The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 71, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 11, 1983 Page: 1 of 30
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heart attack occurred.
When he called back. Hut-
(See HARASS, Page 2)
Brand
The Hereford
Gold Star Awards
B3rd Vrar. No. 71. Herford. Tx. Deaf Smith County
12 Pages
20 cents
Loan for jail changes sought by county commissioners
Remote-controlled planes revived
Of 11 -year-old daughter
Blind man sentenced for murder
Three file for Buffalo Board
Shamir initiates tough measures
rape or killa child," the letter government subsidies of
such as
Mid.
to
Within two weeks, the fami- milk, eggs. trozen meat and
ly moved into a new mobile
Israelis on an
d
(Bee BLIND, Page 2)
Bothersome phone calls
might have caused death
Tuesday
Oct. 11, 1983
of the shekel. Introduced to
February mt. the policy sent
"switches itself off from any the bombing campaign
ground signal and simply against the North intensified
"I'm not a doctor," Morgan
said, “but I'm pretty sure this
ithe harassing phone calls)
brought on the heart attack."
Morgan said police and the
Deaf Smith County District
Three Deaf Smith County 4-H‘ers received
Gold Star awards Saturday evening at the 4-H
achievement banquet held at the Community-
Center. This award recognizes outstanding
However. he said the U.S
Senate Armed Services Com-
Economists have pressed
for well over a year for a ma-
leadership in 4-H and the community and is
the top 4-H honor. From left are Gold Star
recipients, Polly West. Joni Hicks and Robin
Conkwright. (See story Page 3)
with mounting losses of man-
ned aircraft and a political
outcry over the fate of their
captured crews The U.S. Air
Force disbanded its last RPV
unit tn 1978.
But Wilson noted a sudden
change of attitude as the
Israelis used their own Scout
RPVs in a series of air strikes
that obliterated Soviet-made
winning by 60-53 a vote of con-
fidence in the 120-member
Parliament.
The vote came at the end of
nine hours of debate, much of
it centered on the state of the
economy as Begin's govern-
ment left it.
to be made. He claimed work
on the request could begin
next week, though, if action
or a firm indication of intent
was made Monday.
Davis had earlier Mid his
firm’s current interest rates
were not guaranteed after 4
this afternoon," but that they
should remain the same
through 1983 He believed,
however, increases may be
made early next year
The loan requested by the
county commission carries
an 8.25 percent interest rate.
Davis said the average an-
nual payment would be
around $290,000. A levied tax
rate of 8.22 cents, with pro-
jected collections of 98 per-
cent, would yield the county-
government just under
8300.000 annually, he told the
court.
Davis claimed the commis-
sioners would save several
hundred thousand dollars by
having a seven- rather than
10-year loan. To borrow 81.5
tune by HISD. he maintained
the county should contribute
the needed 88,000
After the commission's
break for lunch. Coleman
distributed a letter announc-
ing he will not seek reelection
next year
"I will have served as coun-
ty commissioner for 20
years," he wrote I have ap-
preciated your support and
confidence and served you to
the best of my ability I have
put your interests before my
own and tried to be both con-
servative and progressive I
think our county's progress
and its debt-free status speak
to that perspective "
One reason Coleman cited
itcoudbe
wt.
TYLER, Texas (AP) - A
blind man whose family was
given money and gifts by
sympathetic citizens after his
11-year-old daughter was
found slain has been sentenc-
ed to 50 years in prison for
killing the girl
Eugene Curtis McRory, 38.
pleaded no contest Monday in
the July 4, 1981, death of his
daughter. Trisha, and was
sentenced by State District
Judge Donald Carroll.
In a written confession,
McRory admitted sexually
molesting the girl and
smothering her with a pillow
when she cried out.
tag to buy groceries before
they went up in price
Shamir was sworn to ae
prime minister Monday after
continues to act as an in-
telligence transmitter ''
Wilson said there was a
surprising number" of
RPVs in Europe, but noted an
absence of specific U.S
commitment" to the unmann-
ed planes
"For the first time RPVs
can adapt their missions and
flight paths to suit prevailing
circumstances, without hav-
ing to be so commanded from
the ground. " he Mid
"Thinking" RPVs would be
vital where an enemy used
electronic jamming to
disrupt command signals to
the planes, Wilson said in
that event, the RPV s system
cep tab le except for a few
minor shortcomings.
