Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 62, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1983 Page: 1 of 22
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Chat with Santa
SITTING ON SANTA'S knee was the best part of Friday for
these two youngsters at Calhoun Plaza. Corby, left, who is
5, and 3-vear-old Matthew told Santa about all the toys they
want for Christmas. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. John
Sullivan. (Staff photo by I a Donna Wooten)
Lone Star Waste applied lor the permit in September In
Lone Star's application. Paul T. Price, senior staff biologist
w ith the Austin firm of Espey. Huston and Associates Inc .
said. "The facility would tend to prevent pollution and
mimstrator Ann Burford
The program is funded by taxes on
crude oil. oil products and certain
chemical feedstocks The Superfund
provides 90 percent funding for clean-
up projects, and the state involved
Texas Comptroller Bob Bullock has
released a report on hazardous wastes
in the state which concludes that the
wastes are “literally a life or death
issue.”
The financial report, titled "Hazar-
dous Waste In Texas." is presented as
a justification for a new state tax on
the generation and disposal of wastes
in the state.
■ In Calhoun County, citizens have
organized to fight the drilling of a toxic
waste injection well near Green Lake
Three weeks of hearings on the propos-
ed waste well are scheduled to begin
Monday in Austin before the Texas
Department of Water Resources. The
department will decide whether to
grant a permit to drill the well to Lone
Star Waste Disposal Inc.
In his report about wastes statewide,
Bullock said, "We’ve been fouling our
nest in Texas. Our rapid industrial
growth has brought prosperity, but it is
also bringing problems that need to be
By MIKE DAVIS
Staff Writer
The new tax which Bullock's office is
proposing could, according to his of-
fice, yield up to $50 million per year in
revenues to fund a program for
research into methods of dealing with
(Pleasesee Bullock. Page 2A>
Citizens plan to attend
hearings on waste well
By MIKE DAVIS
W»»r Sufi Writer
be annually generating about 35
million tons of wastes, the report said
The state presently generates 25
million tons each year
Clean-up costs for federally-
designated Superfund sites, of which
there are 11 in the state — six m Harris
County and one each in Montgomery.
Orange. Dallas. Galveston and San
Jacinto counties — is likely to reach
the $150 million to $200 million range
with Texas' share of that cost being
almost $20 million
The Superfund is a $1.6 billion
federal program to clean up abandon-
ed waste disposal sites The fund was
the topic of controversy last year when
allegations of mismanagement by Rita
Lavelle, who was administering the
fund, resulted in an investigation and
the subsequent resignation of EPA Ad-
Members of a county citizens group who have been trying
to block the drilling of a toxic waste injection well near
Green Ixike plan to attend hearings beginning Monday in
Austin which are being held to determine whether to grant
the drilling permit
Calhoun County Citizens Opposed to Toxic Waste CC
COTWi. is planning to have members present throughout
the three weeks of hearings before the Texas Department of
Water Resources, according to group member John Dead
Lone Star Waste Disposal Inc . which is try ing to drill the
well, has met organized opposition from county citizens
The Calhoun County Commissioners Court, which is
representing the county in opposing the well, recently
designated up to $25,000 in federal revenue sharing funds
which the court may use to pay legal expenses associated
with its intervention in the hearings The funds, among
other things, are being used to pay for an attorney 's fees
and for the time of expert witnesses who would testify on
the county's behalf
maintain water quality because an env ironmentaUy -sound
disposal facility and location would be provided '
“Run-off can easily be provided since the site ts fiat Site
runoff is into ar. artificial channel providing both further
opportunity for control and a lack of aquatic habitat to be
affected The artificial channel empties into the Victoria
Barge Canal, a voluminous body of water compared to the
amount of matenai that could reach there from the site."
Price added "However, should any of these materials
escape the surface facility. the surrounding fiat buffer zone
and drainage ditches offer excellent opportunity for con-
tainment andcuntroi before any permanent water body is
reached " >
The hearing* will be presided over by Gwendolyn Hill
Webb, the near ng examiner for the Texas Water Com-
mission This is the third examiner for the case
CCCOTW is being represented by Bert Hooper of Austin
Lone Star Waste is being represented by Jeptha Hill of the
law firm of Kleberg. Dyer. Redford and Weil of Austin.
If the hearings require more than the three-week allotted
period, they will continue in Port Lavaca
CCCOTW recently held a waixathon from Calhoun High
School to raise funds for its legal battle About 40 people
walked along Highway 35 to Highway 185 near Green Lake
and on to the proposed w ell site
Also, the group is planning a benefit dance on Jan 14 at
the KC Hall
Bullock report calls for tax
on waste generation, disposal
solved and not neglected "
According to the report. Texas is
among the nation's leading states in
the production of hazardous waste It
is the third most populous state and is
expected to become No 2 in population
by 1990 By the year 2000. Texas could • must provide the remaining 10 percent
of the funding In fiscal year 1983.
