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Home My WebLink AboutTAMU Campus House Fire 020504a ~>.' 'r' ;,..~\ . ' ~. ,. ',I; Bryan-e;~. Station , } . . -, . .J.' :/'#f- ~>;, "'. .~.;-" . . ~- 'I': .., ...~,... ... ~. ,., " ~ ~ .. .. :.... February 27, 1979 ; 20 Cents Vol.. '~R~~',.33 . " :.: :.: \ - - ....~- Bryan co'ul1,clr-'aces: Maf;C,h':;j.i1;~;~.: :: deadline to decide on ambulance service, page 4A ::~F:ire ra,vages histor"ic T AMU hou ~~fllaze , u"s' - , . 1 1 t~p floors :.( . ,;, , b' ,H;4. . ~.o ". ;U~,~,'~ulR g se . eon.g. StallCloFlre,c1ilef DoiitlDi. 4Dd'ua ~ '1tr.; WOOlD)1$ f1jlll~r.iia.,~,,-' ""'.c,il '''':l&:''~';[:';\i''qI!;'~n~~ \ Not 'j tisl'a n:ot-her le:ctu re"~::W, Students ta.ke prison inmates' .commepts to heart ,a;:~. '. B,.MtKIIAY StIff:Wrlter '. A furnace-like' fire swept through i" the second floor, and attic, .,' destroying both at the Old Board or: " .Director-s;' House at Texas A&M '.;:'Uni~ersity early UMiay as a former chancellor and his wife slept in a , bedroom on the first floor. , rIames.: 'were discovered in the ,.,; o.qpPer,.paU of the home at 2:49 a.m. , ", today' by College Station and ; U.~versity police who eventually ',', eva~uated Jack Williams and his 1 ' , wife. Margaret. ,.., .1 ... .'1 - 1 : Aelated Itoryand picture.. page SA: I . The .blaze had engulfed the roof ,~ ~oughout the long, historic wood- , frame' home on Houston Street when , firefightirs arrived. . The fire ,al$o de'stroyed several ; pieces of valuable. furniture" ~ Uqiversity Press equipment and , ~aUsed extensive heat, smoke and \.,water dam~ge before firemen got it under control at4:56 a,m, '!Fk-efl(hters were hampered by' sever,all.yers of roofing which had. . . ",to be peeied ofU6.get to tlie flames > ~'1and,.l'arge,oak tr.ees surrounding the . 'StrUct\1te},' i :,:.JnJ~e.tbrs said the blaze. staI1ed .;, .,froin an'unknown source in the north .;: section of the second floor in a l'~m .: ~bf"~emod'led, < . ,<I~~g~ Sfadoli,. jpa:trQl~l1ln ~il1 , 'Rtch noticed the /lames atop tbe ,; ~-:bQyse w~en !~lie~' ~asf 'll,ttoU~Qg ".'~",t1. Jiii' .' .n"...}! ....@.,4:....4,Ji..'iJt.,a." ~'~TI1L.irl'~ j!~ ,; ,,''1,''~'''' " ,;,. .y' .....,if,,~A!Y ~~ . _ce .911.1 " i .~"~,.. :'lriiia' . sos '.tJie'fH.e".and tlie . ,. ." ~i~9if ~'eiieit.'a.uthamti~s.>.:- . t -. _ ".;-.,'" L~ '~_.J ;'"__";"'" _ - . ,"'. . . . ',:"; .'''' /.tata,to;.BLAZE.. page SA: . .;.:~:- '., ,:;" '~'f~~::, ',' '\.~~ .,::r: . "r_ ,- . - ..._ , , . j By RUSTY CAWLEY Staff Writer When kids get an hour off from class to attend a program, the results are .usually the same. They play, they joke, they wrestle, they laugh, It was true at Allen Academy Monday morning, but it didn't take long for the program to sober the students up. This was no music review, no puppet theater, no magician pulling rabbits from a tophat. This was a high dose of reality, three younlit men whose reluctance to -listen to anyone but themselves and their "friends" landed them in the Texas Department of Correc- tions. ' There was John, who was adopted' into a loving home, Too loving, he said; Soon he was a spoiled brat who, <!emand~d everything and usually got it. ' . By age 13,.,he smoked pot. By high school, he was faking LSD, cocaine, speed and heroin. At age 21, he is' spendinL a three-year sen~nc_e_ behind bars. There was Larry, a product of a ghetto neighborhood. He also en- tered into drugs and turned to stealing to pay his dealer. Despite getting married, he' continued to spend every night with the boys, One of those nights he caught a knife in the abdomen and almost died. Later, he was cut, across his leg with a machete. But it took getting caught and landing a 10-year burglary sentence to slow film down, He is now both imprjsoned and divorced at age 21. , , . ":. John Larry Kite And there was Mike, who didn't friends were until biB ubest friend'" learn how much his family meant to turned him into an undercover mail him until he was taken away from for dealing in heroin. them, And who didn't learn who his' TurntoPBISONBRS"a,eU,: Senate'approves new district court for S~CS AUSTIN - The Texas House of Representatives is expected to assign to committee today a Senate bill creating the new 272nd District Court fOor Brazos