Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 81, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1978 Page: 1 of 15
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ECLA board agrees on
need for program funds
S’ville’s October 78 building
starts down from record year
Bank; Johnny Wayne Hamp-
ton, dairyman; Alex Fambro,
staff writer attending the
game will provide coverage of
Organization set
on program for
handicapped here
no rocks were found at the
scene Several possible sus
bleachers, bucking chutes,
etc., to minimize the possibil-
ity of injury to persons in
said the windows were broken
by an unknown instrument, as
of Ohio, according to the
National Weather Service in
The forecast calls for rain
showers ending early Satur-
day beginning a slight cooling
students are planning to go to
DFW Airport and then drive
several rent-a-cars to Findlay.
Ilie cars will be rented under
unlimited mileage rental
police officer on routine patrol
around 6:30 am Wednesday.
The front display case
windows were broken some-
time Tuesday night and a
watch and several Jewelry
items were stolen during the
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The spokesman said it is the
wish of the association that the
people of Stephenville and
surrounding area keep in
mind when they are approach-
ed for an ad in the rodeo
program or for a donation of
.any kind in connection with
some event being sponsored at
the association’s facilities on
A locally heavy thunder-
storm was over the Stephen-
ville area late this morning
causing reports of small hail
pellets in several areas of
Stephenville The Loving Care
Nursing Home was without
power after lightning struck
the generator at the nursing
home according to an em-
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hearing could be waived, said ?
Muiloy, since the program is I
currently being funded and I
the need certificate is a I
formality The Texas Health
Facilities Agency is the final
approving authority i
Elliott, Charles Elliott, Ken-
neth Larner, G. K lewalien,
David Montgomery, John B.
Collier IV, Neal Guthrie, Troy
Moore, Kenneth Evatt, Walter
McElroy and Eddie Caudle.
Retiring directors were
Perry D. Elliott, Gail Chris-
tian, Bill Parham, Dean
Taylor, Tim Mason, Junior
Howie and Ken Dorris
participants. -
Memberships in the associ-
ation are available for a
donation of $25 by contacting
any of the directors
Seven new directors, in-
eluding the first woman
member, were elected to
serve three-year terms They
were Lloyd Adams, owner of
the Red Bandana restaurant;
Ron . Dodd, president of
Stephenville Savings and
Loan; Jack Berry, owner of
Poston Feed Mill; Gladys
Bodine executive secretary.
Skies should stay cloudy as
northerly winds will bring
moisture from the Great
Lakes
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Farm news
Horoscope
Obituaries
Sports
Women’s news
die in crash
By MANIK DE SILVA
Associated Press Writer
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP)
- Almost 200 Indonesian pil-
grims en route home from
Mecca were killed in the crash
of a chartered Icelandic
airliner while landing at the
Colombo airport in a severe
thunderstorm, the Indonesian
Embassy said today
Hospital spokesmen said
there were more than 60 survi-
vors •
The DC-1 jetliner was to re-
fuel in this island nation off the
tip of India and then fly on to
Surabaya, the capital of East
Java It crashed about a mile
short of the runway just before
midnight Wednesday, plowed
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ECARC seeking
new members
Virginia Kurko discussed
parent involvement when the
Erath County Association for
Retarded Citizens met in
monthly session recently
Ms Kurko is head of the
special education program at
Tarleton State University
The-hoard adopted polictes
on procedures for handling
finances * ,
— The EC ARC- 4s new prome-
ting a membership drive
Membership is open to all
interested persons, with dues
of 110 per year Interested
persons may contact Cathy
Knoll at 968-2882 or mail
applications to the ECARC at
910 Lingleville Rd , Stephen
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forecast for gametime Satur-
• day in F indlay, Ohio area
The high temperature FrF
day should be in the mid 40‘s
with an overnight low in the
mid 30’s. Saturday temper-
atures could be slightly lower
as a cooling trend is expected
Saturday night’s low is
expected in the 20’s.
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Fambro Pipe and Construc-
attendance as well as the • tion; and Tucker Pemberton,
trend as < iguds should remain
over the northwestern region
colder due
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pects are being investigated, ,
said Hensley ..
The burglary was dis- Two ccidents are
covered by a Stephenville
By ROBERT LOCKE
AP Science Writer
DALLAS (AP) — A man-
made substance, which tastes
like margarine and could sub-
stitute for cooking oil, dramati-
cally reduces high cholesterol
levels and the accompanying
risk of heart attacks and
stroke, say two teams of scien-
tists,
ployee "Sucrose polyester seems to
The area forecast calls for have remarkable potential as a
cold temperatures and inter- cholesterol-o wering agent,",
mittant rain drizzle this with many advantages over
Stephenuille EEmpire-Gribune
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stories.
Several students ar^ jian-
ning a novel way to geft the
the Lower Granbury Road
that the money is not for the
profit-making of the associ-
abon but are a necessity to
maintain the facilities for the
use and benefit of the various
activities held there during
the year He said there is a
constant demand for repairs
and maintenance on the
been reports that some
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That’s the
Shin Graham has had a
program for handicapped
persons about 12 years,
tea* tung them about making
saddles, and next week will
form an organization of
interested persons-—
He has called the meeting
for 8 pm Tuesday at the
Vtttage Inn restaurant He -
said those who wish to eat
beforehand may do so
Attorney John Terrell will
explain the legal aspects of the
proposed organization, then a
board of directors will be
elected, Graham said
All interested persons are
encouraged to attend, he said
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The pressing need for a
money-raising project to pro-
vide sufficient funds for the
Erath County Livestock Im-
provement Association was
one of the main topics of
discussion when the associ-
ation met in annual member-
ship session Monday night at
Farmers-First National Bank.
