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Texas 2A Del Rio News-Herald Sunday, June 20,1993 Aprendiendo esponol Psychic indicted DALLAS (AP) A psychic who is under investigation here for the mysterious deaths of 10 of her followers has been indicted on federal charges that she lied to a bankruptcy court, according to a broadcast report. The four-count indictment announced Friday alleges that Terr! Hoffman lied when she told a bankruptcy court she was broke. The FBI, which has been investigating Ms. Hoffman, told WFAA-TV she was accused of hiding $120,000 from the court. The indictment also alleges that Ms.

Hoffman made a deal with some individuals that if she sold her life story, she would give them 15 percent of the proceeds. The housewife-turned-guru gained statewide attention three years ago when Dallas prosecutors began investigating the deaths of 10 of her followers. Surgeon wins case BAYTOWN (AP) A jury- has awarded an orthopedic surgeon $11.4 million in damages because his business was harmed by statements from an insurance company that the doctor had sold cocaine. The verdict Friday in favor of Dr. Eric Scheffey determined that the statements were circulated by employees of CNA Insurance Co.

and others although the information was known to be false. Scheffey said after the verdict that he had been vindicated by the jury in state District Judge Elizabeth United States Accused policemen on trial DETROIT (AP) Two policemen accused of beating a motorist to death continued to chant "Open your hand!" and strike the dazed, bleeding man with flashlights even after he dropped a scrap of paper, a prosecutor said Friday. The motorist died 15 minutes later. "It was simply the exercise of raw power human being by others," prosecutor Doug Baker told jurors during opening statements in the officers' trial. "That's what it's going to be all about." Police officers yelled again and again for Malice Green to open his clenched fist, but for reasons "we'll never know" Green refused, said Kym Worthy, another prosecutor.

Lawyers for fired Officers Walter Budzyn, 47, and Larry Nevers, 52, said it wasn't simply a piece of paper that Sell from Green's hand. At first it was a rock of crack cocaine, the officers' attorneys said. Later, Green grabbed for his pocket knife, but pulled out his keys instead, pointing them through his fingers as a makeshift weapon, they said. Bowman, photographer reach agreement WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) The woman who accused William Kennedy Smith of raping her has reached an agreement with a photographer she said has been stalking her.

Patricia Bowman had asked for a restraining order against free-lance photographer Robert Calvert. Instead, they worked out a settlement Thursday at the urging of a judge. They agreed not to disclose details of the settlement, but Calvert said he will not videotape Bowman unless she again becomes a prominent news figure. Bowman accused Smith of raping her at the Kennedy family's Palm Beach estate. Smith was acquitted of all charges in 1991.

Man convicted of child torture SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) A man who said he was following holistic health advice by feeding his 11-year-old son his own vomit has been convicted of child torture. A jury convicted Daniel Blomquist, 48, of four felonies Thursday. His wife, Ethel Mae, 51, was convicted of less severe charges, including child neglect and endangerment and three misdemeanors. Prosecutors said the boy was forced to eat his own vomit and was beaten with a wooden spoon in June 1992.

Paramedics found him starving and near death. Boeing changes jets SEATTLE (AP) The Boeing Co. proposes to retrofit all 747 jumbo jets with modified engine mounts to reduce the chances of engines snapping off in flight. Engine mounts on 747s came under scrutiny in two fatal crashes in the past 18 months. The exact causes of the crashes in Amsterdam last year and near Taipei in 1991 have not been determined.

Boeing doesn't want to wait any longer to propose modifications, said Jim Johnson, general manager of Boeing's Everett division, where the 747 is built. World Children victims of war VIENNA, Austria (AP) Although it appears that children are increasingly becoming victims of war, the very trauma of chronicling their deaths means that making an accurate count is extremely difficult, a UNICEF official said Friday. Samir Basta of Egypt, the director of UNICEF's Geneva office, said he came across the lack of information when he tried to compile a report on child victims for the World Conference of Human Rights, which began Monday in Vienna. "The death of a child is so horrendous even in non- combat situations that when you see a child destroyed in war, there is a psychological effect in you that you don't want to think about it," he said. Aliev gets control BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) Former Communist boss Goldnr Aliev took power in the ttled republic of Azerbai- jati on Friday after the elected president was driven from office by a military revolt.

