The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 1, 1984 Page: 1 of 27
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Schools plan costly to CISD taxpayers
state aid
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County’s new court gives jurors
double jeopardy’ for trial duty
City code enforcement requested
Plumbers want ‘jacklegs’ out of pipes
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Congressman t "Kika" de le Gnrze,
cheirman ef the U.S. Neese Agriculture
Commmittee, at center, congratulates
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By Lolita Jonet
Carthoge Police Department is
investigating a series of thefts in
the area of FM 699 and the east
loop which apparently ended with
the thieves being forced to obon
don their loot as someone heard
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Wednesday, February 1,1984
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By fori Chotthor
Local plumbers who soy they
work hard to maintain a license
summonses to 123rd
on Monday morning
Promoting area agriculture
Holland heads BET
Conker "When Carthage was a
toxicated jury trials here in recent
months.
In the process some Panola
County citizens joked that they had
run into "double jeopardy" in the
jury selection process
Law says the state has only one
shot at trying those accused of
crimes.
But the 65 persons who an-
help from the richer districts but
now it seems to be the other way
around he commented
The proposal will not actually
take state funds away from CISD
according to Corkier Through a
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more state funds to the frontline of percent of the state's 2 7 million
sible for deciding how to best meet
local school needs (3) channel
reduced state funds annually
Longview ISO would lose $343 685
or $44 per student while Pine Tree
ISO suffered a $410 000 loss or $89
per student
Bullock says his plan is desiqned
to: (1) simplify the tangled webb ol
funding formulas and systems (2)
make local school districts respon
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Penele Wetehmen published Wednesdeye PeneleCeuntyPestpebtishedSendoys
•y Debe Grissom The plan would take state
Carthago school officials are en- money from larger and wealthier
couroging CISD taxpayers to speak school districts and give it to
out against a new financing system poorer ones helping a larger
proposed by state Comptroller and majority of Texas' school children
chairman of the Finance Sub- without adding to state taxes
committee of H. Ross Perot’s Select The proposed mechanism would
Committee on Public Education, mean $264' less per child for CISD
Bob Bullock. per year for a total of $739 200 in
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gouge shotgun a skinning knife
and several boxes of shells had
been removed from the truck
William Goolsby also a resident
of ’he area reported ’ho* several
Youngdoesserveinthatcopacity boxes of shotgun shells were
it was pointed out. however removed from behind the seo* of
that the matter of enforcement of "his truck which was parked at his
Holland said he looks forward to
continued cooperative efforts bet
ween the involved counties in BET
and the Extension Service He said
the groups and individuals in
volved played a major role in
Pleese see LOCAL on poge •
newly elected Build lest Inn (BET) president-eheirman Ed Weggoner, et
president-chairman Lt lend Mollund, et right. leeks on.
left, ee M« appoimtmemt. Outgeing
ByEarlChessher
NACOGDOCHES local rancher
and community leader Lelond
Holland was named president of
the Build Fas’ Texas organization
during the group’s annual meeting
here Monday nigh' .
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state licensing requirements and residence on Antioch Road
codes could be leH up to state of Officers Bill Blockburn and
ficials LaGrone investigated the incident
"I didn t know I was so disliked which was reported to have oc
by the plumbers until I loomed of cur red between 10 p m Saturday
the complaints last week said nigh’ and 8 30 a m Sunday mor
Young lam sorry rt rs that way " nmg when the theft was
But Young told the group that he discovered
was there with them to see if George Whitehead who resides
something could be settled bet across the loop from Goolsby and
MmewenumeSepg6 Jocobs was awakened early Sun
— ............. W««n see OFRcE«s em peg- 1
’hem trying to steal a pickup ’ruck
But they may have mode ’heir
getaway in another pickup stolen
later
Ronnie Jacobs reported to the
Carthage Ponce Department that
several items hod been removed
from his truck which was parked at
his home during the eorly mom mg
hours Sunday
Jacobs told police off icer Virgil
LaGrone tho* o ta^reri off 12
The recent epidemic outbreak of the flu
flu that has besieged East Texas "Were not really seeing any
schools has bypassed Carthage more flu cases than usual for
area schools -• for now, according January " he added
to CISD nurse Lou Tatum. Mrs Tatum reported a higher in-
Although absentee figures for cidence of sick children in the nur
CISD Monday were as high as 233. ses offices Monday morning This
less than eight percent of the may be an indication of what is in
student population, Mrs. Tatum store and it may not she said
says that these figures are about "The situation can turn around in
average for this time of year. 24 or 48 hours she added
Two weeks ago. Longview area Health Department officials say
schools were reporting an ab- that school children particularly
senfeeism rate as high as 19 per elementary aged children will be
cent •• more than four times their the first to show up with the flu
normal rate, according to a school This is because they often do not
spokesman. cover their faces when the sneeze
The outbreak of flu across the or cough spreading the virus and
state is formed "overwhelming" by because they have not been ex
the Bureau of Epidemiology of- posed to as many types of flu
ficials at the Texas Department of viruses to build up immunities
Health in Austin Although official Flu is .different from other
statistics have yet to be tabulated illnesses accompanied by fever
the bureau has isolated two strains and respiratory problems because
of influenza virus during the recent it occurs suddenly and is ac
outbreak - Influenza B Singapore companied by body aches
ondellgenzganalond: simitar.« should refroin'r ad
those foune in-Texos in mnistnuingorsosontochldanwith
years, according, to the have recently been
spokesman, those persons linked with Reyes Syndrome ac
who were vaecineated. fonthe cOrding 10 the Food and Drug Ad.
