San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1988 Page: 1 of 12
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SAN ANTONIO S LARGEST NEWSPAPER
VOLUME 56/
Gwendolyn Wilson (c) was a lucky
winner at the Ebony Fashion Show
Sunday. She won a free chicken dinner
fron Frenchy's for a year. Dorothy
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the presentation.
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SAN ANTONIO
REGISTER
RIGHT • JUSTICE • PROGRESS
April 7,1988
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Forn^er San Antonio Spur, Johnny
Moore^ is shown with his wife at the
New Creation Christian Center
Sunday. They attended Easter services
at the popular North Side church.
Jones, Conley
step up
campaign
Karyne Conlev, a
candidate in the District
120 State Representative
runoff, has promised to lead
the fight to repeal a
harmful provision of a new'
law passed during the last
legislative session. The law
was passed as part of the
massive sunset review bill
for the Department of
Human Services.
Under the new law, the
Department of Human
Services (DHS) can recover
funds paid to Medicaid
recipients by placing a lien
against the recipients home
after their death. Prior to
the new law, the funds did
not have to be repaid. A
particular target of the law
is the state's 55,000 nursing
home residents, most of
whom arc poor and elderly.
Liens can not be attached
to homes still occupied by
surviving spouses or
dependent or disabled
children. DHS officials
claim that the law may
allow them to take the
homes when the surviving
spouse dies or the children
move away.
Karyne Conley
-commented on the 1 law,
"While the intent may have
been to recover those
Medicaid ^costs, the bill, in
effect, forces our senior
citizens to choose between
receiving Medicaid or
passing their home on to
their children and
grandchildren. These
people have worked hard all
their lives to get these
homes, and it is not right
to take their home away
because they needed the
state's assistance to receive
adequate medical care."
Conley has vowed that if
she is elected she will help
lead the fight to repeal this
provision during the next
legislative session. "We
should not balance the
budget on the backs of our
elderly," Karyne Conley
said. ■"! will do everything 1
can to repeal this law, and
see that we find a way to
care for the needs of our
senior citizens without
taking their homes away
from their children."
responsible. Jones feels
that mature responsibility
for the public interest
• would be shown by
introducing legislation
requiring reforms that
would add more clear
minded consistency to our
criminal justice system.
Jones' plan demonstrates
'"the kinds of creative
insights and fresh
approaches that could
emerge only from a
candidate with her 13
years of experience
working as a criminal
justice professional.
Jones has been a
resident and servant of
the people of this
community for the past 20
years.
She has proven her
dedication and
comnvtn ent to this
community.
Jones talks about crime;
illiteracy, improved
housing condition; getting
the hungry and the
homeless off of our
streets; initiating job
training programs in this
area that pay more than
just minimum wages;
getting our unwed teenage
mothers back into school
..And: ... off welfare and
improving treatment
programs for the alcohol
and drug addicted segment
of our community that is
truly rehabilitative.
Vote April 12 for the
one individual in this race.
Submitted by R.J. Campaign
Former City Council
candidate jumps
on wife at school
A former candidate for
City Council allegedly
struck his wife while they
were on the grounds of a
public school last week.
The woman was treated
at Southeast Baptist
Hosptial for a cut to the
head that required six
stitches.
According to witnesses
done by bigoted pranksters
whose actions did not
represent the- feelings of
most people in the city.
"They were obviously
bigots and I don't think
San Antonio is infested
the man and the woman
began quarrelling. The
man, according to sources,
struck the woman with his
fist. The woman fell and
asked a student to "go get
help."
According to the source,
the man hit the weman at
least twice before fleeing.
The couple had been
having marital problcrr s
for some time, according
to the source. "The couple
is separated and he is
under a restraining order.
But he keeps violating it,"
the source said.
No charges were filed at
the San Antonio Police
Departnr ent.
According to the source,
the man was upset
because "his estrange wife
went out of town while he
kept the children."
with bigots
Webb said.
* .Three
described by
like that,"
suspcc
police as
Anglo males, drove up to
the plaza about 11:30 p.rr .