President Abuifaz Elcibey fled b'efore dawn to his hometown of Ordubat in Azerbaijani remote border region of Nakhichevan, said Aliev, who was appointed parliament speaker just this week in a meteoric return to power. Scores of government soldiers stood guard at the parliament building in Baku, backed by at least two armored, personnel carriers. Fighting threatens cease fire SARAJEVO, Bosnia- Herzegovina (AP) Skirmishes between Muslims and Croats threatened a new cease-fire Friday, but fighting eased in Serb-dominated regions. A Canadian U.N. peacekeeper was killed in fighting near Sarajevo, 40 minutes after the noon cease- fire was supposed to silence guns across Bosnia.

Cpl. Daniel Gunther, 24, of Val-Belair, died in Buci, about 12 miles northwest of the Bosnian capital in an area of high Muslim-Croat tension. U.N. officials said it was unclear who was responsible. Banda refuses calls to resign LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) President-for-Life Kamuzu Banda has rejected calls for his resignation, but said the first multiparty elections since independence 29 years ago could be held within a year.

Opposition groups want Banda, believed to be in his 90s, to step down after voters overwhelmingly rejected his one-party rule in a nonbinding referendum this week. In a nationwide radio broadcast Thursday, Banda said the Malawi Parliament would rewrite the constitution to legalize opposition parties within a month. He said he hoped a general election involving the new parties and Mi ruling Malawi Congress Party could be held within a year, Ray's court. He maintains his medical practice had lost millions because of the false statements. The jury awarded $5.7 million in actual damages and $5.7 million in punitive damages.

Testimony was presented over a nine-day period and the jury began deliberating Friday morning. Woman confesses to tampering HOUSTON (AP) A woman who claimed she found nine sewing needles inside a Coca-Cola can has confessed to authorities she tampered with the can, Houston Police Chief Sam Nucia said Thursday. Deborah McGuire, 39, could face federal prosecution in the incident, said Robert Hurst, a Houston Police Department spokesman. Police talk to shooting suspect HOUSTON (AP) A 23-year-old Houston man was questioned Friday by police in the random shootings that have plagued west Houston highways since early May. "He is a prime suspect," said John Leggio, a Houston 1 i Department spokesman.

The name of the man, who was arrested on unrelated charge, was not released by police Friday. No charges in either the shooting or the other warrant had been filed by Friday afternoon, Leggio said. Since police began counting the shooting incidents May 11, 65 reports have been filed with the department through last Friday, said Leggio. People Buffs love show NEW YORK (AP) Musical theater buffs hold a lot of shows close to their hearts, but few generate as much affection as "She Loves Me," a romantic bon-bon suggested by the film "The Shop Around the Corner." It's an adoration that has grown in the 30 years since the musical first opened on Broadway. Now a new generation of theatergoers has an opportunity to see a major production of the musical, the most ambitious since the original arrived at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on April 23, 1963.

Broadway's Roundabout Theater Company has revived the show with Judy Kuhn and Boyd Gaines playing the roles originated by Barbara Cook and Daniel Massey. Audience reaction and ticket demand have been so strong there is the possibility of moving "She Loves Me" to another Broadway theater when it ends at the Roundabout on July 11. No one is more pleased with the resurfacing of the musical than its three creators composer Jerry Bock, lyricist Sheldon Harnick and Joe Masteroff, who wrote the book. Thornburg must pay AUSTIN, Texas (AP) A judge Friday ordered former U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh to help pay nearly $300,000 in connection with back campaign debts from his failed 1991 U.S.

Senate race in Pennsylvania. Thornburgh, his campaign committee and campaign treasurer Raymond Dimuzio were sued for the debts by Texas political consultant Karl Rove. The former attorney general had said in court his campaign committee not himself was liable for money owed. But U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks ruled Friday that Thornburgh and his campaign committee are both responsible for the debt.

The judge excused Dimuzio from the judgment. "Thornburgh's argument was essentially that running a campaign was like betting on the stock market if the candidate loses, you lose your investment in the campaign," a jubilant Rove said Friday. Thompson shows fear ASPEN, Colo. (AP) Hunter S. Thompson's fear and loathing was showing this week.

He sent a fax to Mayor John Bennett, criticizing Aspen's consultation with Disney Corp. over a highway entrance redesign. "Why don't you call Jim and Tammy Faye for advice on Aspen's new entrance? You will go down in architectural history with Albert Speer," Thompson wrote, invoking the names of televangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker and the Nazi architect all in one fax. "Maybe you should lay off the booze. Good luck.

