The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1978 Page: 1 of 20
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‘Stars’ To Play Sept. 1-10
In Palo Duro Amphitheatre
The walls of Palo Duro
Canyon will enfold new
sights and sounds in Septem-
ber.
“Stars in Palo Duro
Canyon" will run in Pioneer
Amphitheatre Sept. 1-10 ex-
cept for Sept. 6 at 8 p.m.
Led by soloists from Ballet
West and front New York
City Ballet, the first move-
ments against the great cliff
behind the stage will be
danyes. After a few classic
numbers there will be a
section for children with
dancing animals. "Alice in
Canyonland." a jazz section.
"Broadway Out West,” and
a western number “West-
ward Ho!”
The Stars will be backed
by members of the School of
American Ballet from New
York and by the Lone Star
Dancers, renowned for their
dances on this same stage
during the summer months
of “Texas.”
In the second part of the
program, sights and sounds
of a different kind will soar
against the cliff. In a “Fan-
tasy in Sound and Light"
some of the sights and
sounds of the past—in the
canyon—will be recreated.
Artistic director for the
season is Neil Hess, choreo-
grapher for "Texas” since
its beginning. Pat Jarrett is
in charge of the sound and
light.
Parts of this production
will be available for conven-
tions and tour groups after
the season closes.
For tickets to the Septem-
ber production. write
"Stars". Box 268, Canyot.,
or call 855-2181. Prices are
S3.50 for adults and $2 for
children under 12.
Vke c®®8nranr sew®!
»y H. M. BAGGARLY
M ARII.I O STAGED a sort of Industrial
conference recently at the Civic Cen-
ter Invited were both gubernatorial candi
dates. Democrat John Hill and Republican
Bill Clements.
The affair was supposed to be non
political and was. so far as Hill was
concerned.
The candidates were seated at opposite
ends of the head table
■■III SPOKE FIRST, never mentioning
■■politics or his campaign His talk was
focused on industrial growth
Clements, began his remarks by pro-
mising to hang Jimmy ( artcr around Hill's
neck I he Republicans applauded
He made so many political remarks that
even the Republicans quit applauding Then
he brought out a rubber chicken without
feathers, a repulsive looking thing, and
slung it at Hill at the opposite end of the
head table The “naked" rubber chicken
landed in the plate of the mayor's wife'
MYFN IHF RF.PL BIJCANS were rmbar-
Hrassed Hill received apologies from
i .int. minding the citv manager, mayor.
etc.
W . hi jtd that Clements ni cer picked
up mans new votes at that meeting
m AKI F K IS BEING critic!/rd hut NOT for
Vth- tight things He deserves criticism
lor his political blunders, his lack of political
wisdom and tudgment
Ht s at outs with Means A good
politician would use this situation to win
favor w ith business but ( arter. like we've
noted before, has that peculiar talent of
offending BOTH sides, (arter just doesn't
understand politics and neither do his
advisers
BUR IHF GOOD «( the parts and the
■ parts tv much bigger than Jimmv
( arter he needs to announce, or at least
impls that he does not intend to seek a
second term He should make it graceful for
others to sock the nomination and allow the
parte im> to groom somebody else NOW
not in August ol
Few g.MHl men want to challenge an
incumbent President of thetr own parly. It
places an almost unbearable burden upon
convention delegates when the incumbent
President is “available" for a second term
< arter apjvears to be hardheaded. He
has spurned the advice of many party
leaders He has it within his power, if he
chooses, to drag not only himself but his
parts down to defeat if he continues htv
present dorse Herbert Hoover did this in
|9J2 tendon Johnson was afraid he would
do the same in Idtgv. but he chose not to do
so.
B \RfFK Nllll HAS time to change
B - curves but w c doubt that he w ill do
so For this reason, we hope he will make it
mn only possible but graceful for other
Democrats to seek the nomination
We need a party man as well as a
leader Whether or not we. the Democrats,
admit it W I W \N r A PONTIC IAN in the
White House I hat means a person who not
i>nls has the right ideas but knows also how
to implement them!
A l Ul SI IS A month of personal annlver-
UU varies It was -40 sears ago in August
that we graduated from college and moved
to lulta a week later from Happy to teach
school It was 40 sears ago in August that wc
joined the lulta Ktwants ( lub and became
its pianist
It «as in August l**4h that wc published
our first Herald, our first column
It was tn August 1*454 that we were
notified that we had won a trip around the
world for two.
B ROUBLE WITH most legislation la not
■ that it was conceived with ignoble
intentions— quite the opjsosttc. The trouble
comes when the drafting of the legislation is
ambigious. making possible distorted inter
pretation by the courts and faulty adminis-
tration by the bureaucrats.
