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HElUU-Ttedfcy, My n. Wl Checking Closely By ANN ARNOLD it by page," Calvert UPI Capitol Reporter "iVe are going to certify i Tex. (UPI) State.il." I Comptroller Robert S. Following certification, the! wtee staff is must go to the governor for! ins oVer the new $4.1 billion his approval rejection. i budget, says he will know by Uov.

Preston Smith has until Wednesday whether the state July 27 20 days after the his enough money to back budget session of the budge! adjourned to de- Texas' constitution prohibits cidi what he will do. It Is likely deficit spending aJid each time that he will veto certain itcnis a spending bill is passed by Ihe in lii'j b.ll. legislature the comptroller must S35 ilnlion More certify that there is enough The spending bill totaled only monev in the till or enough ll.oii more than the revenue to cover total Smith recom- the proposed spending. mended. But the legislative plan --Our accountant are check- calls for using $35 million moie from stale lax revenues Rezoningf Meeting Wednesday Br.wii.ville and 3pmnR Ri'iri will meet Wed- nesday at p.m.

at City Hail d.d Sm.Ill's suggested pro- indicated last rrk lie was generally pleased .111 bill since it does not require new taxes. Me could I rim from some sections but roulil nothing about the areas where Ihe legislalure al- le.s- niimey than he had example is the highway where Ihe legislalure consider application "lo million. Public welfare rezone properties now 343 and 512.6 classified lo be in a res.dcnLial nl ll.an WHS trimmed from the mas, extending from Central proposal for a school of medi- Bhd. to Cons on both sides a( Texas Tech. of Boca Chica from a s.nith, however, is expected i i a lo a retail 0 wilh most of the classification." according lo an veto would mean calling released by Cily n( ame duck lawmakers Secrelary Jesse Sloss.

back for another special session application to rezone the between now and Aug. 31, thi properties fainting Boca Chica budgetary deadline. is ihr result of board )e cou id trim from in- Iflember Ur George Freeman's du(k ci 1 -charge d'lrmfi the last regular S3.5 million padded into IJt Heeling thf-t the Board was VcntLl a and McnlJ I JJJLU -engaguig in what he termed i( lar( al ii )n section. I'Spoi zoning." fi extra $4 iiiiiin for -During its lasl meeting, prisons ard rejected the application; and 512 million pay raise City Commissioner Jim Mills for aru it and non faculty col- 1 rezone a .102 acre tract land out Lot 1. Block lo and Aide Says Collins Involved In Pay Kickback Scheme By GENE BKRNHARDT "Did Collins tell you that Coltas could not make de- VVASH1NGTON (UPI) A i had to pay the money back to nsions.

Texas congressman fHhirn?" Stephens was did." she repUed. accused of operating a govern- between Hs.g and Collins, mer.l payroll kickback scheme, hired Haag early in 1968 as Rep James M. Collins, R- 1 campaign manager and carried the nves tiea- "J5 cou, have con'ned any- TM 1 asted ted. Yes, said TM ep a two-term congressman! him on the payroll one of the Jiaaf, eral court iurv trial of George i "a very forceful person. He was i legislation i because he (Collins) ltog.

Xge? with maiildecislve which good really understand. fraud, obstructing justice and i falsifying House payroll forms. Collins himself is currently: under grand jury investigation: as a result of the Haag case and was subpoenaed by Haag'si lawyers, Leslie Scherr and: Thomas Waddell, to testify on' Haag's claims that Collins endorsed the kickback as offi- a means of building a political CdlinTtoid newsmen Fights Order On Busing U.S. District Judge equirnig mem to buy buses or possible cross-district ng to achieve racially balanced; will ten you that, there as piember tiiai. Detroit's nanily black schools Ddiaiely segregated.

2J)5 buses, at about 1 approximately 20,000 students 10 an interim desegre- for Detroit and 5 The legal sw? sutalb dwto plan I A SPKCTATORS Tlie (ipuninj: session of the Democratic in Miami Kencli took its toll on these spectators who spraw- led on their chairs as the session moved into wee hours of the morning. the side as a spectator and heard a Court Judg i an September "Vatican Todays Weather The Magic Valley Brownsville Land Im- I Company Sub- 1 lynSglSSlDDl totton, Share 22, EspiritJ 1 ili3i: Santo Grant, located on Chica from a residential i J. 311" to a retail classification. An application to a piece of property across the from Mills' property was approved by the board a ou 4 a today on beach by U.S. For Weed Two Biloxi, lliss.

