Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 20, 1980 Page: 1 of 22
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Business as usual
It was business as usual Wednesday at AMPI on west Loop 301 —
especially for Murry Stephens, an employee at the field service
plant, as he prepares to fork up another load of the firm's
products. Tuesday, many of the AMPI managers and employees
met with local dairymen at the Civic Center to promote their
own interests and discuss the future of the dairy business.
-Still Photo
Call goes out for local
grass-roots dairy effort
By JOEWOOSLEY
News-Telegram Staff
Hopkins County dairymen were advised
to develop a grass-roots involvement in the
milk industry to promote their own in-
terests at an area meeting of the Dallas-
Fort Worth Division of the Associated Milk
Producers, Inc. in Sulphur Springs
Tuesday.
The area session was one of three for the
division members (the others were in
Stephenville and Arlington) serving as the
annual membership meeting. The three-
meeting concept was designed as a con-
venience for the dairynften.
C. E. (Gene) Dunham, who was billed as
the guest speaker, urged the dairymen to
take a less selfish approach and work
together for the betterment of the milk
industry. He said that American
agriculture was in a good position and was
envied in all other nations in the world.
The national dairy situation was
reviewed by Ira Rutherford. He pointed
out that there were adequate supplies of
milk at reasonable prices today. But he
also noted while that prices were up about
11 percent, the increase was less than in
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Mercury hits
record high
A Sulphur Springs weather record
dating back more than a quarter-
century tumbled beneath a bright sun
and warm southerly winds Tuesday
afternoon.
The mercury at the official weather
observation station in the city reached
a summer-like 80 degrees, easily
eclipsing the previous record high for
• a Feb. 19 — a 78-degree reading
established in 1952.
More of the same windy and
warm — was on tap for Hopkins
County through the day Wednesday
before a slight cooling trend sets in
Thursday, forecasts released Wed-
nesday morning by the National
Weather Service said.
Wednesday afternoon’s high was
expected to near the 80-degree mark
once more, with daytime maxim urns
cooling to the low 70s by Thursday.
Overnight lows should be in the low to
mid 40s, mild for this time of year.
The long-range outlook is for partly
cloudy skies and mild daytime
s temperatures, with the mercury
expected to be in the 70s Friday
through Sunday. Overnight lows
should be in the upper 30s, the
weather service says.
Wednesday morning’s low was 39
degrees, and by 8 a.m. the ther-
mometer already had reached 50
under fair skies and light to moderate
breezes. The winds were expected to
increase in velocity as the day wore
on, forecasters said.
other products.
Rutherford said without stepped up
involvement dairy farmers would lack the
clout tqget government attention. He cited
reasons that the dairymen need help from
the government to keep the industry in
balance.
He reviewed problem areas in the milk
industry, such as reconstituted milk,
casein and other non-milk products, and
declared that there was a need for a higher
parity.
Overall, he pictured the AMPI as an
excellent cooperative which had earned
respect and was in a fair position at the
market place.
Rutherford pointed to the need for AMPI
to grow beyond its current areas and to
unite forces to help its members.
E. L. (Jiggsl Wise called for enlistment
of more producers, common marketing
agreements, and revisions in intermarket
hauling.
He reported construction progress on the
AMPI $3.4 million office building in
Arlington.
Wise reviewed plans to acquire two
small cheese processing plants in Missouri
and projections to broaden the market
without a confrontation with another
SHERWOOD, Mich. (AP) - An eerie
silence hangs over Sherwood Elementary
School, a five-room schoolhouse in this tiny
south Michigan town, where two students
have died of mysterious Reye’s Syndrome
in the last four months.
The unusual child-killing disease
claimed at least one more victim in nearby
Battle Creek. Officials in Sherwood were
forced to close schools today because
parents refused to send their children to
classes.
There also have been deaths in Min-
nesota and Ohio, authorities say.
"People are panicky, they're scared,”
said Kay Golden, who runs the general
store in this community of 400 persons.
