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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that post asked that his name be withdrawn.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.
Conley said an unknow \
son called the D-FW w
tower and said they h&lq
something fall off the plant||
tower then contacted the
crew, which dumped itsfutl
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