The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 17, 1985 Page: 3 of 12
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The Mercedes Enterprise -- Page 3
STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
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TOP COOKIE SELLERS -- The two Mercedes GM Scouts above,
Rene Garcia, left, of Junior Troop 242, and Marisa Wade, Brownie
Troop 195, had the top sales figures for Girl Scout cookies during the
campaign that ended recently. Troop leaders for the two are Mrs.
Sylvia Castillo and Ruben Sanchez, respectively. [Mercedes
Enterprise Photo.]
PROMOTED AT McAFEE --
Rey Garza, former account
executive at McAfee Insurance
Agency, has been promoted to
the position of vice-president
with responsibilities for market-
ing coordination, reports com-
pany President Robert Garza. A
1967 graduate of Mercedes
High School, the vice-president
attended Pan American Uni-
versity and received a certifi-
cate of completion in insurance
from the U.S. Fidelity Guaranty
Company’s School of Insurance
in Baltimore, in 1981. He is a
past vice-president of the
Mercedes Chamber of Com-
merce, a former chairman of
Mercedes Community Develop-
ment Citizens Advisory Com-
mittee and a former chairman
of Our Lady of Mercy Parish
Board. [Mercedes Enterprise
Photo.]
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AUSTIN—What a week of
political controversy and con-
fusion it was in the Texas
Legislature.
No sooner had Democratic
Gov. Mark White departed the
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Earlier Primary
Another surprise advance of
a controversial issue occurred
when a Senate committee ap-
Capitol to visit Texas National
Guardsmen playing war games
in Honduras, but Republican
U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm walked
in to preach fiscal conservat-
ism to a joint session and urge
1 rightist Democrats to switch
political parties.
/ • In Honduras, White sur-
prised many with his vocal ap-
/ proval of President Reagan’s
11 defense policy.
At the Capitol, Gramm point-
edly invited former West Texas
Congressman Kent Hance to
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quit the Democrats and cross
party lines.
Meanwhile, speculation keeps
building that Hance may chal-
lenge White in the ’86 guber-
natorial Democratic primary.
Budget Sculpted
Amid all the hoopla aimed at
jockeying for the best position
to win the political middle next
year, the House Appropriations
Committee, toiling in a quiet,
steadfast manner, finished a
$36.1 billion budget proposal
that successfully trims millions
and avoids a tax increase.
A bipartisan panel, weighted
with more Democrats than Re-
rances of federal backing for
deposits have kept most cus-
tomers from withdrawing.
The suit alleges the busi-
nessmen misrepresented com-
mitments to take over second
phases of the loans, causing the
S&L to make under-collateral-
lized loans.
Food to Africa
Texas Agriculture Commis-
sioner Jim Hightower said last
week his agency’s plan to col-
lect food grains for drought-
plagued Ethiopia has raised
$33,000, enough to feed 23,500
starving persons.
The program will accept do-
nations until June 1, when it
will use donated money to buy
surplus grain and powdered
milk for shipment.
He also said a new commit-
tee composed of Texan and
Mexican farmers will be formed
soon to improve farm exports
to Mexico.
Enrollment for Fall Semester is now in progress
for Grades K-8
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proved a bill creating a March
presidential primary and mak-
ing Texas one of the early
states in the nominating pro-
cess.
A separate primary would
still be held in May, and the bill
prohibits persons from voting
in one party’s presidential pri-
mary in March and another
party’s state primary in May.
That “party purity” clause
kept the bill stalemated by a
coalition of Republicans and
conservative Democrats, who
are expected to continue the
fight when floor debate begins.
Water Plan Stalled
Progress halted on the omni-
bus Texas water plan when
West Texas lawmakers clashed
with East Texas colleagues
again over protection of Texas
coastal waters.
West Texans say they need
water for economic growth, but
East Texans are insisting the
water must keep flowing to the
coast to protect bays and estu-
aries there.
This same issue caused the
defeat of the water proposal
last session.
Temple S&L in Trouble
The state Savings and Loan
Department took over the daily
operations of a Temple savings
and loan and filed lawsuits
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company agent. But they’re locked into only those policies that their
company sells. So their hands are tied.
Or you can buy your insurance from an Independent Insurance Agent
...the more-than-one-company agent. You see, a Big "I"* Independent
Agent like us doesn’t work for one company. We represent several. So we’re
free to give you an independent opinion and advise you
on the best coverage at the best price. And that
Parents of all Mercedes eighth
grade students are invited to a
meeting April 24, in which new
requirements for high school
graduation will be discussed in
detail.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at
the Mercedes High School Gymna-
sium. “The new credit require-
ments will be discussed," says
MHS Counselor Ernesto Galvan,
“and copies of the different plans
that may be followed for graduation
will be distributed.”
The official says that it is
“advisable” that students ac-
company their parents to the
meeting, so that all involved may
understand what is required for
graduation.
More information on the
changes can be obtained by talking
with a counselor at the high school
or by calling 565-3174.
publicans, the Appropriations against three-businessmen al-
Committee did what many said leged to have brought about
couldn’t be done. And they did the financial problem through
it with long hours, hard work, misrepresentation.
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Rey Garza Murray Schlesinger
FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF OUR CUSTOMERS, we’D now be
open each Saturday morning, from 8 a.m. until noon.
Now in our 50th year of service to you
and little glory to show for it. Directors of Bell Savings
But to those who watched Banc of Texas requested the
them, the panel members shine state step in for five years of
as an example of what bipar- supervision because of expect-
tisan cooperation can achieve, ed losses stemming from more
and they don’t need anyone than $100 million in loans to
from deficit-plagued Washing- condominium investors. Assu-
ton, D.C. advising them about
fiscal prudence.
The streamlined budget pro-
posal now goes to the full
i House for finishing touches.
Bucking Tradition
House members last week
bucked a long legislative tradi-
tion by voting to make an esti- ,
mated 100,000 migrant farm-
workers eligible for unemploy-
ment benefits next year. Pres-
ent law exempts the workers
from the benefits, and for
years large growers and busi-
ness lobbies have stymied ef-
forts to change the law.
The farmworkers’ victory,
leveraged by a court ruling
that the present law is uncon-
stitutional, will not be complete
until the Senate concurs.
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We work for God, so we are an equal
HE WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD
It was never said of Jesus that He went about being good. What He did was to go about doing good.
When we are told to do the same, the question always arises, "Do what good? Attend church? Study the
Bible? Attend committee meetings?" Is that "going about doing good?" The answer is NO! The
"doing" that imitates Jesus is much, much different.
He said, "You are salt, and should be mixed into the world's bread. You are seed, and seed must be
scattered into the world's fields. You are light, and light must radiate out into the world's darkness."
"Doing" and "being" are not self-exclusive, but the "doing" that counts is the doing that truly serves
God and man.
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Parishioners of St. Francis Festival this Sunday.
Xavier Catholic Church of La Feria The festival will include an
, will host their annual Spring enchilada dinner, with serving to
start at 11 a.m., games sessions
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and a variety
of food and game booths to be open
from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Fort Brown
reunion set
A reunion of the cavalry
personnel who have served at Fort
Brown in Brownsville, will take
place June 2, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
in the Civic Center Complex (Youth
Center), according to Robert
Camina, general chairman and
Mike Cortinas, arrangements chair-
man.
Those wishing to attend can
contact Mr. Camina at 124 Thomas,
Brownsville, 78520, telephone (512)
546-1811.
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 17, 1985, newspaper, April 17, 1985; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1614010/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.