i FORECAST: Partly cloudyJ-os Angeies a warm through Wednesday.iMemphis K011K (UPI)--Secrelary A slight chance of daytime'Mexico C'iy William P. Rogers said! showers. Winds southeast 10 iiidav a Vatican attempt to IS mph daytime and 3 to 6 mph.Midiand arrange an exchange of priso-'at night. Temperature ranges of Murpls-St. Paul ners of war in Vietnam has 76 to 91 in the coastal sections, Monterey if ai led 174 to 95 in the mid-Valley andiNew Orleans "They (the Vatican) to 98 in the York 'several attempts dierctly and Probability of rain 20 per cenvOklahoma City Indirect! to see if there is this afternoon, 20 per cent'Phoenix prisoners could IK exchanged," Rogers said.

this Wednesday. Pittoburgh HARBOR AND BAY: Partly St. Louis far been) to no cloudy and warm through Lake Cily He did not elaborate on A slight chance a Anton.o 75 87 91 86 91 83 84 91 100 78 87 92 92 65 64 86 the property had been- B(l Patrol officers and an: iep had been taken. I a i showers. Sault St.

Mane manufacturing name 11cnt tire ti.S. Customs when he saw Pope'Paul VI13'southeast 8 to 18 -Snots. Seattle there for ivo yeare, and wished were ordered placed onths ago, Bogers asked of rain 20 per cent; Washington to rezone Ihe land to County Jail underjto intervene to improve the! this afternoon, and 20 per cent, with zoning laws. bond on marijuana jcondition of U.S. prisoners Wednesday.

Tide is near ore Freeman said that all of tnc' smU charges. iwar in Vietnam and see if there! half foot above normal. Wave: property fronting Boca Chica in: ordered lodged in the County iwas any chance of gaining thciri heights inland bay 1 to 2 feet, that area should be rezoned In er a hearing today I freedom. A LAKE AND! a i the practice U.S. Magistrate William I The secretary saw the Pope VICINITY: Partly cloudy andi zoning.

were Peter J. Gaedchensif or an hour today and heard the'warm through Wednesday.ij^ due instead of after Fischer Nixes TV Of Match the fl million it would cosl for t)n' buses. a man "with a weak person-; "'tale S. Anderson, the gov-j 'nslead, Roth eimment prosecutor, claimed'' 1 1 the 11-memoer earlier that Haag lied lo mmlssloned lo investigators who started indicated panel devise integration plan would into alle-l" 10 TM 3 gallons by columnist Jack nl ate derson that the kickback sys- REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UPI)jtem was being operated .21 -Tas world champion-! The prosecution fast Detroit suburban schools. pace and its enrollment--in Detroit and its suburbs.

The judge's order put a stop to claims lhat the desegregation ruling was inconceivable from an operational standpoint because the stale did not have enough vehicles to transport students from school to school. He also denied the stale's a officials say they quest to delay further action don the money to pay for chess match between i that Haag used the mails i American Bobby Fischer and also met personally with wit-i i Russia's Boris Spassky was still nesses called by a federal grand 1 go today, but Fischer made to urge them lo he to the! ft areilt.llO.lCl last-minute demand to and to the jury. i televising the first of the! Scherr, in opening the le 'n a scheduled 24-game series. fense's casj Monday, Vjctl "There will be no TV filming that Haag lied to FBI investigators of loyalty to Collins" but said that his client Found tonight, but we hope some olher i arrangements can be made so can film later during the in take the stand! CORPUS CHRISTI, match" said Fred this week, "is now ready'(UPI)--Nueces County sheriff's U. S.I to come belore you, the jury, deputies Monday said they have County (Continued From Page One) an John W.

Cruso, 24. Vatica-n report. southeast 8 to 18 mphj 11 According to the agenda the a will consider the They following items: a presentation Border Patrol officers on Boca fa-red 0r mo re than two Temperature range of 72 )las the moneVi i (hat a wait: halted by U.S. Karlier, the' secretary con-i daytime and 3 to 6 mph at i sai the county technically i TM 8 nn Rnf-a tTM fu'n Tnmnerature ran2e of 11 a hut thai a wail of a letter of intent of the beach as they were ap-jmtj! itaHan leaders in the first and bounds partition of 32.SO a retumang toward contact between the acres of Lot 1. Block 204.

El, in their Jardtn a public i auto. hearing for the purpose of: orne 12 pounds of giving consideration to an ap-l mil rijuana was reported plication to rezone all of thatjhy U.S. Customs agents certain tract, parcel or piece addition to the auto. to 98. of sometimes three months is! TIDES: The high necessary before tax coliecuons allow president of the i Chess Fedtration.