Only 23 of the 96 students at Sherwood
Elementary School showed up for classes
Monday and Tuesday after the death
Friday of 8-year-old Michael Duttlinger. In
November, Holly Jo Burgett and her
bother Andrew contracted Reye’s Syn-
drome and 7-year-old Holly died.
The disease, which often follows a bout
with influenza or other viruses, has
symptoms that include swelling of the
brain, nausea and high fever. There is no
universally accepted cure, according to
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and
Therapy.
Despite state officials’ assurances that it
is not believed contagious, Sherwood
parents said they would not send students
cooperative in the state.
He said that while class I sales were up
almost three percent last year, there was a
need to promote milk utilization and urged
dairymen as individuals to boost their own
industry.
The Sulphur Springs meeting, which was
held in the Hopkins County Civic Center,
was called to order by Lee Wolf. Jack
Miller gave the voting delegate report and
C. D. Jones spoke on marketing from a
dairyman’s viewpoint.
Of the 12 district directors, two — Bill
Floyd of Pickton and Billie Anderson of
Sulphur Springs — are from Hopkins
County.
Area voting delegates are Roy Snow of
Hawkins, Paul Hicks of Quitman, Joe E.
Bain Jr. of Pickton, A. P. Stone, Gaylord
Martin and Jimmy Goldsmith, all of
Sulphur Springs, and A. L. Jumper and
Wayne McFadden, both of Paris.
Hopkins County dairymen serving on the
resolutions committee included G. W.
Emerson of Saltillo and Herbert Flora Jr.
and Charles Dawson, both of Sulphur
Springs.
A catered barbecue lunch was served
the AMPI members and guests following
the morning program.
back until they know how to spot Reye’s
Syndrome and what to do about it.
Meanwhile, 8-year-old Tiphanny
Wheeler of nearby Battle Creek died
Monday, Michigan’s third confirmed
victim of 1980. Tracy Williamson, 12, died
Saturday in Battle Creek, 18 miles from
Sherwood, and preliminary pathologist
reports indicated the suspected cause of
her death was Reye’s Syndrome.
“We want to be concerned about this, but
not panicked,’’ said William Tebbe,
Sherwood interim school superintendent.
“If my child gets it, he gets it. There’s not
a lot I can do about it.”
Tebbe said health officials would meet
with parents tonight to answer questions.
He said he closed the district’s four schools
because of a flu outbreak and the high
absenteeism,
Paula Langdon, a neighbor who tried to
comfort Michael Duttlinger’s mother the
week before the boy died, said the real
issue in Sherwood is the fear that illnesses
commonly spread around schools could
develop into Reye's Syndrome.
“The only way to keep the children from
getting sick upon sick is to keep them out
of school until some of the bugs are gone,”
she said.
During the peak of the flu season last
year, 48 Michigan children contracted the
disease and seven of them died, authorities
said.
Mystery disease, fear
stalk Michigan school
t. •
BONN, West Germany (AP) — The
United States will not participate in the
Moscow Olympics since there is no sign
the Soviets will meet today’s deadline to
remove troops from Afghanistan, State
Department spokesman Hodding Carter
said.
“The United States set a deadline for its
decision on whether to participate, a
decision to be contingent on the with-
drawal of Soviet troops,” Carter told
reporters.
“Today is the day on which that decision
was going to be based. It is clear there is
no sign of a Soviet withdrawal," he added.
“The president has made clear that our
decision is therefore irrevocable. We will
not participate in the Olympics in
Moscow.”
Carter made the announcement
following talks between Secretary of State
Cyrus R, Vance and West German Foreign
Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher on the
Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, White House spokesman
Jody Powell told reporters in Washington,
“We have made our position very dear.
The question now addresses itself to the
United States Olympic Committee. We
would like for them to reach a decision as
soon as they can.”
There was no immediate comment from
the U.S. Olympic Committee.
President Carter set the deadline one
month ago, insisting then and as recently
as Tuesday that if the Russians did not pull
their troops out of the Southwest Asian
nation by today, he would urge American
athletes not to take part in the Summer
Olympic Games in Moscow.