Texas received $5 5 million from the
fund
Federal management of hazardous
waste began with the passage of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act RCRA1 in ’.976 This program
plans for administration and partial
funding by the states Thirty-one
states, including Texas, have
federally-approved programs When it
became apparent that there were hun
deeds of sites that needed cleanup.
Congress created the Superfund
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move
that appeared to be designed to foil any
Beirut-style bombing, the Secret Ser
vice tightened security around the
White House during the Thanksgiving
holiday by parking seven sand laden
dump trucks at five metal-gate en-
trances
White House press secretary Larry
Speakes said the move was "not in
response to a specific threat," but
security also was tightened at the State
Department six blocks away, where
spokeswoman Anita Stockman said
authorities were reacting to "possible
bomb threats.”
Shells fell in a seaside shantytown
and the Azmi commercial district dur
ing the exchanges One or two shells
landed in the city center and the har-
bor
Arafat had been reported ready to
bow to the rebels' demands and leave
his last Middle East stronghold to
avert a bloodbath, provided he got suf
ficient guarantees for the safety of
loyalists and local militia allies he
would leave behind
In Beirut, 50 miles south of Tripoli,
warplanes flew low runs over the city
early today as Lebanese troops and
Shiite Moslem militiamen battled near
the Marine base at the international
Another truck was parked on that
same street inside the northwest gate,
two more were inside gates leading off
17th Street into the Old Executive Of-
fice Building and a seventh was on
East Executive Avenue, a public
walkway on the other side of the
building separating the White House
from the Treasury
All the lights on the south lawn of the
White House were lighted, which is
unusual when the mansion is not in
use A loud buzzer from inside the com-
pound could be heard Thursday after-
noon. but later was silent.
City Council to consider
managing causeway park
The City Council Monday will
consider a recommendation that
the city manage I^vaca Causeway
State Park
The Recreation and Parks Board
Tuesday recommended that the ci
ty take over management of the
park with the stipulation that it be a
custodial arrangement only
The council will meet at 7:30 p m
in the City Hall Annex
Parks Board Chairman Larrie
Yarbrough has said the city
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-
Faisal and his Syrian counterpart.
Abdul-Halim Khaddam
The accord, read to reporters by
Khaddam. colls for a permanent
cease-fire in and around Tripoli, a
negotiated settlement of the PLO's in-
ternal differences and departure of all
Palestinian fighters from the Tripoli
area
Prior to the announcement, there
was a 90minute exchange of mortar
and machine gun fire between the rival
forces in Tripoli which Arafat's aides
described as "probing attacks" by the
rebels to test loyalist defenses in the ci-
ty
"should be responsible for collec-
ting fees and paying bills and not
take over the responsibility of
maintenance, insurance or
liabilities ”
Other agenda items include
•An application for a parade per-
mit from the Chamber of Com-
merce and Agriculture
•Public hearings on weed com-
plaints
•A CC1SD invoice for $15.3446 for
collecting 1982 city taxes
tirely do away with the land-based in-
termediate range nuclear missile
systems." said the president. "We con-
tinue to seek negotiations in good
faith."
Reagan was informed of Andropov's
statement in a telephone call from his
national security adviser. Robert C.
McFarlane, according to deputy White
House press secretary Marlin Fitz-
water.
Andropov said the Soviet Union con-
siders it impossible to continue
negotiating with the United States in
Geneva because of NATO's decision to
deploy U.S. Pershing 2 and cruise
missiles in western Europe
In confining his response to a two-
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Sports
Tides
Tidal information is based on
computations for West Gulf Tides
For tidal corrections at Port O'Con-
nor. add 35 minutes to highs, sub
tract 45 minutes from lows; at In-
dianola, add 25 minutes and sub
tract 15 minutes For Port Lavaca,
add 40 minutes and subtract 25
minutes
On Friday, a high of 1.6 ft at 10:30
p m On Saturday, a low of -0 1 ft at
2:47 p m. and a high of 15 ft. at
11:16 pm
Sunset at 5:28 today
Sunrise at 7:01 a m Wednesday
Guards also searched tne nanaoags
and briefcases carried by reporters,
normally exempt from such measures,
in what was described as a spot check
On Thursday, three dump trucks
were parked at the southwest gate
across the entrance to the closed off
street separating the White House
from the Old Executive Office building
next door Those trucks were outside
the fence surrounding the White
House
ly higher and gusty near shore dur
ing the afternoons Seas 3 to 5 feet
Tripoli
Thursday also was the first time
PLO rebel delegates met with the
Suadi mediators in Syria
Hundreds of people in Tripoli and in
two nearby refugee camps have been
killed in weeks of warfare between
Arafat's forces and the rebels who
want to oust him from leadership of the
PLO
Meanwhile, it was announced that
President Amin Gemayel will hoM
talks with President Reagan in
Washington on Dec 1. two days after
Reagan's scheduled meeting-' with
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir
and Defense Minister Moshe Aram.
