Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1992 Page: 4 of 24
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Page 4-Palucios Beacon, Wed., May 13, 1992
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5 'EARS A (10-1987
A 21 year veteran of the banking industry, Neil Yows, Jr., was
named the new president and chief operating officer at City State
Bank of Palacios.
Kimberly Phillips was named valedictorian and Kathryn Usry
was named salulalorian for the 1987 graduating class of Tidchavcn
High School.
The Palacios Lion's Club presented a $500 to Lamar Evans,
chainnan of die Matagorda County War Memorial Committee, to
be used for die construction of a memorial honoring county veter-
ans who have given their lives in defense of die United Slates.
Mayor Leonard Lamar recognizes "Hospital Week" and
"Nursing Home Week" by issuing proclamations to Wagner Gen-
eral Hospital and Palacios Leisure Lodge Nursing Home.
Palacios Sharkcttcs, Shuronda Roy, Barbara Buckley and Ann
Merlin, under the coaching of Luz. Arredondo, headed to Austin
that weekend to gamer dicir share of medals at the State meet.
Oscar Giles went for the gold in the shot put event at Stale in
Austin, Saturday.
25 YEARS AGO-1967
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department were building a salt-
water pond experiment station on a 40 acre site near Wells Point.
Honor graduates of Palacios were Diane Johs, valedictorian
and Joan Kovar, salulalorian.
Miss Thelma Batchelder, who was retiring at die end of the the
year, was honored with the open house at the Fellowship Hall of
the First Presbyterian Church.
30 YEARS AGO-1962
Eleven Matagorda county boys including Tommy Stiles, Eu-
gene Cooper, Terry Lee Shelton, Jack Scaquist and Terry
Oglesby from Palacios will attend Boys Slate in Austin June 3-9.
Otha Birkncr unseated incumbent John Hucbncr in then state
representatives race for District 32 in the Democratic Primary Sat-
urday.
35 YEARS AGO-1957
Ed Feather was elected president of the Lion's Club to take
over die reign from Abel Pierce, Jr. on July 1.
the family of Mrs. A.J. Callaway met in Palacios on May 5 to
honor her on her 81st birthday.
Relatives of the Glen and Chamblcc families held their annual
reunion at LcTulle Park Sunday.
40 YEARS AGO-1952
Collcgeport Day was set for May 24 to observe the 43rd an-
niversary of the founding of the town.
45 YEARS AG0-1947
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stewart was destroyed by
fire.
Pete Graff was taken to die local hospital after being struck on
the hand by a rattlesnake. ,u
50 YEARS AGO-1942
Many were driving out Pavilion Street to admire the beautiful ,
Easier Lillies at the J.F.McGlolhin home.
55 YEARS AGO-1937
The derrick for Foley No. 2 was up and machinery for drilling
was installed.
Crawford's Fish Market was opened and a good shrimping,
season had begun.
60 YEARS AGO-I927
The new Palacios Funeral Home arranged by Taylor Brothers,,
of Bay city and M.K. Feather opened May 7.
65 YEARS AGO-1927
At a meeting of the school board, Ralph Newsome was elected;
superintendent.
Miss Dorthea Green entertained members of the Senior class in
her home. .;
A cash donation of $124 and much clothing collected by the,
Red Cross was sent to victims of the Mississippi flood.
70 YEARS AGO-1922
A baseball club was organized with Lindner Bullcr as captain.
A.G. Skinner was checked in a postmaster, W.H. Clement, Sr.
was the retiring officer.
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Keeping an eye on Texas
'91 DWI arrests include 10,457 youths
Last year 10.457 Texans under 21 years old were arrested for dnving
while intoxicated. Those arrests included five boys and three girls
under the age of 10.
Too young to legally drive or drink alcohol
Number arrested
■ Male
) 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
3 | X
□ Female
K1 . II &
wm « fjy 11 11 _
Under 10
10-12
13-14
15 ■■■■■■■■■
Too young to legally drink alcohol
Age
1,000
Number arrested
2.000
3,000
ft 130/20
■KD 61
4,000
SOURCES: Texas Department of Public Safety
and John Sharp. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Letters ,to fi
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Time to make our city a better place...
Dear Editor,
Now that the election is over, it is time for all of us to start
working together to make Palacios a better place to live. We all
need to attend the council meetings and to speak up from the floor
on issues that we feel important to our city. We do have many
problems in Palacios, but it is time to stop crying about our
problems and start talking solutions.
We must have plans to improve our roads, our sewers, our
drainage and our water systems. We must work for a taxi service
here and a youth center. We must demand action from our city
officials for the good of all the people instead of a few special
interest groups.
It is time to move forward to make our city a better place to
live.
1 will continue to work for the people of Palacios and I will
always be available to talk to anybody about any issue. 1
encourage anybody who has any problems with the city or ideas
to contact me personally, or by phone, and will will try to work
together for our common good. My phone number is 972-2009,
David Moll
This Week In History
On May 12, 1780, Charleston, S.C. fell to the British ... May
14, 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition, ordered by President
Jefferson to explore what is now the northwest United States, started
from St. Louis with Sacagawca, an Indian woman, serving as guide
... May 13, 1846, the U.S. declared war on Mexico ... May 17,
1875, the first Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs,
Louisville, Ky. ... May 15, 1911, the Supreme Court dissolved
Standard Oil Co.... May 12, 1932, the kidnapped Lindbergh baby
was found dead ... May 17, 1938, the Naval Expansion Act was
passed ... May 11, 1940, the New York World’s Fair reopened ...
