Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 47, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 26, 1976 Page: 1 of 44
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74TH YEAR OF DAILY SERVICE — NO. 47
DEXTOX. TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 26. 1976
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Street Ruling
Could Be Felt
In Other Cities
Teaching first-graders to read and write is the main oh-
jective of teacher Ruby Ginnings, left
Her leaching techniques unhide writing sentences on the
blackboard to help the young minds relate sentences to the
sound of w ords.
School days are busy days for the youngsters, as 1 duc ation
Writer-Hoy Yppteton H discovered when he spent .1 day
observ mg the a. in ities of the childr en and their tear her
Progress reports on the sprouting scholars w ill be supplies
periodicallyby Appleton as the children advance through the
school year
Today’s stor y appears on Page 31
Staff Photos By JIM MAHONEY
Local Drug Death Interests FBI
They chose Denton to die in .
And although one of them did not
succeed, it was a decision that has
spawned an FBI alert throughout the
Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex in a
search for one of its most wanted
criminals.
FBI agents have issued bulletins for
James Ray - Renton, 28. of Houston, on
the FBI’s Most Wanted list, and Harold
David Cassell. 28, a native of Denison,
who agents said are known companions
of the man who died in Denton
RENTON AND CASSELL are wanted
for the murder of a Springdale, Ark.,
police patrolman on Dec. 21. 1975 FDt
officials said
Saturday, the search was still on but
apparently unfruitful
"We are checking everywhere to try
to turn up some information, said an
agent, but so far no leads have had
any positive results
Letters were left to the couple’s
families in Dallas which indicated
suicide. Darley said
"They were tired of running, the pair
Wednesday afternoon Carl Don
McLaughlin, 35. and a woman com
panion checked in al a Dentop motel
•.They were dropped off by a friend,
officials say The friend remains
unidentified although Dallas FBI
agents theorize it might have been
Benton
—Shortly—befere -p-r—Wednesdir
McLaughlin was found dead in the"
motel room, apparently from a dr ug
overdose, and the woman- was in
serious condition
Justice of the Peace Lon Darley
wrote, and they came to Denton to die
because it w as close to home but not
too close, officials said
THEY w ANTED to save Then
families the expense of bringing their
bodies home from a long distance And
they apparently stopped this side of
-Dallas let he out ofthe-coufy-where-
their families lived
Then motel room was locked and the
chain up. but the drapes were open on a
large window where a motel employe
looked in, saw the couple sprawled in -
issued a preliminary ruling of suicide unnatural positions, and called police FBI OFFIC IALS apparently are not
pc‘nding an autopsy, and said later it The woman survived, and after sure Kenton accompanied McLaughlin
apparently was part of a "stirerde hospitalization, was released Friday-——and the woman to Texas, but thought t
pact." 2 apparently pledging to again try to
Scattered in the motel room was an
assortment of drugs, and a syringe
possible enough to institute the search
complete Ilie- still unconsummated * for the vehicle
suicide pact, officials said. 1 stateme nt issued b: re 1 I Gur
derson, agent incharge of the Dallas -
F BI office, has offered a reward for any
information leading to the whereabouts
of Renton and Cassell
FBI bulletins identified a blue and
white 1969 Ford
with Washington
license plates owned by McLaughlin
that they think Renton may be driving
Renton was put-ori-the FBI’s wanted
list according to a Dallas agent after
—he allegedly was tied to the
patrolman’s death in Arkansas
The patrolman. John Hussey.
disappeared after he stopped a car for a
license check, the agent said The of
ficel later was found handeuffed to a .
tree and shot four times with his own
revolver..-----
The car he had radioed he was
stopping was found burned and later
traced to Benton, the agent added
By NITA THURMAN
Regional Editor
n-appellate court op 10, that North
Texas State l niversity does not have
power of emmem domain foscondenn
public streets in Deton it upheld by
the Texas Supreme Court will have
an impact on state TIE! sities across
Texas .
