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JANUARY 31, 1980.
Middle School 'still'
The annual Sulphur Springs Middle School Science Fair is the
place to learn how to make gasohol, thanks to Lisa Wood, shown
here brewing up a batch of alcohol to be mixed with gas to
produce gasohol. The seventh grader, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Wood, says her product is not fit for human consumption
because part of her "still" includes an old car radiator part. The
copper equipment will produce up to three gallons of the mix
lure per day. And "it really works," Miss Wood says, tilting the
collecting dish. (See page tt for more photos and information
about the Science Fair.)
—Staff Photo by JAN BLAKE
Storms hammer continent
By BARRY HANSON
Assosciated Press Writer
A winter storm belted the South and
parts of the East Coast with heavy snow,
ice and freezing temperatures today.
Meanwhile, Southern California and
Mexico’s northern Baja Peninsula
struggled to recover from deadly flooding
that forced thousands to seek higher
ground.
At least 24 weather-related deaths have
been reported in Mexico and the United
States since Tuesday.
High winds and heavy snow downed
power lines and trees, closed schools and
left roads icy and hazardous in several
Southern states. A half-foot of snow fell
News briefs
overnight in east Tennessee and up to 10
inches was expected in the coastal areas of
Virginia.
It was snowing this morning in Hamp-
ton, Va., when Air Force One, the
presidential jet, arrived with the flaming
Olympic torch, lit Wednesday in Greece.
Runners who started the torch on its 1,000-
mile relay run to the Winter Olympics at
I,ake Placid, N.Y., contended with 23-
degree weather and snow-covered ground.
Traffic was snarled this morning in
Washington, D.C., and its Maryland and
Virginia suburbs, where 3 to 6 inches of
snow was expected by nightfall.
Cars were sliding on ice-slick highways
and bridges like bumper cars, and
Chill winds rake county
The first really cold weather of the
winter blew into Sulphur Springs
early Thursday morning, sending the
mercury skidding to 23 degrees for an
overnight low — a deceptive reading
for those venturing outdoors.
With a northemly wind gusting to 25
mph Thursday and the temperature
hovering around 25 degrees, the wind
chill factor dropped the equivalent
mercury reading to minus-4 degrees.
Although some spots were icy from
accumulated water Thursday mor-
ning, no new precipitation fell
overnight to glaze local roads. But the
possibility continues to exist that
freezing drizzle may fall on the area,
forecasters say.
The National Weather Service
forecast is calling for decreasing
cloudiness late Thursday or early
Friday with continued cold tem-
peratures on Friday. The forecasters
are also saying that there is a chance
of showers or freezing drizzle through
Friday. The high temperature'Friday
is expected to be in the upper 30s.
The bitter cold is not expected to
last long according to the long-range
forecast, which projects partly cloudy
skies and warmer temperatures on
Saturday and Sunday. The mercury is
expected to climb into the 50s
Saturday, the 60s on Sunday, and
temperaures could reach into the low
70s oaMonday.
The high temperature reading in
Sulphur Springs Wednesday was a
chilly 37 degrees. As the cold front,
pushed along by a surface high
pressure ridge, moved into the area
Wednesday night the mercury
dropped to 23 degrees and the mer-
cury stood at 24 degrees at 8 a.m.
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Shortly before noon Thursday the
temperature was still a cold 25
degrees.
Tippler tab tops $640,000
Private clubs in Hopkins County
had gross receipts of $64J[,000 from the
sale of hard liquor in 1979.’" - -
These figures are based on com-
pilations of State Comptroller Bob
Bullock’s office, which shows that the
private clubs in Hopkins County
collected $64,200.19 for the 10 percent
gross receipts tax on mixed drrnks.
Hopkins County and the cities which
have private clubs are rebated 15
percent of the gross receipts on mixed
drinks.
For the last quarter of 1979, Hopkins
County was rebated $2,187.63, the City
of Sulphur Springs $1,968.58, and the
City of Como $94.31. For the entire
year of 1979, the total rebates
amounted to almost $19,000 for the
three entities.
