Brownsville The Herald (Newspaper) - December 15, 1998, Brownsville, Texas 107, No. 164 111 h ' i i * 1*98 TIm Ml ON T. HE 4TH OF J U L Y 1892 {Tuesday cents daily teachers opposed changes to TAAS starts a revolution Page 11 drive Page 11 lifted as proposed by Commissioner of Education Mike the TAAS test in the 11th grade instead of the 10th. science and social studies to the reading and writing test for a total of five freshman in reading and writing to the sixth-grade TAAS science to the TAAS social studies to the TAAS students in the sixth and seventh grades multiple chances to pass the MICHELLE M. MARTINEZ Valley Morning BENITO As a senior in high Michelle Duran is preparing for and the standardized tests that will help get her why the 17-year-old student council president at San Benito High School said moving the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills test to the 11th as Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Moses has is not a good believe that your 11th- and 12th-gradc years should be left for scholarships and other things that guide you toward Duran the test year and adding science and social studies tests to the TAAS would be an added burden on Duran Page 12) Clinton calls Palestinian Israeli TERENCE HUNT Gaia Strip Stirring Palestinian passions for President Clinton stood witness Monday as hundreds of Palestinian leaders renounced a call for the destruction of Clinton urged rights for real security for Palestinian vote registered with a show of hands and applause removed a contentious issue dating back to 1964 from the Mideast peace Page 5_ Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned a three-way meeting early At stake was the revival of the Wye River nearing collapse with Israelis and the Palestinians accusing each other of violating the told reporters in Jerusalem that the Palestinian vote Page 12) soloist David a veteran of several professional opera filled the First United Methodist Church with music from Handel's Monday concert becomes special performance for Senate approves major bank bailout CITY Mexico's Senate has approved a to restructure the government's controversial bank savings protection fund and lift restrictions on foreign ownership of Mexican a vote of 96-10 with three the Senate voted late Sunday to create a new institute that will replace the known by its Spanish acronym the Senate press office lower house of the measure 325-159 on To become the must be officially published by the which was expected to happen change is expected to lower the cost of the government's billion bailout of the financial which began during the economic crisis of 1995. Under the the government has bought bad loans made by private banks to keep Page 12) choir of the First United Methodist Church lend their voices to the MARCIAL GUAJARDO The Brownsville conductor Mike Templeton gave a smile and a thumbs up to his a singer in the combined choir of the First United Methodist Churches of Brownsville and as she strode to her place on stage Monday short time the couple's took center stage as a soloist in the his sang Methodist church performance of Handel's turned into a family with all but one member of the Templeton clan performing together in front of a packed crowd at First United Methodist Church on Boca Chica Boulevard in the concert was the first effort in Brownsville between the two local Methodist The two hosted a performance last Sunday in back memories of Christmas time and was one of the greatest times of my said Mike of his caroling times with his family is a wonder Page 12) Holiday lottery ticket a winner for The Brownsville Christmas came early for Francisco Calderoni when the manager of his tiny gas station called him early Sunday with the one of two winning tickets for the million Lotto had come from his no one has claimed the the owner of Exxon at 100 Ocean will collect as his 1-percent share for selling the ticket in Saturday night's hours after a Lotto official confirmed the ticket as valid Calderoni had already mapped out plans for improvements at the mom-and-pop service station that was built in 1935 and still pickles from a six employees will get a holiday A shaggy and torn canvas Francisco six employees will get a holiday And for the first time in more than 40 years of the store will be closed on Christmas and New Year's Day so workers can stay home with their over the storefront will be A small car wash machine in back of the store will be And for time in more than 40 years of the store will be closed on Christmas and New Year's Day so workers can stay home with their came from There's no other way to explain Calderoni Stop and think about how many stores sell these A lot of them sell a higher volume than we so they have a greater probability of having a winning bulk of the money will go to pay off a mounting debt Calderoni said he has faced since his a sprawling Valley Shamrock with automated rows of convenience items and hot moved in across the word of luck spreading fast through this town of about 3,000, longtime regular customers filtered into the store bestowing of 12) Calderoni stands In his Exxon gas station in Los as ht talks his tor salting ths 20 Editorial our Wob 9t how you 1 toe teen to omr I NI Don to ao many that you tes to ysu a pan Itti te ib tato od my Q 7 MTV