Fischer said the television icameras, hidden behind cloth- jcovered scaffolding above the stage where the players will sit, would distract him. Fischer's opponent, world champion Boris Spassky, said 'he was ready to play, fine with me," ian. earlier that and tell, the whole "Victimized "We will prove that Collins used congressional funds to a- administration and p.m. and the lows at wi ay-old coalition g( by Premier Giuh'o Andreot- iio-day-old coalition: government The high Wednesday at i p' aj menl present tax rate! led bv Premier GiuSo a.m. and tho lows at 11:18 no ni tnr n.ni'o i Rogers, who originally wasj scheduled to fly home from p.m.

Amarillo Atlanta a.m. SUNRISE 6:46 a.m. SUNSET Cramer said Fischer was "go first game Wi p.m. of land marked "Reserve" on ordered confined to the! yugos avj Sunday after a 10- the map of Ponciana )U nty Jail late Monday day fflrtng through Asia, the Subdivision in Share 22, EspmUiiternnon by Mallet was Ventura i Mediterranean and East N.D. Santo Grant, from a residential JTrejo 29, from San Antonio.

I ropean nations, decided at the Brownsville to a commercial classification was charged by (Mallet momen to add Rome to a public hearing to consider an im and possession itinerary, extending the tripiChicago application to rezono one iii the intent to two avSi iCorpus Chrisli of Lot 530, all of Lots 531 and pounds of; is reason forlBcnver 532, Block 21. Colonia Victoria arijuana. ihope," Rogei-s said when asked (Des Moines Addition, from a residential to' re 0 wa apprehended the prospects at the! Detroit a commercial classification. 9 by U.S. Customs agents peace ls is resuming! El Paso Also on the agenda: a port of entry at Rio Grande iFort WorUi hearing to consider the ap-: ra in Starr County.

i lled a recem Kor plication to rezone .52 acre uij juilct set bond on Trejo ati vietnamesc offensive a faUiire! Houslnn Block 26, Los Ebanos Estates. from a residential to an apartment classification; a OT1 public hearing to consider the cllldll application to rezone Lots 19. 20 and part of 21, Block; I 10, and Lots 18- 19 and part 1 20, Block 11. Ebony Heights.01 Subdivision from a residenlial to a commercial classification: i public hearing to consider 77 83 86 93 107 Rlork 28 Wsl .1 Son rom a residential a to regi.sler displeasure a cassificaHon. "TMr stalled contract ncgot.a- Tne board will also consider Colonia from a anj described the decision mine North Vietnamese ans stepup bombing by U.S.

a ivvarplanes "umisually effcc-j I've." I I i Rogers did not elaborate 0 ni' I illie Vatican's efforts to bring an exchange of did the Vatican, where said such diplomatic Ion-shoremen shut downiactivily was usually kept throughout the tslandsisecrct. utilizes about 11 cents for PyT is favorite interest and sinking fund, 6 5 i MacNeliy said to go over far ahead lop Ihe county needs about ulant oli cents, or approximately one- Both men made final inspec- Fischer son column, appeared in news- third more. lion tours of the sports arena Hence, the proposed five-cent where the match will be played. Fischer made an unannounced tour early in the day and Spassky strolled in at noon. Commissioners also are faced with the prospect of higher office budgets in the county government for 1973.

Taxj Assessor-Collector Johney Snow was at Monday's session andgy "the "Reykjavik" furniture board and picked out a chair from among several provided urged the county to acquire more money. "I can tell you right now," said Snow, "my budget is going lo increase. Every budget in the Down 'I 1 i-i stores. Fischer earlier had his favorite chair flown in from New York. Fischer earlier complained 'increase, about a number of details in county is going to the money going to I the hall, including: the lighting come ftomV" (the chess board and the size Indications are that County the chess pieces, the televisfoi Clerk J.

Harrison Diltz and Sheriff-elect Gus Rrausse also have plans for substantial increases in their budgets; increases that would necessitate greater income by the county. "They'll just tighten i and the thickness of the window drapes. To accommodate Fischer, the lighting was dimmed and the found a bloodstained car which they believe earned the body of Randy Farenthold and might hold a clue to the suspects in khe state will be stuck with 293 i buses it doesn't need if Roth's 1 ruling is reversed sj hfgher courts. But Both said he feels he has a "50-50" chance of being (upheld and erven if he is reversed, the buses could be an integration plan for Detroit only--one that excludes the suburbs and cross-district busing. out of his cwn pockel and that out, offigate the killte of ft.

