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PROHIBITION
A&M gene researcher gets
endowed veterinary positiot
University News Service
A pioneer in the “mapping of
genes in cattle, which are animals
with hereditary disorders similar to
humans, has been appointed to fill a
prestigious endowed faculty position
in the Texas A&M College of Veteri
nary Medicine.
Dr. James Womack, who grew up
near Abilene, has been named the
W.P. Luse Endowed Professor of
Veterinary Pathology and Genetics.
The position was established
througn a $150,000 grant from the
W.P. and Bulah Luse Foundation of
Dallas — a grant matched by A&M.
The Luse Professorship is the first
endowed faculty position for the vet
erinary medical program at A&M.
Womack’s work in biochemically
mapping mouse genes has made him
a recognized world authority in mo
lecular genetics, Dean of Veterinary
Medicine Dr. George Shelton said.
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drawn the most complete ma
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cattle genes, a useful step tm
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only identifies genes associated with
genetic diseases, like those that af
fect humans, but also pinpoints traits
that would produce better livestock.
yet of
lat not
Cattle exhibit more than a dozen
zenetic diseases that mimic the same
disorders in humans.
community of Hawley and;
the A&M faculty in 1977, Htj
viously taught at Abilene I
University, where he earndl
bachelor’s degree in 1964. W
received his Ph.D. in genetics]
Oregon State University inf
From 1973-77, he was a sciei
the J ackson Laboratory in 1
bor, Maine.
In his previous work, Womack
showed that as much as one third of
several major chromosomes in hu-
tfe and
m ■
mans, cattle and mice contain vir
tually identical genetic material, ap-
[ larently left intact across species
ines during evolution. His research
could help other geneticists predict
the location of specific genes in all
three species at once, he explained.
Womack was the 1985]
of the American Genetics.!!
tion and has memberships inij
Xi, Phi Sigma, Gamma Siei
and Phi Zeta professional
He also is on tne board old
for the Texas Genetics Sow I
Womack was raised in the small
He won the 1986 Beechar j
for Research Excellence and :|
received an outstanding aim
tation award from Abilene |
tian.
Clements: New conditions
force change in tax stance
on February 21,1987
Application deadline: February?
ging
stand on taxes. Gov. Bill Clements
says he was responding to changing
conditions.
“I can’t be in granite in a changing
panorama,” he said. “That’s just not
possible.”
When he filed to run for governor
on Feb. 3, 1986, Clements promised
to veto “any and all” tax increases if
elected.
On Feb. 4, 1987, Clements asked
the Legislature to adopt an additio
nal $2T9 billion in taxes beginning
Sept. 1 and said he would sifgn it.
State of the State address, said that
in his view, “It becomes Bill Clem
ents’ tax increase” on Sept. 1.
After three months of studi
. V’
Clements and his aides apparently
concluded that despite spending
cuts, preserving vital state services
required more money than was avail
able without more taxes.
f t.
le never used the words "tax in
crease."
He called his plan “maintaining
the revenue stream” created by what
was supposed to be a temporary tax
increase passed before he took of
fice. He called the eight-month sales
and gasoline tax hikes signed by
Democratic Gov. Mark White last
fall “not my tax, ... his tax.”
That temporary tax increase is set
to expire Aug. 31. So White, inter
viewed Wednesday after Clements’
Secretary of State Jack Rains, one
of Clements’ closest political allies,
said,"We’re not Huns. We’re not
going to dismantle state govern
ment." During hit first news confer
ence since his inauguration, Clem
ents faced a series oftough questions
about last year’s no-new-taxes cam
paign promise and this year’s tax in
crease proposal. He saio he was only
being realistic.
“I’m trying to be responsive to the
facts as they exist,” he said. “Last
year ... that was under then-existing
circumstances. As other people, in
cluding (Comptroller Bob) Bullock,
changed those circumstances, I re
served the right to change my posi
tion.”
Clements
heads soul
for ceremoi
CIUDAD VICTORIA!
(AP) — Gov. Bill CM
headed south of the
Thursday to attend theinitij
tion of Tamaulipas itattn
governor and to discuss:
tween Texas and Mexico
Mexico President Mipd
Madrid also planned to bt:
Thursday ceremony to i
Americo Villarreal u[
Tamaulipas, Texsi'
neighbor.
Clements said in Aiuc
week that he wants to impi
lations with Tamaulip
a series of meetings "thatai
aid the economies of bollis
our mutual border."
Drug smuggling andil
migration are two of thee
rious problems that threatr.)
lions between the twostaiti
New judge selection plan offers
AUSTIN (AP) — Backers of a
change in the way Texas selects
judges proposed Thursday that all
Texans oe given a say on the contro
versial issue.
“The people of Texas have shown
they want a change,” Sen. Kent Ca-
perton, D-Bryan, told a news confer
ence.
Other spo nsors of the measure,
which resulted from findings of the
Committee of 100 for Merit Selec
tion of Judges, are Sen. Bob McFar
land, R-Arlington, and Reps. Terral
Smith, R-Austin, and Bruce Gibson,
D-Clebume.
The panel was named by Chief
Justice John Hill of the Texas Su
preme Court, Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby
and Speaker Gib Lewis. Twelve pub
lic hearings were held througnout
the state.
The sponsors said a proposed
constitutional amendment intro
duced in the House and Senate
would let voters decide this Novem
ber if they want “merit selection” of
judges, instead of the current elec
tion process involving political party
primaries.
Bills also have been introduced in
the House and Senate to put the
plan into effect Jan. 1, 1989, if the
constitutional change is made.
Under the plan, there would be
29 nominating commissions to select
three nominees for each jut
sition, from district counl
Texas Supreme Court. Tf‘J
nor then would appoint (
three, subject to confirmac!
Senate.
Each judge appointed*
subject to the voters' deciatl
next general election on tc
or she would remain in oft
However, each judicial I
would be able to choose, J
option election beforj
whether its district judge
named by the appointment
or in contested not
tions.
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