Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 312, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 1, 1979 Page: 5 of 32
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"We’renot considering turning off
the air conditioning or anything like
that" he said
instead, the audits will point out
Odnoposoffs plan
radio concert .
exempt from the new
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FLOWER MOUND - The Town
Council here has accepted the official
resignation of Town Administrator
• “I've got resumes outstanding in a
couple of cities I'm expecting to
hear soon from one of the cities on
what my chances arsDedson said.
A recital performed by North Texas
State University faculty member
Adolfo Odnoposoff on the cello and his
wife. Berthe, on the piano for. the
Organization of American States in
Washington April 4 will be broadcast
in a special program on KERA radio.
-90.1 on the FM dial, at 8 p m. tonight.
Gasline leak
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easily be made ' schools = are
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was on the boat that released the one-ton. 14-foot whale. The whale
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MATTIE SCHULTZ
Funds pouring in from wellwishers for widow
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deaths of two
Jerry Worden, a commission safety
engineer. -said, the plastic pipe was
buried 24ehes to 3 inches below a dry
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) - One
man sent ar $700 check; another
mailed $100 in cash. Some sent a $4 hil
with no return address. Several
mailed checks "for $15.04 — the-exact
value of the food destitute 91-year-old
Mattie Schultz was jailed for stealing
last week.
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total would reach $7,000. .
An Illinois man scrawled op a scrap
of paper, “I hope this helps. No one
should have to steal to survive in the
U.S.A." The note was clipped to a $700
check. , -
T"God bless you," wrote an
unidentified woman who mailed a $1
bill. - .
The national attention, however,
has done more than generate con-
tributions. It's also soiled San
Antonio's image, said Mayor Lila
Cockrell, who has launched an in-
vestigation into why Night Magistrate
Mary Elizabeth Ladd forced Mrs. ,
Schultz to spend a night in jail.
"Since this case has been brought
out so much in the media, not only
locally, but across the country. I felt a
responsibility to inquire about it."
said the mayor. “I think it is most
unfortunate. The city of San Antonio is
not an uncaring city."
Mrs. Cockrell said she would report ■
• to city council members in Thursday s
executive session. Ms. Ladd, 28, oftf
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sibllity ended when the gas surfaced.
The company is not involved in the
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Funds flood in
for poor widow
Mrs. Schultz was arrested and
booked the morning of July 24 after
taking $15.04 worth of sausages, ham
and butter. But she was forced to
spend the day in jail before Ms. Ladd
came on duty at 8 p.m.
Although the woman qualified for a
personal recognizance bond, Ms
Ladd refused to release her and set a
$400 bond Mrs. Schultz couldn’t pay
Mrs. Schultz, who records show had
no prior arrest record, was released
the next morning by a justice of the
peace on a personal recognizance
bond.
Ms. Ladd, criticized in the past for
being too lenient with criminals, said
Mrs. Schultz repeatedly refused to___
give a correct address She added that
she didn't want to simply release the
elderly woman late at night "Without
knowing for sure where she lived or if
she had a place to go
. Jail matrons, she added, wanted to
take the woman home and "pleaded"-
with Mrs. Schultz to give her correct
.address
- Mrs Cockrell said she is especially
concerned about the fact Mrs. Schultz
had td wait in jail all day before being
arraigned by the night magistrate.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas
Railroad Commission engineers said
Tuesday they found a 10-inch section
Dan Dodson, effective Aug. 13. k /
The council met in executive session 2
Monday to discuss Dodson's position E
'after "he presented his unofficial H
resignation Sunday during a Joint ■
meeting of the council and Planning
and Zoning Commission " B
Rumblings of discontent on both the n
council's and Dodson’s,part surfaced H
___last week when Councilman Ben Q
Campbell said officials considered fl
firing Dodson in April, immediately E
after the new council members were fl
elected. . E
At the urging of Councilmen Gary E
Pressler and Skip Parker, the council fl
agreed to abolish the previously used N
liaison method of operation' — E
whereby each member dealt with one [
city service and informed the others E
— and to allocate more responsibility fl
and authority to Dodson.
“We recognized the need to E
reorganize and put the city ad- "
By BONNIE BRADSHAW
Staff Writer
Denton public schools will be
' "udited" soon as part of the district's
plan to find ways to conserve energy
"Well be looking at three factors:
energters, non-energizers and
people." said JohnGuyer, Denton
Independent School District ad-
ministrative assistant
Energizers, he explained, include
heating and cooling systems, hot
water heaters and kitchen equipment
Non-energizers are walls, windows,
doors and roofing —. .“the total
structure of the building.".Guyer said
However, the third factor — people
— is the most important, he said ■
“We could have the most.efficient
creek bed
The bodies of Janet Blair, 14, and
Doris Holman, 15, were found June 28
lying face down in the creek bed.
Worden and others testified at a
commission hearing on whether three”
— people violated regulations requiring
odorous substances be added to the
odorless gas.
