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► Nation
Cronkite well after
quadruple bypass
NEW YORK (AP) — Walter Cronkite
underwent quadruple heart bypass
surgery Tuesday, and an assistant said
the operation went extremely well.
“The doctor was very pleased,”
said Marlene Adler, an aide to the 80-
year-old Cronkite.
The former CBS anchorman was
found to have clogged heart arteries
during a regular checkup and did not
suffer a heart attack before the four-
to five-hour operation at New York Hos
pital, said Julie Sukman, another aide.
Adler said the surgeon, Dr. Wayne
Isom, told her that “Cronkite was in
wonderful physical condition be
forehand. He went through it ex
tremely easily and well and there
were no surprises."
Cronkite retired as anchorman of
the “CBS Evening News” in 1981 af
ter 19 years. Since then, he has pro
duced or appeared in numerous doc
umentaries on CBS, PBS and cable’s
Discovery Channel.
► This day in history
Texas bill aims to
account for graffiti
AUSTIN (AP) — Marking other pri
vate or public property with graffiti
would become a separate crime in
Texas under a bill tentatively ap
proved by the House.
Under current law, marking some
one’s property without permission is
considered criminal mischief. Criminal
mischief can be a misdemeanor or a
felony, punishable by up to life in prison
based on the amount of damage.
Rep. Joe Pickett, D-EI Paso, spon-
'sor of the bill, said graffiti is a grow
ing problem that should be dealt with
seriously. He said lumping graffiti
with other criminal mischief keeps
law enforcement officers from keep
ing good records on where graffiti is
being put up and who’s doing it.
The bill would continue to make
punishment for graffiti based on
the damage.
The bill, approved on a voice vote,
faces a final House vote before go
ing to the Senate.
Agents to deter drinking at prof
► The Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission
will dispatch agents
to make prom night
inspections.
DALLAS (AP) — About 200
agents from the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission will be
making prom night inspections in
an attempt to crack down on teen
drinking and driving.
The commission also will dis
patch agents to graduation sites
as part of a statewide program
dubbed “Operation Safe Prom-
Safe Graduation 1997.”
“Our goal is to inspect 60 to 70
percent of the high school proms
statewide,” Maj. Dexter Simpson,
regional commander of the North
(AP) — Today is Wednesday, April 2, the 92nd day of
1997. There are 273 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon land
ed in Florida.
In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most
of his Cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.
In 1917, President Wilson asked Congress to declare
war against Germany, saying, “The world must be made
safe for democracy.”
In 1932, aviator Charles A. Lindbergh and Dr. John F.
Condon turned over $50,000 in ransom to an unidenti
fied man in a New York City cemetery in the Bronx in ex
change for Lindbergh’s kidnapped son. (The infant, how
ever, was not returned, and was found dead the following
month.)
In 1986, four American passengers were killed when
a bomb exploded aboard a TWA jetliner en route from
Rome to Athens, Greece.
In 1995, baseball owners accepted the players’ union
offer to play without a contract, ending the longest and
costliest strike in the history of professional sports.
One year ago: A federal appeals court rejected New
York state laws banning doctor-assisted suicide, saying it
would be discriminatory to let people disconnect life sup
port systems while refusing to let others end their lives
with medication.
► Today’s birthdays
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Buddy Ebsen is 89. Actor Sir
Alec Guinness is 83. Actress Sharon Acker is 62. Singer
Leon Russell is 56. Jazz musician Larry Coryell is 54. Ac
tress Linda Hunt is 52. Singer Emmylou Harris is 50. Ac
tress Pamela Reed is 48. Actress Debralee Scott is 44.
Actor Ron Palillo is 43. Country singer Billy Dean is 35.
Texas Region, said Monday. The
commission also will conduct
random stings looking for under
age alcohol sales at hotels cater
ing high school events.
In addition to checking with
chaperones for alcohol com
plaints, Simpson said,
agents will inspect park
ing lots and stores
that sell alcohol
near prom sites.
The push
against underage
drinking has been
reinforced by legis
lators. The state Sen
ate approved several
bills last month
strengthening zero-toler
ance laws on underage drinking.
The measures are awaiting review
by a House committee.
A bill sponsored by Sen. Royce
West, D-Dallas, would call for
Weather
anyone caught in possession of
alcohol or driving with even a
trace of alcohol in his system to
lose his or her driver’s license.
The Arlington school system
will administer sobriety tests to
students before they may enter
their proms. Last September,
a girl reported being sex-
ually assaulted during
an off-campus teen
drinking party in
i Arlington.
Q Arlington Su-
; perintendent Lynn
Hale said she sup-
^ ported the alcohol
? checks. •
“I feel it is absolute
ly necessary that steps be
taken so these students can be
safe and have an alcohol-free
prom,” she said. "Underage
drinking is a problem. We have
data that shows alcohol con-
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