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.
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SIERRA BLANCA — Sheriff
Mike Armstrong of Hudspeth
County said Tuesday the escape
of two men from the Hudspeth
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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.
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