The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 180, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1983 Page: 1 of 16
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March 16, 1983
Blast kills two, three
others presumed dead
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D-Houston, voting "no.”
Sen Toti Santiesteban,
D-El Paso, offered an amend-
ment that he said "in essence
At the request of local pro-
ducers. the topic of Thursday
night's beef cattle meeting
has been changed to deal with
grazing and managing PIK
program with livestock
The meeting is at 7 p.m.
Thursday in the east banquet
room of the Community
Center.
Dr John McNeill, Exten-
sion beef cattle specialist,
will be presenting a program
on management of PIK pro-
gram of wheat acreage,
whether to graze, hay or
silage: maximizing beef pro-
duction on a grazing pro-
gram; and whether to buy-
cattle or lease out pasture
Day slated
Saturday
This week is Eye Bank
Week across the United
States, and local Lions and
other volunteers will be capp-
ing the week with the annual
While fane Day on Saturday.
According to High Plains
Eye Bank director Dyal
Gamer of the I ions (Hub,
donations will be collected at
three locations Saturday
Booths or tables will be set
up at the post office. TG&Y,
and Suga ria nd Mall Gamer
said.
Hustlin’ Hereford.
home of Jimmie Allred
AUSTIN. Tex. - State Com-
ptroller Bob Bullock Monday
returned $34.9 million in local
sales tax payments to 974
cities who levy the one-
percent city sales tax
said Sarpalius. Another
16-year-old DWI victim was
paralyzed from the waist
down, a 19-year-old in a coma
for the rest of her life. a
21-year-old who had to learn
to walk and speak after an ac-
cident.
Keep your minds on the
cries of your constituents who
have been abused by drunken
drivers," said Sarpalius.
D-Hereford.
Sarpalius' bill. the product
of a two-year effort to get
tough on drunken drivers,
was sent to the House on
voice vote Tuesday, with Sen
pipeline, destroyed two
trailer homes Tuesday and
sent flames roaring 600 feet
into the night sky 10 miles
west of this West Texas city.
At least two bodies were
found after the blaze was
quelled about 7 a.m., said
Assistant Fire Marshal
James Sims.
Amarillo hospital. Three
others were injured.
In the order of dismissal,
the court found that the pro-
secution of the defendant in
this cause by the Criminal
District Attorney's office and
the representation by Jerry
Smith, former firs’ assistant
DA. of a prospective civil
litigant in a prospective civil
damage suit against the same
would destroy Sen Sarpalius’
bill." but it failed 26-3.
Santiesteban said the ma-
jor difference in his proposal
was that it retained defer-
red adjudication," which
gives those convicted of DWI
a chance to erase the convic-
tion from their record
He said Sarpalius' bill
would only crack down on the
poor and minorities. because
rich people who can afford
it" will hire a lawyer and get
off. This is not a proper bill
for all Texans," he said
Sarpalius recounted com-
mittee testimony of a Harris
Ector County Sheriff's
Capt. David Saunders said
four members of a family of
five were in one of the trailer
homes when the pipeline was
punctured at 7 30 p.m. They,
along with one man on the
drilling crew, are presumed
dead, he said.
A nearby resident said the
flames cremated" the fami-
ly's trailer Officials said four
of the injured lived in the
other trailer Two were
critically burned
if there was anybody in
that trailer, I know for sure
there's no way they made it."
said Rusty Glover, a witness
Glover said he saw one man
who was burned from the
waist up."
Another man may have
been trapped inside a pickup
truck too close to the fire to
reach, while a fifth person
was overcome as he ran from
the flames, officials said
"We re looking through the
rubbish to see if we can find
people who are missing,”
Sheriff's Captain Gene Kloss
said this morning
Three deputies and 30 to 40
firefighters in nine fire trucks
kept vigil near the flames
early this morning, officials
said.
