The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 55, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 5, 1997 Page: 8 of 54
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8-A THE BAYTOWN SUN Sunday, January 5.1997
Comptroller expects little growth
Dr. Ivi Sanguinetti, D.D.S.
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In the past two years, state rev-
enue increased by $4.5 billion. In
1992-93, it rose by $5.7 billion.
ing for the Pentagon’s Quadrennial
Defense Review, due to congres-
sional committees by May 15. The
review will signal where military
services will be trying to strength-
en themselves and where they will
be recommending cutbacks
because of tight budgets.
Neal said the group might have
to start all over with its base-saving
campaign because of recent
changes in key decision-making
positions, including secretary of
defense and chief of naval opera-
tions.
two initiatives — property tax
relief and reading programs — at
the top of his program for the
1997 Legislature, which convenes
Jan. 14.
The newspaper’s sources said
Sharp is expected to project state
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billion.
Also, the state is likely to end
the two-year period with as much
as $1.8 billion in its coffers,
bringing total revenue growth to
less than $4 billion.
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sensible diet and exercise program, allowing
for long-term results. Patients begin to learn
proper eating habits while benefiting from the -•
crave-curbing nature of the medication, mak-
ing it easier to continue good eating habits
throughout their life.
Abortion rate hits a low
ATLANTA (AP) — The nation^ abortion rate has dropped to its
lowest level in nearly two decades, but the reason for the decline is
subject to debate.
Anti-abortion groups say more women are learning that their are
Evidence suggests that obesity is a physi-
ological problem, caused by an imbalance of
peptides, brain chemicals that help a person
select foods. Normally the levels of these
peptides fluctuate, balancing the desire to
choose one food over another. But in obese
people, a particular peptide may be overac-
tive.
Excess body weight can contribute to a
number of illnesses and conditions.
Achieving and maintaining, proper body
weight is essential to overall health.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators tracing the source of eight
letter bombs are pursuing a theory that followers of a radical Egypt-
ian cleric mailed the explosive-laden greeting cards to a prison and a
newspaper office.
Three of the followers of Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, imprisoned
in this country for terrorist conspiracy, are inmates at the federal
prison in Leavenworth, Kan., where two of the letter bombs were
found this week. A third letter bomb—also addressed to the “parole
officer” at the prison — was found Friday at the Leavenworth post
office.
The possibility that the blind cleric’s followers in Egypt sent the
letter tombs is “an important lead we will look at closely,” said
Chris Murray, a spokesman for the FBI’s Washington field office.
More details released on murder
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The person who killed a 6-year-old
beauty queen fractured her skull before strangling her and apparently
got the paper for a ransom note from a pad inside the family’s house,
according to reports published today.
Quoting anonymous sources, the Rocky Mountain News also said
the alarm system at the expensive Boulder home where JonBenet
Ramsey was found dead on Dec. 26 was not operating that night.
Although asphyxiation was the cause of death, JonBenet’s skull
was fractured before the killer used a cord tied to a stick to strangle
her, turning the stick to tighten cord until she died, sources said.
Police have refused to release many details of the slaying, saying
that the former Little Miss Colorado died by asphyxiation.
The Denver Post said its sources reported the three-page ransom
note appears to have been tom from a pad of paper that was already
in the Ramsey house.
| The Post’s sources said investigators are almost certain that the
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More republicans support Gmgnch
WASHINGTON (AP) — A dozen Republican lawmakers have
moved from fence-sitters to supporters of Newt Gingrich, signifi-
cantly increasing his chances of winning re-election as House speak-
er on Tuesday.
All had been listed in news accounts as undecided about support-
destroyed by a
suspicious fire
WACO (AP) — Fire has
destroyed three small buildings
at the former Branch Davidian
compound about 10 miles east of
Waco.
Arson is suspected, authorities
said.
The fires Wednesday night or
early Thursday leveled the home
of Amo Bishop Roden, former
common-law wife of one-time
Branch Davidian leader George
Roden.
Also destroyed were two
museums she used to chronicle
the group’s history, including the
deadly 1993 standoff with feder-
al agents.
Jahan-Tigh,
MD
AUSTIN (AP) — State Comp-
troller John Sharp is expected to
warn lawmakers that a lean two
years lie ahead for state revenue,
the Austin American-Statesman
reported.
Citing unidentified sources, the
newspaper reported in its Satur- revenue growth of a modest $2
day editions that Sharp is expect-
ed to predict an economic slow-
down that will limit state revenue
growth and threaten new initia-
tives.