Weather
Calhoun County
The high Wednesday was 69 with
an overnight low of 50
Temperature at 9:30 a m today
was 68 No rainfall was recorded at
the Wave in the last 24 hours
Lower Coastal
Southeasterly winds around 15
knots through tonight increasing to
20 to 25 knots Saturday Winds local
airport.
Marine spokesman Maj Robert Jor-
dan said three shots were fired into the
Marine base but caused no casualties
He said the shooting stopped when
Marines fired a few rounds in return
Asked whether the incoming rounds
were deliberately aimed at the
Marines. Jordan said: "They were
probably fired in their direction "
Arafat gained the release Thursday
by Israel of 4.600 Palestinian and
Lebanese prisoners in exchange for six
Israeli soldiers captured by PLO
fighters in September 1982 But his
aides said the exchange was not direct-
ly linked to Arafat's predicament in
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Reagan low-key about more Soviet missiles
SANTA BARBARA. Calif. (AP) —
President Reagan, dismayed by
Moscow's announcement of retaliation
against the United States for deploying
new missiles in western Europe, is
keeping his response low key in an ap-
parent effort to prod the Soviets back
to the bargaining table.
The Soviet Union has been threaten-
ing since March to respond to the new
U. S. missiles in Europe with new
deployments of its own close to the
United States, but the questions of
where and how remained unanswered.
On Thursday, Soviet President Yuri
V. Andropov announced that the Soviet
Union will increase its nuclear
weapons at sea. at home and in
Eastern Europe
Reagan's muted reaction to the deci-
sion was made in a written statement
issued soon after the Soviet news agen-
cy Tass relayed Andropov's state-
ment
"We can only Im* dismayed at this
Soviet statement," said Reagan, who
is spending a five-day vacation out of
public view at his ranch in the Santa
Ynez Mountains.
He said Andropov's statement was
"at sharp variance with the stated
wish of the Soviet Union that an agree-
ment lie negotiated" to limit medium
range nuclear weapons in Europe
“While we are dismayed, we are
determined to lenew our efforts to en-
Officials tighten
President Reagan and his family
were at Reagan's ranch in Santa Bar-
bara. Calif . for a five-day Thanksgiv-
ing vacation, ending Sunday.
At the State Department, five en-
trances were blocked by cars or vans,
and police cars blocked part of a street
that leads to a sixth Ms Stockman
said "extra security has been taken
and will tie in effect until we can
evaluate this possible or potential
threat." The State Department securi-
ty measures were implemented
Wednesday, while the trucks were
moved around the White House on
Thursday.
PLO rivals agree to end fight in Lebanon
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP> - PLO
mutineers and loyalists reached agree
ment today on a plan to end their three-
week old battle and evacuate both
forces from the Tripoli area within two
weeks, the foreign ministers of Saudi
Arabia and Syria announced
There was no immediate confirma-
tion by PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat
or his opponents of the announcement,
which came shortly after loyalists and
Syrian-backed guerilla mutineers
clashed with mortars, rocket-
propelled grenades and machineguns
in this northern l^banese port
The agreement was announced at a
joint news conference in Damascus by
paragraph written statement, Reagan
seemed determined to play down An
dropov's dramatic statement
Nor would aides traveling with the
president speak more freely about
what they see as the long-term im-
plications of Andropov's announce
ment.
However, it did not appear to mar
the president’s Thanksgiving holiday.
Reagan and his wife. Nancy, entertain-
ed several family members at a tradi-
tional dinner of turkey with all the
trimmings
Before his guests arrived, the presi-
dent spent some time on what was
described as routine paperwork
security at White House
The parked trucks at the entrances
to the White House grounds were the
latest episode in a series of increasing
ly stringent security measures promp-
ted by a late-night bomb blast at the
Capitol on Nov 7 and the attack on the
Marine headquarters in Beirut The
Oct 23 Beirut bombing, which killed
239 servicemen, occurred when a
(tynamite-laden truck with a suicide
driver at the wheel rammed the
Marine barracks
Ijist week, in reaction to the Capitol
bombing, guards began to use dogs to
sniff all cars and trucks entering the
White House grounds for explosives
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Surber, Chester C. & Potter, Tim. Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 62, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1983, newspaper, November 25, 1983; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1311076/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.