Saunders said the fire con-
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By JER Cl KTIS
Staff Writer
Hereford School District
trustees mulled over an hour
Tuesday night before voting
unanimously to allow the YM-
CA. and other youth groups
sponsored by non-profit
organizations, to use the
school district's gymnasiums
free
Jerry Morgan, represen-
ting the YMCA, asked the
board for a break on gym use
expenses because the Y en-
compasses a cross section of
the community and the
basketball coaches were in
favor of Y-league kids prac -
ticing more He said the YM-
CA last year had paid any ex-
penses the schools were out.
such as additional personnel
or janitor duties
BEIRUT, Lebanon API -
Five Marines suffered super-
ficial shrapnel wounds today
in the first grenade attack on
the American contingent of
Lebanon's multinational
peacekeeping force. Manne
commander Col. James M.
Mead said.
Mead, of Boston, told
reporters a grenade was lobb-
ed at a Marine patrol from a
second-floor window at the
end of a street connecting
Beirut international airport
and the c oastal road at the
southern outskirts of the
Lebanese capital.
Four of the injured
leathernecks were evacuated
by helicopter to U.S. Navy
ships anchored off Beirut and
one was treated at the Marine
base in the airport. Mead
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vestigators found two bodies
today and were looking for
those of three other people
presumed killed when a
natural gas pipeline ruptured
and ignited into a tower of
flame, officials said.
An explosion, triggered
when a drill pierced the
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defendant, both arising out of
the same alleged occurrence,
constitute a conflict of in-
terest and prosecutorial
misconduct on the part of
Roland Saul and Jerry
Smith.”
The court also concluded
that the Deaf Smith County
Criminal District Attorney's
office, including but not
limited to Roland Saul, and
Jerry Smith should be remov-
ed from prosecuting the
defendant in this cause and in
any subsequent cause involv-
ing the same alleged subject
matter: that the grand jury
indictment returned in this
case is tainted, that any and
all testimony elicited from
the defendant, Abelardo Ti-
jerina. by the grand jury
which returned the indict-
ment should be suppressed
White Cane
The ruling came in the case
of Abelardo Tijerina, 17, who
was indicted by a grand jury
in September. 1982, for
recklessly driving a motor
vehicle while intoxicated and
thereby causing the death of
Refugio Enriquez Jr . a
pedestrian
Judge Gulley ruled in favor
of the defendant's motion to
dismiss the indictment and to
payments are running 4.5
percent behind last year."
Bullock said This decline in
both local and state receipts
from the salts tax was part of
the reason I have lowered my
estimate of available state
revenues.'
Despite a lower payment
this period of some $10,000
over the same period a year
ago, the city of Hereford's
1983 total to date is still 1.8
percent over that of 1982
Hereford received a check
for $22,606.40 for this period,
far below the $32,470.45 for
the same period a year ago.
The city's 1983 total is
$129.470 45 as compared to
the 1982 total of $126,909.86
Other area cities and their
rebates for this period in-
clude Dimmitt. $6,085.77;
Hart, $1,296.51; Nazareth,
$818 09; Friona, $1,759.68;
Farwell, 545 48: and Bovina.
$978.72.
Spring, She Is A Comin’
Despite a sudden return to colder
temperatures late Tuesday, area garden plots
and trees are quickly becoming in bloom as
the first day of spring rapidly approaches. The
new season arrives Monday, but a late-winter
blast has brought area citizens back to earth
as cloudy conditions were forecast to bring
light snow and occasional light rain to the area
today. A slight warming trend is expected
Thursday, probably aiding the emergence of
more appealing blossoms such as these cap-
tured by Brand photographer Jeri Curtis.
Rabies. an infectious virus,
can be transmitted to humans
through the bite of rabid
animals, and attacks the cen-
tral nervous system It can be
fatal
A "huge" outbreak of
rabies in skunks has swiftly
spread through Texas and
Oklahoma, on up to the
Dakotas and west to Mon-
tana. Winkler said
The second rash of rabies
has been transmitted by rac-
coons and spread through
several Southeastern states,
including Florida and
Georgia, he said
A similar rabies outbreak.
