah Saddaramil was
watching military planes bombard
rebel camps in the mountains of south- >
ern Jolo island when soldiers chasing
a suspected rebel accidentally shot
him, his wife and two neighbors.
Only Saddaramil survived the at
tack in Talipao, witnesses said.
“We got caught in the fighting,”
Saddaramil said from his hospital
bed, the back of his head swollen
from a bullet wound and his eyes
welling with tears.
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We are expecting
more casualties,
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— Nelsa Amin
provincial health official
Despite attempts by the military
to play down the costs to civilians
of a massive assault aiming to free
19 hostages held by Muslim guer
rillas, witness accounts indicate
many villagers have been caught in
the cross fire.
Anni Mohamad was playing in
front of his house when a Philippine
air force plane dropped three bombs
nearby, showering this tiny coastal
village with shrapnel and debris.
Shrapnel pierced the 11-year-old
boy’s hip, and three of his playmates
were also injured.
The fighting has forced 14,000
people to flee their homes, over
crowding evacuation centers, says
the military, which has tightly con
trolled information. But military of
ficials insist only two civilians have
been killed.
Nelsa Amin, a provincial health of
ficial, said villagers have been afraid
to report deaths caused by the attack.
“They refuse to provide names
or details,” she said. “We are ex
pecting more casualties, but we can
not enter some areas. We need mil
itary permission.”
Thousands of government troops
launched the rescue attempt Sept. 16
on Jolo, an impoverished island at the
country’s southern tip.
Two French journalists escaped
last week while their captors tied the
assault. An American, three
Malaysians and 13 Filipinos are still
believed to be held.
The Abu Sayyaf rebels say they are
fighting for a separate Islamic state in
•the southern Philippines, but the gov
ernment regards them as bandits.
Since March, the rebels have
seized scores of hostages, including
21 tourists and workers taken from a
Malaysian resort on April 23. Most
have been released, with Libya and
Malaysia reportedly paying more
than $ 15 mi 11 ion to free 19 foreigners.
Thousands of troops backed by at
tack helicopters closed in Sunday on
rebels fleeing with the American
hostage in the hills of Jolo, officials
said. The Abu Sayyaf rebels holding
Jeffrey Schilling, 24, of Oakland,
Calif, were attempting to reach a
beach to escape from the island. Vice
Governor Munib Estino said.
The government halted talks with
the rebels and attacked after the guer
rillas kidnapped more people despite
a promise to halt abductions while
negotiations were under way.
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on Sunday rejected a pkm to
the proportion of foreigners in
country to 18 percent of thepef
lation and fix it there by law.
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lion plan to fail since 1970,:
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recession, said the country sufte
from cheap imported labor an
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dents. Unemployment is non p
percent — its lowest in more "It
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F orty years ago President John F.
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creating the Peace Corps. Since then,
more than 155,000 volunteers have served in
over 134 countries. Stronger than ever, this
shining symbol of American Humanitarianism
^till reaches out to global communities today.
Currently 7,000 volunteers are working to
improve the living conditions of developing
countries through grass-roots projects in
education, small business development,
environment, health and agriculture.
Meet Peace Corps Recruiter and
Returned Volunteer Joseph Garcia
(Paraguay 1997-99)
■ Tuesday, September 26
Memorial Student Center, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Bizzell Hall Conference Center, 7 to 8 p.m.
■ Wednesday, September 27
Memorial Student Center, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
■ Thursday, September 28
Memorial Student Center, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Bizzell Hall Conference Center, 7 to 8 p.m.
■ Friday, September 29
Memorial Student Center, 10 a.m. to Noon.
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