The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1987 Page: 1 of 12
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This poster was one of many earned by demonstrators
in front of Deaf Smith County Courthouse Thursday
afternoon. The small group, under the leadership of
Jesus Moya, were protesting the encarceration of an
elderly man and his daughter on charges of ag-
gravated assault of an officer
ding to the release and Moya, are
still undergoing care at the Albracht
Chiropractu Clinic in Amarillo for
treatment of injuries they received
as a result of the excessive force us-
ed during the arrest.
Those who were present say that
firemen responded to a call at the
Medeles residence where they found
him buring trash, a violation of city
a
Getting the Facts
Assistant District Attorney Richard Burmeister, third
from left, explains the legal system for obtaining
release from jail to Jesus .Moya, left, and other par-
ticipants in a demonstration in front of Deaf Smith
County Courthouse Thursday afternoon.
Eventually, the tired animal ran
into the backyard of a house and
vented its frustrations by ramming a
carport and knocking a pole out of
whack.
calf was chased back and forth.
Several cars and pickups joined the
pursuit.
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— Pare a variety of appropriations
from higher education and the State
Department of Highways and Public
Transportation.
— Eliminate a so-called "dooms-
day plan" that would have slashed
funding to a variety of state colleges
in the legislative districts of House
members who challenged the budget
had sufficient taxes not been raised.
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b extinguish a fire in his waste bar-
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I'he release also says that Ia>pez
was alarmed at the abusive treat-
ment of her father and attempted to
WACO. Texas (APi — Pamplona.
Spain, has nothing on Waco.
The central Texas tow n had its own
running of the bulls fraught with just
as much excitement as the tradi-
tional Spanish event.
Wendell Crunk of Asa was taking
his cattle to auction Wednesday
when a tire on the trailer blew out,
catching hay inside the trailer on
fire.
Local Roundup
Two arrested, four juveniles
in custody for trespassing
Four juvenile females were taken into police custody early Thurs-
day morning for trespassing and criminal mischief in the 100 block
of Major Street and a male and female, each 28-years-old. were ar-
rested fi t theft over $200 and under $750 in the 500 block of North 25
Mile Ave
Hereford Police also report numerous other thefts investigated on
Thursday Bicycles were taken in the 300 block of Adelito. 500 block
of Jackson and 100 block of l.ake
Budwieser beer was taken in two separate incidences, with a total
value $00 98 Other items taken were a license plate, gas. a fender
skirt and two radar detectors.
Two juvenile, age eight, were caught inside a residence on the 1500
block of Blevins. They were released to their parents.
Other offenses reported include a domestic problem on 1-ake
Street, unauthorized use of a vehicle on Sampson Street, a vehicle
blocking a lane of traffic on South Hwy. 385. shots fired in the 900
block of South Julian and rocks thrown in the 200 block of Ave. B
Three citations were issued and one accident with no injuries was
investigated.
Weather
One man in a pickup — red, of
course — tried to comer the bull in
the backyard But he beat a retreat
after the bull dented his trunk.
Crunk finally tied things up by pull-
ing his trailer to the gate and
maneuvering the bull inside.
"When all the fun was over, you
know who was responsible for the
damage, don’t you?" he asked.
“Me."
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One man, who did some rodeoing
in high school, even stood up tn the
bed of a pickup and tried to rope the
bull on the run.
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By JOHN BROOKS
Managing fiditur
A Department of Energy official
i Id th. Waste Deposit Impact Com-
mittee and two study groups Thurs-
iay that nuclear waste will not be us-
ed in any site characterization work
in Deaf Smith County unless DOE
has a major change in policy
Gordon Appel, director of DOE's
Kegulatorry Compliance Division,
told WI >11 and the Site Characteriza-
tion Issues Council that DOE. in its
I haft Mission Plan ami Em ironmen-
tai Assessment for a possible nuclear
waste dump in Deaf Smith County,
opposed the use of any spent fuel to
is necessary to adequately test the
facility
W< d, not feel it is going to be
necessary to use waste during in-situ
testing here.' Appel said There
has been salt used in testing before,
such as in Kansas. The findings were
there was a change in the crystalline
make-up of slat, but no real change
in permeability from radioactive
waste
The biggest concern in salt is
heat Heat changes the permeability
of salt That would be our major con-
cern "
Appel explained that a curie is "a
measure of decay, not the measure
Most of those representatives were
Republicans and conservative
Democrats who had insisted more
money would be trimmed
“This measure is nothing but a
crude attempt at legislative and
political blackmail, unbecoming of
our Texas legislative process."
