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THE BG NEWS Vol. 71 Issue 111 Bowling Green, Ohio Friday, April 14,1989 Wright rebuts alleged House ethics charges leagues, Wright's voice choked He said his reputation "is the by Jim Drinkard with emotion as he defended his most important thing and the Associated Press writer wife, Betty, against the charge only really important thing. For that her $18,000-a-year salary my good name, which is the le- WASHINGTON — With his from a Fort Worth business gacy I intend to leave my chil- position as the nation's highest partner amounts to an improper dren and my grandchildren, I elected Democrat in jeopardy, gift. will fight to the last ounce of House Speaker Jim Wright He said his wife was "a good conviction and energy that I mounted an emotional defense decent, caring, thoroughly hon- possess." Thursday against serious ethics orable person" and he would Wright declined to field ques- charges and declared he would "damn well fight to protect her tions after his statement. After "fight to the last ounce of con- honor and integrity from any his impassioned public defense, viction and energy that I pos- challenge from any source Wright returned to the business sess." whatever the cost." of the House, appearing in the In a 30-minute counteroffen- "Whether I'm speaker of the chamber to push for a vote on a sive delivered to reporters and house, which is the greatest |49.7 million Contra aid pack- television cameras, Wright honor I've ever had, is not im- age. sought to rebut point by point the portant," Wright said. "What is Rep. Charles Wilson, who was charges being lodged against important is that Congress move among the three dozen or so of him by the House ethics com- swiftly — and I'm prepared to the 260 House Democrats to at- mittee, which was writing its move very swiftly — to get dis- tend Wright's speech, said the final report after a 10-month, tractive matters of this kind be- event "serves to brace every- !1.5 million investigation of his hind us so that we can concen- body up for a good, hard tough inances. trate on the really important fight." But he added, "We ha- Flanked by members of his things that affect this country of ven't hit bottom yet." 'eadership team and Texas col- Police confiscate beverage Testing part of Kappa Sigma investigation alcohol, was treated and released, police said. by Dennis Robaugh The police have one suspect in the case and are copy editor considering filing charges, but said they cannot reveal any details until the beverage has been Campus police have sent a glass container hold- tested. ing an unknown beverage to be tested as part of an "We don't think there are any drugs. We just ongoing investigation of the Kappa Sigma fraterni- don't know what is in the container," said Barbara ty's alleged violation of liquor laws. Waddell, campus police public information officer. Police said Greek Life was notified about the in- The container was confiscated at a party at the cident and may be conducting an investigation of Kappa Sigma fraternity house on April 7. their own. Police said the investigation stems from an inci- However, Wayne Colvin, director of Greek Life, dent that occurred the night of April 7, when a said details regarding their investigation would member of the Alpha Phi sorority was transported not be released. to Wood County Hospital because of possible alco- "Any allegations are always investigated," he hol overdose. said. "But, according to University policy, we The woman, who was not of legal age to consume don't discuss anything." Sacrifice suspect identifies, exhumes grave of 13th body Sou have to," one officer told In a dramatic public confes- by Eloy Aguilar ergio Martinez after the sus- sion Wednesday, some of the Associated Press writer pect was handed a pick and five suspects in custody said vic- shovel. tims were put to death in rituals MATAMOROS, Mexico — One Martinez had been taken back that were intended to provide a Light Work? BG News/Pat Mlngarelli of the suspects in a cult of hu- to a ranch near Matamoros, "magical shield" for members man sacrifice pointed out the where a dozen bodies were of a drug-smuggling ring. An employee of Charco, general contractor from Toledo, guides a limestone coping stone suspended by a Save of a 13th body on Thurs- unearthed Tuesday. He and Under the gaze of police on hydraulic crane into position to cap the new wall for the remodeled Overman Hall late Thursday afternoon. y and police ordered him to other suspects have told au- Thursday, Martinez went to Charco's work on Overman is expected to be completed next week. dig it up. thorities there were 14 bodies work digging up the new grave ''You'll do it with your hands if buried on the ranch. and quickly revealed the body. nuclear patent freezes publishing Alumni telefund by Peter Coy called a patent it causes people to publish Brigham Young University plans to apply Associated Press Writer less and disclose less," Donald Chisum, a for patents as well, although mainly to es- Kitent expert at the University of Washing- tablish the credibility of its researcher, Ste- surpasses goal n, said this week. ven Jones, rather than to make money, NEW YORK — Universities are racing to Scientists trying to test the cold fusion spokesman Paul Richards said. the eight-week event. cash in on cold nuclear fusion with a haste claims announced at a news conference last by Angela Blandina Ault said the spring fun- that shows how scholarly research often is month have been stymied because the two Pons and Fleischmann announced last assistant news editor draiser is carried out in three tinged by big business. researchers have withheld important details month they had achieved fusion using ordin- segments. The first segment A broad patent on cold nuclear fusion of their work. ary laboratory equipment at room tempera- An annual spring telefund is focused on first-time do- could be worth billions of dollars if the inven- The University of Utah applied for three ture — the so-called cold fusion. They said already has generated $13,000 nors, she said. tion turns out to provide a new way of pro- Ktents even before the March 23 news con- their device produced four watts of energy more than its goal of $105,000 This spring 35 student cal- ducing cheap, clean and abundant energy. ence featuring its own B. Stanley Pons for every waft it used. in private contributions to the lers contacted about 13,600 But the lure of money inhibits exploration and his co-investigator, Martin Fleischmann University. University alumni who pre- of cold fusion claims as leading researchers of the University of Southampton in Eng- Widespread skepticism about their find- According to Linda Ault, viously had not contributed withhold information in order to protect land. ings has continued despite partial confirma- assistant director of devel- and asked if they would make their patent positions, lawyers and scholars Massachusetts Institute of Technology tion by other researchers. Still, the stakes opment at the Mileti Alumni a donation on behalf of their said Thursday. said this week it has applied for patents on are so high that virtually every major chem- Center, more than $118,000 to "There is absolutely no doubt in my mind work done by a researcher, Peter Hagel- ical research laboratory is believed to be date has been raised during See Telefund, page 4. that once you dangle out that pot of gold stein. looking into it. Friday News in Brief SHOWERS Hdltn 1 Ineilnn Ril/o Dn^a The charity is a non-profit organization which local charities in the past, but was changed to an Today: increasing UfcMIU upbllUM DIKC? RUl/C began in 1964 to offer homes for abused children in afternoon event," Shultz said. cloudiness and breezy aeOred for SatUrdaV Kansas and Indiana. Tom Buckley, co-chairman of the event, said he with a 40-percent • 7 Shultz said teams from 13 fraternities, eight sor- believes the charity is a worthwhile cause. chance of afternoon rttz orities and other University students will partici- "The Villages take children from local, county showers and a high Onyourmark, get set, go! pate in the event which takes place in front of the or state institutions and puts them in a family-type between 55 and 60. Those are the words bicyclists will hear■ Satur- fiatn-Sciences building at 10 a.m. atmosphere for children who don't have anyfamt Tonight: a 70-per- day as more than 30 racers compete in the 39th an- . .. 6 ti ^.-.A cent chance of nual Delta Upsilon Bike Race to raise money for Teams will compete in Uiree one-mile races by "es,H BuckleyUP av said.