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Clements denounces
immigration reforms
United Press International
AUSTIN — Gov. Bill Cle
ments, preparing to meet Sun
day with fellow U.S. and Mex
ican border governors, pre
dicted the U.S. Senate-passed
immigration reform act could
bring more than 2 million Mex
icans into Texas.
Clements said the act is the
“worst possible” bill for the state,
but predicted it would not be
come law this year. He said he
doubted the full House would
act on the proposal before it
plans to adjourn Oct. 8, thereby
causing the measure to be lost.
Clements said conservative
estimates show each Mexican
who qualifies for amnesty under
the bill would bring four family
members into the United States.
“If we have 500,000 (Mex
ican) workers in Texas who
would qualify, and I think we
do, then what you’re talking ab
out is probably 2 million peo
ple,” he said. “It’s not right for
Texas.
“It will change our quality of
life in Texas. It will change the
direction of this state.”
He said a large influx of Mex
icans would put “enormous”
pressures on housing, public
services, social programs, hospi
tals and schools.
“There’s hardly anything that
wouldn’t suffer pressures under
this kind of circumstance,” he
said.
Clements said the continuing
problem of illegal Mexican
aliens crossing the U.S.-Mexico
border for jobs is expected to be
high on the governors’ agenda
at their meeting Sunday and to
day in Tijuana, Mexico.
He said the governors also
will focus on the Mexican econo
mic crisis and its impact on U.S.
border states.
Committee appointed
to study lake pollution
Mud Bowl
staff photo by David Fishn
United Press International
AUSTIN — A committee of
environmentalists and builders
has been appointed to study wa-
t
ter pollution standards for Lake
Travis and Lake Austin. Scien
tists say both lakes will be
harmed by a proposed sewage
treatment plant.
^ — _ - _ — Gov. William Clements
The Resale Gallery f appointed the committee Fri-
* * day, saying there is some ques
tion whether tighter standards
are needed.
“Increased development
around these lakes makes it im
perative that our water quality
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standards insure that their beau
ty will not deteriorate,” Cle
ments said. “I think this is the
time to resolve the issue rather
than waiting until we have water
quality problems in the lakes.”
Formation of the committee
has nothing to do with a case
pending before the Texas Water
Commission, Clements said.
In that case, Baseline Corp.,
which is developing a 450-acre
site on Lake Travis, is seeking
permission to discharge 350,000
gallons of treated sewage daily
from its proposed Comanche
Peak subdivision.
Two scientists have told the
commission that Lake Austin,
Lake Travis and Town Lake
would all be harmed by effluent
from the proposed develop
ment near the Mansfield Dam.
The Baseline application is
considered a test case for several
other proposed subdivisions on
the sprawling lake'.
The residents of the north side dormitories decided
to take advantage of the mess left by Wednesday’s rain
to have a muddy football game. The mud made for
a slippery and dirty game, and a great time was had
by the participants — as well as the onlookers. Even
though they had to wash clothes later, it beat studying,
$50,000 for baby’s return
Kidnapper still at large
United Press International
GREENVILLE — Authorities
said Saturday they had few clues
to help them nab a gunman who
escaped with $50,000 in ransom
money for a bank president’s 8-
week-old son.
“We just don’t have anything
new,” said a Hunt County dis
patcher. “We’re still looking for
the man.”
The gunman Friday re
turned the boy to his mother,
Carol Lewis, after she was
•forced to drive from one tele
phone booth to another over a
distance of 50 miles to receive
Her husband, Gordon, is
president of Interfirst Bank of
Greenville. The kidnapper told
Mrs. Lewis the bank turned him
down for a loan, although bank
officials told authorities they
had no such recollection.
point, officers said.
“He instructed Mrs. Lewis
that if she wanted to see her son
alive again to call her husband at
work and tell him to get $50,000
ready,” said Hunt County sher
iff s Capt. Rickey Click.
The gunman took the child
and instructed Lewis to wait 10
minutes before calling her hus
band at the bank. The suspect
left with the baby in Lewis’ car.
Lewis was not injured.
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SAN ANTONIO — Prosecu
tors claim a separate trial for im
prisoned drug smuggler Jimmy
Chagra in the 1979 slaying of a
federal judge is needed to pre
vent his brother, Joe Chagra,
from having to testify against
him.
Government attorneys who
asked for the separate trial Fri
day also argued that evidence
against Jimmy Chagra’s wife,
Elizabeth, might incriminate
him.
Joe Chagra pleaded guilty
Friday to conspiracy to murder
U.S. District Judge John Wood
as part of a plea bargain that
includes testifying for the gov
ernment. Sources have said he
will testify against Charles Hat
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Chagra unless a separate trial it
granted.
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