Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 149, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 23, 1979 Page: 1 of 16
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public will back us up on that one.”
Tower, Texas’ recently re-elected
senior senator, accused the president
of playing games — especially with
DEA agents, and Barton said he
remains in jail in lieu of $25,000 bond.
The sealed indictment, issued Jan.
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defendants, according to a spokesman
in the U.S. District Clerk's office —
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Foster, 49, a former horse trainer
for Rex Cauble Enterprises, remains
a fugitive, according to Eastern
District U.S. Marshal James Barton.
The other 13 defendants have been
arrested previously, Barton said, and
are scheduled to be arraigned before
Federal Judge Joe Fisher Thursday.
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Cutter Bill Western World, a sub-
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Gov. Bill
Clements opened the “first chapter”
of his legislative program today,
asking for enlarged powers for the
governor, $1 billion in tax relief, a
start on property tax reform and a
“Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.”
While requesting constitutional
amendments increasing the gover-
nor’s power over the budget and the
state bureaucracy, Clements also rec-
Ms. Davis were arrested Nov. 29 along
with 10 other persons as they allegedly
were transferring’some 22 tons of
marijuana from a shrimp boat to two
semi-trailer trucks at the commercial
dock of the Quality Fish Co. in
Beaumont.
By NITA THURMAN
and JE88 BLACKBURN
Staff Writers
Charles E. “Muscles” Foster, Les
W. Fuller and Gloria Jean Davis, all
of the Denton area, are among 14
defendants named on a federal jury
indictment in connection with the
attempted smuggling of some 22 tons
of Colombian marijuana in Port
Arthur last November.
stead of the acclaimed 3 percent.
“I am particularly concerned that
the development and modernization of
by many legislative leaders —
Clements said the Legislature “can
and should return $1 billion to the
taxpayers of Texas over the next two
years.”
But he did not specify the form such
tax relief should take. Possibilities
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DENTON AND VICINITY — Rain late today and
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Low tonight 14 to 24; high Wednesday near 50. Lows
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firearms violations. - -
Agents placed the 73-foot shrimp
boat, the Agnes Pauline, under sur-
veillance, tracked it on a route to
Colombia and on the return trip to
Port Arthur, agents said.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President
Carter’s pitch for a $531.5 billion
budget in fiscal 1980 is considered
near the strike zone by most Texas
congressmen, but way out in left field
by a few.
Traditionally, Congress splits along
party lines at budget time: The
Democrats praising their president
while the Republicans boo him.
Texas’ 21 Democrats on Capitol Hill
generally applauded Carter’s Monday
recommendation to keep the budget
deficit below $30 billion while increas-
ing defense spending.
But Texas’ five Republicans —
headed by Sen. John Tower — claimed
the president wasn’t even in the
ballpark.
The president’s budget proposal
now begins its tedious journey around
Capitol Hill, beginning with the House -
Appropriations Committee. After
stops in the House Budget and Senate
Finance committeees, it will limp into
a conference committee before being
sent back to the White House for ap-
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he will send to Congress. Carter will deliver his State of the Union
address tonight, and he reportedly will tell Congress and the notion
that a policy of restraint must be followed to restore the economic
health of the country.
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DENTON TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 23,1979
By PHIL LATHAM
Staff Writer
On a 3-2 vote, Denton County commissioners
decided Monday to ask for enabling legislation that
would allow them to establish a new county court-
at-law at their discretion.
Commissioners authorized a bill creating a new
court that would not become operative until ap-
proval was granted by the commissioners court.
County Judge Jerry John Crawford, who
seconded the court's motion, said the enabling
legislation would give commissioners an alter-
native to immediately creating a new court.
"There is some difference of opinion on whether a
. new court is needed right now or not,” he said, “and
this would give us an option to make that decision
later when things might look differently.”
At their last meeting, commissioners voted 3-2 to
table a motion for a new county court-at-law, though
three members indicated they would vote against
taking any immediate action.
In offering the compromise motion, Crawford,
said he could find no problems with authorizing the
enabling legislation, as commissioners would still
have the final approval.
Commissioner Bill Switzer, who opposed the
motion last week, said the legislation might put that
power of approval into the hands of inexperienced
commissioners at some future date.
“If I had just come on the court I probably
wouldn't know where to go to find some of the in-
formation I would need,” Switzer said. “Then
looking at how much importance it had been given, I
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ommended a two-term limit on
governors, lieutenant governors and
attorneys general.
The newly inaugurated Republican
governor’s first “State of the State
Address” contained over a dozen
specific recommendations and a call
to restore public confidence in gov-
ernment.
He called it “the first chapter in an
ongoing dialogue” with legislators
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Pro-life rally
Anti-abortionists rally on the grounds of
the Capitol in Washington, D.C., in
support of their cause. Monday marked
the sixth anniversary of the Supreme
Court’s ruling that resulted in
liberalization of the nation’s abortion
'aws. See related story, Page 2A.
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rapidly enough to overcome the ex-
pected vulnerability of our land-based
ICBMs in the mid 1980’s,” said Tower.
“In addition, the administration has
again shortchanged the Navy’s
shipbuilding program with a request
for only 15 new ships, including the
smaller mid-sized aircraft carrier
rather than the 90,000-ton con-
ventional carrier the president
promised after vetoing the nuclear
carrier last year.”
