The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 294, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 8, 1996 Page: 4 of 23
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PAT ON THE BACK
... to Malcolm Ryan Hunter of Bowie Elementary for having his work
selected for the Galveston Bay Foundation’s 1997 calendar. Way to
go!
FEEDBACK: To comment on this page, call the Newsroom, 422-8302.
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The Bay town Sun is published Monday through Friday and Sunday at
1301 Memorial Drive in Baytown.
Gary Dobbs David Eldridge
Editor and Publisher Managing Editor
Homemakers School:
A night for fun, food
Do you have plans yet for Thursday night? Do your plans include free
gifts, recipes, tasty dishes and firn? If not, you may want to join us and
several hundred other food fans for the Homemaker School at the Bay-
town Community Center.
The event begins at 6 p.m. and will feature recipe demonstrations, cooking
tips and the chance to win prizes, including a three-minute shopping spree at
Food Town.
Tickets are $2 or the donation of four canned goods and are available at The
Baytown Sun, 1301 Memorial Drive.
For more information call us here at The Sun at 422-8302.
; And wq’ll see you at the center!
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Today in histoiy
1 Today is Tuesday, Oct. 8, the 282nd day of 1996. There are 84 days left in the
year.
I Today’s Highlight in History:
I On Oct. 8,1871, deadly fires broke out in Chicago and Peshtigo, Wis. The
Chicago fire claimed more than 200 lives and destroyed more than 17,000 build-
p ings. The Peshtigo blaze claimed an estimated 1,500 lives and scorched 1.28 mil-
Elion acres of timberland.
On this date:
In 1869, the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, died in Con-
cord, N.H.
In 1892, Sergei Rachmaninoff first publicly performed his piano “Prelude in
j C-sharp Minor” in Moscow.
' - In 1918, Sergeant Alvin C. York almost single-handedly killed 25 German sol-
diers and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest in France.
L ' In 1934, Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for murder in the death of the infant
; son of Charles A. Lindbergh.
r In 1944, “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” made its debut on CBS
i Radio, on Ozzie and Harriet Nelson’s ninth wedding anniversary.
■ ; In 1945, President Truman announced that the secret of the atomic bomb
ifould be shared only with Britain and Canada.
; ' In 1956, Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series to date as
; the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0.
'• In 1970, Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was named winner of the
; Nobel Prize for literature.
' In 1981, at the White House, President Reagan greeted former Presidents
Carter, Ford and Nixon, who were preparing to travel to Egypt for the funeral of
■ AnwarSadat.
■ In 1982, all labor organizations in Poland, including Solidarity, were banned.
: In 1985, the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship “Achille Lauro” killed Ameri-
can passenger Leon Klinghoffer, dumping his body and wheelchair overboard.
Ten years ago: State Department spokesman Bernard Kalb resigned over a
reported effort .by .the Reagan administration to mislead the news media about
Libya.
Five years ago: The U.S. Senate postponed its vote on Clarence Thomas’
Supreme Court nomination to investigate allegations that he’d sexually harassed
a former aide, Anita Hill.
One year ago: On the final day of his fourth U.S. pilgrimage, Pope John Paul II
celebrated Mass at Oriole Park in Baltimore.
Today’s Birthdays: Entertainment reporter Rona Barrett is 60. Actor Paul
Hogan is 57. Reverend Jesse Jackson is 55. Comedian Chevy Chase is 53. TV
personality Sarah Purcell is 48. Actress Sigourney Weaver is 47. Rhythm-and-
blues singer Robert “Kool” Bell (Kool & the Gang) is 46. Rock singer Johnny
Ramone is 45. Country singer-musician Ricky Lee Phelps (Brother Phelps) is
43. Actress Stephanie Zimbalist is 40. Rock musician Mitch Marine (Tripping
' Daisy) is 35.
— The Associated Press
i Thought for today:
“Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.”
— Vera Brittain, British author (1893-1970).
Bible verse:
I would not live away: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
-Job 7:16
Perfectly acceptable behavior
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Bush sends troopers to the border
AUSTIN — Gov. George W. Bush
ordered the Department of Public Safe-
ty to dispatch 100 more troopers and
narcotics agents to an 80-mile-long sec-
tor of the border with Mexico.
In August, the DPS beefed up its
numbers around Eagle Pass to stop the
flow of illegal drugs. Ranchers in that
region have complained that armed
drug smugglers are invading their prop
erty. The smugglers are bringing in, at
will, huge caches of heroin, marijuana
and other drugs from Colombia and
Mexico.
State officials say the magnitude of
the problem warrants immediate federal
assistance, but the federal government
has not met requests for more agents
and air surveillance.