Prior to that session, coun-
ty commissioners were hop-
ing to cut Gondreck-Poage’s
proposal to less than 8750,000.
Following TCJS’s comments,
however. County Judge Glen
Nelson said of the plan, “It's
cut to the bone. There's no fat
in it."
Initial discussion Monday-
indicated the commiMion
would wait at least two weeks
to apply for a loan. Commis-
sioners Bruce Coleman and
Bill Bradly Mid they would
like to see if Gondreck-Poage
had found any ways to cut the
proposal's costs while com-
missioner Austin Rose Mid
he would like to discuss the
financing with Vesta Mae
Nunley, county treasurer.
Bob Davis, a represen-
tative of Kidder, Peabody &
Company, Mid Oct. 24 (the
commission's next scheduled
meeting) would be soon
enough for a loan application
where tncRory removed the
girl's clothes and dumped her
body into the water. McRory
Mid.
He Mid the next morning,
after slashing a screen door,
he called the sheriff's depart-
ment and reported the girl
missing.
The McRorys held a news
conference on July 7, 1981. to
announce a 850,000 reward,
donated by an anonymous
Tyler man. for the girl's safe
return.
The next day, a fisherman
found the girl's body in the
creek.
“I won’t give up hope I
cheson’s daughter answered
and Mid she thought her
mother may have fainted.
She agreed, though, it would
be a good idea to request
medical help.
The communion approves
the purchase of two 1984
Chevrolet Impalas - from a
local dealer - for the Deaf
Smith County Sheriff's
Department
, The possibilities include un-
manned planes that could
"think" for themselves and
perform suicide missions like
suppressing deadly ground
fire around key targets. mv-
ing both pilots' lives and cost-
ly fighter-bombers packed
with secret equipment
They can be made cheap-
ly enough to be considered ex-
pendable. Wilson wrote in
the introduction to the
1983-1984 Jane's
For warfare use
the pillow and she was dead.
She wasn’t breathing."
McRory said after he
realized the girl was dead. “I
just Mt there and cned and
thought about the horrible
thing I had done."
McRory said he woke his
wife and told her the girl was
dead. His wife wanted to call
the police, but McRory Mid
he threatened to kill her and
the couple's other two
children If she did not help
him dispose of the body.
The two loaded the girl's
body into their car and drove
to a bridge over a creek about
five miles from their home.
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A panicky public, convinc-
ed a devaluation was immi-
nent. rushed to dump shekels
by selling bank stocks, which
are the backbone of the
private sector The banks
said they could not keep shor-
ing up the losses, and the
specter of a stock market
crash arose
The devaluation is meant to
Morgan, about 18 seconds
later.
Ambulance personnel
worked on Hutcheson for ap-
proximately 38 minutes at
her home before taking her to
Deaf Smith General Hospital,
where she was soon pro-
nounced dead.
nowsJThaseetnetgralrk To <*”"*»* economic woo
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r
with me," McRory tearfully
told reporters after the body
was found. “I hope they find
whoever did this. Maybe that
would prevent some other
girl having to die like this."
An autopsy was performed
In Dallas, and though medical
examiners determined that
the body was Trisha's, they
could not determine a cause
of death.
The girl was buried July 11
in a casket donated by a
funeral home. Flowers were
donated by local florists. The
gravesite was also a gift. A
memorial fund was art up to
help the family with ex-
A Texas Department of
Corrections Inmate sent the
family a letter of sympathy
“We would not have any
respect for a man who would
In the confession. McRory
described how he drank
heavily all day, then got up
during the night and went into
the living room where his
daughter was sleeping.
When he began to molest
her, the girl cried out. "Dad-
dy. don't, Daddy," the confes-
sion said.
