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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1979
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ost Americans OK some abortions on last year’s rate requests
e more aggressive in resisting
j-abortion attacks.
Pollster Michael Rappoport said
B federation-financed survey of
BX) adults showed 92 percent “be-
ieve a woman should have the right
| Abortion under at least some cir-
Bistances, whether or not her life
s in danger.
[ederation President Faye Wat-
Jfcn said the organization was
ileased that public opinion sup-
irts the aims of our organization. ”
She said Planned Parenthood will
step up its public education and
legislative lobbying efforts.
“We are responding to attacks that
have been made physically, verbally
and politically,” Wattleton said.
“We have seen a shift in the public
environment relative to our issue
and we are simply saying we will not
sit by and see these issues eroded.
We intend to preserve these rights
for those people who come to our
clinics for help.”
Rappeport said that, speaking in
simple yes-no terms, his 66-question
telephone survey showed 60 percent
of Americans generally approve
abortion while 40 percent generally
oppose it, a division found by other
recent polls.
However, he said his poll tried
harder to probe specific circumst
ance responses, including allowing
long explanations of answers, and
found broader support for abortion.
He said percentage approval of
abortion varied depending on the
circumstance, but he said his “most
important finding” was that most
Americans refuse to see abortion as
an either-or question and resist
being pushed in that direction.
He said most Americans believe
abortion is a personal decision, not
one the government or anyone else
— not even the father — can make
for a woman.
Further, Rappeport said his poll
ing for three recent local elections
showed anti-abortion and right-to-
life political punch diminished as
their attacks became more strident.
Rappeport did not release all find
ings of survey because the federa
tion, which paid him $36,500 to con
duct the poll, owned them and did
not want some of them disclosed.
However, Rappeport supplied
specific percentages of responses to
some queries.
For example, 74 percent said they
“agree strongly” a woman should be
allowed abortion in the instance of
rape or incest, 54 percent if doctors
thought the baby would be de
formed, 20 percent if the mother
does not want the baby.
Forty-five percent “disagree
strongly” that a woman should be
allowed an abortion if she simply
does not want her baby.
In response to a carefully worded
question whether the government
should pay either $150 for a legal
abortion or $70,000 to raise a welfare
child, Rappeport said 43 percent
preferred abortion, 23 percent wel
fare.
He denied the question was un
fair, arguing, “That’s the truth.
That’s what it costs to raise a child. ”
United Press International
AUSTIN — The Texas Railroad
Commission granted gas utilities ab
out 32.7 percent of the rate increases
requested during the fiscal year en
ding Aug. 31.
Commission officials said Tuesday
utilities requested rate increases tot
aling $11.2 million during the past
fiscal year, and the commission
granted increases totaling
$3,674,581.
There were 404 utilities which
filed requests during the year for
higher rates.
[iTiieues get ^100,000
Armored car stolen
United Press International
AMARILLO — Thieves who stole an armored car
ompany’s van and an estimated $100,000 before
i i »ibandoning the vehicle northwest of the city, may
era* )ave turned back toward Amarillo, a sheriff s investi-
mi 10na )' ;ator said Wednesday.
Capt. Curtis Crump, head of the criminal investi-
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ere oldtlit ^^t sa j c ] the suspects abandoned a silvergray Wyn-
L onv ^W ie Enterprises van in rugged terrain off FM 1061,
tnouglj^e ^Qnt 26 miles northwest of Amarillo.
The van was stolen Tuesday from the Amarillo
National Bank parking lot while the driver, Steve
dartinez, 45, was inside the bank delivering mail,
dartinez reportedly left the van’s engine running,
mt locked the doors when he exited.
The van was recovered after an hour-long aerial
earch Wednesday in the countryside south of the
old sufferi ^ anac }i an River. None of the money was recovered.
There was no official word on the amount of the
ake, but it was believed to be around $100,000.
. Crump said had the suspects fled north on FM
MG, M! [061, which dead ends into U.S. 385, they eventual-
y would have encountered road blocks either north
of Vega or south of Channing. Because they did not,
he said it is theorized the thieves turned back toward
Amarillo.
Advertising executive Joe Batson, who volun
teered his private helicopter and services as a pilot in
the aerial search, said he first believed someone had
taken the van on a joyride.
Batson said the van’s motor was running and the
vehicle was in gear when he and a Potter County
investigator spotted it. He said the van had lodged in
some brush and was headed downhill toward a small
stock pond.
“It looked like they had apparently intended for it
to run off in a lake,” he said, adding that the theft
appeared well planned.
“Seemed like they knew that area out there pretty
good, too. You can get lost in a helicopter out there.
There are hundreds of roads. It really was amazing to
me that they had planned it so good.”
Authorities said the theft occurred after a banking
holiday in which receipts were allowed to collect.
Asked Wednesday if the investigation had pro
duced any suspects, Crump said, “I’d rather not
elaborate on that right now.”
Probe of diesel fuel shortage
in Texas due to open Nov. 28
United Press International
AUSTIN — Texas legislators will
investigate statewide diesel fuel
shortages at a House Agriculture and
Livestock subcommittee meeting
Nov. 28, officials announced
Wednesday.
“The subcommittee knows for cer
tain that a great many farmers across
the state are having difficulties
buying diesel fuel, particularly just
before harvest times, and we intend
to find out why,” said Rep. Dan
Kubiak, D-Rockdale, chairman of
the subcommittee on energy and
agriculture.
“We are not ruling out the possi
bility that fuel allocations are being
manipulated by some individuals
and organizations in order to drive
up the price to farmers.”
Kubiak said fuel shortages have
curtailed harvests and delayed plant
ings in most areas.
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EL PASO — Twenty-five Iranians
£king enrollment in a Mexican
Iversity were blocked from re-
iteringthe United States Wednes-
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Charles Perez, district director for
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