Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1987 Page: 2 of 33
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children by a stray kitten which
to its ,
Not everyone is
with the deal, particularly
Texan Republican Party, but
many lawmakers see bluer
happy
rly the
a three year old, will now have
to be treated with the painful
a colliaion course to the poor-
houSe with the prisons, mental
Tha~ Taxaa Denartment of hospitals and public education
Health has iseuedaroport that "oomingiy falling down around
an increasa of rabies among “•5* .. , . , .
both wild and domestic animaS Now the plan is to broaden
has been noted in the area north the sales tax base and lower the
2®S5JSRkiSSiJK 25 &BLSL SRC
and just 26 miles
While there
have been no reports of rabiee in
our county, an ounce of prevent'
ion in the form of rabies shots
for both dogs and cats might
well be in order.
The turnout at LeveUand’s
recent rabies clinic was leas
than outstanding with only
around 100 dogs and 30 or ao
cats being v
number of
cinated on a regular basis in
Levelland is somewhere be-
tween 1200 and 1600, a small
part of the total number of
animals being kept as pats in
our city. Now would be i good
time to load the family pats.up
and get them immunised. It
could save your whole family a
lot of worry later.
The obligation is on the Leg-
islature to adopt all the ele-
ments in the next two weeks
without short-changing any
players. Many business lobby-
ists are working behind the
scene to halt the tax reform,
because it means their services
will include a sales tax for the
first time.
If all goes right, Hobby and
Lewie will get a tax hike, Cle-
ments gets budget authority to
eliminate spending he doesn't
the bankruptcy which have favor, and Bullock will have the
darkened the legislative agenda pleasure of knowing that his tax
for over a year. reform package has brought
A few days ago, conserve- Texas government back to some
three and liberals ware locked on semblance of solvency.
they have oi
differences
Meanwhile, a group of prom-
Texans, mostly Demo-
urged the Legislature to
ise funds for public educe-
by Lyndell Williams
re solution urging him and the 66
House Republicans to
ICt
compromise forged by
UR Clements, Lt. Gov. Bin
iker Oib-Lewis and
Bob Bullock pro-
s to dispel the louds of cri-
indecision, confrontation,
The surprise turnaround was
Clements, who had just ended
his no new taxes tour and had
polled House Republicans on
upholding a tax veto.
The pressure to raise taxes is
enormous. The House and 8en-
inent
crate,
increasa:
tkm.
And
found soma of his
publicans were for a tax hike,
too. Not many, but maybe
enough to override hie tax veto.
The old Clements would have
vetoed the bill and used the time
before a special session to so-
lidify the one-third majority bloc
he needed to hold a veto.
But time is running out on
the state Treasury. The new
Clemente saw that if he changed
his stance, he would get hatf-a-
loaf and Texas could move on to
some new problems. —
Immediately, the governor
was blasted by the Texas Re-
publican Party for reversing his
stand against new taxes.
His own party sent over a
against nc
Clements to say he
veto the tax Mil, but not
Houston Rep. Randy Panning-
ton called his actions “disgrace-
ful.”
Quite a few House Republi-
cans were miffed because he did
not tell then! first about his re-
versal. “Hung out to dry” was a
phrase used by Garland Rep.
Anita Hill.
Mason Rep. Gerald Geist-
weidt has became the closest to
being an apologist for Clements:
“We believe he's been right all
along and should continue to
stay that way. But if you don’t
start talking somewhere, we
won’t be any further along at
the end of this five-month ses-
sion than we were at the begin-
ning.”
Hobby Plan Passed
Meanwhile, the Senate pass-
ed two of three bills in Hobby’s
“Build Texas” economic pro-
gram, labeled by some as simi-
lar to the depression-era public
works program.
The Senate okayed $400 mil-
lion in bonds for water and flood
and $400 million again
local public works projects.
Clements signed the open
container bill into law, making it
illegal to drink alcoholic bever-
ages while driving.
The prohibition applies only
to the driver, not to passengers.
Other Highlights
•Former Secretary of State
A1 Haig visited the Capitol last
week seeking the Republican
presidential nomination.
•The governor, neutral thus
far, planned to attend a Houston
fundraiser f
Gears
for Vice President
orge Bush’s presidential bid.
•The foresight of two legisla-
tors last summer, San Angelo
Sen. Bill Sims and Sanderson
Rep. Dudlev Harrison, led Tex-
as to beat federal red tape last
week in raising the rural high-
way speed limit to 66 mph and
the governor signed the pro-
clamation.
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Airport meeting
set for May 21
Cook
Hospital
their second annual Health Fair
i passed out during i
While the various
_ displays were in-
formative, one display that
caught my attention was the one-
showing a Diet Coke can and a
regular Coke can. It asked how
long would you have to waBi to
burn up the calories in both?
diet drink and 38 minutes of fast
walking to bum up the 138 cal-
ories in “the real thing.” That
fact absolutely destroyed the re-
ihing taste of the freebie
KL.
port development needs cur-
rently identified in the Texas
Aeronautical Facilities Plan
(TAFP) for area airports will be
reviewed. Preservation and de-
velopment of airport facilities in
the area will be covered. The
availability of state and federal
funds for airport development
will be discussed. Information
on area economic development,
community goals and objec-
tives, and other factors that may
influence the need for, or timing
terest in air transportation and of, airport development will be
airport development may at- requested.
in the meet- The TAFP has been develop-
[ County elect- ed for Texas and the Federal
e<f officials, airport board mem- Aviation Administration by the
bers, airport managers, repre- Texas Aeronautics Commission,
sentatives of the South Plains The Plan was first published in
is pill
Completion of this TAPP'revi-
sion is scheduled for mid-1988.