this fel"should be protected from ministrafion. Pain relievers with
theta, ram,. __ acetiminophen are on acceptable
Carthage physicians have not aspirinsubstitute.
reported an increase in the num H
ber of flu cases seen in their offices Recommended treatment for the
in recent weeks. Dr. V. M. Holland flu includes keeping the patient in
said that he had seen two or three doors, humidifying the room
coses of Influenza A this week and drinking plenty of liquids and in
several cases of viral bronchitis, suring adequate rest
classroom teacher - rather than to under the current equilization
administrators and supervisors method
and '4) guarantee that state funds "Some form of equilization has
will be directed to the school olways been around " said
districts vith the greotest need for assistant superintendent Earl
terfeit or unlicensed plumber, with licensed by the state and who are
Carthage Building and Plumbing in not bonded nor hove a work permit
spector John A Young to operate here
The meeting was called in an ef- The group alto wants the city to
fort to come to some un- take a hard stand on enforcing
derstanding between comploints existing codes and issue a warning
lodged ogams’ Young in not en- to local appliance dealers as well
forcing city and state building that charges will be mode and
codes and laws and what the local fines levied to those operating
plumbing professionols expect of illegally
Ihecity Although the City does not have
By consensus the group wont, a to provide o plumbing inspector to
crackdown on persons doing plum assure quality codes ond enforce
bing work in the city who are not licensing and bond requirements
in accepting the gavel from
outqoing president chairman Ed
Waqoner Holland stressed plan
ning for ’he future of the 37 coun
ties participating in the 8FT
program
He .said planning ahead and
studying the possibilities is the
only way ’he BET agriculture
district and individuals could look
forward to a progressive produc
live and profitable future
Holland also stressed the im
portance of the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service saying their ef
forts in promoting agriculture are
most important to the future of the
former rancher in East Texas
it would be hard enough for us
to lavish enough praise on the Ex
tension Service said Holland
Their efforts and what they have
done for East Texas is beyond
measure
And those who finally were
seated at 4 p m Monday os the fir
st juror, to be selected in the new
County Court at law were excused
five minutes later as the court was
informed that the parties in the
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By Wain Fillar Ironically the 11 juror, selected
Panolo County', new Court at for the district court jury found
Law is off to a busy start with one that, following a lunch break the
civil jury case setiled following jury plaintiff and defendant in that
selection Monday and three juries lawsuit hod agreed on o set
picked luatday for the first tlement and their services as
misdemeanor driving while in- jurors were not needed after all
By Wain Miller
Panolo County Commissioners
unanimously approved Monday a
special appropriation of $79 836 to
reimburse Panolo General
Hospital for charity patient and
ambulance deficit expenses of the
past two years
In the past the hospital had
been absorbing such expenses out
of its operational funds
But commissioners were asked
to appropriate county tax funds to
cover the expenses in light of the
hospital, 1983 deficit and the
resulting cash flow pinch
The funds approval means com
missioners Carl Hendrickson, I O
Nail Leonard Jones and Roland
Davis now hove approved tran
sfers totaling $204 836 for the
hospital since December
Previ6usly they had voted to ad
vance the hospital $65 000 from
leftover capital improvement
bond funds and $60 000 from the
general tax fund to coyer am
balance deficts anticipated for
1984
This amount is only $10 000 less
than the amounts reguested by the
hospital ond recommended by
County Judge Ruff Wall with the
$10 000 difference stemming from
the fact the hospifol listed $50 000
received from the county when
commissioners actually hod ap
proved $60 000
The commissioners had drown
some public criticism for not secon
ding Nail s motion 'as’ December
supporting the first of ’be hospito’
fund requests
Commissioners lore' explained
they were not against ’he hospital
but wanted to check further intc
rhe situation before taking oction
to see d any changes were needed
to prevent the hospita’ from tur
ning into a large Pom on county
taxpayers
Some commissioners initially
had expressed fears it might be
necessary to -educe ’he scope of
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selected as juror, for a civil trial pay their bond and service their
mhere, the now County Court at Low customers, wont the city to do
needed their services. something about "jackleg" ond
So they wora shipped from the "weekend' plumbers who are un
dHtricf courtroom at one end of the dorcutting professional services
courthouse to the counfy cour- ond doing "shoddy" work.
wroom on the other, where another Some n e -nresentotives from
y uy r*1" T*™ ** individool control n md focal
remdinder of the day questioning lumbing service companiou were
them os prospective juror, for e on hand Monday aftevnoon to
workman', compensation cose jury discuss problem, concerning coun-
trial there
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The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 1, 1984, newspaper, February 1, 1984; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1499610/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sammy Brown Library.