PRESS CLIPS (- 3 Loeff er upset with attack on Clements\ fir ) By JANN SNF,LL Staff Writer . • Republican congressman ' Tom Loeffler made a campaign appar— anctiTi Bryan Monday to register his "disgust.' that Democrats have ques- : honed gubernatorial candidate Clements' patriotism by linking -him " to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhah. Republican Clements served until this summer on the board of Schlumberger Ltd.. which • acquired Clements' Scdco Inc. in a merger in 1984. /II MST kb 77 AUSTik TEXAS 78/01 Herald-Times Yoakum, Texas AUG 1 9 1986 LOEFFLER CAMPAIGNS FOR CLEMENTS-U.S. Congressman Torn Loeffler attended a recent gathering in Hallettsville, to speak on behalf of Republican Bill Clements for Texas governor in the November general election. He is shown visiting with Mrs. Helen Zumwalt, who presented Loeffler with a copy of her book, "Childhood Days, WIldwood Days." PRESS CLIPS issoc%.7‘° 7111 WEST SO ST AUSTIN TIM' /6701 0711;7 Montgomery Co. Courier Conroe, Teas* AUG 2 4 198b Ter stumps for Clements )E — Congressman Tom Loeffler will campaign in en' County on Monday for former Gov....lalgenients, who is trying to recapture the statehouse. Loeffler, an unsuccessful GOP primary candidate for governor, will meet the public Monday between 6 and 7 p.m. in the Montgomery County Court-at-Law 2, across the street from the courthouse. He has thrown his backing to Clements against incumbent Gov. Mark White in the November election. tce\o, Clements Wants End To E any Release Of Prisoners Republican gubernatorial nom- inee has called upon the White Administration to end the early release program and said that it is contributing to the dramatic in Crime rate. - 'Texans are angry that the White Administration is conducting a policy of early release of prisoners," Clements said. "Early release must end. Prisoners must serve their sentences. Early release is con- tributing to the soaring crime rate -Mark White is responsible ., j across Texas," Cements said. -." Ctt7755eall--112iat4 on+-11ill the Just-released statistics from the --- number of prisoners released from Department of Public Safety reveal state corrections facilities has dramatic increases in categories of major crime. The statistics reveala sharply increased this year corn- comparison of the crime rate for the pared to last year. For the period January to June 1986, 14,566 first six months of 1986 63 the crime rate in the first six months of 1985. prisoners were released. For the Dallas has a 19.5% increase. Austin ••• - has a 23% increase. Houston has a 13.7%. El Paso has a 18% increase. Fort Worth has a 32.7% increase. San Antonio has a 13.8% increase. Cements also stated that he strongly supports an increase in funding for the Department of Public Safety. Currently. DPS has /11 *131 Sel ST AUSTIN TIXAS 71101 Eagle Bryan, Texas 03 2 6 196 ss period January to June 1985, 10,727 prisoners released. That is a 36% increase in the number of prisoners released. In addition, the chairman of the Texas Department of Corrections, Al Hughes, earlier this year told a legislative committee that the average stay in a corrections facility has declined from 22 months in 1981 to 17 months in 1986. "The early release program is contributing to the increase in crime an annual budget of about $150-million. Cements said that Mark White should never have asked DPS to cut 13% from its budget as he did earlier this year. 718 MI $th Si 11351111 IDAS 11701 477171, Bulletin Burnet, Texas AUG 2 1 1985 Loefler plans local stop "‘ -inpmpaign for Clements Tom Lo‘fleil will be in Marble General support for Clements is Falls on Monday at the Hill Country growing among the rural vote ac- Steak House. cording to the Cements re-election He will be hosting a coffee from campaign headquarters. Loefler 8:30-11:30 a.m. on behalf of A1 said, as a result, it is expected that Caejnatg_tp try to convince Hill Bill and Rita Clements will also Country voters that Clements should come through this area in the fall. be elected governor, based on what Voter registration certificates and he said is a better fiscal record. bumper stickers will be available. The economy is on everyone's mind these days, and Loefler said he hopes to inform the public of the positive approaches the Republican Party (with the help of conservative Democrats) will be headlining. Democratic Chairman Bob Slagle has been quoted as saying that Cle- ments' business concern in Schlumberger is the same as "giving aid and comfort ... to some people who do not have our interests at heart, and who terrorized and harmed and ii led innocent children even. Loeffler said that Gov. Mark White-sbould repudiate tfie-Ternar because White is "certainly in- volved" in such a statement made by the head of the Democratic party. "This dcsparate slinging of mud won't raise the Titanic," Loeffler added, referring to White" s drooping popularity in political polls. Clements' campaign has sent out statements from former President Gerald Ford, former secretary of state Henry Kissinger, former governor John Connally and U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm vouching for Crernerirrimi-• Loeffler also reiterated that Cle- ments would not consider a tax in- crease of any kind right now even though Clements was quoted as saying he might in the Dallas Morn- ing News.