Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 286, Ed. 1 Monday, August 1, 1988 Page: 1 of 10
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GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS 76240
MONDAY, AUG. 1,1988
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Burglary suspect
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Bush, Dukakis make
day care a top issue
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victions for burglaries and thefts,
Police Chief Carl Dunlap said.
morning, but authorities said he
will be transported to the county jail
sometime today, where he will be
held without bond.
McCalley is also wanted in Pal-
estine on a forfeiture of bond war-
rant, Dunlap said.
Temperature at 8 a.m., 75
degrees. Precipitation at 8
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Lake Texoma: Level of lake
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By PAUL BROWN
Register Staff Writer
With oil properties dropping
another 10 percent, the appraised
value of land in Cooke County this
year is about $34 million less than it
was last year.
However, values for the city of
Gainesville and Gainesville Inde-
pendent School District are up, due
primarily to reappraisals this year
in those areas.
Cooke County Appraisal District
Chief Appraiser Bill Sherman said
today the drop in county land values
comes mainly from the additional
loss in oil values and an increased
number of agricultural exemptions
granted for the new tax year.
The county land values dropped
from $804 million to $770.5 million,
which is an amount equal to about
one-half a cent on the 1987 county
tax rate of 38 cents per $100 valu-
ation.
During budget conferences Fri-
day, the commissioners indicated
they expect to increase taxes for the
coming fiscal year. However, the
exact amount of the increase is, at
present, undetermined.
The values in Gainesville rose
from $317.4 million to $322.2 million,
while the property values in GISD
rose from $341.6 million to $344.6
million.
Values for other school districts
also dropped:
■ Era ISD — Down to $33.7 mil-
lion from $35.9 million.
■ Valley View ISD — Down to
$39.7 million from $43.5 million.
■ Sivels Bend ISD — Down to
$27.7 million from $28.9 million.
■ Walnut Bend ISD — Down to
$13.7 million from $16.7 million.
■ Lindsay ISD — Down to $51.2
million from $53.6 million.
Only Callisburg ISD and Mu-
ensterISD registered property
value increases for the 1988 tax
year. Callisburg values are up from
$123,4 million to $124.7 million.
Muenster ISD values are up from
$76.9 million to $81.3 million.
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temperature during the National Cheerleaders Association
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“I am aware that I am the pawn in should be prosecuted on the
a brutal game between those who weapons charges, but he deferred
favor and those who oppose hand- that decision to District of Columbia
gun control,” Rowan said, reading officials, who normally decide
from a prepared statement. "I want whether to prosecute such cases.
By STEVE NASH
Register Staff Writer
An off-duty Gainesville police
officer reached out and touched
someone Saturday morning.
And as a result, a man police be-
lieve is from Palestine, Texas, is in
police custody, facing burglary
charges in Gainesville and Pal-
estine. Police also believe he may
have committed at least three other
burigaries in Gainesville.
Steven Paul McCalley, 23, was
halted in mid-flight when officer
Greg Martin grabbed the man’s
legs as he attempted to leap through
a window.
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found in McCalley's motel room at
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Sandra Lynn Starr was arrested
and charged with possession of drug
paraphernalia. She is also wanted
by Palestine authorities for car
theft, Dunlap said.
“She is possibly an accomplice in
the burglaries. We’re not sure at
this time, ” Dunlap said.
The chief related the scenario
that lead to McCalley’s capture.
Shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday,
officer Greg Martin was on his way
home from the McDonald’s restau-
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security officer.
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By MAGGIE JACKSON lawed Irish Republican Army said Two major hospitals in the area, called for on-duty officers to check
Associated Press Writer its guerrillas laid a bomb in the In- Barnet General and Edgware, re- out the suspicious person,” Dunlap
LONDON—An explosion and fire glis barracks in the wooded Mill Hill ported admitting a total of nine in- said.
ripped through a two-story army neighborhood. jured, including one who was in an Officers discovered a door open
County Judge Jim Robertson said barracks in north London early Police had said there was no im- intensive care unit. on the Lester building, with a tire
today the county tax rate for the today, killing a soldier and injuring mediate indication the 7 a.m. ex- London Ambulance spokesman iron lying nearby — “a burglar’s
coming year will suffer from the nine people, authorities said. The plosion was caused by a bomb. Chris Webb had said initially that 10 favorite tool,’’Dunlap said,
drop in land valuations. However, IRA claimed reponsibility. The barracks border the Finchley people were injured. He said the Martinandotherofficerswentin-
since the appraisal district has not In a message to the Northern Ire- parliamentary constituency of dead man was a soldier. side and found McCalley, who at-
yet figured the effective tax rate for land bureau of the British news Prime Minister Margaret Anti-terrorist police rushed to the tempted to escape by jumping
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By WILLIAM M. WELCH itiatives to assist parents in pro-
Associated Press Writer viding care for their young
SECAUCUS, N.J. — With a few children.
