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largest environmental monitoring
program in the Gulf of Mexico in
history,” said Hahn. More than 100
people from graduate students to full
professors throughout the Texas A&M
system have worked on the project.”
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N.M <AP> - Divers were to resume
their search today for an El Paso.
Texas. policeman presumed drowned
in Elephant Butte Lake.
Lexicographers do not in-
dicate whether this courtesy
is extended out of reverence
to the name or out of pity for
the poorly executed shot
Certainly the name is as an-
cient and honorable as the
grand game that honors it.
While and Hightower
This is not a celebration,"
White cautioned. "You don't
celebrate when people are in
trouble, and our farmers and
ranchers are in serious trou-
ble This observance is to call
to the public’s attention the
plight of our family farmers
and ranchers and. hopefully,
to rally public support for
steps we can take to turn
things around for them.
The grant will fund 2*2 years of
research, Hahn said.
crew drilling fence post holes
began working in the area, he
said.
Laverne Mann. nursing
supervisor at Odessa Medical
Center Hospital, said two peo-
ple. including one member of
the two-man drilling crew,
were transferred to the bum
unit at Lubbock General
Hospital in critical condition
They were Gloria Pena, 39.
with second- and third-degree
burns, and a 42-year-old man.
who has not been identified.
Institut Merieux earlier
developed a rabies vaccine
for humans that reduces the
number of required painful
rabies shots from 21 to a
series of five intramuscular
shots
risk alienating a large seg-
ment of the electorate, and an
opposition party which ad-
vocated repeal of universal
family allowances might lose
more votes than it would
gain, ” the council warned
The report proposed scrap-
ping the existing income tax
exemption for parents, which
it said makes no sense as a
social program” because it
gives higher benefits to those
who have higher taxable in-
comes.
With the $900 million from
the tax exemption, the coun-
cil proposed increasing the
existing child tax credit,
which favors the poor
Under the current scheme,
even Canadians who pay no
Oklahoma 18. North Dakota
11 and South Dakota 8.
Pennsylvania and Florida
both had five
A CDC spokesman said
figures were not available for
a state-by-state comparison
with last year’s statistics
taxes receive the maximum
credit of 1279 as a refund For
those who earn more than
about 123,000 the size of the
credit diminishes and even-
tually disappears
By getting nd of the exemp-
tion. C anada could nearly
double the tax credit while
after the arrest."
Sen Bob Vale. D-San An-
tonio. suggested that all coun-
ties should be required to
have such cameras, but Sar-
paliussaid. We need to start
at the heart of the problem
Most DWIs are where the
bulk of the people are ''
keeping the baby bonuses
tact
Family allowances <
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fitness 10
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TUESDA
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strength and movements by
studying the insignia and
fabric of uniforms ordered by
His Majesty s officers
In general reports, assis-
tant superintendent I arry
Wartes said:
-Enrollment is so short of
last year's best average daily
attendance, at 4,770. but is
over the same dale enroll-
ment last year at 4,721.
-Next month's agenda may
include purchasing busses for
next year. None were bought
this year, but a survey of
vehicles will probably show
at least two needed for next
year.
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State police Sgt Jun Coslin said
seven divers explored the murky
waters most of the day Tuesday, but
could not find the body of Lorenzo
Estrada, 35, a forgery detective with
the El Paso Police Department
A bloodhound and Rottweiler also
were used to help search for Estrada
Estrada apparently drowned Sun-
day when he fell out of a boat while
trying to unsnarl a fishing line from
the boat's outboard motor Police said
Estrada, who reportedly could not
swim, surfaced once and then disap-
peared into the muddy water.
A fnend who was in the boat with
Estrada dived in to help him, but
couldn't find him, authorities said.
Divers have been hampered by
murky. 48-degree water, underwater
trees and wind, said Richard Potter,
who heads the Elephant Butte rescue
team.
