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Richards claims opponent avoids
issues relevant to state, campaign
AUSTIN (AP) — Democratic gu
bernatorial candidate Ann Richards
said Wednesday that allegations she
used illegal drugs more than 10
years ago are irrelevant and accused
her opponent, Attorney General Jim
Mattox, of refusing to talk about is
sues important to the state.
Kelly Fero, a campaign spokes
man for Mattox, saicf the attorney
general welcomes the opportunity to
debate Richards on the issues and
cited Tuesday’s televised debate in
Dallas which Richards bypassed.
“He stood in front of the firing
line,” Kelly said. “Where was Ann?”
Richards said she did not attend
because of a previous commitment
for an Austin fund-raising event
which conflicted with the debate.
The two candidates, who meet in
an April 10 runoff election, agreed
on one issue: Despite their avowed
opposition to apartheid they will not
return large contributions from a
contractor who is purchasing steel
from South Africa in a state-funded
bridge project.
James D. Pitcock Jr., president of
Houston-based Williams Brothers
Construction Co. has donated
$25,000 to Richards’ campaign and
$15,000 to Mattox.
“He’s been a very good friend to
me, and I like him very much,” Rich
ards said. “He’s a nice man. We
should do whatever we can do to
bring about economic sanctions for
South Africa.”
Fero said that before Mattox ac
cepted the contribution, Pitcock as
sured him the money was not related
to his business dealings with South
Africa.
After voting absentee at Justice of
the Peace Precinct 1, Richards crit
icized Mattox, who during the tele
vised “debate” said he has signed
statements from several people who
said they saw Richards use illegal
drugs.
“He doesn’t deserve my attention
or my response,” she said.
“Every day it’s a new rumor, it’s a
new allegation, it’s a new charge or
it’s a nasty television spot,” Richards
said.
Richards, a recovering alcoholic,
has refused to answer yes or no to
the question of whether she ever
used an illegal drug.
She has repeatedly said that she
has not had an alcoholic drink or
taken a mood-altering drug in the
past 10 years.
“I think it is totally irrelevant,”
Richards said. “No one has ques
tioned that I have been the best state
treasurer in the state of Texas. I
have carried out my duties above re
proach.”
Fero said the drug question is im
portant because if Richards used!,
gal drugs while a public official,si
was breaking the law she had swot;
to uphold.
Fero said Mattox would not a
lease t he names of those who sign;;
the statements alleging they sat
Richards use drugs, because thepei?
pie have requested confidentiality,
In another political development
• Democratic State Treasutt;
candidate Nikki Van Hightowersan
her runoff opponent, San Sal,
County Judge Tom Bowden, has;
history of fiscal mismanagement[9
the county.
Van Hightower, the Marti
County Treasurer, cited a newsp;.
per article that quoted Bowden a
saying, “After this year I willnotbf ;
county judge and 1 will recommet;
the court raise taxes each yearl
seven percent.
Republican abortion plan draws criticism
AUSTIN (AP) — The tradition
ally anti-abortion state Republican
Party on Wednesday said aoortions
should be allowed in some instances,
drawing fire from some Democrats
and pro-choice advocates who called
the stand a political ploy.
“This plan puts our words into ac
tion and our philosophical principles
into concrete legislative proposals,”
said state GOP Chairman Fred
Meyer.
But critics called the “legislative
action plan” a smokescreen to cloud
the anti-abortion stands of two top-
of-the-ticket Republicans, Sen. Phil
Gramm and gubernatorial nominee
Clayton Williams.
“They only believe in abortion if
the campaign of their candidate is in
danger,” said state Sen. Hugh
Parmer, D-Fort Worth, who is chal
lenging Gramm in the November
general election.
“We certainly welcome any intent
on behalf of the Republican Party to
better represent pro-choice Republi
cans, but this is an effort to keep the
debate off the fundamental ques
tion, which is, who makes these per
sonal decisions, women or poli
ticians?” said Phyllis Dunham,
executive director of the Texas
Abortion Rights Action League.
Meyer said the plan, which would
set an abortion deadline up to 20
weeks after pregnancy, would be
supported by Republican candidates
Court order
halts sauce
distribution
FORT WORTH (AP) — Some
folks claim sauce is sauce, but the
barbecue sauce at Stagecoach
Bar-B-Q is enough like the sauce
at the Spring Creek Barbecue
that a judge has ordered Stage
coach to stop serving it.
The temporary order also puts
Londell Fisher, newly of the
Stagecoach, out of work for a
while, because Fisher, the former
manager at Spring Creek, prom
ised he wouldn’t compete with his
former employer for three years.
Fisher left Spring Creek in De
cember to work at the Stage
coach, which is owned by his un
cles. Spring Creek filed suit
shortly afterward, claiming
Fisher took Spring Creek’s secret
barbecue sauce with him when he
left, a violation of the non-com-
pete contract he signed when he
joined Spring Creek.
