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HUNTSVILLE — Two Texas
Department of Corrections employ
es have been accused of delivering
jnarijuana on prison grounds, a
TDC spokesman said Monday.
I Virgil McAdams, 23, a guard at
he Ferguson Unit near Midway,
and Louis McAdams, 28, a correctio
nal officer, both were charged and
irrested in the delivery of a con-
Irolled substance at a penal institu
tion, TDC spokesman Phil Guthrie
aid.
Enrique Torres, 28, a psychologist
at the unit, also was arrested and
tharged in connection with posses
sion of marijauna, Guthrie saia.
I Another guard at the unit, Rich-
Bird Wright, 18, was arrested and
■charged with aggravated sexual as-
lault on an inmate while Quentin
Brown, 24, was arrested and
harged with sexual assault on an in
mate, Guthrie said.
All were suspended without pay
pending termination, Guthrie said.
AUSTIN — A state senator called
for repeal of the new mandatory seat
belt law Tuesday, five days before it
takes effect and more than three
months before violators will be
fined.
Sen. Roy Blake, D-Nacogdoches,
said the law takes government too
far into Texans’ private lives.
“I wear my seat belts and believe
that wearing them saves lives, but I
believe when government mandates
things on individuals that they could
by their own choice do, then govern
ment has gone too far,” Blake said.
Blake said he will introduce a bill
in the next session of the Legislature
to repeal the seat belt law.
T he new law takes effect Sunday,
making it a traffic offense to ride in
the front seat of an automobile or
most pickup trucks without wearing
a seat belt.
The penalty for violations will be a
$25 to $50 fine, but that doesn’t take
effect until Dec. 1.
The Legislature in May passed the
seat belt requirement under pres
sure from the federal government
and automakers. It was signed into
law by Gov. Mark White, who since
has appeared in television commer
cials urging Texans to buckle up.
Last year, the U.S. Department of
Transportation issued new regula
tions requiring passive restraint sys
tems, such as air bags, to be installed
in new cars unless mandatory seat
belt laws were enacted in states con
taining a total of two-thirds of the
nation’s population.
But Blake said the Texas law “was
passed under the guise of eliminat
ing the need for the installation of
expensive air bags.” He said the new
law falls short ot meeting all federal
requirements.
Blake also said the new law will be
an unwarranted extra work for law
enforcement officers.
Police officers, he said, “have
more important things to do than
spend time enforcing this law.”
However, the senator said even
though he voted against the bill and
opposes the new law, “I hope Tex
ans will abide by the law as they do
with all laws” while it is in effect.
Backers of the seat belt legislation
argued that it would save lives. They
noted the Department of Public
Safety says the majority of people
killed in traffic accidents weren’t
wearing seat belts.
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HOUSTON — Sakowitz, the finan-
Bially troubled high-fashion store
chain, announced Monday it plans
to close its downtown store, which
las been open for more than 75
years, and lour other stores.
1 The downtown store and another
in Gulfgale Mall will close before
Nov. 10 as Sakowitz contracts to a
•third of the size it was before filing
lor reorganization a month ago un
der federal bankruptcy laws.
I Along with the two Houston
stores, Sakowitz plans to shut three
stores in Tulsa, Midland and Dallas
by February and may close or sell an
other in Scottsdale, Ai iz.
Sakowitz blames its financial prob
lems on the energy recession in the
outhwest and an influx of aggres
sive retailers. Trade reports pegged
he company’s losses at $2 million on
ales of about $ 120 million last year.
Six of the more profitable Hous
ton locations will remain open, offi
cials said.
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio
Mayor Henry Cisneros says he ex
pects more construction delays and
cost overruns on the South Texas
Nuclear Project.
“I believe you will see delays and
cost increases,” he said Monday at a
meeting of trustees of Gity Public
Service.
Cisneros sits on the board of GPS,
which owns 28 percent of the nu
clear plant near Bay City.
Cisneros said he had received in
formation from an informed source
than an in-house report forecasts
more delays and cost increases. The
mayor declined to give more infor
mation about his source.
“We should not stand for Hous
ton (Houston Lighting & Power Co.)
hoodwinking us any longer,” he
said. HL&P is the managing partner
of the project.
HL&P Chairman Don D. Jordan
rejected Cisneros’ charge that infor
mation is being withheld.
“Any charges that information is
being withheld regarding antic
ipated further cost overruns and
construction delays on the South
Texas Project are erroneous and
counterproductive,” Jordan said in a
press release Tuesday.
In addition, CPS staff members
strongly disagreed with the mayor’s
prediction.
Beaumont may hold recall vote
Associated Press
BEAUMONT — Beaumont resi
dents may recall their mayor in a
Nov. 5 election after the necessary
signatures on a petition submitted
last week were approved Tuesday by
City Clerk Myrtle Corgey.
Corgey was asked to validate a re
call petition with 2,400 signatures
submitted by a member of the strik
ing Service fcmployees International
Union Local 706.
The strikers say Mayor Bill Neild
refused to help them settle their dis
pute with the A.W. Schlesinger Geri
atric Center.
City clerks have dealt with seven
different petitions this year and for
the first time in 12 years, a recall
election has been approved.
“People are frustrated and I can
understand their frustrations,”
Neild said. “Things aren’t going to
get better until the economy im
proves.”
The Beaumont area has had one
of the highest unemployment rates
in the state.
A second group. Citizens United
for Responsible Government, also is
circulating a petition to recall Neild
and another petition to recall Coun
cilman Wayne Turner. The group
contends the two have been unres
ponsive to public comment.
If the signatures on the petitions
are validated, Neild has five days to
resign. If he doesn’t, council will set
a recall election in November, Ms.
Corgey said.
Already on the Nov. 5 ballot are
two issues dealing with the renaming
of streets for slain civil rights leader
Martin Luther King. Voters have
twice rejected the idea of naming a
street for King.
The striking nursing home work
ers also are circulating a petition for
an initiative vote to establish $4.10 as
minimum wage in Beaumont. A pe
tition to cap wages for city employ
ees at $40,000 a year is also circulat
ing
Citizens United for Responsible
Government also wants a referen
dum on the ordinance through
which the council hired City Man
ager Karl Nollenberger and estab
lished his salary.
Nollenberger announced his res
ignation earlier this month.
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