The result is often a prostitution of the
original intent of the law
■ T IS OF' NO credit to the lawyer* In the
■ legislature and Congress that bills are
written in such a sloppy manner, and often
with insufficient study and analysis.
law makers should be aw are that people
often much smarter and more clever than the
legislators themselves will be twisting these
laws for the evil purposes of the manipu-
lators. When legislation is poorly written,
faulty, then it is that a law designed to help
the poor tnslead helps the rich, a law
designed to help the worthy instead helps
the unworthv.
■BECAUSE OF THIS reality, hastily called
^■special sessions of the legislature are
always a danger. Despite their good inten-
tions. poor and even dangerous legislation is
often written and passed bv legislators
working until I a m trying to beat a
deadline.
New legislation with far-reaching impli-
cations may be passed in haste and
unwisely.
II ansthing good came out ot Briscoe',
special session, it will be because God
sometimes protects little children.
We'd hate to trust Bob Price to help
draft legislation that benefitted agriculture
and not the oil interests—even tf he wasn't
under the pressure of a special session.
SOMETHING FUNNY happened on the
^■road to the forunt the other day. In this
column we were discussing the open door
policies of Lloyd Bentsen and Jack High-
lower when see were in Washington. The
point was that their doors were open even to
persons who had not been original suppor-
ters Wc concluded that we had always
found Bentsen's door open to us.
In proof reading the column, the
concluding comment sounded as if High-
tower's might not have been open, so to
avoid ans misunderstanding, we penciled in
the margin. "Hightower's also."
M|0W IT HAPPENED that In the follow.
■^ mg paragraph we had made a comment
about John Jower and Hob Price which, shall
we say. was written tn a less flattering tone.
When the "Hightower's also" addition
was made, it was made NOT to the
paragraph indicated but to the one about
lower and Price' Of course, this completely
distorted the meaning
BN FVPI ANATION of the boo boo was
written for the following week's
column and as so often happens in this
business, one boo boo follows another) The
explanation was inadvertently omitted'
V HE ABOVE MENTIONED boo boo or
■ mistake was different from mans other
tspes of boo boos that sometimes happen in
that there was no monev involved . It
didn't cost anybody anything in dollars and
cents' Hut we are n<vt alwass so lucky.
I scr so often an automobile manufac-
turer makes a bent boo which results in
several hundred thousand, perhaps a
million, cars having to be recalled. This costs
lots of monev.
Or sometimes a major ot. company
forgets that it ts a corporation and contri-
butes several million dollars to a political
campaign It is caught and assessed a heavy
fine
Sometimes a manufactured product is
found to contain a health hazard, it recalls
the product and substitutes a new one.
Sometimes the boo boo ts deliberate and
malicious, sometimes it is the fault of the
company, sometimes the fault of a designing
engineer, sometimes the fault of a careless
laborer, sometimes "an acl of God."
The extra cost for the time may be
levied against the company, in fact it usually
is Or it might be passed on. for the moment,
to someone else
Nevertheless, all these costs have one
thing in common Ml are passed on and paid
by the consumer'
I here's no way to tax a corporation—it
is the consumer who ultimately pass.
■ T IS NOT the consumer's faull that an
■ engineer goofed, lhat a laborer was
careless, that an executive caused the
business to be fined a million dollars;
nevertheless, that extra cost will eventually
find its way into "cost of production" and
eventually be- added to the unit price of the
jiroduct and will be paid for bv YOU KNOW
WHO'
That's whv we take little pleasure when
we read that Gulf or Mobil has been fined a
million dollars or that some other company
has lost a $50 million law suit or has had to
replac-c a defective product at a cost of
millions. That extra cost ultimately will be
paid for by YOU and ME!
^LAD TO SEE where NBC won (lie multi
■Uniillion suit filed against it for "being
responsible" for a murder rape which
allegedly occurred as a result of some
juvenile watching “Born Innocent" which
was aired by NBC.
It's not that wc approved the picture—
we never saw it. It's not that we approve
crime and violence on television. It's just
that we are so dam tired of parents blaming
everybody and everything for the actions of
their own children . . everybody except
themselves!
M ARENTS SHOULD have learned at leaat
5,000 years ago that they must rear
their children in a world full of evil
influences. These influences cannot be
controlled by 18th amendments or legis-
(Continued On Page Four)
Pioneer Asks For $6 Monthly Hike
City Joins In Gas Rate Protest
Although Pioneer Natural
Gas Co. estimates its rate
increase at 26.36 per cent, or
a hike of about S6 a month to
the average domestic cus-
tomer, the increase is 37.06
per cent for the first 1,000
cubic feet, from 3.8325 to
4.50 net. according to City
Manager John Gayle.