It is a legal first .i question ap
parently not previously put before the
judicial system nii a statewide scale
The Texas Legislature has granted
expressed power to state universities
acquire by condemnation streets or
alleys within a city in a state law that in
effect limits such powers to those
located in Harris County Issuciate
Justice Joe Spurlock of the Fort Worth
Court of Prut—ippealswrete in Ins
opinion __- ______
111 1 I LEGISLAE act gives such president and we have asked the
power to state supported universities in highway departmne it in study a high
qnnty hatingpopulation if excess way through the-campus
But the only problems with the city
of 1 500 000, and Harris County is the
only one in Texas in that bracket
Spurlock Used that legislation to
agree with attorneys for the City of
Denton who argued that unless powers
ofemment domain were expressly
granted by the legislature such powers € l niversity said streets on campus have
de not exist—— .
By passing the law specifically for
the I niversity of Houston: Spurlek
wrote. “The legislature apparently was
of the opinion that it had not granted
state supported colleges or universities
the power to acquire by condemnation
streets or alleys within a city
"No statute has granted express
authority for ATSE Lr acquire_the __domam
segments -of the-streets here involved
by ( ondemnatien Spur lock added in
his conclusion Without such express
authority the exclusive dominion and
control over The streets by The CHy has
not been modified
- - H BHITN. Htgat—comset for
NTSU says the effect of the ruling if
upheld will only involve a group of
state universities that have adopted a
special bill in the education code that he
says gives powers of condemnation
These universities are listed
specifically Barton said and include
SulRess.-Angele-State=Sam Houston
State Stephen F Austin Southwest
Texas State Midwestern, West Texas
State. East Texas State and Texas NT
along with N I SI
. The appellate court ruling will ap-
parently be appealed to the Texas
Supreme Court Barton said
The original determination was to
take t to the Supreme Court,” he said.
and Thave no information mat there:
has been a change
\IIOR\I YS FOR the city had
warned of a wider application of the
decision Reversal of the district court
decision attorney Jack Gray argued
before the appellate court would im
peril the street systems of every city
m Texas which has a four year
college
—pareully lew state universities
have had direct confrontation with
cities over street problems
N Texas Tech I diversity streets
have sometimes been an -issue but
apparently the reverse of the Denton
situation."
W e are now putting in another street.
for the city said a Tech vice
he added involve property-that we
had and gave to them Now we are
asking them to redirect the traffic
\ SPOKE SM IN al Stephen F Austin
been taken in by the university but in a
mutual agreement pact with no legal
Controversy—:------—-________
The legal question in the NTSU-City
of Denton “issue revolves around *
legislative intent
in the Texas Educat ion (ode power
lx granted to state supported univer
sites to acquire property by eminent
NTSU represented by the attorney
general’s office contended that law is
sufficient The power is there.
ittorneys for the city John 1.
Sullivan Paul Isham and Gray
contended the power does not extend to
public property specifically city
streets. .And the district court here. in.
the des io affirmed by the appellate
court agreed ruling that Hie city has
exclusive dominion ov er its streets
WHILE TIIE question continues
along the appeals route to the Supreme
Court parallel legal action may make .
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Before Spurlock s opinion was even
issued the city had already accepted a -
settlement from NTSU for the streets in
question two blocks of Avenue D and
two blocks of Prairie Street which
the university wants for a health
physical education complex
More Americans
Slide Into Poverty
WASHINGTON APi More
Americans slid into poverty last year
than any time in the 17 years the
government has been keeping track,
the Census Bureau said Saturday
The bureau blamed the 2 5 million
increase in poverty-stricken people on
the whipsaw effect of high inflation in
the midst of recession, together with
widespread exhaustion of unem-
ployment benefits last year
poverty level "I $5. 00 bus .. bomarin
family of four The poverty level was
up, due to inflation, from $5,038 m 1974
The numtier of people in poverty was
the largest since the 27 8 million in 1967
when the poverty level was $3,410
The 1975 figure represented 12 per
cent, or nearly one out of every eight
persons That was up from It 6 per cent
the year before and was the highest
since the 12 6 per cent in 1970.