"If you extend your arm out in front
of you. that's about how far you can
see, so he could be 1 about two feet I
away and we'd go right past,” he said.
Estrada's drowning was the first in
more than a year in the lake. Potter
said.
least 30 percent of income to
be alloted to housing
While the index is rising it
is still far less than satisfac-
tory. said Jack Carlson, chief
economist and executive vice
president of the Realtors.
Based on the experience
of the past 30 years, mor-
tgage interest rates should be
8.5 percent," he said. "And if
that were the case, the hous-
ing affordability index right
now would be 118.6."
That the index is far short
of the 118.6 figure — which
would mean that those earn-
ing the median income would
more than qualify for the
median-price house — is the
fault of the federal deficit
crisis. Carlson contends
He claims that as long as
the threat of heavy govern-
ment borrowing hangs over
private capital markets, "in-
terest rates will be prevented
from falling to the histone 3.5
percentage points above the
inflation rate "
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The project has been studying the
government's program to remove salt
from underground caverns and
discharge it into the Gulf of Mexico.
The salt is being removed from
caverns off the Texas and Louisiana
coasts to store 750 million barrels of
oil.
A&M has been studying the govern-
ment's creation of a Strategic
Petroleum Reserve for six years, said
Dr. Roy Hahn, head of the Texas
Engineering Experiment Station's en-
vironmental engineering division.
AP News Special
By CHARLES CAMPBELL
Associated Press Writer—
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (API
— The Department of Energy has
awarded Texas A&M University an
$8.1 million contract - the largest in
the school's history — to continue the
university's study of salt deposits in
the Gulf of Mexico.
rose to 78.7 in the fourth
quarter of 1982 from a low of
70.4 percent during the fourth
quarter of 1981.
The National Association of
Realtors index, a monthly
figure measuring incomes in
relation to existing home
prices, rose to 78.9 in
January, its eighth con-
secutive month of improve-
ment from a 64.2 reading last
May
According to the Realtors,
the annual income needed to
qualify for a $68,300. median-
priced home in January was
$30,330, versus a median
family income of $23,917. The
Realtors assume that the loan
-Tax collections are at 88
percent, about a half-percent
below last year's.
KARN ACK, Texas API - Resear
chers from Texas A&M University
hope the weather won't interfere to-
day with their efforts to excavate
what they believe is the wreck of a
steamship that sank 114 years ago in
Caddo lake
Sixty-two of the 104 passengers died
when the Mittie Stephens sank after a
fire on board The accident remains
the worst waterway disaster in Texas
history
Dr Ervan Garrison said scientists
won't know for sure if they have found
the 312-ton sidewheeler until enough
of the hulk is excavated to compare
with documents on the steamship's
design
The wreckage wasn't located until
last year, when a magnetometer
survey conducted by the Texas Anti-
quities Commission located a hull
But scientists say the hull could be
one of three ships known to have sunk
in the lake that straddles the Texas-
Louisiana border
The excavation is sponsored by the
Mittie Stephens Foundation of nearby
Jefferson, which once thrived on the
Texas steamboat routes when boats
able to navigate shallow waters were
important transportation vehicles
The foundation said it could cost
$250,000 to complete the project and
prepare the Mittie Stephens to
become a museum centerpiece
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TORONTO । API - Once a
month, every Canadian
mother finds a government
check in the mail. a token of
the country 's appreciation for
her efforts in bringing up the
next generation
When the first family
allowance checks were sent
out in 1945, the government
said they would boost the
economy, help the poor and
recognize the role families
play in Canadian society
Opponents said the real
idea was to keep the Lberal
government in power If so, it
worked.
But whatever the reason
for its birth, the baby
Search for man
Mrs. Robert McCoy of Goldth waite, at left,
was recognized as a special guest at the
District 1 Spring Garden Club Convention held
Monday and Tuesday at the Hereford Com-
munity Center. Mrs. McCoy, president of the
Texas Garden Clubs, is shown with Mrs. Bob
White, co-chairman of the convention and
president of Bud to Blossom Garden Club.