May 15, 1947, the Truman Doctrine, which was to aid Greece and
Turkey in combatting Communist terrorism, was approved by
Congress ... May 17, 1954, racial segregation in public schools
was unanimously ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court as a
violation of the 14th Amendment clause guaranteeing equal protection
of the laws ... May 15, 1970, two women generals, the first in
U.S. history, were named by President Richard Nixon ... May 15,
1972, Alabama Governor George C. Wallace, campaigning at a
Laurel, Md., shopping center, was shot and seriously wounded as he
greeted a large crowd ... May 12, 1975, the U.S. merchant ship,
Mayaguez and its crew of 39, was seized by Cambodian forces in the
Gulf of Siam ... May 16, 1975, Congress voted $405 million in
aid for South Vietnam refugees ... May 17, 1987, an Iraqi war-
plane missile killed 37 sailors on the frigate U.S.S. Stark in the Per-
sian Gulf, but Iraq called it an accident.
Serving Palacios For 85 Years...
The Palacios Beacon
School issues still preoccupy politicians
AUSTIN - Gov. Ann Richards,
riding high in public opinion polls,
said she would probably not call law-
makers into a special session to rem-
edy unconstitutional school property
taxes until after the general elections.
Richards also endorsed fellow
Democrat Arkansas Gov. B ill Clinton
for president and blamed the Los
Angeles riots on regression of die
civil rights movement during the
Reagan-Bush years.
She told an audience of Texas high
school student council members that
those administrations have sent a
message that civil rights don't matter
anymore, thereby fueling the anger
and fear which led to the riots.
Later, Richards met with 30 reli-
gious leaders from Houston, Dallas,
San Antonio and Austin to discuss
programs aimed at reducing racial
tensions.
Passing Grade Lowered
"We told them (minorities) we were
going to educate them. We told them
we were going to employ them and
we told them we were going to give
them opportunity and we haven’t done
that," Richards said.
Two days later, the State Board of
Education reacted to a large number
of Texas high school competency test
failures by lowering the passing grade
for graduation from 60 to 55.
Of the 19,000 high school seniors
who took the mandatory skills test
last month, 43 percent failed and did
not qualify for graduation.
The ethnic breakdown was not re-
leased, but it can be assumed from
earlier figures that a large portion of
failures were minority studcnLs.
Judge Sidesteps Tax Ruling
These failures come on the heels of
almost a decade of so-called public
education reforms and massive tax
hikes for new spending by the Texas
Legislature.
The reforms first surfaced in the "no
pass, no play" brainstorm by then-
Gov. Mark White and Ross Perot in
1983 and most recently in the
Legislature's third attempt, ruled ille-
gal, to equalize public school funding.
Richards and lawmakers dodged a
crisis last week when a federal judge
refused to hall collection of school
property taxes already declared un-
constitutional.
"No Plan, No Play"
If the judge had halted collection,
the school children of Texas wouldn't
have enough money to go to school
next year, unless Gov. Richards called
the Legislature into special session
this month to adopt a constitutional tax.
Problems in that hotbox:
■ It's an election year, and no poli-
tician in his/her right mind wants to
they
won’t
mix
raise taxes just before voters go to the
polls, and,
■ Richards and the lop leadership,
all Democrats,rcadilyadmitthcy don't
have a consensus for her plan, or any
other plan for that matter.
In other words, it's broke and they
can't fix it
It's a "no plan, no play" Legislature.
State 4 Capital
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HIGHLIGHTS
by Lynaell Williams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Perot, A Second Look
Attorneys for taxpayers continue to
push for a halt to collection of the
unconstitutional school taxes;
Richards may yet have to call law-
makers in before the November elec-
tions, but she at least has more time to
collect floor votes.
Maybe Ross Perot (now running for
president) will get a chance this sum-
mer to explain what went wrong with
Texas public education.
Polls indicate Perot may lead Bush
and Clinton in some states, and former
national Democratic Party chairman
JohnC. While of Texas said Perot will
hurt Clinton and Democrats by split-
ting the anti-Bush vote.
Others are worried that a Perot can-
didacy will deadlock the electoral col-
lege and throw llie election into the
U.S. House of Representatives where
Democrats have a majority.
Not just theoretically, Clinton, now
running third, could finish third in
November and still become president.
As the public grows aware of the
twist, informed voters are beginning
to see their congressperson as their
proxy vote for president, which may
help the clean house movemenL
Other Highlights.
■ Richards appointed a third Hous-
ton resident and the first Hispanic
ever to the Public Utility Commis-
sion. University of Houston law pro-
fessor Karl R. Rabago will take the
seat vacated by Paul Meek under fire
from Texas Attorney General Dan
Morales.
■ Did Morales agree to go after
Meek if Richards would agree to
replace him with an Hispanic? Yes,
some say.
■ The Texas Supreme Court last
week agreed to hear the state's appeal
of a Brownsville state judge's ruling
that the funding system for higher
education is unconstitutional. The
hearing is set for Oct. 13.
■ A recent Texas Poll indicates that
Gov. Richards enjoys a 49 percent
favorable voter rating, higher than
the 13 percent given Congress or 22
percent for the Legislature. On the
negative side, 82 percent gave Con-
gress a poor rating, 69 percent panned
the Texas Legislature.
■ Gov. Richards has appointed
Wanda Gamer Cash of Hunt to the
board of directors of the Lower Colo-
rado River Authority. Cash, 42, edi-
tor of the Kerrvilie Daily Times, will
fill die unexpired term of Raymond
Barker of Kerrvilie, who resigned.
■ The Perot campaign said it wiH
file this week petitions with about
200,000signatures seeking aplaceon
Texas' presidential balloL The total
would be nearly four limes the num-
ber of signatures required.
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