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Associated Press
DALLAS — A Dallas County fel
ony court judge says he will urge his
colleagues to stop prosecutors from
systematically striking minorities
from trialjuries.
State District Judge Ed Kinkeade
said, “We took action to ensure there
were minorities on the grand jury,
and now I think we need to take ac
tion to see that the same thing hap
pens with petit juries.”
The judge said Monday after The
Dallas Morning News published a
report that almost 90 percent of eli
gible blacks were struck from juries
by Dallas County prosecutors.
According to the newspaper’s
eight-month study, of the blacks
struck by peremptory challenge, 92
percent were dismissed by prosecu
tors. In 73 of the 100 randomly se
lected trials examined, there were no
black jurors, and 80 percent of black
defendants were tried by all-white
juries.
In Texas non-capital murder
cases, prosecutors and defense attor
neys are given 10 peremptory chal
lenges, which allow them to dismiss
jurors without explanation.
Kinkeade said he already has
warned prosecutors not to strike po
tential jurors just because of race.
“We need to decide whether we
are going to be part of the solution
to this or are they going to let some
body else be part of the solution,” he
said.
Other states have tried to solve the
problem by compelling lawyers to
sometimes explain reasons for pe
remptory challenges.
In California, Florida, Massachu
setts and New Mexico, lawyers can
be forced to explain their use of pe
remptory challenges if they are sus
pected of racial bias.
Prosecutors argue that they select
impartial juries by striking those
whom they think are sympathetic to
the defense’s case, and that racial
bias has nothing to do with their pe
remptory challenges.
Kings County, N.Y., District At
torney Elizabeth Holtzman, whose
jurisdiction includes Brooklyn, dealt
with the problem in 1981 by issuing
an office policy prohibiting the use
of peremptory challenges to exclude
jurors on the basis of race, sex, reli
gion or national origin.
exico to get $400 million loan from World Bank
Associated Press
EXICO CITY — Mexico has arranged a
S million loan from the World Bank but
Jieed a total of $6 billion to combat its Fi-
. Rcial problems, the Mexican government
ie Treasury Department, in a statement
d late Monday, reported that Treasury
ry Jesus Silva Herzog and other offi-
eld talks last week in Washington with
U S. government, the International Mon-
| Fund, the World Bank and the Inter-
irican Development Bank about the coun-
Vsfinancial needs.
The Treasury said the talks were aimed at
yyzing several aspects of the economy: the
lexican government’s economic projections,
ie country’s total Financing needs, possible
:es of Financing, and the conditions nec-
for loans.
Mexico, badly battered by the recent sharp
falls in oil prices, says it must have $6 billion in
fresh money this year to help stay current on
its $96.4 billion debt, the second highest in the
developing world, after Brazil. Mexico is ex
pected to pay roughly $10 billion in interest
on the debt, although that sum will probably
be lower because of the recent reduction in
U.S.interest rates.
Before the turmoil in the oil market, Mex
ico had planned to ask foreign bankers and
international organizations for $4 billion in
new money this year. It is seeking an additio
nal $2 billion because of the oil price decline.
The Treasury statement said talks with
commercial bankers about the debt were ex
pected to begin shortly.
President Miguel de la Madrid said late in
February that bankers will have to make sacri-
Fices to help reduce the debt burden and the
Treasury Department has said Mexico wants
lower interest rates on the debt.
U.S. Ambassador John Gavin, meanwhile,
said he was “encouraged by the awareness of
the Mexican debt situation” among U.S. gov
ernment and banking officials. Gavin made
his remarks in a statement released by the
U.S. Embassy about the four days of talks he
held in Washington and New York.
The Treasury said the World Bank had
tentatively agreed to loan Mexico $400 mil
lion to help it recover from the Sept. 19-20
earthquakes that badly damaged parts of the
capital. The loan still must get Final approval
from top World Bank ofFicials but the Trea
sury said it expected no problems.
It also said Mexican officials conducted in
tense negotiations with the World Bank on a
$500 million loan that would be used to help
the government liberalize its trade policies
and promote exports.
The statement said that Petroleos Mexica-
nos, the government oil monopoly, had been
given an extension from 90 days to 180 days
in the terms of $3 billion worth of bankers’ ac
ceptances.
Bank acceptances are equivalent to loans
which are paid at some time in the future,
when signed by the loan applicant. Payments
of the acceptances are guaranteed by banks.
The extension, the statement said, will en
able Pemex to continue using the credit line
despite the sharp fall in oil prices. The oil mo
nopoly announced last month that it would
delay by an average of 30 days payments to its
suppliers because of the loss of oil revenues.
Mexico earns about 70 percent of its for
eign revenues from sales of its oil to overseas
clients.
Bryan High
student listed
in satisfactory
condition
A Bryan High School student
shot early Tuesday morning
drove himself to school for help,
Lt. Irvin Todd of the College Sta
tion Police Department said
Tuesday.
Brian Allen Golan, 17, a junior
at Bryan High School, was listed
in satisfactory condition after he
was shot in his side at about 7:45
a.m., Todd said.
Golan told the police he was on
University Drive east near Texas
Instruments lake when he was
shot. He drove to the high school
where he was given assistance un-
,til an ambulance came.
Golan described his assailant as
a Mexican male between 25 and
28 years of age, about 6-feet tall
with long black hair and a mus
tache. He said he drove a light
(blue Chevrolet.
Golan told Todd he was on his
!way to pick up a part for his truck
at a junkyard before school. He
itold authorities he didn’t know
why he was shot or who the man
1 was, Todd said.
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