Sheriff Johnnie Mitchell said ho daSnt; Sins' net worthiPf rso ls are alread about $35 million the case. the Ander-l me Farenthold, stepson of Franc- Dods FarenthoMi unsuccessful can- A(JoHo Hospital ADMISSIONS BROWNSVILLE: i a Batti, Mrs. Delma Barrera, I Mrs. Tomasa Barrios, Mrs. JRosario Bustimza, Mrs.

Estela Cortez, Jtrs. ftlaria Costes, Ezra papers across the country, iaag, who was in Dallas at the j' telephoned Colhns in 1 Washington and told the congressman "it's mandatory that go before the house ethics committee to explain this whole thing." Scherr said Collins told Haag "not lo act hastily and to re- didate Dominguez, Esiquiel 41UUHU CJJIQ.tt^-t., for governor of Texas i Garda Mrs Juana Garibayt JT, was found deao Ramon Garza BMnaso S. fisherman in the Gulf ofj, Spassky studied the chess turn to Washington. Collins went to Hagg's house the next day and implored him not to involve him (Collins) in any way. Haag felt about Collins like he would about his father and agreed to sign a statement prepared by Collins' attorneys that cleared the congressman of any involvement." Salary Never Increased One of Collins' former secretaries, Mrs.

Susan Scott, said in a deposition read to the court in Monday, that the statement, her words, said "He (Collins) in the Mexlcana Addition I i a 1 Longshoremen's and; Union 1 lllAVlj). an artion that brings a hall, 1n the vital shipping life- Disabled Trawler Towed In The Texas Southmost College hoard of trustees will be hear discussion of a "land tonight at a i i a classification. to a a Only military cargo retail unloaded Monday after was the According to Dr. Arnulfn TSC president, the report on the land use study PORT ISABEL The 54-foot will be prescnled by trustee said Cortinas this morning nti the proposed increases. MacNeliy this morning said I jhe is preparing a letter to amon explaining the need for tax increase.

He said the hands prior to the 4 p.m. meeting today. first row ot spectator seats was never received money from us moved farther away from the a nd lhat our salary was never increased so we could pay' money back lo him." She said she refused to sign the state-i ment "because it was not true," Scott said she was was floating face down in water and a chain trapped abound his neck was tied to a block of concrete. The last time he was seen alive was June 3 at 2 a. m.

when he left a Corpus Christi nightclub. Mitchell said the car found had been washed out wilh water, but bloodstains were found in the fender well of the trunk. He said human hair, which matched Farenthold's, was found on the latch of the car trunk. The sheriff refused to say where or when the car was found, but he said, the oar was oul of Ihe hands of the at Ihe time of the slaving. More extensive tests underway to link the blood and hair to Farenlhold's.

Martinez, Mrs. Diana Ojeda, Mrs. Sylvia Rodriguez. FOKT WORTH: Mrs. Brenda Creswell.

DISMISSALS BROWNSVILLE: jnary Ateman, David fflfartin Barrera, Leticia Dominguez, Maria Tina Jarcia, Emestina Garza- Jack fale, Socorro Luna, Carlos Drive, Olivia R. Pesina, Sylvia Picazo, Conception Vera. A BBNFTO: Salvador Perez. PORT ISABEL: Mrs. Ofelia Martinez.

ulu a tolslage so the nearest spectator would be about 25 yards away. I Solids In A Week ed Collins' workers who were told by the congressman they Armored Unit i Former President Harry STru- Pilot Drug Program AUSTIN (UPI) Texas will DB one of three, stales lo lake part in a pilot program designed to stop the flow of legal drugs into illegal channels, the Department announced today. The stain council will federal grant ersion invi I I I I I i 1.1 i i i i i i i merlin" for a report on the Daddy was towed into port here requested by the board and "of contract negotiations Monday night by a U.S. college's didn't return to work. Guard search and rescue Committee lo deter-' MN tteilJUOIl ate his first solid food in 'a week Monday in Research i Hospital where, he is suffering a gastrointestinal ailment.

would be sent to Dallas to help in his 1968 election effort and that their salaries would be increased to cover expenses there 'and also the difference left Obituary VIRGINIA GARZA Mrs. Virginia Tapia Garea, 70, of Bl, 1, Box 834, died Monday at Mercy Hospital. is survived by 10 sons, Santos, Alberto and EmMio Garza, all of Brorosvilie, Ilehiaido Garza of Chicago, 111., mulim has An eight year-old girl waslAbelaixlo Gara of Galveston, treated for minor injuries in the Roberto Garza of Coalingan, Gonzalo and Enrique bolh of Girl Struck le-lT) fi emergency room at Mercy Hospital Monday after she was struck by an automobile, according to police. Maria Rosario Silva, ot 2034 E. Harrison, was treated and Garza, over teI Ceased to the care of her Herminia G.

