The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 131, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1984 Page: 1 of 14
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Neighborhood Watch program
were outlined Tuesday night by
Hereford Police Officer Randy
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Jan. 4, 1984
been trained to withstand,
and the type of POW ex-
perience the guys had to ex-
perience in Vietnam,” said
Goodman, 27, a bombardier-
navigator from Virginia
Beach, Va., whose attack jet
was shot down by the Syrians
“I would like to take from
that experience and say one
quote which one man said
when he came back from
Vietnam - and that was 'God
Bless America."'
Williams to residents of the 100
and 200 Blocks of Greenwood. The
group later voted to initiate the
program.
“I went down the block
talking to people, and
everyone was very en-
last month, Exxon had not
entered the dispute.
Then, on Dec. 20, Exxon fil-
ed a surprise crossclaim,
and visiting Judge George
Miller postponed the ap-
proval and set a hearing in
the case for 9 a.m. today.
Mauro said in the mean-
time, Exxon has agreed to
allow the original settlement
to be finalized as long as all
parties formally recognize
Exxon’s right to sue for part
of the settlement.
“We finally got Exxon to
intervened just as it was
about to be approved in court
here Dec. 20.
Mauro said lawyers for Ex-
xon have since agreed to let
said Murphy, whose home is
about 100 yards from the
Haydons'.
Murphy said he’s not
panicking about the slayings,
but, “I'm nervous as hell and
sick and tore up about it."
Lometa residents recall
Noah Haydon as a decent
citizen who kept to himself.
Murphy, a neighbor for 20
years, said, “We never did
neighbor a lot until the last
few months.”
Justice of the Peace Martin
After viewing the slides,
block residents discuss the
idea and learn about costs in-
volved. Erecting the signs
costs about IM, or around $5
per household. “I haven’t yet
had a neighborhood turn
down the proposal,” Williams
claimed.
Sheriff's Department patrols
the area, and there's not
much major crime, she said.
“Periodically, we’ve had a
deputy. We have a constable,
but he’s old,” she said.
“We’re pretty strong peo-
ple around here," the mayor
added.
Aaron Murphy, a Haydon
neighbor, said he heard no
gunshots.
"When I’m in the house it's
closed up and the TV is on,”
the accord be approved to-
day.
The suit was filed in 1982
when Duval County rancher
Clinton Manges alleged that
Mobil had not adhered strict-
ly to a drilling schedule re-
quired by a lease on Manges’
ranch dating back to 1932.
Manges claimed all the oil
drilled by Mobil since then.
The state later joined Manges
because it owns some of the
mineral rights to the land.
Exxon also owns some of
the mineral rights, but until
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, Mauro said.
He said he does not think
Exxon has any share coming,
but he said he wanted to get
the deal approved and “argue
about Exxon afterward.
"We’re losing $12,000 a day
until this thing is settled,” he
said.
The tentative agreement
would turn Mobil's lease on
Manges' ranch over to so-
meone else, and they would
But the people who live there
do. If someone is out of town,
they’ll notice a strange car in
that person's driveway.
By SYDNEY RUBIN
Associated Press Writer
LAREDO, Texas (AP) -
Land Commissioner Garry
Mauro says he expects a long-
awaited settlement of a $1.7
billion lawsuit against Mobil
Oil Corp, to be finalized in
court today.
“We worked all weekend,”
he said Tuesday. "It's
basically the same deal”
worked out last month, a deal
Neighborhood Watch was
implemented in California
about 10 years ago; and since
then communities par-
ticipating have enjoyed
reductions in residential
crimes ranging from 40 to 85
percent.
“The reason it works,”
Williams explained, "is
because I as a police officer
can't always tell what’s
suspicious and what’s not
when I patrol a neighborhood.
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“Neighborhood Watch” pro-
gram.
Williams began his cam-
paign last April, after atten-
ding a crime prevention
seminar the previous fall at
the Crime Prevention In-
stitute of Southwest Texas
State University. He said the
police department was first
contacted by Meredith
Wilcox, who knew of the
watch program through a
friend in Okalhoma.
happy and fit as he emerged
from the Air Force C-141
transport plane that flew him
and the Jackson entourage to
West Germany.
The bombadier-navigator,
was freed by the Syrians
Tuesday, a month after his
Navy attack jet was shot
down over Syrian-controlled
central Lebanon. The plane's
pilot, Mark Lange, was killed
in the raid, which was in
retaliation for Syrian anti-
aircraft attacks on U.S.
reconnaissance flights.
At the intial meetings,
residents learn about ways to
make their homes more
secure with locks, fences and
timed lighting devices. They
also get tips on making their
homes appear lived-in while
they're away and suggestions
on trading favors with
neighbors that will help all
homes on the block be more
burglar-proof.
son County.
Ivan Block was elected as
one of three vice-presidents
calls from Jackson and warn-
ed that Jackson's mission
could harm Goodman's
chances for release, set aside
time to meet with Jackson
and Goodman in the Oval Of-
fice after their arrival in the
United States.
“You don’t quarrel with
success,” Reagan said Tues-
several days of tests after his
visit with Reagan
Goodman spent the entire
10-hour trip from Frankfurt,
West Germany, in the for-
ward cabin and cockpit of the
military transport. When the
plane touched down, a burst
of applause erupted from his
cabin.
When the plane taxied to a
stop, Jackson, joined by
Goodman, came to the back
of the aircraft and said a
prayer before disembarking.
Many of those waiting in
the freezing weather for the
plane to arrive wore the rain-
bow buttons of Jackson's
presidential campaign, and
some carried signs saying.
“God Bless Jesse Jackson,"
and “A Giant Step For
Peace.”
