The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 5, 1977 Page: 4 of 8
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several hundred million bar-
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Natural vs supplied about
30 per cent of the nation’s en-
ergy in 1974 and about 40 per
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"About one billion tons of
residues are available each
year from farms, forests,
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materials from pyrolysis are
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corn cobs, cotton wastes, ____
tree limbs or bark, and con- . dollars.
tural and.wood residues,
there are many chemical
similarities between them.
"Pyrolysis promises to be
a leveling device that takes,
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6. Speed Contestant
8. Look!
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11. Hired car
14. Wrinkle
15. Tire grooves
17. Passenger
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20. Pul
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25. Sun god
waste. The work is spon-
sored by the Experiment
Station, the Center for
Energy and Mineral Re-
sources at A&M, and the St.
Regis Pper Company.
You get an idea of the im-
mensity of our annual ag-
"In the pulp and paper in-
dustry, for example, it’s es-
timated that if forest resi-
dues can be' utilized as
energy, it will make the in-
dustry self-sufficient .for
energy and save the nation
the equivalent of 10 million ■
barrels of oil per year,” says
Soltes, a woods chemist in
the Department of Forest
Science at Texas A&M Uni-
versify.
. Soltes heads a research
team working on developing
valuable energy uses for
Plymouth Rock
wasn’t always as solid
as it looked.
subject to stricter regula-
tion, want the laws govern-
ing them rewritten to help
weed out unqualified prac-
tit toners.
J Spokesmen said the
Board of Nursing Examin-
ers has no authority to stop.
unqualified individuals
from doing work of profoe-
sional nurses and using ti-
tles such as "graduate
nurses."
Texas Nurses Associa-
tion will seek a law to give
their state board power to
require continuing educa-
tion for professional nurses
Energy Facts
Solar, geothermal and syn-
thetic fuels will make only a
small contribution to domestic .
energy supplies by 1985—
about one per cent. The tech-
nology for these sources exists,
but must be proven economi-
cally viable on a commercial
scale, so their major contribu-
tion will not begin until after
1990.
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On an average business day existing telephone network can , ural gas production decreased
107 Minenle eimfnmere" the enmnan npnuida afRieent from 22.6 trillion cubic foe*
residue availability indicates
that mesquite, a fast-
growing Texas headache.
standing volume. Work
underway is expected to
identify valuable uses for
this present-day pest in the
those early Americans were
planting the seeds of
freedom in this new land.
wasted or poorly utilized re-
sources into valuable fuels to
help relieve our energy situ-
ation.
The seriousness of our
have grown from 6.7 billion
dollars to an estimated 22.1
billion dollars in 1976.
Meanwhile, oil imports have
increased from 3.4 million
barrels per day (23 percent
of consumption) in 1970, to 6
million barrels per day (37
percent of consumption) in
1975.
Imported oil cost the U.S.
27 billion dollars in 1975
(8125 per person) as com-
pared with about 3 billion
dollars (115 per person) in
1970. The December meet-
ing of oil exporting countries
is expected to result in
. materials into more-desir-
able liquid fuels and chemi-
cals. 1
and Miheral Resources has
been proposed for funding
and deals specifically with
the opportunities for liquid
fuels from agricultural
wastes.
An interesting observa-
tion from work to date on
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‘change low-density residues
into nigh-density liquid and
solid fuels with higher
energy contents.
“But the work doesn’t stop
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verts them into a uniform
mass of material for energy
and chemical products,"
Soltes says.
Currently, the research
team is working on an as-
sessment of residue availa- a
bility in the State of Texas
and on the chemical analysis
of pyrolysis oils.
A joint five-year project .
with Dr. Kurt Irgolic, of the
Department of Chemistry
and the Center for Energy
, - erhon-
AUSTIN - Texas legis-
inters will be swarming
back to Austin January 11
for their 65th session
Money dominates the
agenda, including how to
manage a 83 billion wind-
fall of new revenue, im-
provements in public school
finance, massive new
highway aid and reform of
the property tax laws.
House Speaker Bill
Clayton, slated for unop-
posed re-election on open-
ing day of the session,
terms guarding the new re-
venues a top priority goal of
the session.
"Like a pat of soft butter
being spread acrs hot
bread, this money is likely
to be soaked up completely
unless we institute meas-
ures to prevent that occurr-
ence,” warned Clayton.
There are other issues.
Thousands of them.
About 4,000 bills and re-
solutions are expected to be
offered in the House and
Senate between January
and May.
