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AUSTIN — Gov. Bill Clements, an oil well drilling mil
lionaire before he became the state’s first Republican governor
of the century two years ago, has a reputation as an aggres
sive, hard-dealing businessman.
But the men he has hired to guide his pet projects through
the Legislature are “good ole boys” — back slapping, fun
loving former House members who in the past were prone to
such antics as coming to House sessions dressed in suits made
of cloth in the design of a Budweiser beer label. Clements
obviously hopes they can bridge the gap between his busi
nesslike approach and the sometimes clannish atmosphere of
the House and Senate.
The leader of the governor’s lobby team — or his legislative
liaison staff as it is more formally known — is Jim Kaster, a
Democrat who quit an elective job in El Paso County politics
to go to work at a moment’s notice for Clements just days
before the governor took office in 1979.
“There was not a single person on his staff who had any
legislative experience,” Kaster said. “He didn’t pretend to
bow how the hell state government worked, so it was exceed
ingly important to have somebody that knew how the system
worked.
“We had me, Hilary Doran and Don Cavness (j n the 1979
session), and each of us had about eight years experience and
were ‘good ole boys’ — we knew the leadership* and were part
of the good old boy system.”
Cavness since has been replaced on the governor’s lobbying
team by former Rep. Bob Close of Perryton, the only Republi
can among the three legislative liaison staff members.
The three have access to the House and Senate floor and can
talk with legislators while the houses are in session as well as
during committee hearings and in private conferences.
“They know we’re there and they come and see us and ask
how the governor feels on this or that issue, Kaster said.
"During a session, the legislative liaison staff has first call on
the governor’s time,” meeting with him virtually every day to
discuss the status of legislation. . , „
This session, Close is assigned primarily to work with House
members and Doran in the Senate, with Kaster following
legislation through both houses and assisting when the gov
ernor’s bills are up for debate. , . ,
Kaster said Clements’ experience m deahngwith lawmakers
during the 1979 session is clearly evident this year He is less
abrasive, and more comfortable with the eg s a •
“Government is different from business, as e .
can apply business principles, but you do not nm > t the same
way you run a business. Clements ound ou .
“The oroof now is in the governor s method of handling
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S °‘Tle S a a in’t hero enou^to know what’s going on; he’s not here
as much as Briscoe was,” one House committee chairman said.
“I could always get in touch with Briscoe. I’ve had one conver
sation with Clements since I’ve been in the Legislature.
Close faces the toughest chore handed out by Clements this
session — pushing wiretapping and initiative and referendum
bills through the House.
“I guess the reason I was put on initiative and referendum is
that I was on the committee that studied it last session and held
public hearings all over the state,” Close said. “John Q. Citizen
out there wants it, and it may become a hot potato to vote
against for some of these folks.”
Despite the openly hostile attitude toward Clements of a
handful of liberal legislators this session, Kaster says the gov
ernor has a better relationship with the Legislature than he did
two years ago.
“As far as I’m concerned, the opposition is less than 20
guys,” Kaster said.
He named off Reps. John Bryant, D-Dallas; Ron Coleman,
D-El Paso; Gonzalo Barrientos, D-Austin and Sen. Lloyd
Doggett, D-Austin.
“Those were all John Hill guys (in the 1978 governor cam
paign), and they’re starting the 1982 campaign now to make
Clements look as bad as they can to help their candidate, and
Clements is not going to do a thing all session they will agree
with,” Kaster said.
“But the other 125 to 250 members we have no problems
with. In fact, I think our relations are much better this time
than they were last session.”
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CHICAGO — Everyone knows
birds go south for the winter, but
apparently Shadow, a 3-year-old
Lhasa Apso-cocker spaniel mix,
thought she might like the warmer
climate, too.
Shadow returned home Thursday
after an extended southern vacation
that began in October 1979 when she
wandered away from her Oak Forest
owners.
The Ray Ulreich family had given
the dog up for dead until they got a
phone call from Mary Lee Morris,
who found the pooch on her doorstep
in Warren, Texas, about 10 days ago.
Only Shadow knows how she
made the 1,000-mile trek and what
happened to her during the 16-
month excursion.
“The whole thing is incredible and
unbelievable,” said Mrs. Ulreich.
