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Dr. Walter J. Linder Cardiology Opbtbalmology Dr. J. James Rohack Dr. Mark R. Coffman Dermatology Orthopedic Surgery Dr. David D. Barton Dr. Robert F. Flines Family Medicine Otolaryngology Dr. Art Caylor Dr. Michael J. Miller Dr. William R. Kiser Pediatrics Dr. Walter J. Linder Dr. Dayne M. Foster Dr. Richard A. Smith Dr. Mark Sicilio Dr. Kathy A. Stienstra Dr. Robert Wiprud Plastic Surgery Dr. William M. Cocke, Jr. General Surgery Dr. Frank R. Arko Dr. Dirk L. Bovsen Psychiatry Internal Medicine Dr. Steven Kirk Strawn Dr. Valerie Chatham Psychology Dr. Alton Graham Dr. Jack L. Bodden Dr. David Hackethom Radiology Dr. Michael R. Schlabach Dr. Luis Canales Obstetrics/Gynecology Urology Dr. James R. Meyer Dr. Michael R. Hermans Dr. William L. Rayburn Health Education Dr. Charles W. Sanders Sally Scaggs, RD Disease rate 2 times higher than norm on Texas border! Call 268-3322 For Appointment R1 WASHINGTON (AP) — Diseases linked to poor hygiene and unsani tary conditions occur at twice to three times the national rate along the Texas-Mexico border, a de pressed region riddled with health care shortages, according to a study released Tuesday by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen. Communicable diseases reported at a higher rate than in the United States include gastrointestinal dis eases, hepatitis, tuberculosis and syphilis, the General Accounting Of fice study said. Cases of leprosy and malaria, dis eases not common in most other parts of the country, were also re ported on the border, the GAO, Congress’ investigative arm, said. Reported cases of those diseases, however, were low compared to other health problems, while the in cidence of AIDS and gonorrhea also was lower on the border than nation ally. The six leading causes of death on the border, however, were the same for the United States and Texas, the study said. The GAO study looked at the inci dence of disease and the availability of health care in the 16 counties lin ing the 1,000-mile border between El Paso and Brownsville. “Not surprisingly, the GAO study indicates some serious health prob lems along our border, and less medical care to cope with those problems than is available in the rest of Texas and the country at large,” Bentsen said. Bentsen, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, vowed to use the influential position to push for answers and money to combat the health care crisis along the border. The study said three of the 16 counties — Culberson, Hudspeth and Terrell — have no doctors at all, and another five have less than five physicians. Two counties have no dentist, another eight have only one, and one county has two dentists. Six counties have no hospital, and the ratio of hospital beds is one for every 375 people, compared to the national average of one bed for ev ery 219 people, the study said. The study found relatively fewer nurses and physician assistants on the border than in Texas, and that sparsely populated counties have few emergency care personnel. Most emergency care vehicles were concentrated in the most pop ulated counties, leaving rural coun ties that span vast distances with little coverage, the study said. The U.S. Public Health Service in May classified nine border counties and portions of five others as health manpower shortage areas, the study said. The study said 1.5 million people live alone the border, makine up l * percent ol the 1 exas population(| the border population, 89perct::| concentrated in urban counties The border population earn 1 lowest income in the state, wit Department of Commerce f showing that in 1986, the per income for Texas was SI3,486 pared with $8,422 for the area. U.S. Labor Department showed the 1987 unempkwi rate on the Ixnder hit ah percent in Starr County. New bridge eases traffic on Texas-Mexico border HIDALGO (AP) — A new bridge across the Rio Grande at Hildago is seen as an economic boost to the area by easing the clogged traffic be tween Texas and Mexico. The new four-lane span doubles the traffic capacity between Hidalgo and the Mexican border city of Rey- nosa. Hidalgo, 10 miles south of McAl len in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, has experienced steady growth in traffic headed both directions with the location of 32 U.S.