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DIED. FRANK TEJEDA, 51, U.S. Representative from Texas; of pneumonia after battling a brain tumor; in San Antonio. The Democrat rose from high school dropout to lawyer to first Congressman from the new Hispanic 28th District...
...what has become a State of the Union tradition, Clinton singled out the mother of Frank Tejeda, the late Texas Congressman, and the newly-elected Washington governor Gary Locke, the first Chinese American governor, as Americans who have led the way to a better future. He closed with this call to action...
...former Corpus Christi firm gave $150,000 more. Such cozy bench-polishing tactics are not illegal, since Texas is one of only nine states where virtually all judges are chosen in partisan elections. It also has no limits on campaign gifts. "The appearance," says State Senator Frank Tejeda, "is that perhaps justice in Texas is for sale." Anthony Champagne, a University of Texas political scientist, puts it more directly: "You contribute to your friends and hope your friends will take care...
...Like the tango, the merengue never really left," says Cesar Ascarrunz, owner of San Francisco's Latin Palace. "It's just coming into its own again." Last winter Promoter Jose Tejeda staged a merengue extravaganza at New York's Roseland, and, he says, "the fire department had to come and block the doors because 5,000 people showed up." Merengue's ascendancy has been helped by a slackening of interest in the more energetic variations of salsa, which were tough on untutored feet and sartorially deficient...
...colleges can neither require students to go back to dorms nor dictate dormitory-type rules for student turf. They can. however, keep in touch with their off-campus students, and lobby for sound local government. "Nobody is seeking a return to the idea of in loco parentis," says Mike Tejeda, 26, a six-year Isla Vista resident who is now a senior. "But the university must realize that Isla Vista is here because the university is here, and it should stand up and use its influence on behalf of the community...