The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 14, 1985, Image 5

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United Press International
AUSTIN — (iov. Mark White,
[who has said lie is opposed to new
[taxes, will unveil a proposed budget
Tuesday that could include a sub
stantial increase in oil producer’s
[fees, administration officials say.
White, laced with a $1.02 billion
[budget shortfall, is considering in-
[creasing the SI00 drilling permit Tee
[to as much as $1,000, it has been
I learned.
The governor is also planning to
[ask lor an increase in out-of-state,
foreign and professional school tu
ition in his 198ti-N7 budget and max
[increase other undisclosed Tees.
Bill Hamilton, head of the gover-
[nor's Budget and Management of-
jlice, said both White and House
[Speaker Gib Lewis have expressed
Jan interest in increasing the drilling
[permit Tee but will stay away from
[theoil and gas severance tax.
Hamilton and Bob McPherson,
[head of the Planning and Intergo
vernmental Relations office, are
[helping to draft White’s budget.
McPherson said the drilling per-
[mit tee is just one <>l many that are
being examined for a possible in-
Icrease.
“We are looking at drilling permit
[fees, water permit fees and others,"
he said. He declined to say il the
governor has reached a decision on
| any oft hose lees.
The Legislative Budget Board,
[composed of House and Senate
[leaders, in its l l .>8b-87 budget
avoided increasing fees as a way ol
responding to the state’s declining
[tax revenues.
Even before the formal an-
I nouncement of the governor's bud
get, opposition to an increase in dril
ling permit fees was mounting.
Oil producers already bear one of
jtheheaviest tax burdens and are lac -
j inghigher federal taxes, he said.
Railroad Commission Chairman
I Buddy Temple said he would not
oppose or support the new fee. "I
don't intend to lake a position on the
[tax increase,” he said. “How we are
funded is legislative perogative."
McPherson said White’s budget
[will be a combination of increases in
| lees and cuts in agency budgets with
the cuts making up more than half
oi the SI.02 billion shortfall from
I the previous two years.
Jaycees honor
paralyzed man
United Press International
TULSA, Okla. — T he president
of the American Paralysis Associa
tion said traveling to raise money to
find a cure for paralysis is worth
while if it leads to helping people to
walk again.
Kent Waldrep, 30, of Dallas, was
honored as one of the U.S. Jaycees
Ten Outstanding Young Men of
America for 1985 at the national
convention this weekend in Tulsa,
the national Jaycees headquarters.
“I want to make that clay when 1
and tens of thousands can get out of
their wheelchairs as soon as possi
ble," Waldrep said Friday.
And to do that, he talks to organi
zations across the nation in an effort
to raise money and convince people
that a cure for paralysis can be
found.
“Within this particular responsibi
lity we have an enormous task of ed
ucating the public,” he said of the
non-profit charity. “The American
public is not as aware of paralysis as
cancer.”
Waldrep said 3.5 million Ameri
cans are paralyzed due to injuries
and strokes, and many health pro
fessionals carry the attitude that pa
ralysis is incurable.
Waldrep was injured as a junior at
Texas Christian University. He was
playing tailback in a football game
against the University of Alabama
and was carrying the ball on a sweep
play when he was tackled.
He was flipped upside down and
landed on his head, cracking the
fifth vertibrae, instantly paralyzing
him.
Waldrep said he had not seen a
report issued Thursday from the
University of (California, San Fran
cisco, that a new drug that could be
used at accident scenes to block pa
ralysis in spinal cord injury victims is
ready for tests on humans. The drug
is a synthetic, thrytropin-releasing
hormone (TRH).
Researchers are working to deter
mine whether chemical changes due
to hemoraging at the site of the in
jury cause the paralysis.
Winners of the Jaycees award are
selected on the basis of their achieve
ment in several areas including per
sonal improvement, financial success
and economic innovation and over
all leadership ability.
This year’s other nine honorees
are magician David Copperfield,
Florida state judge J. Allison DeFoor
II, prosecuting attorney Jose C. Fe
liciano, pilot Capt. Mike Gould,
broadcaster Bruce Jenner, computer
systems analyst Capt. Larry Sabato,
company president Janies H. Shep
herd Jr. and American Paralysis As
sociation president Kent Waldrep.
Ballet star waiting
for U.S. citizenship
Photo by WA YNE L. GRABEIN
Don't forget to leave your fountains running...
Despite freezing temperatures College Sta
tion and the rest of Texas has been experi
encing recently, the fountain in front of the
old Chemistry Building continues to flow.
Ice that covered the bricks slowly began to
melt away late Sunday afternoon.
United Press International
HOUSTON — Sen. Lloyd Bent-
sen and Rep. Mike Andrews will ask
Congress to to speed up citizenship
for a Chinese ballet star so the man
can participate in a Moscow competi
tion.
Li Cunxin, 24, caused a stir in
1981 by announcing he would stay
in the United States as a ballet
dancer instead of returning to China
at the end of a guest appearance
with the Houston Ballet.
He received U.S. permanent resi
dent alien status in August 1981, but
immigration law requires a five-year
wait for citizenship.
BRAZOS COUNTY
Li wants to compete in the Mos
cow International Ballet Competi
tion in June, but officials fear that if
he is not a U.S. citizen he may he dis
qualified if he wins.
Bentsen and Andrews, both Dem
ocrats, will introduce legislation in
the Senate and House to expedite
naturalization for Li. The two con
gressmen are circulating packets of
information on Li to their col
leagues.
A controversy over Li’s decision to
remain in the United States erupted
when representatives of the Chinese
consulate in Houston questioned
whether the dancer was being forced
to remain against his will.
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