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Fort Worth Star-Telegram from Fort Worth, Texas • 34

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I 11 1 1L:" A tdsi eAT 11 rns rtn tice nn ha debris and took oft the Arrest An Rates From Page 17 From Page 17 Wednesday PM September 27 1989 I Fort Worth Star-Telegram I Section 1 Page 19 Consumers insurance representa- cemed that the 30-percent deviation in tives and state board staff considered market prices could create unfair corn-insurance market trends before recom- petition between insurers mending a new rate ceiling to board members Thompson said that if big companies Jo Ann Howard an insurance board offer policies at a rate 30-percent less member said the board gave industry than the maximum some smaller corn- the benefit of the doubt by approving a panies may be forced out of business rate slightly higher than that recom- "Companies need some protection mended by the state board's staff "We were allowing for some discre- against undue competition" Thomp- son said "I would hope that the board tion by allowing for a few tenths of a would monitor carefully this deviation percent and that maybe the staff's lower percentage because smaller compaestimate might not be accurate" How- tiles could go under" Consumers insurance representatives and state board staff considered insurance market trends before recommending a new rate ceiling to board members Jo Ann Howard an insurance board member said the board gave industry the benefit of the doubt by approving a rate slightly higher than that recommended by the state board's staff "We were allowing for some discretion by allowing for a few tenths of a percent and that maybe the stafi's lower estimate might not be accurate" on 1 Page 19 nt deviation in ite unfair cornN 'big companies 30-percent less le smaller comut of business me protection tion" Thompthat the board this deviation mailer compa something for industry" said Paul Wrotenbery chairman of the insurance board But consumer advocates who had asked for a considerable reduction in the maximum policy rate came away from the board meeting disappointed The Office of Consumer Protection had proposed a I 02-percent rate reduction The state board's final decision came nowhere near the consumer group's request and the new rate ceiling is higher than its staffs recommendation of a 05-percent increase "I have to be concerned anytime they grant a rate increase that's higher than anybody asked for" said Kay Doughty general counsel for the Office for Consumer Protection said Paul insurance who had in came away appointed tection had came group's re- ng is higher lation of a Howard said Jay Thompson an attorney with the Texas Insurance Advisory Association was happy with the maximum property insurance rate increase But he was con board decision In an attempt to increase competition between insurance companies the three-member board also voted to allow insurers to offer policies at rates 30 percent less than the maximum rate Currently insurers can offer policies at 25 percent below the maximum rate Board members yesterday touted their decisions as being fair to both consumers and insurance companies "I like to think that (our decisions) have something for consumers and onl on! 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Tuesday EXTRA PAIR AT NO CHARGE IR RGE iu nu untuturd Giatas Bros FIJI'S 3rd Generation Furriers Complete Fur Service leatas ii5res 3rd Generation Furriers Complete Fur Service CA 0 running tossing ledger into bushes near the museum Dear said Burton said he chased Poynor on foot to his car but Poynor jumped inside and locked the door Burton marked down his license plate number as Poynor sped away Grand Prairie police tried unsuccessfully for a week afterward to locate Poynor Burton said They recovered the ledger finally returning it to the wax museum Wax museum directors later turned the ledger over to Dear Burton said Police by then had lost track of Poynor who was born in Decatur and raised in Chico until learning he was studying at Dallas Institute of Funeral Service He had been enrolled about two weeks said Ken Whittaker dean of students Poynor had lived in Irving "All I can tell you is that he is a student here and he was arrested this morning at the school" Whittaker said "We called him out of class and they were waiting for him when he left the room" Poynor's former roommate meanwhile said Poynor two weeks ago moved out of the apartment they had shared in Irving "Yesterday the police came into my work and I was surprised" said Rafael Garcia "I don't know anything about this Steve he moved out and I was going to pay the rent this month" Garcia said he and Poynor had lived together first in Dallas and then in the Irving apartment They met at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dallas at a time when both were looking for roommates Garcia said Poynor had never mentioned the wax museum except to point out that it had burned Garcia said As for the fire Grand Prairie fire investigators still have not ruled out the possibility of arson said fire Lt DR Conner by Dear and Grand Prairie police A spokeswoman at the wax museum said officials have been instructed by Dear not to comment on the case '41 hope you understand that we will do everything we can to cooperate with Bill Dear" said executive secretary Mary Anne Moore "That's why we're taking the stand we are" Dear also has been spearheading an exhumation and examination of Williams' body and said he expects results from that examination by Friday Williams' body was being examined for traces of arsenic poisoning because her family believes she may have ingested poison meant for Wright Showing symptoms that mirrored the nausea and abdominal pain of arsenic poisoning Williams died after undergoing surgery to remove her appendix An autopsy directly after her death indicated Williams died of viral pneumonia a complication of the surgery said Dr Reg McDaniel chief pathologist at Dallas-Fort Worth Medical Center in Grand Prairie The timing of the homicide ruling in Wright's death and Poynor's arrest was a coincidence Peerwani said last night Medical examiners changed the ruling as the result of a continuing investigation by psychologist JoAnn Hoots Peerwani said "We haven't taken his activities into consideration at all" Peerwani said Poynor described by Dear as a former pharmacy technician and grocery delicatessen clerk was spotted by police as he was combing through debris at the burned wax museum Sept 24 I 988 Burton said When Poynor saw police watching him he grabbed a ledger book from the by Dear an A spokes said officia Dear not lc 41 hope do everythi Bill Dear' Mary Anne taking the Dear als( xhumat jot hams' body from that Williams for traces her family gested pois Showing the nausea senic poisc undergoing pendi An auto' indicated monia a c( said Dr ogist at Center in The timi Wright's de a col nciden Medical ing as the rc gation by I Peerwani "We hav considerati Poynor mer pharm delicatesser lice as he at the burr 1988 Burt( When P( him he gral 1122M QMP tn Eatatio-morAv 1 TO 110 OVER 1000 GARMENTS IN STOCK! 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