Mrs. White received a life membership in the
Texas Garden Clubs.
Holder said he wanted to
take bids for removal of a
house on school property and
convert the land to a high
school parking lot.
Wartes noted that the
district received a com-
plimentary letter from an
Amarillo sports official and
that Coach Mike Fields had
received a letter of praise
from parents.
Hoelcher noted that the
Juvenile Board would be in-
terviewing for a new juvenile
peace officer today
Mrs Strain said the area
school board has sent a
resolution to lawmakers in
Austin asking for no more tax
base erosion
The board will meet again
April 4 for reorganization
after election.
Texas has the dubious
distinction of leading the na-
tion in the total number of
reported confirmed rabies
cases, which includes all
cases. not just this year's.
Sen Hugh Parmer. D-Fort
Worth, offered an amend-
ment that would require all
first-time DWI offenders to
serve 24 hours in jail or do 24
hours of "public service
work,” but it was rejected
22-7
"The problem is not the
first offender,” said Sar-
palius, "it's the repeal of-
fender."
West Texas Generally cloudy, col-
der today: light snow Panhandle and
occasional light rain, a few thunder-
showers elsewhere east of the moun-
tains Snow accumulations Panhandle
1 to 2 inches today. Considerable
cloudiness, cold tonight with chance
light snow Panhandle Cloudiness
decreasing southwest today and
tonight. all sections Thursday.
Warmer in the north Thursday after-
noon Highs today near 40 Panhandle
to near 60 southwest. Lows tonight up-
per 20s Panhandle to near 30
southwest with near 40 southeast
Highs Thursday low 50s north to low
60s south except near 70 Big Bend
valleys.
tinued after the gas supply in
the eight-inch pipeline was
shut off.
Glover, who lives about one
mile from the trailers. said
the explosion lit up his front
yard and sounded like
lightning and thunder ."
The puncture in the line,
which carried 1.160 pounds of
pressure, was 20 miles from
the pump station, and all
that gas has to escape
somewhere,” Glover said
The fire broke out after a
paid each month to 3.6 million
parents on behalf of nearly
6.7 million children under the
age of 18
In eight of the 10 provinces,
parents receive $23 per child
each month.
The average payment is the
same in the other two pro-
vinces. Alberta and Quebec,
but they prefer to make
payments for older children
slightly larger, while those
for younger children are
smaller
Quebec parents also get
higher payments as more
children are born, encourag-
ing larger families
The baby bonus checks are
sent out in the name of the
mothers — except of course
in households headed by
single fathers - making the
family allowance program
especially popular among
women
Joan Eddis-Topolski, a
spokeswoman in the Health
and Welfare Ministry. says
homemakers — even those
whose husbands make good
wages appreciate having a "kaND „ •
source of money they didn t welly „ • reeruary m rumverted te
The state’s Rabies Control
Act of 1981 makes it man-
datory for dogs and cats to be
vaccinated against rabies by
four months of age. and at
regular specified intervals
later
Many states have similar
laws
it's still hard to combat
this thing,” said Charlie H
Huff, past executive director
of the Texas Veterinary
Medical Association.
We had 600 cases here
i Texas i last year and we
already have 100 or so this
year and the season has not
even come." he said
Pitman-Moore Inc used
Tuesday's session to in-
troduce to the United States
an inactivated rabies vaccine
called Imrab, developed by
Institut Merieux in Lyon.
France
Imrab is the only inac-
tivated vaccine in this coun-
try licensed and available for
use in cattle and sheep. It also
can be used for dogs and cats
Inactivated means it cannot
produce disease
have to ask for.
For some mothers, Ms.
Eddis-Topolski said, the baby
bonus check "is the only
recognition she has."
whether it's here or in
Washington "
"This observance is not
just for rural folks.”
