Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 303, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 22, 1979 Page: 1 of 48
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3 vice presidents fired after regents' meeting
BVJAMIE IRIGH.)
y * LEIGH FRANK Carter said the firings, all effectiveGone are Vice President for
Sept. 1, are part of an administrative
Staff Writer o
Three North Texas State University
vice presidents were fired by acting
university president John Carter
— Friday afternoon, after the Board of
Regents met for more than an hour in
executive session
reorganization and that "they are my
decisions at this point."
When the board returned from
executive, session Friday afternoon,
chairman A M Willis Jr. announced
that the board took no action
Busby could not be reached for
Academic Affairs’ Miles Anderson,— comment
Vice President for Student Affairs
Jane Gentry- Smith and Vice
President for University Relations
Roy K Busby
Anderson said he did not want-to
make any statement at this time and
Anderson has tenure and is ex-
pected to continue teaching.-.
Mrs Smith said in a statement she
still considers herself employed by
NTSU
“I really don't understand what has
happened There are indications that
there is a letter from the governor and
instructions from the (House
General) Investigating Committee,
but I have seen copies of neither one of
them The board announced that it
took no action, so I consider that I am
still employed by the university.”
The Sunday----------————————————-
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
Concerning what exactly acting
president Carter told her Friday, Mrs.-
Smith said, "My conversations with
"Carter must be considered con-
fidential."
Mrs Smith said she heard rumors
about the letter from the governor and
See FIRINGS. Page 2A
76TH YEAR OF DAILY SERVICE — NO. 303
, DENTON TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1979
8 Pages in 4 Sections
35 Cents
Refinery
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explosion:
Big impact expected
on unleaded output
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) — Two explosions
rocked one of the nation's largest unleaded gasoline
refineries Saturday, and plant officials predicted “a
big impact" on production.
There were no fatalities and only minpr injuries
since workers were able to evacuate,'officials said.
“There will be a big impact on our production of
unleaded gasoline. I can’t say how much,” said
Larry Durland, manager of the Amoco Texas
Refinery, one of the nation's five largest and one of
Standard Oil's 10 domestic refining facilities.
“It’s a real miracle no one was hurt any worse
and that there were no fatalities," he said
Fourteen Amoco employees suffered minor in-
juries Only one, a company firefighter, was
hospitalized.
The plant produces 415.000 barrels a day of
gasoline, mostly unleaded
The 8:40 a.m. blast was felt as far as eight miles
away at Galveston. The shock wave broke
numerous windows up to 20 blocks away in a nearby
business district, but no injuries were reported
there because most had not opened for the day
Cathy Gillentine, a reporter for the Texas City
Daily Sun whose home is not far from the plant,
said, “It felt like a big truck had hit the house It
knocked pictures off the wall and broke the windows
in my neighbor's house. ..........
“There was lots of broken glass closer to the
blast,” she said.
There was no immediate estimate of damages to
homes and businesses Most damaged businesses
were reported open as usual, with propped and
boarded windows. ‘
Durland said 17 workers in the plant’s No. 2
Alkylation Unit were warned by an alarm of a gas
leak and immediately evacuated, scrambling over
fences and taking cover outside the unit just before
it exploded.
The shock set off a second explosion at the No 3
catalytic cracker — a tall, pipe-like structure used
in production of unleaded gasoline.
Durland said the leaking gas was either butane or
propane, but had not been identified The ac-
companying fire was rapidly extinguished by a
snorkel unit, though workers were forced to shut off
fuel valves by hand when power was lost.
The refinery, which employs 1,800 persons, also
makes diesel fuel, asphalt, anhydrous ammonia and
chemical feedstock.
Bad News rides again
Bad News, a 5,000-pound Brahma bull,
_ flips doing a cartwheel after losing balance
while tossing rider /Lonnie Wyatt at
California Rodeo in Salinas Friday. Neither
AP Laserphoto
was hurt in the spill. The nation's top
cowboys are competing in the rodeo for
$150,000 in prize money.
