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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.
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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®!
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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.
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