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Page 8/The Battalion/Wednesday, April 27, 1983 House members chastised by state MADD director United Press International AUSTIN — Texas House members might get more work done if they concentrated on committee meetings rather than parties, the state director of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers said Monday. Marinelle Timmons of Hous ton chastised the House Liquor Regulation Committee for post poning for a week a public hear ing last Wednesday on a bill to ban open containers of alcoholic beverages in the passenger com partment of motor vehicles. The hearing was delayed on the day the Legislature was in vited by San Antonio to the city’s annual Fiesta celebration. Bus loads of lawmakers attended the festivities last Wednesday night. “The truth of the matter is, if ihe members of the committee spent as much time in hearings on major legislation as they do at parties, we might have seen some action on this important problem,” said Timmons. But Rep. Billy Hall, D- Laredo, chairman of the liquor committee, said Timmons’ con cern was misdirected. “I didn’t even go (to San Antonio),” he said. Hall said the hearing was postponed to accomodate wit nesses who could not attend the meeting last Wednesday. He denied Timmons’ charges that the bill was being intention ally delayed, and said she was apparently upset for other reasons. “She’s obviously upset about the fact she can’t get the bill out of committee because she doesn’t have the votes,” he said. Timmons said the problem with cancelling the hearin could have been avoided if it ha been scheduled at the same time as other earlier hearings on the drunken driving issue. She said Hall’s explanation for the delay was inadequate and questioned why the hearing was scheduled so late in the ses sion, which ends May 30. Happy Hour 4-Midnight Weekends 4-1:00 a.m. FUIM • FOOD • DRINK: I Two hacksaw out of prison CULPEPPER PLAZA United Press International SIERRA BLANCA — Sheriff Mike Armstrong of Hudspeth County said Tuesday the escape of two men from the Hudspeth * . * • i v Wednesday Night is 50° Margarita Night at Margaritas by the glass 50 v Margaritas by the pitcher *6°° Buy a pitcher & we’ll throw in an order of nachos for $1.00 Culpepper Plaza 696-7' County Jail Monday “was a plan ned job; somebody came in from the outside to help them escape.” Tne escapees were identified as Joseph Medrano, 35, wanted in Mexico for two murders, and Matthew Canon, 22, a former jockey who was being held on three counts of burglary from New York State. The two men used hacksaw blades to cut through two sets of iron bars in the old jail. The sheriff Monday announced the men sawed through the bars and then stole a red 196^Volkswagen and are still at large. Officers believe the escapees are somewhere in the El Paso-Juarez area. Armstrong said the men are both small and could have slip ped between the bars after they were cut. They are believed to have escaped between 4 a.m. and 6:19 a.m., he said. rontiei of p iconom budg' It m; oluntei as trot rhere t nd too “Th exas, ;er oft andles rom th n agin but foi This student seems to take a Rip van Winkle approach to his studies. Jim Holzknecht, a general studies freshman from Sumter, S.C., might think that all his study worries will be when he wakes up. When asked i he chose his perch, Holzknecht si:j “because I like it.” Horthe; He