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State, U.S. monitor election
Officials observe race amid allegations of voter harassment
PEARSALL (AP) - Federal
and state observers monitored
, some polling places Tuesday on
t-M^what Frio County officials de-
_LJLlCjscribed as a non-eventful run-off
election day.
■'So far, so good,” County At
torney James W. Smith said, as
ients andajvoting came to a close. "We just
o. hope it'll be a nice, dull, boring
ils and shujelection.”
the groupiBlhe U.S. Justice Department
'. Somesuspsent two attorneys and another
lestudent representative from the federal
er Jr., direcOrfice of Personnel Management
acation,sai;to;; monitor the runoff, and the
:ers werek Texas Secretary of State's Office
jthor. sent two officials.
1: 'These JR
nically main
n N S Report indicates
hare ” 01 rise in minority
incarceration rate
es in the H AUSTIN ( AP ) _ Texas impris-
K > ciationaiM rnen t rates f or minorities, espe-
ne gem c j a |iy blacks, increased signifi-
cantly between 1985 and 1991, ac-
CauuK cording ter a report presented
icnandwt joegeigy j- 0 a commission work-
en considafi.
The monitors were assigned af
ter allegations of voter harassment
in the Democratic runoff between
incumbent County Commissioner
Adolfo Alvarez and chalfenger
Pete Espinosa.
Both campaigns and election
officials have denied any wrong
doing.
Smith also requested two Texas
Rangers be on hand in case of
problems, but they did not appear
to be needed, he said.
State monitors were watching
other elections around Texas, but
Frio County was the only place
where federal observers were pre
sent.
They were assigned to watch
and record activities at polling
places during voting hours and to
observe ballot counting Tuesday
night.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Gener
al John Dunne, head of the Justice
Department's civil rights division,
said Monday his agency would
take action if possible Voting
Rights Act violations were report
ed.
Department spokeswoman
Amy Casner said that could in
clude filing a civil lawsuit to seek
compliance with the law. Casner
said sending election monitors is
not unusual.
; statement;
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ing on the state's punishment pol-
can t stantlJ-> The incarceration rate
nically con bi ac k s increased from 683
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?ople who
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was condi
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were pei
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for
per
100,000 black adult population in
1985 to 1,414 in 1991, said the re
port given to the Texas ITinish-
ient Standards Commission.
The incarceration rate for
| whites in 1991 was 167, up from
122 in 1985; and for Hispanics,
293, up from 173.
The percentage of black people
sentenced to prison rose from 35.7
to 45.6 percent of all offenders
sentenced during the six-year
span; and for Hispanics, from 22.1
rcent to 24.3 percent.
The percentage of whites sen
tenced to prison dropped from
42.2 percent to 30.1 percent.
The racial composition of the
Texas population as a whole in
1991 was 12 percent black, 25 per
cent Hispanic, and 63 percent
white, said the report, which was
prepared by the Texas Criminal
Justice Policy Council.
FBI arrest Texas men
for robbery of casino
BEAUMONT (AP) - Three
Texas men were charged Tues
day in connection with a daring
$1.1 million casino heist at a Las
Vegas Strip resort.
FBI agents arrested the trio
early Tuesday in Beaumont.
Two of the men are the sons of
a former casino security guard
who was arrested two days af
ter the robbery at the Stardust
hotel-casino.
Houston FBI spokesman
Charles Kearney identified the
men as Jeffrey Alan Hopper, 26;
his brother, Bobby Lee Hopper,
22; and Wesley Edgar Carroll,
25. All three are from Beau
mont.
The U.S. Attorney's office
charged each of the three with
violating federal law by trans
porting stolen money across
state lines. Conviction on the
charge carries a penalty of up to
10 years imprisonment and a
$250,000 fine.
The three men appeared
Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate
Wendell Radford and were or
dered held without bond. A de
tention hearing w r as set for
April 20.
The Hoppers are sons of
Royal Mayne Hopper Jr., who
was arrested last week on
charges stemming from the
April 6 robbery, Kearney said.
The FBI declined to com
ment on whether money taken
in the robbery was found or
what evidence linked the three
to the crime.
The elder Hopper is a former
security guard at the Stardust.
He resigned shortly after con
tending he was robbed of
$150,000 at the casino.
Hopper was arrested last
week, two day? after two
armed men knocked down a
guard carrying $1.1 million in
cash and checks to an armored
car. The men ignited two smoke
bombs to create confusion and
fled to a waiting car and driver.
Authorities were suspicious
the robbers had inside knowl
edge of the Strip resort because
they knew the time the armored
car guard would be picking up
the money. They also made a
point of turning their faces
away from surveillance cam
eras and escaped through the
employees' exit.
Houston prepares for convention
Police request more money for protective armor, riot geai
I HOUSTON (AP) — Police Tlie convention is scheduled Yium said.
HOUSTON (AP) - Police
(SWAT officers are not the only
ones making special preparations
for this summer's Republican Na-
onal Convention.
The Houston Police Depart-
ent wants the city to spend
about $163,000 to buy protective
armor for mounted special
weapons and tactics units as
signed to riot control for the GOP
_ gathering.
s—SSsB "We hope the majority of this
stuff will be here by the time of
T the convention,” Larry Yium, the
/IPResearc' P°hce department's budget direc-
partiam ^ said Monday.
medicalion :
Tlae convention is scheduled
for Aug. 17 through Aug. 20 at the
Astrodome, but demonstrations
and preparations are expected for
several days prior to the event.
If man and beast are both out
fitted, the patrols should resemble
medieval knights.
Some $14,919 worth of leather
horse armor being requested in
cludes 30 sets of visors, nose
guards, visor bags, front and rear
cannon bone guards, knee guards
and bell boots.
The gear will protect the ani
mals from people who may throw
rocks or other objects at them.
Yium said.
The department also is request
ing $147,719 worth of riot vests
and helmets for the mounted offi
cers. Yium said the protective gear
being used now is outdated and
needs to be replaced anyway.
The officers' armor would be
funded from confiscated drug
money, while the city is being
asked to buy the horse armor with
money from its general fund.
Prior to the 1990 economic
summit, the Harris County com
missioners approved $35,000 in
riot gear requested by the sheriff's
department.
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