Hightower explained. "It's
for all of us. The food and
fiber industry accounts for
one out of every. "It's for all
of us The food and fiber in-
dustry accounts for one out of
every five jobs in Texas, in
both urban and rural areas,
and our farmers and ran-
chers are the biggest con-
sumers in the state When the
farm economy is depressed -
and it's certainly depressed
now - it directly affects the
economy of the entire state
The stew inspired a number
of linguistic spinoffs, in-
cluding
Mulligan: (golf) in infor-
mal games, a courtesy shot
given when the last shot was
poorly executed."
Marylin Leasure gave the
Classroom Teachers Associa-
tion report and handed out in-
formation on the proposed
legislative bills on teachers'
salaries and benefits She
also noted that school board
candidates will be on the pro-
gram for CTA's meeting
March 21 at 3:45 p.m. in
Shirley Elementary.
In tune, the Mulligans
became household words in
America or at least got
themselves into the dic-
tionary on several counts.
First off, there was the
stew. from which this column
lakes its name Webster
defines it as a thick soupy
concoction made of any
available meat or vegetables
2. often used facetiously
about any stew-like food,
however excellent." Author
Jack London is cited as a
literary reference In The
Road,” he writes of hun-
dreds of hoboes with whom I
cooked Mulligans "
were approved for classes
proposed to be in the cur-
riculum later
Permission was granted to
the Church of the Nazarene to
use La Plata gym for a
basketball tournament this
weekend.
-Launchroom participation
is up from last year, partly to
the closed campus at Stanton
Finances look $7,000 to $8,000
above last year's. Com-
modities are now being
delivered to cafeterias from a
warehouse in Amarillo
March 21. Hightower said the
Agriculture Department will
be sponsoring a series of ac-
tivities during the week
Plans include agricultural ex-
hibits in the State Capitol
rotunda, a March 19
Agriculture Fair in conjunc-
tion with the Austin-Travis
County Livestock Show and
Rodeo, a House-Senatecow-
milking contest and a major
farm policy statement by
Tornado demolithet
four hornet
HARLINGEN, Texas I API - A tor-
nado that struck a ranch near Harl-
ingen Tuesday evening destroyed
$50,000 worth of farm equipment, two
mobile homes and two frame homes,
the National Weather Service
reported.
A 42-year-old woman was
hospitalized while two others were
treated for their injuries and released
from a hospital here, officials said.
Alice Peters. 42. was in stable condi-
tion at Valley Baptist Hospital with
lacerations, bruises and a fracture,
said a spokeswoman Celia Salazar,
14, and Cecelia Salazar. 15, were
treated for lacerations and released,
the spokeswoman said.
The tornado touched down about
5:30 p.m. 212 miles south of Harlingen
on the W.D. Peters ranch.
Laurie Peters. 21. had left her
trailer home with her 8-month-old
daughter. Amanda, just moments
before the twister demolished the
trailer.
By JOHN CUN NIFF AP
Business Analyst
NEW YORK (API - When
you consider that two cents
off on a can of beans can br-
ing some shoppers into the
marketplace it isn't surpris-
ing that sales of existing
single-family homes have
soared from their recession
lows.
If you include lower in-
terest charges since early-
last summer on a $60,000 mor-
tgage. the savings amount to
at least $2,200 a year or more
than $55,000 over a typical
25-year amortization period.
That, as anyone will agree.
Is not just a lull of beans,
though it is based on a decline
from only 17 percent rather
Builders, a quarterly figure will be based on 25 percent of
limited to new homes only, total income being alloted to
the loan and interest.
Realtor economists say the
figure of 25 percent was pur-
posely kept low because it
doesn't include insurance,
taxes, heat or utility costs
When these are added in,
lenders generally allow at
than 19 percent, a rate which
prevailed for a while in some
areas.
At that latter rate the an-
nual cost of a $60,000. 25-year
mortgage comes to about $959
a month or $11,500 a year,
compared with a 13 percent
rate of about $677 a month or
$8,125 a year.