Vasquez of should be turned over to in or Nurses said he enjoyed after deducting her reg- lored Division headed "jyjbreakfast of bacon, eggs, toast, ular $400 a month salary and George World juico and tca the expenses of working and liv- ANTONIO (IJI'D-A a a i i longshoremen have after suffering a series of mine the most effective use ofjday reunion of the famous 2 K-en Horkim: under terms of a Breakdowns 20 miles north of property now owned by Division headed by that expired 311, Port Isabel. 1 Also Dr I'171 Dunn-' ii months of According to a Guard noted, Ihe study will help direct! war II opens Wednesday Known; wilh Ihe slevedonng spokesman the crew of the Dig: the college in deciding the "Hell on AVhecls" divis-j industry, (he union won an 82-Daddy, owned by Willi Ilnst ofistnu-tion policies for fiilurc'jon, the 2nd Armored was the since last Monday because doc- hourlv wage inerea.v. lull Port Isabel, lalks IxiSROd down oVcr work him (Collins)." Mrs. Scott said at the end ol her monthly go family physician, according to investigating officer Gabriel California, Alonzo Garza of Chicago, and Jose Key Garza of Brownsville; two daughters, Mrs. Roscnda G.

Sanchez of California and Mrs. He had been on a liquid diet .,,1 radioed shortly'college expansion and growth. American unit allowed loiloi-s said it was necessary to fter noun Monday lhat Dr. Oliveira is also Berlin following Ihe (Jer-'the success of a rad-iological had failed and Ihey lo request (ho Ijoard of trustees man suiTiender because of of Truman's lower diir-ition of the stun adrift without a ruddier or a i a several federal I role il iplaycd in the Allied tracl. The x-rays were mil i i i i i i r.

,1 (vl MI MnTinnV ng in Dallas that month. "I asked Mr. Collins if he wanled to fake Ihe ($600) and he said lo give it to George. I said George was not in town and then he (Collins) said 'alright, I'll take Another former secrclary, i i vith fattened with Jtl tow and funds given to the college iii'morcd Division the past. i Other ilems staled to come 1 HIGH AND LOW Stevedoring officials met lo Monday.

the- worsening The Coast Guard launch with issued no enmnvut. the llig Daddy in fitate mOne.Y. rn-L' i i 'in-vino Ilirce Thp unit, which i i i i be operating in several Texas ships in port Monday so Ihe moored at priv DC OJKKIUIIB had a minimum al 10 p.m yct However, a strike of spokesman said. consolidation of lh inslilulion's ion" duration rnuld dwast.it.; No for the policies, prjsenlalion Hawaii's economy, stillWrh: 'ical failure and the lossUif the third quarterly fin from the. lenelhy of the fiddler and anchor and personnel "deafcis iwest dock strikt.

'given, the spokesman said. i pomtmcnts and resignations. he was hos- and doctors would riot indicate, when lhc X3rd lYesidcnt will he al- to return to his home in YOIIK (liPO-Theinearby Independence, Mo. crewmen a fur Hie college board's NK.W Ic docks here consideration Dr. Oliveira said, i highest lemperaliire Tnimnn was witli Monday, lhe iiirlii(le discussions of by the National Wcaih-jlhe same ailment for 12 days in Brownswlle; brothers, Francisco and GUberto Tapia, Buslamcnte." two sisters, Mrs.

Felicitas T. 1. sa nc accident'Guerra and Victoria T. i David Perez, of Flores, all of Brownsville, 43 was driving grandchildren and 17 great- grandchildren. A rosary will be said Wed- Van northwest on E.

Harrison and struck the little girl. Witnesses to the accident toldlncsday at 7:30 p.m. at the police that the girl darted oul Gara Chanel. from belwccn Funeral services will IK held Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at Our of Good Counsel Catholic filmrch with interment at two parked cars.

i said Perez skidded (11 feet, indicating that he was driving at a speed ofRosila Cemetery. mph. No citations were nr SnrvlCB excluding Alaska and! 1971. Hawaii was 113 degrees at of the third quarterly financial)Palm Springs, Calif. Today's was 43 degrees at Doctors say Truman lias an imlatrtl colon thaj'is not causing him pain, but Lime discomfort.

she also $350 a month salary would be Increased when she went to Dallas lo work on the campaign and that the excess after expenses was to be turned over to him (Collins). i "I paid back $5(11 but I wns, told by George (Haag) to make the check nut in his najne lie- cause it would prove embarrassing fn the congressman to have his own name on tile checlt." Garza Funeral Home is In charge of arrangements. Joe A. Besleiro, Funeral Director 1048 E. St.

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