Hunter." City officials took it in stride. "I laughed so hard when I got the fax I started crying," said City Manager Amy Margerum. Bennett responded by fax: "Hunter, you evil swine, we've got a train with mouse ears rolling right for you." The "gonzo" journalist lives in nearby Woody Aspen is examining ways to improve traffic flow at its heavily traveled west en- trance, which for most of the year is the only way in and out of town. Aspen officials informally asked some of the town's wealthy part-time residents for help, and Michael Eisner, chairman of Disney volunteered some Disney staff time for the project. Bush enjoys life PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Former President Bush, looking tan and fit, said he's enjoying life as a retiree.

"If you think it's hard to adjust after 30 years in public life, you're wrong," he said Thursday night at a reception at the Portland Museum of Art. "I'm having a wonderful private life right down the coast," said Bush, who has a summer home in nearby Kennebunkport. Bush's wife, Barbara, also atttended the party for "The Maine Collection," a new cookbook published by the Portland Museum of Art Guild. The book includes recipes from Mrs. Bush for baked beans and cole slaw.

Bush said he found it "a joy to 'be back ampn-gst friends. I have no bitterness. And no intention of criticizing my successor. He has a tough job to do." Chief doing better BOSTON (AP) Wilma Mankiller, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, was in good condition after surgery for unspecified abdominal pains, a Cherokee spokeswoman said. Mankiller, 47, who in 1985 became woman chief of a major Indian tribe, was discharged Thursday from the New England Deaconess Hospital.

Tribal and hospital officials wouldn't disclose Mankiller's illness. Jagger wants child NEW YORK (AP) Bianca Jagger, who last month brought a desperately ill 8-year-old Bosnian boy out of his besieged town to have his heart repaired, said she would like to adopt the child but realizes he must return home. "I have a moral obligation to see he gets back" home to Tuzla, Jagger said Thursday at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, where surgeons patched a hole in Muhamed Ribic's heart on June 3. Muhamed was discharged Friday and will live with Jagger in her Manhattan apartment until his six-month visa runs out. Alpert, Moss leave LOS ANGELES (AP) Records chairman Jerry Moss and vice-chairman Herb Alpert said Friday they are leaving the company they founded more than three decades ago.

The two said in a statement that the departure was amicable and they were leaving to pursue other interests. "It's been 31 miraculous years, and it's time to move on," said Albert, best known as the trumpeter leading the band Tijuana Brass. In 1990, was sold for about $500 million by Alpert and Moss-to PolyGram. Alpert and Moss are going to work for Rondor Music International, a music publishing enterprise. Founded in Alpert's garage in 1962, first release was "The Lonely Bull" by the Tijuana Brass.

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Courtecy of Southwest Texas Junior College Adult Basic Education. General director, Jose "Pepe" Calderon. A (ah) (beh) (ceh) CH (che) (deh) (eh) (efe) (he) (a-che) I (e) (hota) (ka) (ele) LL (eye) (erne) (ene) (en-yea) (o) (pe) (too) R- (ere) RR (erre) (ese) T- (te) (oo) (ve) (doble oo (ekis) (Igriega) (zeta) Weather DEL RIO AND VICINITY: Today, mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms, high in the upper-80s, east winds 10-15 mph. storm forms MIAMI (AP) Tropical Storm Arlene became the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season Saturday off southern Texas as storm warnings were posted from Brownsville to Matagorda. "It seems like the broad center is moving maybe to the south of Brownsville," said National Hurricane Center spokeswoman Lixion Avila.

"Probably that area won't be affected very much. But most of the showers and squalls will be to the north of that. That's where the heavy ram is." At 8 a.m. EOT, the storm's center was 26 north latitude and 96 west longitude, or about 85 miles east of Brownsville, Texas. Arlene was moving northwest at 8 mph in the Gulf of Mexico with sustained winds near 40 mph, and storm force winds extend up to 140 miles from the center.

The storm was expected to keep the same track and speed all day, sending it ashore by late today. Forecasters at the hurricane center in suburban Coral Gables continued having trouble locating the system's poorly defined center. Lufkln Marfa McAllen Midland-Odessa Mineral Wells Palacios San Angelo San Antonio Shreveporl, La. Siephenvilie Texarkana, Ark. Victoria Waco Wichita Falls Wink as 84 91 88 91 88 89 89 91 74 59 76 68 71 74 73 74 87 70 92 73 85 75 93 72 89 68 96 70 .87 .43 .65 .01 .01 .34 .11 Motional Temperatures indicate Friday's high and overnight low to 8 a.m.

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