DESPITE AN $818 increase in
median family income last year, to
Till: POT ERTY income is set by
computing the cost of a basic
$13,720 a year, inflation dragged the nutritionally adequate diet and
buying power of that income down to •
the lowest level in five years in 1975, the
Census Bureau said
The drop worked out to 2.6 per cent
and followed a 3.5 per cent drop in 1974
Buying power by that measure has now
shrunk four of the last six years ,
For the number of people in poverty,
it was the second increase in a row and
only the third since the bureau began
keeping such statistics in 1959 The
increases in 1974 and in 1970 were both
about 13 million
THE CENSUS Bureau said 25.9
million persons lived in families that
were below the government -defined
multiplying that by three, based on the
government finding that poor people
spend one-third of their income on food
The 1975 level works out to $106 pel
week
By comparison, the average wage of
factory workers in mid-1975 was $163
per week. The minimum federal wage
of $2.30 an hour represents $92 for a 40-
hour week, and the average payment to
retired workers on Social Security last
year was $206 per month o
The new figures appeared destined to
provide more fuel for the presidential
selection contest Democrat Jimmy
Carter has made President Ford s
handling of the economy a key issue for
attack =.
0000 morning
Our Readers Say!
______"Yes people should be skeptical, but let sremain fair and realistic concerning: -
people and the judgment we so eagerly lash out I’m not saying Jimmy Carter is—
another Jesus Christ but I am stating that Cartel exemplifies a Christian up
bringing and attitude — =—----
Inside Today
< ROPS raised in Denton County could
end up as far away as Russia or as near as
your corner grocery store Page IB
MISSION TRIES of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter day Saints are dedicated
a dedication trial sometimes results
with .i door slammed in their face Page
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Business News
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Lifestyle
Regional News
Sports
TV listings
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II VROLD M HITELEY
Letters lo The Editor . Page : \ + .
1 VEM altitude has taken hold in
America regarding older persons and their
care but still, were 25 years behind
Europe Page ID
II SMOKE gets in your eyes and it s not
your heart that’s on fire it must be that
cigarette More people than ever are
trying to break the habit Page .YA
Cloudy
DENTON AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy Sunday
' Mostly cloudy Sunday night
and Monday Scattered
th understorms turning cooler
west Sunday n ght and over
the area Monday High
Sunday 85 to 92 Low Sunday
night 57 to 76 High Monday
74 10 86 T
WEATHER REPORT -
High Saturday 88
Low Saturday 63
74
High L ast Year
Low Last Year
The sun sets today at 7:23
p m.: if rises Monday at 7:22
a.m.
RAINFALL
Last 24 Hours
Total For Month —
Total For Year
Normal For Month
Last Year To Date
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3 00
28.52.
1 37
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7 Schmitz-E lovd-Hiamiett
Funeral Home Phones
382-2211 and 387-6300,
Scoreboard:
Denton 31
Tver bee 6
Missouri 22
Ohio St. 21
Houston 21
Texas 1&M 10
Tulsa 9
Arkansas 3
Michigan 70
Navy II
low a 7
Penn St. 6
Contact
I bought .in article in the grocery store I pulled up the price sticker and
underneath was a cheaper price, Isn’t there some sort of consumer
protection regulation to preventchanging the price of an item as it con-
tinues to sit on the shell ’ I thought all stock en the shelv es could not be up-
priced until new stock was put on the shelf. — Mr. II.
You need to w rite to the Attorney General's Office. Consumer
Protection Division. 2930 Turtle Creek Plaza, Suite 114. Dallas, Tex
75219 Include a complaint in writing giving the circumstances of your
complaint the name bl the company and the individual involved, and
your signature which will give the Consumer Protection Division
authorization to work on your complaint.
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