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Page 4
The Battalion
Tuesday, June 13,1989
Dallas Democrat
seeks leadership
seat in House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.
Martin Frost said Monday he has
taken the lead in a four-way race for
a House leadership seat that will
only open up through a still uncer
tain chain of events.
Frost, however, is taking no
chances and says he has personally
contacted all but about 10 of the
House’s 263 Democrats as he pur
sues a slot on the lower rungs of the
elected House Democratic lead
ership ladder.
“My sense is that of the four can
didates in the race I’m ahead in this
race,” the Dallas Democrat said. “My
sense is that I have a good level of
support, more than any of the other
candidates.”
Frost could know as early as
Wednesday if there actually will be a
race for the seat he is seeking — vice
chairman of the House Democratic
Caucus.
For there to be an opening, Rep.
Bill Gray of Pennsylvania, the Dem
ocratic Caucus chairman, would
have to be elected Democratic whip,
and Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland,
now the caucus vice chairman,
would have to be elected to Gray’s
old seat.
Elections for House majority
leader and whip will be decided
Wednesday. Elections for caucus
chair and vice chairman won’t be
scheduled unless Gray wins; if he
loses, Gray and Hoyer would keep
their current seats.
But Frost said it looks like there’s
a good chance that the vice chairman
seat will open up. In the race with
Frost are Marcy Kaptur of Ohio,
Richard Durbin of Illinois, and Vic
Fazio of California.
Although he would not name spe
cific states, Frost said: “I’ve talked to
virtually everyone in the entire cau-
Tuesday
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“You’re dealing with a guy who
has a lot of strengths,” said Norm
Ornstein, resident scholar of the
American Enterprise Institute, a
public policy research organization.
“I would certainly assess Martin’s
chances as good.”
Ornstein and Rep. Michael An
drews, a Houston Democrat, agreed
however, that there has not been
much focus in the House on the race
for caucus vice chairman. It was only
last week that Jim Wright of Fort
Worth, reeling from an ethics inves
tigation, handed over the speaker’s
gavel to Rep. Tom Foley of Wash
ington.
“I think it’s a race that may not oc
cur, and most members don’t want
to commit at such an early time,”
Andrews said. “Most people would
rather not have to focus on it. Pa
generally don’t like to voteuntiltli h
have to vote, and in this case,mi;
not even have to vote.”
Ornstein said that while Pros
seen as a Wright loyalist, he also
ties to the- “younger, more mi
tream, more northern wing of:
party.”
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role in party development and in
districting, and is considered*:
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Frost has built a reputation as
House insider.
Rash of child shootings sparks
uproar in Florida Legislature
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A rash of accidental
shootings involving children playing with guns at home
has Florida legislators clamoring for a special session to
pass laws punishing adults who leave weapons within
reach of kids.
Five such shootings since June 1 have killed two chil
dren and left one near death Monday.
After the third shooting, Rep. Harry Jennings filed a
bill calling for prison terms for people who fail to keep
loaded guns out of the reach of children.
The measure had passed in the House during the re
cently completed regular session, but the Senate didn’t
take it up.
Gov. Bob Martinez this week is expected to call the
i Legislature into special session this summer or early
fall, mostly to deal with transportation matters.
Last week, the governor all but closed the door to
taking up the gun-safety bill before the 1990 session,
but on Monday he said he would discuss with legislative
leaders the possibility of including it in the special ses
sion.
“There’s been a series of tragic accidents here that
has the people of Florida very concerned,” Martinez
said.
“There’s nothing more tragic than to lose a child.
There’s nothing more tragic to lose one by virtue of an
accident that never should have occurred.”
Two children were killed and three others injured in
separate accidents last week as many Florida students
began summer vacation.
“Unfortunately, fully one-third of all shootings of
children occur during the summer months,” said Jen
nings.
No statewide statistics on such accidents are kept,
said Linda Booz, information specialist for the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement.
The latest shooting victim, 4-year-old Silvio Pierre,
was listed in very critical condition Monday at Tat
General Hospital. He had found his father’s .25cal!
pistol under a couch while playing Sunday, said
Gary Bradford.