One got out and ran
toward the statue with a
bucket of paint, which he
splashed across the
The Robinson Brother and Sister held their 3rd annual
dinner award and these outstanding women were honored
(1-r) Alrreda Wolford, Willie Mae Clarkson, Josie Wolford
and Mary Chase.
On April 12, voters in
District 120 will return to
the polls, to elect a
person to become the next
State Representative for
this district.
This election will
determine who will
represent us at the state
level for the next several
years. This is the most
important election in this
district since the Tate G.
J. Sutton ran for this
same office.
Throughout the primary
and in this run-off race,
one candidate has
emerged, who can best
represent the interests of
the citizens the District.
That candidate is Ruth
Jones.
Jones, 44, is the
candidate in this runoff
race for State
Representative to speak
about the issues that
concern the residents of
District 120.
Jones is not a none issue
candidate. Her statements
about issues address the
areas of the high crime
rate in the district; the
early release program of
the Texas Department of
Corrections without
substantial rehabilitation;
the continued
improvement of the
educational system within
the state; the adequate
provision of services for
our older citizens; and
providing educational
alternatives for high
school drop outs including
teenage mothers.
Jones approach to the
unemployment problem
involves: 1 job training; 2
a reduction in drop out
rate and 3 the
development of business
and industry within the
district.
Health, housing, crinr c
and police protection are
among the issues that arc
special concern to Jones
because they have a
special impact on senior
citizens.
Jones knows that the
major portion of crime in
the district is committed
by c/hronic or repeat
offenders, those who
become trapped in the
revolving door of our
criminal justice system.
Ms. Jones refers to the
inconsistency of calling
our prisons reformatory
and cprrectional institution
but doing little to reform
or correct the behavior of
those for whom they are
Also receiving certificates were Polly Robinson, Rosie
King, Morris Robinson and Darlene Williams. Photos by E.
Lott
Manager shot by robbers
Vandals threw white paint on the statue of MLK Monday
night, causing about $100 in dan age. A workn an is shown
cleaning the statue in MLK Plaza.
King statue
defaced by
vandals
As San Antonians
observed the 20th
anniversary of Dr. Martin
Luther King's death,
vandals threw paint on a
statue of the slain civil
rights leader Monday.
The statue, located in
MLK Plaza on N. New
Braunfels and E. Houston,
had white paint on it and
the base.
City Councilman Joe
Webb said this act was
statue's foot, part of its
robe and the pedestal.
The man then fired a
handgun into the air
several tines before
dropping the bucket and
jumping back into the car,
which sped north on New
Braunfels, police said.
It cost the city around
$100 to remove the paint
Tuesday morning,
according to Don Maddox,
assistant director of Park
and Recreation.
"I don't think it's
anything to be greatly
concerned about," he said.
"I think it's just a prank."
Earlier Monday, Rev.
R. A. Callies led a
men orial march which
ended at the statue.
The San Antonio
Restaurant Association is
offering a $1,000 reward
in connection with the
shooting of a manager of
a North Side restaurant.
Steve Kraft, 26, the
manager of Mama's
Restaurant, was shot in
the face early Friday
morning during a robbery
at ten >pt.
Police said Kraft and
two other employees
were on the parking lot
of the restaurant about 4
a.n. when they were
approached by three men
wearing ski masks.
Kraft was shot during a
struggle with one of the
robbers. He is in fair
condition at Medical
Center Hospital.
The other cn ployees
were unharmed. The
robbers fled and the
Restaurant Association
announced Tuesday that
it is offering a $1,000
reward for the arrest and
conviction of the
suspects.
Also last week the
manager of Gas Go
Market on Rigsby was
shot and killed during a
robbery.
Killed was Cary
Locha. Also wounded was
a clerk and a custom er.
The suspect, who fled on
foot, killed hirqsclf
when police arrived.
Police said the nran,
who was finally identified
as Michael Ellis, 32, of
Dallas, shot himself in
the chest.
At the time of his
death, Ellis had the
identification of Calvin
Davis.
Ellis was scheduled to
appear in a Dallas court
March 25 - for the
aggravated sexual assault
of a minor under 14 years
of age.
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