Gov. George W. Bush has put
decline is due to harassment
by anti-abortion activists and
a lack of abortion services,
particularly in rural areas.
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention said
Friday that 21 out of every 1,000 women between ages 15 and 44
had an abortion in 1994—the smallest number since 1976.
In 1994, the latest year for which figures were available, there
were about 1.2 million abortions performed, down from 1.3 million
the year before, the CDC said. It was the fourth year in a row that the
number of abortions has fallen. In 1976,988,267 abortions were per-
formed.
The CDC began tracking abortions in 1972. Abortion was legal-
ized nationwide in 1973.
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Coastal Bend officials
expecting base closures
CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) -- A
group that fought against recent
military base closings along the
Coastal Bend is rebuilding to do
battle in what they expect to be
another round of shutdowns during
the next five years.
Military bases in Corpus Christi,
Kingsville and Ingleside provide
about $353 million a year in pay-
roll alone to the Coastal Bend area.
“All of our communities need to
remain constantly vigilant,” Loyd
Neal, chairman of the South Texas
Military Facilities Task Force, told
the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
“The one thing we learned is that
you have to start e-r!y
have to go often (to Wasuingica,
D.C.). If you wait until decision-
makers announce what they’re
doing, it’s way too late.”
The group is waiting and watch-
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ing Gingrich because of his admission that he violated. House ethics Ki lilrlinrrc
rules. On Friday, they demonstrated that a massive lobbying effort by VidllllCl DULLUlllgo
Gingrich and GOP leaders is starting to pay off.
In a letter to their Republican colleagues, they wrote: “In recent
news accounts you may have seen us listed as “undecided” in terms
of whether we would vote to re-elect Newt Gingrich as speaker.
“We’re writing to you today to let you knew that we will be voting
to re-elect "Newt Gingrich on Jan. 7.”
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Brownwood Bulletin publisher
dies after long fight with cancer
JASPER, Ala. (AP) — H. Shel-
ton Prince, editor and publisher of
the Brownwood (Texas) Bulletin,
has died at a Huntsville, Ala., hos-
pital after a 9-year battle with can-
cer.
Prince, 52, was a vice president
of Boone Newspapers and presi-
dent of its Southwest Operating
Group. He had been with the Bul-
letin since 1989.
He had recently been elected to
the board of directors of the Texas
Daily Newspaper Association.
Prince was a past president of the
Alabama Press Association and
had served as president of its jour-
nalism foundation.
He also had been a director of
the Southern Newspaper Publish-
ers Association and had chaired
its small newspapers committee.
Graveside services are planned
Friday at 11 a.m. at Oak Hill
Cemetery in Jasper.
Prince was tom in nearby Oak-
man, Ala., and grew up in Cedar-
town, Ga. A memorial service
will be scheduled next week in
Brownwood.
* Prince was publisher of The
Selma (Ala.) Times-Journal dur-
ing 1980-89 and the Daily Moun-
tain Eagle in Jasper during 1970-
80. ■
He had begun his newspaper
career as a teen-ager with the
Cedartown Standard, a job that led
him to becoming a journeyman
offset pressman and printing com-
pany manager before becoming a
newspaper publisher.
Prince worked in the Texas-
based Walls newspaper organiza-
tion before joining Boone News-
papers.
“The newspaper profession lost
a great editor and a successful and
accomplished publisher in the
premature death of Shelton
Prince,” said James B. Boone Jr.,
chairman of Boone Newspapers.
"... Shelton lived life fully, set an
example in dealing with pain and
misfortune while making a major
contribution to and enjoying life.
“He was a benchmark of what
self-education, backed by an
inquiring and good mind, can
accomplish when meshed with
determination to improve oneself,
those around him and the commu-
nities where he made his home.”
Prince was an elder of the
Union Presbyterian Church in
Brownwood.
He was honored in 1995 as
Brownwood’s Jaycees Man of the
Year for his civic and charitable
work, including support of busi-
ness development, community
planning and beautification, edu-
cation and local arts funding. He
also was an active supporter of the
Boy Scouts of America, American
Red Cross and United Way.
Prince is survived by his wife,
Ann Hice Prince; three sons,
Michael S. Prince, of Powell,
Wyo., Ronald H. Prince of Union,
S.C., and Timothy D. Prince of
Burnet, Texas; and a sister, Elaine
Prince Grande of Okinawa, Japan.
The family requests that memo-
rials be made to the Brown Coun-
ty Unit of the American Cancer
Society, P.O. Box 789, Brown-
wood, TX 76804.
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