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February 21, 1983
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by Scott McCullar
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ATORS SPRAYED THE APART
MENT TODAY ALR16HT.
WE HAD TO REMOVE ALL THE
FOOD AND DISHES, AND WE'LL
HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE
SMELL FOR A FEW DAYS, BUT
WELL, GIVE ME A //AND AND
WE'LL START PUTTING THE
FOOD BACK.
GOOD. WE'VE BEEN
WAITING ALL DAY.
Dog works
as therapist
for aged
United Press International
DAVENPORT, Iowa — A
dog named Goldie will be spend
ing her weekdays doing charit
able work with the residents of a
nursing home as a canine ther
apist and returning to her owner
on weekends.
Goldie, believed to be aban
doned when she was struck by a
car six months ago, was the sub
ject of news stories describing
her work with the elderly at the
Ridgecrest Retirement Village.
Goldie’s owner, John Streinz,
saw the news reports and de
manded his dog back. He said he
thought the Labrador-Golden’
retriever was dead or had rum
away. ,
But after watching Goldie
work with her patients, Streinz
knew he couldn’t take his pet
away from her work.
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Improvement fund sought
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AUSTIN — A proposed con-
jslitutional amendment to estab-
rJt:j«h a capital improvement fund
Jfor state colleges and universi-
u '' 'P (S n(,t coveref l by the Perma-
University Fund drew the
! .‘attention of both the House and
{Senate this past week.
I Higher education officials
IY:AmiBnd Gov. Mark White agreed
micatRn! Aat schools which don’t share in
igaUpnJPUF earnings need a source of
ie send, ['funds for capital improvements.
\ Bible sponsors of similar prop-
r m atthc® 6 ^constitutional amendments
Jtablishing the fund couldn’t
ree on a date for submission
•of the measure to state voters.
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I The House Higher Educa-
!et\senit.fcj on Committee unanimously
111 {reported to the full House the
nbers aii™ easure proposed by Rep.
(Wilhelmina Delco, I)-Austin, to
Kntriea .dedicate at least $125 million
call845i®inually to non-PUF schools,
ifficeati::'Her amendment calls for an
sMpril 30 state referendum.
■ A similar measure sponsored
. ?!.» Sen. Carl Parker, D-Port
jjMrthur, was held over by the
1 0 j'.raenate Education Committee af-
’ Jter Parker said he wanted a
{November 1984 submission to
^ voters. The legislators began
[ working with White to reach a
compromise
J Other legislative issues is sum-
yr) marized here:
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ended ai
•el, and
jmeislM
• The Senate unanimously
assed legislation outlawing
jrmor-piercing bullets labeled
op killers” because of their
ability to pierce the bullet-proof
vests worn by police.
Law enforcement officers
fearful of criminal access to the
|[eflon-coated bullets lobbied
r passage of the measure while
Bte National Rifle Association
opposed the legislation. The bill
now goes to the House,
igs si# j| *
i may Mi • The Senate passed legisla
te to ' tion toughening qualifications
,holic dtidpor 15-year-olds to obtain hard-
tdnecess® ship driver’s licenses. Under the
■ll, youths who now receive the
jdieson^ licenses as a matter of routine
ndicate $ would have to pass an approved
ood time! 1 ! driver’s training course and
I meet stiffer requirements for
the special permit.
The new legislation cuts from
14 to three days the period of
time an allegedly mentally ill
person can be detained without
a hearing.
• A proposed constitutional
amendment to provide $20,000
down payment loans for veter
ans seeking to buy houses drew
support from White and Lt.
Gov. Bill Hobby and was hailed
as a cost-free, job-creating mea
sure by Land Commissioner
Gary Mauro.
Mauro, who pledged to work
for the measure during his cam
paign, said it would create
45,000 jobs and help build
25,000 houses for veterans. The
amendment would expand the
existing Veteran’s Land Prog
ram under which veterans re
ceive low-interest loans for rural
land.
If the proposal is approved by
voters in November, the state
would issue $500 million in
bonds with veterans’ payments
used to retire the bonds. The
amendment has the support of
81 members in the House and
22 senators.
• A Texas Department of
Corrections emergency request
for $81 million in prison con
struction funding drew criticism
from the governor, who said he
was “disturbed by the seemingly
unending requests” for money
to build penal facilities.
The TDG request for money
to complete several maximum
security prisons prompted
White to suggest “alternatives to
that type of expensive construc
tion” be investigated.
White also said the Texas
Board of Corrections needed a
membership change and vowed
to be closely involved in the
selection of new board mem
bers. The terms of three mem
bers expired last week and
White said he will name his
appointees as soon as possible.
• A bill to open state textbook
adoption hearings to positive as
well as negative comment drew
approval from the Senate Edu
cation committee and was
headed for debate by the full
Senate this week.
The proposed bill, evolved
from State Board of Education
hearings earlier this month,
would change a current law
which limits public input in the
schoolbook selection process to
critics.
Anti-censorship groups be
gan pushing for the legislation
last year. If enacted, the mea
sure would limit the effective
ness of nationally-known tex
tbook critics Mel and Norma
Gabler who have dominated the
hearings for 22 years.
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• The Senate sent to Gov.
Mark White a bill establishing
jew guidelines on protective
custody procedures for mental
latients.
The bill, designed to iron out
Eonstitutional flaws in the state’s
fiental commitment process,
[as prompted by a federal court
[order that ruled the state’s old
jommitment law unconstitu
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Meeting
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23
7 P.M. #410 RUDDER
Speaker:
Mr. Bill McCulloch
(V.P. Trust Dept. Texas Commerce
Bank)
New Members Welcome!
If law school is the
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TO COME TO THIS INFORMATIVE PROGRAM TO LEARN
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