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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1981
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tility permits scrutinized
United Press International
tALVESTON — The U.S.
Iny Corps of Engineers is inves
ting whether permits were
issued to Houston Power &
Jilting Co. for utility lines in-
led in a weekend boating acci-
It that killed three people and
nred another.
[One of the victims, Richard
|ler, 28, of Galveston, in late
i filed a complaint with the fed-
agency about the low clear-
e level of the lines. Corps offi-
s in Galveston said
Jdnesday.
Miller’s 20-foot sailboat drifted
into a set of HP&L lines that carry
7,200 volts of electricity across a
channel at the mouth of Lake
Madeline. The accident occurred
about 3:45 p.m. Sunday.
Also killed was Miller’s wife,
Brenda, 28. She died Tuesday of
injuries she sustained in the acci
dent, and Ethan Ducat, 22, of Gal
veston, was missing for more than
24 hours following the accident.
His body was found near the site
late Monday.
The Galveston County Medical
Examiner’s office has ruled the
trio was electrocuted.
Also injured was Richard Hill
man, 24, of Galveston, who was
listed in fair condition late
Wednesday at John Sealy Hos
pital.
Corps officials Wednesday said
they had been unable to locate a
federal permit allowing HL&P to
maintain the power cables over
the waterway. It is possible no
permit would have been required
due to a “grandfather clause” per
taining to line installation before
Dec. 18, 1968.
However, Randy Pitre, a phy
sical scientist with the Corps, told
the Galveston News authorities
have viewed aerial photographs
indicating the lines were not in
stalled as late as 1970. He said
other photographs showed the
lines in use in 1971.
HL&P officials said they did not
have the installation date of the
lines.
Company spokesman Graham
Painter said officials were sear
ching for the information and con
ducting their own investigation of
the accident.
layton still quiet on plans
United Press International
AUSTIN — Although Speaker
Clayton plans to make a state-
race in 1982 and already is
ng at what it would cost, he
|nhas put off an announcement
hat office he intends to seek,
here’s no hurry,” he said in
interview. “It’ll be probably in
ary, or sometime between
ember and January. We re
before the public as speaker.
Ire are interim committees we
yt to get started and other
gs to take care of.
Jin the meantime, we’re telling
Tie that we re looking to make
statewide race.”
®layton, who is completing an
pnwecedented fourth term as the
House’s presiding officer, first
said he would make his statewide
election plans official by Labor
Day. Then, he put off an official
announcement until mid-
November. The January date re
vealed Wednesday marked the
third delay in his announcement.
There is speculation Clayton
will seek the land commissioner
post which Bob Armstrong is re
linquishing after 12 years.
Although Clayton said he had not
yet ruled out other races, he indi
cated he probably would run for
the land commissioner’s job.
Garry Mauro, an Austin attor
ney and former executive director
of the State Democratic Party,
announced several months ago
that he would seek the Democra
tic nomination for land commis
sioner.
But Clayton said Mauro’s
announced candidacy did not con
cern him.
“I think the polls we have run
show that there is no problem with
name identification with me,” she
said. “I don’t think too many peo
ple know who Mauro is.”
The speaker said he expected to
raise between $750,000 and $1
million for his statewide race.
There have been recent rumors
Clayton might accept the $90,000-
a-year executive director’s job at
the Lower Colorado River Au
thority because a Clayton poll in
dicated the speaker’s reputation
was tainted by his federal indict
ment last year of accepting a
$5,000 bribe, although he was ac
quitted by a Houston federal jury.
Clayton and LCRA officials
both denied the speaker wanted
the job.
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15 San Antonio residents
\ick in typhoid outbreak
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N ANTONIO — At least 15
le have contracted typhoid
■ in what city officials say is the
serious outbreak of the infec-
disease in 10 years,
r. Courand Rothe, city health
tor, said the cases have been
rted since August and there
it least three more potential
which have not been con-
id. He said three of the
ted patients have been hos-
ized.
This is the highest number of
I’ve seen in my 10 years with
the district,” Rothe said. “It’s a
serious outbreak but it is definite
ly not an epidemic.”
Those affected by the disease
are from 3 to 58 years old and,
except for three cases in one
household and two in another, the
cases appeared to be unreleated,
Rothe said.
He said he has asked state
health officials and federal experts
from the Center for Disease Con
trol for help in determining the
source of the disease. He said only
four typhoid cases were reported
last year in the city.
Typhoid fever is caused by a
bacteria found in the human di
gestive tract and it is usually trans
mitted by a “person who has the
germ (who) doesn’t wash his hands
after going to the restroom,”
Rothe said.
Rothe said he does not know
whether the disease is being
spread by a carrier — a person
who carries the disease without
showing symptoms — or through
contact between the contamin
ated people.
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