Earlier this month, a 10-yelar-old Orlando bov-
killed by a playmate; an S-ye.afc-old Miramar gin
killed by her 13-year-old brother, who thought te |
ther’s gun was unloaded; a 4-year-old Orlandogir!
wounded in the neck when her 6-year-old broi
dropped a pistol, and a 9-year-old Tampa boy
wounded by his 13-year-old brother while they pi
with a handgun.
Under Jennings’ bill, leaving a firearm inaplact
cessible to a child would be a misdemeanor. Tht
fense would be a felony if the person who made the?
available was negligent and a child died or wasp#:
nently disfigured.
His bill, which borrows language from the s®
abandoned refrigerator law, would require thatgu® 1
secured with a trigger lock or kept in a locked i
tainer.
“It’s obvious that something must be done todettj
responsibility in the daily habits of those people
own guns and leave them around where children*
get their hands on them,” Jennings said.
The National Rifle Association would not oppose
bill if if were amended to exclude shootings involn
guns that are stolen from a home, but the assodati
spokesman in Florida said the law proposed wouM
meaningless.
“We see absolutely no need to put another law on 1
books that only duplicates laws that are alrea
books,” Marion Hammer said.
“We have laws on our books now that deal withd
endangerment, negligence, culpable negligence
criminal negligence, and there is recourse in the^
courts.”
Du Pont offers
cash for arrest
of oak poisoners
AUSTIN (AP) — The maker of
the herbicide used to poison the 600-
year-old Treaty Oak is offering
$10,000 for information leading to
the arrest of those responsible, a
company official said.
A Du Pont Corp. spokesman in
Houston said the company regretted
its product was used to harm the live
oak, an Austin landmark since the
city was founded in the 1800s.
“It was misused and we’re out
raged,” Pat Getter said. “We’re hop
ing the reward will help to flush out
the vandals. A lot of people know
about the tree, not just (those) in
Austin. This is a state treasure.”
The tree takes its name from a
story that Stephen F. Austin signed a
treaty with the Indians under its
branches. But the Handbook of
Texas says there is “little foundation
for this belief.”
The Texas Department of Agri
culture is investigating the poison
ing, and workers are trying to neu
tralize effects of the chemical.
Du Pont officials will announce
the reward Tuesday underneath the
tree, Getter said.
She said the herbicide used, Vel-
par, is made for industrial weed and
brush control in “non-crop areas.”
Retail Christmas tree-growers use it
to keep down underbrush. Velpar
can be bought without any special
permit, she said.
Austin diners save time
■
at downtown restaurants
by ‘faxing’ lunch orders
AUSTIN (AP) — Burger or
ders have been waiting their turn
with business papers at the fac
simile machine since several
downtown restaurants installed
the devices and began urging cus
tomers to “fax” in their lunch re
quests.
“It just seemed like it would be
the most efficient way to do
things in the restaurant,” Garrett
Finch of Iron Works Barbecue
said.
“It saves a lot of time, it’s cost
effective, it’s real accurate, and it
gets us off of the phone and into
the kitchen making orders,” he
said.
machine since opening at a ne'l
location about a month ago.
The Garden Spot coun 11 ®
among its customers workers I 1 #
the Ann Richards Committee. :!
campaign organization for t* if
state treasurer who announce
Saturday she will run forthego'W
ernor’s office.
The barbecue restaurant,
owned by Finch’s father, has had
a facsimile machine since last fall,
Finch said. The machine also is
used for letters and other busi
ness documents, he said.
“It’s become kind of a new,
popular thing. More and more
people are going to have them,
I’m sure,” Donald Polise, owner
of The Garden Spot, said. His
restaurant, which uses the slogan
FAXFOOD, has had a facsimile
Committee employees
convenient to simply pass an#
an order sheet obtained from
restaurant, Juan Barrientos,
fice manager, said. The inforff;
tion then is transmitted via i
facsimile machine.
“It prevents mistakes, and.'
you don’t have to waste time
the telephone, Barrientos said
But he said there’s one dr®
back.
“It’s a little regrettable that
don’t get to speak to a huntfj
he said.
But Scott Hentschel, oneofL i
owners of Waterloo Ice Hou^ |
said that’s also an advantage fJH
customers.
“You don’t have to deal#'
the person on the other end
the line,” he said.