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WASHINGTON — Texas mem
bers of Congress, both Democrats
and Republicans, supported Presi
dent Reagan more than the average
congressman in 1985, according to
ratings released this week by Con
gressional Quarterly.
CQ, a Washington publishing
house that specializes in reference
works about Capitol Hill, said it used
a series of 1985 votes on which Presi
dent Reagan had expressed a clear-
cut position to come up with support
percentages.
Texas House Republicans were
well aboard the Reagan bandwagon, •
voting the way the president wanted
80 percent of the time. The average
for all House Republicans was 67
percent.
Texas Democrats supported Rea
gan 31 percent of the time, com
pared to a 30 percent average for
the rest of House Democrats.
Both Texas senators, Republican
Phil Gramm and Democrat Lloyd
Bentsen, were among the top 10 for
their respective parties in support
for Reagan. Gramm recorded an 87
percent support ratio while Bent-
sen’s was 50 percent.
In another CQ voting analysis,
Texas GOP members were shown to
be considerably more partisan than
their Republican colleagues, voting
with the party 86 percent of the
time, compared to the average 75
percent.
Texas Democrats were less parti
san than their colleagues, voting the
Democratic party line 74 percent of
the time compared to the average 80
percent.
A separate attendance rating
based on recorded floor votes
showed the Texans slightly below av
erage.
Reps. Charles Stenholm, D-Stam-
ford; Mike Andrews, D-Houston
and Larry Combest, R-Lubbock, had
the best voting attendance among
the Texans with 99 percent, putting
them among 43 House members
with that rating. Four House Demo
crats had 100 percent.
Rep. Tom Loeffler, R-Hunt, who
is running for Texas governor, had
76 percent, the lowest voting partici
pation score among House Republi
cans.
In the Senate, Gramm was pre
sent for 98 percent of the votes,
higher than the average for Senate
Republicans of 94 percent. Bentsen
had a 94 percent participation, but
was slightly below the Democratic
average of 95 percent.
Next to Sen. Chic Hecht, R-Nev.,
Gramm was the Senate’s most parti
san Republican, according to CQ.
Gramm voted with his party 95 per
cent of the time.
Bentsen had a middle-ground
party support rate — 54 percent.
Stenholm, a leader of conservative
Democrats in the House, voted
against his party 64 percent of the
time, more than any other House
Democrat except Buddy Roemer of
Louisiana, and ranked highest
among House Democrats in sup
porting Reagan.
Steve Bartlett, R-Dallas, was sec
ond on the GOP list with an 89 per
cent Reagan support rate. Loeffler
was lowest among the Texas Repub
licans with 60 percent.
Mickey Leland, D-Houston, voted
only 20 percent of the time for the
Reagan position, the lowest among
the Texans.
Dick Armey of Denton and Joe
Barton of Ennis were the most parti
san of the Texas Republicans, scor
ing 94 percent.
Democrat Henry B. Gonzalez of
San Antonio was the most partisan
Democrat among the Texans, also
with 94 percent.
Here is a list of Texas senators
and congressmen, listed in order of
district, and their percentage sup
port for President Reagan, percent
age support for their own party, and
percentage participation in recorded
votes, according to 1985 vote analy
ses by Congressional Quarterly.
Senate
Bentsen — 50; 54; 94.
Gramm —87; 95; 98.
House Democrats
Chapman — 42; 59; 91.
Wilson —40; 63; 74.
Ralph Hall —58; 45; 92.
Bryant —23; 89; 97.
Brooks —24; 87; 91.
Pickle —40; 82; 97.
Leath —52; 46; 95.
Wright —23; 81; 87.
de la Garza — 34; 75; 89.
Coleman — 31; 89; 98.
Stenholm — 66; 35; 99.
Leland —20; 90; 94.
Gonzalez —21; 94; 95.
Bustamante — 34; 85; 93.
Frost —26; 83; 93.
Andrews — 39; 77; 99.
Ortiz*—36; 76; 90.
House Republicans
Bartlett —89; 93; 98.
Barton — 85; 94; 94.
Archer— 88; 80; 95.
Fields —74; 89; 95.
Boulter —78; 87; 95.
Sweeney — 78; 79; 94.
Combest — 75; 89; 99.
Loeffler —60; 70; 76.
DeLay — 85; 87; 95.
Armey —88; 94; 98.
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N ANTONIO — Doctors and
[gists in Central Texas are blam-
nild, dry winter weather for the
abundance of pollen that has
lie sniffling and sneezing from
'.ntonio to Austin.
Steven Findlay of the Allergy
r in Austin said the problem
get even worse in the next few
Trees fat with pollen have not
been exposed to much freezing
weather and precipitation this win
ter, and that is “the worst combina
tion of events we could have,” Find
lay said.
“The phone is ringing off the
hook,” Findlay said.
In San Antonio, Dr. William T.
Kniker, an immunologist at the UT
Health Science Center, said Mon
day, “This year is the worst season in
a long, long time. This might be the
worst season.”
The amount of the cedar pollen in
San Antonio reached an all-time
high Monday of 86,000 pollen
grains per cubic meter — nearly
eight times the previous record of
11,000 grains per cubic meter mea-
fficic'
sured here, officials say.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,”
said Grant Smith, who keeps track of
pollen and molds in the air for local
specialists.
San Antonio allergists reported
waiting rooms bulging wdth patients
for whom ordinary antihistamines
could not provide relief.
