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Pumpkin patch
propagates
bumper crop
DALLAS (AP) — A bumper crop
of Texas pumpkins is waiting to be
carved into Halloween jack-o’-lan-
terns, state agriculture officials say.
“We had a little better season this
year than we did last year,” agricul
tural extension agent Max Kemp
said Monday.
But retailers said the seasonal
popularity of pumpkin pie seems to
be waning.
“Most people do not buy a pump
kin to make a pie with. It’s a lot of
work to make a pumpkin pie” from
scratch, said Bud Godwin, produce
merchandiser for Cullum Compa
nies Inc.
Cullum’s Tom Thumb supermar
kets got their first pumpkin ship
ment last week, Godwin said.
The sale of frozen and canned
pumpkin also has decreased in the
past few years, Godwin said.
Most Texas pumpkins come from
areas where there was a prolonged
drought last year, Kemp said. He
also said the popularity of pumpkins
for ornamental use has increased in
the past few years.
“Everything was last minute. Now
people start decorating with pump
kins, ornamental corn and the like in
the first or second week in October,”
Godwin said.
Godwin said most Tom Thumb
stores reported selling about half of
their initial shipments of 700-800
jack-o’-lantern pumpkins per store.
Those average 20 pounds and sell
for $2.99, he said.
“You can’t size a pumpkin like you
do a watermelon,” Godwin said.
“Some can be pretty big and not
weigh a whole lot.”
The stores also are offering “baby
pumpkins” for 49 cents and Big
Mack pumpkins weighing 35-40
pounds and selling for $9.99, he
said.
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Government compensates
victims of nuclear testing
DALLAS (AF) — President
Bush signed a bill Monday autho
rizing payments of up to
$100,000 for people who may
have developed cancer from nu
clear testing or urg'^up) Joining
in Western states during the Cold
War.
“These payments fairly resolve
the claims of persons present at
the test site and of downwind res
idents, as well as claims of ura
nium miners,” Bush said in a
statement. He signed the mea
sure during a campaign trip here.
The United States conducted
more than 200 atomic tests in the
open air in both the South Pacific
and in Nevada.
“Atmospheric testing of atomic
devices — important to national
security during the darkest days
of the Cold War — ended in
1963” when the United States
signed and ratified the Limited
Test Ban Treaty, Bush said.
The bill authorizes $100 mil
lion for a Radiation Exposure
Trust Fund. Money for the fund
would have to be appropriated in
a separate bill.
The bill provides compensa
tion for people who developed
cancer in certain time periods
and:
• Spent one or two years, de
pending on their type of cancer,
in downwind areas of Nevada,
Arizona or Utah from nuclear
tests between 1951 and 1958, or
between June and July, 1962.
• Or mined uranium in Colo
rado, New Mexico, Arizona,
Wyoming or Utah from 1947 to
1971.
Uranium miners are entided to
payments of $100,000. Persons
exposed to radiation and who
contracted specific diseases would
be entitled to $50,000.
Bush outraged at Congress, Iraq
Ghastly atrocities’ spur U.S. reaction; no reprieve for Congress
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DALLAS (AP) — President Bush on Monday
condemned “ghastly atrocities” by Iraqi forces in
occupied Kuwait and warned Saddam Hussein
that, like Nazi officials after World War II, he
may face a war-crimes trial.
“Hitler revisited,” Bush said of Saddam. “But
remember, when Hitler’s war ended, there were
the Nuremberg trials.
“America will not stand aside, the world will
notallow the strong to swallow up the weak,” the
president said.
Bush leveled his warning as he opened a two-
day trip to boost Republican election hopes in
Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan.
The president combined bis attack against
Saddam with a blast at Congress for failing to en
act a S500 billion package of tax hikes and spend
ing cuts.
“The American people have every right to ex
pect more from their elected representatives,”
said Bush, picking up on a widespread mood of
public anger against elected officials.
The two conflicts — one in the Middle East
and the other on Capitol Hill — have become the
staples of Bush’s campaign appearances.
“Every day now', new word filters out about the
[hastly atrocities perpetrated by Saddam’s
orces,” Bush said at a fund-raising luncheon for
Clayton Williams.
Bush recounted stories of Kuwaiti babies being
“America will not stand aside,
the world will not allow the
strong to swallow up the
weak.”
— President George Bush
removed from incubators so the machines could
be sent to Baghad. Similarly, he said dialysis pa
tients were taken from their machines so the ma
chines could be used in Iraq.
In another instance, he said, two youngsters
who distributed leaflets were executed by Iraqi
forces as their parents were forced to watch.
Bush said the incidents point up “the cruel and
senseless suffering endured by the people of Ku
wait; a systematic assault on the soul of a nation.”
The horrific descriptions paint a background
against w hich the LJnited States may seek new ac
tion in the United Nations against Iraq.
Sources say the administration is considering
resolution that would condemn Iraq’s disman
tling of Kuwait, declare Iraq accountable for the
damage there and specifically mention the possi
bility of military action.
On the political front, Bush appeared to align
himself with the anti-establishment feeling
among voters. “I can’t tell you what a pleasure it
is to be out of Washington,” he said to applause
in Dallas.
Attacking the Congress for its failure to enact
a budget. Bush said, “If this is the best that the
system can do, then it’s time to build a better bud
get system.”
He said Congress has missed its own budget
deadlines 37 times in the last 10 years.
“Twice now this year, I’ve signed emergency
legislation to add more time to the clock,” the
president said. “Well, this Friday, time’s up. The
American people deserve more than this stopgap
government.”
His statement reinforced administration warn
ings that Bush will not sign another spending ex
tension, preferring instead to let the government
shut down in the absence of a budget agreement.
Bush was unwilling to say what he might ac
cept in the way of tax increases.
“I’m not going to say what I will or won’t do,”
Bush told reporters on Air Force One as it left
Washington. “That managed to get a little con
fused last week.”
Over the course of the week, Bushsignaled he
was willing to accept higher taxes on the wealth
iest Americans in exchange for a sharply lower
capital gains tax rate. Then the White House said
Bush had not espoused that strategy. Finally, the
White House said Bush liked the idea but didn’t
think Congress would approve it.
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