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Call Pauli Research International 776-6236 Spark Some Interest! CIse the Battalion Classifieds. Call 845-2611 Woman’s car given back by Customs Warped BAYTOWN (AP) — A Baytown woman had her car back Monday af ter Hying to Laredo over the week end to pick up the auto that had been confiscated by Customs agents. The car was seized last week after Theresa Miller declared to Customs agents that a companion bought two stone pipes in Mexico, as souvenirs. The onyx pipes were considered drug paraphernalia by agents, oper ating under the government’s “Zero Tolerance” policy. The agents seized the car. But after pressure from the media and U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen’s office, Customs officers in Laredo released the vehicle Sunday. She even got the pipes back. Miller put a sign in her back win dow saying, “I got my car back from U.S. Customs.” Lots of people waved and honked as she drove home. Miller said. Miller has contacted the American Civil Liberties Union about possible legal action against the federal agency, for possible reimbursement for expenses, and for review of the Zero Tolerance policy that is in tended to stem drug traffic. State hopes to start racing soon AUSTIN (AP) — Told that the slow pace in starting pari-mutuel racing has cost Texas mil lions in anticipated tax dollars, the Racing Com mission voted Monday to begin taking applica tions for horse and dog track licenses this November. The commission approved a schedule for track applications that stretches from November until May. Applications for the major horse tracks in the Houston, San Antonio and Dallas- Fort Worth areas will be taken in March and April. The commission also was dealt a setback in hir ing an executive secretary. The third finalist for that post asked that his name be withdrawn. Commission Chairman Hilary Doran said An thony P. Fasulo, director of operations for Flor ida’s Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering in Miami, no longer is interested in the $60,000-a-year Texasjob. “We are back to square one,” Doran said, add ing that he hoped to have names to recommend to the commission next month. The two other fi nalists withdrew earlier. Because pari-mutuel racing hasn’t yet started. Comptroller Bob Bullock told commissioners the original estimate that racing could bring the state $162 million by 1990 must be slashed to about $20 million in 1990-91. “I don’t think they (voters) were sold a bill of goods,” Bullock said. “But all of us had our ex pectations up, 1 think, that we would have been in operation before now. We were under (lie im pression that Texas would bet getting some tax money by now.” “That money was used to balance the budget and we didn’t get it,” he said. "If we weren't doing well in some other taxes, we'd Ik* in pieit\ bad shape.” The commission was organized in January af ter voters last November legalized pari-mutuel wagering on horse and dog racing for the first time in 50 years. But initial projections that racing could begin this fall have been pushed back. Doran said he hopes the new licensing sched ule will allow pari-mutuel racing at existing horse tracks to start by May, June or Auguswl est. Doran said some delays weredueto | to have the f>est-possible racing. “All of us want to maximize the aim 1 tome to the state of I ex.is. Doran ie also, we want to make sure that theract;® 11 \ 1 i.ts the I ullesi degi ee of integrity of m the union. Trying to get (hat happ>ffi| you're going to have a few flitches aV way.” "Should we t e.illy take .in a(iei|ii.iit\:j» time and, hope! ulh . pit k the brM lu. ; fi track, where it II have the most hanrt-Bf wageretl), it’ll have the most publicpanB and return the most money throu£:fl| seals? ( >i should we hurry and pitLai that might not get the most panicipatEH not get the most handle, and Ik* suni §> for 20 or 30 years?” Under the schedule approved Monel missioners said applications from p i track operators will lx? decided upon- m’ to 150 da vs. Legislature hears debates on workers’ compensation AUSTIN (AP) — The insurance industry is using a “big lie” technique to convince the Legislature and the public that overall workers’ compen sation rates are skyrocketing and changes are needed in the system, the president of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association said Monday. President David Perry said trial lawyers believe that the insurance in dustry and big business are shifting the cost of workers’ compensation premiums from the large employer to the small employer. Perry, of Corpus Christi, said no statistics are available to the public to support the trial lawyers’ belief but the insurance-big business theory is the only reasonable explanation. “There is no doubt in my mind that there are many, many small businesses that have suffered very substantial increases in their work ers’ compensation costs,” Perry said. “We believe what has happened is that big business and the insurance industry — the insurance industry gives very substantial discounts on premiums to big business, to their most favored customers — are mov ing the cost of compensation from the large employer to the small em ployer. “We believe it’s true that the cost of compensation for small employ ers has been increasing, but we be lieve that it is because of this shift. “The numbers clearly show the overall cost of compensation has not been increasing.” Rick Gentry of Austin, regional vice president for the Insurance In formation Institute, responded that trial lawers are looking for some body to blame. “They have identified us as the culprits,” Gentry said. Perry said, “Another big lie —par roted by Gov. (Bill) Clements —is that Texas has the highest cost and the lowest benefits.” Perry said figures compiled by the State Board of Insurance for a re cent 10-year period show that the to tal cost of workers’ compensation premiums as a percentage of payroll dollars has declined substantially since 1978. He also said Texas ranks second among 10 other major industrial states in average benefits for total temporary disability and fourth in death benefits. “The truth of the matter is, when people say Texas workers’ compen sation benefits are among the lowest in the nation, that is not true,” Perry said. “It is essentially — based on the facts — a big lie,” Perry said. Rossanna Salazar in Clements' press office said businesses, large and small, are being effected by the high cost of workers’ compensation. She said that, according to the Na tional Foundation for Unemploy ment and Workers Compensation, Texas pays lower weekly benefits and has higher costs per employee than other states it competes with for new industry and businesses. Perry said the trial lawyers would tour the state to present its case to the public and legislators. Delta plane dumps fuel| after takeoll GRAPEVINE (AP)-Ati neons report that somtosH seen something fall offiH Airlines Lockheed L-IOllffl oil from Dallas Fort-Wonhll national Airport forced , plane to (lump its fiielan(i!i|| to the airport. Delta spokesman Henn. ley said Delta flight !UH lando, Fla., which was aja 130 t xissengcrs and acre« ? j was later allowed to leaiitj airline maintenance empH thoroughly checked the? j and f ound nothing wrong If “It could have been soirrfd on the runway — iraq|j kicked it up when he toolfj (lonley said. 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