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Hereford, Texas, Friday, September 21,1979
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Bergland: New Programs Needed
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To Improve Marketing
Bergland Announces
Grants for Systems
Villarreal Trial
Enters Final Stages
Canal Might Close
As House Rejects Bill
WASHINGTON (AP)
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Carter Promises Action on Troops
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To Be on Display
Assessing Damage
Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland, Hockley
County cotton farmer Jimmy Lewis and Rep. Kent
Hance of the 19th Congressional District scrutinize
hall damaged cotton during a stop at the Lewis
farm during a tour of hail-ravaged areas on the
South Plains Thursday. Bergland came to the
Lubbock area at the invitation of Rep. Hance and
Bergland toured a field where Lewis
was in the process of plowing under a
hopelessly battered cotton crop, and
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Dispatched by Carter. several agents
appeared at Kennedy's office on the
second floor of the Dirksen Senate Office
Building shortly before 6p.m. Thursday.
They accompanied the senator when he
left his office about an hour later,
heading down a stairwell and driving off
in a three-car caravan.
Carter ordered the protection after
receiving what the White House
described as a Secret Service analysis of
the senator's safety. There also were
discussions between administration
officials and members of Kennedy's
staff.
“I have accepted President Carter's
generous offer of Secret Service
protection and my family and I deeply
appreciate his action on this matter.”
Kennedy said in a statement issued by
his office.
Asked about the Secret Service
analysis and the conversations with the
Kennedy staff. White House press
secretary Jody Powell said. "I just really
don't want to talk about that sort of thing
very much.”
LUBBOCK — Secretary of Agriculture
Bob Bergland Thursday announced two
grants totalling more than $825,000 to the
state of Texas to evaluate and improve
marketing systems for feeder cattle and
cotton. The announcement came after
tour of hail damaged cropland on the
South Plains.
The grants, made under the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's federal-state
marketing improvement program, must
be matched with at least an equal amount
of state funds. The Texas Department of
Agriculture will receive $325,197 to
develop an "electronic marketing
system" to trade feeder cattle. The state
agriculture department also will receive
$500,000 to evaluate the effectiveness of
mechanical instruments for measuring
cotton quality.
Funds for the feeder cattle project will
be used to set up a demonstration model
of an electronic marketing system.
Bergland said.
The cocnept of electronic marketing
system, he explained, is like an auction,
with many buyers and sellers at distant
locations participating in price negotia-
tions. Computers and high-speed
communications devices link them
Rep. Charles Stenholm. He told a gathering of
press and area officials during the inspection stop
that many current farm programs are outdated in
an era of modern agriculture, and new programs
better tailored to local needs should be pursued.
[Brand photo by Jim Steiert]
In Rotary Show
Hereford Rotary Club's third annual
Anique and Special Interest Car Show,
the club's No. 1 money-making project of
the year, will be Sept. 29-30 at the Deaf
Smith County Bull Barn.
The show will be held from 12 noon to
10 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday.
Cars from throughout the Tri-State
area will be entered in the show. Trophies
will be awarded to the top entrants. and
spectators will be eligible for door prizes
donated by local merchnts. according to
show chairman Dan Warrick.
Proceeds will go to Deaf Smith County
United Way and other local charitable
projects. Cost of admission will be $2 for
adults and $1 for children.
Information on entering cars in the
show may be obtained from Warrick or
co-chairman Stanley Simmons.
A Senate source who has followed the
negotiations said he believes that
characterization indicates the talks have
been unsuccessful.
Carter is prepared to take "whatever
actions are appropriate” to settle the
issue of Soviet troops in Cuba to the
satisfaction of the United States if new.
high-level negotiations don't do the job.
the White House says.
The president's options are believed to
include a variety of economic, trade and
diplomatic initiatives. A White House
official who asked not to be named
emphasized that no military action is
contemplated against either Cuba or the
Soviet Union.
Carter told congressional leaders
Thursday he will not accept the continued
Cuban presence of a Soviet combat
brigade. That situation could be changed
through negotiations, the president was
quoted as saying, “or by action on our
part."
