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Officials uncover
$195 million of pot
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — More than
[32 tons of marijuana, with an esti-
jmated value of up to $195 million,
[was discovered on a battered Fishing
[boat after it was stopped for a rou-
stine safety check, federal authorities
[reported Wednesday.
‘It’s the biggest (West Coast) haul
lanyof us can recall,” said U.S. Drug
^Enforcement Agency agent and
[public affairs officer Bob Cox, esti
mating the street value of the contra
band, believed to have originated in
Thailand, at $2,000 to $3,000 a
pound.
U.S. Customs special agent Tom
McDermott said investigators sus
pect that a “mother ship” off the
coast unloaded the 65,000-pound
cargo of foil-wrapped marijuana
bales onto a 76-foot fishing boat.
Studies: lUDs
increase risk
of infertility
Associated Press
/ BOSTON — Using an intraute
rine device for birth control seems to
double the risk of infertility, and
88,000 U.S. couples may be unable
to have children because of damage
from lUDs, new research finds.
The authors of two major studies
being published today recommend
that women who have never had
children should not have these de
vices inserted but should choose
some other form of contraception.
The reports agreed that plastic
lUDs are the most dangerous, while
the copper-covered lUDs are less
likely to cause infertility.
A study by Dr. Daniel W. Cramer
of Brigham and Women’s Hospital
in Boston and a separate report by
Dr. Janet R. Daling of the University
of Washington in Seattle were pub
lished in the New England Journal
of Medicine.
The two studies found that two
brands of plastic lUDs, the Lippes
Loop and the Saf-T-Coil, appear to
approximately triple the risk of in
fertility. The Saf-T-Coil was discon
tinued about two years ago. The risk
is even higher for the Daikon Shield,
another plastic IUD that has not
been sold for a decade, according to
the studies.
Manufacturers of the three
brands of lUDs said they would not
comment on the reports because
they had not read them.
The Boston study found that the
risk of infertility was about 60 per
cent higher than usual among
women who used copper lUDs. The
Seattle study found ; a smaller, but
not statistically meaningful, increase
among these women.
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House votes to end ban
on farm jobless benefits
Associated Press
AUSTIN — The Texas House tentatively approved
Wednesday to ending the 50-year ban on unemploy
ment benefits for farm workers.
, . The action came three months after State District
i i ays a terp. j U{ jg e Harley Clark of Austin ruled the ban an uncon
stitutional violation of equal protection for all citizens.
“This bill does exactly what Judge Clark wanted
done,” said Rep. Lloyd Criss, D-Texas City, the bill’s
sponsor.
Since its inception in 1936, the unemployment bene
fit system has excluded farm workers.
“It’s time we stopped subsidizing farmers,” Criss
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ees.”
Pampa Rep. Foster Whaley said many farmers al
ready are over their heads in debt, and the unemploy
ment insurance payments won’t help. He said two
farmers in his district have killed themselves this year
because of financial woes.
But Texas Civil Liberties Union officials, who
.mounted the successful court fight against excluding
farm workers, called the House action “one more step
toward equal rights for farm workers in Texas.’
“The House today sounded the death knell of an era
of discrimination against workers who are predomi
nantly and overwhelmingly Hispanic and black,” said
Jim Harrington, TCLU legal director.
Preliminary approval in the House came on an 86-54
vote. Final approval on Thursday would send the bill to
the Senate, where Criss expects it to pass with “little dif
ficulty.”
■ k “This bill is a great step forward toward equity and
| equality in this state,” he said. “Farm workers, as a
m IfJ group, are some of the poorest people in our state.’
! The measure would force farm and ranch employers
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to pay unemployment taxes if they pay quarterly wages
of at least $1,500 or hire at least one employee for 20
days during 20 weeks of a year.
House members approved an amendment to set up a
phase-in of the bill during 1986-87. Criss said the state
unemployment fund would go broke if the new law was
effective this year.
The Texas Employment Commission estimates $17
million worth of benefits would have to be paid this
year, while only $10 million in taxes would be collected.