“We gave her up as lost a long time
ago. This is a happy time, but I plan
to give her a good smacking. I’m
going to tell her, ‘Don’t you ever do
this again.’”
Mrs. Morris said she contacted the
family after she noticed a tag on the
dog indicating Shadow belonged to
Kevin Ulreich. But plans for a reun
ion were snagged by details of get
ting the dog back to Oak Forest.
A number of people offered to
help reunite dog and family when
they learned of the Ulreichs’ plight
in a Texas newspaper.
Texas International Airlines flew
the dog from Beaumont, Texas, near
the Morris home, to Dallas. From
there, the wife of an American Air
lines pilot volunteered to chaperone
the pooch on a flight to Chicago.
“I love dogs,” said Rita Browne,
the volunteer. “I have access to get
ting on a plane (free) because my
husband is a pilot. This has hap
pened in our family, where the dog
has been lost and I would have given
anything to get him back.
“Of course I’ll want to talk to the
parents — oops, I keep thinking it’s a
child,” she said.
Perpetual pump
gutted for trial
be I.TON — choked emotion. Temple inventor Arnold Burke
described Th Urs(J .y how he had to -cut the go's ou l ° rt ” s
motion machine to prevent state officials from publicizing his
^Testifying 'on his 46th birthday in Bell County district court, Burke
testified in his own defense in the fourth day of his aggravated perjry
trial- The inventor is accused of lymg under oath during a 1979 decep
tive trade practices civil suit about the source of power for the Jer
miah 33 : 3,’’ hi s electricity generating machine.
Burk e claims a production model of Jeremiah 33:3 would be capable
of producing enough electricity to supply the average sized home svitn
power at a nominal cost. His still unrevealed secret is m a submersible
pump system which circulates water from a 200-gallon tank through
pipes and a turbine generator. . , ,
State prosecutors say the prototype for Jeremiah 33:3 was powered
by a battery pack connected to an electrical 0 ^ et ;
Thursday, Burke said be was badgered by officials from the state s
attorney general s office who repeatedly came to his laboratory- A
mechanical engineer f r0 m Texas A&M and an electrical engineer from
Texas also came to th e lab to see the machine. ...
“I took them on a tour of the lab, but I would not show them the
machine,” he said- “They kept causing disruptions.
Burke said he particularly fearful of the engineer from Texas
A&M because he had seen pamphlets indicating the university was
investigating hydro-machines.
“When the attorney general couldn’t tear apart my machine, they
took me to court, he said.
With no patent on the design, Burke said if he was forced to
demonstrate Jeremiah 33:3 in court others would quickly develop
similar machines- To avoid showing his machine, he cut the “heart of
it” out with a blow torch-
“After they said they would get a search and seizure warrant, I had a
sixth sense something was going wrong- That night (Dec. 12, 1979), I
took a cutting torch and proceeded to cut the guts out of the lower
tank, ’ Burke said-
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Day students get their news from the Batt.
Women’s scientific club
has first meeting Feb. 25
By LAURA YOUNG
Battalion Reporter
A new organization for women in scientific fields is being formed at
Texas A&M University.
Soon to be part of the 4,000-member national organization, Women
in Science will hold its first meeting Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in 112 O&M
Building.
Although membership is open to both males and females in any
academic field, discussions will focus on women in the fields of psychol
ogy, mathematics, the social sciences, biosciences, physical sciences
and engineering.
“Each speaker will present a women in science issue and also a
presentation of their own research,” said Fern Halper, a graduate
oceanography student and president of the organization.
The organization was started after Hapler and Lauren Sahl, also a
graduate oceanography student and vice-president of the group, real
ized statistics don’t coincide with the stereotyped image of today’s
professional woman.
The statistical study in 1977 by the Scientific Manpower Commis
sion shows women doctorates earn less than men in every field and
higher proportions of women than men with such degrees are unsuc
cessfully seeking jobs.
“The reason we decided to start this organization is so women in the
scientific fields can become more aware of their futures as profession
als, ” Halper said.
Female students usually don’t encounter much discrimination on
the academic level but it is still evident on the professional level, she
added.
Lectures will be held monthly by both men and women in the
scientific fields. Members will be also get a monthly newsletter from
the national organization which will include job opportunities and a
registry of women scientists.
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