Brownsville The Herald (Newspaper) - June 14, 1995, Brownsville, Texas plans a botanical 11 Boxing daily exchange rate for the contract with G 12 de cambio 1 dollar 6.06pesos 1 dollars 6.0 de cambio 6.15 pesos 1 6.30 pesos 1 The All rights on the 4th of July 1892 June 14,1995 signs massive welfare RICKEY DAILEY Herald austin Texas Gov. George W. Bush on Tuesday signed into law separate bills reforming the state's welfare system and adopting a approach for provisions in the welfare measure limit cash benefits to a maximum of three years and gives for the first a limited form of a personal responsibility Bush said the goal is to move recipients off the welfare rolls and into the workforce by providing education and job hero saves of marine rescue DAMON MARX Valley Morning Stinson of Los feared her husband would be thrust into a life-threatening situation when she heard he was assigned to the USS Kearsarge headed for was David B. 24, is a member of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit that rescued downed Air Force pilot Scott O'Grady from the Bosnian countryside originally from was on the helicopter that carried the 29-year-old Capt. O'Grady to 19, said her husband called Saturday from Italy to let her know he was 103, No. 346 highs from near 90 east ta the middle 90s new law incentives to encourage work and individual responsibility and it has consequences for those who refuse to help said by sponsors at a Capitol signing taxpayers of Texas will help you for a short but in return we expect you to train or to remain to identify the fathers of your children and to keep your children immunized and in he 27 federal waivers are Bush said some welfare reforms will be delayed up to a include parental highs from near 90 east ta the middle 90s with lows near 70. 20 4 4 and signing the responsibility agreement in return for said fraud will be reduced through fingerprinting and other Medicaid changes stress prevention and early treatment in order to divert patients from costly emergency room treatment for routine health care encouraging prevention and early we expect managed care will make Texans healthier at a lower said puts Texas on the forefront of what's happening in health It is a logical to the ever-changing field of he of the Medicaid system to managed care is planned over five Sen. Judith was of both the welfare and Medicaid Rep. Rene was the House sponsor of a provision in the welfare that consolidates 26 separate job training programs into a single new state agency and abolishes the Texas Employment consolidating job training Texas will do a better job of making sure we train people for jobs which benefit of the new Medicaid law allows Texas to qualify for additional federal matching money by placing on the rolls indigent patients who are now treated at county facilities at taxpayer Texas receives no federal credit for those Under the new the state will receive federal matching funds for their every Texas spends on the federal government matches with spending hit billion in Texas during the current fiscal critics claim the welfare measure punishes those needing would not sponsor any that would be I believe it is a positive that will make a difference and help people get off welfare and stay ofT said Sen. Carlos who opposed the has said Texas ranks 48th in welfare with a single mother and two children eligible for a month under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Bush Page 10) First barrier for port bridge spans first LISA MARIE GOMEZ Herald Staff Port of Brownsville is one step closer to getting its long-Awaited port which would downtown traffic snarls that plagued Brownsville for State Department official in P.C. said Tuesday they to consider giving the port a presidential which is the federal government's authorization to proceed with the the coordinator for border affairs at the State has said that although the United States was ready to go with the port bridge Mexico was he Mexico has expressed an the Mexican government said that they would have no objection if we were to consider the port's Bridge and Proposed w 4 Roads Current Bridges iM Proposed Bridges presidential Gibson said in an interview we get that presidential permit we'll pick it up and take a look at it. This is We are we were as recently as a month the coordinator of port and border services in Mexico said that Mexico Page 10) and to tell her about the rescue was on lookout when he saw O'Grady Don't It's said her husband told her that someone on the Page 10) still Attorney General disagrees with proposes balanced time to kick the roll up the sleeves and get to Don Pedro self Let's get and make America uno once headline for welfare the city editor captures the spirit of Gov. Bush's pledge to empower words to say than to Don Pedro 'The easy part of welfare reform is making The devil is in the TOM RAUM Press After months of being outmaneuvered by President Clinton weighed in Tuesday with a 10-year plan to balance the federal saying that it will a to bring the deficit to time to clean up this he president's gesture drew gentle fire from Republicans who seek to balance the budget in seven The reaction from several key Democrats was far more said in a brief televised address from the Oval Office that his proposal would cut federal spending by trillion over the 10-year said it would protect certain like education and some to protect the make no in other areas these will be big And they will he proposal calls for billion in Medicare about amount sought by and for trimming billion from subsidies and tax breaks enjoyed by Clinton also urged a modest plan and retained his middle-income tax cut Clinton plan would leave an billion deficit in the year 2002 the year Republican plans would eliminate it but end up with a slight surplus by 2005. said the deficit could be wiped out in seven as Republicans but insisted pain we would on our our students and our economy just isn't worth my first two years as we turned this around and cut the deficit by Clinton let's eliminate it. It's time to clean up this move marked a dramatic and significant political Both the White House and the Republican Page 10) DANE SCHILLER Herald Staff Texas attorney general's office is fighting a U.S. magistrate's recommendation to release a Brownsville man serving life in prison for raping a have no doubt of his Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Elleson said in a telephone Magistrate John Black said a jury would not have convicted Lopez in 1990 if the man's lawyer had done forwarded harsh findings to U.S. District Judge Filemon Vela who has the authority to set Lopez or order a new was denied his constitutional right to a fair trial because of ineffective assistance of said Lopez's original trial Abel didn't investigate the issued no subpoenas and failed to present jurors with crucial records at the state near Huntsville show he was in already in prison at the time of the alleged the 17-pago report filed this week in federal Elleson defends and challenges Black's magistrate findings of fact are incomplete or totally Elleson Page 10) BISD considers could climb to MARC ROBBINS Herald Staff largest payroll in the Rio Grande Valley may soon if the Brownsville Independent School District gives its work force of almost 6,000 employees pay trustees recently reviewed possible pay raises that could tack on at least million to the million this would be the second raise in two the existing salary the proposed raise would also mean a 6 percent increase for all Clerical and manual employees could get a 3 percent bringing their piece of the budget to For BISD is one of the districts in the according to a personnel raise slightly above the 2.8 percent rise in the cost of would keep teacher the report in the estimated budget for the 1995-1996 school teacher salaries would go up almost 2 indicated they wouldn't OK pay raises that affect the tax peso has ravaged the said trustee Margaret don't think this town can stand a tax can still trim some Page 10)
