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AUSTIN (AP) - A state health
and human services commission
er, expected to be appointed with
in 10 days, will have the job of de
veloping “one-stop shopping” for
needy Texans.
Gov. Ann Richards will ap
point the commissioner, who will
oversee efforts to coordinate assis
tance programs that are now dis
tributed among 11 agencies.
The commissioner also will
make recommendations to the
Legislature to further the one-stop
shopping idea, such as a new gov
erning structure and possibly con
solidation of some agencies.
The concept, which includes
submission of a single budget re
quest for the agencies to lawmak
ers, was approved last year by the
Legislature.
The reorganization is to be
complete in 1995.
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Tens
Physick of thousands of Albanians
ital on Mondi cheered Monday as an opposition
it the Hadassi leader hailed his party's election
victory as the end of a "very deep
sleep" under Stalinist power.
The Central Election Commis-
plant acciden sion said Monday that the Demo-
assah Medic j: cratic Party had captured 76 of 97
on is estabk electoral districts in which results
were known.
Returns were not in for three
t Union horn other contests in this poor, moun-
?ct will invol. tainous country wedged on the
pe to devek ^ Adriatic Sea between Greece and
care for radi Yugoslavia.
With a two-thirds majority, the
Democrats could change the con
stitution to force Socialist Presi
dent Ramiz Alia out of office. Alia
has completed one year of the
ladassahM# five-year term the last parliament
said. He sail'" gave him.
Isolated for decades by its
hard-line leadership, Albania in
1990 became the last of the Com
munist states on the European
continent to introduce reforms
and throw off one-party rule.
The last year has been one of
massive hardship. There are few
jobs, riots have broken out at
warehouses distributing foreign
food donations, and people in the
cities often go without heat or
| electricity.
L U.S. and other Western diplo
mats support the Democrats,
meaning the new government is
likely to attract more foreign aid
and technical assistance.
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seats Sunday, with 26 percent of
the vote compared to the
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last year's elections, Albania's
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combine welfare groups
Commissioner must develop
'one-stop shopping' for needy
"The idea is to have in each
community a central office where
people can go to just one building
to get what they need," said Sen.
Chet Brooks, D-Pasadena.
Brooks, who heads the Senate
Health and Human Services Com
mittee, told the Austin American-
Statesman that people often do
not get that help "because there
are so many places to go that they
just give up."
Targeted services include those
offered by the Texas departments
of Mental Health and Mental Re
tardation, Human Services and
Health; Department on Aging;
commissions for the blind, and the
deaf and hearing impaired; the ju
venile probation, rehabilitation
and youth commissions; the Com
mission on Alcohol and Drug
Abuse; and the Interagency Coun
cil on Early Childhood Interven
tion Services.
The reorganization also will
create a Texas Department of Pro
tective and Regulatory Services.
That agency will handle reports
of child and elderly abuse.
It also will investigate accusa
tions of neglect or abuse by pri
vate facilities and by facilities op
erated by MHMR, which currently
investigates itself.
"Investigations need an inde
pendent agency," said DeAnn
Friedholm, Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock's
special assistant for human ser
vices. "When an agency investi
gates itself, there is always the ap
pearance of conflict of interest.
This new department will help
put suspicions to rest."
Under the 1991 law, Richards
had a March 1 deadline for ap
pointing the new commissioner.
Chuck McDonald, deputy press
secretary to Richards, said the
governor's office approached the
selection thoroughly and that it
"took a little longer than anticipat
ed."
Brooks and other lawmakers
say the delay is not serious, but
they want the commissioner on
the job as soon as possible.
The commissioner must be con
firmed by the Senate but will re
port directly to the governor.
Rubber plant seeks support
Dynagen attempts to remain open despite economic fall
ODESSA (AP) — The manager of the Dynagen
Inc. rubber plant said Monday he will call on eco
nomic support from state and city leaders to help
keep the troubled plant open despite indications
from its parent company that closure “appears to
be inevitable.”
"We do know there are high capital costs in
volved," Dynagen plant manager Tim Gorman
said Monday. "Any solution must be of a long
term nature. We will need substantial relief in a
number of areas to maintain the plant's economic
viability.”
General Tire Inc., Dynagen's Akron, Ohio,-
based parent, released a study Monday that shows
the plant, which produces synthetic-based rubber,
should be closed to save money.
But Edward Kalail, General Tire's director of
corporate communication, said support shown by
local leaders to preserve Dynagen's 250 jobs has
postponed a decision about the plant's future.
"The community has gotten behind keeping the
plant open,” Kalail said. “We have had thousands
of letters and communication come to Akron re
garding this very matter. This is the reason we
have really looked at this longer than we probably
would have after the data showed the plant should
be closed."
General Tire, which is one of the nation's lead
ing producers of commercial tires, has given Dyna
gen and Gorman a one-month deadline for a final
review, Kilail said.
