Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 133, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 4, 1980 Page: 2 of 18
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2—THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Spring*, T»xo», W»dn«*doy, Jun# 4,1980.
Case clearance rate up
Arrests, tickets down
I
i Sulphur Springs police have
Issued traffic citations to 533
people /during the first five
months of this year, taken 412
offense reports, cleared 208
cases, arrested 487 people and '
driven a total of 144,631 miles.
All of those figures are down
from 1979 totals for the same
periods with the exception of
case clearances, which are up.
The 533 tickets issued in 1980
are down from 834 in 1979 for
the same time frame.
Speeding was the biggest
cause of getting a ticket with
228 persons cited this year as
compared to 463 in 1979.
There were 76 persons cited
for expired motor vehicle in-
spections this year (78 in 1979),
53 for no drivers license (27 in
1979) and 29 for speeding in a
school zone compared to 19 in
1980.
Reported offenses were down
from 548 in 1979 to 412 in 1980
with 127 thefts being the most
common this year (190 in 1979)>
Theft of service (usually
gasoline from a self-service,
facility) increased from 10 to 13
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for the comparable periods
with theft of livestock down
from 2 to none and auto thefts
down from 14 to five.
As^ults were down from 65
to 44 and burglaries were down
from 127 to 81 for the five-
month period.
The number of repotted
rapes decreased from two in
1979 to one this year and rob-
beries are down from seven to
just two.
According to Lt. Randy
Whittle, who heads the
detective section, the primary
reasons for increased offense
clearance rates is that the
department is putting forth a
strong effort to clear the cases
as they develop and that sup-
port from District Attorney Jim
Chapman’s office is helping to
make better cases by their
expertise in case preparation
on persons who have been
arrested.
Arrests are down in 1980 as
well.
During 1979, there were 511
arrests made during the
January to May period with
only 487 being made for 1980
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during the same time frame.
The most frequent cause of
arrest is public intoxication,
with 100 arrested during the
first five months of 1980 (138 in
1979). .
Other frequent arrests were
DWI, 53 ( 57 in 1979); disorderly
conduct, 26 (31); theft, 24 ( 40);
assaults, 16 (19); auto thefts, 11
(five) and burglaries, eight
(15).
Chief Delbert Harrell said
that there are two factors in
why the totals are down this
year.
He said that one is that the
local crime rate has not in-
creased this year, and
secondly, he has been short
several officers during the
period.
“We had three officers resign
during that period and two new
officers were attending a six-
week certification school,”
Harrell said, "that always cuts
back the number of tickets that
can be issued as well as
requiring extra patrol miles
and hours as we try to keep the
town covered."
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City fine income drops
Local man
picked G0P»
alternate
David B*seats Saipfesr
Springs insurance agtst. tm
been picked as ac aberrate to
the National Repabbear
Convention to be held is
Detroit Midi, sc Jury
The selector, took p&ac* a:
the recent meeting of the First
Congressional District’s
Republican Party - Psabcrg.
* Selected at that meetag were
Jesse Brookshire of
Texarkana. Mike Ellis of
DaingerSeid aod Lua Rehkop ,
of Athens as
Baucom. Robert Parker if
Paris and Ed Smith of Man£a_
as altercates
Doug Moore. Hapfcas Cwsty
Republican Party chairman,
said Gov. Bdl Gemerts. Sen
John Tower and former
presidential candidate aod
Texas Governor John Carnally
will serve as dekgates-ae-^rge
at the convention.
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Business buzzing
The City of Sulphur Springs is
down on its court fine income
by $2,984 at this time and if
current trends continue, that
deficit will be $8,952 by the end
of, the year, authorities in-
dicate.
Police records show that the
number of traffic citations
issued, number of offenses
reported, and number of
arrests all have decreased
during the four months of 1979.
Police Chief Delbert Harrell
says that part of the reason for
the decline in arrests and
subsequent fine income to the
city is that the department has
been shorthanded by an
average of four to five officers
from January through April of
and therefore the revenues that
might have been received by
the local city government end
up going to other entities.
However, fines from vir-
tually all traffic offenses cited
inside the city limits end up in
the city's coffers.