Clements said. He also called it
rank intimidation "
Clements also praised the
legislature, which required all 30
days of a special session in addition
to its 140-day regular session to final-
ly pass a budget.
“There is no question that much
blood, sweat and tears were shed in
this effort." he said.
However, the governor said, more
savings could be obtained. "For 24
weeks, 1 have reviewed this budget
There are places that can stand
additional scrutiny and additional
economies."
The budget was approved by
lawmakers in on July 21. It was the
first time since 1961, when the state
sales tax was enacted, that
legislators had failed to pass a
budget during their 140-day regular
session.
This year, lawmakers also approv-
ed a $5.7 billion tax hike — the
largest in state history — to pay for
the budget. Clements signed that into
law last month.
Clements said the university
systems office vetoes represent
"relatively small numbers" in total
funds.
Family plcns
inteneni on his behalf Both, accur- march
today at 2 p.m.
A bull whose tail caught fire
escaped from the vehicle when the
door was opened and headed straight
for the campus of Baylor University.
"Some joggers came along and
decided they’d chase the bull,’’
Crunk told the Waco Tribune-Herald.
"Then four or five people in vehicles
got involved and it really turned into
a mess. If they had left the bull alone,
there would have been no problem."
For more than an hour, the cam-
pus was full of bull as the 550-pound
— Eliminate individual aircraft
operations by certain state agencies.
— Call on individual universities to
allocate money from their own
budgets to fund various university
systems offices.
— Reduce "administrative and
bureaucratic costs" in the Depart-
ment of Human Services.
Sanchez then turned to family
members and asked them to en-
to handcuff a courage the man to cooperate so he
defenseless senior citizen" for failing would not have to go to jail.
Eyewitnesses then saw Medeles
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The purpose, he said, was to
reduce administrative costs "and to
get a tighter discipline into that ad-
ministration. which implies fewer
people and more efficiency."
The vetoes included $710,000 an-
nually for University of Texas
system administration and $345,000
annually for Texas AiM University
system administration.
Bob Davis. Clements’ budget
director, said those are general
revenue funds. The UT and A4.M
systems receive "considerably
more" from the state’s Available
University Fund, he noted.
More than $2 million was sliced
from the University of Houston
system administration in 1989. which
Davis described as “almost all of
their system expenses." The lamar
University system office loses more
than $290,000 a year, which Davis
called "principally the bulk of their
system expenses."
Another veto took $52 million from
a program designed to allow the
state to subsidize school districts ex-
periencing a loss in property values
greater than 8 percent from the
previous year. Those generally are
districts with greater than average
wealth. Clements said, adding that
he didn't think it would raise local
property taxes.
"We hope that they will address
the administrative side of their par-
ticular districts," he said.
Davis said he did not know what
districts would be affected.
AUSTIN (API - Gov Bill
Clements says state government is
on its way to leaner, more efficient
operations under the new $38 13
billion state budget, the largest in
Texas history
That total is $167 4 million less than
passed by the legislature after a
series of vetoes (Tements announced
on Thursday
As never before, each agency,
board and commission must review
every expense. must prioritize every
program and must ensure to the peo-
ple of Texas that every dollar spent
is done so with maximum
efficiency," Clements said.
Among the vetoes were those
which the governor said will:
of the damage
material > can do "
Appel said that if either DOE or
NRC feels that using radwaste is
necessary during m-situ testing, it
would take from 6 to 18 months to
receive NRC approval for the action,
then could take much longer to ac-
tually move the waste to the site
During the meeting, the
Geotechnical and Socioeconomic
study groups of the SC1C approved a
work plan covering five issues the
groups will study in-depth over the
next three months.