Gorman refused to divulge his strategy to save
the plant, adding only that he will take his ideas
straight to the “people involved.”
Perryman said Monday "we just have a tough
job over the next month. No one is diluting that
this is a piece of cake. But we are going to do ev
erything we can — go full force to solve the prob
lem and keep the plant open."
Last September, Dynagen agreed to pay $1.4
million in civil penalties for air pollution violations
dating back to 1989. It was the largest penalty ever
assessed under the Texas Clean Air Act.
Politicians consider effects of Perot
as candidate on third-party ticket
Continued from Page 6
In any event, Perot could be a
major factor in states where the
vote between the two major candi
dates is close, Buchanan said.
Drives are under way in every
state to have Perot's name placed
on November ballots as an inde
pendent candidate.
Although an independent can
didate has never come even close
to winning the presidency, there
has never been one backed with
$100 million.
The last candidate to wage an
independent candidacy was John
Anderson in 1980. The former Re
publican congressman, whose
campaign was severely short of
cash, got just 6.6 percent of the
vote.
With so many disenchanted
voters, "There's room out there
for a third-party candidate who
could run stronger than Anderson
did," said Democratic analyst Bob
Beckel.
Beckel, who managed Demo
crat Walter Mondale's 1984 presi
dential campaign, said “analyzing
whom Perot would take votes
from is very difficult to do be
cause nobody knows what he
stands for — other than that he's a
billionaire who's very successful."
Perot seems liberal on some so
cial issues, but also is pro-business
and for a strong defense. At the
same time, he opposed the Persian
Gulf War.
A self-financed campaign
would not face the same federal
spending restrictions imposed on
the Democratic and Republican
candidates, whose races are fi
nanced by tax dollars.
But getting on the ballot in all
50 states is a daunting prospect.
For instance, in Texas, Perot
must round up 54,000 signatures
by May 11 from voters who didn't
vote in Texas' Super Tuesday pri
mary.
Perot's staff has set up a toll-
free telephone number in Dallas
that is being answered by volun
teers with 100 phones to assist in
the state-by-state petition drive. A
spokeswoman said the phone
banks have been getting 2,000
calls an hour.
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Treasury changes check-cashing policy
Continued from Page 6
State Treasury officials took a look at the prac
tice “in light of everything that's going on in
Washington," Toohey said.
However, he has emphasized that the
state's check-cashing service was not like the
operations of the House bank in Washington,
which was closed after revelations that mem
bers of Congress had written hundreds of bad
checks.
That bank covered overdrafts with money
from other congressmen's accounts.
The congressmen often were not informed
of them. Instead, the checks were treated as a
salary advance.
In Texas, the checks were processed for the
Treasury by First City Texas in Austin. When a
check bounced, either the bank or the Treasury
notified the lawmaker, who had time to cover
it before the bank processed the check again.
The bank charges ordinary customers $20
for an overdraft. But Toohey has said it did not
charge that fee to the Treasury, and that the
Treasury did not charge lawmakers for bad
checks.
Few checks were returned, Toohey said.
About 300 checks were cashed for lawmakers
and other elected officials last year, and about
100 in 1990, with most in the $100 to $200
range, he said.
Ethics leaders, who had urged an end to the
Treasury's check-cashing practice, favor the
new arrangement.
"This is a much better way to do it,” said
State Ethics Commission Chairman George
Bayoud.
Suzy Woodford, executive director of Com
mon Cause, said, "That certainly makes more
sense than the Treasury doing it.”
Texas Commerce Bank was not chosen for
any particular reason, other than it has a
statewide network and Treasury officials be
lieved it could handle the task, Toohey said.
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Now accepting applications for this TAMU language program to be offered at Universidad de las
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Find out more about this exciting new program by attending the
INFORMATIONAL MEETING:
DATE: March 25, 1992
TIME: 8:30 PM
WHERE: MSC RM. 205
or contact:
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Dept, of Modern & Classical Languages
Academic 202 C 845-2159
Office Hours: M-W 10:15-11:20
OR
TAMU Study Abroad Programs
161 Bizzell Hall West
845-0544
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8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the Department of Multicultural Services - Room 148 MSC, the
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Applications are due March 27 no later than 5:00 p.m.
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TAMU's own Science Fiction/Fantasy Convention
MAQCII 26 thru 29, 1992
Guest of Honor Special Guest of Honor Comic Book Guest of Honor
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Artist Guest of Honor Toastmaster
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EVENTS:
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Dealer's Room
Children's
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Masquerade
Miss AggieCon
Contest
Open Gaming
Quest
Deadtime Stories
Panels
Readings
Game Shows
Seavcnger Hunt
MOVIES:
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Aliens
The Black Cauldron
Gremlins II
Rocky Horror
Picture Show
Movies FREE with Con Pass
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