Rep. James Collins, R-Texas, said
the president’s message was filled
with “misleading statements.”
“I don't see any real hard line he’s
taking ,” said Collins. “All the factors
seem to show that we’re headed for a
bigger deficit and for a man who ran
on a platform calling for a balanced
budget, this looks like all talk and do
dollars.”
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ments said in a reference to the "bare
bones" spending bill recommended by
the Legislative Budget Board.
Clements asked for these new
powers for the governor, each of
which would require a constitutional
amendment approved by two-thirds of
each legislative house and by the
voters:
—Budget execution, which means
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countable to the citizens,” said that-would enable school districts
-Once again — in the face of doubts to reduce property taxes.
Clements said it was not up to him to
defend the budget cuts that would be
needed if taxes are to be reduced.
“To the contrary, those who are
attempting to increase the budget by
22 percent over the budget of just two
years ago must define in detail and
State of Union talk tonight
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Carter, praised by an
economy-minded Congress for showing restraint in his budget, is
following threughyith a State of the Union message that em-
phasizes the urgency of fighting inflation.
Carter goes before Congress and a nationwide television audience
to make his address tonight (at 9 p.m. EST), a day after unveiling a
“lean and austere” budget that calls for spending $532 billion with a
deficit of $29 billion.
One House member said after a briefing at the White House
Monday that inflation was uppermost in the president's mind as he
reviewed a succession of drafts prepared by his speechwriters.
Those at the session were told the president will ask Congress to
approve his wage insurance program, hospital cost containment
legislation, a scaled-down welfare revision bill and loosened
government regulation of thejtrucking industry — all measures to
cool inflation.
One source said Carter would explain a proposed $10.8 billion
increase in defense spending as necessary to fulfill pledges made to
NATO allies and to assure military strength during arms
negotiations with the Soviet Union.
On foreign affairs, Carter is expected to discuss the SALT
negotiations and touch on the need for legislation implementing the
Panama Canal treaties approved by the Senate last year pl un-
specified measures to reflect the new American relationship with
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Lobbyists, mayors, governors and Taiwan.
the power of the governor to oversee
the actual expenditure of money
appropriated by the Legislature,
blocking spending that seems un-
necessary and shifting funds around ,
to meet special needs.
—Authority to remove appointed
members of state boards and com-
missions for specific reasons, with
Senate approval.
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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A Superior Court
judge today ordered the parents of 3-year-old
leukemia victim Chad Green to stop giving their
child Laetrile.
*- Judge Gy Volterra also ruled that the boy, who
has been the center of a controversy over cancer
’ treatment, must remain in the legal custody of the -
state, even though he can live with his parents.
Besides Laetrile, the parents are forbidden from
giving Chad enzyme enemas or excess doses of
vitamins. However, they may continue to feed the
boy natural foods.
During a two-week hearing that ended last
Friday, the state contended that Chad suffers from
cyanide poisoning caused by the Laetrile and
Vitamin A poisoning brought on by high doses of this
vitamin. «
Laetrile is a trademark for a substance derived
from the chemical amygdalin, which is found
naturally in the pits of apricots and peaches and in
bitter almonds. Advocates claim it is an effective,
cancer treatment, but the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration and the medical establishment in
this country have said there is no proof it is of any
value in treating cancer.
, In Washington Monday, the Supreme Court
agreed to decide whether the federal government
may ban Laetrile.
Chad's parents, Diana and Gerald Green of
Scituate, had tried to regain legal custody of the
. " boy. Volterra had put him in the control of the state
six months ago after the parents refused to give him
chemotherapy to treat his cancer.
The judge also said today that Massachusetts
General Hospital must be allowed to do periodic
tests on Chad for cyanide and vitamin A poisoning.
After the ruling, Assistant Attorney General
Jonathan Brant said, “It was necessary to protect
the best interests of the child.” “
When told of the decision, Mrs. Green said, “I’d
rather not make any comment.”
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torney, said this morning that the
grand jury is still investigating the
case and further indictments “are
always a possibility.” .
The Nov. 29 arrests in Port Arthur
climaxed about a two-month in-
vestigation by DEA agents, U.S.
Customs officers and state agents that
bureaucrats will parade before the
Senate and House committees, trying
to get a larger slice of the federal
dollar for their respective areas.
Judging from congressonal reaction
to Carter’s self-proclaimed "lean and
austere1 ’ budget, Uncle Sam is npt in a
generous mood. - .
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas and a
member of the finance committee,
complimented the president for living
Rep. Jim Mattox, D-Texas, and a
member of the House Budget Com- «
mittee, applauded the president for
proposing a budget “that looks tighter
than most presidential budgets,” but
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“up to his pledge of reducing the the proposed Defense Department
budget deficit to under $30 billion" but - budget. Rep. Bill Archer, R-Texas, said,
quickly added: . The ranking minority member of “We are indeed living in a strange
“There is a growing realization that the Senate Armed Services Com- time when a budget deficit of this
we cannot continue to have massive - mittee said Carter's defense proposal magnitude can be described by its
allows for a 1.7 percent increase in- ‘ proponents as being lean and fiscally
prudent. Even so, it isoverly optimistic
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