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Texas Avenue, Bryan 822-0200 DON’T PAY AN UNNECESSARY DEDUCTIBLE WE’LL HELP YOU IE WE CAN Page 4 The Battalion Tuesday, October 24, Group defends U.S. Customs official accused of smuggling food, antiques BROWNSVILLE (AP) — The head of a non profit community group says a top U.S. Customs official accused of smuggling was actually trying to help the group raise money when he allowed antiques, food and liquor to be brought into the United States from Mexico. The items were used at a fund-raising dinner for the Mr. Amigo Association, a group that tries to promote goodwill and friendship between the U.S. and Mexico, Ralph Cowen, a former presi dent of the group, said. Cowen is spearheading an effort to get the smuggling charges against Fernando Macias dropped. Macias was arrested Friday and released on $200,000 bond after being charged in a nine- count indictment. Macias, the port director at Brownsville, directs Customs activities for the two bridges linking Brownsville and Mexico. He faces 43 years in prison and more than $2 million in fines — plus the loss of his job — if convicted. He also could be suspended before the trial. “This is not the way you repay somebody for community service,” said Cowen, who added he and others active in the community believe Ma cias is facing a “railroad job.” The indictment accused Macias of allowing saddles, food and liquor to enter the country last Dec. 7 without adequate inspection or duty pay ments. Cowen says Macias was helping the Mr. Amigo Association with a dinner to raise money to bring in a prominent Mexican figure for Brownsville’s “X I here really wasn’t any monetary gain for anybody, except the association.” — Rachel Torres, Chamber of Commerce official annual “Charro Days” festival in February. The Charro Days festivities were threatened by a defi cit in the organization. The dinner, “Taste of La Frontera” on Dec. 7, was a last-ditch attempt to rescue the February event from cancellation. Macias contacted restaurant owners in the neighboring border city of Matamoros, Mexico, who agreed to contribute food and drinks for the $15-a-plate fund-raiser, Cowen said. Brownsville restaurants also contributed. The owner of one Matamoros restaurant., donated some antique Mexican saddles. “charro” (cowboy) clothing as decorationsfoi; dinner at the city’s Friendship Gardens pa\i The items, Cowen said, were returned to)|; amoros that same night after the dinnerende- Macias is accused in the first three con® the indictment of allowing the saddles andc ing into the country without proper inspectic payment of bonds and duties. Cowen said the cooked food the Mata® restaurants donated for the dinner was dect: by the drivers crossing the bridge, as were nine bottles of liquor for a margarita fount and that state taxes were paid. But the quantity of liquor involved alsomati: subject to federal duties, and the food wasi properly ipspected, according to the indictmt: Rachel Torres, office manager with t Brownsville Chamber of Commerce and ap president of the Mr. Amigo Association, saidt cias’ involvement in organizing the dim helped bring the association out of debt. “There really wasn’t any monetary gain ji anybody, except the association,” Torres said Steve Bosio, executive vice president of4 chamber, added, “I feel that it’s unbelievable it: someone working with a civic group wouldrj into this type of problem with a civic project. Houston missionary woman dies in Honduras plane crash HOUSTON (AP) — The parents of a Houston woman flew to Hondu ras after being told that their daugh ter was on a Boeing 727 jet that crashed Saturday. Mary Carla Weaver, 42, a mission ary and member of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Hous ton, was traveling to Houston to visit her parents when the TAN-SAHSA Boeing 727-200jet crashed Saturday on approach on the last leg of a flight from San Jose, Costa Rica, with a stop in Managua, Nicaragua. Of the 146 people on board, 131 died. Weaver was among the crash’s fatalities identified by the State De partment in Washington. The U.S. Embassy in Honduras said that 15 Americans were on board the flight. Officials in Wash ington withheld two names pending notification of families. Weaver’s parents flew to Teguci- course, they were in shock. They are great people of great faith and they are trying to sort all this out and get information.” — Rev. James Moore galpa Sunday, the Rev. James Moore, senior minister of St. Luke’s said. Study says U.S. children make more, save more “Of course, they were in shock,” Moore said of Carnes and Lorraine Weaver. “They are great people of great faith and they are trying to sort all this out and get information.” Moore said the parents still held out hope because there were reports of an American woman survivor. However, the U.S. Embassy in Hon duras confirmed the female survivor was not Weaver. Embassy officials declined to iden tify that survivor because family members had not signed a privacy act waiver. But a New Orleans man said the survivor is his sister. Bill Browning said Sunday that his sister, Lea Browning, 35, a Wash ington, D.C., attorney visiting Nica ragua to conduct a poll on the coun try’s upcoming election, was listed in critical condition in a Honduras hos pital. FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS Juniors and Juniorettes are mak ing the big bucks, and more of what they’re making is getting into their piggybanks. A study by Texas A&M University shows that children are making more and saving more of what they’re making —about 30 percent of their average weekly income. That income, for children be tween the ages of 4 and 12, averages about $4.42 cents a week, Dr. James McNeal, professor of marketing, said. Of that, children are putting aside about $1.35, either in their piggy- banks or in financial institutions. That savings rate is up from 10 per cent in 1984, McNeal said. allowances. That’s up 50 percent from 1984. The other 40 percent comes from gifts, household chores and odd jobs. “Parents