County. . The -Senate passed the measure 29-0 Monday. "Israeli'eabinet -votes to reject ~new Mideast summit invitation '. ~ .." Weizman voted in ~avor of the summit and that Begin voted against it. The insider said the general tone of the Cabinet discussion was to criticize Egypt's peace proposals, not Sadat's absence from the proposed summit. Begin said he was still "prepared at any time con- venient to President Carter to leave for the United States to meet with the president to discuss the peace process and bilateral relations between Israel and the United States." Begin appeared solemn as he read the Cabinet statement to newsmen. In a sharp criticism of Egypt, Begin declared: "In addition t,o Ute previous ':Egyptian proposals, which were unacceptable to Israel, new proposalS were made' which were inconsistent with the Camp David agreem~pt of Sept. 1.7 and in fac,t nullified the meaning, 'of the peace treaty, between the two countries," , JERUSALEM (AP) '- The Israeli Cabinet today , rejected an Ameticart,jnvitation for Prime Minister Menachem Begin' to att~nd a Camp David summit meeung without Presid~pi Anwar Sa.dat of Egypt. Seglh said last week's'Caplp David ta~ produced no p,rogre~~ ~~d accused the. ElYPtial1~ of l1~rdening their ~tion. . - , - , __ . The Iltnleii decision indicated serious problems for 'the American effort to mediate a Mideast peace be- tween Israel and Egypt. : "'l1he-Cabinet decided that the prime Il!ini~ter is not j.n :. position to accept the proposed meetij:lg' with Prime ~inistel' (Mustafa) Khalil," Begin sai~ ,a(ter the. Cabinet meeting. The v.ote against BegH} '~~ibg was ,14- 2 ". .', ; Begin refused to answer questions abO~t the six-hour O~binet ,iJle~tii1g, but an insider, said:t&'gly." 'F}oreigh' ,Minister Mo~he Dayan and Defense'~~~W'tet._l!;~er '. ~r,"... ~, "'W'-'" 'tfi~.':, .~~.c"'~ .... ~:- t-," '" . "", I ':" ""'." ..,.... Last week, the Senate In- tergovernmental Relations Com- mittee unanimously approved the 'bill sponsored by Sen. Bill Moore of 'Bryan, Gov, Bill Clements has assigned $20,000 from the general revenue - .I ~ . > c.... ., fund to pay the salary and expenses of the new judge through Aug, 31, the ,end of th~ current fiscal year. In the budget for fiscal year 1980, $40,000 was appropriated, ann $iI2~,OOO was appropriated for each of the following four fiscal years, 1981-84,. Moore's office reported'. The Brazos Commissioners Court' will have the responsibility for paying salaries of the court's staff., ~ along with physically locating the" court and providing furnishings'" . ',' In,side Tues:day . CODsensu.$ . Do you think a private ambulance company for Bryan would be better than baviq the cit)' fire department operate the emergency lerrice?' Why? To respond can TJt.CARE, A 40 percent chance of rain exists in the Brazos Valley, page 3A, No decision on who, will operate emergency ambulance services in Bryan ha's been made yet, story on 4A. Aggie baseball team wins two , games, story and pictures, .IB. 'I _ ~ , . - .,. FIrst of a two part series on, Discovery Land near Franklin starts today on page 4A. Index Vietnam fighting rages on and Radio Hanoi says Vietnamese troops are holding'on, page 2A, . Iranian oil will start flqing next week - to the highest bidder, page 2A. Aggie calendar.".,......",..".. .,...8 Brazos Valley today..,.",...,.,..... 4A Classifleds ,.,..........".....,.. 58.88 Cornics . .. , , , . .. , , .. . . .. . , . .. .. , , .. .. 38 Deaths and funerals, . . . , . , . .. . , , .. , ;...8 Features ...,."..,..,'".."."..., .'. 8A Opinion. . . . . . . , . , , . . , " , . . , , . , , . . , . . .6A Sports.. , , , . .. .. . .. .. . .. , , , .. , . .. . 18-28 Today on television. .... . , . , ... , .." . 8A Today's record. , , . . , , ,. , , . .... , ...~ .....8 Weather.. .. . , , , , .. .. .. .. . , , . . .. , .... .~ 'SA President Carter's sister was arrested for distributing the peace, page2A. Restrictions on testimony in the Cullen and Priscilla Davia divorce case were plae.ed 8Il the attorneys Monday, story on pag~ 3:.. Today'. .Ea. ..... of II NeI iD 2 1eCtIou, plu a J.B; WbIte I1IPPlemeDt. U ,~JaII.cUo.et all of todaJ'. paper el)l~. Alter 7 .p.m, weetdl" Or 111',m. weeUada eiUm-~. r -. ,. / ~. , .. -~~ ~~. {