The socio-economic group will
(See WDIC. Page 21
deliver a blow to Sanchez in the i ight
side of his abdomen. After the man
hit him Sanchez turned and grabbed
his arms and pulled them back to
prevent the man from throwing
another punch
Ixipez then came from behind San-
chez and attacked him While
shouting obsemties. the pair was
restrained Ixipez was wrestled to
the ground but witnesses agree that
Medeles remained upright
By DEBE GRAVES
Staff Writer
A small group of family members
and friends joined union organizer
Jesus Moya in a demonstration
Thursday in front of the Deaf Smith
county Jail protesting the Tuesday
re-jailing of Manuel Medeles and
Lisa I-opez
Medeles, 78. and his 19-year-old
daughter were indicted by a Deaf
Smith County Grand Jury for
charges of aggravated assault on a
police officer Following their indict- ordinance. Since there had been
ment they were released, on $5,000 complaint about the smoke. Fire
Marshall Jay Spain requested that
Medeles extinguish the flame
Upon determining Medeles does
bail each, by Tina Gonzales, an agent
for E-Z Bail Bond in Amarillo.
On Tuesday the couple was return-
ed to Deaf Smith ( ounty Jail Accor- not speak English. Spam requested a
ding to .Moya, director of the Interna- Hispanic officer come to the scene to
tional Union of Agricultural explain the problem
Workers, the pair was returned to
jail because new charges had been
added Moya also said Medeles son
had paid a $200 fine in payments and
that the family thought they had
taken care of the matter
A written press release, which
Moya passed out during the
demonstration, claims that the elder-
ly man was thrown to the ground and
roughed up by police officers as they
attempted to handcuff a
throughout the event
Records in the District Clerk’s of-
fice revealed that the pair was
brought back before 222nd District
Judge Wesley Gulley this week
because they needed a court-
appointed attorney and that the bail
bond company had withdrawn from
the case.
A letter from Amarillo attorney
Selden Hale said that he represents
(See MOYA. Page 21
Sgt Sammy Sanchez, a detective
with the Hereford Police Depart-
ment. arrived at the scene. Sanchez
said. I explained in Spanish that he
needed to put the fire out. he refused
and accused me of being
prejudiced."
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test the effects of radioactive wastes
in salt beds that underlie the region
If the question is Will we use
radioactive materials during
characterization.' the answer is
yes. Appel said He explained that
minute amounts of radioactive
material, such as Iodine with a half -
life of 14 days and with the same
radioactivity as a florescent light,
would be used for logging and trac-
ing work
However, the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission could require DOE to
use radwaste with a curie equivalent
of upto 10 metric tons of -pent fuel if
the NRC feels the testing with waste
Moya, demonstrators protest failings
Moya made verbal reference to a
May 5 front page story in the
Hereford Brand about the incident.
Upon questioning he admitted he had
not had time to read the story or to
talk with officers involved and said
his information came from family
members at the scene.
Other witnesses disagree with the
description given in the
demonstrator's press release.
Clements slices state budget
Clements voiced strong feelings
about state agencies using airplanes
other than those operated by the
state's aircraft pool.
"The time has passed when state
employees can enjoy the privilege of
flying in almost empty agency-
owned aircraft... Some agencies still
abuse this privilege by flying in state
planes to cities served by commer-
cial airliners and by flying at
passenger levels far below plane
capacity," he said.
Clements struck $1 million from
Attorney General Jim Mattox's child
support enforcement program, say-
ing the other $44 million ap-
propriated represent “adequate
funds ... for whatever he (Mattox)
needs to be doing.”
Despite having been criticial of the
Office of Public Utility Counsel,
which represents ratepayers in pro-
ceedings before the state Public
Utility Commission, Clements didn't
veto the office's appropriation.
"I will probably put someone in
there in whom I have confidence and
that will give me a pipeline ... into
what the PUC is doing, which I have
some real misgivings about,” he
said.
Also vetoed was a $33.9 million ap-
propriation for a new highway
department administrative office
building, and 1989 appropriations for
the Texas Tech University Museum,
Panhandle-Plains Historical
Museum and Sam Houston Memorial
Museum.
Tonight's forecast is calling for a 30 percent chance of
thunderstorms with a low of 66 Winds should be southerly 10 to 15
mph.
Saturday will be partly cloudy and not so warm with a 30 percent
chance of thunderstorms. The high should be 90 with west winds 10 to
20 mph becoming northerly by afternoon.
Friday’s low at KPAN was 69 after a high Thursday of 96.
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Brooks, John. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1987, newspaper, August 7, 1987; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1351724/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.