minutes to spare in a long campaign' “We can ignore the fact that most
day, Michael Dukakis stopped by women with small children now
the Harmony Early Learning hold jobs, or we can work to make
Center to shake a few hands with quality, affordable child care
preschoolers. available to every family that needs
Looking to campaign on a tight it,’’Dukakissaid.
preconvention budget, George Bush . “You have to have choice, par-
a day later rode out to Tysons Cor- ental choice, family choice, and you
ner, Va., in the Washington suburbs have to have diversity, ’ ’ Bush said,
to do the same thing, tossing a foam The vice president’s plan is basi-
ball and pushing youngsters on a cally a $l,000-per-child tax break
tire swing. for low-income parents of children 4
For both it was time well spent, and under.. .
Dukakis was rewarded with promi- It would cost an estimated $2.2
nent photographs in newspapers billion a year, and in its first stages
and the television networks; and would benefit only families earning
Bush reaped similar coverage. less than $12,000 a year, according
The twin events on the presiden- to Bush domestic affairs adviser
tial campaign trail last week under- Deborah Steelman. Eventually
scored what already has become families earning up to $20,000 would
apparent to both campaigns: Child benefit.
care is a hot issue in the 1988 race for Bush’s plan generally would ex-
the White House. elude the middle-class families that
It’s politics dictated by demo- pay $100 a week or so to put a child in
graphics. The Census Bureau says the centers the two presidential
more than half of new mothers go candidates visited last week in New
back to work before their children. Jersey and Virginia.
are a year old. Dukakis’ plan, according to his
Neither party wants to find itself aides, largely is embodied in legis-
outmaneuvered on the issue, lation now before Congress that is
Dukakis, the Democratic nominee, similar to day care assistance being
and Bush, who will become the Re- provided in his own state of Mass-
publican nominee in less than three achusetts. It is aimed at helping
weeks, have introduced competing low- and moderate-income families
proposals on day care. afford child care, and would re-.
The proposals reflect their differ- serve 75 percent of its money for
ing philosophies on government in- that aid.
volvement, yet, importantly, both States could use the rest to en-
candidates support in principle courage developing and upgrading
some form of government in- (Continued on page 2)
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By RICHARD KEIL availability of handguns.
Associated Press Writer "There is no hypocrisy in ad-
WASHINGTON — Syndicated vocating a national policy that no
columnist Carl T. Rowan, an out- one seems to be able to get through
spoken supporter of stricter hand- Congress, ” he said.
gun controls, pleaded innocent He refused to answer any ques-
today to charges he used an unre- tions.
gistered pistol to shoot a teen-ager Outside the courthouse, a half-
who took an unauthorized dip in his dozen handgun advocates showed
backyard pool. Rowan also de- up to support the columnist’s right
fended himself against charges of to bear arms.
hypocrisy from pro-gun groups. “We think that Carl Rowan may
Rowan has been charged with one be guilty of raving hypocrisy , but he
count each of possessing an unre- shouldn’t be charged in a court of
gistered weapon and possessing law today for protecting his home
ammunition for the gun in con- with a gun,” said Lee Bellinger, the
nection with the June 14 shooting, leader of the pro-gun protesters,
both are misdemeanors. “We welcome him into the family of
District of Columbia Superior people protecting their home with
Court Hearing Commissioner Kaye guns. ”
Christian set a trial date of Sept. 22. Other supporters wielded posters
Rowan also requested that a jury reading, “Warning: This home pro-
hearhiscase. teeted by Carl Rowan,” coupled
If he is convicted on both charges, with a drawing of Rowan’s head
the columnist could face a maxi- atop a muscle-bound, gun-toting
mum penalty of two years in prison torso like those popularized in post-
and a $2,000 fine. ers advertising Sylvester Stallone’s
The district’s 1976 handgun ordi- “Rambo” movies. Still others car-
nance essentially bans posession of ried placards reading, “Leave Carl
handguns and ammunition not Rowan alone.”
owned at the time the law was , Rowan, 62, was cleared last
passed, except for law officers.; month of assault charges in the
After his court appearance, shootingincident afteraninves-
Rowan lashed out at those who say tigation by federal prosecutors,
he is hypocritical for using a hand- U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens said at
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Williams, Eric. Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 286, Ed. 1 Monday, August 1, 1988, newspaper, August 1, 1988; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1569792/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cooke County Library.