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University of San Die8o *** Please return to PUBLIC RELATIONS Public Relations CLIPPING PACKETS ROUTE SHEETS ) Dr. Author Hughes, President Jack Boyce, Vice Pre s ident, Financial Affairs Dr. Ray Brandes, Dean, School of Graduate & Cont. Educati on :c. - Thomas Burke, Vice P resident and Dean, Student Affairs Lf or. James Burns, De an, School of Business Gl_ Dr. Ed DeRoche, Dean, School of Education 5M~f Sr. Sall/ Furay, Vi ce President and Provost 0'( She 1do d Krantz, Dean, Schoo 1 of Law Fr. Director, Campus Ministry + Dr. Irene S. Palmer, Dean, School of Nursing Dr. William Pickett, Vice President, University Relations Dr. Joseph Pusateri, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Pat Watson, Dean of Academic Services Fr. Cahill, Director, Physical Education, Recreation, Athletes Malachi Rafferty, Director,° Continuing Education I Alcala Park, San Diego, California 92110 619/260-4600 JANUARY 1985 San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) . San Diego Magazine (Cir. M. 20,324) JAN Jlll~n'• ~-c. s- /:st. Jll8R aig Higgs Craig Higgs. a p~ pres­ tigious old law tirm ni Higgs. Fletcher & Mack . has been pur­ sued by local Democrat powers to run for either ttv C.1 uncil or u t~· ( Craig Higgs attorney. Higgs. son of old-line lawyer DeWitt --Dutch"' Higgs (who served many years on the Uni­ versity oi California Board of Re­ gents). did not take up the offers because he believed his presidency of the San Diego County Bar Asso­ ciation would be better served if he remained politically neutral. But m December. he stepped down as bar president and now is ready and eager to enter the political fray. The ·1969 l.lSD School of Law graduate is privately considering a run for office and greater involve ­ ment in behind-the-scenes political maneuvering. San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.J San Diego Magazine (Cir r M. 20,324) JAN 198 Richard Huffma,i..'.~-,::, ' , - Richard Hu+an ./ Richard Huffman')~ ~iego County assistan"tciisrr;ct anomey. has been one of the prime mov­ ers-along with his boss. DA Ed Miller- in the prosecum,n of ~layor Roger Hedgecock on per­ jury and conspiracy charges. He has a national reputation as a tough. shrewd prosecutor who , almost always convicts his targets. Huffman. c redited with convictinll .. cult deprowammer·• Ted Patrick and :\ladena .. Jerry the Weasel" Franano. quietly ;aid to a local re­ poner of his effons in the Hedge­ cock trial. .. I'll get him .....\s an adjunct proiessor at the prestig­ ious l,J~f Law. he is respected by both students and faculty fo r his incisive mind and ·cholarship. He recently has been recommended for a judgeship . .-\Jthough in the past he has lost judicial appointments-reportedly because of criminal defense bar objections of over-zealous prosecu­ tions-it looks like this time Huff­ man will get an appointment. Look for him on the Superior Cllun / ' bench soon. I ..Alla.~ "· C. If E':_!1.$ r,._{.Gt"""----' 7 Classes offered at USD The A~l Process, How to Be an Intelligent Health Consumer and Learning to Live with Microcomputers are just three of the lectures to be offered during the winter session of th~Univ~f San Diego's (USJTT"uiiiversity of the Third Age, a special pro­ gram of lectures and physical exercise for persons over the · age of 55. The session begins January 7 and ends January 24. Now in its seventh year, the Monday-Thursday program be­ gins with an exercise class from 8 to 9 a.m. daily, followed by lectures at 10 and 11 : 15 a.m. Faculty include several USO professors and other educators and professionals from the San Diego area. There are no ·ex­ ams, papers or grades. Fee for the session is $50. , Enrollees must provide their own transportation to the USO campus. For registration and more information, phone USD's Con­ tinuing. Education Office at 260-4585. _. /. San Diego., CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tn1nin• lCir. D. 127,454'1 :J~N 1 '\985 J&,.