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Victoria Advocate from Victoria, Texas • 7

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Victoria Advocatei
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Victoria, Texas
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THE VICTORIA ADVOCATE, Saturday, June 10, 1995-7A Folksy Texas farmer would rather 'cut up' than through government red tape Education Board votes down member restraint WASHINGTON (AP) Texas farmer and businessman Paul Condit a self-proclaimed "good ol' boy" introduced President Clinton's latest program to cut government paperwork. Clinton threw a class reunion of sorts Friday for some of the people whose stories touched him during the 1992 presidential campaign. With folksy flair, Condit lampooned Washington's red tape and told the president he needed to do a better job of letting people know what he had accomplished, saying, "It ain't getting out." Clinton clearly enjoyed the introduction, and said Condit's part of the program was designed as "part of the continuing cultural education" of Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. "We found out that even though he's very brilliant, there are serir ous gaps in his knowledge," Clin ton joked. Spring mmer i SAVE 20-50 Dresses Playwear Texas twister VI ELVINS sections, and that they ask children to make their own choices "without regard to existing authority." School districts have been allowed to use state money to buy books only from the single state-approved list, unless they received a state waiver.

Changes in state education law this year will give districts a broader range of choices. Ballard told the local board presidents in the letter that she respected their right to make their own choices. But she added that school districts' options included adopting or rejecting the books, or buying them and then not using them. That last option was particularly criticized as wasteful of tax dollars by Harriet Peppel of People for the American Way. Peppel and Cecile Richards of the Texas Freedom Alliance asked for a rule forbidding state board members to influence school districts in adoption of instructional materials.

But the state board's school finance committee rejected the idea Thursday, and the full board endorsed that action Friday with a voice vote. Subcommittees request Davidian raid documents WASHINGTON AP) A pair of House subcommittees want the Clinton administration to hand over documents relating to the fiery federal raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. In letters to the White House and departments of Justice, Treasury and Defense, the chairmen of the House Government Reform and Oversight subcommittee on national security and the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime asked for a full accounting of events surrounding the 1993 face-off. Four Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents and 85 Davidians, including sect leader David Koresh, died. A joint hearing of the subcommittees, which is scheduled for July 12, will examine both Waco and the case of white separatist Randy Weaver.

Federal agents seeking to arrest Weaver on weapons charges killed his wife and teen-age son in a J992 -siege at Weaver's Idaho mountain cabin. Bert Brandenberg, a spokesman for the Justice Department, said Thursday night he had not seen the request, but added, "The attorney general has said she wants to be helpful." At the White House, spokeswoman Ginny Terzano said, "We have received the request and we're looking at it." A tornado is shown heading for the west side of Pampa on Thursday. Seven people were injured, dozens of homes and businesses were destroyed or heavily damaged in the tornado which struck about 4:45 p.m. Several hours later, a tornado hit the community of Allison, 50 miles east of Pampa in northeast Wheeler County. That twister cut a swath about a mile wide, an official with the National Weather Service said.

and Ladies Childrens iVftisperitii) CreeljCenter Tjavarro at Quy grant 573-9797 Associated Press per person Sheriffs Department Motorist Assistance GILLMAN'S 2ND ANNUAL my mm MimUSwe PRE-COOK OFF DANCE Featuring dfrieQIfi) Bllack 9 am until Special Auction Starts at 1:00 pm FREE Spectator Admission to Cook-Off. Attractions For The Kids. Food Beverages On Sale. Prizes In All CbokfOff Categories. AUSTIN (AP) The State Board of Education rejected a plea Friday that its individual members be prohibited from influencing school districts' choice of textbooks.

Board member Will Davis said there were concerns that the proposal by People for the American Way which describes its purpose as promoting civil rights and civil liberties was unconstitutional. "I'm not going to gag anybody, and I don't want them gagging me," said Davis, a Democrat from Austin. People for the American Way's petition stemmed from conservative board member Donna lard's criticism of state-approved health textbooks. The books, which some have been called too explicit or inappropriate in their treatment of sex education, were endorsed by the state board before Ballard joined the panel. In a letter to school board presidents in her election district, the Republican from The Woodlands said she would have voted to reject the books had she been on the board at the time.

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An Adopt-A-Pet doghouse also Is open Saturdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Victoria Mall. For more Information, call 575-7387. Jtmti WllcoxTlw Victoria Advocat Pet of the week This 11 -week-old female cat named Trudy is very playful. She is ready to be adopted at Six Flags Humane Society Animal Shelter, 305 Rebel St.

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