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Warped by Scott McCullar APARTWENT DWELLERS VOW SEEM TO BE "5TRIKIA/6 BACK." A LOT OF LOCAL HOL>5//yG-fOR- RENT SUFFERS WITH LESS THAN FULL OCCUPAWCV WOW, DUE TO THE RECEA/T SURGE IN APARTMENT COMPLEX COH- STRUCTIO/V. ^ # % THE CMSUHER STRIKES BACK SERIES COMPLEXES ARE MAKING VARIOUS "SPECIAL OFFERS "TO COMPETE FOR THOSE PEOPLE STILL SHOPPING FOR A/V APARTMENT. ^oo Rt' N£/?E!f APARTMENT DWELLERS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS SITUATION WITH "AmRSE-TlZING SIGNS IN THEIR WINDOWS. THE LARGE SIGNS SEME TO PRESSURE LANDLORDS TO MAKE ANV LONG OVERDUE REPAIRS BEFORE THE SIGNS WARN AWAY TOO MANY potential renters. WINDOW SIGNS SEE fA To HAVE N\APE THE BOTHERS OF APARTMENT LIVING LESS OF A PANE. Tornado damages S. Padre, 28 hurt [these aren't ICAU-ED ’AMRT-I 1MEA/T S FOR /VOTHING (roaches I ROACHES, I ROACHES] NT MTHKOOM SINK RUNS CONSTANTLy'l [ROACHES ROACHES yoo C/\hi y AA/P SEWAG£ PMvr FKO/A THIS RlTZY/ PLACE '/ the OFFICE United Press International PORT ISABEL — At least 28 people were injured and several campers were missing in a torna do that struck a popular beach on the southern tip of Texas Wednesday. Johnny Castillo, spokesman for the Cameron County sheriff’s office, said 90 mph winds and a tornado hit a mobile home park, causing “a lot of damage” on South Padre Island. Officials fear several campers were swept away by the rising tide, he said. Twenty-eight peo ple were treated at Valley Baptist Hospital in Harlingen and Dolly Vincent Hospital in San Benito. “ I he tide really came up and the Coast Guard and the Parks and Wildlife officers are looking for them,” he said. “We knew that there was a norther coming in and a 20 to 30 percent chance of showers, but we didn’t expect anything like this. It just hit us and that’s it,” he said. Six amendments added Texans increase welfare ly United Press International Texans added six amend ments to the state’s 106 year-old constitution, voting overwhelm ingly in favor of propositions to increase welfare payments, re peal a $1 billion state property tax and exempt farm equipment from sales taxes. Other amendments would raise the interest ceiling on state bonds, abolish two county treasurer offices and set terms of office for certain commis sions. The approval of the six prop osals Tuesday brought the num ber of voter-endorsed changes to the 1876 constitution to 253. None of the six amendments had generated organized oppo sition. Voters adopted the welfare amendment, which was en dorsed by at least 60 organiza tions, with 65.83 percent of the vote. The amendment will raise the ceiling on welfare expendi tures from a flat $80 million to 1 percent of the state budget — a move supporters said was cru cial to help needy residents keep up with inflation in Texas, wnich ranks 49th among the states in welfare payments. The property tax proposal was approved with 7 1.92 per cent of the vote. It will repeal the state property tax that was estab- lishecf in 1947 as a means of financing construction at state colleges that did not receive shares of the Permanent Uni- Chagra testifies against hitman United Press International SAN ANTONIO — El Paso attorney Joe Chagra testified Tuesday that convicted hitman Charles Harrelson vowed to kill his wife and stepdaughter to keep them from implicating him in the assassination of Federal Judge John Wood. The stepdaughter, Teresa Starr, spent six months in jail before she testified to the grand jury investigating Wood’s death, but her testimony apparently cinched indictments against Harrelson, who is believed to have pulled the trigger, and Jim- , my Chagra, who allegedly hired him. She said she picked up $250,000 for Harrelson in Las .Vegas a month after Wood’s death. Prosecutors believe