~ ,. C. 8 Est. IHI Hair,_,pi1nt• }.4.0~ar1ng • set./ A heiring~~eduled tomorrow on a petition for a ban on taking hand-printing and head-hair samples from defendant David Allen Lucas in his multiple murder case. Defense attorney G. Anthony Gil­ ham is seeking an order from the Superior Court prohibiting sheriffs officials from obtaining the samples, authorized Friday by Municipal Judge Wayne L. Peterson. Lucas, 29-, faces a preliminary hearing Friday on charges of mur­ dering Anne Catherine Swanke, 22, a UQiyersity of San Diego honor stu- . ·dent who disappeared No¥> 20 in La Mesa; and Rhonda Strang, 24, and a , child she was baby-sitting, Amber Fisher, 3, on Oct 23. • He also is charged with attempting to murder a woman whose throat was slashed June 9. , According to documents filed in Municipal Court, District Attorney Ed Miller's office needs the samples t~ further investigate the three slay- j' ings and to determine whether he might be linked to two additional slayings already charged against an- ,,,. other man. The other man, Johnny , Massingale, 30, of Harlan, Ky:., faces a Jan. 14 trial on charges of murder­ ing Suzanne Camille Jacobs,- 317an ~~n, Colin, 3. in 1979. , _ • J San Oiega, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,-45-41 j AN 2 1985 ..Allet'• ,. C. 8 F.st. IHI PJghers broaden scope of Lucas case By Mike Kfnon Deputy District Attorney George W. Clarke admitted that Lucas currently is charged with three slayings and an at- TribUDe Stall Writer preliminary comparison of a note seized from Lucas' cell with a tempted murder and faces a Friday preliminary hearing on · Hand priitts and bead-hair samples were taken today from bloodstained note found at the scene of two 1979 slayings indi- those charges. The slayings he already is charged with are the multiple-murder suspect David Allen Lucas in the continuing cated that the note was written by Lucas, but he said no formal Nov. 20 death of Anne Catherine Swanke investigation , 22, a Unjversitv of San of two additional slayings. handwriting exemplar had been taken. Diego honor student who was last seen alive as she The sa carried a mples were taken in county jail by San Diego.,Police Deputy District Attorney Bernard Revak, who is prosecuting can of gasoline toward her car on Parkway Drive Departinent investigators in La Mesa, after Presiding Superior Court Judge anotber man for the 1979 slayings, confirmed that at least one and the Oct. 23 murders of Rhonda Strang, 24. and a child she Donald W. Smith denied a request for an order preventing the handwriting expert has said that the note found at the scene of was baby-sitting, Amber Fisher, 3. Lucas also is charged with sample-taking. the slayings of Suzanne Camille Jacobs, 31, and her son, Colin, 3, kidnapping, rape, assault and attempted Smith murder of Jody Santi- denied the request by Lucas' attorney, G. Anthony had been written by Lucas. The head-hair samples were sought ago, who survived a slashed athroat in June 9 Gilham, attack. following a brief hearing this morning. Gilham argued because Jacobs waslound with strands of blond hair clutched in Meanwhile, Massingale now faces a that District Jan. 14 trial on the Attorney Ed Miller's office "already has in- its her hand. Lucas, 29, has blond hair, while the man presently charges of murdering Jacobs and her son May possession enough 24, 1979; in evidence and any further intrusion on his charged with the slayings, Johnny Massingale, 30, of Harlan, Jacobs' home in the 3400 block of Arthur Avenue in Normal (Lu_?t'l person is unreasonable." Ky., has dark hair. Heiwts. ( Rethinking the 'disease' of alcoholism By Tibor R. Machan eople prefer to regard their personality traits as fixed , so that when these make an impact on: the world around e Va j 1?seen the ads on TV : P "Alcoholism is a disease and them, they remain blameless. W has nothing to do with weakness of will. Come to our hospital, call our purported alcoholics cast doubt. In a is undefended. It seems simply to be number, for yourself or a loved one, to be study it was found that when a group was taken for granted. And one can speculate cured of alcoholism. You or your loved given vodka ( unbeknownst to its mem­ why this is so. one suffers from a disease; come to us bers), the results contradicted the stan­ It is always convenient for people to and we will apply our cure." dard ideas about alcoholism. Fingarette believe that destructive behavior is Even in this day of "truth in advertis- makes the point clearly: "If it is true something they cannot help. People pre­ ing," there is little concern about that an alcoholic can't stop drinking, at fer t<;> regard their personality traits as whether these claims about alcoholism least after a first drink, then those who fixed, so that when these make an im­ being a disease are actually true.