A Texas Aeronautical Facili-
ties Plan regional planning
meeting will be held at 10 a.m.
May 21, in the Blue Room
North, Student Center Building,
Smith Plains College. T
Development of airports in
Bailey, Cochran, Hockley,
Lamb, Terry, and Yoakum
Counties will be discussed. The
meeting will be conducted by
the Texas Aeronautics Commis-
sion. _______■ - .
All area citizens with an in-
'll
freshing taste of the fi
Coin JThad in my hand
while I was reading the
mative piece. It’s i
away from our
machinal
infor-
kapt me
drink
McGRUPV ENTERTAINMENT- - Members of the Cactus Elementary Student Council kept
children waiting in line Saturday at the Cook Memorial Health Fair from being bond by
entertaining them with McGruff puppets. Kip Humphreys told children not to talk to strangers
SPC registration begins
Com best cancels
after rib injury
U.S. Rep. Larry Combest was forced to cancel a scheduled
appearance as the guest speaker at the American Petroleum
Institute dinner in hie honor Saturday. ,
According to Combest’s aides he fell from a step ladder May
), breaking three ribs.
The dinner was scheduled for the women’s gym at South
Plains College.
droned
for the first
one, apparently hypno- ^ Plains
r tiU Sndrf hl/Sm College will be June 4-6.
tized by the sound of his own
voice. Finally, ona trapped list-
ener who could tolerate no more
witnout rainng asleep, put ms
On June 4, registration be-
gins at the SPC Lubbock camp-
us, from 9,a.m.-l p.m. and 4-7
wuoauw. wuuw mmmimy, jhw wa from B,a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-7
up*a^itc^ o? watm'and^ahp^ §pc Evenh^gregistration at the
ped out—aa one
It waa a bright spring morn-
ing and four high school boys
decided toaUpdaseee. Arriving
to
registrar’s office, located in the
Administration Building. 1
Regular registration at the
Levelland campus will be 9
a.m.-noon June 6. Students
whose last names begin with
J-R sign up from 9-10 a.m.; S-Z,
10-11 a.m.; and A-I, 11 a.m.-
noon.
Registration at Reese Air
Force Base will be 2-6 p.m. and
6:30-8 p.m. June 2 for military
personnel, dependents and i
eminent employees, and
6:30-8 p.m. for the
public, all in Building 920.
Open registration at Reese
will be 2-6 p.m. and 6:80-8 p.m.
June 3 in Building 920.
Classes at all three locations
begin June 8. Late registration
wifi be 8:80 a.m.-4:30 p.m. June
8 at the Levelland campus; 8:80
a.m.-4:30 p.m. and 5-7:30 p.m.
June 8 at the Lubbock campus,
and June 8-9 at Reese.
Five, eight and ten-week
sessions will be offered.
For more information, con-
tact the SPC registrar’s office at
INSURANCE
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all the possibilities,” he said,
noting that because the suit
calls for back pay it may be more
frugal to attempt to settle the
case quickly. “It may end up in
federal court. I don’t know at
this point.’’
In other court action, corn-
flat tire on the way to school.
a teat
m way
rahaf, the teacher
cub^^nSefTr
P«P«r.
said: “
this
Letter to the editor
(806) 894-9611 or the SPC Lub- missioners okaved a $1,600 out-
lay to the Babe Ruth League
Baseball, after hearing an ap-
peal from league representative
bock campus at 747-8111.
out your
Wa would like to thank the
following for their donations and
Hughes Meter, Sundown
Meter Service, Lee Transports,
Ross’ Sunshine Grocery. MAM
tional Bank, Bar TYaating Ser-
vice, foe., Champion Sports.
Which tiro
this
i flat?”
“sJdnp ' Quick Shop. South Plains Parts, bock. Ibankyuu
Lavs lland PAG as MDA Benefit Perez Roustabout Service, all of
Tournament a big success for us Sundown.
and Jetty’s Kids. Rom levelland. First Na-_-tournament Director
ImmoUond A Hocklmy County
News-Press
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per year er $11.00 for six months. Elsewhere In
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Babe Ruth League officials
had originally requested $2,000
in county aid.
Commissioners opted to pay
the $1,500 that was already bud-
geted in the current year.
They also paid $472.72 in
public assistance aid to eight
county residents. Two were de-
nied assistance because their in-
comes exceeded the limits of the
| county’s public assistance
guidelines.
Nominees accepted
Eligible farmers in HocUay ■Fmi1A,.C°?l|fr
County ere invited to becomi Bo^J.Sparfanen an-
nominees for the Fanners Home Farm
Adminietration (FmHA) county
of FmHA county committees
must be elected. The third
member is designated by Fm-
HA. The Hockley county com-
mittee assists the FmHA county
office in determining the eligibi-
lity of applicants for certain
types of FmHA loans.
Generally, farmers who are
residents of the county but not
FmHA borrowers are eligible to
become nominees for the FmHA
county committee.
For this election, one mem-
ber will be elected, and he will
r: $18150
it
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application fame far thoeo who
inaea for the county commlttoe
or by calling 894-9688.
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Smith, Billy. Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1987, newspaper, May 13, 1987; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1147710/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.