Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 90, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1984 Page: 1 of 64
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by Mobil since then The state later
joined Manges because it own* some of
the mineral rights to the land
Exxon alsoow ns some ot the mineral
rights, but until last month. Exxon had
not entered the dispute
Then on Dec JO, Exxon filed a sur
prise crossclaim, and visiting Judge
George Miller postponed the approval
and set a hearing in the case for 9 a m
today
Mauro said in the meantime. Exxon
has agreed to allow the original settle
inent to be finalized as long as all par
ties formally recognize Exxon’s right
to sue for part ot the settlement
"We finally got Exxon to say, That’s
ok Exxon will preserve its
counterclaims, if they want to come in
and try to get a piece of the pie’’ later,
THE HARBOR OF Refuge, near Port I avaca. is home for
large offshore service equipment. I’he peaceful cove offers
repose to the boats amt crews which fight rough Gulf waters
LAREDO. Texas (AP> - Mndt'om
missioner Garry Mauro says he ex
peets a long awaited settlement ot a
$17 billion lawsuit against Mobil Oil
Corp to be finalized in court today
"We worked all weekend.” he said
Tuesday "It’s bascially the same
deal” worked out last month, a deal
that fell through when Exxon interven
ed just as it was about to be approved
in court here Dec 20
Mauro said lawyers for Exxon have
since agreed to let the accord be ap
proved today
The suit whs tiled in I M2 w hen Ouv al
County rancher Clinton Manges alleg
ed that Mobil had not adhered strictly
to a drilling schedule required by a
lease on Manges' ranch dating hack Io
19:12 Manges claimed all the oil drilled
Settlement expected in oil suit
Mauro said
He said he does not think Exxon has
any share coming, but be said be
wanted to get the ileal approved and
'argue about Exxon afterward "
We re losing $12,000 a day until thia
thing is settled, he said
The tentative agreement would turn
Mobil * lease on Mange* ranch over to
someone else, and they would have to
pay Manges about $400 million and the
state about $100 million over the next
11 years in exchange for the privilege
of drilling for oil and gas on the land
Mobil would not have to make any
cash payments, but it would loae its
right to the lease and would have to
abandon all drilling equipment and
records on oil and gas exploration on
Manges ml-nch 64.0*Pacre ranch
Home again
to perform maintenance un offshore drilling and prvducUee
platforms (Staff photo by Terry Hammoedsl
Airman gets warm reception
to remove
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in shooting in Brazoria
a
Building permits
show increase
By MIKE DAVIS
W*«r Mail Writer
down by the Syrians on Dec 4
"1 would like to take from that ex
penence and say one quote which one
man said when he came back from
Vietnam — and that was ’God Bless
America ’ "
Jackson, in his remarks, praised
Syrian President Hafez Assad for
"helping to break the cycle of pain "
He also complimented State Depart-
ment officials and Sen Charles Percy,
R-Ill., for assisting in the efforts to
negotiate Goodman's release Percy is
chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee
The civil rights leader praised
Reagan for not interfering with his ef-
forts, and said: "This mission was a
political risk, not a moral risk It was
the right thing to do.”
Goodman went immediately to near-
by Bethesda Naval Hospital for a brief
check-up and was to re-enter the facili-
ty for several days of tests after his
visit with Reagan
Goodman spent the entire 10-hour
trip from Frankfurt. West Germany
( Please see Goodman. Page 2 \
because the Marines position has
become so vulnerable, and the chances
for peace grow more distant each day
they are there
d’Neill met Tuesday with a group of
about 15 House Democratic members
assigned by him to monitor the ad-
ministration's diplomatic progress tn
Lebanon Participants said there was
unanimous agreement that the
Marines be brought back before the 18
months are up. and that the ad
ministration has not assigned the
la*t>anon problem a high enough priori
ty
"The Mannes once were a part ot
the solution," said Rep Barbara
Mikulski. D Md . "Now. they are part
of the problem."
The group of House Democrats stop
ped short, however, of agreeing on a
specific date by w hich Congress would
require a withdrawal
A Brazoria man was in custody to
day in the Brazoria County Jail for the
fatal shooting of an Indianola man ear-
ly Tuesday morning
Vincent Martin Hoss, 35, was pro-
nounced dead at the scene at 12:30
am at the Edgewater Marina
Restaurant near Churchhill
In custody for the murder is Richard
Zentner, 41, who is charged with first
degree murder, said John Blanken-
ship, investigator for the Brazoria
County Sheriff's Department
Zentner's bond was set at $50,000
Blankenship said that Hoss.
troops from Lebanon
supporter of a war powers resolution
giving Reagan approval to keep the
1,600 Marines in Beirut for 18 months
through April 1985
The resolution was approved in
September before 241 Marines were
killed in a truck bomb explosion at
their headquarters near the Beirut air-
port on Oct. 23.