By the end of April of 1979,
the city had collected $22,132 in
court fines.
By April of 1980, the figure
was only $19,148.
Interim City Manager and
Financial Director Travis
Owens said that many of the
city’s revenues are up and
could take up the slack left by
the police department’s lack of
generated revenue.
collected, during the first four
months from those that
overparked or parked in the
wrong place.
For the same period this
year, the amount is up to $1,466.
Roy Hammond, vice president of Lone Star Tool Company in
Wichita Falls,'rests his hand which a bee has climbed upon after
a swarm estimated at 10,000 bees invaded the company shop
earlier this week, bringing production to a halt. The swarm was
removed by a local bee keeper who had lost his bees in the
massive April 10,197V, tornado.
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Past-due tax war declared
this year. He said that three
officers resigned and that two He noted that the high money
were attending certification market had allowed the city to
school for six weeks during the make some additional money in
four months. interest and that parking ticket
Many of the city’s arrests are fines are higher than last year.
County or district court offenses In 1979 there was $993
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP)
— Tlje Bexar County tax
assessor-collector declared war
Tuesday on delinquent tax-
payers, ala Texas Comptroller
Bob Bullock.
Armed with masking tape,
mimeographed notices of
property seizure and an at-
torney, Ben Shaw swooped
down on three businesses that
had not paid a total of $57,000 in
personal property taxes.
One business was $17,000 in
arrears for taxes that had gone
unpaid since 1960.
The three businesses together
accounted for $32,000 in taxes
owed the county and $25,000
owed the city and school
districts, said Shaw.
Tuesday’s tax raids, which
Shaw termed "visits," were the
first in county history. They
were inspired by Bullock’s
Raiders" and other such raids
in other counties.
The raids sounded the
opening of Shaw’s effort to
collect what he said were more
than $2 million worth of
delinquent taxes on the county-
tax rolls.
In our opinion
Lowell Cable merits
support in primary
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Your choice!
Lowell Cable has, through direct ac-
tion, worked strongly for the benefit at
Hopkins County and its people. These
efforts merit support for Cable Satur-
day in his bid for the Democratic
nomination for state representative
from the 10th District.
Through his efforts on the Sulphur
Springs school board during its big
shown his dedication to area advance-
ment He has also shown his propensity
for getting value fx today's lagb-
pneed dollar
As a businessman and rancher he
has maintained close contact wt± the
various aspects of the area economy
This is extremely important rs a tune
when more and more power in the
. . _ state legislature wiH be swvgmg to the
building program, as a planning board metropolitan arras,
member of the Hopkins Canty* $s down-to-earth p&losophy ac-
Regional Civic Center during develop- curateiy reflects the viewpoint k the
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ment and construction, and as one of
two Sulphur Springs representatives
on the Sulphur River Municipal Water
District, attempting to break the log-
jam on Cooper Reservoir, Cable has
residents of the legislative district
Cable would be an effective
representative tor this area m Austin
and has earned the support of his
fellow citizens in his bid.
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Getting out
the vote again
One of the diffienfties m the Texas primary election
system is getting the voters “oat'' twice in one month s
time. Come to think of it, getting Texas voters oat at all is a
difficulty.
Runoff primaries in Jme are particularly skimpy at
times when there are few hot local races to generate ex-
citement But the runoffs are no leas important flat the
first primary in May.
Hopkins County voters. At the top of the M, of coarse, is
the runoff fx the party’s noramee in the race fx the MBs
state legislative district The May dertioa race between
incumbent Smith Gffley and chauengx Lowefl Cable was
anwtnmriytigiett
The crucial paint this Satmxkj will not be which can-
didate can generate new interest in appart, bat rather ft
will be which one cm hold bis snort better from the fint
primary. It would run against all historical odds of Texas
voting to expect i
votedinMay.
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County voters should
nomination. Be weald
representation in Austin.
The most important fat
May count fx noting mime.
Editorial, Sulphur Spriags Nm-Tekgnni, Saaday, iaac 1,19M
Please Don't Let Your May 3rd Vote
Be Wasted!
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 133, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 4, 1980, newspaper, June 4, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823895/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.