El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 82, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1984 Page: 13 of 26
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El CampoLeader-News, El Campo, TX, Wed, Jan. 4,1984
Page 3-B
News Of Garwood
Bv Mr«. K.B. Shaw
Mr and Mrs WN.
Lehrer enlerlained with
a Christmas dinner on
Chrislmas Day.
The (able was centered
with a beautiful
Christmas arrangement
with lighted candles at
each side.
Their guests were Nan-
cy Lehrer of El Campo,
Mrs. Sitka and son Larry
Sitka of Wharton, Mary
Stacey Arriola and
daughter Rachel of
Wharton, Mr and Mrs.
Paul Lehrer and son
Dudley of Garwood and
Mrs. R.B. Shaw' of Gar-
wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy
Krenek had Christmas
dinner with their son and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Krenek and children of
Houston.
On behalf of the
Sheridan Lions Club,
president Traylor Walker
presented Christmas
gifts to the Colorado
County Child Welfare
Department for distribu-
tion to abused and
neglected children and
wished them a joyous
holiday season
The Garwood
Memorial Library is get-
ting a number of new'
books I hope everyone
checks to see them.
The hours at the
library made a change,
now it is from 3: JO p.m. to
5:30 p.m. If you want a
book to read be sure to go
at that time Monday and
Wednesday.
Edith Hopkins, Jack
Hopkins and Marion Ben-
nett were hostesses for a
dinner on Christmas
Day.
Their guests were
Ellen Bettelle of La
Grange; Mr. and Mrs.
Pavlick and children of
Eagle Lake; Mr and
Mrs. Bryon Zavesky and
children from Kaly;
Susan Black and children
from Bryan; and Bird
Zaveksy of Haliettsville.
Mr and Mrs. Guy Con-
ner were hosts for a
Christmas dinner. Their
house was beautitully
decorated in Christmas
motif.
Their guests were Lyn-
dia and Lea Swanson,
Victoria; Andrew
Wilbeck, Chester and An-
nie Mae Gloeckner both
of El Campo; Bonnie
Johnson, and baby of
New Braunfels; Clara
Hiltpold from Markum;
Rod, Rena, Kelly and
Nikki Smith from New
Braunfels; and James
Wilbeck of San Antonio.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Hoffman of Nada were
hosts for a Christmas din-
ner on Christmas Day.
Their guests were Mr
and Mrs Robert Bures of
Ganado; Mr and Mrs.
Patrick Laitke^ and
children; William
Grvanec and children, all
of Wharton; Mr. and
Mrs Paul Hoffman and
Mrs Rudy Bilek both of
El Campo
I extend sympathy to
the family and relatives
of Mrs John Halamicek
of El Campo who passed
away last week.
Evening classes at WC-
JC will be taught.
Registration is set for
Jan. 9 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
in the administration
building. Jan. 12 is the
last day to register.
A few catalogues and
schedules of times arc
available at the
registrar’s office. The ad-
dress is 911 Boling
Highway, Wharton, or
phone 532-4650.
Patman Backs Stronger
Anti-Espionage Efforts
By BILL PATMAN
U.S. Congress
In a rural area outside
a major U.S. city, a man
recently parked his car
on the roadside near a
telephone pole. It was
nighttime, but the man
had no difficulty locating
the object of his country
drive.
He retrieved a rock
near the telephone pole
and quickly drove away.
The rock was no ordinary
rock. !n fact, it was an
imitation, hollowed out.
Crammed inside were $20
bills.
The man, an employee
of the U.S. government,
was acting as an agent of
DIRECTORY TO THOSE
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House of Representatives
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lion IJoyd M. Bentsen
United States Senate
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the Soviet intelligence
services. The payment in
the hollowed out “rock”
was for services he had
rendered. With the
money were instructions
detailing future missions
for this secret agent of
the Soviet government.
Fortunately, in this
particular case the
American also was ac-
ting on behalf of the FBI.
He was a “double agent”
in a foreign counter-
intelligence operation.
His operation is one of
several ways the FBI
neutralizes foreign es-
pionage efforts in the
U.S. Unfortunately, our
counter-intelligence does
not always detect spy ef-
forts before harm is done
to our country.
The FBI reported that
between 900 and 1,200
spies were working for
hostile intelligence agen-
cies in the U.S. during
1983. Most were sent in by
the Soviet Union, but
Eastern European allies
of the USSR, as well as
Cuba and others, also
have agents within the
U.S
Their main objective is
the wholesale collection
of information.
Several damaging
cases solved by the FBI
were revealed last year.
They included these:
• 1977. Christopher
John Boyce and Andrew
Daulton Lee were con-
victed of selling to the
Soviets highly sensitive
data relating to U.S.
satellite systems.
