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AUSTIN — A combination of
computer failures, telephone line
problems and bad luck is to blame
for a delay in getting food stamps to
thousands of poor lexans. the De
partment of Human Resources said
Tuesday.
Charity food banks and shelters in
Houston, San Antonio and the Rio
Grande Valley, where the worst de-
lavs occurred, reported their stores
of food were nearly depleted by peo
ple who had not received food stamp
authorization cards. The cards allow
recipients to pick Up their food
stamps. »
“We have seen an increase,” said
Linda Tippins, social services direc
tor at the Ellas Austin Community
Center in San Antonio. “They're
complaining that they’re not receiv
ing stamps until after the lirst of the
month. It has strained us. At this
time of the month, we usually don’t
see that many (people).”
A similar situation existed in
Brownsville, where Catholic Social
Services said it had nearly depleted
its store of food.
“We have a pantry hut it’s running
pretty low and we’re asking people
for donations,” said Maria Gracias.
“In the last couple of days we’ve seen
about 78 individuals who haven’t re
ceived their (foodstamp) authoriza
tions.”
“Our phones have been ringing
off the walls since last 1 hursday,
said Rina Rosenberg of the Houston
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found in Texas that attacks honey
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The mite, an internal parasite of
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teen of our pantries in the poorer
sections of town are already out of
food entirely, and others are begin
ning to run really low.”
About 3,000 Houston food stamp
recipients have failed to receive their
authorization card from the DHR,
of f icials said.
Workers at another emergency
food pantry in Houston were sur
prised by the large numbers of peo
ple coming for help.
“We usually handle about 800
hungry people a month,” said Betty
Wiedei hold of the North Main Pan
try. “Just during the three days we
were open last week, though, we had
more than 300 people come in
looking for food. We were just
shocked.”
Most of the people affected were
new food stamp applicants or those
who filed some sort of change in
their household status, said Martin
Duckler, deputy commissioner for
programs in Austin.
He said computer failures in both
Houston and Austin caused most of
the delays hut that the situation was
exacerbated by problems with tele
phone lines that link the agency’s
computers.
The telephone line problems
cropped up, he said, when the state
agency moved its massive computer
system f rom its old headquarters in
Austin to a new location.
Dukler said a “very, very small”
percentage of the state’s food stamp
recipients were affected by the teeli-
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WASHINGTON — Retail sales
slumped 0.9 percent in July, pulled
down by the worst setback for de
partment and discount stores in 17
years, the Commerce Department
said Tuesday.
Sales of automobiles, construction
supplies, furniture, clothing and
gasoline all slipped in the first over
all sales decline of any size since
March.
“This is information that the
economy is really slowing down, per
haps a quarter after most people ex
pected it,” department chief econo
mist, Robert Ortner, said.
But analysts in and out of govern
ment also said they believed spend
ing on merchandise could rebound
later this year.
“I don’t think it's the end of the
world,” said economist Sandra
Shaber of the Chase Econometrics
analysis firm. “I actually think we’ll
see some more growth in consumer
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WASHINGTON — Burglars
strike millions of American homes
annually, but homeowners using
common sense while on vacation or
away for a .summer weekend can put
the squeeze on one of the nation’s
most profitable criminal industries.
“Burglars hit a house, apartment
or condominium every 15 seconds,”
the State Farm Insurance Safe
Home Guide says. “But if a burglar
picks your place instead of the one
next door, you probably helped in
vite him there.
“He looks for what the police call
targets of opportunity.’ In other
words,.easy pickings.” . ,
. To burglar-proof a home, think
about the outside first.
Burglars like the dark. Keep
porches, patios and yards well lit, es
pecially when away from home.
Thieves do most of their work in
the rear of a house. Spotlights work,
hut other types of lights are more
economical — and can he just as ef
fective.
Prune tree limbs that could help a
burglar climb in a window. Trim
shrubbery, which can provide cover
for a thief.
When away on vacation, have the
lawn mowed and don’t let newspa
pers stack up. Lock up ladders and
tools. Keep a light on inside the
house and leave the drapes open, so
it appears someone is home.
Also leave a radio playing, but
turn the telephone bell down.
Burglars like sliding glass diwB
for which special locks are manuftHOLW
tured. But an old broomsticklodeiIf
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hear an unanswered call,” the State
Farm booklet says.
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locks and hinges.
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stalled with economy—notsecuttH
— in mind. Most houses and ap™
meins have inexpensive key-in-l
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paper chain ... so don’t put good
locks on a hollow wooden door,” says
the “How to Grimeproof Youv
Home” pamphlet, distributed by the
National Crime Prevention Council.
“If the door is flimsy and weak, or
doesn’t fit securely into the frame,
locks won’t help.”
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22 arrested in sting operation
United Press Internationa!
BATON ROUGE, La. — Federal
indictments unsealed Tuesday ac
cused 20 people in 10 states of man
ufacturering or distributing coun
terfeit clothing and jewelry
purchased since February in a Secret
Service sting operation financed by
the legitimate manufacturers.
U.S. Attorney Stanford Bardwell
said the bust was a major crackdown
on counterfeit trademark merchan
dise. The investigation stemmed
from a tip agents picked up on a
wire tap used last year to break up a
$6 million counterfeit currency ring
involving football hero Billy Gan
non.
“The indictments are believed to
be the first of their kind directly
charging the manufacture and sale
of counterfeit trademark items as
f raud,” Bardwell said in a newset
ference.
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