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STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndoll Williams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
KIO GRAMDK HERALD RIO GRANDt CITY, TEXAS THi KSDAV, IJM EMBI K 17. 1987 PAGE 13
AUSTIN-Two days after televi-
sion's "Sixty Minutes" criticized
the Texas Supreme Court as jus-
tice for sale, one high court judge
charged that the broadcast was
tainted.
He also blasted Gov. Bill
Clements for publicly criticizing
the court's decision not to review
£ the controversial Pcnnzoil Texaco
megabucks lawsuit.
Justice William W. Kilgarlin
told Capitol reporters the CBS net-
work had motives for slanting the
program which focused on cam-
paign contributions to Supreme
Court justices from lawyers repre-
senting both Pennzoil and Texaco.
The Texas Supreme Court last
month refused to review the
£ lower court verdict which found
for Pennzoil, and "Sixty Min
utes" reporter Mike Wallace said
Pennzoil's lawyers gave more cam-
paign dollars to judges than did
Texaco's lawyers.
Kilgarlin told reporters that
Wallace never asked him for an
interview.
CBS-Texaco Link
£ He also said the network sin-
gled out Texas because CBS chair-
man and CEO, Lawrence Tisch,
testified for Texaco and faccd
a grueling cross-examination by
Pennzoil's counsel, Houston attor-
ney Joe Jamai!.
Kilgarlin said Tcxaco's lead
attorney in the case, David Boies,
had previously represented "Sixty
- Minutes" producer George Crile,
pM when CBS was sued for libel
by Gen. William Westmoreland.
Cnic was the producer of the
network's segment which reported
on Vietnam casualty numbers.
High Court Fights Hack
As for Clements, Kilgarlin said
the go'.cmor ;iould not denigrate
a decision by saying i was had for
jfe Texas business, but should focus
on the law and the facts.
Kilgarlin's remarks are the
first full-scale defensive against
growing criticism of the sitting
justices, all Democrats.
Clements and Texas Republi-
cans have let it be known they in-
tend to go after the judges at the
voting booth wiili a full slate of
replacement hopefuls.
© GOP Gains in Texas
i Capitol Republicans took heart
last week when the results of a poll
taken before two significant events
showed an increasing number of
Tcxans are planning to vote in the
Republican primary.
The poll, which ihc Texas
democratic Party criticized as
"horribly skewed," indicates 58
percent of respondents favor Vice
President George Bush and that as
many will vote in the Republican
primary as in the Democratic
primary.
The sample was taken in mid-
sununit and the nationally tele-
vised presidential debate.
Texas Republicans had worried
about a drop in GOP popularity
following the "Ponygate" scandal
and the Iran-Contra affair.
Candidates Visit Texas
Meanwhile, as the March 8 Su-
per Primary date approaches, a
record number of candidates are
campaigning in Texas. Stumping
the state last week were the three
leading Democrats, Jesse Jack-
son, Massachusetts Gov. Michael
Dukakis and Tennessee U. S. Sen.
Albert Gore.
The poll showed Jackson and
Dukakis, two liberals, holding
steady with Gore, a conservative,
gaming a couple of points.
U. S. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen-for-
Vice President speculation was
squelched by his spokesman Jack
Martin, who said Bentsen is
preparing for re-election and wait-
ing to sec who will surface as an
opponent.
Possibles include Amarillo Con-
gressman Beau Boulter, Dallas
State Rep. Bill Ceverha, City
Councilman Jerry Rucker, also of
Dallas, and San Antonio lawyer
Doug Harlan.
Texas Nearing Finals
Texas officials learned last week
that two sites here appear to
be in the running and two have
been cut by a panel of scientists
deliberating where to build the
new supercollider.
Still being considered arc the
VVaxahachie and Amarillo sites;
eliminated are the two West Texas
sites.
The panel's recommendations
to the U. S. Dept. of Energy are
to be made final on Jan. 15.
Other Highlights
• The new president of Texas
Southern University, William H.
Harris, wants to make TSU the
best predominately black school in
the nation by, among other goals,
increasing alumni endowments
and raising the law school's
succcss rate on die state bar exam.
• State archaeologists dug holes
on the south side of the Capitol
lawn, searching for the founda-
tions of the old Capitol building
which burned in 1881.
Mark Denton of the Texas
Antiquities Committee remarked
the old Capitol had privies, which,
if found, could reveal much
because of the kinds of trash
disposed in them.
• Gov. Bill Clements named1
three new members of the Board
of Medical Examiners: Dr. John
Boyd, Eden; Barbara Cole, Dal-
las; and Dr. C.. Richard Stasney,
Houston.
• Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby is losing
two top staff members. Executive
assistant Tom Scott and Senate
Parliamentarian Camilla Bordie
• c
November, bct'i^ the U.S.-Soviet resigned last week.