Stage Coach countered that its
barbecue sauce was similar but
not the same.
tion, was involved in composing tit
plan. “I believe that he does suppor
it,” Meyer said.
No one answered the telephois
late Wednesday afternoon i\
Gramm’s Washingtqn office.
Parmer said even if Grantt
agrees to the plan, he can’t hidt
from his record. He said Gramm hat
co-sponsored five constitution^
amendments that would ban abot
tion even in cases of rape or incest
Under the state GOP proposal
women would be allowed to havear,
abortion before the fetus is 20 week
old.
After 20 weeks, medical test!
would he required to determineil
the fetus could live outside tit
mother’s womb. If so, a woman
could only get an abortion if herltt
would otherwise he in danger.
The plan also calls for a prohibi
tion on abortions that are based on
the sex of the fetus, and requirinj
parental consent before an abortion
can be performed on a minor.
Other provisions would increas
criminal penalties against a petsoi
who harms an unborn child througi
assault of the mother; require tn
lor the next lour years. constitutional ban on abortion. abortions be performed in sal;
He denied the plan contradicts Meyer said Gramm, who has been clean facilities; and requireaborti
the GOP state platlorm to work for a under fire from Parmer over abor- ists to be licensed by the state.
Syndication war unresolved
between Dallas newspapers
Anti-abortion activist
faces trespassing trial
for Austin clinic protest
AUSTIN (AP) — A tresr
trial has begun for anti-abortion
activist Rex Moses, who was ar
rested last May during a demon
stration at an Austin abortion
clinic.
The trial before Travis County
Court-at-Law Judge Wilford
Flowers is in connection with a
May 6, 1989, demonstration at
which members of Moses’ Austin
Rescue organization blocked en
try to the Reproductive Services
clinic in Austin.
Moses founded Body of Christ
Rescue in Corpus Christi last
year. Moses’ organization pre
viously was based in Austin under
the name Austin Rescue.
Moses also faces three other
criminal complaints in connection
with protests staged by Austin
Rescue in 1988 and 1989.
In opening statements and tes
timony Tuesday, defense attor
ney Richard Munzinger tried to
raise questions about whether
Moses was within earshot of po
lice and clinic managers who ad
vised demonstrators to leave the
property.
Assistant County Attorney
Kate Kelley-Miller showed tele
vision news footage of a demon
stration in which an Austin police
officer used a megaphone to ad
vise hymn-singing demonstrators
they were trespassing and would
be arrested if they did not dis
perse.
HOUSTON (AP) — The publisher of the Dallas
Times Herald testified Wednesday that the paper lost
thousands of readers and advertising strength when the
rival Dallas Morning News struck a deal for 26 syndi
cated columns and comics that had appeared in the
Times Herald for years.
Publisher John Buzzetta was the first witness in the
Times Herald’s $33 million anti-trust suit against the
Dallas Morning News over transfer of the Universal
Press Syndicate columns.
After the Morning News’ parent company, A.H. Belo
Corp. formed a joint venture with the Kansas City-
based syndicate last year, UPS canceled the Times
Herald’s contract for the features.
“I was shocked,” Buzzetta testified Wednesday, ref
erring to the cancellation notice. “I’d never seen some
thing like this happen.
“Here, in one fell swoop, I was going to lose some of
the best features this newspaper had published for
years and years. I thought I was going to have some se
rious losses.”
Buzzetta tallied the circulation losses at 9,000 to
10,000 daily readers and more than 15,000 on Sunday.
The Times Herald had been posting increases in cir
culation before Universal Press canceled the features,
said Buzzetta, who bought the paper in 1988.
But afterward the paper began to lose “loyal readers”
faithful to such features as Dear Abby, Erma Bombeck
and Doonesbury, which were moved to the Morning
News.
“If you lose features, it means you lose some real'
loyal readers, and circulation goes down,” he said.
If circulation declines, advertising follows, he said
The newspaper gets 90 percent of its revenue froraad
vertising sales and 10 percent from newspaper sales,
Court documents indicate the Morning Newsattraci;
60 percent of the circulation and newspaper advertisinf
in Dallas.
Buzzetta said a newspaper economist hired by tit
Times Herald quantified the damage of losing the fea
lures at $33 million.
The Times Herald also is seeking unspecified puni
live damages from Belo and the Morning News.
In opening statements, Morning News attorney
maintained the Times Herald has made circulation
gains since losing the features.
Buzzetta said some of the circulation losses werere
couped through special promotions, particularly a lot
tery. But he said the promotions have been expemivt
— costing $1.5 million so far — and do not have tit
same lasting power to attract and keep “loyal readers
that features have.
The 'Limes Herald attorneys said they will try to
prove the Morning News conspired to lure the feature
from the Times Herald in hopes of destroying newspa
per competition in the Dallas market.
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