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Designate a Driver* NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) — In what was Mexico’s second fa tal fireworks accident in a month, an explosion in a candy store illegally selling fireworks killed at least five people in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Monday. The explosion, which could be heard miles away, occurred Monday in the residential neighborhood of Colonial Mirador, in the western part of the city, across the border from Laredo. “We were in the house when we heard a strong explosion, and we felt as if we had been pushed to the floor,” Patricia Diaz, a resident of Laredo, said. Huge chunks of concrete flew in the air, destroying two homes and damaging several others. Small ex plosions of fireworks and gunpow der continued after the blast. An un determined number of people were injured. The blast follows a Sept. 26 ex plosion at a candy store that also sold fireworks illegally in Celaya, 120 miles northeast of Mexico City. It killed 63 people and injured hun dreds. After the explosion, federal offi cials said they would crack down on shops illegally storing and selling fireworks, a traditional part of Mex ican celebrations. The precise number of deaths in Monday’s explosion was difficult to determine because the victims’ bod ies were ripped apart by the blast, some propelled as far as 165 feet. “We don’t know how much gun powder exploded, but I’m sure it was more than 440 pounds,” Guillermo Ramos, a local security official, said. It was not known what set off the explosion. The owner of the shop, Fermin Huerta, who was near the store at the time of the explosion, suffered an arm injury and was arrested pend ing the investigation, Ramiro Tellez, director of civil protection, said. Neighbors said he had sold fire works from the store for 22 years. Firefighters and paramedics from OKLAHOMA ARK. 200 km N.M. Dignitm flock to Batta JP 1 •Colo Nuevo Laredo TEXAS Fireworks j explosion) Austin , • San Antonio Laredo GutJ of •* Mfxiio AP mg \ fire and treating the injured. Last month’s explosion was be lieved to have been caused by four tons of fireworks and gunpowder stored illegally in a shop in the town market. The shop owner was killed in the explosion. Thirteen people have been ar rested in that explosion, including five business inspectors accused of illegally granting fireworks permits to store owners. .lots to bcpi Representatives draft resolution urging high court to allow pre-game prayer WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by a federal ap peals court ruling that bans organized prayer at public high school football games in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, a bipartisan group of House members intro duced yesterday a resolution urging the Supreme Court to permit pre-game religious invocations. The measure, offered by Texas Reps. Henry Bonilla and Charles Stenholm, asks the Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of prayer at public-school athletic events. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling earlier this year in a 1995 Houston- area case, found pre-game prayers violate constitutional guarantees of church-state separation. The Supreme Court has been asked to review that ruling, which has caused turmoil for school administrators and students alike. “If I can pull a quarter out of my pock- “How can our courts prohibit our children from asking God to watch over them...” et and read ‘In God We Thist,’ how can our courts pro hibit our children from asking God to watch over them as they play a little football on a Friday night?” asked Bonil la, R-San Antonio. “The court’s decision was wrong.” Bonilla was joined at a news conference outside the Capitol by Stenholm, D-Stamford; Rep. Joe Barton, R-En- nis, and other supporters of the resolution. If approved, the non-binding measure would serve merely as an ex pression of the House’s will, carrying no force of law. The 5th Circuit’s ruling “has put school and com munity leaders in the difficult position of choosing be tween conflicting values and laws,” Stenholm said. “Prayer and sports both have a positive impact on the moral development of our children, and I hope that Con gress will act in the near future to urge quick resolution of this dilemma by the Supreme Court.” Support for the measure was not universal. The lawmakers’ action was criticized by Americans United for Sep aration of Church and State, which called the resolution a "politically mo tivated” incursion into a constitutional arena governed by the Supreme Court. “These members of Congress are literally using prayer as a political foot ball,” the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, the group’s executive director, said. “They are obviously trying to manipulate re- — Henry Bonilla Texas representative ligion to score points with the folks back home." The lawmakers said Supreme Court intervention is necessary to clarify a confusing situation for school ad ministrators, community leaders and students alike. In one East Texas town. Van, the ministerial alliance is getting around the 5th Circuit ruling by bringing its own public-address system to broadcast a prayer before high-school games. AUSTIN (AP) President Andres terday became the latest for eign dignitary to visit Texas to meet with Gov. George W. Bush, the front runner for the Republican presidential nomination. Leaders from 22 coy have come to Austintte to talk with Bush. “He is currentlytl runner, and, from our live it is important body who might be pres the United States tablishing personal n ships that could be key ducting foreign policy Bush campaign spoke Mindy 'Ricker told the A merican-Statesmon. Pastrana visited Burli about the $3.5 billionin wants to boost hiscoi faltering economy. Some dignitaries wi terested in whoever heldiki fice of Texas governor. Others want to kn about the man whoconsis ly leads the polls in the: campaign. “I would sayso/Mfe parsenos, spokespersonlor Greek Embassy said, asked whether Bush's ini tional profile has soared his poll numbers Greeks follow the campaign very closely, j will multiply when lb paign gets into high gear Bush has met with a from Australia, Brunei, Germany, Greece, IreMIsaej 2 teams Japan, South Korea, Laalite nia, Luxembourg, Malayife ico, Myanmar, New Zeatt, Philippines, Slovenia, Africa, Taiwan, the United dom and Vietnam. sem e Cha lo Amena I After tl pekend ly this - ill be te isas St toe at 1 WIT FY v JL Ljju JL LECTURE SERIES Memorial Student Center Oil and Drugs: Igniting a South American Crisis October 20,1999 7:00 p.m. Koldus 111 FREE ADMISSION This program is presented for educational purposes only and does not repre- 4b sent an endorsement of perspective. 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