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Wednesday, July 23, 1986AThe Battalion/Page 3 1 r.’-'V- ! ■ *0^. ' , ^~" , ,'" l - 1 - ' ~ ~'Wyjzi ■■■■:"■ ■ ■ . ■.■ ■-' r-iliilii* :-: a'nV.. •.■-..•■;; : : -Jv Bullock cuts $11 million from agency’s budget White urged by legislators to consider lottery, betting AUSTIN (AP) — Eight legis lators Tuesday urged Gov. Mark White to put a state lottery and pari-mutuel betting on horses and dogs on the special session agenda as an alternative to raising- taxes. White’s press secretary, Ann Arnold, said the governor’s proc lamation setting out what legis lators could consider in the Aug. (i session had not been prepared. The governor said earlier he was calling the session to deal with a projected budget deficit of S2.3 billion for the two-vear pe riod ending Aug. 31, 1987. Rep. Llovd Criss, D-La Mar que, told a news conference at tended bv seven other legislators, “The lottery itself, it put on the November ballot, could be in op eration in three months and could generate several hundred million dollars in this biennium. Pari-mutuel will admittedly lake longer, but if put on the Novem ber ballot, should begin generat ing tax dollars within a year,” A state lottery would require approval of a state constitutional amendment. AUSTIN (AP) — State Comptrol ler Bob Bullock, who is expected to soon tell lawmakers the state’s fiscal picture has grown more dismal, an nounced Tuesday $11.2 million worth of layoffs and closings in his agency. Fifteen comptroller’s field offices will be closed or merged and 134 employees will lose their jobs. The closings, which Bullock says will he made by Sept. 1, will affect Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Wi chita Falls, Longview, Conroe, Cor pus Christi, Galveston, Houston, San Antonio, Brownsville, Belton and San Angelo. Bullock’s announcement came as the House Appropriations Commit tee looked at more proposed spend ing cuts intended to help balance the state budget. After Tuesday’s meeting, Chair man Jim Rudd and Speaker Gib Le wis both said they agreed the com mittee would take no action until right before next month’s special session, but the committee will con tinue meeting this week to review possible cuts. Rep. Stan Schlueter, D-Killeen and chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, said, ‘‘The cuts will be made just as soon as the lieu tenant governor, speaker and gover nor all agree on what they are. There is no plan. Zero.” Eight legislators Tuesday asked White to open the Aug 6. special leg islative session to consideration of pari-mutuel gambling and a state lottery. Also Tuesday, White was asked by several lawmakers forming an anti tax group to allow consideration of a constitutional amendment that would bar a state income tax. Rep. Bill Blanton, D-Clovis, said, “It’s a very traditional value that we have in this state. The people don’t want an income tax.” The group argues that an income tax would reduce new jobs, reduce employment and make Texas less at tractive to companies seeking new locations. Reagan will speak at rally for Clements DALLAS (AP) — President Rea gan will make a pitch for Bill Clem ents today at a GOP rally and private lunch that party officials hope will add a special glow to the former gov ernor’s campaign for re-election. The visit to Dallas is especially im portant because of Reagan's strong profile in the state, Reggie Bashur, Clements’ press secretary, said Tues day. "It represents the political ties be tween Reagan and Clements and their agreement on philosophy and the way government should be run,” Bashur said. More than 5,000 people are ex pected at the tree GOP rally at Dal las’ Apparel Mart, Bashur said. Or ganizers at Clements’ Dallas headquarters said they had fewer than 1,000 tickets left by midday Tuesday. The site opens to the public at 10:30 a.m. and the program begins at 11:30 a.m. Reagan is scheduled to speak for 15 minutes, following an introduction by Clements shortly af ter noon. After the speech, Reagan will spend about 45 minutes at a $5,000- per-person private luncheon, a closed-door affair at the Loews Anatole. More than 100 tickets to the luncheon have been sold and the figure could go as high as $750,000, Bashur said. At the rally, Reagan will talk about Clements as a leader who is willing to make tough decisions, Bashur said. “He’s going to talk in terms of credibility,” Bashur said. “He’s