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He said only one funeral home complied with state regulations to E rovide customers with complete sts of prices ranging from the cheapest to the most expensive f une ral services. Despite Baskin’s findings, board Chairman Aubrey Fife said the board would not file charges against the homes, based on a recommenda tion from the board’s legal counsel. “I don’t feel this is a widespread problem,” said Fife, who owns a fu neral home in Junction. “We’ve got some people who are a little con-' fused or not quite doing it (meeting all requirements), but there’s a rea son for it (charges).” Fife said the funeral home indus try is undergoing a transition to try to meet recent Federal Trade Com mission rules. “The state law is tougher in some respects, and the FTC requiressom things the state doesn’t require this has contributed to theconfusiot in the field,” he said. “We’ve prt pared a form that meets both stati and federal rules.” Fife said forms submitted to tht FTC for approval have been rt turned and were approved on Tuct day. He said they would be sent toil Texas funeral homes by next weei. At Tuesday’s meeting of the ticians Board, Fife refused to letBas kin present his report. However, tht chairman said he was not trying!) cover up the survey. “I’m not trying to protect any. body,” he said. “All board membtn had a copy of it (Baskin’s report),” Congressional candidate defends Reagan policies United Press International SHOE J.HME mm (AORM, epi date for Congress from the 16th Congressional District of West Texas defended President Reagan’s eco nomic policies Wednesday and blamed Congress for the nation’s $781 billion deficit. Banker Jack Hammond, who is trying to unseat Democratic fresh man Rep. Ron Coleman of El Paso, said members of Congress have “failed to bite the bullet” on funding for staff members, travel and mail and have continuously voted for an unbalanced budget. “The high deficit of the Reagan administration can not be blamed on the voters of West Texas or on the president,” Hammond said. “The members of Congress have not co operated with the president’s eco nomic programs.” Hammond said Reagan offered the biggest tax cut in the history of the nation, resulting in a decline in interest rates, an increase in employ ment “and one of the biggest, most remarkable economic recoveries in the history of the United States.” The Republican candidate crit icized Coleman for mailing newslet ters critical of the Reagan adminis tration. “Nowhere does Coleman ever say how he voted on fiscal matters and what he proposes to bring the fed eral deficit down,” Hammond said. “The deficit is high because of peo ple like Coleman and Tip O’Neal and even some Republicans who have not cooperated with the presi dent’s economic programs.” Hammond also lashed out at Co leman’s stand on the twin-plant or in-bond assembly program. The congressman recently suggested an amendment to the U.S. tariff regula tions which would encourage more industries to locate plants on the American side of the border. Under U.S. Tariff Regulations 806 and 807, American firms may locate in foreign countries such as Mexico, Hong Kong, Korea and oth ers. The firms import American raw materials into the foreign plants duty free. When the products are exported to the United States, the firms are charged duty only on the value added in the foreign country The program is popular with indus trialists who take advantage of lot wages in Third World countries. “Coleman is not in touch will reality on this issue,” Hammond said. “Twin plants currently employ over 4,000 people in El Paso anil many of those companies have al ready moved their divisional and corporate headquarters to El Paso, creating even more jobs for this mar ket.” Hammond said the eliminationol twin plants will only serve toelimr nate jobs for West Texans and dt crease tax revenues by $5 million. A Coleman aide said Hammond was misquoting the congressman who advocates an amendment to tht tariff regulations to encourage in dustrialists to locate more plants on the American side of the border. Coleman’s remarks were madt last week to a gathering of the Amal gamated Clothing Workers ol America, who blamed the twin plants for loss of American jobs. Water flow increase approved to help development of shrimp United Press International AUSTIN — The Texas Water Commission has agreed to increase the fresh water flow into the Lavaca River delta estuary in a move aimed at helping the development of white shrimp. duced the fresh water inflow from the Lavaca River. As a result, the Navidad River and Lavaca Bay sys tem downstream has an unusually high salt content. But the commission postponed until next Tuesday a decision on how much water will be released from Lake Texana in Jackson County. The Texas Parks and Wildlife De partment filed the request Aug. 3, saying drought conditions had re- The department said the high sa linities threatened the recreational and commercial use of the affected bay and river system. There have been reported sightings of salt water fish species, including bull sharks and gafftops, six miles upstream from the Gulf of Mexico. The Parks and Wildlife Depart ment has asked that 10,400 acre feet of water be released from Lake Tex ana, saying it would lower the reser voir about one foot. It said the 11,000-acre Lake Tex ana has been kept nearly full durin] the current drought and only 5,00 of the 75,000 acre-feet of water available for sale had been sold. TPWD said the inflow would help the life cycle of the white shrimp, which requires low salinities in the early fall. The emergency order applii was the first ever filed bv tne agency to increase fresh water flows into an estuary. Inmates challenge Social Security law United Press International HOUSTON — Four elderly in mates have challenged in a lawsuit a 1983 amendment to the Social Secu rity law that denies benefits to peo ple jailed on felony convictions. The suit, naming Raul Garza, Juan Cantu, Dolores Gonzales and Frank Sellers as plaintiffs, was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court. The American Civil Liberties Union, which assisted in preparing the law suit, has asked that it be certified as a class action suit. The suit says the General Ac counting Office at one time indi cated the 1983 cutoff would affect 1,376 state and federal inmates. It seeks to have benefits restored to all state and federal inmates who lost their checks as a result of the amend- tempted rape in a 1980 case. Cantu, 71, began receiving Social Security checks in May 1977 but was con victed of murder in 1982 and lost his benefits in July 1983. ment. Garza, 65, began receiving bene fits in 1980, but lost them in May 1983 after being convicted of at- Conzales, 70, was convicted of as sault in 1983 and also lost her pay ments. Sellers, 73, had received Ben efits for 10 years before being convicted of statutory rape. His checks were discontinued m June 1983. 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