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Sarpalius said unless Texas acts to raise its drinking age, the state will lose some $100 million in federal highway funds. “The main issue here is not merely the saving of federal funds, but rather the savings in human lives that this bill would bring about,” he said. Sarpalius, who sponsored a 1981 bill that raised the minimum age to 19, has failed in recent sessions to win approval of a bill to raise the age to 21. But he acknowleged that penalties accompanying the National Mini mum Drinking Age Act passed by Congress should persuade Texas lawmakers to act in the session be- ginningjan. 8. Sarpalius said Texas Department of Public Safety statistics showed that the number of people 18 and under involved in alcohol-related fatal acci dents dropped more than 19 per cent after the legal age was raised to 19. “Those in opposition to raising the legal age state that it will not stop teens from obtaining alcohol, but the truth is that it will go a long way to wards lowering the number of teens drinking and dying on our streets and highways,” he said. Sarpalius’ bill would raise the min imum age to 20 on Sept. 1, 1985, and to 21 on Sept. 1, 1986. Senator satisfied with race United Press International WASHINGTON — Sen. Pete Do- menici, R-N.M., said Wednesday he felt good about his unsuccessful race for the Senate’s top leadership post and was ready to turn his attention to working on the national budget. “I feel great,” Domenici told New Mexico reporters after Kansas Sen. Robert Dole was elected majority leader by his colleagues. “I worked hard and 1 did the best I could. “I don’t feel disappointed,” he said. “After my marvelous victory in New Mexico, to borrow the words of some of my staff, these last eight or nine days have been the frosting on the cake. “I would very much have liked to take the challenges of the job on but I still have a chairmanship of a very important committee and important duties on two other committees — appropriations and energy — and I look forward to doing my job.” Domenici, 52, was eliminated in the second round of voting in a closed session for Republican sen ators to fill their top seven lead ership positions —just as he told his wife, Nancy, he might be. Domenici said he gave Dole a note promising to be at the “beck and call” of the new majority leader and his newly elected assistant, Sen. A1 Simpson of Wyoming. “I’ve already told Sen. Dole and Sen. Simpson the Budget Commit tee is ready to do its job and do it in a timely matter to bring a broad reso lution to the Senate floor,” he said. Domenici said several of his col leagues told him they knew he had a “big job in front of me as budget chairman” and not to take the loss personally as “there were some com mittee dynamics involved.” He said Sens. Bob Packwood of Oregon and John Danforth of Mis souri worked hard on Dole’s behalf as the Kansas senator’s election cleared the way for them to become chairmen of two major committees. Domenici, who is conservative on fiscal matters and moderate on social issues, often had been mentioned as a likely candidate for the leadership spot of retiring Senate Republican leader Howard Baker of Tennessee. But he said he did not decide to seek the majority leader’s job until a few weeks before he was easily elected to his third term. He said if he had it do over, “I would have started about six months ago in ear nest” to line up support. Domenici spent the night before the leadership election visiting with a neighbor who brought champagne to toast his race and when he left home early Wednesday, he told his wife he thought he might be elimi nated in the second round. He thought he was walking in to the old Senate chamber with 11 votes, but received just nine on the first round and 10 on the second one that knocked him out of contention. “Some very strange things hap pened,” he said. Domenici said some of his sup porters apparently stayed with him on just the first ballot. Slouch By Jim Earle w )ened its ididates walk th ■randmoth g Stella H t0 be ad mi ■ear, hade degrees it * f r om Hard ,bilene in laking hi: a master’s .&M in 1' ;as admit [aught six lependen fears. Haunts Us why first worn Twins separated after 18-hours United Press International GALVESTON — Siamese twin girls were doing “very well” follow ing an 18-hour operation to separate them and, despite the need for fur ther surgery, should develop nor mally, their doctor said Wednesday. T he lengthy operation was com plicated by a shared biliary tract, which empties toxic bile from the liver into the intestine, said Dr. Thom Lobe, chief of pediatric sur gery at John Sealy Hospital. Doctors also had to separate a dia phragm, breastbone, portion of in testine and a large liver shared by the twins — Alma and Ashley. The surgery began at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday and ended about 1:30 a.m. Wednes day. The common biliary tract and a common liver duct had to be sepa rated and tracts constructed for each twin. The liver, which had four lobes compared to the normal three, was divided after the tracts were con nected to the organ. Two individual vascular systems supporting the liver made it easier to separate the organ, Lobe said. “The first week post operative is the most critical,” he