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10-A Stye BailQ Keiua Sunday Morning, February 9,1986 TEX AS BRIEFS Candidacy no bull AUSTIN (AP) Glen Maxey said he wants to be Travis County's next and last inspector of hides and animals and election officials say his is the first race for the office since 1890. "I know bull when I see it, and therefore I have all the necessary qualifications to hold the office," Maxey said in the press release announcing his candidacy. Travis County Clerk Doris Shropshire told the Austin American-Statesman the last time the name of a candidate for the inspector's office appeared on a county was Nov 4 1890 The race that year was hotly contested, with the' eventual winner getting 3,001 of the 5,110 votes cast, the next day's Austin Daily Stetesmanreported. this Se year, it is my patriotic duty a a i 1 n7 to ensure that this m( important office be filled, "Maxey 's announcement read The inspector of hides and animals an office created by the Legislature in 1876 is responsible for making sure that Reagan taps Tower aide WASHINGTON (AP) The appointment of Will Ball former administrative assistant to Texas Sen. John Tower to oversee the White House office of congressional affairs rounds out an already Texas-dominated staff Ball, 37, who has held a similar job in the State Deparment th ei nt for lesb Jr as assistant to the president for legislative affairs, officials saidFriday Its a new challenge, and I look forward to joining the president's team," Ball said Friday.

"I will miss my associa tion with Secretary of State George Shultz, but the opportunity to support President Reagan's objectives before Congress is one that I welcome. White House officials believe Ball's background in military issues and his experience at the State Department will serve the legislative affairs office well this year. a intment means that the top three people on the White House's congressional lobbying team will be people with strong Texas ties. Pamela Turner, who heads the Senate hason staff also was an aide to Tower, while Alan Kranowitz Teen caught in wrong yard RICHARDSON (AP) A 15-year-old who police believe may have been planning a house burglary had some bad luck in picking his alleged target. In fact, he might as well have chosen the Dallas County courthouse.

The back yard he walked into Thursday was that of Nor- prosecutors in the Dallas The youth was confronted by Kathy Banks, Kinne's next door neighbor and a former secretary in the district attorney office, police said. Armed with a pistol, Mrs. Banks kept the youth in the yard until police arrived. No word yet on whether Mrs. Banks' husband, former prosecutor Jerry Banks, will represent the youth.

Banks is now a defense attorney. "It does make for an ironic situation," said policeman Eric Austin. JP's videotape shown (l Montgomery County commissioner charged with bribery should be removed from office because he will have 'too much time and too much ability for mischief, District Attorney Peter Speers says eer '1 seekin the oust er of Commissioner Weldon Locke, 43, who was charged Feb. 4 with bribery Authorities allege Locke helped bilk the county of thousands of dollars by submitting vouchers for road and traffic signal maintenance work that was never performed Two other county officials have resigned in the wake of the investigation, but have not been charged. "The nature of the allegations is extremely serious Speers said Friday during a hearing on whether to temporarily suspend Locke from office.

Speers and County Attorney Jim Dozier sought the suspension. Visiting State District Judge P.K. Reiter said he will rule on the suspension request Feb. 25. A trial will start the same day to consider merits of permanently removing Locke The commissioner is free on $20,000 bond for the second- degree felony charge.

If convicted, he could receive up to 10 years in prison and be fined up to $10,000. 2 held in Texan's death RLEAN0S (AP) an Francisco men faced murder charges Saturday in the stabbing death of a Texas man who claimed to be a frequent visitor to this city at Mardi Crras time, police said. Police identifed the victim as Carl Schexnayder of Houston hotel 6 6 WaS Und in a a French Quarter he'd been coming here for Mardi Gras for 16 years said a hotel clerk who guessed the victim was in his late 30s or early 40s. Investigators said Schexnayder registered at the Burgundy Inn on Thursday and was killed early Friday. Police quoted another hotel guest as saying he saw one naked man chasing another naked man past his hotel window Police said the witness told them he heard a thud and a scream, and called the hotel's guard, who called police after finding a trail of blood that led to the victim's room.

Later, the guard and two police officers found the victim Iv- mg in a pool of blood. Detective Norman Pierce said the victim probably ran out pt his room and was pursued and stabbed, and then ran back throat mi Where hiS attacker mav have slashed his Family, hospital settle FORT WORTH (AP) The family of a 12-year-old boy who suffered severe brain damage during a 1983 operation will receive a settlement that could eventually total $11.5 million, their attorney said Friday. Michael Eric Stutt of Paradise, Texas, was scheduled for surgery on Feb. 27, 1983, at Harris Hospital-Methodist, to remove fluid that had built up around his lungs, said Darrell Keith, thefamily'sattorney. While under anaesthesia, the boy's heart slowed and eventually stopped, but the problem went undetected for a few moments, Keith said.

Although the child, then 9, was revived he had suffered severe brain damage, Keith said. The boy's mother and father, Joan and Charles Stutt, filed a medical malpractice suit contending that the boy was given "the wrong drug for the wrong reason and it made Eric's heart stop, Keith said. Mattox plans insurance investigation AlT.x'rTN AP1 A I 1 AUSTIN (AP) Attorney General Jim Mattox said Saturday he will investigate insurance companies to try to prove they have colluded to create an artificial crisis that could mean big dollars for them. "Our citizens are entitled to know why they are being boycotted by insurance carriers and reinsurers. At a very minimum, they are entitled to know the full truth about the latest liability insurance he told a special legislative committee.

The attorney general said the companies might be using "illegal restraints of trade or deceptive trade practices" to cancel coverage for "our day care operators, our motor carriers, our municipalities and even ministers of the gospel. "I'm gathering information from the cities right now to determine whether I can figure out a way to substantiate what I believe to be the case. I think any lawyer that would look at what appears to be the cancellation of insurance would lead one to believe there's collusion involved," Mattox told the Joint Committee on Liability Insurance and Tort Reform. The committee is looking at the insurance crunch that has driven up rates and, in some cases, made liability coverage unavailable. Several Texas cities have had to drop basic liability coverages because of high prices.

Insurance companies say the premiums have been driven up, in large part, by big jury awards in liability lawsuits. Those jury awards have dried up the availability of "reinsurance," the coverage purchased by insurance companies to cover their risk. Mattox said the reinsurance changes only to line their pockets, companies particularly the he said. British giant Lloyd's of London The changes sought by the are to blame. Those companies companies amount to a "pig in a are pushing for legislative poke," according to Mattox.

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