He said the U.S.-Soviet talks are just
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By JIM STEIERT
Brand Farm Editor
WHITHARRAL-Struck by the magni-
tude of disaster inflicted on farmers by
Mother Nature. Secretary of Agriculture
Bob Bergland paused in the midst of a
ruined cotton field near this South Plains
farming community Thursday to pledge
his efforts toward "developing farm
programs to meet local circumstances”
such as those created by a devastating
hailstorm which swept the High and
South Plains in late August.
Bergland’s pledge came during a
whirlwind tour of a portion of the farming
area hard hit by a vicious storm in August
that left 20 counties with extensive crop
damage.
The tour, which originated in Lubbock
and ranged over some 92 miles in areas of
Lubbock. Lamb and Hockley counties.
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A READER BROUGHT us a "Farmer's
Prayer" and we'd like to pass it along. It
was published in The Des Moines
Register and Paul Harvey read the prayer
on his program last month:
"Heavenly Father, as farmers and
ranchers, give us wisdom and patience to
understand why a pound of T-bone at
$1.80 is high while a three-ounce cocktail
at $2 is not. And a 50-cent Coke at the ball
game is cheap, but a glass of milk for 20
cents is inflationary.
"And. Lord, help me to understand
why a $5 ticket to a movie is a bargain,
but $3 for a bushel of wheat is
unthinkable. Why cotton is high at 65
cents a pound, but shirts-on sale-are
$18.95. And com is too steep at 3 cents
worth in a box of flakes, but the flakes are
cheap at 50 cents a serving.
"Help me. God to make sense of it all.
Amen!"
was arranged by Rep. Kent Hance of
Lubbock and Rep. Charles Stenholm to
inform the Secretary of Agriculture on the
serious nature of the hail damage to crops
in the area and the resultant economic
impact that damage will have.
Bergland made numerous side trips for
inspections, then made a special stop at
the Jimmy Lewis farm south of here,
accompanied by an entourage of press
and area officials.
Lewis reported that he had borrowed
$120,000 to conduct farming operations
over 1.325 acres this year, where he grew
nearly all cotton.
He estimated his total losses due to hail
at $125,000 after he receives a disaster
By PAUL SIMS
Managing Editor
A seven-man, five-woman jury was
scheduled to hear final arguments and
begin deliberations this morning in the
attempted murder trial of Daniel
Villarreal, charged with stabbing Carlos
Leal in the shoulder, chest and back
following a June 24 barbecue at 206
Blevins.
If found guilty of attempted murder.
Villarreal could receive up to a 20-year
prison sentence. Jurors also will consider
the lesser offenses of attempted
voluntary manslaughter and aggravated
assault during deliberations.
Testifying Thursday in the first day of
the trial were the victim, the defendant, a
Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland
faced some tough questions from
Panhandle and South Plains farmers
during a press conference type session
open to the public Thursday afternoon at
the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. A
complete rundown on those questions
and Bergland’s responses will be
featured in the farm section of Sunday’s
Brand.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Edward
M. Kennedy, facing increased threats in
the two weeks since he said he might
challenge President Carter, is under
Secret Service protection ordered by the
president.
Neither White House aides nor
Kennedy's staff would discuss whether
the threats received by the senator's
office had increased, but it was learned
that the number was sharply higher since
Kennedy disclosed he is considering run-
ning for president.
— By O.G.(Speedy) Nieman -
That feller on Tierra Blanca Creek says
the only difference between men and
boys is the price of their toys.
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A father returned home from work one
day and found his small son sitting on the
front porch steps looking unhappy.
"What's wrong, son?" he asked.
"Just between you and me," the lad
replied confidentially. "I simply can't get
along with your wife."
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YOU CAN EAT out tonight before the
football game--or even if you're not going
to the game-and help a good high school
project. Tonight the seniors will sponsor a
Smorgasbord from 5 to 7 p.m. Each class
sponsors a supper during the grid season,
and the class raising the most money for
the yearbook has their candidate crowned
as Annual Queen.
