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Battalion/Pas: February 23/ April 1 end of grace period for liability law Po om r 2 ve d art di in. T ce pei icie no ilai 1 gi* m { 148 am iap M. ice a United Press International Several motorists have already fallen under a crunch of arrests by law enforcement offi cials adhering to the state’s new liability insurance law. But the chances of getting a citation will be even greater after April 1. Most law enforcement agen cies began enforcing the law when it went into effect Jan. 1, but they have given an extra 90 days to people who are either uninsured or unable to prove they are insured. “We are still under a 90-day grace period,” a Department Public Safety spokeswoman said. “But that will end April 1.” After April 1, motorists stop ped by the DPS for any traffic violation will be cited if they fail to show proof of accident liabil ity coverage. 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The officers have printed informa tion on how to comply.” Law enforcement officers have not been so lenient in Dal las, where more than 2,000 cita tions have been issued since Jan. 1. AUTO INSURANCE FOR AGGIES: Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group 3400 S. College 823-8051 ♦ CASA CHAPULTEPEC 1315 S. College AGGIE SPECIAL: 3 Cheese Enchiladas — Rice — Beans — Beef Taco — Chile Con Queso — Tostaditas - Hot Sauce — Iced Tea $2.69 i ♦ Reg. $4.30 I ♦ WHERE ELSE CAN YOU GET A DEAL LIKE THIS? 4 J Every Tuesday and Wednesday 779-5116 ♦ t Prepared Fresh Dally! “Actually, we’d like to see the law strengthened,” Deputy Chief Harold Warren, said. “We would love for there to be a re quirement that automobile in surance become a necessary part of vehicle registration.” Warren recently told a legisla tive panel the tickets were issued after police stopped motorists for other traffic offenses, and more would have been issued if police had been allowed to set up checkpoints. Records clerk Art Long, of the San Antonio Municipal Court, said about 1,600 citations have been issued in the Alamo city since Jan. 1. “We do not just arbitrarily stop anybody to check if they have liability insurance,” San Antonio police Sgt. Gerald Mar- pie, said. “If we stop a person for a traffic violation, we also check to see if they have liability insur ance. I would imagine that about 20 to 25 percent do not have it. El Paso assistant City Attor ney Eddie Miranda said police have enforced the new law since it went into effect. “We are not giving a grace period here,” he said. “Officers , are checking drivers who are stopped for other violations. We have not set up any checkpoints, but we probably will in the fu ture.” However, Miranda said motorists stopped by the El Paso County sheriffs deputies have not been ticketed because the sheriffs department granted a grace period t 30. --- -■ Need an extra hand? staff photo by Eric MilA . that will end March Carla Osterholme looks to her brother, Peter, for some help with her boots after both went wading in the fountain across from the Chemistry Building. Carla and Peter’s father, Lance Osterholme, and his two! children were just travelling through Texas frotj gon and decided to stop and visit the Universitjj >4 < NOW TUESDAY NIGHT BUFFET AT 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. All you can eat: salad, spaghetti, and pizza for only $ 3.09 We also have a noon buffet everyday from I I a.m. to 2 p.m. except Saturday. Pizza Inn 413 Texas Ave. College Station, Tx. X rn^-rE o Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. 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But in testimony at the Gal veston murder trial of Eroy Brown, accused of killing for mer Ellis Unit Warden Wallace Pack and prison farm manager Billy Max Moore, a former in mate said he saw inmate guards beat Bunt with a blackjack — a lead-weighted, leather-covered hand weapon — put him in a straitjacket and hang him from his cell bars. A1 Slaton, 49, a former in mate and' friend of Bunt, testi- Ken’s 421 S. Main — Bryan 822-2823 "A Complete Automotive . Service Center" • Tune-Ups • Brakes • Clutches • McPherson Struts • Front End Parts Replacement • Standard Transmission Repairs All American Cars VW-Datsun-Honda Toyota (Master Card & VISA Accepted) Tied a week ago in the Brown murder trial. He gave details ab out Bunt’s death and said Pack, then a prison officer, withheld Bunt’s medication. Bunt, who was being held on a theft charge, died later during an epileptic seizure. Corrections Department spokesman Richard Hartley cal led the testimony ludicrous and dismissed it, the newspaper re ported. Hartley said prison records indicated Bunt died after suffer ing epileptic seizures and falling out of his prison bunk. The newspaper reported for mer Huntsville Justice of the Peace Mabel Franklow did not conduct an investigation into the case, refused to order an auto psy and held no inquest. It also reported prison offi cials told Bunt’s family he died in a hospital, but two former in mates who say they witnessed P‘0 mcM forJlny Omuox dniv- ‘J)(ess IfemtSAL' t%-US0 the beating contend il '•* prison officials removt body from his cell. Bunt’s mother, Saul of Gilmer, said she is: what to believe. “ I’ve been told by ttvofl?;: people who were inpiisT time, that Harold dk natural death, that I him,” she said. “I hate) lieve it. I couldn’tbringcj believe it. but now know.” Bunt said her sonktl fering from epileptics^ ter a ninth-grade footw in 1962. “As long as he wail (epilepsy) medication! OK,” she said, but slf that he didn’t alwaysli Slayton said Packord| inmates to “beat the lift; him (Bunt). “They whipped hisij pretty had with bl* Slayton said in testiinonl kicked him a few tin*! stomach. They were* and beating and kick] stomping him. Hisbloc ceiling.” Slayton said the in» wrapped in the straitfj hanged him from thek cell. “When he wasupini jacket, he started haf zures, one after thtf Slayton said. “In a mail minutes after he staricf the seizures he wasc Slayton, in prisonaty on a narcotics corividl the inmates who beat" dead, so they couldf the story. Specials Kalbsschnitzel Roulade Kassler Rippchen Konigsberger Klopse Tuesday, February 5-10 p.m. Complementing Wines & Beer Pies.-Goldtropchen Liebfraumilch D.W. Riesling Bingerbubenstulk Dortmunder Lt. & Dk. 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