HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN, NOVEMBER 16, 1972, PAGE SIX
With
Justice for
(ZNS) There are undoubtedly
many strange election races in
progress around the nation, but
probably none of them is any
more bizarre than the race for
District Attorney in Wichita
Falls, Texas.
The only name that appears
for District Attorney on the
ballot in Wichita Falls is that of
the current D.A.—a man named
Jimmy Phagan. One of Jimmy
Phagan's chief claims to fame is
the fact that he was the
prosecutor in the well-known
marijuana case against
18-year-old Don David Crowe.
Crowe was a Vietnam Veteran
who was charged last year with
selling one ounce of marijuana
to an undercover policeman. By
the time District Attorney
Jimmy Phagan was through with
him in court, Crowe had been
sentenced to 50 YEARS IN
PRISON on the pot charge.
Si
mince that time, lowever,
District Attorney Jimmy Phagan
has encountered his own legal
difficulties. First, a Grand Jury
was impaneled in Wichita Falls
to investigate an alleged $6200
embezzlement charge against
him. According to one member
of that jury who asked not to be
identified, the majority of jurors
wanted to indict Jimmy Phagan.
However, says the juror, pressure
was put on jury members by
people in the Wichita Falls
business community, and the
jurors changed their minds.
When a vote was finally taken,
most jurors voted instead to
drop the indictment charges.
But Jimmy Phagan ran into
some legal trouble again. The
"Grievance Committee" of the
Texas State Bar Association last
summer convened a District
Court Hearing on his alleged
illegal activities and his manner
of running public business. In
July, despite reported pressure
from the Wichita Falls
Community, the Grievance
Committee voted to recommend
that District Attorney Jimmy
Phagan be disbarred—or at least
suspended—from practicing law
in Texas. Their
recommendations have been
forwarded to the State Bar
offices in Austin, Texas, for final
action.
Such legal actions would
normally destroy the political
chances of a man running for
office—but apparently not in the
case of Jimmy Phagan. The
reason: virtually nobody in
Wichita falls has heard about the
We're No.
Three
(ZNS) Can you name the
three nations with the largest
military air forces on the face of
the Earth?
The world's leading air
power is the United States.
Second, of course, is the Soviet
Union. The third largest? Well,
it's South Vietnam—which now
boasts an air force with more
than 2000 planes and
Liberty and
All
disbarment recommendation or
the near-indictment of their own
District Attorney. There
apparently has been a classic,
complete newspaper, radio and
television news blackout of all of
Phagan's activities.
The town's only newspaper,
the WICHITA FALLS TIMES
AND RECORD NEWS, has not
carried a single word about the
story; nor have the television
and radio stations.
Suddenly, however, things in
Wichita are beginning to liven up
a bit: first of all Attorney Ray
Gene Smith has entered the
District Attorney's race as a
write-in candidate —and has
already plastered the town with
posters. Attorney Smith,
ironically, is the same man who
attempted to defend Crowe, the
Vietnam Veteran, before he was
sent to prison for 50 years. And
students from Mid-western
University in Wichita Falls are
launching a protest of their own;
a group of students marched this
week to the offices of the
WICHITA FALLS TIMES and
handed out leaflets. These
leaflets called for an end (quote)
"to the news blackout," and
urged citizens to call the Wichita
Falls media, and ask them to
begin reporting the charges being
made against District Attorney
Phagan.
Ironically , Vietnam Veteran
Don Crowe was beaten up badly
in a jail fight this week, where he
is being held for possessing one
ounce of pot. Meanwhile, in the
nearby courthouse, District
Attorney Jimmy Phagan
continues to maintain his office
and seems headed toward
re-election despite the repeated
charges.
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An American physician who
has just returned from a trip to
North Vietnam has charged that
U.S. warplanes have hit 32 of
the 36 provincial hospitals in
North Vietnam.
Doctor George Roth, a
specialist in internal medicine,
toured North Vietnam's medical
facilities with three other
doctors last month. Writing for
PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE, Dr.
Roth said that the 32 hospitals
had all been hit by low-flying
U.S. planes and rockets since the
step-up in bombing began last
April. Dr. Roth said he toured a
bombed hospital, visited what is
called the "War Crimes
Museum" and talked to
numerous Vietnamese doctors.
He said,"lt became apparent to
me that the thrust of the air war
is against the Vietnamese
people."
Roth reported seeing
evidence of between 12 and 15
different kinds of anti-personnel
devices which he says are
dropped "in enormous
numbers" by U.S. planes.
Doctor Roth described these
weapons as "unbelievably
vicious and deadly"--and
charged that their use is
prohibited by international law.
Roth, said that one of the
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Dr. Roth said that pellets which
couldn't be found caused
massive infections.
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Sorority plans
activities
The Theta Sigma Pi Sorority
will be holding numerous
functions during the remainder
of the fall term.
On Wednesday, November
15, the Sorority sisters are
holding a dinner at Holiday Inn.
All girls are urged to attend.
Dinner begins at 7:30 p.m.
On December 4th, the next
monthly Monday meeting will
be held. Plans for next term's
activities will be discussed. As
usual, the meeting starts at 7:30
p.m.
December 6th is Annual
Pancake Day sponsored by the
YM-YWCA. The Sorority sisters
will be helping out by serving
the pancakes. The working shifts
are: 11 till 2 in the afternoon
adn 4 till 7 in the evening. Those
girls able to work should make
arrangements with Cindy
Mengel.
On December 17th, a
Christmas Party will be held for
the underprivileged children of
our area. Because of the date of
the party, support for help will
be mostly on student
commuters. Any student can
help out at his party and your
support will be most
appreciated. The party will be
held in the SUB on Sunday,
December 17th. The SUB will be
decorated on Saturday the 16th.
Come on down and join the fun!
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ENROLLMENT STATISTICS
The Highacres Campus has a
total enrollment of 773
students. Divided into terms, the
figures are; Ist term-434, 2nd
term-18, 3rd term-19, 4th
term-248, sth term- 30, 6th
term-11, 7th term-13.
The breakdown of the
Baccalaurate Degree students by
colleges is as follows;
Agriculture-32, Arts and
Archetecture-13, Business
Administration-13, Earth and
Mineral Science-10,
Education-103, Engineering-67,
Health and Physical
Education-13, Human
Development-65, Liberal
Arts-136, Science-84, Division of
Counseling-19, Adjuncts-10,
High School Adjuncts-13; total
is 627.
The Associate Degree
program consists of: Business
Administration-60, 2CHET-18,
2F,ET-34, 2MET-30, Adjuncts-et;
total is 146.
Included in these enrollment
figures are 41 veterans. The total
number of men is 515, while the
total number of women is 268,
which is 1.9 man per woman.
SLOWLY, SURELY!
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REAL—LIVE English courses. It
was a lot of time and effort for
them, and we would like to
express our gratitude for their
intrest. Maybe the next step
could possibly even be a Creative
Writing Course. Oh, that it could
be!.
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