City to study
mass transit,
utility options
By KEITH SHELTON
Managing Editor
City Manager Chris Hartung has
proposed a blue ribbon committee to
get Denton moving on mass transit
and another to plot the future.., of
Denton’s electric utility future along
the lines of .Seattle's “Energy 1990
Study". •
In a memo to the Denton City
Council, the city manager outlined a
comprehensive city response to the
president's challenge to develop a
rational energy policy.
Highlights of activities in process:
1 All city building temperatures"
will be at 78 degrees
2 Next year's budget will includ)
$30,000 for making the Municipal
Building more energy efficient.
3 . The number of city cars being
driven home at night has been cut
from 75 to 30. with the study con-
tinuing to see if the number can be
reduced further
4 The City Energy Office is con
tinuing its public information and
public assistance programs in order
to help citizens make their homes
more energy efficient.
5. Efforts are being made to develop
a viable resource recovery project
An application is pending on a project
in which Acme Brick would use city-
garbage for fuel for making bricks
On mass transit for travel inside
Denton, Hartung proposed a meeting
of representatives from tran-
sportation, industry, the City Council,
the Planning and Zoning Commission
and other interested citizens.
The first meeting would be to brief
the participants on the NTSU-Denton
Transit Improvement Plan done for
the North Central Texas Council of
Governments several years ago An
expert would be sought who could
discuss public transportation in other
cities similar to Denton —
"Denton has an opportunity to take
a leadership role in the development
of public transportation for medium-
sized cities in Texas,” Hartung said
“Hopefully, this meeting can provide •
the spark for a positive program." ‘
Hartung said he expects funds to be
available soon for cities under 50,000
population to pay for mass transit
equipment and operating subsidies
Larger cities have- previously had
such, funds. The federal government-
has only recently approved the funds.
for smaller cities.
Whether such subsidies would make,
a bus line feasible for Denton is un-
certain. “That’s the big question,". -
Hartung said
He said he sees the possibility of the .
first stage of a system.which wouldn’t
cost too much, not something as ex-
tensive as some cities have built.
The previous transit study
recommended expansion of the NTSU
shuttle bus routes over a five-year”
period into first an apartment area
shuttle and then as a final step
providing extended service
throughout the community It
generally would loop to the central
business district and Denton Center
via TWU.
On the electrical utility plan.
Hartung said he and Utility Director
Bob Nelson had visited with Seattle
officials about their “Energy 1990"
program while they were there for a
meeting recently.
“Recent questions raised about
Denton's participation in future
projects of the Texas Municipal
Power Agency and indications that a
large percentage of our citizens feel
that they have inadequate in-
formation about the Denton municipal
electric system, lead one to the con-
clusion that a major re-evaluation of
- the future development of Denton s
electric system needs to be con-
ducted," Hartung said
See COMMITTEES, Page 2A
Plan would make mortgage money available
By KEITH SHELTON
Managing Editor
A plan which could make mortgage
money available to families with
income under $20,000 to buy'houses in
the $40,000 range will be described to
the Denton City Council at its Tuesday
meeting.
The special called meeting will be
held at 5 p m with a joint meeting of
the City Council and the Utility Board
set for 7:30 in the Council Chambers
First Southwest Co. will present the
plan under which a non-profit cor-
poration would be created by the city
to insure mortgage bonds it would
guarantee the low-interest loans to
provide money for low-income
Family with income under $20,000
would qualify to buy $40,000 home
families to buy homes
Private mortgage companies and
savings and loan associations would
finance the homes and sell the mor-
tgages to the city corporation. City
Manager Chris Hartung said the First
Southwest representatives also will
describe some complications brought
about by pending federal legislation
affecting such plans. 1
First Southwest also will fell the
council how it can finance the cost
overrun of the new Central Fire
Station using certificates of
obligation About $250,000 will have to
be raised to cover the additional costs
of the fire station. And the council also
is expected to authorize the purchase
of property which formerly was the
Plaster Hut on Bolivar to use for the
fire station.