• 1978, William Peter
Kampiles pled guilty to
espionage charges, ad-
mitting he had sold to the
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• 1981, Joseph George
Helmich pleaded guilty
to espionage charges, ad-
mitting he sold to the
Soviets a large amount of
information relating to a
Top Secret" U.S. com-
munications system.
• 1981, American
citizen William Holden
Bell and a Polish in-
telligence officer were
convicted of espionage
after military-related
technology was passed to
Warsaw and then to
Moscow.
The CIA concluded that
Bell’s operation saved
the Polish and Soviet
governments “hundreds
of millions of dollars in
research and develop-
ment efforts by im-
plementing proven
designs developed by the
United States.”
It is estimated the
Soviet stealing of
American high
technology cuts Russian
lag time from 11 years to
two years. If we can halt
this stealing by Soviet
spies, we can stay far
ahead of the Soviet Union
in developing high
technology equipment
essential to national
security.
Our intelligence agen-
cies work constantly to
combat the Soviet spy ef-
fort, but it is clear we
need to strengthen their
hand.
I support the effort to
do this
Mr. and Mrs. M.G.
Lanier entertained with a
Christmas dinner
Christmas Day.
Their guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Les Lanier of
Garwood; Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Page and daughters,
Jennifer and Leslie; Mr.
and Mrs. Terrell Lanier
and daughter of Houston;
Michael Lanier of Wallis;
and Mrs. Paula Blazek of
Rosenberg.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Rasmussen and children,
Christopher and Court-
ney, Mr. and Mrs. M.G.
Lanier and daughter,
Kelli of Garwood, Mr.
and Mrs. Terrell Lanier
and daughter, Machelle
of Houston, Michael
Lanier of Wallis, and
Paula Blazek of
Rosenberg were at Mrs.
Joe Mendells for a 5 p.m.
dinner. The house was
decorated with a
Christmas motif
Navy Reserve Com-
mander John Engstrom
of Garwood, son of Mr.
and. Mrs. Harry
Engstrom of Garwood,
recently participated in
Tendrex 83, a Region 10
operational readiness ex-
ercise conducted in the
Houston-New Orleans
area.
The battle took place in
shipboard simulators
designed to evaluate how
the reservists would res-
pond aboard a Navy war-
ship going to battle
against an enemy.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy
Krenek visited Mr. and
Mrs. A.J. Krenek at
Crocket and Mrs A T.
Humphrey at Trinity one
day last week
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Drought Aid For Ranchers
Too Late To Save Cattle
By LLOYD BENTSEN
Last summer when
West Texas ranchers
came to me asking for
help surviving their
area’s worst drought in
decades, they did not ask
for a handout.
What they wanted was
to buy damaged, surplus
government-owned
grain, at reasonably
reduced prices, so that
they could save what
remained of their
livestock from star-
vation
The compelling
reasoning in favor of this
strategy was that the
damaged grain, much of
which had been stored in
Texas, was not of good
enough quality to use for
export or the Payment-
In-Kind program. It was
not good for much except
livestock feed.
This damaged grain
was stored in grain
elevators at an enormous
cost to taxpayers. U.S.
Department of
Agriculture records in
June showed 83 million
bushels of damaged grain
was running up an annual
hill ot $48 million in
storage and interest
charges.
Agriculture Secretary
John Block had it within
his discretion to release
this grain to these ran-
chers, yet he repeatedly
refused to help.
At one point the
department did offer
improved terms for
Farmers Home
Administration loans
But our drought-stricken
ranchers and farmers
didn’t really need
another note at the bank
They needed something a
cow could eat
opinion
For more than six
months, ranchers and
farmers were forced to
play an agonizing waiting
game because of the
department’s obstinance
Congress had to pass
legislation forcing
release of the grain. The
legislation, which I in-
troduced in the Senate,
was finally signed into
law on Nov. 29,1983.
Shortly thereafter, a
USDA spokesman ad-
mitted publicly that the
grain could have been
released four months
earlier, and without
legislation.
So our ranchers paid
the price. Some went out
of business. Many had to
cut back herds they had
spent years developing.
In the 27 Texas counties
designated as drought
disaster areas last year,
statistics for January
1*83 showed 755,000cattle
and 1.2 million sheep and
goats Texas A&M
University estimates
there are now 300,000
cattle and the Texas
Sheep and Goat Raisers
Association estimates
there are only 300,000
sheep and goats
This was a tragic price
to have paid so
needlessly.
Had the Secretary
acted to provide drought
relief last summer, this
emergency aid would
have been far more
timely and more helpful
Even at its best federal
aid cannot end the
problems brought on by
the drought. Only rain
can do that
But effective and
timely federal
relief —such as
emergency livestock feed
assistance—can help.
I nfortunately, the help
our ranchers and far-
mers are getting is
several months late.
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 82, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1984, newspaper, January 4, 1984; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017822/m1/13/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Wharton County Library.