YMCA free use
AUSTIN APi - Sen Bill
Sarpalius had the statistics
and the stones to persuade
his colleagues to approve a
bill that would increase
penalties for drunken
drivers.
Statistics: 100 DWI ac-
cidents a day in 1981; 1.082
people killed; 27.751 injured;
and damages totaling $3.5
billion
Stones: A 16-year-old boy
who was DWI had a wreck
that killed his best friend -
of between three days and
two years, and license
suspension for six months to
two years.
A third offense would cost
between $500 and $2,000.
carry a possible jail term of
30 days to five years, and
license suspension for six
months to two years
Minors would not be sub-
jected to jail time but would
have to pay fines, and the pro-
visions for suspending a
driver's license would be
more severe for them For
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also distributed by raccoons,
has quickly moved through
Virginia, West Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and
to the fringes of the
Washington D.C area, he
said.
"It's affecting large
metropolitican areas,"
Winkler said Raccoons are
the most urban rabies pro-
blem we have today
"People don t realise how
much they (raccoons)
populate some sections of ur-
ban areas," he said *1 saw
one in downtown Atlanta the
prove the district as a
group" for cancer and inten-
sive care insurance plans
The board approved that mo-
tion and appointed the in-
surance committee to study
the policy which does not
allow agents to solicit on
campuses
The board accepted
resignations from teachers.
Linda Cumpton. Lester
Kirkland, Mike Purcell,
Angela Ricigliano and Paul
Abalos. Recommended and
approved for employment
were Stacy Lea, Gary
Wilhelm, Ed Richardson.
Ken Fowler. Mary Robinson
and Staci Payne Current
teachers had contracts
renewed also.
The textbook committee's
books were approved by the
board. Not all books will be
purchased this year Some
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uw 1303-0+ scnool calendar
It surely does look like a
lot of holidays to me," said
Sallie Strain
The calendar allows eight
in-service days for teachers
in which school is out for
students The days are Aug
19, 22. 23. before school starts
on Aug 24; Oct. 10, Nov 28.
Jan 2. Feb 27. and June 1
Holidays included are
Sept.4. Labor Day: Nov 4.
stale teachers' convention.
Nov 24-25, Thanksgiving.
Dec 19-30, Christmas break:
March 12-16, spring break;
April 20. Good Friday; April
23-24, Easter holiday, two
days to be used for snow days
if needed; and May 28.
Memorial Day
Mrs. Strain said several
teachers have told her in-
dividually that they have to
teach all of second semester's
lessons before spring break
because the students don't
learn anything after the
break.
Marylin Leasure, math
teacher and activities direc-
tor at Hereford High, said
students and teachers seem
to hke the break because it
gives them a downhill side"
to the semester
Townsend joined Strain in
voting against the calendar,
which was approved by Gen-
try. Ramirez. Hoelscher and
Simons
James Self approached the
board for permission to ap-
"Conflict of interest' in Criminal DA's office
Judge Gulley dismisses case
County prosecutor who said.
Deferred adjudication is a
joke as far as DWI is concern-
ed."
Under Sarpalius' bill, first-
time DWI offenders would
pay a minimum fine of bet-
ween $100 and $2,000. face
possible jail time between
three days and one year, and
have their license suspended
for between 90 days and a
year
His measure, however,
would authorize probation
A second offense would
mean a minimum fine of bet-
ween $300 and $2,000. jail time
So
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ther ordered that Tim Bell, a
DA's investigator for the 69th
district, be appointed as
special investigator to assist
Blackwell.
The indictment stemmed
from an accident on Sept 26.
1982. in which four
pedestrians were struck by a
car while walking in the 100
block of Aie G. Enriquez. 11.
died the next day in an
Superintendent Harrell
Holder said the utility ex-
pense was not a great loss,
since the heat would be left on
anyway.
