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nipjlirip-np Hi 11. ry ji p-fm F13 American Statesman Wednesday, December 14, 1977 a farming called answer to welfare Austin Houston area. One person was storm that destroyed 600 to 800 'Simply set up a closed-circuit television camera and screen in his (each Congress member's) home to transmit his own self and voice to any other congressmen singly, or to all of them together And then his wife and children could watch him at work, so that he would perform better under their eyes and also, a lot more soberly," Reece prescribed. Reece called for elimination of industrial pollution of the ocean by government operation if necessary. That may mean communism "for awhile," he conceded, adding "That is probably the best way to make friends with the Russians, join them in communism and then lead them out of it, back to a society that progressed toward the maximum development of each individual." Whites in South Africa, said Reece, "should turn all the land back to the black Africans, throw themselves at the mercy of the blacks who for so long have been at the merciless mercy of the whites." Reece also proposed a "human-life amendment" to the U.S.

Constitution to prohibit abortions except in cases of rape or where a woman's life is imperiled. Twister belts Houston Apartment units were lifted from their foundations and smashed Tuesday morning by a tornado that Tipped through the Northeast American-Statesman Capitol Staff Fish-farming and closed-circuit television could save money spent on welfare programs and Congress, Democratic congressional panrii. date; Randolph Fain Reece suggested Tuesday. Reece. Who has annnunpnH aoalnct U.S.vRep.

J.J. Pickle, unveiled a unique, piauorm at nis campaign headquarters here. "There has been no original thinking iij Congress, but my proposals of what to do in Congress ar nriolnal thoughts," said Reece in one of the understatements 01 tne 1978 campaign openers. As an answer to lengthening food stamp rolls, Reece recommended a law providing for the transportation of Texans to the coast to harvest shellfish in a mass sea-farming op eration. "This nrocedure could result in rp.

duction of food stamp allotments by one-mira saving money on welfare', said Reece. Instead of sending congressmen to Washington, Reece proposed keep ing mem at nome and saving "roughly half a million dollars a on "travel and partying." Road changes viewed By MARK KILPATRICK American-Statesman Staff Travis County Commissioner Ann Richards thinks her constituents are getting short changed by the way commissioners divide up road and bridge money. Each commissioner this year got $834,847 or one-fourth of the maintenance budget to fix road and bridges in their precincts. But, Richards said, 41 percent of the miles of roads is in her precinct in Southwest Travis County. By contrast, said Richards, Pet.

1 Commissioner David Samuelson has 17 percent and Precinct 4 Commissioner Richard Moya has 14 per cent. Only Pet. 2 Commissioner Bob Honts's sector has funds near the number of miles of road, Richards said, Honts has 28 percent of the road miles, she said. "Something's got to give," Richards said. That means either redistributing funds or redrawing precinct boundaries to equalize the number of road miles in each district, she said.

Another alternative is to ize road and bridge building and maintenance, Richards said. That, she said, "would solve my dilemma." Richards said she wants to talk about the "imbalance" and possible solutions at this morning's commissioner work session. Oir her request, a University of Texas economics graduate student, Tom Granger, studied the county's precinct system. Granger compared it to centralized, or unit, systems in other Texas counties primarily Bell and Bexar, which Granger argued are similar to Travis County. These counties operate with less 1 'A" '-St 4 s.

tX'" if 1 Tornado's aftermath Friends comfort Frances Marie Turner, left, who suffered a back injury as she stepped onto the porch of her home as the-tornado struck. At right, Jim Stancil sits in his damaged car smoking a cigarette after sustaining a leg injury as a result of the Tuesday morning twister. I 1 I. i killed and 40 were injured in the homes and buildings in the area. "hi -IS 1 1, i Photos byAP Ann Richards paving and bulldozing equipment than Travis County does, Granger's study found.

In Travis County, each precinct buys equipment it needs. Under the unit system, equipment is pooled so that equipment doesn't end up sitting around unused. Richards said Granger would be at the commissioners' meeting this morning to discuss his report. Earlier this week, Moya said he could support consolidating major construction as well as pooling equipment. But he opposed centralizing maintenance.

Moya said the precinct system was more responsive to citizens' needs than turning it over to bureaucrats whose main aim, he said, would be efficiency. County Judge Mike Renfro and Honts said they perhaps could support consolidating road striping and sign maintenance. Richards said she wants the county to ease Into centralization next year by consolidating such efforts as road striping. But she hops the county could be full-swing Into road and bridge centralization under the county engineer or a road adminstrator by 1979. "I think we have to take the little steps before we can make the big one," she said.

were not named," Comacho said, adding she Is uncertain that the originally stated Intent Isn't still there -just disguised. "The fact that these objectives, which are minority insensitive, racially stereotyping, gcnocidal In nature were even considered by the task force is appalling," Comacho said. "When health care Is offered with these Ideas In mind, It is no wonder that certain groups do not avail themselves of the health services," said Comacho, who also identified herself as a member of the Mexican-American Business and Professional Women of Austin. The federal law, which created the health systems agencies, requires that a majority of the members be consumers. But Comacho said that of the task forces, 49 members were health care providers and only 14 members were consumers.

She suggested that the reports Issued by the task forces should be considered as "provider reports" and "nothing else." She said It would not be enough for the CTHSA to allow consumers to react to the task force reports. "To use the reaction technique would be to put the consumers on the defensive and weigh the results In favor of the provider reports." Racist charges leveled at area health agency ByABBY KAIGHIN American-Statesman Staff A major health planning agency in Central Texas has made preliminary proposals which are steeped tn racism', a task force member of that agency charged Tuesday. The Central Texas Health Systems Agency (CTHSA) also has task forces working on health plans, which are dominated by health care providers, not consumers, said Diana Comacho, a nutritionist who is a considered a health care Comacho planned to air her com plaint before the CTHSA board meeting in Waco Tuesday night. "I don't know If it was intentional, or Just insensltlvlty which prompted one recommendation which was outright racist," Comacho said. The -health planning objective, which particularly disturbed her, was one concerning family planning goals.

Two objectives aim to reduce the number of Illegitimate births to black females and Spanish-surname females In the Central Texas area. Another goal Intends to increase the family planning services targeted at minority women. "These (goals) were later amended whereby specific minority groups r. j. If- 7 i ipr Heavy steel building that housed a pipe machino shop toppled a by tornado (-.