In another major foreign policy area
Carter, reiterating his administration’s
stance, has told House members he will
never apologize for U.S. actions in Iran.
Such an apology is being sought by Iran
as one of several conditions for the release
of 50 American hostages held in Tehran
since Nov. 4.
Carter’s statement, made during a
White House dinner Tuesday as the
president sought bipartisan support on
foreign policy, echoed prior statements by
State Department spokesman Hodding
Car accident
victim dies
Death claimed its second victim of
weekend accidents in Hopkins County
when Dusty R. Mealor, 25, of 214 South
Locust died at 3:23 p.m. Tuesday.
Services for Mealor are pending at the
Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
Mealor was the driver of a 1970 two-door
imported coupe that was eastbound on SH-
11 when he lost control of the vehicle just
west of the Sulphur Springs city limits.
His wife, Charlene Claudette Melaor, 17,
was trapped in the overturned car for
about 30 minutes before Sulphur Springs
Rescue Squad and other emergency crew
workers could extract her from the
wreckage.
Both were taken to Memorial Hospital
where Mealor died Tuesday afternoon in
the intensive care unit.
Mrs. Mealor is listed in “fair" condition
late Wednesday and nurses on duty said
they had no idea when she would be
released.
She had been listed in “good” condition
on Monday and Tuesday.
In the other fatal accident, I>eonard
Bernard Young, 20, of Route 1, was the
driver of a 1976 two-door coupe that ran off
a county road and struck a tree late
Sunday evening. He was trapped in the
vehicle for almost 45 minutes and was
dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital at
12:45a.m. Monday.
Services for Young were held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday.
Carter and other administratron officials,
according to a State Department
spokeswoman.
Reps. Jim Mattox, D-Texas, Thomas N.
Kindness, R-Ohio, and Charles Wilson, D-
Texas — three of the nearly 100 House
members who joined Carter for dinner —
said the president underscored that no-
apologies stance.
“The president said we would not
apologize," said Wilson, adding that
Carter “indicated strongly” there was no
need to do so.
Rep. Don Bonker, D-Wash., perceived
The Front Street rehabilitation project
was put off one more time Tuesday night
at the Sulphur Springs City Commission
meeting.
Terry Brannon of the engineering firm
of Barber-Brannon of Tyler, told the
commissioners, ‘‘We’re requesting
authority to take bids on this project.”
Community Development Block Grant
Coordinator Glenn Wagner told the
commissioners that he felt that there were
still some problems with the plans for the
project and that more changes were
needed before proceeding “unless the firm
of Barber-Brannon is willing to accept full
liability for the project."
Wagner had sent a letter with some 14
discrepancies listed, showing areas that in
his opinion were incorrect. Brannon said
that some of those items had been
corrected; that he felt as an engineer that
some did not need changing; and that as
far as he was concerned the project was
ready to be bid.
Brannon presented estimated cost
breakdowas to the commissioners. Those
documents showed that construction costs
would run approximately $298,118 with
$29,066 in engineering costs added for a
total of $327,184 for the project.
The Front Street project would be done
in three parts with the one to be paving,
curb and guttering from Ardis to l^amar
Streets at a total cost of $144,143. Another
section of work would be from Lamar to
Whitworth at a cost of $112,127 and from
Oak to Ardis at a cost of $80,297.
However, a check of figures supplied by
the engineering firm indicates that the
total cost of the construction will be
$306,668, the engineering costs will be
$29,899 and the total cost of the three
sections of the project will be $336,567
instead of the $327,184 shown on the
company's estimate.
City Manager Wendell Sapaugh com-
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Don’t be
coy, Miss Piggy, you know you have this
coming.
You’ve been giving yourself rave
reviews all along on the Muppet show.
“Moi?" you say? Well, Mary Lynne
Rave of Jacksonville agrees.
She thinks so much of you and your
porcine friends that she and her sister
have started the Association for the Ad-
vancement of National Pig Day.
“Pigs aren't really fat,” opines Mrs.
