San Angelo Standard-Times from San Angelo, Texas (2024)

January 14, 1998

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San Angelo Standard-Timesi

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San Angelo, Texas

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Wednesday, January 14, 1998

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is--rn ie i i i i mv a Energy Booster Starting day off with oats staves off hunger pangs Food 1 Texas Ingenuity Monahans makes best of a leaky situation West Texas 1C Upset Bid Bobcats look to knock off top team MHS Sports 1 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14 1998 J' w'iyiv'V -i StL i Wf sjr ih Gun foes find ammunition Study shows arrests among conceal-and-carry licensees By ANNA TINSLEY permits to carry concealed handguns Patterson R-Pasadena wrote Texans to carry concealed hand- By ANNA TINSLEY permits to carry concealed handguns Patterson R-PUsadena wrote carry a Ed Messbarger to leave coaching at end of season By RICK TAYLOR Assistant Sports Editor 4 Angelo State Ed Messbarger is in his 41st year of coaching college basketball But according to numerous sources close to the Rams program this season will be his last Sources have told the Standard-Times that the Hall of Fame coach will announce his retirement late this morning Messbarger reportedly has asked players past and present friends and other school officials to be at the Angelo State Physical Education Building for the event Reached at his office Tuesday afternoon Messbarger declined to comment know anything about he said Late Tuesday night however the school announced a news Scripps Howard Austin Bureau AUSTIN More than 940 Texans licensed to carry concealed handguns have been arrested since Jan 1 1996 according to a study released Tuesday by the Washington-based Violence I Center Opponents of concealed-handgun law say this is too much violence and that even one anest is too many And they say those with Getting ready lVWj A- vr' i guns Jan 1 1996 Texas is among 41 states that let residents carry concealed handguns In Texas applicants must pass a criminal-background dwelt be free of mental illness and take at least 10 hours of classroom train-'' ing on gun laws and safety They also must pass a shooting proficiency test and pay the DPS $140 for a license Please see ARRESTS Page 5A S-T Photo by Matthew Minard the related story on Ji'Aid' 'fvjil most of the 1995 concealed-hand-gun law Gorman also said the statistics show how many of the arrests led to convictions or how many charges were dropped As of Monday 163666 Ttetans less than 1 percent of the state's 19 million residents had concealed-handgun permits Another 1903 applications were denied according to Texas Department of Public Safety reports It became legal for licensed Livestock Show Please Page 1C State may complete tobacco deal today SAN ANGELO uXvAMi etiwrf jr irf'" Aw Sfo i Sr should be held to high standards But supporters say the numbers show the law works by refusing to give permits to most of the people who carry concealed handguns report talks about the people who slipped through But it talk about the 1900 people that have been denied licenses through the said John Gorman a spokesman for state Sen Jerry Pattersonh office Inside Today As Oil News 4C Area Local News 1C Classified Ads J-8C Comics 4-SB Deaths 2A Markets 2-3C Movies TV Sports News 1-5D Health notes INFOBm Index 5D 01998 VbI 71 No 349 Visit ihe Standard-Times' online guide Texas West at http: wwwtaxaswBstcom aum H3MMID jwW' sJ if 3T conference for 11 am today regarding the basketball program According to the sources Messbarger will finish out the season and make Ms retirement official at season end Messbarger has strung together a legendary career over four decades including an overall won-loss record of 662-506 He has been named to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame the St University Please see MESSBARGER Page 5A Sourcesclose to the negotiations say the tobacco industry has agreed to repay between $145 oil-lion and $15 billion to Texas over the next 25 years agreement Folsom is presiding over the case But sources dose to the negoti- over the next 25 years The tobacco industry also will spend millions of dollars to help fund new anti-smoking programs Please see TOBACCO Page 8A a situation like this where we know what the incubation period is we have to weigh the potential exposure and life of a human versus the life of the Newman said would feel more comfortable if the animal was put down and the brain tested other fly in the ointment that my understanding that thb was a bite on the neck which the most dangerous you could he said a high-risk And that risk too great Loving said the animal is rabid 30 days too long It might tell us that the monkey had rabies' but it do the bite victim any Irthe bite victim would agree to! take the rabies prevention shots immediately the city might consider other options Loving said the person who was bitten not in agreement with Woods described the bite victim as a 19-year-old neighbor who occasionally drops by She recalled that the man uninvited let her house on Raney Street on Friday and sat down next to her daughter who had given birth about a week ago Please see MONKEY Page SA By STEVE RAY Scripps Howard Austin Bureau AUSTIN Texas could finalize a $15-billion deal with the tobacco industry as early as today that would help repay state for health-care costs smoking The proposed settlement avoids a courtroom showdown between the state and cigarette makers which was scheduled to begin Monday in federal court in Texarkana The trial was delayed for three days so lawyers could try to settle the case On Tuesday Jury selection in the lawsuit was delayed again -this time until Friday to give parties in the lawsuit time to work out a deaL Details of the settlement probably be released until Thursday after lawyers for both sides and US District Judge David Folsom sign off on the Lake View High School senior Sunny Bailey prepares her Angora goat Tuesday for the upcoming Lake View ISD I Bite sentences pet monkey to death Family plans legal action in attempt to block decision to end his life High schools to get money later this month By WILLIAM TAYLOR Staff Writer San Angdoh four high schools will get wired for the Internet thanks to potentially $400100 in grants from the Texas TUecommunicadons Infrastructure Fund Board Campuses benefiting from the grants include the Carver Learning Center as well as the PAYS alternative school and Central and Lake View high schools The exact amount of the awards be known until Jan 23 Once received the funds will enable the district to wire the high schools for die Internet and add computers district technology director Dr Jackie Shcpperson said The announcement of the grant awards came during Tuesday school board meeting Also at the meeting a facilities committee reported other needed improvements for San Angelo campuses and Superintendent Dr Joe Gonzales talked about the direction of the district Change will continue at a rapid pace the superintendent promised Please see FUNDS Page By WILLIAM TAYLOR Staff Writer Barring a court order otherwise TUE Beat a 6-yearold pet monkey will die this morning so that hu brain can be tested for rabies San Angelo Animal Control officers on Monday seized the Capuchin monkey a companion and helper for city resident Judy Woods after reports of an animal bite The decision to kill the animal came Tbesday afternoon really want to put the monkey Health Director Mike Loving said we are not in gray Normally in an animal bite incident involving a cat or den the animal is just quarantined for 10 days to see if it develops rabips symptoms But for other animals such as monkeys no guarantee such a procedure will protect the human population state and local health officials said The only method for making sure the animal have rabies is to sever its head and test its brain is a lass of a pet and a tragedy but it is not as big a tragedy as the potential loss of Courtesy Photo Ted Bear a 6-year-old pet Capuchin monkey owned by Judy Woods of San Angelo will die this morning unless a judge intervenes human said Dr Evict The state does have provisions Newman a veterinarian with the for quarantining such animals for Texas Department of Health office 30 days but that is not the preferred in El Paso approach the veterinarian said.

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