The figures reflect that the clubs
had their biggest business during the
second quarter of the year, with the
first quarter in the second position,
the fourth ranked third, and the third
quarter was the lightest in Hopkins
County.
Statewide, Texans spent more than
$779 million last year to purchase
mixed drinks. And the states, cities
and counties got $77.9 million in taxes
from these sales.
Rebates to cities and counties for
the last quarter of 1979 totaled $5.8
million to 358 cities and 204 counties,
Bullock said.
The state’s share for the last
quarter of $14.4 million went into the
general revenue fund.
Individual salutes to highlight festivities
Chamber opens new
year with banquet
The formal beginning of a new year for
the Hopkins County Chamber of Com-
merce will be observed Thursday night at
the annual membership banquet.
The event will begin at 7 p.m. and will be
held for the second year at the Hopkins
County Regional Civic Center. More than
400 persons are expected.
Following the practice adopted in 1979, a
fast-paced program without a speaker is
planned. A slide show highlighting local
events and chamber accomplishments of
numerous accidents were reported. The
highway patrol in Greenville, S.C.,
reported 22 accidents in a Hi-hour period
Wednesday night. Slick streets halted bus
service in Oklahoma City.
Ice-coated power lines snapped, cutting
off service to at least 12,000 persons in the
Chattanooga, Tenn., area, according to
officials of the Electric Power Board of
Chattanooga.
A dispatcher at the Corinth; Miss., police
department said electrical power had been
“going on and off allday.”
In Knoxville, Tenn., where thick snow
flakes were falling Wednesday, classes
ended two hours early.
Diplomats
back home
WASHINGTON (AP) - With six
American diplomats back in the United
States after a high-risk escape from Iran,
the Carter administration continued work
today on a series of initiatives to win
freedom for 50 other Americans still held
captive in Tehran.
The immediate administration concern
was that the Americans left behind might
be the target of harsh treatment by
Iranian authorities in retaliation for the
Canadian-sponsored smuggling effort.
At the same time, there were signs that
the administration’s three-month quest for
the safe release of the 50 hostages may be
making progress.
After a briefing'on the Iranian situation
Wednesday by Secretary of State Cyrus R.
Vance, Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, told
reporters, “There is some ground for hope
we can find a way to secure the release of
the hostages.” V.
Hours earlier, State Department
spokesman Hodding Carter declined to
rule out the possibility that the hostages
might be released to a third party, such as
the Red Cross, if agreement can be
reached on the opening of a U.N. tribunal
on the reign of the former Shah of Iran.
Other officials, who asked not to be
identified, said the administration is
working on a number of initiatives to end
the hostage crisis, now in its 89th day.
However, Iranian delegates at the
meeting of Islamic foreign ministers in
Pakistan had said on Tuesday that Iran
was standing by its demand that the
deposed shah be returned as its price for
the release of the hostages.
Meanwhile, at Dover Air Force Base in
Delaware, relatives gathered to greet the
six diplomats on their arrival from
Frankfurt, West Germany, shortly after
nightfall Wednesday.
The diplomat? were to remain secluded
at the base today and then fly to
Washington for a news conference Friday
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sulphur springs
This Russian
problem isn't
so difficult
By GENE SHELTON
News Telegram Stall
There is a simple solution to the
crisis of the Russian presence in
Afghanistan and surrounding coun-
tries — even in the Soviet Union.
Armed intervention won’t work.
Too messy. Diplomacy won’t work.
Too devious. Economic sanctions
won’t work. Too expensive for us.
But there is a way. It’s so simple it’s
even outlined in a television com-
mercial.
’ Here’s how it would work:
The United States would mobilize
all available high-altitude bombers,
carrier-based aircraft and all crop-
dusting planes in the Asian area.
Each would be loaded to capacity with
a yell-advertised eyewash.
Then, at the strategic moment, a
massive strike of all aircraft would be
launched, some on high-altitude
missions, with the smaller planes
coming in at tree-top level. At the
initial target checkpoint, each pilot or
bomb control officer would release his
cargo of eyewash. With a projected 82
percent saturation factor, the mission
should be successful and the crisis
solved.
After all, Visine does get the Red
out...
Train'dozer
the past year will be shown.
