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Attorneys as{
for review,
execution stal
HUNTSVILLE (AP)-l t |
U.S. Circuit Court of I
Tuesday was considering wfieikj
halt the scheduled executionj
this week of a Texas prisoni
convicted of a 1983 killingin(
Christi.
Carlos DeLuna, 27, faced I
injection before dawn Thursdul
the robbery-slaying of 24-yeal
We’re arguing they
can decide the issues
without having to staytliei
execution.” „ ,
— Bill Zapal;
assist!
attorney gen
Wanda Jean Lopez, a services
clerk.
State attorneys have askedilitj
peals court to review the case*
out issuing an immediate stay.
“We’re arguing they cam
die issues without havingtostasj
execution,” Bill Zapalac, anassisa
attorney general, said Tues
“They have plenty of time toreal
sues and make a decision."
Attorneys for DeLuna arei
ing their client had a historyotaj
hoi and drug abuse and them
his trial was not allowed to cons
that before sentencing himtodol
Zapalac, however, saidadeia
motion objecting to the jury’s fail
to consider the mitigating cirt
stances was withdrawn at thelrall
"Our position on all of thisiil
can’t r eally challenge the ap
of the statute if he didn't prs
mitigating evidence," he said.
“They withdrew the inolion.l
sume that’s because there wail
mitigating evidence.”
Lopez was stabbed to death
cues after she phoned policeandj
tempted to describe her assaibij
an emergency dispatcher.
DeLuna has insisted anotherp
son committed the crime buthasil
fused to elaborate.
Dallas reporter
in El Salvador
returns home
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas jour
nalist reported missing from El Sal
vador last week was on the trail of a
story when he disappeared, the ra
dio network’s president said Tues
day.
Cadena Radio Centro manager
and reporter Sal Valdez, 44, who
had been missing since Nov. 28,
phoned network president Barrett
Alley Monday night from Guate
mala.
“He told me that he was following
a story and that he didn’t want to ex
plain it on the phone, that he wanted
to explain it to me in person,” Alley
said Tuesday.
Valdez was scheduled to fly into
Dallas-Fort Worth International Air
port Tuesday afternoon on a Conti
nental flight. Alley said.
The Dallas-based Spanish-lan-
guage radio network had dispatched
Valdez to El Salvador on Nov. 25 to
monitor the latest outbreak in that
nation’s civil war for the network’s
Salvadoran listeners. Alley said.
Cadena Radio Centro News Di
rector Gilberto Cortez had said ear
lier that Valdez was expected to re
turn Monday night, but his flight out
of Guatemala was overbooked.
About 60 members of Hispanic
groups conducted a vigil in front of
Dallas City Hall Monday night. The
groups had planned the vigil after
Valdez was reported missing.
School fund plan unveile
Clements criticized for not addressing issue
AUSTIN (AP) — Several lawmak
ers Tuesday unveiled a $5.6 billion,
three-year plan to reform public
school finances and blasted Gov. Bill
Clements for failing to allow the
Legislature to start work on the issue
immediately.
“Ed like to address the issue right
now,” said Sen. Hector Uribe, D-
Brownsville, an author of the fi
nance proposal. “I think we’ve
waited long enough.”
Uribe said school districts need to
know soon how much money they
will be receiving so they can plan for
the 1990-91 school year. He noted
that lawmakers have failed in more
than 1 1 months to reform workers’
compensation, and that was Clem
ents’ top priority.
“If this Legislature takes as long to
deal with public school finance as it
has with workers’ comp, we will cer
tainly be in a chaotic situation,” the
senator said.
The Texas Supreme Court, vot
ing 9-0, in October ruled the state
system of funding public schools un
constitutional and gave the Legis
lature a May 1 deadline to wiite a
new plan.
Clements has decided not to con
vene lawmakers on school finance
until March or April, saying he first
wants a study to recommend a solu
tion. A special committee started
looking at the issue late last month.
But the lawmakers said the infor
mation already is available.
“The fact is, we have researched
this thing long enough,” said Rep.
Gregory Luna, D-San Antonio,
House sponsor of the new plan. “It is
time to act. We’ve heard from every
expert imaginable. We need to act.”
“Nothing has been more damag
ing than Gov. Clements’ delay on
this issue,” added Sen. Carlos
Truan, D-Corpus Christi.
Truan said Clements’ record on
school finance, including his support
for a constitutional amendment to
legalize the current system, has been
damaging.
“That is a horrible record which I
predict will forever condemn the le
gacy of the Clements administration
to the dustbin of history, just as the
existing system of school finance has
condemned so many hundreds of
thousands of Texas school students
to an inferior education,” Truan
said.
In a separate interview with the
Associateu Press, Attorney General
Jim Mattox also called for quick ac
tion.
“T he govA nor has absolute!'
to call a session for the Legislatun
deal with school finance before
March or April time frame one
never going to get it done," Mall
a Democratic candidate for (jr
nor, said.
“And he needs to go on am
state lottery on the (legist'
agenda) now ... so we can gel
$500 million to $700 million wen
for school finance without hav
tax increase,” Mattox said.
I he governor’s press secretij
Rossanna Salazar, said Clements|
mains convinced that the Legisl
will have enough time if he call
school finance special session!
March or April.
“Gov. Clements is addressing
issue with the best intentions,”!
zar said.
“He firmly believes that the
lature will have plenty of time in
spring to resolve the questionof
cation reform. Let me just point
again, that in its ruling the Suprt
Court said a plan must beinplaft
May Lit didnt’ say that funding
to be in place by May 1,” she said
Mail
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year’s writing campaign, which col
lected 101 letters. Hopkins, special
programs chairman of Clements
Hall, said that the “Mail Call!” pro
gram is a good way to spread the
holiday spirit.
“I know it can be very lonely when
you’re away from home, especially at
Christmas,” Hopkins, an avid letter
writer, said. “Writing letters is a pre
tty simple way to show your appre
ciation.”
Last year, Hopkins sent seven let
ters and received one response from
a Longview man who was returning
from Taiwan.
“It was great to get a response
back,” she said. “He said he appre
ciated the fact that someone remem
bered him.”
Last year, under the organization
of Jennifer Leedom, Clements Hall
was awarded the National Residence
Hall Honorary for its 233 written
letters. An additional 63 letters were
collected from students by Omega
Phi Alpha’s Deborah Cook.
“Mail Call!” has grown steadily
since it began. Cards and letters are
sent to more than 900 units and ac
tivities, reaching 40 states and all
four corners of the globe.
Founded by Lee Spencer, the pro
gram was inspired by a similar mail
program known as “Vietnam Mail
Call.”
Spencer sent several Christmas
cards and letters through it for four
years and received many apprecia
tive responses. As the Vietnam War
wound down, it was suggested that
the program be renamed and ex
panded worldwide.
Because no one made an effort to
rename the Vietnam program,
Spencer began planning a replace
ment activity, and “Mail Call!” was
born.
Before the program was fully un
derway, Spencer was employed in
civil service in Washington, D.C. Af
ter two years of working overtime
hours to support “Mail Call!”, he re
turned to the railroad industry,
which allowed him to devote more
time to the prograirf
The deadline for Christmas let
ters was Friday. However, students
are encouraged to participate in the
Valentine’s Day “Mail Call!”. Any
one interested should write to:
MAIL CALL!, Box 988, St. Robert,
MO, 65583. The deadline for Valen
tine’s Day letters is Feb. 1, 1990.
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