appear to be encourag ing their children even more to reach consumer maturity as soon as possible. . .,” McNeal said. “Parents appear to be encourag ing their children even more to reach consumer maturity as soon as possible by giving them a guar anteed income of sorts with which to practice,” McNeal said. Based on the parents’ reports in the study, the savings are primarily intended to be used for major pur chases. Browning flew out of Houston’s Intercontinental Airport Sunday af ternoon for Tegucigalpa. Weaver moved to Costa Rica in the early 1980s. She was aboard the TAN-SAHSA flight on a trip to Houston to visit her family. Before going to Costa Rica, Weaver worked in Houston for Pen- nzoil Co. In her last job, she was in charge of the company’s charity pro gram. In Costa Rica, she started a busi ness, Exitex, that produced low-cost, nutritious meals based on soybeans. “It’s a business venture, and it’s ul timately only going to succeed if it’s profitable, but I’ve been able to give some food away and also provide jobs to people who really needed it,” Weaver told the Houston Chronicle in an 1986 interview. Ann Nicosia, a friend of Weaver, said Exitex is still operating in San Jose, Costa Rica, and has been doing well enough to expand production. Deadly cast Li worries tow Doctors try to halt illness that killedb( ROTAN (AP) — More ill 300 children and about 20adij have received antibiotics to f vent the spread of a rareforal meningitis that suddenly kill 5-year-old boy this weekend. No new cases have been ported since the death Sundai I Michael McDonald, County Hospital nursingdirerl Barbara Patterson said M But, she said, “We’ll watch«• ery sick kid that comes in a 1 closer, for a long time.” Hospitals in several Texas a ies rushed antibiotics to Fisll County for the mass inoculati:] after the boy’s illness was < ered. Rotan is northwest of/I lene and, has a populadc about 2,000. Michael McDonald atten(!:| kindergarten classes Friday: became ill later that nighl. rl died Sunday at Cook-Fort Woif Children’s Medical Center,wlff he was transferred after I into a coma at Fisher Cornij Hospital. Hospital officials decided I give antibiotics to children« might have been in contaci J the boy. There were about 2li| the kindergarten class and otk ranged in age up to 10. The antibiotic doses foru| adults and other children net started after Michael slipped.!: a coma and was transferred, F:| terson said. Fisher County Hospital ha night nurse Lavonia Leesaidi deadly disease is highly coiffll gious and usually strikes quiet? CARLOS’ PAINT & BODY SHOP Body Repair Complete Paint Jobs Match your car’s Paint The increase in savings is in part a result of parents encouraging their children to be more self-sufficient, he said. But the overall numbers are at tracting the attention of bankers. On a national basis, McNeal estimates that children are making $8.6 bil lion, spending slightly over $6 billion and salting away the rest. “There are attractive new figures to businesses that produce and sell to children,” he said, “but it’s the bank ers that should be taking notice, and they are.” McNeal said banks in Denver and New York have opened to exclu sively serve children. Other banks have introduced special facilities for children, such as their own teller window and savings accounts. At least one U.S. bank goes to el ementary schools to make it easier for children to conduct their bank ing business. It’s not all simple interest on a passbook savings account, either, McNeal said. Some parents report that their older children — 10 and 12 years old — are investing in secu rities. NcNeal’s study shows that chil dren’s income has increased 46 per cent during the past 5 years, or about 9 percent annually. Almost 60 percent of their money comes from Senate works to satisfy court Committee recommends $1 billion for educatior: AUSTIN (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Educa tion Committee said Monday an appropriation of an additional $1 billion for public schools in 1990 would represent a “good faith” effort that the Legislature is trying to comply with a recent Texas Supreme Court ruling. The court ruled 9-0 that Texas’ current school fi nance system is unconstitutional because of large dis parities in funding for students in low- and high-wealth districts. Following that ruling. Gov. Bill Clements announced that a special task force would be appointed to devise a finance plan to meet the constitutional test for an “effi cient” finance system. On Monday, the House Public Education Committee reviewed the court opinion. Senate education chairman Carl Parker made a brief appearance and talked to re porters. “I think to show good faith ... a billion dollars is about the most the system can assimilate right now, and use,” Parker said. Parker, D-Port Arthur, said he would lay out a school finance bill Nov. 14, which would be heard by his Sen ate committee Nov. 15. A special legislative session convenes Nov. 14, but Clements said school finance would be considered in another special session next spring. Austin lawyer Will Davis, chairman of the School Fi nance Committee of the State Board of Education,' his committee would meet Nov. 3, and the educsj board would make its recommendations in Januar j February. Davis and Parker mentioned the possibility ofl 6i I think to show good faith a billioi dollars is about the most the system ca'j assimilate right now, and use.” — Carl Parle: [ Senate education clis i Legislature adopting a finance system in which s districts would be guaranteed so much state mone l student if the district achieved a certain local pro;; tax rate set by legislators. “The answers have been pretty well known as to' to make the system efficient, suitable, equitable.: Davis said. “What we’ve lacked is not the answers-! the political will to do it.” Free Estimates 90 Day Warranty Domestic and Foreign Cars accepted AM/PM Clinics CLINICS Minor Emergencies General Medical Care Weight Reduction Program 3216 Doerge Street Bryan. Tx. 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