On Tuesday, Percy said, "It is my
feeling that we are no longer really a
constructive part of the peacekeeping
force there. We are a target and we are
causing hostile actions in Lebanon It
would be highly desirable for us now to
rotate with other forces that would not
Im- such a target."
"I would like to see the Marines
home just as soon as possible," he
said
Congress does not return from a long
two month recess until Jan 23, but
Percy said he will convene a hearing
on U.S policy in lx*banon Jan
prayers during this hour of crisis and
during this hour of opportunity. ”
Jackson told reporters
Reagan praised Jackson for his role
Jackson, in turn, thanked Reagan for
not trying to block his trip to Syria that
ultimately won Goodman's freedom
As Jackson and Goodman left the
blue and white plane at 6:35 a m EST.
they raised their clasped hands amid
cheers from more than 200 well-
wishers and the rousing sounds of a
local high school band which had come
to nearby Andrews Air Force Base.
Goodman, dressed in his crisp Navy
uniform, received hugs from his wife
and family. In brief comments on the
airport tarmac. Goodman said he had
"received 60,000 pieces of mail and to
me that's awesome, and to me that
shows what kind of country this is.”
“I thought daily about the POW ex-
perience that I had been trained to
withstand and the type of POW ex-
perience the guys had to experience in
Vietnam," said Goodman. 27, a
bombardier-navigator from Virginia
Beach, Va.. whose attack jet was shot
WASHINGTON (API - The con
gressional chorus seeking to shorten
the stay of U.S. Marines in Lebanon is
turning up the volume, with
Democratic Speaker Thomas P
O'Neill Jr. saying the House will act if
the president doesn't and a key Senate
Republican declaring the troops are
more a cause of war than an en-
couragement to peace.
"I believe patience in Congress with
administration policies in Ixdianon is
wearing very thin.” O’Neill said Tues
day. “There is no way we are going to
be idle if the president doesn't do
something within the next couple ot
weeks "
Making no changes in diplomatic or
military policies in Lebanon, said the
speaker, "is absolutely
unacceptable."
Like O’Neill, Sen Charles Percy,
R 111., chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, had been a key
Indianola man is killed
shrimper, and Zentner had tieen iirgu
mg at the restaurant, which is alsiul 15
miles south of Brazoria near the In
tracoastal Canal
Zentner left the restaurant and
returned later with a :18 caliber pistol
and allegedly shot Hoss, Blankenship
said
Hoss is survived by his parents. Mr
and Mrs Jim* Hoss ol Holland. Minn ;
six brothers, Richard of Spirit Lake.
Iowa, Clifford of San Antonio. Dave ol
Holland, Minn , Gary of Hartley, Iowa,
Ray of Spirit lake, and Michael of
Hoiland, Minn , two sisters. Rose
VandenBosch of Dundee. Minn . and
Darlene VandenBosch of Holland,
(Please see Shooting. Page 2AI
after he returns from Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) - Navy Lt
Robert O Goodman Jr., exclaiming
"God Bless America,” returned to
U.S. soil today after a month in Syrian
captivity to a rousing welcome from
his family, his friends and his presi-
dent.
Accompanied by Jesse Jackson, the
Democratic presidential hopeful who
negotated his release, Goodman, his
wife, children and parents met with
President Reagan in the Oval Office
after the all night flight to freedom
"I would like once again to thank all
the people involved for their diligent
work and ability to get me home a little
bit earlier than I had envisioned,"
Goodman said in a Rose Garden
meeting with reporters. "Thank you
very much and I appreciate all the sup-
port.”
“Today is a homecoming celebra-
tion, and all of us are delighted to see
Lt. Robert Goodman free, safe and
reunited with his family,” Reagan
said. "We’re all proud of him."