-operated ma quiladora plants in Reynosa, as well as increased populations on both sides of the border. “Since we have an expanded bridge now, that really helps in at tracting them (more industry) to McAllen and Reynosa because it fa cilitates them getting their products back across the border,” Linda Brown, marketing director with the McAllen Economic Development Corp, said. The new bridge serves only north bound traffic, while southbound ve hicles and pedestrians now use the old bridge. Charles Walper, bridge superin tendent at Hidalgo, said the new bridge also should increase other im ports and exports, tourist traffic and cross-border shopping in time for the Christmas season. On some Sat urdays, it used to take as long as three hours to cross, but that has been reduced by at least half, Walper said. tM John Cain, a customs brotu Hidalgo, said lie has noticed a rdt tion in crossing time. “I think it’s going to be real for business because this is the place around here where you two bridges dedicated to o traffic,” Cain said. The new Hidalgo bridge, the City of McAllen Internal Bridge on the U.S. side and Rev II on the Mexico side, is the si span to be completed across Grande this year. A new four bridge was built at Del Rio opened last April to replace a row, two-lane structure linking city with Ciudad Acuna. On the Hidalgo bridge,then hand lane is reserved for im trucks, Walper said. It was opened for limitedimpj traffic in September, but toll to on the Mexican side were opened until Friday. The U.S. half, owned by the of McAllen, cost about $2 mil and was finished several monthi fore construction began on the)l ican half. No cost figure was able for Mexico’s half of the owned by that country’s federal ernment. Several cities along the Mexico border are working to new bridges. But the process can take yean cause of difficulties in bringing pie on both sides of the rite agree on locations and other del®! Id Ruling punishes Dallas judge rp peal veil ha court Judge Charles Ben Howell has been punished for a second time this month for suing in bad faith — this time by a federal judge who ordered Howell and his lawyer to pay more than $23,000 in attorneys’ fees and expenses. U.S. District Judge James Nowlin concluded Howell filed lawsuits in an effort to harass the Supreme Court and delay a judgment that could have been used against him in his recent campaign for a seat on the court. Howell and attorney Ken Mackey were ordered to pay expenses of de fendants, including Texas Supreme Court Justice Oscar Mauzy. Nowlin wrote, “It is abundantly clear to the court that Howell filed this case to harass the incumbent Texas Supreme Court justices in the three months immediately preced ing the Nov. 8, 1988, election in which he sought to become a Texas Supreme Court justice.” Howell said Monday he planned to meet with his lawyer to study the case before deciding whether to ap peal the unfavorable ruling. “I’m disappointed,” Howell, an as sociate justice on the 13-member 5th District Court of Appeals, said. “I’m not shocked or surprised.” On Nov. 1, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct disciplined Howell, saying he violated ethical standards and discredited the judi ciary. The panel accused Howell of fil ing a lawsuit “in bad faith” and “in intentional disregard of the rights of others.” The lawsuit was one that also prompted Nowlin’s ruling. The commission issued a public reprimand against Howell — the harshest penalty short of censure and removal from office — one week before the general election in which the Republican was challeng ing Democratic incumbent Justice Raul Gonzalez for a Supreme Court seat. In the federal court decision, Nowlin said he viewed Howell’s tac tics as “a transparent effort to fur ther delay . . . collection of the judgment, for both political and per sonal reasons.” The court,” Nowlin wrote,' 1 the opinion I hat a lesser saw would not have the desiredeffto Five years ago Howell lileda suit against Homecraft, U.S, H and Stewart Title Co., later ing the case to include claimsm the Deceptive Trade Practices He appeared in the case botli plaintiff and as his own attorney decisiol refil Nowlin ordered Howell and Mackey to pay $12,588 to Home craft Land Development and U.S. Home Corp.; $3,697 to Mauzy; $5,328 to Stewart Title Co.; and $1,575 to the Supreme Court jus tices and the Texas attorney gener al’s office. Homecraft countersued 1 The jury, concluding Howe initiated his lawsuit in bad awarded Homecraft an $ judgment that later was reduced $75,000. Fhe judge in the case ruled that Howell’s deceptive claims were groundless. Howell appealed the the Supreme Court and demai that all nine justices disqualify selves from the case. They and rejected his appeal twice Failing to win in state to Howell pursued the issue in fe court, where he again lost in cision issued by Nowlin. Howell had sued Mauzy and wife for allegedly violating f; campaign contribution and ex]# disclosure laws. That case was ’ oing when Howell asked the preme Court to review the craft ruling. UNITED I General Asse voted 121-21 State Depar Chairman Ya Only the Ur were opposec It was an sided the vote day when the Assembly tal sored resolut nial of a visa dress the headquarters In denying the State D< had condonei mined by th Organization rejection was All U.N. m resented on t not all were Tuesday nigh U.N. offic! calculating tl dented step < Assembly to speak on th and Middle 1 suggested it $150,000. 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