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DPS officials say motorists lie to avoid showing proof of liability insurance
Uninsured drivers use loophole to evade law
HOUSTON (AP) - A new In
surance Reform Act, which went
into effect on Sept. 1, requires
drivers to show proof their vehicle
is covered by liability insurance
■ before they can apply for an Oper-
■ ator's permit, license plates or car
| inspection.
But there's a loophole, and De-
■ partment of Public Safety officers
say so many motorists are trying
B it, it already has reached epidemic
■ proportions.
In the past, drivers were re
quired to show proof their vehicle
was covered by liability insurance
only if stopped by law enforce
ment officers while driving. Fail
ure to carry proof of liability could
result in a fine ranging from $175
to $350. Subsequent violations car
ry fines up to $1,000 and seizure of
a vehicle for 180 days.
The new law allows drivers
who don't own a car to sign a
sworn affidavit acknowledging
that fact. If they do, the proof of li
ability requirement is waived.
"We've got a parking lot over
flowing with motor vehicles that
no one owns," said the clerk, who
declined to identify herself to a
Houston newspaper. "And these
are adults, not kids."
It was scuttlebutt-spreading-
like-wildfire at its finest, she said.
After one applicant claimed the
exemption, the news moved down
the line of applicants like an infec
tion. A stack of 150 waiver forms
— which a supervisor suggested
would last a week — was used by
noon.
A spot check of DPS license of
fices around the state shows that
it's not a common occurrence yet,
but troopers in each location said
they weren't surprised that some
drivers were taking the chance to
lie, even though it's a criminal act.
Various criminal laws apply,
law enforcement officers say, with
the most severe constituting a
third-degree felony.
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HOUSTON (AP) - Investiga
tors have used lasers and finger
printing bombs to find clues in
what appears to be the profession
al slayings of a man and his two
sons in an upper-class home in
northwest Harris County.
"Whoever came over there,
came over there to kill them," said
Harris County Sheriff's Depart
ment Sgt. Skip Oliver. "They did it
quickly, and professionally, and
left."
The bodies of Barry Carlton
Woodley, 45, and his two sons,
Gregory John Woodley, 23, and
Jeremy Joel Woodley, 15, were
found about 9 p.m. Thursday in
the family's living room.
The bodies were lined up face
down on cushions on the floor,
and a cord bound the two boys at
the leg.
All three victims had been shot
with a .22-caliber weapon at point-
blank range several times in the
back of the head.
"It looks like they were killed
one, two, three, just like that,"
Olivers said. "It looks like a pro
fessional hit."
Pastor criticizes Baylor
Ties with Baptists 'can’t be severed,' he says
DALLAS (AP) — The Baptist General Conven
tion of Texas stands "at the greatest crisis in its his
tory," and that crisis has been perpetuated by the
actions of Baylor University, the pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Dallas said from the pulpit Sun
day.
Beginning with the history of the 12,000-stu
dent university, the Rev. Joel Gregory recalled
Baylor's ties to the Baptist church in Texas. He em
phasized the BGCT's financial support of Baylor,
even during the Waco school's formative years.
"From its beginning, Baylor University was the
crown jewel for Texas Baptists and glory of Texas
Baptists," he said.
"The life of Baylor University and the First
Baptist Church of Dallas can't be severed," he
added.
The BGCT and the world's largest Baptist-sup
ported university have been at odds since Baylor
trustees, now called regents, proposed last year to
create a new semi-autonomous governing board.
The move would change the school's 146-year-old
charter to allow the convention to choose only 25
percent of the new governing board.
The university would select the remaining
board members.
Earlier this month, a committee of BGCT lead
ers approved the proposal.
Former FBI translator goes to trial
HOUSTON (AP) - A former
FBI translator indicted more than
three years ago for allegedly leak
ing classified information to the
Taiwanese government will be
tried this week in a Houston fed
eral courtroom.
Douglas S. Tsou, 67, a natural
ized China native, worked as a
language specialist for the FBI for
six years before being fired in Oc
tober 1986.
Prosecutors allege Tsou in
March 1986 anonymously sent a
letter with classified information
to the Houston office of the Coor
dination Council for North Ameri
can Affairs, the unofficial repre
sentative of Taiwan's interests in
the United States.
Tsou was indicted by a federal
grand jury in 1988 for passing
classified information to an agent
of a foreign power. If convicted,
he could be sentenced to 10 years
in prison.
Jury selection is scheduled to
begin Tuesday in U.S. District
Judge Lynn Hughes' court.
The United States withdrew
diplomatic recognition of Taiwan
in 1979 after normalizing relations
with the People's Republic of Chi
na. Since then, the countries have
maintained quasi-diplomatic rela
tions through the American Insti
tute in Taiwan and the CCNAA in
this country.
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