"We want to thank Almighty God
who heard our sincere and earnest
Congress turning on pressure
in construction
Construction values ot building
permits issued in the city in 1983
totaled over $7 6 million more
than twice the amount in the
preceding year
Construction of 15 commercial
buildings amounted to $3.7 million,
while budding permits for $2 I
million worth of construction were
iMUed tor 55 new homes
Also, permits were issued lor
repairs or additions to 217 houses
and 50 commercial buddings
In 1983, July, with $2 4 million,
was the busiest month tor issuance
ol permit*, and November, with
(Please see Permits. Page 2A)
Hy TERRY HAMMONDS
Wave Mat! Writer
■ion, want to get a franchise to operate
in Seadrift, but because of complaints
of poor picture quality during the first
30 days it provided service, the council
did not approve the franchise proposal
The former contract with Stellarvi
sion prohibited automatic assumption
of the franchise by any new equipment
owners
One representative of South Texas
Cable Television met with the council
in December and promised Im
provements in the system within 30
day*, however one resident at the
council meeting said his service has
been worse
At thia time, no company has a con
tract to provide television service in
the whole thing Call their bluff, he
said
Councilman Buddy Cross said. The
people m town would be mad because
they will have to put up a new antenna
But I don't think we should sign a new
franchise agreement until cable is bet
ter. even if It takes a year ”
Councilman Bo Cunningham advised
everyone to buy a $4,000 satellite
receiving dish "It's worth it (or the
entertainment,' he said
South Texas Cable Television at
torney* sent a proposed city ordinance
for the council to examine, hut al
torney Hood said there were several
faults with it
(Please sec .Seadrift. Page 2A>
SEADRIFT City Council
members are looking for a new com-
pany to provide cable television ser
vice* to city residents
Council members voted Tuesday to
table a proposal from South Texas
Cable Television which would have
allowed the company to assume a fran
chlse formerly held by Stellarvision,
and the council will investigate other
option* The members agreed to give
the company 60 day* to improve *er
vice
Owners of South Texas Cable Televi-
sion, who recently purchased Stellarvi-
Seadrift council looks for new TV firm
the city, and attorney Charles Hood
told council "They have no contract
with the city You can do business with
them if you want to, but you don't have
to."
Several council memtM*rs want the
company out of Seadrift, tiut agreed
that residents would not like that "I
would like to see them pack up and
leave, but the people in town
wouldn't,” said Mayor Pro-tem Sue
Blevins "Let's give them a time limit
for improving service and after that,
run them off."
Dwane McCown, a cable customer
complained about p«Mir picture quality
and said many times there was no pic
ture al all "I recommend you dump
Court upholds Wyatt
judge race
win in
“What these (lower court) rulings
are saying is that voters in Calhoun
County can be treated differently than
all the other voters across the state."
The Texas Supreme Court tixiay refused to rule on John
Dodd's application for a writ of error challenging the
November 1982 county judge race and let stand the lower
court rulings affirming County Judge Ralph Wyatt's vic-
tory in that election.
The court let the appellate and district court rulings in
Wyatt's favor stand because it decided it had no jurisdiction
in the case.
The decision basically means that Texas voters do not
have the right to vote a straight party ticket and to vote for
a write-in candidate on the same ballot
Wyatt was declared the winner after a recount of the
votes which resulted in nine ballots being voided tiecause
nine of the voters had voted for a straight party Democratic
ticket and had also voted for Dodd as a write-in candidate
for county judge
Dodd said today that he would have to confer with his at
constitutional state statute is in question, and secondly, if
there is a conflict between two courts of appeals ' Wood ex-
plained
He said that because there had only been one appellate
court ruling, he tried to challenge the lower court ruling by
alleging that a state statute was in question
Wood said that Dodd now basically has two options
He can drop it as it stands or go to federal court with it. ”
he said
Wood said that if Dodd did decide to take the cane to
federal court, he would argue that the nine voters whose
ballots were thrown out were deprived of their conatitu-
tionai right to vote
Please see Dodd. Page 2A>
Hy MIKE DAVIS
W.v, «at( Writer
torney. Buck Wood of Austin, before deciding what action to
take in the matter, but added that he would be willing to
take the case to federal court if his attorney advises it
Wyatt said this morning that he was glad the court had
finally ruled in the case and hoped the legal action wqs
over
"I am glad that the whole thing is over with so we can get
on with ounty business said Wyatt
Wood said this morning that he had felt throughout the
case that the legal, imnue was not the substance of the case
but whether or not the Supreme Court had the jurisdiction
to hear it
"There are two very narrow areas where the Texas
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