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Friday, April 8, 1983/The Battalion/Page 5 ill to hike drinking age iiaises opposition, support state Ml United Press International V AUSTIN — College students I p iTii jheir “basic adult right” to would be unfairly denied ising the legal drinking age 2j,but supporters of the age l/i d claim young drinkers’ ^ Be of their rights is causing pen carnage on Texas pays. festimony before a House Littee Wednesday on a bill iise the drinking age from 19 u = i21 pitted two well-presented ^•igilments against each other: a Stitt (table decrease in traffic et,tl iths versus the rights of 19- ®oi j20-year-old adults to drink. it the end of the lengthy de- cSti |, members of the House Li- •vett. )r Regulation Committee — J14 p appeared to be leaning to- \ rejection of the age hike —voted to send the measure a subcommittee for further J- lundreds of college students ring bright red stickers ng “Don’t raise the legal iking age” packed the House ted ¥ nm gallery for the hearing, coun tered by supporters of the bill who wore stickers reading “21, Yes!” and carried brightly- A Corpus Christi high school student, who said her best friend had been killed last year by a 20- year-old drunken driv er, said many young people were in favor of the bill. colored balloons. Strongest support for the legislation came from Col. Jim Adams, director of the Depart ment of Public Safety, and mem bers of the Governor’s Task Force on Traffic Safety. College students were the bill’s most voc al opponents. Paul Begala of Houston, pres ident of the University of Texas student body, called the bill “an insult” that would remove “a basic adult right.” “Capriciously changing the drinking age to try to keep young adults from drinking will be about as fair and about as effective as trying to make it illegal for state officials to drink simply because there have been a few who have not been able to drink responsibly,” Begala said. Adams said the state could ex pect a 28 percent reduction in traffic deaths for 19 to 20-year- olds if the bill were passed. “The youngest DWI driver we arrested in Texas in the past several years was 10 years of age. It starts early,” Adams said. A Corpus Christi high school student, who said her best friend had been killed last year by a 20-year-old drunken driver, said many young people were in favor of the bill. “I’m 17, and I would like to tate revenue stimate falls United Press International AUSTIN — State Comptrol- Bob Bullock announced ursday that dwindling sales Jreceipts have forced him to jsh nearly $1 billion dollars 1 a revenue estimate he has tady reduced twice. fBullock made the surprise louncement at an early- rningbreakfast for freshman |slators. The comptroller se- kly criticized both houses of [Legislature, asking, “When (you going to get to work?” |Tm probably going to ruin Ur breakfast,” Bullock said. 1 going to lower my revenue dmate another $953 million Jars.” ‘The lowered revenue esti- ke was the third issued by Bui- eBraniff, union get ew labor contract United Press International rdWALLAS — Howard Putnam, Tident of Braniff Interna- ( |al, Thursday announced a ijdmark labor contract” “l ( wing the bankrupt airline to pen its key maintenance base bring some 100 employees . to work. [Putnam, appearing before International Association of :hinists, said Braniff and the r group took only three days icgotiate a five-year conces- contract. This allows the Braniff enti- to stay alive and keep an oing business and also allows :o bring a few folks back to k,” he said. on# “Initially, we will recall about 20 employees. By mid-summer, we expect to bring back close to 100,” he said. 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