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Wednesday, May 28, 1986/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local lexans protest possible cuts in human services ■USTIN (AP) — T wo state legis- itoi s joined physicians, the disabled nd elderly T exans Tuesday in pro- esting a proposal to reduce the De- Jialment of Human Services budget fiy 1125.9 million. A rally at the main entrance to the lepartment’s headquarters complex lr«v approximately 150 demonstra- ors. most of whom wore armbands hat said, “No cuts.” The rally was held prior to a Jofid of Human Services meeting >n proposed budget cuts. Some 100 vitlesses had signed up to testify. Sen. Cihet Brooks, D-Pasadena; Rep Lena Guerrero, D-Austin; and )thers addressed the rally as bal- o0ns popped in the wind and com- Lnefi ial airliners drowned out some Ibftlie remarks. Guerrero said when Gov. Mark White asked state agencies in Feb ruary to cut their budgets by 13 per cent to make up for an overall $1.3 billion budget shortage, White meant to cut the fat out of adminis tration, not to cut necessary services. “Not providing for hearing aids, glasses and cutting medical services is negligent at best, and we won’t take it,” she told the cheering, sign- waving crowd. “Health care is a basic human right,” she said. Brooks, chairman of the Senate Gommittee on Health and Human Resources, said, “I see warriors of many battles here . . . hard-won bat tles over the last 15 or 20 years, and I don’t want to see them washed away in a rather whimsical fashion be cause there are budget problems. “We understand there are budget problems but the thing we all feel, I believe, very strongly, is let’s identify die essential services and protect them against all others. “There are no doubt some places in the state budget as large as it is, $38 billion for two years — I’m sure there are some places in there where we can make some reductions but don’t do it in human services, don’t do in areas where people are vulner able and people w ill suffer or die be cause those cuts are made.” Charlotte Flynn of ihe Gray Pan thers said the Board of Human Serv ices must re-examine priorities so “health services are not the last to be f unded and the first to be cut.” Signs also carried that message as well as such comments as “Why hurt needy people?” and “We want what is right, not what’s left.” >st i tramsta as hosM •xtile far ack in w , become: 'orks wilt: nd resea:: publican. vith refe . hen then they apjtl own w with V.:, pianrsrd for seveaitf v he mm n notaf® was ever! e said "d fasterwood extension dedicated ■Rep. Joe Barton, members of the Texas A&M Board of Re gents and municipal officials Tuesday dedicated a $1.7 million runway extension at A&M’s Eas- terwood Airport. ^Barton called the cooperation that resulted in the 1,800-foot rffinvay extension “the epitome of the American spirit.” The new runway will accommodate 737- typc commercial jet aircraft. ■‘A First-class aviation facility means a tremendous amount to (he Bryan-College Station ability to attract high-tech industry,” Barton said. 1; He said applications have been submitted for federal funds for an additional $3 million in im provements at Easterwood in cluding a new terminal building. Texas couple charged with selling explosives SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Cen tral Texas couple and an Arizona man were in custody Tuesday in connection with the seizures of ex plosive devices by federal agents who were posing as terrorists, au thorities said. Retired Green Beret Maj. James Albert Paxton; his 35-year-old wife, Francis “Frankie” Paxton; and Dan iel Thomas Nicewander, 33, of Phoenix, Ariz. awaited an initial ap pearance before a federal magis trate. Agents arrested the Paxtons on charges of making and selling bombs, and Nicewander on charges of interstate transportation of explo sives, authorities said. Paxton, 43, was arrested Saturday morning in the parking lot of a San Antonio shopping mall after he de livered 18 “car bombs” to two fed eral agents posing as Mexican ter rorists, said Robert Rowe, resident agent in charge of the Bureau of Al cohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Other agents, with guns drawn, then invaded the Paxtons’ two-story brick and frame home in Round Rock, about 100 miles away, and ar rested Mrs. Paxton and Nicewander. Rowe said Paxton was charged with 18 counts of possession, man ufacture and sale of explosive de vices. The agent said Nicewander, who he said had served under Paxton in the Green Berets, was charged with interstate transportation of explo sives. Rowe said Mrs. Paxton was charged with possession and sale of an explosive device. Fler arrest stemmed from the sale of a pipe bomb May 6 to an undercover agent near the Paxton home, he said. Search continues for victim of kidnapping in Texas City ood il GALvEsToN (Ap) . — Auth ° ri - j l 8 ec k: ties received dozens of tips Tuesday me said. i' roin area residents in their search first yean for a Texas City woman whose ! he win; bloodied car was found near a cause- stenandi wa y- list haveliH^ ie * le y Kathleen Sikes’ car was , ' found early Sunday with the driver’s K(1 m" 11 'window smashed in, said Sgt. lestanw B Tommy Hansen of the Galveston County Sheriff Department’s orga nized crime control unit. The Galveston County Sheriff’s Department has received dozens of phone calls, said Diane Lindquist, an administrative assistant for the de- pat tment. Hansen said Sikes, 19, had left her job as a waitress at Gaido’s, a Galves ton beachfront restaurant, about 1 1:45 p.m. Saturday. Her boyfriend found Sikes’ 1983 Ford Pinto at about 2 a.m. Sunday, after she failed to arrive at his par ents’ Texas City home after leaving work, Hansen said. Farm Aid II performers named •ined to If rongawf i at the sid But for I® /helmed J||L ustin (AP) — T wo members of the Rolling leauat' Stones have agreed to perform at the Farm Aid II bene- wful. Her fit concert scheduled for the Fourth of July at a college be a shar fooiball stadium here, singer Willie Nelson announced as already l uesday. H Guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood will be part of a show that will include more than 60 acts and last for jhington about 14 hours. Nelson said at a new's conference in his recording studio. ■‘T hey said we could say they are coming. I’m looking for Mick now,” Nelson said, referring to Rolling Stones ■I. i^fead singer Mick Jagger. ■hu m Aid I, which was held in Illinois last year, raised $9 million. Nelson said about $5 million of that has : |een spent to help farmers who face tough financial times. “The intent of Farm Aid I was to raise the conscious ness of the people of this country to farm problems. We accomplished that,” Nelson said. “Now we’d like to raise that consciousness a little higher.” The list of performers scheduled for Farm Aid II in cludes John Gougar Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Mason, Rita Coolidge, Jerry Jeff Walker and many more. The schedule also includes rock groups such as Steppenwolf, Motley Grue and Bon Jovi. Nelson said the show probably will open with him, Julio Iglesias and Waylon Jennings performing to gether. 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