These declines, combined
with rising family incomes,
has raised the housing affor-
dability index, a new techni-
que for determining how
close the median income has
come to the median home
price.
The index of the National
Association of Home
A sudden influx of
brigadiers and colonels into
the shop meant King George
111 was beefing up his ground
forces in the area, while a
spurt of newly promoted ad-
mirals and commodores call-
ing to have their epaulets
upgraded indicated a growth
in sea strength Heavy orders
for lightweight twill uniforms
or fur collared, ankle-length
overcoats told them of major
troop movements south or
north Tailor shops, like
barber shops, were great
places for idle boasting in
those, days. , especially as
there was a grog shop right
next door The brothers
Mulligan kept their ears open
for British bragging
By HUGH A. MULLIGAN
AP Special Correspondent
NEW YORK (AP I Some
demiwit on a TV talk show
blathered a few nights ago
that an Irish version of
"Roots” was under prepara-
tion and it would be called
"Tubers."
Well, bad cess to him this
St Patrick's Day for making
fun of the noble potato which
sustained that nation of
saints, scholars and a few
itinerant tinkers until suc-
cessive failures of the crop in
the late 1840s resulted in the
tragic great famine
I have been looking into my
own roots lately, holing up in
a grand mansion on Fifth
Avenue where the American
Irish Historical Society has
its library, and am proud to
report that the Mulligans
were prominent in the Big
Apple long before the pratie
pox flooded these shores with
Irish immigrants
A Hugh Mulligan was a
mole for George Washington
and the Continental Army
when the British occupied
New York in the Revolu-
tionary War He and his
brothers Hercules and
Dominick had a tailor shop
below Wall Street and sup-
plied Washington with infor-
mation on British troop
example, a minor convicted a
second time of DWI could lose
his license until he reached
the legal drinking age. which
is 19
DWI suspects who refused
to take breath tests could
have their licenses suspend-
ed. whether or not they were
ever prosecuted for DWI
The bill also would
authorize insurance com-
panies to impose a three-year
surcharge on policies of those
convicted of DWI
Sarpalius won an 18-11 vote
on his amendment to require
counties with a population of
25,000 or more to buy video
cameras to tape a
defendant's appearance
within a reasonable time
— from page 1
with second- and third-degree
burns over 90 percent of his
body
Mrs. Pena's husband,
44-year-old Alvarado, and his
son, 10-year-old George, were
admitted to the Odessa
hospital in stable condition
with second-degree burns.
Ms Mann said. A second son.
Alvarado Jr., 13, was treated
for bums and released
Odessa is located in the
heart of the oil-rich Permian
Basin.
bonus” has grown up to be so
popular it is unlikely any
political party would even
think out loud about tamper-
ing with the program
"Family allowances
became in time. If you'll
forgive the pun. a
motherhood issue," says Ken
Battle, director of the Na-
tional Council of Welfare, a
panel of citizens set up to ad-
vise the welfare ministry
in early March, the council
recommended an overhaul of
Canada's general approach
to benefits for children under
18. but urged the government
to keep its hands off the baby
bonus.
"A government which
tampered with the principle
of universal payment would
" A
AUSTIN - Zeroing in on the
ecbnomic difficulties of
Texas family farmers and
rahchers. Governor Mark
White and Agriculture Com-
missioner Jim Hightower
issued a joint proclamation
delaring March 18-24 "Texas
Agriculture Week ”
The observance will coin-
cide with National
Agriculture Week and with
National Agriculture Day.
other day .”
Rabies outbreaks, with rac-
coons as the earner. have hit
Eastern metropolitan areas
such as Baltimore.
Philadelphia and Trenton,
N.J . he said
CDC figures show 816
reported confirmed cases of
rabies nationwide through
March 6, compared to 754 in
the similar period last year
Maryland had 147 confirm-
ed cases. Virginia 121. Texas
98. Montana 33. Georgia 27.
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