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Soaring costs of liability insurance and its availability have been under stuck by a House-Senate committee for several months in preparation for making recommendations to the LIST session. Barger said another important is sue faced In legislators at e proposals to deregulate banking and allow in- tet state operat ion of banks. She said Consumers Union was not against interstate banking but wants stronger disclosure laws and more safeguards to protect the aver age c iistomei . An effort to allow paid-off por tions of homesteads to be placed un der a second mortgage failed during the 1985 legislative session. Var for the roses State's rose enthusiasts prepare for war against bugs ;the r-ful ■.INGTON (AL)—John Long Ms spring’s balmy breezes and urling blossoms with the war cry: rad Spray! Spray!” He many of us are rummaging jntgh the closet looking for the ice and picnic basket. Long and idreds of Dallas-area rose enthu- Ire locked in mortal combat lucking aphids, ravenous lies and deadly fungi. f in sounds serious, it is. Victory Id mean triumph at one of the esmajor rose shows; defeat defi- :ly means a home-grown garden Jaf bug-eaten flowers. \t work, Long is a supervisor in ington’s street maintenance de- iment. At home, he is president of the Mid-Cities Rose Society, which claims 200 members. Even the uninitiated cannot pass Long’s modest suburban house with out getting the clear impression that he is not your garden-variety rose- grower. In raised beds along the house are more than 300 varieties of lose bushes, each neatly labeled with official names such as “Ingrid Berg man,” “Sir Harry Pilkington,” and “Uncle Joe.” The center of the front lawn has been churned over to pro vide a quarantine bed for exotic specimens from Germany and Af rica. Long, 61, has been working every day since February, pruning and fertilizing his thicket of rose bushes. At dusk, he retreats to a shed in his backyard where he mixes his own pesticide with the concentration of a chemist. Last year he did not follow his spraying schedule and paid the price when spider mites invaded. “They got to the foliage before I could stop them," he says. “It cost me a queen.” The queen: the best bloom of the show, the award every rose-grower covets. In six years of shows, Long has won three queens. Many serious gardners of longer tenure are still waiting to produce that perfect spec imen. J.D. Downing, whose Haltom City home is obscured by more than 500 rose bushes, has earned ribbons and second-place honors but has yet to win the highest award, although he enters about a dozen shows a year. One year the Downings heard ru mors that a magnificent new strain had been perfected by Canadian botanists. The couple promptly hopped a plane, rented a car and spent weeks touring nurseries throughout Canada. The workload before the rose shows this month and next in Dallas, Fort Worth and the mid-cities is par ticularly heavy. The mild winter set the stage for a bug boom. Long says the beetle challenge is the worst. So the rose-growers spray ardu ously, day in and day out, fiercely protecting the still-unopened blooms they have pinpointed as po tential prize stock. that r police find no leads in Arlington teen’s death RLINGTON (AP) — Investiga- Hruu have “a prayer of a lead” le shooting death of an 18-year- student believed to have been victim of a random act of vio- e, a police spokesman.said Mon- eresa Laune Branch was shot ? in the chest, police said. She apparently jogging through a t neighborhood to her parents’ le after her car broke down Sal ty night. er l)o(l was found by a group of -agers about 10:30 p.m. Satur- Snight in an Arlington church ting lot. “We haven't a prayer of a lead. We have turned up nothing. We have nothing to show for our work. ” — Police spokesman Jim Willett. There was no evidence that Branch had been robbed or sexually assaulted, police said. Police spokesman Jim Willett said, “We haven’t a prayer of a lead. We have turned up nothing. We have nothing to show for our work.” Willett said investigators returned to the middle-class neighborhood where Branch was found and inter viewed residents, but were unable to find anyone who had heard or wit nessed the shooting. The killing appears to have been a random attack, Willett said. The minister of the church where /T Professional service you’ve come to expect. " You can depend on the qualified professionals at ^ TSO to provide you with quality eyewear, expertly selected and professionally fitted for the clearest, most comfortable vision possible. And, as always, at a price you can afford. ICS Texas State Optical: 214 N Main Bryan 779-2786 Post Oak Mall College Station 764-0010 Enjoy Spring Sports! Don't let an injury hold you back! 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