Special awards also will be featured on
the program — one of them new.
Gene Watson, chamber president for
1979, will turn over the gavel of the
organization to David DuPriest in the
symbolic change of leadership. Outgoing
and incoming members of the board of
directors also will be recognized.
David Jackson, executive vice-president
of the chamber, said a slightly different
format will be utilized for the 1980 banquet.
Special recognition for the “prettiest
place in the county” for the year will be
added to three individual awards, with the
selection chosen from monthly winners
named for attractive residential im-
provements during the year, En-
couragement for and recognition of at-
tractive rural homes has been a chamber
project in 1979.
The start of the second quarter-century
of acknowledgments for the Hopkins
County "Citizen of the Year” will be
marked by the 26th annual awarding of
that designation.
Paul Herschlei* was the designee a year
ago.
Other past winners have included
Sterling Beckham, Charles Carothers, Joe
Dan Avinger, W.E. Bradford, Phil A.
Sartin, A.D. Jacobsen, J.W. Branscome,
Mrs. Richard Clement, H.C. McGrede,
Mrs. F.G. Rogers, Weber Fouts, J.R.
Ramey, J.E. Mapes, Walter Helm, Enos L.
Ashcroft, Jim Masters, Earl Payne, Mrs.
I*o B. Bennett, J.W. Pratt, Bill Tuck, Leo
St. Clair, W.M. Taylor, F.W. Frailey and
Bill W. Harry.
The 17th Farmer of the Year also will be
announced on the program. This program
was begun in 1964 with the recognition of
Jeston Williams for the honor.
Subsequent winners have been Billie
Anderson, Rayford Stinson, Truett Dicken,
Rex Randolph, W.E. Martin, T.O. Right,
Homer Browning, Cecil Tucker, Don
Smith, Herbert Anderson, Clarence
Crouch, L.J. Massey, Gary Odom, Ralph
Oldham and last year’s winner, Charles
Dawson.
Beta Sigma Phi will present its fourth
annual award to the county's "Udy of the
Year.” Previous recipients have been
Mrs. Iavonne Randolph, Mrs. Pat DeBord
and Mrs. Dan Edge.
Several serving lines will be in operation
for the banquet and Jackson said he ex-
pected relatively quick seating for those in
attendance.
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Panel charges oil firms
with price hike abuse
WASHINGTON lAP) - Congressional
investigators say U.S. refiners took more
than $3 billion in unwarranted profits last
year through unjustified price increases
for heating oil and diesel fuel.
The increases will add about $130 to this
winter’s fuel bill for the typical American
family using heating oil, the investigators
say.
Their report, released Wednesday by the
chairman of the House Government
Operations commerce subcommittee,
prompted new calls for price controls on
heating oil. A coalition of citizen and labor
groups filed a petition with the Energy
Department seeking a return to price
ceilings.
Controls were lifted in 1976 after the
Ford administration assured Congress
that competition would hold profit margins
to their historic 1- to 2-cent-per-gallon
level.
While profit margins for heating oil were
still at 1.6 cents per gallon in September
1978, the new study said, they rose over the
next 13 months to an average 14.5 cents per
gallon.
Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal, D-N.Y., the
subcommittee chairman, said the study
“provides confirmation that U.S. oil
refiners are indeed guilty of massive
overcharges."
He blamed the overcharges on “profit-
hungry refiners and lax governmental
enforcement of the price standards for
refined petroleum products.”
Rosenthal named no companies, saying
the practice was industry-wide and none
should be singled out. However, Exxon
Corp., a leading supplier of heating oil,
said in response to questioners that the
charges were baseless.
And the American Petroleum Institute
said Energy Department figures show that
price controls would have shaved the retail
price by only seven-tenths of a cent per
gallon had they been in effect last winter.
This 31,000-ton Kansas City Southern scraper, pushed by a 3,000
horsepower engine, is working in around Sulphur Springs this
week cleaning road beds next to the tracks. The scraper has
blades which fold out on either side and clear a six foot wide
path next to the tracks as it is pushed along. The scraper is
powerful enough to uproot small trees, old cross ties or just
about anything m its path.
-SUH Photo
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