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THE ANNUAL NEW Teacher Banquet
is scheduled Tuesday night, and there
were still a few openings for sponsors
today. Business firms sponsor a teacher
at the event each year, and 51 teachers
are on the list this time. Any interested
citizen can purchase a ticket to the
banquet.
Hereford police detective who investigat-
ed the incident, witnesses at the scene
and the surgeon who treated Leal for
deep stab wounds to his chest and back
and a minor cut on his shoulder.
Dr. Bill Patton graphically described
the injuries to Leal and identified a color
photograph as one of the surgeon
inserting an index finger deep into the
back wound.
A photograph of Dr. Patton suturing a
gaping chest wound was withdrawn as
evidence by District Attorney Roland Saul
after defense lawyer Terry Langehenning
objected to its admission into the trial.
Dr. Patton, under the examination of
Saul. said the wound to the chest was
about five inches long, "deep through the
skin, down to the ribs." The back wound,
he testified, was one to 1 % inches long
and approximately four inches deep.
The surgeon, who said he has treated
"about a thousand" stabbings since he
has been a physician, testified that the
instrument used to injure Leal barely
missed the aorta and the heart. In
response to a question from Saul. Dr.
Patton said that if either organ had been
cut. death may have resulted.
Leal, who lived in Hereford at the time
of the knifing but now resides in Phoenix.
Ariz.. testified through an interpretor
that a fight between he and Villarreal
began "after we had been playing."
Leal said Villarreal pulled one of his
sideburns, then Leal tugged on
Villarreal's beard while the two were in
the front yard at 206 Blevins.
"He started to get mad...He slapped
me...I hit him back. I pushed him...Then,
he took out his knife." Leal. testifying for
the prosecution. said.
"Everyone got in to separate us. and
he put it back. After we were separated. I
had sat down again, and he was still mad.
Then we got in a fight again. He took out
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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
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the canal ends Oct. 1, operations
probably would continue in legal limbo
past then until Congress approved the
new commission to run the canal.
And Rep. John M. Murphy. D-N.Y.,
told reporters he assumes that if
Congress does not act by Oct. 1. Carter
now approaching the bargaining stage.
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance met
with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly
Dobrynin for the fifth time Thursday.
Many observers had assumed the
earlier sessions had been substantive.
Vance is planning one more session
with Dobrynin before a time is set to meet
with Russian Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko in New York. State Department
officials said.
The unnamed White House official told
reporters the talks so far have not dealt
directly with the status of the 2,000-3,000
man Soviet detachment but have been
fact-finding, information-gathering
efforts.
A Kennedy spokesman acknowledged
that the Massachusetts senator regularly
receives threats and that an average of
one a week is considered serious enough
to be referred to authorities.
Tom Southwick, the Kennedy press
aide, declined comment when asked
whether there has been an increase in the
number of threats since Kennedy dis-
dosed Sept. 7 that he is considering
challenging Carter for the 1980
Democratic presidential nomination.
However, a source who asked not to be
identified said the number of threats
received by Kennedy's office had in-
creased sharply in the last two weeks.
Powell said the president was acting
under authority given him in the Con-
stitution rather than under any specific
statutory power — an apparent reference
to federal law which authorizes protection
for presidential candidates.
That law was passed in 1968. after the
assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, the
senator's brother. Another brother.
President John F. Kennedy, was as-
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This source, also requesting
anonymity, said it would seem likely that
the United States has been told the
Russian troops are on a training mission
and that their presence in Cuba is "none
of your business."
He said this would account for the
president's choosing this time to em-
phasize that a number of options remain
open to the United States if the talks fail.
Neither Powell nor participants at the
White House meeting would discuss
those options.
But other administration officials said
off-the-record that the National Security
Council is considering several possible
ways of putting economic pressure on
Moscow. The officials said a leading
option is to ask Congress to grant trade
concessions to China while withholding
them from the Russians.
rejection of a compromise bill to carry out
the Panama Canal treaties raises
questions about whether the canal will be
dosed Oct. 1 if the legislation is not
approved by then.
