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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1980 Page 9 [State Panel approves report I ff photo by Pall ran unsuccel road Com te Carter i sforpe® Iso identi’ ,pion of United Press International AUSTIN — The Senate Human Resources Com mittee Thursday approved recommendations to pro- /ide better services to the elderly and handicapped, diich the panel’s chairman said focused more on Improvement of current programs than on creation of |iew ones. Committee chairman Sen, Chet Brooks, D- ’asadena, said the comprehensive report to be kssued to the 1981 Legislature recommends that state agencies take new directives to improve services. He also said the committee had faced “political Reality” by not recommending any great statutory changes that would involve large legislative approp- pations. Brooks said the committee focused mostly an exploring how existing mechanisms could be lodified or maximized to reach more people who heed the services. “It would be useless to recommend new prog rams, he said. “Most that we can hope for is that we can bring about better coordination and identifica tion of resources to help the elderly and the hand icapped.” Brooks said that elderly, disabled and handicap- aed persons who testified at committee public hear ings across the state during the past year indicated Hhey needed improved services — rather than new anes — to help them develop as much self-care as aossible. “We need to use the dollars that are already avail able to us to be able to do a more effective job of aelping these people so that they can help them selves,” Brooks said. “And that really is the bottom [line. These people want to be able to help them selves.” The committee asked that the Texas Department of Human Resources make modifications in its in- home attendant care services program in regard to population priorities, level of funding and eligibility criteria. It also recommended that younger severely disabled adults have more access to attendant care services. To facilitate services to the elderly, disabled and handicapped, the committee recommended that an already existing state agency be designated a coordi nation point. The committee also recommended that the mar riage license fee in Texas be increaed from $7.50 to $12, and that $4 of each fee be forwarded to the state treasury for deposit in a family violence fund. The legislature could then make appropriations to be administered by the Texas Department of Human Resources to reinforce the budgets of community based family violence centers. The committee also recommended: — New construction in all the state’s 254 counties comply with standards and specifications regarding disabled and handicapped persons. — The Legislature create an interagency council on human services transportation. — The Sunset Advisory Commission consider handicapped employment procedures in its criteria review of the performance of state agencies under the Sunset Act. — The Texas Department of Community Affairs address housing needs of disabled citizens by provid ing pertinent information and technical assistance to owners, developers and consumers. ledtheCarteificture sent to Albuquerque ■ts toward — a '*■ irtunity in tf wn 1977 ig state gov Ragsdale saii ment idnapping, murder linked United Press International ALLAS — A photo was transmitted to Albuquer que, N.M. police Thursday to determine if the prime suspect in the kidnapping of 7-year-old Matthew Muel- » . ' lerin Dallas last week might be the same man who killed ateg0Vera ” a policeman in the New Mexico city, up is oneo[s®‘There } s a possibility that the man in the Albuquer- te. Other L !que shooting could be the man we re looking for in the mer Sen.R ;'Mueller kidnapping,” said Sgt. D.A. Green, ate ComptreBihe b 0 y was kidnapped last Friday and escaped un- Mrmed from a parked van Saturday night near down- Bvn Dallas while his abductor was trying to negotiate _ ^ $20,000 ransom from the parents, Mr. and Mrs. W /l/ fchnK. Smith. y IlMDavid Lee Summerville, 23, has not been charged in y the kidnapping of Mueller, but police Wednesday iden- I tidied him as their prime suspect. He was already ^ A-*-/j-chan’ed with attempted murder in the rape-stabbing of I If Nia purse Aug. 30 in Dallas. ■The suspect being sought for the Wednesday slaying of Albuquerque officer Phil Chacon, 36, was described iraisals are: ajblack, 6-feet tall, about 150 pounds, driving a 1975-to- 1977 silver Buiek Regal. This was very similar to Sum- ■dbythecouii nkj-yjUg’j description issued by Dallas police. :rease in mo»IJHs umrnerv ii] e was believed driving a silver 1977 Buick f rate takes “ffiegal stolen at knife point Sept. 2 from a female student Bartley, dist: on p ar king lot of Norman High School in Norman, arGas Comp®! okla. isked for higl' f B“We are sending Albuquerque police a picture of him it servesbeci-f| ow ’ Green said. “It looks like the same man and it gas companujtjoes fit the description. ” ■ Summerville, described by one officer as “super vio las requestedi lent,” was identified T uesday from a photograph by the ay, but will ^ ^ „ $650,000 tsmlack commercial # - # "Spmithsoman athlv charges' 1 #: United Press International mercialandP-^^LAS — The “Dark Jubilee,” |black opal bigger than a credit card 1 the new rateil valued at $650,000, has been Iryan thisweel ftomtecl to the Smithsonian Institu- whole area «®' s rare g e,n collection by the Zale s - which L Corporation. ■he 318.44-carat opal, donated meeting, acotfli^nesday, is described by gemo- le television an®^ 5 as the most brilliant of its type ;es was formed ythe world and the largest in the jted States. he stone measures 3.3 by 2.4 in- |es and is up to a half-inch thick, msiderably larger than other pious stones from the Australian al fields. 