Kenneth W. Dam, the
undersecretary of State,
represented the government,
joining other dignitaries at
ceremony, including Percy
and Washington Mayor
Marion Barry were also
there
"I'm very proud and very
happy. I’d love to have the op-
portunity to say ‘Thank you
very much’ to Rev. Jackson,"
said a jubilant Marilyn Good-
man, the airman's mother.
Goodman and Jackson
Jackson, in his remarks,
praised Syrian President
Hafez Assad for "helping to
break the cycle of pain." He
also complimented State
Department officials and
Sen. Charles Percy, R-Ill., for
assisting in the efforts to
negotiate Goodman's release.
Percy is chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
The civil rights leader
praised Reagan for not in-
terferring with his efforts,
and said: "This mission was
a political risk, not a moral
risk. It was the right thing to
do."
Goodman went immediate-
ly to nearby Bethesda Naval
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remembered. “No one said
‘no’ to the idea.”
So the first signs went up in
the 200 block of Ranger.
“This is one of the most
fulfilling community projects
I’ve ever been involved in,”
she said. “We really do feel
safer and I highly recom-
mend it.”
Williams introduces the
program to a neighborhood at
an evening meeting, during
which he shows a slide
presentation on residential
security and describes the
benefits of Neighborhood
Watch. He said he spends at
least one night a week on the
program.
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appreciate all the support I
received." Goodman said
after he and Jesse Jackson
stepped out of a military
transport jet provided by
President Reagan
Jackson and Goodman
were to meet with Reagan at
the White House later today.
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 near-
by Andrews Air Force Base.
Goodman, dressed in his
crisp Navy uniform, received
hugs from his wife and fami-
ly. 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 coun-
try this is.”
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By KIM THOGMARTIN
Staff Writer
There are 1,200 farms in
Deaf Smith County. About
900,000 acres of land are con-
tained within the county's 50
by 30 square-mile radius.
How the land is used can be
roughly divided into thirds:
one-third is irrigated, one
third dryland and the rest is
in grass.
Most landowners in the
county have title to at least a
section, which is 640 acres.
The Bridwell Ranch is a stag-
gering 46 sections and is
located near the New Mexico
border.
Mineral-rich water drawn
from the Ogallala Acquifer
helps farmers who irrigate
grow an abundance of wheat,
com, mlo, soy beans, sugar
boots and and cotton. The
county also produces table
theft are the most prevalent
neighborhood crimes.”
Williams said, “and all of
those have occurred in
Hereford at least once during
the past year."
“What we want to do is con-
centrate on one block at a
time. We want everyone on
the 2M Block of Greenwood,”
he gave as an example, “to
worry about his house and his
neighbor’s house. When
they’re secure, the burglary
will go into the next block.
Then that block will secure
itself, and the burglar will
move on. Eventually, we
could run them out of town
and let someone else worry
about them."
The Neighborhood Watch
program does work, Williams
claims. Right now, Hereford
has a little less than 300
blocks not yet involved in the
project.
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“Even if you call the police
and the activity is legitimate,
your neighbors will be glad
you called,” he added. “They
will be happy you’re wat-
ching out for them.”
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Hereford Police Officer
Randy Williams believes a
new citizen-involvement pro-
gram being implemented in
the city can bring about a
dramatic drop in the residen-
tial crime rate. With his help,
33 of Hereford's city blocks
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tral Texas town of 670, and,
despite, a triple murder, no
one’s screaming for the
police.
Lampasas County Sheriff
Gordon Morris said Tuesday
he had a suspect in the deaths
of a father, mother and
daughter found shot to death
in their highway-side home
on Monday.
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man, his wife Edna, 49, and
5-year-old daughter Amanda
were found by James
Haydon, a son, according to
Morris. The sheriff said
several guns were missing
from the home, and robbery
was a possible motive.
Lometa Mayor Mary
McAnelly said her consti-
tuents “have never had to
have" a police department
here. The Lampasas County
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Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Navy Lt. Robert O Goodman
Jr., proclaiming “God Bless
America," returned to U.S.
soil today after a month in
Syrian captivity, then headed
for a White House reception
with the Democratic
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vegetables such as potatoes,
onions and carrots.
Nature has provided the
resources and society offers
the need, one reason why the
county consistently ranks
first or second in the state in
agricultural production. Also
helping here, without ques-
tion, is hard work by those in-
volved.
in 1983, as in past years, the
people who make the industry
work were in the news:
pushing for farm legislation
and announcing new
developments along with
presenting and receiving
agricultural awards.
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made the trip in two legs, have been praying for you. I
beginning with a flight from couldn't be happier.”
Damascus, Syria to Rhein Reagan said he sent a note
Main Air Base in West Ger- to Syrian President Hafez
many. Goodman appeared Assad thanking him
Sugar Beet Growers Associa- of the Texas Wheat Pro-
tion named Carl Strafuss of ducers Association, while Leo
Milo Center as their “Man of Witkowski remains a
the Year in Agriculture,” member of that association's
while Duane Allred was commodity check-off govern-
recognized as the top sugar ing board.
beet grower. And R.H. Cowan of Milo
Hereford Young Farmers Center was honored as the
brought home several honors Wildlife Conservation
from an Area I convention in Farmer M the Year for the
Plainview. Ray Schlabs was State M Texas.
Number 1, representing chapter captured the Area I
Precinct 4. W.L. Davis and Outstanding Chapter Award.
Roy D. Hicks are commit- Juston McBride retired
teemen from Deaf Smith after serving 18 years as Deaf
County, Smith County Extension
Mike Paschel was honored Agent, and was replaced by
during 1963 as Young Farmer Dennis Newton who most
of the Year by the Hereford recently worked in Hutchin-
day. In a call placed by the By KEN HERMAN
White House to Jackson, he Associated Press Writer
said, “All Americans thank LOMETA, Texas (AP) —
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