The plastic gas line was connected
to a steel line installed by Dick
Anderson. The plastic line was in-
• stalled by Mangham and was
hooked to a house owned by Mrs.
’ Herman Milstead
Commission tests on June 29 in-
dicated the gas did not have enough
odor to .meet agency requirements.
Anaerson, Mangham and Mrs.
Milstead could be fined $1,000 a day in
civil penalities for ' each day of ,
' - possibfe violation of the odor .
regulations. , f
. Pennzoil Corp. operates the natural
gas well that supplied fuel into the
steel and plastic lines. However,
Pennzoil' has claimed its respon-
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the senior citizens group coordinating. 1973. She said she lived on $238 nor
month in pensions Texas Department
of Human Resources officials said,
however, that Mrs. Schultz had on
several occasions'refused aid.
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"The excitement wasjust too much
for her She is thrilledand shocked by i
all the help It's something she didn't
expect," said Rev Bob Pugh, who has
regular contact with Mrs. Schultz.
Officials at ’the supermarket have
dropped the misdemeanortheft -
charges, which carried a maximum
penalty of six months'in jail and a
. $1,000 fine.
J at odds with other city and county
1 judicial officials, is appointed by the
1 Mrs. Schultz was "resting com-
gasoline," said Crillon Payne,
assistant superintendent of business
affairs. - - e.
"We want to reduce the amount that
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has to be spent on energy before it said.
starts - cutting into our educational' Aew automatic thermostats have
program,” Guyer said already been installed in several of
However, Guyer said he does not the buildings tomore stncjly regulate
expect the audits to result in the kind air conditioning use
of., dramatic changes which would Thermostats at the high school.
immftfliately reduce energy spending junior high schools and ad-
ministration building have been set at
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best built building, but if somebody-
goes out and leaves a door wide open,
it's like taking an ax and cutting a hole
in the side of it.” Guyer said
So a large portion of the district's
conservation, plan is devoted to
educating administrators, teachers,
staff members, students and parents.
..about the need for and ways to
prevent energy waste. - "
- The most graphic illustrationof the
necessity of conservation is the
amount the district budgets for
energy.
‘"For 1979-80. we're planning on
$400,000 for electricity and watet.
missing from a leaking natural
i as th„ ’ -- gasline that apparently caused two
B ■ deaths in Carthage last month. .
in public buildings to be set not higher
than 65 ih the winter and not lower
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ministrator at the head -and
everybody answer to Dan. and we
agreed to do that and give Dag the
authority and see how he handled it,"
Campbell said. “The agreement the
council made was to go through the
budget and give him the authority he -
hasn't had in the past and re-evaluate
him in October ”
"Withthe new council when we first
3 came on, we could have made
sweeping changes but we tried to
clean it up: there are some people who
do not care for this. We're rocking
their boat and it needed rocking."
freshman Councilman Bryan Walker
said.
Dodson said last week that friction
between himself-and the new council
prompted him to seriqusly, consider'
other job possibilities
He said the basic .problem stems
from "nitpicking" by freshmen
— eouneilmen —concerning .various
aspects of city government. He
recounted one ‘stance in - which a
council member questioned-the
than 78 in the summer
Besides building audits, which will-
be conducted by a team including the
building's principal, head custodian
and a staff representative, the district -
also is looking at ways to reduce '
transportation energy costs
“We’re thinking about trying to get
students to congregate so the bus
won't have to make as many stops,” '
Guyer said * ___
Guyer is chairman of the energy
task force assigned to improve the
school district's energv bffiriencv.
The initial conservation plan, which
included the building audits, was
■presented to the school Bard July 24.
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break urged
for carpoolers
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Motorists
, who regularly leave their cars at
j home to ride in carpools should get a
break on their auto insurance, an
insurance industry spokesman said-
today. ' '
i The State Insurance Board should
study creation of a separate rating
classification for people who carpool •
at least half their work week, said
David B Irons, attorney for the Texas
Automobile Insurance Service Office.
I “Whether, or not participating in
I carpools actually reduces the insured
| • exposure, we believe such a program
would be worthwhile if it served only
to inspire a conscious participation by
i a broad segment of the work force in
■ the program of national energy
। conservation," Irons said in
testimony prepared for a two-day
insurance board) hearing on car in-
I surance rates.
The industry-has asked for an
average statewide rate hike of 21.7
I percent The insurance board's ex-
I perts have recommended an 8:9 -
• percent average increase.
| Last year,- the board raised rates an
) average of 3.2 percent.
Irons said the average motorist who
' drives his car to work pays 26 percent
* more incollision rates than the car
I owner who uses his car for pleasure
I and recreation.
I If a motorist leaves his car at home
| 'at least 50 percent of his work week,
, he should pay less for collision
coverage. Irons said. The industry
tentatively recommends lowering
collision coverage so that it is only 13
percent more than that paid by
motafis who do pot drive to wogk
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Mass., and then dumped into the ocean off Provinceton. Mass.,
right, after 2% davs ashore. "It appears it was a successful return
to the sea," said John Dayton of the New England Aquarium, who
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