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SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP)
— A middle school dormitory
director at San Marcos Baptist
Academy has been convicted of
sexually abusing students.
Jurors deliberated about five
hours Tuesday before finding
Bradley Wayne Dixon, 36,
guilty on two charges of aggra
vated sexual assault of a child,
one charge of sexual perform
ance by a child and four counts
of indecency with a child.
Dixon was acquitted of two
counts of indecency widi a child,
but the jury found him guilty of
the lesser offense of assault for
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“This is a case about
whether or not you are going
to believe the testimony of
four brave little boys,” said
prosecutor Fate Saunders in
his closing argument.
“These boys were up there
because they had the strength to
get up and tell you the truth
about what happened,” he said.
But defense attorney Paul
ParasK claimed the boys’ sto
ries were inconsistent and un
believable.
“This case is infected with
reasonable doubt,” he said. “It’s
a military school. What kinds of
kids get sent to a military
school? Draw your own conclu
sions,” Parash said.
Parash suggested the 12-
and 13-year-old boys mapi
the stories about being moles
ecPby Dixon in order to b
the school or to build a easel
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Congress lifts blockade on
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans
halted delaying tactics Wednesday that had
bogged down proposed safety requirements
for Mexican trucks entering the United Suites,
but indicated they might continue .slowing die
measure after Congress’ summer recess.
The Senate voted 100-0 to end the latest
round 1 of GOP procedural hurdles, clearing
the way for a vote on final passage. The safe
ty standards — which Republicans say are re
ally designed to hinder free trade w'idi Mex
ico envisioned by a 1993 treaty — are part of
a $60.1 billion measure financing transporta
tion programs for the coming fiscal year.
The White Flouse has threatened to veto
the otherwise popular transportation bill
because of its proposed requirements for
Mexican trucking company audits, insur
ance and inspections. Sen. John McCain, R-
Ariz., who has been championing President
Bush’s view on the issue, hinted on the Sen
ate floor that he might take advantage of ad-
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Our opponents hove
clearly lost the safety
debate.’*
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— Patty Murray
Washington democratic senator
ditional opportunities to delay when the
Senate tries moving the bill into negotiation
with the House.
“Clearly, we have stretched this issue out
into the month ofSepjipmber, at least,” Mc
Cain said.
' The Senate plans a monthlong sununt
recess beginning this weekend.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., a chiefautk
of the safety regulations, claimed victory,
“Our opponents have clearly losttli
safety debate,” she said.
The issue has pitted the truckingin
dustry and shippers — hoping for net
business driving in Mexico — againsttli:
Teamsters union, whose truck driversfea;
lost jobs, and highway safety groups.
Under tin. S\ car-old North American ■
Free Trade Agreement, Bush haspro-gi
posed opening up U.S. roads to Mexican jjEVIEV'
trucks in January. Bush initially proposed
letting the vehicles in while their compa
nies were audited over 18 months, but the
administration later added required bor
der inspections of the trucks.
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News in Brief
Package explodes
at Lackland Air
Force Base Tuesday
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — In
vestigators of an explosion
that injured an officer at Lack-
land Air Force Base were
searching Wednesday for a
man in connection with the
attack.
An Air Force first sergeant
was opening a package
Tuesday when the device
exploded.
The unidentified victim re
mained hospitalized in seri
ous condition Wednesday at
Wilford Hall Medical Center
with extensive injuries to her
hands, torso and face, a hos
pital official said.
The explosion shortly after
11:15 a.m. Tuesday in the
342nd Training Squadron's
headquarters building at the
old Medina base prompted '
evacuation of the area.
The FBI, U.S. Bureau of Al
cohol, Tobacco and Firearms
and Air Force Office of Spe
cial Investigations were sent
to the scene with bomb
sniffing dogs.
Authorities released no
details about the search for
the man.
Lackland increased its secu
rity status after the explosion.
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the FBI would say if the
was the work of terrorists.
A device in a box wasthe
source of the explosion,
sending shrapnel into the
woman's upper torsoand?
least one eye, and causin:
“severe damage to both
hands," a federal investiga
tor, speaking on condition
of anonymity, told the news- I From be
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— A system of towers and Bundtrnck
video cameras will allow U.S. ) While eo
Border Patrol agents constant,
inch-by-inch monitoring ca
pability of the 29 miles of Rio |
Grande in their territory.
Cameras on 19 towers will
transmit images to 40 color
monitors that will be watched
by civilian radio operators.
The first tower is under con
struction near the Gateway
International Bridge. Each
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The system will provide
data that can be shared by lo
cal and federal law enforce
ment agencies.
The technology is already
being used by Border Patrol
agents in El Paso and Del Rio.
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