City of Tulia has joined
with the 62 other area towns
served by Pioneer in protes-
ting the rate hike. A similar
action was taken the last time
Pioneer requested a rate
increase.
At a recent meeting, re-
presentatives of the cities
involved elected a steering
committee to propose a plan
of action. The committee is
composed of Pat Stevens.
Canyon city council; Mack
Wofford, Pampa city mana-
ger; Jake Geron. Brownfield
city manager; Erwin Looney,
consultant. City of Lubbock;
Bob Finney, Muleshoe city
council; Fred Poe. Midland
assistant city manager,
chairman; Tom Allman,
Plainview city council; J. E.
Chisum, Littlefield mayor;
Dudley Bayne, Hereford city
manager; and Frank Childs.
Odessa city council.
The committee has em-
ployed two consultants. Bill
McMorries of Amarillo and
Bob McGinnis of Austin, to
study and investigate the
records on which Pioneer
bases its need for a rate hike
which would amount to about
$20 million.
The consultants will report
to the steering committee
which will report and make
recommendations to the
cities concerned.
Natural gas is controlled
by the Texas Railroad Com-
mission.
The cities involved will be
assessed so much per meter
in order to finance the in-
vestigation.
The Tulih Herald
COVERING SWISHER COUNTY
THE SUNSHINE
VOL. 70. NO. 33
schedule°sei African Leader Studies
Tulia Miuh Qrhnnl rmiictra.
Grain-X’s Use Of Waste
THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD
THURSDAY. AUGUST 17, 1978
TWO SECTIONS
Tulia High School registra
lion for the 1978-1*479 school
year will begin Friday. Aug-
ust 25. according ;o Larry
Coffman. High School Prin-
cipal All students should
pre-register by obtaining
registration materials in the
high school library during
the following hours; Seniors
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.. Juniors
9 00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.. Sopho-
mores 10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m..
Freshmen 11:00 a.m.-12:00
noon Any student who is not
able to gel the packet during
the assigned time may pick
them up Friday afternoon the
25th.
Students will receive a
census card, insurance form,
lock and locker information,
lunch information, emer-
gence card, class schedule,
and class schedule work
sheet. The census card must
I* signed before a student
will be allowed to register.
Also, students are encour-
aged to complete the tenta-
tive class schedule worksheet
as much as possible before
registration. Students who
are new to the district should
meet with the counselors
when thev pre-register.
Registration will begin
Mondov. August 28. and
continue through Tuesday,
August 29. in Ezra Jones
Cafeteria according to the
following schedule:
Seniors 9 00 a.m. • 12:00
noon. August 28;
Juniors. I Of) p.m. - 4:00
p m., August 28,
Sophomores: 9:00 a m -
12 00 noon. August 29;
Freshmen 1:00 p.m. • 4:00
p.m.. August 29.
Grain-X. Inc. of Tulia.
located on US 87 North, just
south of Star Grain, is in the
business of converting cotton
trash normally considered a
waste product, into a live-
NIRALD
SPORTS
By RICK SUMMERS
IT’S THAT TIME of the
year again, when young men
across the nation begin work-
outs for the up-coming foot-
ball season. The Tulia Hor-
nets began their 1978 loot
ball campaign Monday morn-
ing and will continue their
two-a-day workouts through
August 24th Workouts will
be held at 7:30 a.m. and 5-00
p.m. through-out two-a-day
practice.
THIS YEAR’S VERSION
of the Tulia Hornets looks to
be a good one. even though
there arc only six returning
lettermrn Although the
Hornets will be young and
inexperienced, two things
arc tn thetr favor—size and
determination. The young
men went through a very
successful off-season pro-
gram last spring and all of
the hard work should pav off
this fall.
Tl'UA WILL BE counting
on thirteen seniors to lead
the way this fall The senior
Economic Emergency
Farm Loans Available
A new Economic Emer-
gency loan service for far-
mers (or. farmers and ranch-
ers) who have financial pro-
blems caused bv credit short-
age or coat-price squeeze is
now tn effect through the U.
S Farmers Home Adminis-
tration (FntHA).
George H. James. Jr., the
agency's supervisor for Bris-
coe- and Swisher Counties,
reports that FmHA is pre-
pared to take applications at
the FmHA Swisher County
Office in Tulia. or Briscoe
County Office tn Silvcrton.