A spokesman for the
association said funds are
needed if the group is to
continue to operate and
provide facilities for the many
events held at the livestock
barn and arena during the
year which are either parti-
(ipated in or enjoyed by a
great many people in the
community
MHMR program
certificate of need
given approval
The Pecan Valley MH-MR
Center’s application for a
______Ltrtifuaie of need required
for the center’s community-
based services was approved
by the Texas..Area.5 Health
Services Agency, the regional
health coordinating agency
Dr Theresa Mulloy Pecan
Valley executive director,
termed the application as
backtracking as the program
was already in existance She
said the law requiring a need
certificate was approved at
about the same time as the
Pecan Valley service program
originated
The next step is state
approval, possibly sometime
in December The usual
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M25,000; six residential addi-
tions, 82,900; four new
businesses, $281,500; three
business additions, $6,513; two
mobile homes, 811,000; and
two relocated dwellings,
$2,200.
Construction at Tarleton
State University, including
the fine arts complex under
construction, are not included
in building permit figures
since permits for construction
on the TSU campus are not
obtained._____
University of California-San polyester to 11 obese pailents
Diego. He quickly added that it who had been dieting for three
can never replace a sensible week, reported decreases of 11
diet. V to 15 percent
Glueck said sucvose The researchers said the mub.
polyester has produced 'no stance seems to work by at.
obvious or substantial side- taching itself to cholesterol in
effect!" to initial tests He said the ’.....
afternoon, clearing tonight existing drugs, said Dr.
and becoming colder. Fair Charles L. Glueck, who heads
skies and warmer tempera- the University of Cincinnati’s
tures are expected Friday. General Clinical Research
Today's high should be in ‘ntomuch cholesterol in the
the lower 40 s with an dlood greatly increases the risk
inthelowersoa. Winds willbe who Dame—
northerly, 10-15 mph lem on Americans' fondness for
There is a 50 percent chance high-cholesterol foods such as
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stretsoorstephenviensme Eame. Masters, and the other five cheerleaders will follow the building at TSU. (E-T Staff Photo by Jim Crawley)
Drivers of the pick-up
trucks involved were James
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Richard D. Coan, Robert
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Construction started in Last month's pennits in-
Stephenville last month was elude nine housing units
down slightly from a year estimated to cost a total of
previous when an all-time 8325,000; a 16-unit apartment
high was recorded, according complex being constructed by
to building permits issued by Hollis Skillman at an esti-
the city. , mated cost of 8150,000; a
residential remodeling, 8500.
Permits for work estimated five new businesses, 870,000; a
marketing, Farmers-First
National Bank.
Other directors are Jim
Stephenville police are still burglary
investigating the theft al more The merchandise was
than 8375 in Jewelry from valued at 8377 93, according to
Alva s Jewelry onS Belknap* Inwestigator Don Hensley He
Earl Ratliff and Donald larry m ■ ■
Sparks, both of Stephenville (0ld we"
Neither driver was injured "-=U OvVI
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expected for trip to Texans game
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TOE Off 111 C When the 40 members of the accompaniment.
• Tarleton Texan football team Leading the delegation of
, board Texas, international supporters will be Tarleton
charter flight number 78788 at President W. O. Trogdon and
DFW Airport Friday morning his wife. Dean of Men Mike
they won’t be alone Leese will also attend the
A group of Tarleton faculty, game.
the cheerleaders, the Texan Representing students on
Stars and coaches’ wives...in the flight will be Student Body
all, over 100 fans, players and president Nancy Golden and
coaches will fly the charter vice-president David Myers,
flight to Toledo, Ohio and ride About 30 other students and
a bus to Findlay. fans will also fly with the
The Stars, the school's drill team
team, will perform a routine . ( plans. So they only have to pay
during Saturday's halftime. The Empire-Tribune will be for the gas
Stars director. Penny Wright, sending a reporter to the For those fans who plan to
said the girls will not be Findlay game and he will ride stay in Stephenville they can
accompanied by the Findlay on the team flight. The listen to the game on
marching band as had been newspaper also expects to KSTV-AM or KWWM-FM
hoped She said the Findlay have photographs' of game Saturday afternoon. They will
drill team performs to action in the Sunday edition by be broadcasting from a live
recorded music. But, the Stars special arrangement with the lead with a Findlay radio
will do a routine without Associated Press. The E-T station.
Drugs are available to vitamins A and E, but these are
reduce cholesterol but most are easily replaced.
difficult to take because of Considered a drug by the U 3.
unpleasant side-effects and Food and Drug Administration,
“drugs are of no value if you sucrose polyester is apparently
can’t get people to take them," several years from being
Glueck told a news conference commercially available It waa
The experimental substance developed and patented by
could simply be used like butter Proctor & Gamble.
on toast or pancakes, like Glueck and Crouse described
vegetable oil for fried foods and their separate studies Wednes-
like shortening for many day at an American Heart As-
recipes, Glueck told a news sociatlon conference here.
conference ______..____
“It would even be effective Glueck said testa with 24
with a high-cholesterol, high- healty males showed the sub-
fat diet, that doctors would stance reduced cholesterol lev-
otherwise shudder ebout," said els an average of about 10 per-
Dr. John Crouse of the cent .Crouse, who gave sucrose
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’ up 400 yards of coconut plan- to cost 8505,500 were issued in business remodel, 81,000; two
tation, broke into three sections October, bringing the total for mobile homes, 813,000; the
end burst into flames the year to 86,211,002, as Girl Scout house, 826.000
Two of the jetliner's four en- compered with 8729,113 in
gines were torn of and hurled October. 1977. for a year-to- Permits for October, 1977,
far from the impact site, date total of $6,611,570. included 12 residences
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Downs, Bob. Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 81, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1978, newspaper, November 16, 1978; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1501559/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.