Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 106, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 1989 Page: 1 of 12
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Dr. Koop
will quit
in July
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. C.
Everett Koop, whose campaigns
against smoking and AIDS marked
an often-controversial eight years
as surgeon general, told President
Bush today he will leave office in
July.
Koop, in a brief letter to the
White House, said he had told Bush
in February that he would not serve
out his full second term, which
ends in November. The surgeon
general said he will leave Ju{y 13.
Koop, 72, was appointed the
government’s top health officer by
President Reagan, and was sworn
into office in January 1982.
Petty named
TV manager
A former Sulphur Springs city
manager, Olen Petty, has been
named manager of - Sulphur
Springs Cable TV, according to
the cable company’s district man-
ager.
Petty comes to Sulphur Springs
from Conroe where he was city
administrator for the past seven
years.
“Olen is new to the cable tele-
vision industry, but his 30 years
of management experience makes
us very excited to have him join
our company, the company’s dis-
trict manager, Don McFadden,
said.
Petty served as Sulphur
Springs city manager from 1972
until 1979. He and his wife, Vir-
ginia, arc looking forward to
reluming to Sulphur Springs, the
new manager said.
"I know I have a lot to learn
about the cable business, but I’m
sure the fact that I’m in familiar
surroundings will make the learn-
ing process much better,” Petty
said.
Ihe company has also made
other employee announcement,
including the naming of Scott
Morton as chief technician. He
will be responsible for the
..idintenance of the system elec-
tronics and will perform routine
testing. '
Bill Crump has been named
district technician. He will work
out of the company’s district
management office in Sulphur
Springs.
North jury
returns split
trial verdict
WASHINGTON-(AP) — Former
White House aide Oliver North was
convicted today on three criminal
charges in the first trial resulting
from the Iran-Contra affair.
He was acquitted on nine other
counts. -------___—
The jurors announced the ver-
dicts on their 12th day of delibera
tier
North, a Marine lieutenant
colonel detailed to the National
Security Council, helped direct the
Reagan administration’s secret two-
year effort to help the rebels fight-
ing Nicaragua’s leftist government
after Congress banned official U.S.
aid. \
He was involved, too, in arran-
gements under which the United
States secretly sold arms to Iran
and he also helped divert some
profits from those sales to help the
Contras.
Public disclosure of the affair in
November 1986 began the worst
crisis of President Reagan’s eight-
year presidency, a public furor that
didn’t subside unul after televised
congressional hearings that made
North a national figure.
The jury convicted North of fal-
sifying and destroying documents
in November 1986 as the affair was
about to become public.
Museum proposal
City Manager Jack Dickerson displays a graphic
showing a proposed new boys baseball diamond
complex behind Sulphur Springs High School. The
new complex was described by Dickerson, at the
Sulphur Springs Kiwanis Club’s noon meeting
Wednesday. The presentation stemmed from a
proposal to move three existing ballfields in City
Park to accommodate the construction of the pro-
posed Southwest Dairy Museum on that site.
—Staff photo by Richard Hail
Intersection to get stop signs
Winds over cape
stall space shot
Four-way stop signs will be in-
stalled at State Highway intersec-
tions with Houston Street and Main
Street as an intial step in treating
traffic control at those spots, City
Manager Jack __Dickerson said
Thursday.
The City of Sulphur Springs has
been notified by the State Depart-
ment of Highways and Public
Transporation that the four-way
stop sign installations are the im-
mediate future and the that traffic-
actuated signals will be installed by
the end of 1990, Dickerson said.
“We appreciate the quick
response by the highway depart-
ment and believe that this is in the
best interest of traffic safety. The
traffic-activated signals tq.be instal-
led in late 1990 will be the best in
the interest of moving traffic and
traffic safety,” the city manager
said.
The letter, from Jerry Keisler,
supervisor for traffic engineering in
the highway department’s Paris.dis-
trict, came after the city requested a
study of the Houston Street inter-
section. Three people have died in
vehicle accidents at the intersection
since the first of this year. Eight ac-
cidents have occurred at the inter-
section in the past 12 months.
