The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 8

A8 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1999 GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS TEXAS killed in SM The Associated Press COLLEGE STATION Revelations that two of 12 people killed in the Texas University bonfire collapse were legally drunk have triggered Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission officials to start their own investigation. Toxicology reports released Friday show the blood-alcohol level of Jerry Don Self, 20, of Arlington was .161 twice the legal limit. The blood-alcohol level of Jeremy Richard Frampton, 22, of Turlock, was .316 almost four times the legal limit. Under state law, the definition of intoxication is .08 and higher. But school officials stress that no evidence has come out to suggest that student misconduct was a factor in the Nov.

18 collapse, which injured 27 people. Bob Wiatt, director of security at said "A few students drinking could not have caused that accident. That would have had to have been a massive show of force to cause those logs to topple the way they did." Wiatt, in Saturday's Bryan-College Station Eagle and The Dallas Morning News, said so far none of the students who have been interviewed as part of the investigation has indicated that bonfire workers were drinking or were intoxicated at the time of the accident. Tests show that eight other students who died had no alcohol in their systems; a former student had a small amount; and the results on a 12th student were not available late Friday. Leo E.

Linbeck, a Houston construction executive who is leading a five-member investigative committee, said the toxicology reports will be added to the data already under review. "Nobody knows right now what caused the bonfire to come down, but every single bit of information Oldest living descendant of Houston dies The Associated Press HOUSTON Margaret Decker Everitt, the oldest descendant of Gen. Sam Houston, the first president of the Republic of Texas, is dead at the age of 102. Everitt survived all three of her husbands and her two sons, and drove until she was 99. She died Tuesday in Houston.

Her father, Davis E. Decker, was a state senator and a judge. Her grandmother, Nancy Elizabeth Morrow, was the oldest daughter among the famed general's eight children. But as she turned 100, Mrs. Everitt said being a descendant of one of Texas' greatest heroes was a source of childhood embarrassment.

"I hated it because I thought it made me different from others," she said. Houston, commander of the Texas army in its war against Mexico, led his troops to victory over the Mexican general Santa Anna in the historic battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. He was president of Texas twice during its nine years as a sovereign state, then served 14 years in the U.S. Senate after Texas became a state in 1845. In her adult life, Mrs.

Everitt worked closely with the Sam Houston Memorial Museum as the senior member of the family. "Everybody in the family gave her a little bit of deference," museum director Patrick Nolan told the Huntsville Item. Born on Feb. 7, 1897, in Georgetown, she first married World War II lieutenant general Henry S. Aurand.

Later, she wed New York banker Archibald Lawson and finally Army Col. Edward A. Everitt. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Episcopal Church in Houston.

Burial will be Friday at Arlington National Cemetery. obody knows right now what caused the bonfire to come down, but every single bit of information will be thoroughly Leo E. Linbeck leader of investigation committee will be thoroughly examined," he said. The committee met for the first time Friday. Among other things, the committee is lool into now students were sele and trained to work on bonfire, who in the administration was responsible for ensuring safety on the site and whether structural designs were used to build towering structure.

Randy Field, a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agent in the Bryan field office, said his office plans to request the toxicology reports and start a so- called source investigation. Agents will trace the alcohol back to the source to determine whether any state laws were violated. Source investigations are standard in accident cases where alcohol has been con- sumedt. The chairman of the three- member alcoholic beverage commission is Allan Shivers who also a member of the commission investigating the accident. "This has been a great tragedy and, unfortunately, this issue might come up in the course of our investigation.

We just don't know yet," Shivers told the Eagle. Alcohol-related arrests long have been associated with the lighting of the bonfire, rather than the weeks leading up to the event, Wiatt said. But in the past decade, law enforcement agencies cracked down on drinkers and student leaders urged other not to shatter the tradition with drinking, he said. Those who worked on bonfire signed pledge cards promising they would not drink and get on the stack. ON EVERY WISH LIST 19 HARRY HAIRBALL Reach into his mouth to see what this cool cat has for dinner! Comes with eight removable goodies.

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