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Ford says Carter scared to debate United Press International HOUSTON — President Carter has “screwed up” the economy, de fense and foreign policy and is too embarrassed to try to defend his re cord in a televised debate with both his major opponents, former Presi dent Gerald Ford said Thursday. “Carter’s economic policies are a disaster,” Ford said in an appearance for local Republicans. “I say to you in good conscience, you can go out and talk to people and say that Carter’s economic policies are a disaster, he’s been a catastrophe, he’s screwed it up and that a Republican president will do a far, far better job.” Ford said Carter was so deter mined to avoid emphasizing his per formance that he disclosed develop ment of a radar-defying aircraft in a misleading manner for political gain. “There’s no doubt in my mind that the release of the Stealth information was a political decision that unques tionably is harmful to our national security,” Ford said, explaining the so-called invisible airplane program was begun during his administration and developed into one of the most important, although incomplete, strategic weapons programs this na tion has. “I was absolutely dumbfounded seeing that Secretary (of Defense Harold) Brown released the informa tion as to the Stealth program,” Ford said. “I was surprised that Secretary Brown said that the Stealth program. as it is today, alters the balance be tween the Soviet Union and the Un ited States. That’s not an accurate statement.” Ford stressed the Stealth program remained in the design stages, but an Austin newspaper Thursday re ported prototypes of the bomber have been undergoing secret flight testing at bases in Nevada and Alaska. “There is no deployable hardware today and there won’t be until the early 1980s,” Ford said. “A design program doesn’t do that. You have to have hardware. So there’s no ques tion in my mind that President Car ter and his administration have told the American people of the Stealth program because they are embarras sed by their cutbacks and cancella tions of the B1 Bomber, the slow down in the MX missle systems and the 50 percent reduction in Navy shipbuilding below the program that we had undertaken.” Ford said Carter’s performance was the basis for his refusal to join Ronald Reagan and John Anderson in a televised debate. “The only reason that I can believe is that he’s embarrassed and afraid to defend his record before 60 million people on national television, ” Ford said. “I’m not going to vote for John Anderson. 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He was arrested April 12 for the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, but a grand jury decided against indicting him. A dog was used by the kidnapper to lure Mueller from his bicycle and into a car, and it was this animal, police said, that was a key to identification of the suspect. The Mueller boy told investigators his abductor called the dog, “Heidi,” and “Snow,” and police said Summerville owns a dog he calls by both names. Law officers searched for Summerville in North Little Rock where his step-father, the Rev. Rochester Rogers Wednesday recalled him differently than police. “He’s a very good-hearted person,” he said. “I guess when he got about 20, he just started getting off the track. He’s never done anything violent, but he was involved in a few minor incidents here after he turned 20.” The Rev. Rogers, who has taken in wayward children in the area, said Summerville was made to go to church every Sunday when he was growing up. “It’s just when he got on his own, he just kind of started going wrong,” he said. Summerville won acclaim at North Little Rock Old Main High School as a track star, recording a 9.8 time in the 100-yard dash and a 21.9 time in the 220-yard dash. In May, 1975, however, Summerville was expelled from school when he cursed and threw his starting blocks at a track meet official after being disqualified for false starts. / The Battalion 845-2611 BIBLE STUDY CATHOLIC STimklNT CEINTKR 103 Nagle Announcing Survey of St. Paul’s Writings Monday 7:30pm Old Testament Survey Thursday 7:30pm Book of Revelation Thursday 11:00 am Gospel of Jokn Sunday 8:15pm DON’T WASTE YOUR MAJOR ON A MINOR CAREER. After working this hard for a degree, it would be nice to put it to use immediately. A lot of companies promise the moon in that re spect, but not that many follow through. 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