The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 10

10-A THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, i996 GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Dump site feel left out The Associated Press, 1 SIERRA Maria Ramirez feels her future is spinning out of control. She had no say in the decision to target her town for a radioactive dump and now that she can speak, she finds her voice being lost. Ramirez attended a state hearing to solicit comment on the proposed Sierra Blanca dump, but like other town residents she was frustrated that outsiders dominated the debate as they have always seemed to. upsets-me a lot," she said from the back of a gym packed with people waiting to address state officials. 1 mean, this is our The hearmg, which entered.

its second day Wednesday, is part of tiie licensijig pjrbcedure Texas Two state judges will use the public comments to arrive at a recommendation on whether the facility should a license, Resource Conservation Commission will then cast a final vote, proceedings opened with officials from surrounding communities and from Mexico attacking the dump as a potential threat to the environment and welfare of residents in the region. They were followed by anti- nuke activists, outside doctors and experts favoring the site and local officials urging state authorities to consider scientific evidence over the emotional pleas of opponents. Austin Humble residents claim Lotto jackpot 2 A Humble man has claimed a $5.6 million styare of a Lotto Texas jackpot. Allen Broussard, whose wife Maria had just started a new job, picked up the first of 20 annual checks for $280,600 on Thursday. Their ticket, was one of three that matched the six numbers drawn July 31 1, 3,14,19, 26 and 29.

"The only thing we know we're going to do is to buy a new car and maybe take a vacation," Broussard said. "And tomorrow, ni probably quit my job, too." Also, four tickets correctly matched all the numbers drawn in Tuesday's Cash 5 lottery game. State lottery officials said the tickets are each worth $73,036 and were purchased in Dallas, Fort Worth, Lacy Lake view and Georgetown. Cash 5 numbers drawn Tuesday night, from a total of 39 numbers, were: 3, 4, 22, 24 and 35. The next drawing isPHday.

Georgetown Health-care clinic to use 'telemedicine' 3 Scott White, thelem- ple-based health care provider that is expanding in Williamson County, says its new clinic near Sun City will combine state-of-the- art medical care and telecommunications. Called "telemedicine," the high-tech practice uses high- resolution computer monitors and phone lines for instant transmission of patient records; X-rays and images of a patient. The technology, which is expanding nationwide, will enable the clinic to tap the expertise at Scott White's 486-bed teaching hospital in Temple. Austin Treasury building gets a new name 4 The State Treasury Building has a new name. With the treasurer's office scheduled to be abolished and merged into the state comptroller's office on Sept.

1, officials on Tuesday rededicated the building and named it for Thomas Jefferson Rusk, who was one of first two U.S. senators. On hand for the ceremony was U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a former treasurer, who is a great-great- granddaughter of Charles S.

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Texas City, Texas Jury convicts 12-year-old in murder The Associated Press 5 AUSTIN A 12-year-old girl Wednesday was found guilty in the fatal beating of a child at an unlicensed daycare. After two days of deliberations, jvirorp convicted the girl of criminally negligent homicide arid intentional injury to a child. She was found innocent of the more serious charges of capital murder and manslaughter. The girl was 11 at the time of the beating that killed Jayla Belton on May 24. She appeared to show little emotion as Travis County District Judge John Dietz read the verdict from the six-man six- woman jury.

One juror cried before the verdict was announced. A separate proceeding before the jury began a short time later to consider punishment. Under intentional injury to a child, the girl faces a jury sentence up to 40 years in custody. Dietz could sentence her to the Texas Youth Commission until she is 21 on the homicide conviction. finance until November 1996 Important fm Buy a Kenmore central air unit now! SAVE UP TO on your energy costs! baMd on eaaeariion of cyrtMn with a typical oM ustaa el fnwsy Actual wry, lor YOU CAN COUNT ON SEARS FOR SATISFACTION ARANTEED OP YOUR MONct BACK Prosecutors argued that the girl beat Jayla to death, hitting her on the head and body more than a dozen times.

According to a medical examiner, Jayla died of a ruptured liver. The toddler was being cared for in the home of R.L. and Shirley Murray the day she died. Authorities said the Murrays, the 12-year-old's grandparents and adoptive parents, were operating an illegal daycare at their home. Mrs.

Murray was not home the day Jayla died. Her husband, who was present throughout the one-week trial, invoked the Fifth Amendment side the presence of the jury when asked whether he harmed Jayla. He later said under a limited immunity deal with prosecutors that he would not say anything to hurt his granddaughter, R.L. Murray was not in the courtroom when the verdict was While the murder of a child under 6 is a capital offense in Texas, the 12-year-old was too young to be tried as an adult. Morales: Texas collecting from deadbeat parents The Associated Press 6 AUSTDJ Texas' effort to collect child support from deadbeat parents is among the best in the nation, Attorney General Dan Morales said Wednesday.

According to national rankings, Texas in 1995 was seventh nationally in total dollars in child support collected, fourth for establishing court- ordered child support and second for determining paternity. During the federal government's 1995 fiscal year, Texas ranked eighth for the total average number of child support cases at 736,413, the attorney general said, According to other federal child support statistics, though, Texas collects payments on about 14 percent of all delinquent cases. The national average is about 18 percent. Rep. Toby Goodman, RrArlington and chairman of the House Juvenile Justice and Family Affairs Committee, said Morales fails to note that lexas is the second largest state, with many more child support obligations going uncollected.

"I think thek field people do a good job," Goodman said of employees in the Child Support Enforcement Division. "I think the management has been in disarray." Since Morales became attorney general, there have been five directors in the child support division. Morales said improvements have been made in the last year, including a new provision allowing the attorney general's office to revoke driver's licenses and professional licenses from delinquent parents. He said that and other programs will improve the states success in getting support for its children. rtu 'Classic KIDS'9 to 6, WAL.

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