I heard a noise in the other
room, so I put the pillow over
her face so she wouldn't
holler," Mid McRory in the
confession. "I held It down
pretty tight for approximate-
ly five minutes. She was kick-
ing and wiggling I didn't
hear no racket, so I removed
bread. Their prices are er
pectedtogoup 40 50 percent
by Wedneday, when the fall
John
and Terry
Hing in Ran-
were Joel
Deaf Smith County win
have three unopposed can-
didatea for the proposed
Buffalo Lake Water
District Beard when the
Nev. t election is hotd here
and in Potter and Randall
By REED PARSED.
Managing Editor
A $1.5-million, seven-year
loan is being sought for Deaf
Smith County Jail additions
and renovations by the coun-
ty commissioners, it was
decided Monday
During a regularly-
scheduled meeting, the Deaf
Smith County Commission
unanimously approved a mo-
tion to request the loan from
Kidder, Peabody & Company
Inc . San Antonio Commis-
sioners intend to pay off the
debt by issuing certificates of
obligation
On Sept. 29. represen-
tatives of the county govern-
ment were told by the Texas
Commission on Jail Stan-
dards (TCJS) that certain
work must be done on the
local jail in order for the
facility to remain open. The
state body examined a 81.55
million plan by Gondreck-
Poage Partnerships, also of
San Antonio, and found it ac-
Morgan, after calling for an
ambulance, joined Sergeant
David Wagner and patrolman
Mike Morrison in rushing to
Hutcheson's 421 McKinley St.
residence They found the
victim to have a very low
heartbeat. The three per-
formed emergency medical
treatment until the am-
bulance arrived, according to
million over 10 years. Deaf
Smith County would have an
8.5 percent interest rate and
pay an average of about
8228,000 annually.
The TCJS decided the local
jail needed, among other
things, to increase its capaci-
ty, provide a recreational
area and have a jailer on duty
at all times. Gondreck-Poage
proposed meeting those re-
quirements partly through
adding east and west wings to
the current jail building.
In other matters Monday,
commissioners declined to
contribute 88,000 for proposed
construction of a tennis court
at the Walcott school Eddie
Derr, superintendent of the
Walcott Independent School
District, made the request
Also present were six
members of the WISD Board
of Education
Commissioner James
Voyles said such support
might prompt other county
communities to request
By MARCUS ELIASON
Associated Press Writer
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -
Prime Minister Yitzhak
Shamir's new government
devalued the Israeli shekel by
28 percent today and ordered
other tough austerity
measures that will sharply
boost the cost of basic foods
Just a few hours after being
sworn in as Menachem
Begin's successor. Shamir
summoned his Cabinet for a
nine-hour overnight meeting
to grapple with a severe
economic crisis.
The ministers approved the
largest devaluation to six
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for his decision is it will give
him more tune to pursue
other interests "I do some
farming and raise some cat-
tie," he Mid "I'd like to
develop another interest or
two outside of agriculture "
“I look forward then to in-
vesting all my time and
energies in my own pursuits
for a change," Coleman
wrote These years have
been good. I thank you for
them."
entice the public into selling jar devaluation of the shekel
dollars at a profit and to help the balance of
reinvesting them in bank payments by making exports
stocks The stock exchange more competitive and Im-
remained closed for the third ports more costly.
straight day, so it wm not im- The measures adapted by
mediately known whether the the Cu bin st today spell the
government's strategy work- end of Aridor’s benevolent
ed. economic policy, which
Hundreds of Israelis pack- sought to curt) inflation by ar-
sd supermarkets today hop- tificlally holding a* the value
By ED BLANCHE
Associated Press Writer
LONDON (AP) — Unmann-
ed remote-control planes, us-
ed with devastating effect by
the Israelis in Lebanon last
year, are having a revival as
the cost of combat jets soar
and missile defenses become
more lethal. the new Jane's
Avionics yearbook reported
today.
Michael Wilson, editor of
the authoritative annual on
electronic equipment used in
aviation. Mid the remote-
piloted vehicles, or RPVs.
could "add a new dimension
to future wars."
