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House endorses
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AUSTIN (AP) — A lawmaker
who took his first cigarette puff in
junior high school won House en
dorsement Wednesday for his bill
banning students from smoking at
public schools and at school-spon
sored events.
“Smoking kills 17,000 Texans an
nually,” Rep. Jim McWilliams, D-
Hallsville, told the House.
His measure, with an amendment
that extends the ban to cover snuff,
won preliminary approval in a non
record vote. The bill is scheduled for
a final House vote next week that
could send it to the Senate.
McWilliams said in an interview
that the ban could help prevent
some students from getting involved
with tobacco. Peer pressure to smoke
is difficult to overcome, he said, re
calling why he began a smoking
habit that lasted for 36 years until he
quit two years ago.
“I felt like I was tougher and
smarter and bigger than everybody
else because I smoked,” McWilliams
said.
Rep. Jerry Beauchamp, D-San
Antonio, who added the snuff-ban
amendment, said, “The younger
generation of boys are using a lot of
snuff and it’s causing cancer of the
lip and gums.”
Also Wednesday, the House voted
final approval to Rep. Charles Fin-
nell’s bill that adjusts penalties for
animal cruelty. Finnell, D-Holliday,
wants to lower the penalty for minor
offenses against animals. He said
that would allow quicker prosecu
tion.
He also wants to allow prison
terms for three-time violators of ani
mal cruelty laws.
The Finnell bill was sent to the
Senate on a 81 -55 vote.
S&L official:
Failures force
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DALLAS (AP) — Federaltf
ulators by the end oflOSSi®!
managing four times the valiti
assets they now controlbetausd
savings and loan failuresitiisj
state region that includesTtiai
top FSL1C official said.
1 homas Procopio, directs ■
the Federal Savings and Loanli
surance Corp.’s southernresi
told the Dallas TimesIknt:
his of fice already isadminisfe
about $2 billion in assets i;
f ailed S&Ls in the region
“If recapitalization plans
through, that could douUttl
year and maybe doubles®
next year,” Procopio said.in
$8 billion in assets from
thrifts in the region by IMi;
conservative estimate,headdal
I .ate Wednesday, the Feilu
1 lome Loan Bank of Dallas sa
a statement sayingtliatthtreg
no plans to acquire assetsolij
volume.
North
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the Iran-Contra affair set to begin
May 5, investigators are discussing
the possibility of having former Na
tional Security Adviser Robert Mc-
Farlane as the lead off witness.
Sources said that McFarlane has
been spending much of his time in
recent weeks meeting with investiga
tors for the special counsel and the
House and Senate committees.
North’s boss at the time, sources
said.
They said that North and his sec
retary destroyed documents as
North’s activities as a National Secu
rity Council aide came under scru-
dny last November by Attorney Gen
eral Edwin Meese III, who led an
investigation by Justict Dep®
officials.
That investigation was ba
weekend before North waslw
his role in the sale of arms
and possible diversion of pr«i
the Nicaraguan rebels
Contras.
Tunnel
Investigators also disclosed they
are negotiating with Albert Hakim’s
lawyers to obtain his testimony, in
cluding records of his financial deal
ings. Hakim, an Iranian-American
businessman, has been named as a
key figure in the military supply op
eration to the Contras and linked to
North and retired Maj. Gen. Rich
ard Secord as one of the joint hold
ers in a Swiss bank account.
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flights, the engineeers are working
on multiple projects.
The rocket escape system is de
signed for limited use, mainly after
an aborted launch.
“If vou have some kinrfo
where you’ve had an exp!
around the engines mavbe.
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escape system.”
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