“They (highway department)
have determined that it meets the
needs, for either a four-way stop or
a traffic signal,” Dickerson said.
He added, “I know that means as
soon as they can get the big stop
signs and the big red lights that go
into the flashing part of die signal.’’
The traffic signals will be instal-
led in late 1990 as funds and
equipment are made available,
Dickerson said.
The highway department also
made a study of the intersection at
Highway 19N^and Main Street.
hTney have qheided that a four-
way stop sign will be put up at
Main Street and Highway 19,”
Dickerson added.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
— Sea breezes cleared skies over
the launch pad today but gained
troublesome strength as NASA
launched Atlantis to start the robot
craft Magellan on its 806-million-
mile journey to Venus.
“The winds that blew the clouds
away are now our problem,” said
Air Force spokesman Cape Ken
Warren before the launch which
blasted off about 1:43 p.m. Sulphur
Springs time.
The space shutde was to lift off
at 12:48 p.m. Sulphur Springs time,
but weather probelms stalled the ef-
fort
Adantis could not be launched
with cross winds of more than 14
mph at the emergency landing site
at the Kennedy Space Center.
About 1 p.m., the five astronauts
were strapped into their couches
aboard the spacecraft, rain clouds
that had loomed over the pad all
morning skittered away and the sun
emerged.
City will establish board
to handle park operations
By DANA L. CLEAVER
News-Telegram Staff
The city’s parks and recreational
areas may soon have a board to
oversee its operations as a result of
action taken this week by members
of the Sulphur Spring* t^ity
Council.
jspon
ted by the Ladies Double S Tennis
Association, council members un-
animously voted to create a parks
and recreation commission.
Formal action on the proposal is
scheduled for consideration by
council members at their meeting
May 16.
The council’s vote stemmed
from an appeal Tuesday night by Jo
Ann Hippert, a representative of the
tennis association.
She told council members that
City Park is in dire need of some
improvements and additions, or at-
tention and work that'would allow
the facility ,to keep up with the
area’s growth.
“We see a lot of needs out
there,” she said. “The city needs to
appoint a parks and recreation
commission to study those needs
and to try to find supplemental
funds to help develop a really nice
and full recreation system.”
Hippert specifically referred to
the deteriorating tennis courts and
asked for the city’s help in renovat-
ing some courts and building
others.
Speaking for the association, she
suggested converting the older
court in City Park into a basketball
and soccer warm-up area. These
courts are located west of three
courts on League Street and accord-
ing to Hippert, are not good for
anything but casual play.
Construction of three new courts
was proposed adjacent to the three
League Street courts, which should
be renovated so to expand the cur-
rent facilities to six courts.
“We suggest doing this in stages.
Build the three courts... dismantle
the others and then build three
more. Put the lights in last, putting
out (he money in stages,” Hippert
said.
She estimated the cost for the
tennis court project to range from
$35,000 to S95.000.
Aside from the tennis courts,
Hippert cited the lack of adequate
restroom facilities as a major prob-
lem in City Park. “We just don’t
have the type of facilities for mass
usage, and I would hate for a tourist
to come here and see the
restrooms.”
She described the park as a
•“diamond in the rough with a
committee of amateur diamond cut-
ters working on it Each one is
taking their own little chip.”
She encouraged city leaders to
become organized and to develop
an ongoing plan for the park, pos-
sibly including the additions of
facilities to attract what she refer-
red to as the “retiring” generation.
“This is a retiring nation, and
you need to satisfy their types of in-
terests,” she said. Nature trails,
bird-watching spots and picnic
areas were mentioned.
“Attract the retirees by giving
them something to do. Industry is
wonderful; it gives you a great
source of revenue, but people are a
great resource, too.”
Mayor Margin Latham andother
council members praised Hippert
for her presentation and commen-
ded her efforts to “make the park a
better place.”
Forecast
Heavy rain possible
Showers and thunderstorms
tonight, most numerous central
and east. A few thunderstorms
may be severe. Locally heavy
rain possible east Partly cloudy
west Friday with a slight chance
of thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy
east with thunderstorms likely.