The accelerated develop-
ment of airborne high-
technology and microchip
miniaturization of controls
means RPVs now have
"capabilities undreamed of”
when they flrot appeared 38
yearsago.
financial assistance for matching grant to fund the
similar projects. project. They also asked the
Derr responded there are Walcott community to pro-
no recreational facilities in ceed with fundraising efforts
Deaf Smith County west of Gary Pitner a represen-
Hereford. Some of the other tative of the Panhandle
Walcott representatives they Regional Planning Commis-
have to drive 40-60 miles sion (PRPC), explained the
round-trip in order to play Texas Parks and Recreation
tennis. Department offers funds for
Voyles's main point, one projects such as the one
which was apparently shared wanted by Walcott The mat-
by other commissioners, was ching funds are available on-
the jail situation has forced ly to county governments,
the county to tighten its purse though, which requires the
strings. "This is really a ter- tennis court application to be
rible time for it to come out," made by Deaf Smith County
Voyles said. The project would cost a
After much discussion, the total of 830.434. Derr Mid
commissioners moved to fill Since the court would be used
out an application for a state only about 20 percent of the
mittee was eager to speed up Syrian surface-to-air missile
development of the ILockheed batteries in Lebanon’s Bekaa
Aquila RPV The U.S. Army Valley in June 1982
began developing the Aquila
in 1979. but does not expect to The Scouts he said, were
have it operational until 1987 "brilliantly integrated” with
The unmanned planes. Grumman E-2C Hawkeye
smaller than ordinary jets. early warning planes. Boeing
were developed from the 707 communications jam-
drone used by air forces in mers and U.S -made F4
the 1950s for gunnery prac- fighter bombers against the
tice Syrians supporting Palesti-
RPVs were first used by the nian guerrillas opposing
U.S Air Force in Vietnam as Israel's invading force
Monday was the deadline
to file aa a candidate. Deaf
Smith’s candidates are
Garth Thomas, Carolyn
Waters and BUI Deven.
The temporary board
met Monday night and ap-
proved the’baot for the
_
By REED PARSELL All that day, Hutcheson told
Managing Editor Morgan over the telephone.
Death can come in many someone had been calling her
different ways. For house and hanging up when
Hereford's Opal Hutcheson. she answered. The police cap-
79, the end may have been tain, who claimed Hutcheson
caused by harassing sounded “vary frustrated,"
telephone calls quoted her as having Mid.
Hutcheson died of an ap- ■ "Someone is calling me and I
parent heart attack Saturday can't stand it any more.'"
afternoon. According to Ray When Morgan was saying
Morgan, a captain and assis- he would look into the matter,
tent chief for the Hereford he heard Hutcheson’s
Police Department, Hut- telephone receiver drop and
cheson was calling him at what appeared to be a body
2:06 p.m. to complain about fall to the floor. Her phone
the anonymous calls when the was soon hung up.
impact of the devaluation is
felt
"These measures are
significantly different, both
in quality and quantity, to
what we have known in the
past," said Finance Minister
Yoram Andor
He said the government
would not follow its past
policy of giving wage earners
automatic cost-of-living in-
creases to compensate for the
price hikes
“We are going to insist on
this in negotiations with the
Histadrut," Israel's trade
union federation, he said.
The government is trying to
stop MI economic crisis that
began last week with the
publlicatioh of figures show
ingan percent increase in
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881* billton
at n o
dates to
in Rand
facilities. members are Marie Griffin
JimSteiert, a member of and Devers.
the temporary board from Stelert also explained
Hereford, expinined Mon- that the majority vote of
day that the ballot basical- the three counties will
ly will have "for" and determine whether thepro-
"against" boxes, lf a voter penal to approved It to
votes for the proposal, he pomsible that one county
will alas vote on Ow direr- coaMvetadawnthe|aw-
taro and on the tax levy pomal and still have the
authority. water distriet. “That’s the
Statart aaM ha and other way the art was passed in
members were net ready to the legislature," he said,
art the tea rate, but the The directar candidates
board tentu mart be on the for Potter County will be
ballot at this time. "The Enoch Henderson, Wayne
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