Among them will be the
following:
The extension is for 45 the entire local budget,
months, ending at the com- Procedures for enforcing
pletion of fiscal year 1980. the antidiscrimination provi-
During that period total sion of the 1972 act are in-
funds of $25.5 billion will be eluded and apply to any pro-
sent home from Washington, gram or activity using rev-
The program began in 1972. enue sharing funds. Congress
and through the end of 1976 established a timetable for
about $30 billion in tax rev- compliance once a complaint
Today you can help
those seeds continue to
grow by buying United
States Savings Bonds
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of 5 years (4h% the first year). Lost, stolen or destroyed
Bondi can be replaced it records are provided. When
needed, Bonds can be cashed at your bank Interest it
not subject to state or local income taxes, and federal
• tax may be deferred until redemption
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Editor’s Note-Any ques-
tions regarding this column
should be addressed to Sci-
ence Writer, Dept, of Ag-
ricultural Communications,
Texas A AM University, Col-
lege Station, Texas 77843.
by Bill Clayton
sharing impact as far as increasing
irtages has in part
ed by our agricul-
tural exports. Since 1970,
total agricultural exports
tion. w belief that a profitable use
"Despite the variability of will check the. problem.
the Physical forms of agricul- Who knows, we may live
to see the day when agricul-
ture producers are worrying
about their “mesquite crop.
"That 15 percent trans-
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"And the beauty of it is
that unlike oil and gas, ag-
‘ ricultural residues are re-
newable; more grow each
year.
loan on a new office build-
ing (Texas Law Center) at a
local bank.
GOP Raring To Go
State Republican Chair-
man Ray Hutchison has
predicted the GOP willfield
a full slate of statewide
candidates next year and
hinted he may run for gov-
ernor himself.
Hutchison predicted the
GOP will have no difficulty
re-electing U. S. Sen. John
Tower in 1978.
In. spite of national loo-
ses, Hutchison claimed
Texas is one of the few
states where Republicans
gained in the number of
elected officials at the last
general election.
Nursen Want Rewrite
..-------.. another increase of at least
piThtrnundwhoscaim " 10 percent.
coal in several respects. So,
petrochemical and coal con-
version technology will be
makes up about 30 percent
of the State’s total wood
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1977 The Scientists Tell Me...
medical malpractice incur- _ A Coordinating Board
ance rat; "sugset legjala- staff repo
tion” to phase-out un- cal senoo
; neded state agencies in
the interest of soonomy and
efficiency; bills to check
..utilities rates (by tax re-
detions and switching gas
. rateregulation to the Pub-
lie Utilities Commission);
f and rights-of-way condem-
nation power to assist coal
slurry pipeline building..
Bell Asks Rehearing
Southwestern Boll hae
asked the Texas Public „ , .
Utilities Commission to visions. enues have been provided is made. Violators who do
take another look at its'' g.g. state ’ and local govern- not comply will have funds
8298.3 million rate in- m Dnor nor . ments-although that money suspended. Individuals can
• cTexas. Aeronautics comes from Washington with Also file private civil suits for
Commission Wednesday is- gome strings. violation of nondiscrimination
sued a sertificate to South- According to the wording and citizen participation and
west Airlines to expand its of the bii some of the auditing as well.
serykas to include Austin, strings contained in the ori- Texas can certainly use the
Corpus Christi, El Pa80; ginal program have been re- funds. The state will collect
Lubbock and Midland moved and others have been $83.8 million and local gov-
Odosen in addition to pres- strengthened in the areas of ernment $167.5 million for
ent markets antidiscimination, auditing the first nine months of 1977.
p-a.asninsurazseman and citizen participation re- We should remember thst -
KooertU. Bezucna has been quirements. these monies are coming to
electedechgirman.ofthe The section which requir- us via Washington. I cannot
DArd.0 the lexas Medical ed that local governments help but believe that instead
lability insurance Un- use revenue sharing funds of our taxpayers sending the
er ing.AS8octaton. < only for certain priority ex- money first to Washington
. I e roald.-ommis: penditures has been deleted, and then the federal govern- ",
Hn, authorized t Also removed is the provi- ment returning it with strings
Sm^t g-ras,j Ind sion which prohibited state attached, we could have eli-
Strawn but denied ASniidA and local governments from minated- the middle man's
tions to dismantle their using revenue sharing funds part and his cost with some
। buildings to match other federal pro- comprehensive tax law
Two hundred young grams:: . .... . . changes..
filmmakers will attend the ..Washington still has its
seventh annual student thumb on the. money: For
film festival in Corpus one thing, sharing from 1978-
Christi April 15-17. 80 will be tied to federal
A public suction sale of income tax receipts. There
oil and gas leases by the will be more money if rev-
Board for Lease of Univer- enues are high, but less if
sity Lands will be held in times are not as prosperous.
Midland April 7. » The provision will have little
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When the pilgrims first landed here through the Payroll Savings Plan.
from jolly old England, things weren’t so jolly. A1 you do is arrange to have a little
There was sickness and disease. set aside from each paycheck to buy Bonds.
Starvation. And rough winters to fight. It’s safe, automatic, and no struggle at all.