Rave, ‘‘They’re Rubenesque.”
The purpose of National Pig Day, March
1, is “to accord to the pig its rightful,
though generally unrecognized, place as
one of man’s most intellectual and
domesticated animals."
the evening's discussion differently,
however. "Really, there was no discussion
on Iran," he said.
During last week’s nationally televised
news conference, Carter refused to give
ground on Iran’s demand that the United
States admit guilt for supporting the
shah's regime. He said the apology
demand concerned events of 1953 —
"ancient history.”
However, Carter endorsed the concept of
an international commission to hear Iran's
grievances concerning the deposed shah
and the American role in his regime.
mented, "There are some problems still
unresolved and I just don’t think we’re
ready to go out for bids. ”
On a motion from Commissioner Gerald
Bowers and a second from Vaden Richey,
the item was tabled until the next meeting
of the commission.
City Financial Director Travis Owens
said Wednesday that the figures will be
audited before being presented to the
commissioners again.
In other action, the commissioners
approved three ordinances on final
reading.
Ordinance No. 819 prohibits the sale of
alcoholic beverages within 300 feet of a
church, school or hospital.
City Attorney Tommy Allison told the
Commission that it was necessary to have
a city ordinance although there was a state
law already in effect. He said that the city
ordinance would allow for local en-
forcement.
Ordinance No. 820 was also passed to
allow pool table permits to be issued to
private clubs that serve alcoholic
beverages. Allison told the commissioners
that this would remove the contradiction
with state law that was present in the
existing ordinance.
The third ordinance passed on final
reading provided for the prohibition of the
shooting of fireworks inside the corporate
city limits of Sulpur Springs.
Fire Marshal Jerry Bolding and Allison
said that the previous ordinance only
provided for the prohibition of fireworks
inside the fire limits of the city — which is
basically the business district.
Ordinance No 823 was passed on first
reading. The ordinance provides a stan-
dardized type and location for water
mains, valves, hydrants and construction
standards as well as testing before being
tied into the citjyystem.
This year’s celebration will be held in
Lubbock, Texas, home of Mrs. Rave’s
sister, Ellen Stanley. The first celebration
was held in 1972.
At pig parties, pink pig punch is served,
as are other pork delicacies* Pink ribbon
pigtails are tied around trees in the pigs’
honor.
Mrs. Rave sayj other commitments may
keep her from attending the Lubbock
celebration. But never fear: “If we don’t
go, I’U bake pig cupcakes and pig cookies.
We'U both go off our diets and pig out,” she
said.
Mrs. Rave said her organization claims
300 members. She said NBC-TV’s program
“Real People” will cover next month's
event.
Front Street plan
put back on hold
Annual pig out' set
Grand jury salutes area officers
“I appreciate the hard work of this
grand jury and I concur with their
observations,” Eighth Judicial District
Judge Lanny Ramsay said Tuesday
afternoon of a letter lie has received
from Rayford Stinson, foreman of the
July, 1979 term Hopkins County Grand
Jury.
The letter addressed to Judge
Ramsay read, “The July Term 1979
Grand Jury would like to take this
opportunity to express to you our
compliments on the excellent job being
done in Hopkins County by our local law
enforcement agencies during the past
seven months.”
"We have had an opportunity to
screen and review various criminal
conduct which has occurred in the
county, and we have found that the
investigation and handling of criminal
matters is being done competently and
proficiently by our local law en-
forcement team.
“We would like to give the Sulphur
Springs Police Department, Hopkins
County Sheriff’s Office and local
Department of Public Safety officers a
thank you for a job well done based
upon our contact with these men in
these departments. We are confident in
the ability of our local law enforcement
officers to meet any challenge
presented.”
Ramsay added, ‘‘It is also my feeling
that they (the various law enforcement
officers) have done an outstanding
Job."
He also commended Eighth Judicial
, District Attorney Jim Chapman and his
staff for “their outstanding work jn the
conducting of cases before the court.”
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 20, 1980, newspaper, February 20, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824465/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.