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Klevenhagen testified in U.S. District Judge James DeAnda’s court on a motion filed by an inmates’ attor ney that seeks the release of up to 500 misdemeanor of fenders from the jail. Attorney James Oitzinger, who represents inmates in an ongoing lawsuit, filed the motion Monday seeking emergency relief from overcrowded conditions that may contribute to the illness, nicknamed the “jail dis ease.” DeAnda, citing the seriousness of the situation, said he planned to issue a decision quickly on the request. Oitzinger said he expected the hearing to continue Wednesday, when a ruling may be issued. Testimony Tuesday afternoon centered on the medi cal care given to the five jail inmates who died earlier this year. Their cases were unrelated to the current ill nesses, but were discussed as part of the ongoing law suit filed by the inmates. Klevenhagen opposed the early releases of the mis demeanor offenders, insisting the recent illnesses have “not been caused by overcrowding in the jqil.” The jail, designed to house 4,200 inmates, now has about 8,300 inmates. Oitzinger’s motion also seeks to isolate those at risk of contracting the bacterial infection. Jail officials, how ever, have not identified any common source for the bacteria in the jail. Late last week, the bacterial infection killed two jail inmates. Both Ricky LaBreck, 30, and Rene Antonio Fuentes, 21, had had their spleens removed, and doc tors said that left them more susceptible to the infec tion. Eighteen inmates, including the two who died, have been treated at Ben Taub Hospital, and cultures have indicated the presence of the pneumococcus bacteria in five of them, said Mark Canfield, chief of epidemiology with the Harris County Health Department. The others have various flu-like symptoms that may be possible early signs of the infection, said Nora Shire, spokeswoman for Ben Taub. They also may be sick with the flu or some other type of mild infection. House OKs compromise spending bill including funding for super collider WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Tuesday approved a com promise $18.6 billion spending bill (that includes money to break 'ground on a $5 billion supercon- |;ducting super collider physics re- 'search center in Texas. The energy and water projects ap propriations bill for fiscal 1990 also |indudes $636 million — four times the amount allocated for this year — Ifor environmental clean-ups at the nation’s nuclear weapons plants. The compromise between earlier IHouse and Senate versions of the bill vas approved by the House 391-27. tnate action sending the measure to the president’s desk was expected later in the week. The super collider, a 53-mile un derground loop to be constructed 25 liles south of Dallas, would get $225 million under the compromise. President Bush had asked for ■250 million for the project in his ftdopted home state. The House had Rut the request to $200 million after gritics called the science project an || expensive toy.” The collider would be the most werful and advanced facility in e world for examining subatomic >articles. Physicists hope to use the nachine to duplicate on a an infini- esimally small scale the conditions - P ( ment of creation of the universe, and thus answer the most basic ques tion: What is matter? The super collider is just one of many projects in the bill dear to law makers seeking federal spending in their home states. Construction would begin on some three dozen new flood control and navigation projects, more than three times what the White House requested. However, the bill cuts to tal spending on water projects by 2 percent from the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. The $636 million for nuclear pro duction plant clean-ups is part of $9.7 billion provided for the Energy Department’s atomic weapons pro gram. Child claims parents abandoned him after trip to ‘Biggest Party’ SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An 8- year-old boy who prosecutors say was abandoned by his parents after they attended “The Biggest Party in History” has been turned over to a social service agency. The youngster, his mother, step father and 5-year-old brother came from Garland to attend the party Sept. 2 at HemisFair Park, said As sistant District Attorney Richard Garcia, representing the Texas De partment of Human Services. The parents stopped their truck about 1 a.m. on Sept. 3 and put the child out of the vehicle, Garcia said. “They were driving on 1-35 at New Braunfels Avenue when they abandoned the 8-year-old at a gas station,” the prosecutor said. On Sept. 5, the parents returned to San Antonio attempting to get the boy back, claiming he was left be hind by accident, Garcia said. On Monday, state District Judge Tom Rickhoff gave the Texas De partment of Human Services six months’ custody of the 8-year-old and his 5-year-old brother pending a complete investigation. The Book Collector of the Night Contest rules and entry forms are available in the Sterling C. Evans Library. 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