said. “What we’re going to be watching very care fully over the next week is to make sure the livers are draining properly. “The babies are doing very well,” he said. “They at this time are in our infant special care unit, where they are being ventilated so they won’t have to be working too hard. We’re giving them some medication to keep them drowsy and relaxed.” The twins will undergo additional Uni WASH etary Ca: iVednesd; be slowly :ombat i hen listei ncluding The Pi :an troop ts a “last ion is vit; But, W entertain nterests surgery in the future to remoit pieces of a plastic material usedn lielp close the abdominal cavity. “The children should developl any other children,” Lobesaid. Although the twins were equally well, one has a crooked® nal column. T he condition will* evaluated in the future todeteraia treatment, said Lobe, who did i« specify which twin had the probfc Mred to The parents, a Beaumont couplt [hat if we were “very optimistic and please:'!; He als with the surgery, said nospiii Actions, spokesman Irv Power. The pareiE have requested their names noil* made public. “The mother came down toil* special care unit and visited withik cnildren about 3 a.m.,” he said.'Ai though she couldn’t hold them,sl* touched them and counted all the toes and lingers to make sure the were there.” The prognosis was “very good. Power said. Co The girls were rushed intosuil gery when they were less than ai!j| old because an exposed area of the! shared intestine made them «( tremely vulnerable to infection,sanii Dr. Joan Richardson. Siamese twj usually are separated only after tie [ are more mature. In th isee ever write s Cooke, I Miller L day. Cook appears Wedt by the ( adverti) T he babies were delivered by Cae sarean section to the 33-year-olJ Beaumont woman about 9 at Monday. Doctors were prepared(ot the unusual birth because an ultu sound test had revealed the twins were joined. Murder suspected in 27-year-old case United Press International EL PASO - Sheriffs Department investigators said Wednesday they have enough evidence to seek a mur der indictment in the mysterious dis appearance of an El Paso couple 27 years ago. Capt. Alfredo Bonilla said investi gators six months ago reopened the now famous case of the missing Pat tersons, William Durrell “Pat” and his wife, Margaret. The Pattersons were owners of a photo supply company when they vanished on March 4 or 5, 1957. Of ficers found themselves at a virtual dead end in the investigation, with very few clues to their disappear ance. Bonilla says investigators will pre sent evidence of the Pattersons’ mur der to a grand jury. He declined to say whether the bodies of the couple have been recovered. He says no ar rests have been made yet, but dep uties “are continuing to interview a number of witnesses and possible suspects.” Although the couple disappeared from Patterson Photo Supply in March of 1957, their disappearance was not reported until Aug. 15, 1957, when a family friend, Cecil Ward, became worried over their continued absence and reported it to then-Sheriff Jimmy Hicks. Investigators backtracked and found the Pattersons had last been seen at their store on the evening of March 4, 1957 and later that night at their home where Ward helped Pat terson work on his 18-foot motor- boat. Officers said they also found the company accountant, Herbert Roth, running the business. Published accounts at the time re ported Roth appeared unworried about the couple’s whereabouts, offi cers said. Roth told officers he had received a telegram from Dallas, signed by Patterson, on March 14, 1957. He said the telegram told him to man age the shop, use the Pattersons’ Ca dillac and sell their travel trailer. | Roth said the telegram told him if maintain the accounts but put over all operation of the business in ik hands of another family f riend, DC Kirkland. Of fleers said they were neveratk to obtain the telegram mentioned^ Roth. Detectives found no evidenceo: disruption or foul play at the Pallet son home, in a quiet residential are: of West El Paso. Further investigation reveate that Mrs. Patterson had never re claimed an expensive fur coat from: tailor, where she had left it for alter ations. In addition, what had been ft scribed by f riends as “a small for tune” in Mrs. Patterson’s jewelry* missing from the home, officer: said. The 18-foot motorboat had at disappeared. It was discoverer months later, decaying in the yards! an El Paso residence. The residentf belonged to kin of a companyeE ployee, who had brought it there The employee told police Patten* told him to take the boat. When of ficers contacted Patter son’s father in Chicago in 1957,11* then 71-year-old Luther Patters* was angry over publicity given toll* case and insisted his son anddauft ter-in-law were alive and safe. The elder Patterson, now de ceased, told a reporter in 1957 1® son had disappeared periodical!)k fore. “He just wants to resL'hesaid Patterson Photo Supply wit placed in receivership in Januar 1958 and went out of business. ft ; terson’s out-of-town relatives sok the couple’s home. It has chang* ownership several times since. Over the years, police said, tl case of the missing Patterso: drifted into the realm of folklo mystery. Then, six months ago,B nilla and Cabbert quietly reopen* the case. Foa Pa« ha-'