Public Safety Commission Chairman
James B. Francis Jr. of Dallas told the
Dallas Morning News that foot-drag-
ging by President Clinton’s drug czar,
former Gen. Barry McCaffrey and other
federal officials, has slowed the inter-
diction effort.
“All we have gotten is one excuse
after another when we asked them for
help. What you get is a bunch of lip ser-
vice and no action,” Francis said.
McCaffrey said it will be two years
before enough U.S. Border Patrol
agents will be available. Texas will be
assigned 100 of the 1,000 agents who
are being trained, while California will
be assigned the other 900 agents.
Francis criticized the apparent
inequity. “We’ve got 700 miles of bor-
der and (California has) 100 miles. It’s
completely irrational rationing man-
power according to need,” he said.
Traffic Death Toll Leaps
Traffic deaths have increased 17 per-
cent across Texas and 30 percent on
rural interstate highways since the state
began raising speed limits last Decem-
ber.
In an analysis of accident reports
from Dec. 8 to June 30, the Austin
American-Statesman reported last week
that at the present rate, about 3,600 peo-
ple will die in traffic accidents in Texas
this year — the highest total since 1985.
The traffic death toll during the period
was 1,936, compared with 1,655 traffic
deaths between Dec. 8,1994 and June
30,1995.
“It’s worse than I even thought it
would be,” said Bob Draper of the
National Traffic Safety Institute. “But
it’s not totally unexpected. You now
have people driving not just 70 but 80,
85, even 90 mph. At those speeds, when
an accident happens, people die.”
Dev Tulsiani, an engineer for the
Texas Department of Transportation,
said his agency hasn’t yet pinned the
blame for double-digit increases in traf-
fic deaths on the higher speed limits.
The fact that more drivers are on the
road might figure into the equation.
Bush Approval Ratings High
Sixty-eight percent of those surveyed
in the latest Texas Poll said they
approve of Gov. Bush’s performance
nearing the midpoint of his term in
office.
“I’m honored that people like my job,
but I take nothing for granted, “ Bush
said, adding however, that he bases his
decisions on philosophy rather than the
polls.
According to the poll, 72 percent of
whites, 63 percent of Hispanics and 51
percent of African-Americans approve
of Bush’s job performance.
Also, 54 percent of those surveyed—
64 percent of Republicans, 52 percent
of Independents and 47 percent of
Democrats — say Gov. Bush should run
for president some day.
The survey of 1,001 Texans was con-
ducted Sept. 3-13 for HarteHanks Com-
munications by the Office of Survey
Research of the University of Texas.
Bush Submits Welfare Plan
Meanwhile, last week, Gov. Bush sent
to U.S. regulators a plan implementing
federally mandated changes to the wel-
fare system, while incorporating
reforms passed during the 1995 Texas
Legislature.
Although states have until July 1997
to submit such plans, Bush submitted
Texas’ plan months ahead of the dead-
line to retain an additional $72 million
in federal funds for the “Texas for Tem-
porary Assistance for Needy Fami-
lies”— known as the Aid to Families
with dependent Children program
before the new federal welfare overhaul.
Bush made the decision to send the
plan to Washington after Lt. Gov. Bob
Bullock and House Speaker Pete Laney
said they were satisfied with it.
The state was budgeted to get $414
million in AFDC funds in the current
budget, the Dallas Morning News
reported. Bush’s action means the state
will receive a $486 million lump sum
payment — $72 million more than it
would have otherwise received.
Federal regulators have 30 days to
review Texas’ 97-page plan to see if it
meets requirements.
Borner Drops ‘Unnecessary’ Rules
Texas’ insurance rule book will be
42,000 words lighter and the regulatory
burden on the state’s $40 billion insur-
ance industry will be reduced without
harming consumers, as a result of an
order signed last week by Texas Insur-
ance Commissioner Elton Borner.
Borner ordered the repeal of 116
insurance regulations identified as
unnecessary in a review that began last
spring by the Texas Department of
Insurance.
Capital Highlights is compiled by
Lyndell Williams and Ed Sterling of the
Texas Press Association.
2
PRESIDENT
Bill Clinton (D-1996)
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
(202)456-1111
SENATOR
Kay B. Hutchison (R-2000)
283 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
(202)224-5922
(713)653-3456
SENATOR
Phil Gramm (R-1996)
370 Russell Senate
Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
(202)224-2934
DISTRICT 9 REPRESENTATIVE
Steve Stockman (R-1996)
417 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
(202)225-6565
(409)838-0061
DISTRICT 2S REPRESENTATIVE
Ken Bentsen (D-l 996)
128 Cannon House
Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
(202)225-7508
(713)229-2244
GOVERNOR
George W. Bush (R-1998)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 2136
Austin, TX 78768
1-800-252-9600
(512)463-2000
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