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i OklDATA Re» T.M.. M.D.; OKI Electric Industry Co., l.td.; Windows T.M., MicrosoftCorp. i ay,; rsday, March 3,1994 The; Battauon Page 5 ;Uitions,lK .irmancef. have 17 on, moftf 1 d. "If vo: rsal of inf soufldi 1 in estate something flayers 3"-| at pusta .skin? ed. "He's shine up 1 ! Tech. uslim family es restaurant |ver pork tacos The Associated Press DALLAS — A Muslim fami- is asking On The Border fes Inc. for $600,000 in dam- ;es because the tacos they or- red from the restaurant con- ined a small amount of pork. Eating pork violates Islamic etary laws. Bernard E. Brooks, the at- rney for the Houston-area mily whose names have not leen released, said he's ask- g for $100,000 for each fam- |y member. Brooks said the family was ating at an On The Border staurant in suburban Hous- n when a Muslim employee ild them the tacos they or- ered contained pork. "They were devastated," rooks said. "If you look at heir menu, it says beef or hicken tacos. It doesn't say nything about pork." Brooks sent the Dallas-based ompany a letter Friday accus- ng the restaurant of violating he state's deceptive-practices laws. He's asked for compensa- ion, but hasn't filed a lawsuit. Stephen D. Fenstermacher, hief executive of On The Bor er, said the company has tak- n pork out of its tacos while it [researches the legal issues. Fenstermacher said On The Border's recipe has long called for a small portion of ground pork for extra flavoring, and the practice isn't uncommon at other Mexican restaurants. Tubularmcm By Boomer Cardinale , THIS L WEEKEND 3rd at the |$)R Cantina - ^ 823-2368 201 W. 26th St.., Downtown Bryan Call for Party Rentals Gwen or Jesse • 822-5959 Food and Drink Specials During Happy Hour 5-8 p.m. Thursdays: 18 and older Bartholomew Eisenhower V£> ) y by kahili UVce neck\ies( more Color... ®n -Wtir By Alex helfl ,ited Pr® | Sun so l Heights (Blues Rock) $h; Cover FRIDAY 3/4 Chris Masterson Blues $5. 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"Space is not just a new fron tier to be explored for adventure's sake, but a place we live and vork," Paul J. Weitz, who is with NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, told a general session of :he Space '94 conference here. The /veeklong conference is focusing an engineering, construction and aperations in space. Weitz said NASA has changed iirection as the era of the space race moves into the era of space :ooperation — and the age of tight money. He said pmtting humans to work in space will require interna tional cooperation, given today's economic realities. Paraphrasing the opening-dines of "Star Trek, Weitz said space exploration must go "where no nation can afford to go alone." But he also warned that a trend toward doing things faster and cheaper also makes missions in herently more risky. "Space flight, whether it in volves people or not, is a risky business," Weitz said. "Learning from failure contributes to suc cess. Failing to learn is what is in excusable in my mind." Many of the conference's tech nical sessions deal with robotic technology to help human explo ration or for unmanned missions, and Weitz said robotics will be a major part of the future. Weitz, a former astronaut, said technology developed for space already benefits people. Dextrous robot hand technology developed for the space shuttle is evolving into lifelike artificial hands, while the virtual reality technology de veloped to train astronauts in Hubble space telescope missions could help train medical students, he said. NASA eventually wants to send humans to Mars, but if it is to get the public's backing for such a mission, the agency must "shift the focus from getting there and back to what we're doing there and why," another NASA official said. David Weaver said the United States can't afford the Space Ex ploration Initiative envisioned un der the Bush administration — an estimated $500 billion, 30-year mission to get to Mars in incre mental steps, including a space station and Moon exploration. That initiative raised questions not only about the enormous cost, but about how much Would be gained by going to Mars, he said. "We concentrated on rocket science, not on terEestrial-relevant science," said Weaver, who is with the Planetary Projects Office of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Houston. Now NASA is looking at pro posals for much less expensive mis sions — around $50 billion — that would take less time to get to Mars and leave astronauts on the planet longer to do more, Weaver said. The idea, he said, is that tech nology to benefit Earth lies on the surface of the Moon and Mars — not in getting astronauts to and from space. 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The number of possible layoffs was re duced to more than 800 when the bonus ap proval was announced. That figure should be reduced to 200 workers if layoffs are needed at all now that more than 600 employees are leaving voluntarily. Maj. Dewey Ford, Kelly's public affairs chief, said Tuesday that it is too soon to know if offi cials have avoided involuntary force reductions. Two other air logistics centers, Ogden (Utah) ALC at Hill AFB and Warner Robins (Ga.) ALC at Robins AFB, followed Kelly's lead and sought authority for separations, said Capt. John Boyle of tlie Air Force Ma teriel Command. Ford said the number of workers leaving Thursday could change slightly, but it was 645 as of Monday afternoon. Of those, he said, 346 were retiring early, 233 were taking regular re tirement and 66 were resigning. 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