Economic Emergency
loans are authorized under
the Agricultural Credit Act of
WR signed bv President
(artcr Aug. 4. They offer
special help to farmers who
arc hard-pressed by recent
shortage of credit from thetr
regular lenders, or by debts
accumulated during the re-
cent period of low farm
prices.
James said the Economic
Emergency loan program
was enacted by Congress,
with Administration support,
in recognition of the fact that
“economic conditions, as
well as weather, are often
beyond farmers' control.”
FmHA emergency credit has
previously been confined to
loans for recovery from nat-
ural disaster, or the guaran-
tee of private lenders' loans
to livestock producers af-
fected by economic condi-
tions.
Under the new Economic
Emergency program, any
established farm operator—
individual. partnership,
corporation or cooperative—
experiencing scarce credit or
an overload of debt coming
due. may apply for up to
$400,000 of credit through
FmHA in order to survive in
farming and continue their
normal level of operation.
Economic Emergency loans
will not be made to expand a
farm operation.
Loans made directly by
FmHA will be at an interest
rate equivalent to the cost of
money secured by the gov-
ernment through sale of its
securities to the public, plus
an administrative add-on of
up to one percent. The rate
initially will be 8‘ i percent.
Guaranteed loans will be
made at rates negotiated
between borrower and lend-
er. with FmHA providing the
lender up to a 90 percent
guarantee against loss.
Loans for operating pur-
poses will be made for terms
of up to 7 years, with loan
consolidations and reschedu-
(Continued On Page Four)
interior linemen are Albert
Bernal. 240 lb. tackle; Jeff
Hicks. 140 lb. guard; Kyle
Inglis, 185 lb. tackle; and
Bovctt Sanders. 170 lb.
center. The receiving corps
will be lead by seniors. Terry
Bovctt. 155 lb. split end;
Nestor Carrasco, 140 lb. tight
end; David Gardner, 150 lb.
tight end. David Gomez. 165
lb. tight end; and Angel
Hernandez. 135 lb. split end.
Seniors in the backfield in-
clude Tim Bliss. 160 lb. slot
back; Ronnie Fox. 140 lb.
Quarterback; Monte Jones.
160 lb. ftitlhaik: and Joe
Padilla. 165 lb. tailback.
THERE ARE SEVERAL
juniors who will be counted
on to help pull the load for
the Hornets this season
These- include James Avent.
220 lb. tackle; Leslie Bice.
PO lb. tackle; Barry Cowan.
140 lb. quarterback, slot-
back. Bruce Daniel. 150 lb.
guard: Alex Gutierrez, 145
lb. split end; Gilbert
Jimenez. 160 lb. guard; Kev-
in Lair. 175 lb. fullback; and
Ray Ruiz. 150 lb. running
back.
THIS YEAR'S SCHEDULE
will not be an easy one.
considering the non-district
games. The Hornets will play
District 3AA Co-Champions.
Friona and Muleshoe. as well
as League Champions Spear-
man. Childress, and AAA-
contcnder. Canyon. The
district race will be a close
one as usual this year with
the Wildcats of Idalou and
the Floydada Whirlwinds
picked as pre-season favo-
rites.
THE HORNETS WILL get
their first taste of competi-
tion with a scrimmage a-
gatnst Farwell August 25th.
at Younger Field, beginning
with the freshman at 4:00.
followed by the varsity at
5:30. They w ill conclude their
pre-season scrimmages at
Slaton. Friday. September
1st.
AS YOU PROBABLY have
noticed, there are several
stock feed supplement. At
the present time the business
which operates 24 hours a
day. seven days a week,
delivers its entire production
to Foxley Cattle Co. of Tulia.
Grain-X employs seven men.
The scope of the process is
worldwide and is directed by
a firm which includes Con-
sultant Dr. Fredrick G. Ritter
of Toronto, Ontario, who
explains that the utilization
of cotton burrs is only one
facet of its operation. Waste
materials vary as do the
needs of the earth’s popu-
lation. Grain-X in Tulia is
concerned with the waste
from cotton ginning. In other
areas, the waste is sawdust
and other wood waste. In
other situations, the waste
may be garbage and other
forms of unused products
capable of being converted
into something usable. So it
is that needs vary, in Africa,
the need is largely for food.
By using grains to feed
people instead of animals,
while using waste products
as feed for animals, the
earth’s resources can be
better utilized, according to
Ritter and other consulting
engineers.
Antoine W. Yamcogo, al-
ternate governor of the In-
ternational Monetary Fund
and representative for 53
African, Caribbean and Paci-
fic nations, toured the Tulia
facility on his Tulia trip
Wednesday. He also toured
livestock packing facilities in
the Dumas area, also Plain-
view -area feedyards. a dairy,
and a cotton gin.
