The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1986 Page: 2 of 30
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THE SILSBEE BEE (UPS 496-600)
SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT SILSBEE, TEXAS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT 410 HIGHWAY
96 SOUTH • SILSBEE, TEXAS 77656
SUBSCRIPTION RATES $8.00 PER YEAR IN HARDIN,
JASPER, TYLER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
$11.00 PER YEAR OUTSIDE THESE COUNTIES.
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MEMBER 1986
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R.L. READ..................Editor and Publisher
LEONA WHITMAN .... Society and Personal Editor
JOE DURHAM..............News - Photography
WENDI JACKSON...........News ■ Photography
BARBARA PARET..........Special Feature Writer
CINDY BERRY..........Subscriptions - Classifieds
PORTLAND GRIFFITH............... Office Sales
RICHARD WEATHERSBY...............Controller
COMPOSITION MPARTMMT
BILLY JOE WILLIAMS........Supt. of Composition
JAMES JOHNSON............Printer - Pressman
MIKE MINTON.....................Composition
SHERRY McGALLION................Compositor
Insects Are DisgustingTo Us
Because We Don’t EatThem,
Says TCU Visiting Professor
FORT WORTH-Americans
don’t avoid eating insects be-
cause they are disgusting: in-
sects are disgusting to us
because we avoid eating them,
a Visiting Green Professor told
Texas Christian University
audiences recently.
Marvin Harris, professor on
anthropology at the University
of Florida, visited TCU as one
of a select group of participants
in a program endowed by Drs.
Cecil and Ida Green of Dallas.
Letters To The
Editor
St. Jude’s Benefits
From Bike-A-Thon
Editor:
You were an important part
in making the St. Jude Child-
ren’s Research Hospital
Wheel’s For Life Bike-a-thon a
success. And though the cam-
paign has ended, our apprecia-
tion for your efforts has not
gone unnoticed.
We’re proud of the 23 bikers
and hikers, volunteers and the
citizens of Silsbee. Thanks to
you and to them, we raised
over $1,000.00.
Because of the universal ob-
jectives of research and treat-
ment at St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, be assured
the money benefits children all
over the world.
Knowing the people of our
community are concerned
enough to take quick action for
children who need their assist-
ance is heartwarming. You
surely must take pride ip
htlping maintain that human!-
Urian spark. On behalf of the
children of St. Jude Hospital,
thank you.
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1NISTER.
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UK LAUNDRY... WU-TOSER-
and they ALL SPELL MOTHER!
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY — Sunday, May 11
His most recent book, "Good
to Eat: Toward Theory of
Human Diets," explained his
theory that all animals are
either venerated or abominated
by humans. The venerated
animals are those useful to
human beings, such as pets of
animals used for food.
The use of each animal is
determined by its maximum
utility, Harris said. Dogs, for
example, are used as food in
many parts of the world. We do
not need them as meat: for us
they have greater value as
companions and protectors.
Insects, Harris said, are ven-
erated as a food souce through-
out most of the world. We
consider them disgusting be-
cause we have no use for them.
"Unlike dogs which are
brought into our houses as
pets, insects invade our houses
and harass us," he explained,
“but if we thought of them as
food, we wouldn't complain.”
^American Viewpoints
AUSTIN-The State’s econ-
omy was called into question
last week after Wall Street
bond experts lowered the rat-
ing of state guaranteed bonds.
After Standard & Poor’s
Corporation announced it had
lowered the rating of $200
million of capital improvement
bonds for several state univer-
sities, Governor Mark White
said the action will have little
effect on state government.
State Treasurer Ann Rich-
ards also said the lowered bond
rating was of “minimal conse-
quence.” But in an interesting
development, John Fainter, a
bond attorney who runs
White’s reelection campaign,
said the state had received a
very loud and clear message
that Texas needed to diversify
its revenue base.
If fact, a Standard & Poor’s
official recently suggested that
Texas adopt a temporary sur-
charge on the sales tax.
Fainter explained that White
would not call a special session
to do that because it would be
disruptive in an election year.
The rating agency also lower-
ed bond ratings for veterans
land and housing, water pro-
jects, student loans, agricul-
ture, and park developments.
The recent oil price slump
has hit the Texas economy
hard, but particularly so in the
Midland-Odessa area. Last
week a moving company execu-
tive estimated that as many as
20,000 people will leave that
area by the end of the year.
Oil industry layoffs there
have already caused hundreds
of people to pack up and leave
for other states.
FarmAid II Planned
Country singer Willie Nelson
and Texas Agricultural Com-
missioner Jim Hightower an-
nounced that plans are nearing
finalization for a July 4th
concert to raise money for
embattled fanners.
The concert will likely be
held at The University of
Texas’ Memorial Stadium.
“Hightower’s agency had to
sponsor the concert before the
university would consider al-
lowing it to be held.
The concert, dubbed Farm-
Aid II, is expected to raise $10
million.
The money will likely to used
for crisis hotlines, emergency
legal assistance, and loans for
farmers.
Worker To Lose Jobs
The head of the largest state
employees group last week
predicted that up to 2,000
workers in the Texas Depart-
ment of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation will lose
their job9 before September.
Gary Hughes, head of the
Texas Public Employees Union,
said patients are being moved
to community centers, and that
the agency will eliminate up to
that many jobs.
A legislative panel is examin
ing whether the moves are
being made too quickly at a cost
to the state of millions of dollars
in federal funds.
Austin State Rep. Bob Rich-
ardson estimated that the loss
of federal dollars could be as
high as $27 million for next
year.
He also questioned whether
the rate of patient relocation
was beneficial to patients.
Air-Monitoring Started
The State Health Depart
ment, in response to the Soviet
nuclear power plant accident,
started up an Austin air moni
toring station to detect possible
radioactive drifts into Texas.
Two other stations in Mid-
land and Tyler are on standby
in case northern states begin
reporting higher radioactivity.
Short Takes
• Federal disaster assistance
has been approved for Nolan
County, following the recent
tornado in Sweetwater.
• Texas Education Agency
officials say teachers who took
the competency test at three
Arlington locations where tests
were collected before everyone
finished, may retake the tests
next month.
• The Industrial Accident
Board says $924,346 was paid in
March under the Crime Victims
Compensation Program. $3.5
million has been paid since the
start of fiscal year 1986; $11.6
million was budgeted. Attorney
General Jim Mattox recently
concluded a series of seminars
on the CVCP.
• Sen. Ray Farabee, D-Wich-
ita Falls, attacked the “mega-
myth” that "no new taxes" is
the best policy, noting that
Texas is at the bottom of the 50
states in state taxes per capita.
In The Service
Army Private James E. Sci-
andra, son of Daniel J. and
Marge M. Sciendra of Silsbee,
has arrived for duty with the
15th Infantry Division in West
Germany.
Sciandra, a motor transport
operator, is a 1985 graduate of
Lumberton High School, Tex-
as.
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Most Customers Are
Annoyed By
Circular Mailings
Average consumer has little faith
in uninvited advertising mailings.
* * *
• 61% are annoyed by unsolicited mail
• 74% toss circulars in the trash
• 43% say mail ads too pushy
• 82% say newspaper ads allow comparisons of goods and prices
• 65% say newspaper ads get them in-the-mood to go shopping,
and buying
• 73% say circulars advertise silly gadgets
• 76% say mail ads make products look better than they really are
(SOURCE: Newspaper Advertising Bureau)
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Read, R. L. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1986, newspaper, May 8, 1986; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth820375/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Silsbee Public Library.