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Residents
protest
waste site
ENNIS (AP) — Residents fear
their town’s reputation for folksy
charm will be tainted by a proposed
plan for daily incineration of up to
24 tons of waste from hospitals, such
as body parts and used surgical in
struments.
Residents say the plan has
sparked the biggest fury in years in
Ennis, a community located 30 miles
south of Dallas and known for its na
tional polka festival.
“This could spell the downfall of
the city of Ennis,” said Ron Haskove,
a town native.
City Manager Steve Howerton
was forced to schedule a second
meeting last Thursday night when
more than 300 people came forward
to discuss a California company’s
proposal to incinerate wastes from
hospitals up to 150 miles away.
Residents fear the facility would
pose health risks, decrease property
values and discourage new busi
nesses from locating in Ennis.
“It has them frightened that some
of the parts are going to be dis
eased,” said Bob Klemp, editor of
the Ennis Daily News. “They’re
scared of the smell.”
The Coffee Achievers
Chris Morgan and Debbie Wicke, both juniors,
wake up with hot coffee Wednesday morning. The
two were relaxing inside while they mi
Wednesday's rain to subside.
The plant, which would be owned
by Winfield Environmental Inc. of
San Diego, could open in about
three months following a $750,000
renovation, said Troy Mitchell, Win
field’s director of facilities and oper
ations.
Howerton said the city would get
only $2,000 to $3,000 in tax revenue
from the plant, which would employ
15 people. State officials maintain
the plant would meet all safety re
quirements.
love prevails’ during rape trial;
woman marries alleged attack
Some residents say medical waste
from other towns and cities has no
place in Ennis.
Some residents are concerned
that the facility would dispose of
aborted fetuses. Howerton said he
asked the company for assurances
that wouldn’t happen, but company
officials could not guarantee it.
HOUSTON (AP) — A woman
withdrew a charge of rape against a
man and then was married to him by
the judge who had been scheduled
to preside over his trial.
State District Judge Woody
Densen, saying that “love has pre
vailed,” dismissed the charge against
Ramon Vargas Tuesday and then
performed the marriage cermeony
in Spanish, waiving the usual $25
fee.
Vargas, clad in a jail jumpsuit,
married Natalia Benites about a
month after the 21-year-old woman
claimed he attacked her in a field af
ter offering her a ride home from a
bar.
After a demure kiss, the two Mex
ican nationals left, with Vargas re
turning to his jail cell to await his of
ficial release. He was freed later that
night.
Benites, who does not speak En
glish, told a translator she had
known Vargas, 20, for about a year
and had been dating him about
three months at the time of the al
leged assault.
The romance between the pair
had blossomed through letters and
telephone calls since Vargas was ar
rested Nov. 8, said defense lawyer
Rachel Capote.
Vargas had been in jail since his
arrest.
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HENDERSON (AP) — An investi
gation into alleged wrongdoing in
the Henderson Police Department
uncovered evidence of misdemea
nor crimes, but not enough evidence
to prosecute in court, a prosecutor
says.
Rusk County District Attorney
William Ferguson said the nine-
month investigation by the state at
torney general’s office was closed
Tuesday, and based upon the re
port, no action will be taken.
“In view of this, I am closing our
files in this matter and sincerely
hope that the law enforcement offi
cers will, in the future, devote all
their efforts to protecting the lives
and property of their fellow citi
zens,” Ferguson said Tuesday.
Ferguson would not name specific
people involved in the investigation
or their alleged wrongdoings.
He also refused to make the 50-
page report public.
The allegations involved policy
and bookkeeping, and Police Chief
Randy Freeman plans to re-write his
department’s policy manual and
make some unspecified changes,
Ferguson said.
An independent investigation into
the department was requested in
March after rumors of misconduct
surfaced, Ferguson said.
David Hess, an investigator for
the attorney general’s office, said the
probe lasted longer than he wanted
because “we had trouble chasing
down some elusive leads, none of
which came to any kind of fruition.”
“We’re unable to prove that any
thing has occurred in a court of law,”
he said.
Hess would not say how many
people were investigated.
Ferguson said the probe followed
the January 1986 reinstatement of
Assistant Police Chief David Tenni-
son and secret tapings of conversa
tions between a detective and Fergu
son and between City Council
members Lavern Gibson and Fee Al
len.
Ferguson said he also recently
learned of secretly taped telephone
conversations between members of
his staff and membersofllq
merit.
The tapings were
about the same time his J
broken into, Ferguson said I
But the district atlonx'l
say the burglary was relawl
depart inent problems.
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comment, saying he hatP
to study the report.
Judge gives go-ahead for clearing foie
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal
judge Wednesday gave the U.S. For
est Service the go-ahead for its con
troversial plan to burn and clear
parts of the Sam Houston National
Forest infested by pine beetles.
“It is clear there are different
opinions, all apparently scientifically
sound,” U.S. District Judge Lynn N.
Hughes said of the witnesses testify
ing in the two-day hearing.
“The forest service considered se
riously sound advice,” the judge
said. “Having considered the advice,
they made a choice. It wasn’t the
only choice, but it was a legal
choice.”
T exas Attorney General Jim Mat
tox filed suit last month, seeking to
stop the clearing operation until the
forest service did an environmental
study of the project.
The forest service now does not
need to conduct a study, said Assis
tant Attorney General Itej
who handled the case fortl
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