going to talk about Texas needing a leader for the tough times.” Group ‘will patrol border’ despite warnings CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Despite warnings from Texas At torney Jim Mattox, a paramilitary group will patrol the state’s border to curb the flow of drugs, the group’s director said. “I think that, honest-to-goodness, as long as we abide by all the laws, there’s nothing (Mattox) can really do about it,” said Thomas Posey, di rector of the Memphis-based group known as Civilian Materiel Assis tance. The CMA will meet this weekend during its national convention in Memphis where plans for moving into Texas will be drafted. The pa trols are planned for August and September, Posey said. Only Texas members of the orga nization will participate in the South Texas patrols, he said. The CMA attracted the attention of federal and state authorities ear lier this month in Arizona when its armed members detained 16 undo cumented aliens near the Mexican border and held them at gunpoint until federal authorities arrived. The group claims to want to stop the flow of drugs from Mexico into the United States. The Texas attorney general’s of fice is investigating whether CMA patrols would violate state or federal laws. The investigation is focusing on weapons laws that might be ap plied, said Elna Christopher, a spokeswoman for Mattox. In the July 5 incident, the CMA members were armed wifii machine guns and army assault-type weap ons, authorities said. Posey, how ever, said his followers carried pis tols and shotguns only. Hispanic leaders in Texas, includ ing Ruben Bonilla, chairman of Mexican American Democrats of Texas, urged Mattox to keep CMA out of the state, saying its operations could endanger citizens mistaken for Failed Odessa bank begins money returns ODESSA (AP) — About 200 de positors sipped government-pro vided soft drinks and sat on folding chairs Tuesday as they lined up to retrieve their savings from Permian Bank of Odessa, the 12th bank to fail this year in oil-dependent Texas. Among the art avals before dawn was Debra Henderson, 30, who took the day off from her job its a bar tender to emptv bet savings and checking accounts. “I spent about two hours yester day on the telephone calling all mv credit caul companies to tell them the checks aren’t am good," said Henderson. She said she still hasn't decided to which bank she will transfer her money. “But I know it'll be one that doesn't have a lot of oil loans out,” she said. The bank, named after the oil- rich Permian Basin in West Texas, was shut down Friday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which blamed the closing on bad energy loans. Unlike three other banks in the Midland-Odessa area that have gone under since 1983, no buyer was found to keep Permian Bank afloat and it will cease to exist after all de posits are settled. Customers with less than SI00.000 in deposits will get all their monev, said EDIC closing supervisor Ken Gorham. Depositors with more than the FDIC-insured 8100,000 limit will get that amount, a second check for 30 percent of the unin sured money and a receivership cer tificate for the remainder, which will be paid off with what is left after all insured accounts are settled and as sets are sold. Gorham said. The number of bank failures in Texas to date this vear equals the to tal number of failures for all of last vear. And as main as 160 banks are ex pected to fail nationwide by year’s end. compared to onlv 120 last vear, Gotham said. Of the 75 bank fail ures in the country so far this vear, in onlv 15 cases did buyers not step forward, he said. Margaret Turner artived at Per mian Bank shortly before the doors opened Tuesdav, after chopping off her 4-vear-old son at a davcare cen ter. A customer at the bank for 10 vears. Turner. 36, said she didn't feel her monev was stile at am of the banks in Odessa or nearby Midland. "You can’t be sure of anvthing,” she stiid. "You just have to hope for the best." Thursday COMMODORE BRAZOS USER‘S GROUP: will hold a dem onstration of current Commodore software at 7:30 p.m. in 203 Veterinary Medicine Complex. For more information call Jerry Cooper, 696-3963. Friday BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: will have an international dinner at 7 p.m. at the BSU (next to Kinko’s on Old Col lege Main). For more information call 846-7722. 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