The joint meeting with the Utility
Board will be mainly orientation.
Hartung said, but the board wants to
discuss its • relationship with the
council, the role of the board and other
matters related to the utility system.
See MORTAGE. Page 2A
More executive firings unlikely
Inside today
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the
Cabinet shakeup behind him.
President Carter is studying White
— House staff performance, but well-
placed sources said Saturday that
another wave of firings is highly
unlikely. ■
Some of the Georgians that Carter
brought with him to Washington 212
years ago are likely to be given in--
creased authority. Other trusted aides
may be moved from official White
House jobs to positions in Carter's
still-unannounced reelection cam
paign But the major shakeup within
the administration seems complete.
Carter had only one appointment,
his daily national security briefing, on
his public schedule Saturday. It was
the first full weekend the president
planned to spend at the White House -
— since the end of April. — - —-------
Carter canceled plans to fly to
Camp David, Md., for the weekend
because his wife, Rosalynn Carter,
was to begin a four-day cross-country
trip with a series of appearances for
United Way charities and some
political fund-raising appearances,
aides said
The president, who seemed tired but
spoke in a firm voice during three
public appearances Friday, was
Recession may be worse
than Carter anticipated
W ASHINGTON (AP) — The steep plunge in economic output
during the second quarter this year, combined with another hike
in government interest rates, indicates the recession' may be
worse than the Carter administration is predicting.-.-----
The nation's gross national product declined at an annual rate
of 3.3 percent in the April-June period, the Largest quarterly drop
since the depths of the 1974-1975 recession. Last year, the GNP
rose 4.4 percent.
Unless the preliminary second quarter figure is revised up-
ward, the economy almost certainly will decline more this year ■
than the 0.5 percent drop the administration is forecasting, a
Commerce Department analyst said in an end-of-week interview.
The Federal Reserve Board says the economic decline this
year will be 2 percent.
1 White House economist was not ready to concede the
recession will be worse than forecast. But he did say the ad-
| ministration's prediction is optimistic. - .
described by one occasional adviser
as comfortable with the changes he
has made and "not uptight or tense."
But with the dust beginning to settle
after five of 12 Cabinet officers were
removed, questions are being raised
presidency — will have on his political
future
One government official, unlikely to
be affected by the intensive
evaluation of the administration’s
that sent Shock waves through the
Washington bureaucracy.
This official and others, declining to
be identified publicly, said they
believe the staff changes are in-
tertwined with the president's for-
__tunes, in 1980 . •
"You have to pur your four-year
presidency into the next, 180 days," .
said the official, who has close ties to
the White House
During the six months before the
presidential primaries begin. Carter
must prove that, with some new faces
and revised- White House operations,
he can overcome the inefficiencies
and political gaffes that have plagued
his first 30 months in office, the of-
. ficial said :
Carter's senior staff is expected to
be left almost untouched by the ex-
—pectedinternal personnel shifts, a
source said But perhaps as many as a
dozen second and third-level staff
members, those directly involved in
day-to-day White House operations,
may find themselves in new jobs, the
source, added.
Relief may finally be in sight for residents of Dreamland Apart-
ments, one of Denton's few low-income housing projects. See
Lifestyle, Page 1 and 3D.
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performance, said he felt the
about the impact that last week,— one president's reelection concerns were
of the most -dramatic of Carter's "absolutely" behind the sudden shifts
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TEXAS AND VICINITY — Clear to
partly cloudy and quite warm
through Monday Highest tem
peratures 93 to 101. Lowest 4em-
peratures 72 to 76.
WEATHER REPORT
High Saturday 92
Low Saturday 75
High last year 98
Low last year 77
The sun sets today at 8:38, it rises
Monday at 6:40. .
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