Tuesday, February 14,1989
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Scrambled Eggs
Cat owner gets help
from sympathizers
after loss in court
FORT WORTH (AP) — Dona
tions have poured in to help an 80-
vear^ld woman pav the $50 Fine she
owes after losing a oizarre court case
concerning the bathroom habits of
her cats.
Residents who have read news ac
counts of Nan Farris' court hearing
have been sending money — about
$400 so far. Farns lives on $410 a
month in Social Security benefits.
“All these people — they didn't
have to do this," Farris told the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram. “I was
amazed. I never asked anyone for
help, but I guess I'll keep the money.
I've got four more tickets coming
up, so I may need it.”
She was ordered nearly two weeks
ago to pay the Fine in connection
with two of six citations she received
charging her with violating animal
control ordinances.
"I just really don't know what to
say," Farris said. “I never knew there
was so many wonderful people
around who would do something
like this to help someone."
One of Farris’ neighbors com
plained that cats Farris adopted
were littering his yard. Farris was
found guilty of failing to properly
restrain the cat.
The jury foreman told reporters
after the verdict that all six jurors
had agreed the ordinance was ridic
ulous but that they had had no
choice but to find Farris guilty.
Future of ‘Texas plan’ looks better
Hightower: Officials back plan for exporting hormone-free beef
AUSTIN (AP) — Agriculture Commissionei
Jim Hightower voiced optimism Mondav that
federal agriculture and trade ofFicials now are
behind the “Texas plan" for selling hormone-
free beef to Europe.
“All the early signs are good," Hightower said.
“It could happen very quickly. It can happen as
fast as USDA wants it to. We do have beef now
that would be eligible for immediate export."
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter,
U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills and top
trade ofFicials from the European Economic
Community are scheduled to meet this weekend,
• and Hightower said he expects the beef contro
versy to be discussed.
In an interview with the Associated Press.
Hightower said there appears to have been a dra
matic change in attituae in the U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
“They’ve gone from saving, ’hell no and vou
may be in violation of federal law’ to saying. ‘Oh
please can we work with you?’,” Hightower said.
The agriculture commissioner said he hopes
this weekend’s meeting means peace will break
out in the “beef war” which began when the Eu
ropean Community announceda ban on imports
ofWef treated with artiFicial growth hormones.
When the I'.S, Department of Agriculture ini
tially announced that it couldn't comply with
such requirements. Hightower moved to estab
lish a Texas certiFication program to allow export
of Texas-inspected hormone-free beef and veal
to Europe.
Fhen last week the Bush administration ap
peared to switch signals, with the president him
self saying it was time to “rise above Fighting
about beef hormones.”
Hightower said it now appears the Texas plan
will be used as the basis for establishing a new-
trade agreement that could mean millions in
sales for U.S. livestock producers.
"The thing that convinced me we really were
nght was not what the European Community was
saying but what our own producers were saying.”
Hightower explained.
"When a guy with the suture and experience
of David Eller (chairman of the Granada Corp.,
an international beef producer) was not only will
ing — but actually tnought it imporunt — to
come forward and make a sutement ... it be
came clear to me we were on the right trail.” he
said.
Hightower said U.S. cattlemen had legitimate
fears about the growth hormone issue, adding
that Texas agricultural ofFicials sought to em
phasize that there is no scientific evidence that
the hormones do any harm to humans.
" There was genuine concern by the catde in
dustry that this could generate a widespread
health panic or something," he said. “So we took
special precautions to make clear we weren't rais
ing a health issue, we were raising a market issue.
We're talking about giving customers what they
want.”
Houston woman charged
with murder of husband
HOUSTON (AP)WA woman
who>r«je«ulv cheikcai hWselt into
a private psychiatric facility has
been charged with capital murder
in the stabbing of her husband,
authorities said.
Carol Diane Jebbia, 35. is ac
cused of helping kill her hus
band. whose death provided a
substantial insurance policy. Har
ris County SherifFs investigators
said.
She was arrested early Sundav
at a psychiatric facility in the pres
ence of her lawyer, famed de
fense attorney Richard "Race
horse” Haynes. Jebbia and two
other people have been charged
with capital murder for remuner
ation in the Dec. 21 fatal stabbing
of Carl Jebbia, 43, a telephone
company supervisor who was
found slain in his home.
On Monday, a bond hearing
for Jebbia was postponed until
Friday. She and the other two re
mained in the Harris County Jail
without bond. «•
SherifFs homicide detectives
said several insurance policies for
a “considerable sum" were
drafted in Jebbia's name eight
months before his death and
named his wife as sole benefi
ciary. Detective Max Cox de
clined to reveal the policies'
worth.
Jebbia has not collected on
them, Lt. Ralph Smith said.
According to documents Filed
with the charges. Jebbia allegedly
got Shirley Ann Agonsi, 43, of
Beaumont, her former live-in
maid and friend, to hire someone
to carry out the murder for an
unspeciFied amount of jewelry.
Although authorities believe
Jebbia wanted Agonsi to act as a
go-between, the two women are
accused of killing the man them
selves.
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Mexican bank encourages
establishment of ‘twin plants’
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP)
— Mexican manufacturers would be
encouraged to become major sup
pliers to twin manufacturing plants
under arf agreement signed by Jua
rez businesSJef and thF head of a gov
ernment bank.
Nacional Financiera, a state-run
bank, will establish “clear and expe
dient” credit policies for small busi
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services to twin plants in Mexico,
Juan Jose Paramo, the bank's na
tional director, said.
The agreement, signed Saturdav,
will allow Mexican businesses to
E roFit from the twin-plant, or maqui-
dora, industry, Paramo said.
Under the maquiladora concept,
companies from the United States
and other foreign countries ship
components to Mexico, where they
are assembled by low-paid laborers.
The Finished products are then
shipped back to the home country,
ana tariffs are paid only on the value
added instead of the total value of
the product.
With about 125,000 twin-plant
employees, Juarez accounts for
more than one-third of Mexico's ma
quiladora workforce.
The Mexican government has
been trying to boost the domestic
content of goods made in maquila
doras. Right now, well less than 10
percent of components in maquila
dora-made goods come from Mexi
can suppliers.
Nacional Financiera “encourages
the rise of a competitive domestic
market of services to supply the spe
cialized demands of twin plants,"
Paramo said.
The bank will provide Financial
advisers and promote related serv
ices to Mexican businesses, he said.
The agreement establishes a part
nership between Juarez Economic
Development, a quasi-private indus
try council, and Nacional Financiera
in which the partners will promote
Mexican products at foreign-trade
shows.
Jaime Serra Puche, Mexico’s min
ister of trade and economic devel
opment. said it is in Mexico’s best in
terest to produce and supply
domestic goods as a way to reduce
imports.
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