“There are probably 50,000 to
60,000 people — this is a conserva
tive estimate — who are being af
fected by what’s happening today,”
Dr. Paul Ratner said.
“People are getting sinusitis (in
fected sinus passageways), they’re
getting fatigued, they’re not able to
work,” he said. “It’s an incredible sit
uation. I don’t remember it ever be
ing like this.”
“Cedar fevfcr” season usually be
gins in mid-December and runs
through March.
Austin allergist Lobdell Exline
said pollen counts reaching 2,000
grains per liter of air have been re
corded, and Findlay said the num
bers are getting higher. A severe
year for cedar pollen has counts of
6,000 to 7,000.
“Last year, it never did get above
the hundreds,” Exline said. But this
year, trees “look like they’re just bur
sting. A little breeze will cause a puff
of pollen to come out. It looks like
they’re smoking.”
Kniker said the pollen should be
gone in about six weeks — at least
until next year.
ove triangle case to stay in East Texas town
Associated Press
LIVINGSTON — A judge re-
Itd Tuesday to grant a defense
Won to move to another city the
alofa former school principal ac-
ied of killing a football coach over
affections of a school secretary.
Kate District Judge John Martin
lied the request for Hurley Fon-
pt, whose attorneys claim cannot
ta fair trial.
artin earlier said it might be dif-
tofind an impartial jury in the
East Texas town but rejected the
m after nearly two hours of les-
my at a hearing Tuesday,
felt they could be fair and im-
” the judge said of prospec-
ijurors.
the original 100 people sum-
icd to the court last week for
lideration as jurors, 68 re
ed. Martin said more extensive
tionnaires would be distributed
lose people and attorneys again
Kildquiz them.
The selection of a jury likely
uld >e completed in two or three
'S,he said.
f ontenot, 48, the former princi-
iof Hull-Daisetta Woodson J unior
Peter Speer, an assistant
district attorney handling
the state's case, contended
no prejudice existed.
“Every one of the jurors
who said they could not
set aside their opinion has
been excluded. Mr. Fonte
not can get a fair trial. ”
High School, is accused of killing
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Billy Mac Fleming, a coach and math
teacher at the Liberty County school.
Fleming was found shot to death in
April.
Investigators allege Fleming was
Fontenot’s rival for the affections of
Laura Nugent, 36, a teacher’s aide
and school secretary both men had
dated and wanted to marry.
Fleming was last seen alive April
12. Ten days later, his body was
found in a densely forested area
southwest of Livingston in Polk
County, about 50 miles away.
Fontenot, who is free on $50,000
bond, has pleaded innocent to the
murder charge, saying he was in
Houston when the coach disap
peared.
Fontenot’s attorney, Dick DeGue-
rin, sought the change of venue, cit
ing extensive pre-trial media cover
age.
“There’s a general public senti
ment unfavorable to the defendant,’
he argued. “Clearly, we have seen it’s
almost universal. When there’s an
opinion, it’s against Mr. Fontenot.”
But Peter Speer, an assistant dis
trict attorney handling the state’s
case, contended no prejudice
existed.
“Every one of the jurors who said
they could not set aside their opinion
has been excluded,” he told the
judge. “Mr. Fontenot can get a fair
trial.”
Neither attorney would Comment
on Martip’s decision, citing a gag or
der the judge imposed on parties in
the case.
DeGuerin called five witnesses to
the stand, including three reporters
who differed on the amount of pub
licity they believed was generated by
the case.
Scott Lawrence, a reporter with
television station KFDM in Beau
mont, described what he said was
“overwhelming interest” in Polk
County, but added that much of the
news coverage is stating allegation as
fact.
He also said some stories were
slanted but didn’t know if it was de
liberate.
Most people he interviewed be
lieved Fontenot was guilty, Law
rence said.
Cindy Horswell, a reporter with
the Houston Chronicle, testified she
did not question people about their
thoughts on the case because such a
random sampling could not be valid.
The third reporter, Greg Peak of
the Polk County Enterprise, said
only a few people would likely be
prejudiced and that the trial wasn’t
the primary topic of conversation on
everyone’s mind.
Others testifying were Fontenot’s
brother, Walter, an attorney helping
with the defense; and Joe Scott
Evans, a lawyer from nearby Grove-
ton.
A&M, Baylor will join
in research of aged
University News Service
Texas A&M’s medical school and
Baylor University’s aging studies in
stitute have joined a national net
work of universities that plan to col
laborate on research into aging, it
was announced Tuesday in New
York.
The network, known as CURA,
for Collaborative Universities for
Research on Aging, is the first phase
developed by a new private charita
ble organization, the National Foun
dation on Aging.
The foundation, according to a
spokesman, was established to ad
dress issues arising from increased
longevity and the declining quality
of life for the elderly.
A&M and Baylor are the only
Texas institutions among CURA’s
charter members.
Other charter members include
Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
Johns Hopkins University, Duke
University, Emory University, the
University of Arizona, Arizona State
University and the University of
Southern California.
The consortium is to receive ma
jor support from the National Foun
dation on Aging, although no spe
cific figures were immediately made
available.
A&M Dean of Medicine Dr. Rob
ert Stone represents the University
within the consortium and attended
the New York press conference out
lining the group.
The aging foundation was
founded by Arizona businessman
Robert Gibson of Tucson and will be
chaired by Pulitzer Prize-winning
author Dr. Robert Butler, a promi
nent medical educator at Johns
Hopkins.
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the turn of the century and by the
year 2030, one in every five Ameri
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