• 718 WEST 5th ST. AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701 47711 Daily Light Waxahach'a1gt32 SE? 13 Zlements, White debate AMARILLO, Texas (UPI) — When the often virulent debate between Gov. Bill Clements and Democratic gubernatorial can- tddate Mark White came to an end, the two men shook hands in a brief showing of congeniality. Then, standing almost toe to toe and surrounded by reporters, they railed at each other once again. "For nine months, you have been saying the most ugly things about me," Clements told his opponent. "I hope you'll stop the mudslinging, Governor," White responded. The brief exchange exemplified the tone and content of the hour-long debate, which was broadcast Friday by Amarillo TV station KVII. The candidates clearly focused on each other as major issues in the 1982 gubernatorial race. White was particularly rankled by a recent article in the Texas Spec- tator, a Republican-backed newspaper that printed a story about his 19-year-old drunk driving arrest while a law student at Baylor University. "I regreted it then and I regret it now," the attorney general said, angry that Clements made an issue of the arrest. Accusing the governor of taking an "ugly turn" in his cam- paign, White called the Spectator a fake newpaper. "This is garbage and that is where the people of Texas will throw it," he said. "This is the lowest quality campaign stunt I've seen." Clements responded that he reads the Spectator because "there are some interesting things in there. Everything in there is a fact." In his summation, White accused Clements of siding with business in- terests, including utility companies, and the rich. He noted that Clements signed a bill allowing 24 percent in- terest rates on credit cards and developed a plan to employ Mexican alien guest workers at the expense of Texas workers. "He has said the state's increase in unemployment is unimportant," White charged. "There are 500,000 Texans out of work tonight. He has sided with the rich against Texans in every case." White said Clements was soft on environmental issues and recalled Clements' remark that a 1979 Mex- ican oil spill that stained Texas' beaches was "much ado about nothing." White said that as attorney general, he blocked the Deparment of Energy from test drilling nuclear waste disposal sites near Palestine and that he opposed similar test drillings underway in the Panhan- dle.