it was Harrelson’s payoff from Chagra. In other action, jurors wore stereo headphones and followed along in a transcript as they lis tened to Jimmy Chagra’s visits and telephone calls with his wife Elizabeth and with Joe Chagra, who had been unaware they were being recorded by the FBI. The long-awaited tapes dis appointed courtroom spectators who could understand only snippets of conversation. The prison visiting room tapes were garbled by the noise of other visitors and their children nearby. Joe Chagra, 36, was on the stand for the second day to ela borate on the tapes and to testify against Harrelson. His testi mony against Harrelson is part of a plea bargain in which he entered a guilty plea on conspir acy to murder charges in return for a light sentence. Harrelson, 44, is on trial for murder, and Jimmy Chagra will be tried for murder later. Jimmy Chagra, 39, is accused of paying Harrelson $250,000 to kill Wood, who was shot in the back as he left his San Antonio apart ment May 29, 1979. Joe Chagra, who also acted as Jimmy’s lawyer, testified Mon day he had encouraged Jimmy to kill Wood rather than take his chances on getting a life sent ence from Wood — nicknamed “Maximum John” — in an up coming drug smuggling trial. Wood was killed the day Jimmy Chagra was originally to have been tried. The high-rolling Las Vegas gambler was tried later for drug smuggling, sentenced to 30 years without parole and sent to Leavenworth, Kan. During the fall of 1980, as the FBI made its tapes, Joe and Eli zabeth Chagra gave Jimmy almost daily updates on the gov ernment’s investigation into Wood’s death, the tapes showed. Chagra and Harrelson had been suspects from the start. CO-SPONSORED BY A ccie m cinema CEPHEID n -» E variable Nobody leans on Sharky's Machine. BURT REYNOLDS SHARKY'S MACHINE Friday & Saturday 8 p.m. Theatre Friday & Saturday Midnight Theatre RICHARD PRYOR LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP [R]<@> Q FM to touch... Flesh to bum! Don’t keep the Wicker Man waiting! Sunday 7:30 Theatre versity Fund, which benefits the University of Texas and Texas A&M University. The tax has not been col lected since 1979, when the Leg islature voted to reduce it to such a negligible level that it was unfeasible to collect. But Mid western University, one of the 17 colleges that benefited from the tax, filed suit claiming the legislative action was unconstitu tional, and lawmakers met in special session last May to approve the proposed amend ment. 1Q J„ en , tativ e Plans call for the 1983 Legislature to devise an alternate formula to provide construction funds for the 17 universities. Voters approved the amend ment exempting farm imple ments from state sales taxes with 66.49 percent of the vote. Other tallies included 59.64 percent in favor of the amend ment increasing the maximum interest rate on state bonds; 80.75 percent in favor of the amendment that sets terms of office for water, conservation and reclamation districts; and 73 09 percent in favor of abo- ‘shmg t i le count y treasurer <> fices in Bee and Tarrant coun ties. 4^ testers GIG 'EM WITH A BUCK OFF! for areal Mexican food al real saYinQ 5 - brinain Ihis coupon for |V00 off Ihe rea- ufar menu price on any of the foWowma- Monterey Dinner, fiesta Dinner, fLnchiiada Dinner, Taco Dinner, Barbiquito Dinner, Speciai Dinner, Reauiar Dinner, Summer Speciai, Burrito Dinner, Chichen Saiad, Chicken fnchiiada Dinner, Saitiiio Dinner, Tamaie Dinner, Chicken Tacos, Taco Saiad. Co AaS'esi Th Monterey house and save on a fiesta. ^ MexicanRestaurants Good on\y at; 907 highway 30 • 693-2484 18\6 Texas Ave.* 823-8930 cordially invites you to their pre-Christmas fur showing and sale featuring Pam Mahoney Designer-Furrier of Dallas. 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