Lows tonight mid-SOs northwest
to upper 60s southeast. Highs
Friday mid-70s to lower 80s.
Index
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Ann Landers..............3
Astrograph ...............3
Business .................4
Classified ..............9-11
Comics .................11
Community Calendar.......3
Crossword........ 6
Editorial ......... 2
Obituaries ...........*... 12
Public Notices .......------3
Sports............'......7-8
iV Log................ .5
Weather..................5
Gary Morris will appear alone for concert
By DANA L. CLEAVER
* News-Telegram Staff ,
Coming Friday
Gary Morris, a country and western entertainer, will be performing
with only his guitar and Us voice at 8 pan. Friday* May 5, in the
Hopkins County Civic Center. Morris has had manjrtop single hits
as well as four hit albums. His latest recording is “Plain Brown
Wrapper,” a Warner Brothers Album. Morris has sold out many
concerts across the nation as he sings his way into the hearts of his
fans with such songs as “Headed for a Heartache,” “Velvet Chains,”
and “Second Hand Heart.” v —s«mtr by Rktom h*ii
A show different from any other
in the Hopkins County Civic Cen-
■ ter’s history is set to get under way
at 8 p.m. Friday when Gary Morris
takes to the stage.
The entertainer, most widely
known for his country music tunes,
will be accompanied only by his
guitar as he puts his versatile voice
to the test in the Civic Center
auditorium.
“His voice is glorious. It's just
fantastic, and it's
wonderful show,'
at the Civic Center j
Advance tickets for the r for-
mance are $12.30 for the t i 12
rows and S10 for the remain ier of
the house. All seats are reserved,
and tickets are available at the
Civic Center box office. Visa and
Mastercard holders can order tick-
gRMiuuy ii a jum
it's going to be a
v,” a spokeswoman
iter said.
ets by phone at 885-8071.
Tickets on the day of the show
are 515 each, Civic Center officials
said.
Tabbed “An intimate evening
with Mr. Gary Morris ... the man,
his guitar and his incredible voice,”
the show is a production of the
non-profit Civic Center Board.
Civic Center Manager Rod Hen-
derson described the scheduled per-
formance as “literally a one-man
show.”
“It’ll be just Mr. Morris alone on
stage to present an hour and a half
of some of the most beautiful music
you will ever hear,” Henderson
said. ,
According to promotional infor-
mation, Morris is an artist who,
over the course of his career, has
brought a new dimension and a
fresh vitality lo the world of coun-
try music.
He has had four hit albums, an
unbroken string of No. 1 singles
and sold-out concert appearances
across the country.
Morris’ latest recording effort is
“Plain Brown Wrapper,” a Warnei
Brothers album release that features
songs from his childhood and
teenage years, the information
stales.
Debuting in the country music
business in 1982 with “Headed for
a Heartache," Morris holds claim
to many other hit singles, including
“Velvet Chains," “The Love She
Found in Me,” “Baby Bye Bye,”
“Second Hand Heart” and “Lasso
the Moon.”
His haunting rendition of “The
Wind Beneath My Wings” earned
him Song of the Year recognition in
1984 from both the Academy of
Country Music and the Country
Music Association.
£n accomplished songwriter.
Morris has not only co-authored his
own hits but has had. his works
recorded by nwnerou* other artists,
including Re ha McEntire and John
Schneider
In addition to his country music
expressions, Morris has shown his
richly textured voice and entertain-
ing talents m the public dicker, on
Broadway and on the/ television
screen in the role of Ropolfo in the
ABC series, “The Colbys
His latest highly-acclairfied effort
was his starring role oir the
Broadway stage as Jean Valjean in
the award-winning musical
MiseraWes.” He replaced -
Wilkinson, who originated the role
of Valjean in London and on
Broadway.
The musical ran from November
1987 through May 1988.
The concert Friday will mark
Morris’ second appearance in Sul-
phur Springs. He -visited the city
last November as pan of a bus-
capade with Sen. Lloyd Bentson
and tecn-idol Rob Lowe.
The statewide crusading tour was
made in support of Bentson’s in-
volvement in the presidential race.
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