"Wc are looking at wavs to
help feed the starving
millions in Africa and help
bring up our standard of
living." explained Yameogo.
former minister of agricul-
ture in his native country.
Of special interest was
Grain-X’s unique process of
converting, through hydroly-
sis, cotton burrs and other
gtn trash into ruffage for
livestock feeding, according
to Maurice Howell, general
manager of Grain-X. and Bill
Mason of Quartet-wav Gin at
Plainview who organized the
tour.
“The gin trash is cooked
with pressure, acid and
steam, to produce a valuable
feed supplement and
Y'ameogo looked at the pro-
cess in hopes of taking it
back to Africa, using it with
lumber industry by-products
AFRICAN VISITOR—Maurice Howell, third from left, general manager of
Grain-X. Inc., Tulia. explains how cotton burrs are converted into animal feed at
Grain-X for Antoine W. Yameogo of Upper Volta in Africa, second from left, and Dr.
Fred Ritter of Ontario, Canada, right. Also pictured is Bill Mason, left, of
Quarterway Gin, Olton Route. Plainview. Yameogo was in Tulia Wednesday as part
of a two-day fact finding tour investigating the possibility of starting a unique feed
processing project in Africa. (Herald photo)
instead of gin wastes,”
Howell explained.
In the Tulia operation ap-
proximately 100 tons of the
gin trash is processed per
day. Most of the feed is
utilized by Foxley as a 25 per
cent ration replacement. A
second such plant is in
operation in Dumas and
three plants, utilizing saw-
dust from lumber mills, are
operating in Missouri.
(Continued On Page Four)
New meter connections
reported by the city of Tulia
since last week: Barry Mills.
218 S. Fannin; Frank Pos-
telle, 310 S. Briscoe; Graviel
Chapa. 518 N. E. 6th; Gene
Gee. 321 N. Donley; Lorenzo
Tyerina, 405 N. Hale No. 6;
Doug Moore, Westwind
Apartments No. 10; Vickie
Ramirez. 400 S. El Paso; Bob
Boyles. 701 S. Austin; Ike
Smith. 175 S. Highway 87.
•
Marriage licenses issued
by the county clerk since last
week: Lee Alan Brewer.
Hockley, and Carolyn Fore-
man. Tulia; John Charles
Emmitt, Tulia. and Regina
Kay Bryan. Tulia; Stanley
Royal Keen. Plainview. and
Alta Dawdy Keen, Plain-
view.
•
Patients admitted to
Swisher Memorial Hospital
since last Tuesday; Carlos
Trevino. Mrs. J. H. Boggs.
Jaime Hernandez. Zane Tay-
lor. Ada Melton. L. J. Cart-
hel. Amy Morris, Mrs. Mary
Milner, Mrs. Lupe Chavez,
Chris Gerber. Margie Rod-
riquez. Mrs. Lannie Arnold.
Mrs. L. G. George. Kimberly
Sewell. Dean Harman. Mrs.
Mary L. Cross. W. D. Wca-
therred. Mrs. Frank Herrera.
Theron Horton. Mrs. Saus-
tino Perez, Mrs. Ron Taylor.
Mrs. Juan Rodriquez. Mrs.
Erin Sadler. Dee Dee Bean.
BORN TO:
Mr. and Mrs. Juan Rod-
riquez. Box 155, Tulia. a girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Lannie Ar-
nold. Box 301, Silverton. a
boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Her-
rera. 300 N. W. 2nd, Tulia. a
girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Saustino
Perez. Box 696, Silverton. a
boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Taylor.
1204 Pecan. Amarillo, a boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rod-
riguez. Box 548. Edmonson.
a bov.
•
New subscribers to The
Tulia Herald since last week;
W. T. Reynolds. Box 812.
Tulia. Texas; Sue Thompson.
107 S. El Paso. Tulia. Texas:
Ray Lightcap. Star Route Box
51, Model. California;
Charles Helton. Route 2 Box
110-D. Happy. Texas; Wal-
lace Lumpkins. 725 N. W.
3rd St.. Tulia. Texas; Albert
A. Perez. Jr., Walls 17-A-8.
P. O. Box 32. Huntsville.
Texas; Douglas Higgins. Star
Route. Kress. Texas.
•
TULIA MARKETS
WHEAT 2.80
MILO 3.50
CORN 400
SOYBEANS 5.35
•
Temperature extremes for
the week were 9S and 63.
Rainfall measured .55 of an
inch.
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