Grandparents Role
In Families
I
Bv: YOUNDA MORADO
Count \ Home Economist
Some older people feel that they
get mixed signals regarding their
role as grandparent and their
relationship with the
grandchildren.
On one hand a grandparent may
feel needed when asked to babysit
0 the grandchildren may be so busy
she has little time to be involved
vyith, grandchildren but then feels
hurt when she is not included in
eWery family event
. Another dilemma occurs when a
grandparent offers advice to their
Children on discipling
grandchildren which is sometimes
vMcome but as other times re-
buffed
' In the situations above, as in
C many other families interactions, it
is not only the grandparents who
feel as if they are walking a fine
line but their adult children as will
II takes clear communication and a
Willingness to give and take to kee|
good family relationships Both
generations also need time to
themselves
i Interdependent families who
pirovide service for each other often
"'feel" their way through doing too
£ riiuch vs. Too little, being too
Available vs. not available at all
£(nd offering too much advice vs no
qdviee at all Mutual respect for
each other will help the two
5'enerations keep a balance, some-
mes with little formal discussion
! But even with mutual respect
j<nd sense of give and take, signals
ijan get mixed and result in hard
(feelings Clear and open com
ipumcation regarding needs and
• concern is important for reducing
mixed signals
I Plan in advance for babysitting
Training
PAU Alumni Awarded $2500 In Educational Grants
The Pan American University
Alumni Association Board of
Trustees approved the awarding of
$2,500 in educational grants to
faculty members, during their
December meeting.
A grant of $1,000 will be given to
professor William C. Shockley of
the Physical Science Department
to cover some of the expensess
which will be incurred to arrange
the 1988- Tex Prep Pre Engineering
Program. This special summer
program is designed to expose
gifted high school students to the
various areas of science and
mathematics which they will en-
counter should they seek engi-
neering degrees.
Dr. Marion Monta of the Com-
munications Department was a-
warded a grant of $500 to assist in
the travel expenses for faculty and
students involved in the pres-
entation of an original play in
formal competition.
Dr. Joseph Chance, Chairman of
the Mathematics and Computer
Science Department, was awarded
a $500 grant to provide for the
transportation of students to the
Regional Computer Competition
during the summer of 1988
The final grant of $500 was
awarded to Dean of Students Judy
Vinson. This grant is to be used to
provide operational funds for the
Pan American University Am-
bassadors. The Ambassadors are a
student organization established to
provide leadership and service at
PAU.
Previously this year the Alumni
Association awarded $10,525 in
grants to faculty and students. demic scholarships were also pro-
Awards totaling $33,000 for aca vided during 1987
Zaffirini Achieves Top
Attendance, Voting Record
AUSTIN-Officials records com-
piled recently for the Senate of the
70th Legislature indicate Sen.
Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) was the
only senator who achieved a
cumulative 100 percent attendance
and voting record for the 173-day
legislative sessions
Zaffarini voted all 2,829 times the
Senate voted a combined total of
242 times. Again, Zaffirini cast her
vote each time and was present
each day the Senate convened.
"This is a unique and significant
record and in my opinion demon-
strates a faitfulness to her job of
which Senator Zaffirini's district
should be proud," noted Betty
King, Secretary of the Senate.
"This is an outstanding record,
unmatched by any other senator."
Zaffarini represents the 21st
Senatorial District, which encom-
passes 20 counties stretching from
Starr County to the south and New
Braunfels to the north.
Unveiled women may not be seen by
their male professors in Saudi Arabian
universities, so courses are conducted
via closed-circuit TV, says National
Geographic.
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The results have been fantastic, the benefits enormous and
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needs. Requesting grandparent
time in this way demostrates
respect for the older person's
personal time. When babysitting is
done on a regular basis by a
grandparent, have alternative ar-
rangements for days the
grandparent wants to attend Senior
Camp or a special event.
Crandparents can make such needs
clearly known well in advance so
other sitting arrangements are
possible.
Roma Airman
Completes
Air Force
Airman Cecilio Saenz, son of
Cipriano G. and Jauna T Saenz of
Roma, has graduated from A1r
Force basic training at Lackland -
Air Force Base in San Antonio.
During the six weeks of training
the airman studied the Air Force
mission, organization and customs
and received special training in
human relations.
In addition, airmen who complete
basic training earn credits toward
an associate degree through the
community college of the Air
Force.
He is a 1986 graduate of Bible
Baptist Academy in Roma
After Taiwan shed the name For-
mosa, the strait that lies between it and
the Chinese mainland was officially
recognized as the Taiwan Strait,
although it still appears on some maps
as the Formosa Strait.
Former President Sukarno of In-
donesia once tried unsuccessfully to
rename the Indian Ocean the Indone-
sian Ocean
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Roberts, Kenneth. The Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1987, newspaper, December 17, 1987; Edinburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth195111/m1/13/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.