"The United States must have
legislative authority to exercise our rights
to operate the canal." said a White
House statement issued Thursday after
the House voted 203-192 against the bill.
"It is inconceivable Congress will allow
the Panama Canal to be closed even for a
short time."
The Senate had approved the measure
earlier in the day. 60-35.
House managers of the bill agreed to
try to work out a new one next week. But
the Senate manager. Sen. Carl Levin, D-
Mich., said he doubted the Senate would
give in enough to satisfy the House.
The treaties turn most of the Panama
Canal Zone over to Panama Oct. 1 — just
10 days from now — and then other canal
property in stages until finally the canal
itself goes to that country Dec. 31, 1999.
The bill rejected by the House is said to
be needed to set up a U.S.-controlled
commission to operate the canal until
Fanama takes over.
Thursday's White House statement,
notwithstanding. State Department
officials, refusing to be named, have
speculated that even though the
United States' legal right to operate
questioned the Hockley County farmer on
production procedures and costs.
"The economic losses here are
self-evident from this tour, and the
difficulties of recovering from such a
disaster are horrendous." stated
Bergland.
"We will be looking at all kinds of
things to see where we can help, and
certainly, we'll be looking at more liberal
loan terms, but we realize credit is no
substitute for income. None of the
present federal programs really help the
people who need help. We need new
programs that will make adjustments for
higher subsidies for the higher-risk
production regions." he added.
Lewis informed Bergland that his
out-of-pocket production costs on this
year's dryland cotton crop were
approximately $96 per acre, and pointed
out that production costs were
comparable on irrigated land this year
because of abundant rainfall. He added,
however, that irrigation expenses often
run production costs to $is0-$200 per
acre.
Bergland asked Lewis about the
frequency of damage from hail to his
cotton crops.
"My farming operations are scattered
out over such an area that I get hail on at
least a portion of my crop nearly every
year." responded the Hockley County
farmer.
"Never in my life have I had a hail like
this, though." he added.
Bergland was questioned about how he
rates the chances of obtaining a 20
percent reduction in Farmers Home
Administration loans to assist farmers
who had hail losses, a measure proposed
by Rep. Hance. -
“A reduction in loans will be hard to
obtain. I'm afraid, because if farmers
obtain such a measure, then every other
business faction is going to be demanding
equal treatment," Bergland responded.
He added that no one who wanted to keep
farming would have to worry about
foreclosures by the FyHA.
The agriculture secretary was also ' ’
questioned about price supports and the
together.
State officials will set up a
computer network at about 15-20 sites
and test the system by actually marketing
cattle over it for 10 months. Although the
demonstration will be mostly confined to
Texas, there is a possibility that one
computer might be located in either
Oklahoma or New Mexico.
"This project,” Bergland said, "will
enable us to evaluate the collection and
dissemination of market news over a
computerized system compared to
conventional methods. We also will be
able to compare trade interest and
acceptance of a computerized system."
Bergland explained tht electronic
marketing has the potential to broaden
competition in the marketplace by
allowing distant buyers and sellers to
participate.
He added that "electronic trading
broadens competition in the marketplace.
It puts each seller in simultaneous contact
with all buyers in the market and each
buyer in simultaneous contact with all
sellers. With a large volume of trading, it
can be a most efficient exchange device.”
The $500,000 grant will be used to find
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JAY VANANDEL, CHAIRMAN chief
executive officer of the Amway Corp., is
the newly elected chairman of the U.S.
2 Chamber of Commerce-. Here's an
enlightening statement he recently made
about changing the course of our
government:
"Turning around the direction of a
tremendous organization, such as the
U.S. government is like turning a
tremendous ocean liner under full steam
in the ocean. When you first turn the
wheel, nothing happens.
"I think we are involved in that
exciting time...of changing the course of
our government from a course which
would ultimately put it on the rocks to one
that we all want to sail on-in deep water,
with sunny skies and calm seas."
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