United Press International 1981

                         July 6, 1981, Monday, AM cycle

SECTION: Domestic News

LENGTH: 110 words

DATELINE: STARTZVILLE,  Texas 

 KEYWORD: Saks

 BODY:     A late-model luxury car ran off a boat ramp and drove into 
Canyon Lake, killing the wife, two daughters and mother of a hardware 
store chain president, authorities said Monday.

   Officials said  David Saks  of San Antonio, president of Handy Dan 
hardware stores, was driving a 1980 Jaguar late Sunday when he apparently 
made a wrong turn on a winding road and ran off a boat ramp about two 
miles north of Startzville.

   Saks and his son, Ken, escaped from the car and were hospitalized in 
stable condition.

   Drowned were Saks' wife, Gloria, 38; his mother, Ethel Saks, 90, and 
his two daughters, Treci Saks, 11, and Robin Saks, 10. All lived in San 
Antonio.