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Austin could shoe
by Jeff MacNely
be facing
conservation
United Press International
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Autry’s
brother
charged
in murder
United Press International
AMARILLO — The younger
brother of executed murderer
James David “Cowboy” Autry has
been charged with murder in the
strangulation of a handicapped Am
arillo woman.
Robert Allen Autry, 27, was
charged Monday for the slaying of
Zola Mae Frazier, 59, found in her
home after police received an anon
ymous telephone call Friday af
ternoon.
Frazier was severely beaten and
an autopsy revealed she had been
strangled and died about 8 a.m. Fri
day.
Autry, unemployed and receiving
disability social security payments,
was Mrs. Frazier’s neighbor, special
crimes Sgt. A.L. morris said.
State District Judge Naomi Har
ney set $75,000 bond and Autry was
sent to the Potter County Jail in lieu
of bond. Morris said the court
planned to appoint an attorney for
Autry and no additional court dates
had been scheduled.
Frazier lived alone and used a
wheelchair most of the time but was
not confined to it, Morris said, add
ing her home was not robbed and
there were no signs of forced entry.
James David Autry, 29, was exe
cuted at the Texas Penitentiary last
March for the 1980 murder of Port
Arthur convenience store clerk Shir
ley Dfouet, 43, of Port Neches, dur
ing what prosecutors called a bot
ched robbery attempt.
One store clerk also was killed and
another suffered massive brain dam
age in that shooting.
Morris said Frazier’s body was
found in a combination bedroom
living room area. He said Robert
Autry was arrested after authorities
questioned neighbors, but Morris re
fused to give any details of what wit
nesses had reported.
AUSTIN — Residents of Austin
may face a mandatory water conser
vation program within a few weeks
because of consumption that has al
ready exceeded peak usage of a year
ago, city officials warned Tuesday.
A lack of rainfall and a heat wave
that has brought temperatures in ex
cess of 100 degrees during the past
several days have contributed to the
water shortage.
City manager Jorge Carrasco said
water usage in Austin has averaged
about 140 million gallons a day over
the past five days, and the city can
only safely pump about 150 million
gallons per day.
Water consumption equaled the
highest levels of the year Monday
when customers used 143 million
gallons.
City Resource Management offi
cials predicted Tuesday that contin
ued 100-degree heat will push de
mand for water near the capacity of
the system by Thursday.
The city has been under a volun
tary conservation plan for the past
several weeks. If water usage hits
150 million gallons for three straight
days, water officials can begin limit
ing outdoor water use.
“We’re definitely in a critical pe
riod,” said conservation manager
Mike Personett. “I’m hopeful that
voluntary conservation will keep us
under 150 million gallons, but the
chances of restrictions are increas-
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I 5HOULP PITCH TUB WADERS.
'Known defects' sticker nixed
FTC changes used car rule
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Federal
Trade Commission staff came under
fire Tuesday from consumer groups
for recommending a revised used
car rule that drops a requirement
that dealers to post known defects
on window stickers.
“It is another defeat for consum
ers and victory for special interest
groups,” said Mark Silbergeld, a di
rector of the Consumer Union. “The
recommendation is foolish and bad.”
Carol Crawford, head of the
FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protec
tion, said her staff concluded the
“known defect” provision would be
difficult to enforce, create confusion
and provide buyers potentially false
assurances.
Crawford said the recommended
new rule would better protect con
sumers by requiring dealers to give
more information about who must
pay for repairs after a sale and by
urging buyers to seek independent
inspections before purchase.
“Both the staff and I believe these
provisions provide a strong, work
able mechanism to improve con
sumer information” and protect
used car buyers, Crawford told a
news conference announcing the
recommendation by her office and
the FTC’s Bureau of Economics.
The proposed rule, expected to
be adopted by the FTC next month,
would require dealers to put the fol
lowing information on window stick
ers:
“We didn’t back down fromai
one,” Crawford said when asked
the FTC staff dropped the “knw
defect” provision because of indm
try and congressional opposition
• A warning that spoken prom
ises are difficult to enforce.
• A statement of the terms of any
warranty offered with the car.
• A statement of whether the
dealer is selling the car “as is” and, if
so, that the buyer must pay for re
pairs.
• A suggestion the consumer get
an independent mechanic to inspect
the car.
The initial used car rule was pro
posed by the FTC in 1981, eight
years after studies of the issue be
gan. But Congress vetoed the mea
sure before it went into effect, fol
lowing an intensive lobbying
campaign by the used car industry.
Last summer, the Supreme Court
struck down as unconstitutional
Congress’ veto powers, effectively
resurrecting the used car rule. A di
vided FTC then decided to recon
sider, rather than enact the measure.
Crawford said her staff condudt
the provision would have the ui
tended and harmful effect of
couraging consumers to relyont
dealers’ assessment of a car imiaiHclaiming
of seeking an independent impe
lion.
She said it also would have li«
difficult to enforce because theFf(
would have had to prove a car
defective and the dealer knew of it
Jack Gillis of the Consumer
eration of America said, “Clean
there are problems with diseta [Monday
known defects, but the Fl’Cstaff,
stead of coming up with creative#
lutions, acquiesced to the demanfl
of industry.”
“Still, I’m happy they arerecoit
mending something,” Gillis said,
think the window sticker is a g(
idea to alert consumers what toil
on the lookout for.”
High Court won’t let states limit
charities’ fund-raising expenses
United Press International
WASHINGTON — States can not
limit the amount charities spend on
fund raising, a closely divided Su
preme Court ruled Tuesday in a
case involving Maryland’s attempt to
prevent fraudulent solicitation.
The 5-4 ruling upheld a lower
court decision that Maryland may
not impose a 25 percent limit on the
amount charities may spend on
fund-raising and administrative
costs.
Also Tuesday, the court ruled 8-0
that companies generally do not
have a constitutional right to keep
secret health and safety data they
use to develop such products as pes
ticides. That case involved Monsanto
Co., a leading pesticide manufac
turer, which claimed a government
agency was giving away its scientific
secrets to business rivals seeking ap
proval of their own brands of pesti
cides.
In the charities case, Maryland
and other states, including Connecti
cut and New Jersey, insisted that
such groups spend 75 percent or
Writing for the court, Jus
tice Harry Blackmun held
that Maryland’s law was
flawed because it “oper
ates on the fundamentally
mistaken premise that
high solicitation costs are
an accurate measure of
fraud. ”
taken premise that high solicitaM
costs are an accurate measure
fraud.”
The 25 percent limit on fund-ri
ing and administrative expense
which carried criminal penaltiesf#
its violation, is supposed tostoptl*
“unscrupulous practices of profe
sional fund raisers.”
more of their funds directly for
charitable purposes.
Maryland’s statute was revised in
the wake of disclosures in 1976
about the fund-raising activities of
Pallotine Fathers, who reaped $20
million by mail order for overseas
charities but invested the money in
business ventures.
Writing for the court, Justice
Harry Blackmun held that
Maryland’s law was flawed because it
“operates on the fundamentally mis-
And, even if a charity is
in fraudulent activities, “There
nothing in the percentage limitation
that prevents it from misdirectiif
funds,” he added.
Leading the dissenters, Justid
William Rehnquist said the lint®
lions were legitimate because
insure that funds solicited from tlx
public for a charitable purposed
not be excessively diverted toprivaK
pecuniary gain.
“In the process, they encouraf
the public to give by allowing Ik
public to give with the confident'
that money designed for charity
be spent for charitable purposes.
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Warren Burger and Justices Le*'
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