Board member Paul
Ramirez made a motion to
allow the YMCA to use the
gyms at no charge R.C.
Hoelscher seconded the mo-
tion for discussion
Tom Simons said he had no
objection to giving the YMCA
a break, but added that it
would mean working with two
sets of rules and causing the
board to have to decide who
got the breaks and who had to
pay
James Gentry. board presi-
dent. suggested a cut rate for
a second or third gym use
during a week and Bill Town-
send proposed that extra
practice time De imiteu toi
fifth and sixth graders
Neither suggestions were
moved upon
Members re-hashed the
problems of utility costs,
distribution of keys and im-
position of personnel before
deciding to change the
district policy on gym use in
order to allow the Y to use
gyms free
Paragraph 7 of the policy
showed a fee of $5 an hour for
elementary gyms and $7 an
hour for Stanton Junior High
gym The board, on a motion
by Simons, voted to delete
that paragraph in legard to
youth groups sponsored by
non-profit community
organizations
The board's second longest
haggle was over approval of
Vega, which received collected by the Comptroller
$2,108.11 for the same period The March checks were for
a year ago, did not get a taxes collected on sales made
rebate check this period, but in January and reported to
still remains above the 1982 the Comptroller by the end of
total of $6,359 45 with $6,533.11 February
BY O.G. NIEMAN
Editor-Publisher
in an unusual action here
Monday, District Judge
Wesley Guiles ordered the
dismissal of an involuntary
manslaughter case, ruling
there was a conflict of in-
terest and prosecutorial
misconduct on the part of the
Criminal District Attorneys
office.
suppress the grand jury
testimony in the case
However, the judge also
ordered a special prosecutor
to investigate and determine
whether or not there is suffi-
cient evidence to present the
case to another grand jury
He appointed Barry
Blackwell. DA for the 69th
Judicial District, as the
special prosecutor and fur-
SAN ANTONIO, Texas
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jor outbreaks" of rabies in
thus country constitute the
greatest rabies threat in the
last 20 years," a federal
health official says
Wild animals have spread
the viral disease everywhere
from Texas to Florida to
Montana, said Dr William G.
Winkler of the Atlanta-based
Centers for Disease Control
Winkler addressed the pro-
blem of rabies at a Tuesday
breakfast session of the
American Animal Hospital
Association's 50th annual
meeting here
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said.
He said (he Lebanese army
arrested one suspect only 13
minutes after the 8 55 a m
(1:55 am EST > grenade at-
tack on the 12-man foot
patrol.
But Lebanon’s state and
privately owned radio sta-
tions said 30 more people
were arrested by 10 armored
Lebanese patrols dispatched
to the Khalde and Ouzal
seaside neighborhoods near
the airport.
The two low-income
neighborhoods have a
predominantly Shiite Moslem
population. Including sup-
porters of Iranian revolu-
tionary leader Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini and the
Palestine Liberation
Organization
for 1983
Houston received the
largest check - $7 million, but
receipts from the local sales
tax were down 31.5 percent
from the $10.3 million check
Houston received last March
Dallas got the next biggest
check - $4.2 million, down 19
percent from March 1982
San Antonio received $2.1
million, down 12.4 percent
from last March Fort
Worth's check was for $14
million, down 14 46 percent
from last March.
El Paso's $746,000 check
was down 43.7 percent from
March 1982
Bullock also sent March
rebates to the state's two
Metropolitan Transit
Authorities The Houston
MTA received $7.9 million,
compared with $10 8 million
last March The San Antonio
MTA got $1.1 million, com-
pared with nearly $1.2 million
last March.
The City and MTA sales
taxes are collected along with
the state sales tax by mer-
chants and rebated monthly
to the cities in which they are
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Nigh, Bob. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 180, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1983, newspaper, March 16, 1983; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1430210/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.