But it was worth it because on. Buy U.S. Savings Bonds.
6., it’s one investment that
eb.g. really is as solid as a rock.
4-The Mi
Published 1
curb runaway crime; at
least four different ap-
proaches to providing funds
for equal education oppor-
, tunity (including the
teachers’ plan which also
would give them a 810,000
starting pay scale); an 8825
million fund realignment to
prevent a crisis in highway '
building;
14 Measures to prevent
skyrocketing increases in 3
comber 14 recommended an
increase no greater than
867.8 million
A list of two dozen com-
pany objections accused the
commission of violating its
statutory mandate, ignor-
ing its own regulations, de-
n toil of due process, confis-
‘ cation of property and
mandating rates insuffi-
cient to provide a fair re-
turn.
Bell implemented new
rates under protest De-
cember 21 after filing tariff
schedules with the commis-
sion.
Meanwhile, the commis-
sion set a January 10 pre-
hearing on a city and rural
rate increase request of
‘ Texas Power ’and Light
Company totalling 8135
million. *
Lawyers Vote "No"
Texas lawyers said a firm
"no” to a proposal to raise
their State Bar mandatory
membership fees from 865
with more than 10 years Over 300 New Phones
experience in practice).
nearly scis-e in a re- For Mineola During ‘76
ferpndumtrnutnnta , As the telephone celebrated about 280 per day compared to <M and gas investment in the
minimize the defeat by at- its centennial in 1976, Mineola 1975. Likewise, Long Distance next 10 years depends on the
tributina it mainly to a experienced one of ha greatest calls increased about 10 percent pricing and policy strategies
trrytveroragrwing telephone growth is year to more than 880 adopted and could-rangefrom
( budgetary "hold-the-line" Mineola’s phone gain correlates day , about $160 to $135 billion.
WMKEILI with • national increase in "Telephone gain and increas-
pen oaopny. phones, indicating a returnto a ed calling volumes have been • • •
But opponents of the in- healthy economy, according to long-time indicators of s city’s The average retag price of
crease said lawyers were Dsn Adams, Southwestern growth," the manager said. gioline has increased by about
"not pleased with the way Bell’s local manager. an 50 per cent since the onset of
| their money to being spent” By the end of 1976, Mineola in an effort to guarantee the Arab oil embargo in late
by the Bar and had lodged • had more than 4,500 telephones continued and better service in 1973.
an objection to "frills” for in service, a gain of mere than the Mineola area, Southwest- . * * *
gtaff and officers. They 300 for the year, Adams said. era Bell invested more than
ited a $54,000 annual sal- Furthermore, as the telephone $88,000 in new construction snd
ary paid the executive di- / begins its second 100 years, service improvements in 1976.
rector (who is also provided Mineola to expected to gain "Only by/ constantly up-
a 1976 Lincoln Continental about 850 telephones in 1977. grading and improving the
fret), dues payments for Cm - ------ — “.g. - / g
staffers in posh I private in 1976, Mineola customers" Ue company provide efficient
clubs and a decision to take placed more than 86,022 local service to Mineola customers (Tcf) in 1973 to 20.1-Tef in
out a multi-million-dollar phone calls, an increase of now and in th* future.” he said-------1975. -- —- ,
ricultural residues-from re-
cent estimates that cereal
straws amount to about 145
million tons; other plant res-
idues, 240 million tons; and
_________ __________ ’ cow manure, 230 million
as well as to tighten rtgula- has been granted a new life the amount because Congress % tons.
tions governing qlifica- and state and local govern- placed a ceiling of $6.85 bil- “Most farmers probably
tions. • « ments will see their first lion per fiscal year. raise enough residues to
/ checks in April. Some new requirements make them self-sufficient for
. AG •Pi.ons— . The extension comes in have been placed on the energy if they could effi-
-----23 the form of a new tew- funds. One provision calls for ciently convert these mate-
onanewme aState and oal Fiasal.An an increase in citizen partici-i rials into liquid fuels.rhe if
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board dqes not hay to be program did not expire at eduse of the funds an at on, Soltes says.
made public underlie open the stroke of ■ midnight on least one hearing on the rela- ' ’ Use is being made of an
records act, Atty. Gen. John the last day at 1976. tion of the proposed use to
Hill held. .,50"
In another recent opin-
ion. Hill concluded a prop-
osed contract between Wal-
ler County Commissioner’s
Court and the Waller
• County Medical Clinic and
*oertain physicians does not
violate constitutional pro-
visions. ’
»---wastes. If ways can be de-
veloped to convert these to
Producing gasoline or die- valuable fuels, it could sub-
set substitutes from wood res- stitute for about 15 percent
, by Taxes scientists as a poo- * *
sible energy resource. It has
the potential to convert
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Peacock, Dan. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 5, 1977, newspaper, January 5, 1977; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1547731/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.