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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1979 Page 3 ur bills proposed aws to limit smokers esti- mey nes- ■ e gal lain- 'rest »ns [an. \n oon > oil iake he irgo lay. >gl X ?ing cost mu- :hu- that »un- mal our The per es United Press International (BSTIN — When the smoke | from the House and Senate I at the end of the 1979 Legisla- B one issue may still be smolder- ’ . anti-smoking laws. Bills to limit or prohibit smoking |been introduced each session JtHe first no—smoking bill was sed by state lawmakers in 1975, J this year is no exception. u, Sen . Jack Ogg, D-Houston, spon- . ore d the original Texas anti- ■moking bill and has introduced Liar legislation this session. Under the current no-smoking Ur, the penalty for conviction of the He misdemeanor is a fine not to Hd $200. Smoking is disallowed areas such as libraries, elevators, Haters, museums, hospitals and ^^■g’s three new no-smoking bills ivould place successively stricter limits on where smokers may light Up. One bill adds grocery stores and retail establishments to the list of bo—smoking areas, the next in cludes public buildings where pub ic records are kept and the third frohibits smoking in any state build ing except in hallways or stairwells. Ogg said he is aware the bills will be controversial, especially for legis lators who could be prohibited from smoking on the House and Senate floors. He included a provision in the last bill that would allow the executive director or chief adminis- tator to designate rooms or areas in state buildings where smoking would be allowed, and he said this may make the bill more appealing to legislators who smoke. “The Senate or the House could be designated a smoking area,” Ogg added. The Houston senator said he ex pects some opposition from tobacco lobbyists who recently helped de feat anti-smoking bills in California, and from smokers who will complain of excessive governmental interfer ence in citizens’ lives. “I think society has an interest in anything that deals with health, wel fare and public safety,” Ogg re sponded, and said taxpayers ulti mately are charged for smokers’ illnesses and accidents. “I am a non-smoker,” Ogg said. Your right to smoke ends at my nose. I don’t care if you smoke, but I don t want to have to breathe it.” The leader of Texans United for Rights of Non-Smokers and a staunch supporter of no—smoking legislation, Dorothy Richter of Aus- 3-fier beer industry established in Texas if Clements signs bill I United Press International AfSTIN, — The House Thurs- ssed a bill allowing the sale of )eer in 7-, 8- and 16-ounce contain- !rs,|despite arguments by an [e legislator that the measure erved the special interests of breweries. The bill, passed 97-29, already ad lleared the Senate and now eeds only Gov. Bill Clements’ sig- lature before becoming law. The bill by Rep. Gib Lewis, '-Fort Worth, would establish a iree-tier beer industry in Texas md would require brewers to sell nly to wholesalers and wholesalers sell only to retail outlets. But Rep. Wayne Peveto, Binge, argued the bill was the Jlgest and largest” special interest leasure of the 66th Legislature and rould guarantee a monopoly for irgejbeer distributors. You’re guaranteeing the dis- ibutors of this state a complete , lonopoly,” he said. “There will be o competition left in the beer in- ustry. lie beer industry is a good one. lut they ought to be ashamed to Dine before the House of Repre- entatives and the Senate and ask ir a complete monopoly. ” T^ e House also defeated an mendment by Rep. Ron Bird, Man Antonio, permitting bre weries to sell beer for personal con sumption to its employees. A bill by Rep. Lynn Nabers, D-Brownwood, giving the trucking industry immunity from federal an titrust laws was given tentative ap proval by the House, despite objec tions by two freshman members. The measure also would allow the trucking business to set its own rec ommended rates before submitting them to the Railroad Commission for final approval. Reps. Tom Delay, R-Simonton, and Ted Lyons, D-Mesquite, ar gued a similar law passed recently in Georgia had been successfully chal lenged by the U.S. Department of Justice. The House also passed a bill by Sen. Carl Parker, D-Port Arthur, that would allow persons suffering from epilepsy to obtain medical ap proval before obtaining a driver’s license. The bill also calls for the term “mentally incompetent” to be substituted for the words “idiot, in sane, feebleminded and imbecile” in state statutes. Finally, the House passed on voice vote a bill increasing the fi nancial requirements for a pawnshop business in Texas and set ting a $1,500 licensing fee in some instances. Opponents of the bill had argued it was an attempt by pawnbrokers to hold down competi tion by making it difficult for new businesses to open. GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL SPRING ELECTION NOTICE REPRESENTATIVES NEEDED FROM ALL COLLEGES FOR THE '79-'80 SCHOOL YEAR FILING PERIOD MARCH 26-31 FILING FEE $1.00 PAYABLE IN ROOM 216 MSC For Further Iniormotion Call: GSC President, AUBREY JOHNSON 845-4016 KM#? p en dleK* Steve 1 ' PASE<S SPAGHETTI lasagna Formerly Mama’s Pizza “There's no pizza like Pasta s Pizza a’s is a new name — We have new menu items but we lave the same great pizza. 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Lance Lalor, D-Houston, introduced a bill to prohibit smok ing in grocery stores, nursing homes or any retail establishments. The president of the Texas Nurs ing Home Association, Sid Rich, said his group opposes Lalor’s bill because it is another attempt to reg ulate nursing home residents. “In the process of trying to provide a safe facility to protect the patients, we are regulating them into unhappiness,” Rich said. Lalor’s bill will be heard in the House Committee on Health Serv ices; Ogg’s bill will go before the Senate Subcommittee on Civil Mat ters. & ALLEN Oldsmobile Cadillac Honda SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment” _ 2401 Texas Ave. 779-3516 'ALTERATIONS' IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS. "DON’T GIVE UP — WE LL MAKE IT FIT!" 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