If the unemployment fund has a negative balance in
November, taxes for all employers would increase — by
as much as $280 million, Criss said.
The two-year phase-in will avoid the deficit and re
sulting tax hike, he said.'
In other action Wednesday, the House gave tentative
approval in a 70-69 vote to a bill that would end re
quired examining trials for juveniles who face possible
trial as an adult. Under Houston Rep. Mike Toomey’s
bill, juveniles would be allowed to request an examining
trial prior to being certified for an adul^ trial.
The current law makes examining trials mandatory.
It’s a law that’s used to win reversals of convictions in
cases where the examining trial is not held, according
to Toomey.
That bill also faces a final vote before going to sen
ators.
In final votes Wednesday, the House approved seve
ral Senate bills, inclduding measures that would:
• Make it a felony for inmates to carry deadly weap
ons in prison. It is now a misdemeanor.
• Allow the Texas Youth Commission to retain cus
tody of juvenile offenders until age 21. TYC now must
release offenders at 18.
• Allow race cars to carry ads for alcoholic bever
ages.
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UT-Arlington teaching assistant
spends summers hunting jaguars
Associated Press
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ARLINGTON — In the summer
he can be found deep within the
mazon jungle, hunting jaguars or
talking to the Indians.
Hugo Munoz, Spanish graduate
aching assistant at the University
of Texas at Arlington, is from Co
lombia. When he wants adventure,
he goes back to South America. He
the guard has j* h as man y tales to tell.
: Some of his adventures would
make Indiana Jones drop his jaw,
like the time an anaconda coiled
around his body. And his eyes light
I up as he talks about hunting cats.
|| “Jaguars are fascinating,” he says,
; lighting a cigarette as he explains
Blow he stalks the animals. “They are
extremely powerful ... the fastest an
imals around.”
To get the cats’ attention, Munoz
drags a freshly-killed wild pig
hrough the jungle, leaving its scent
on the ground and foliage. Then, ri
fle in hand, he finds a nearby tree to
limb.
“I wait until it is pitch dark,” he
ysays. “I must be very still. Any sud-
- den noise or movement will frighten
‘ the jaguar.”
He waits. And waits. Sometimes
is outings are fruitless. Other times
he gets his prize. And once in a while
he is surprised.
To get the cats' attention,
Hugo Munoz drags a
freshly-killed wild pig
through the jungle, leav
ing its scent on the ground
and foliage. Then, rifle in
hand, he finds a nearby
tree to climb.
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Once time he killed a jaguar and
climbed down the tree. He had spent
has last shell, but he knew the
chances of another jaguar coming
were slim.
He heard a noise. He turned on
his flashlight to discover two glaring
red eyes.
Oops.
Luckily, his hunting party came
and helped him kill the animal.
Monzo also hunts wild pigs — the
only animals the jaguar fears. They
travel in packs of 200 to 300 and will
charge anything.
“One must be very careful when
hunting wild pigs,” Munoz says.
“They have large tusks that make a
clapping sound when rubbed to
gether. If someone is in a tree, the
pigs may surround, chew and knock
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ble.”
But the animals that really scare
Munoz are poisonous jungle snakes.
Non-poisonous snakes he can
handle. Without so much as a wince,
he recalls the time he encoutered a
25-foot anaconda. Anacondas can
swallow their victims whole.
“The huge snake was wrapped
around me and it was squeezing me
very tightly,” Munoz says, adding
that he thought death was near.
Then he remembered that the
snake’s weakest part is its tail.
Munoz bit that snake right in the
tail.
The snake released its grip, and
Munoz lived to bite again.
Besides hunting, the adventurer
also enjoys studying natives. A trans
lator goes with him on his trips to the
jungle.
“We have much to learn from the
so-called uncivilized people of the
world,” says Munoz, who is finishing
his doctorate in anthropology. “In
ways, the Indian tribes I’ve studied
know so much more than we do.”
Many of these tribes put great
stock in the family unit. The ex
tended family is common — a child’s
aunts and uncles are considered his
mothers and fathers. Cousins are
considered brothers and sisters.
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