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► State
Abrego drug trial
begins in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — A major
story in the U.S. war on drugs will
be told starting this week as its
latest trophy, accused Mexican
drug baron Juan Garcia Abrego,
goes on trial Monday.
Few details from the govern
ment’s case have been revealed
since the pudgy kingpin’s sensa
tional Jan. 14 arrest.
However, the case represents
years of painstaking work by feder
al agents, beginning in the late
1980s with a vigil on drug routes
between Mexico and South Texas,
leading to a dramatic foot-chase in
northern Mexico, hub for the Gulf
drug cartel allegedly headed by
Garcia Abrego.
The trial opens Monday with jury
selection, a task expected to take
several days. Opening statements
are expected later in the week.
Prostitutes owe city
$3 million in fines
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) —
Prostitutes collectively owe the city
of Fort Worth more than $3 million,
and city officials are not having much
luck with the proposition of collect
ing the unpaid debt.
City officials gave little explana
tion for the lack of enforcement of
such debts, the Fort Worth Star-
Telegram reported Sunday. However,
they acknowledged there is backlog
of 60,000 citations that were
issued, not paid and not processed
for warrants and another 4,000
cases pending that haven’t been set
for court.
There are also some instances
where indigent defendants might be
unable to pay fines or serve jail time.
Mayor Kenneth Barr wants to
know how some prostitutes came to
owe the city so much money.
“The City Council would like an
explanation why that type of situ
ation has not been addressed,"
Barr said. “I don’t find that to be
acceptable."
► Nation
New Miss America
takes on politics
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — She
finally won the crown she chased
for six years. And new Miss
America Tara Dawn Holland quickly
showed she’s determined to do
more with it than pose for pictures.
Less than 12 hours after win
ning, Holland held forth on politics,
publishing and her own persever
ance in a news conference kicking
off her yearlong reign as Miss
America 1997.
She’s for Bob Dole, against pub
lic school voucher programs and
has written and published her own
book on job-hunting. She is some
thing of an authority on the latter,
having pursued her new job through
three defeats and two states.
Holland, 23, of Overland Park,
Kan., is a graduate student in
music education at the University
of Missouri-Kansas City. The 5-foot-
10 inch brunette, a magna cum
laude graduate of Florida State
University, vowed to fight illiteracy
during her reign.
She won Saturday night in the
nationally televised pageant, which
for the first time allowed viewers to
participate in the selection.
Lucid leaves strong
impression in space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) —
Shannon, we love you.
Russian space officials have
only the highest praise and affec
tion for NASA astronaut Shannon
Lucid, who’s spent the past six
months aboard their orbiting sta
tion and never complained aloud
once, even though she’s been
stuck there an extra 11/2 months.
Her assignment is about to
end soon.
Space shuttle Atlantis was sched
uled to blast off early Monday to go
get her and drop off her replace
ment, astronaut John Blaha.
Everyone — the
Aeronautics and
Administration, the Russic’
Agency and most of all, Lu
her family — can’t waitf#
come home.
“As far as Dr. Shannon
concerned, I would like toe
sincerest thanks to the
ment of the program formal
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deputy commander of Russ
monaut training center,
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► This day in history
Today is Monday, Sept. 16, the 260th day of 1996.
There are 106 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1810, Mexicans began their revolt against
Spanish rule.
In 1893, hundreds of thousands of settlers swarmed
onto a section of land in Oklahoma known as the
Cherokee Strip.
In 1940, President Roosevelt signed into law the
Selective Training and Service Act, which set up the first
peacetime military draft in U.S. history.
In 1940, Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas was elected
speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1974, President Ford announced a conditional
amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and
draft-evaders.
In 1976, the Episcopal Church, at its General
Convention in Minneapolis, formally approved the ordi-
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nation of women as priests and bishops.
Five years ago: A federal judge in Washington dis
missed all Iran-Contra charges against Oliver North. U.S.
Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas concluded
five days of testimony at his confirmation hearing.
One year ago: President Clinton voiced support for a
Senate welfare overhaul plan sponsored by Senate
Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan.
► Today's Birthdays
Candid Camera creator Allen Funt is 82. Actress
Lauren Bacall is 72. Blues singer B.B. King is 71. Actor
Peter Falk is 69. Actor George Chakiris is 63. Actress
Susan Ruttan is 48. Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 47. Country
singer David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 46.
Magician David Copperfield is 40. Actress Jayne Brook
(Chicago Hope) is 34. Singer Richard Marx is 33. Actress
Madeline Zima (The Nanny) is 11.
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