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Highlights and Sidelights
by LYNDELL WILLIAMS
IT IS down to the wire
The Democratic and
|{c|Hiblican primary elections
ore Saturday. May 4.
The politicos are in their last
frantic minutes of scrambling
tor votes They are making
their promises and coun-
leracting the promises of their
opponents
Then Saturday. Mr and Mrs
voter get to do their thing
It is not something to be
taken lightly
If each voter were to truth-
fully sit down and give
themselves a good pep talk,
reapprise themselves of the
necessity of their single vote,
think about what the alter-
native could be. they would
insure a trip to the polls
This is where it ell begins
And. if apathy and disregard
become too strong, this is
where it all could end
The vote is a precious thing
that must be preserved
Only vou can do that
TIIERF. \KK a few of the
races that perhaps warrant a
comment or two
IN TIIK U S Senator con-
test really it makes little
difference
I S Senator John Tower in
November will he the over
whelming favorite to continue
his outstanding work in the
Senate not only for Texas but
for the nation, especially in the
critical defense area His
expertise will he vitally
required in what look to lie
horendous vears ahead for the
Armed Korces of the United
States
.It IK U 5 vrr has served four
terms with distinction in the
Texas House of Represen
tatives as chairman of the
house ways and means com
miHee and serves on the
Ilegislative Budget Board
lie is an active in protecting
coastal resources. for
preserving Matagorda Island
•n its natural state
He has a thorough grasp of
stale financing a true asset to
take In Washington
He was author of the hill to
remove the sales tax on utility
lulls which will save Texans
*20o million
Joe Wvall has nothing to
hide
|tl(. N \4IFJ* are not always
the greatest This has been
proved lime and time again
I'eopie can not live on the
laurels of those who have gone
hid ore them
Mark White has proven his
ability as an administrator, as
a team player, as a thinker and
a doer as secretary of state
His government philosophy
is commensurate with the
thinking of most Texans
He will make Texas an ex
traordinary attorney general
He has the qualifications, the
stature and the foreceful drive
to insure that the attorney
general's office will function
within the framework of wh«i
it was intended to do
M U K It M.I.At K is seeking
re-election to the Railroad
Tommission < unexpired term i
lie has served on the com
mission since 11173. for the past
\ear as chairman
lie deserves your support for
re-election
The Texas Railroad Com
mission is one of the most
important governmental
agencies in the world ticca use
it regulates almost 40 per cent
of the ml and gas produced in
the United Slates
Wallace has the un-
derstanding and the depth to he
on such a commission
lie says that Texans are
doing lheir part, and believes
that "it is time for the other
stales to pick up their share of
the national energy burden "
He believes that the primary
national goal should he to
develop a comprehensive and
reasonable strategy to meet
the United States' energy
demands and to implement
rapidly that strategy with
tactics that will ensure in-
creased energy production and
MippK. fair consumer prices
amt an adequate return on
investment within a strong
freemarket economy
KAMI. IK M AN is seeking
the post of county commi-
ssioner. Precinct 2
He is exceptonally well
qualified lie served on the
Portland cilv council with
distinction Hr is a business
man. he knows what it means
to meet a payroll He is com
mumty minded He has worked
extensively with the youth of
the community, and continues
to do so
Duncan is an IR-year
resident of Portland and has
lived in the county 47 years he
knows w bat the problems of the
city and the area are He cares
what they are He will work to
see that they are solved
Duncan is for Portland
How can you top that’’
KOIt 16 X K ARS, John R
Outlaw has served Precinct 4
as justice of the peace
Hr has done so with dignity,
with conviction, with fairness,
with efficiency and with a
dedication to giving assistance
wherever possible
Outlaw, who has been a
resident of Portland 25 years,
prides himself in being
available, on the job
He has gone far beyond his
required duties in making
every effort to keep a family
together He has counseled
many who have come he I ore
him with serious problems, and
they have lienefited
A 12-hour day is routine for
Outlaw Making out a death
certificate at the scene in the
middle of the night, nr issuing a
warrant is part of his "duty
day "
This is the type of person
about which Texas legends are
w ritlen
Judge Outlaws deserves your
support
^American Viewpoints
Thi u >irid that nnr and sense
hai r knmi n fall* uff and Irai ea
us (hid alone
John tirrrnlral Whittier
AUSTIN—Texas ha\ one
of its hottest statewide elec-
tions in years coming up Sat-
urday, hut interest is lagging
Secretary of Slate Steve
Oaks, who has been moni-
toring registration and ab-
sentee voting, predicts the
turnout may drop helow the
modest 29 percent for 1974
primaries.
Oaks said only a remark-
able near-deadline upsurge in
absentee voting would give
reason for reassessment of
low-participation calcula-
tions.
According to Oaks' pre-
diction. the Democratic pn-
ary turnout will be in the I
million to 1.2 million range
Koch election year, the
newspaper is asked to make
selections in important races
Ivy our readers We know that
many of vou are not entirely
familiar with all of the can-
didates Nor are we. many
limes hut we do have sources
that are not available to all our
voters which give the
liackground of those seeking
iniblic office
If you look hack in the past, a
trend normally develops which
gives indication to how various
candidates will perform if
elected We particularly
reference this conservative,
liberal. middle-of-the-road or
I ence-st raddling
It is not our purpose to insult
the readers' intelligence by
selecting candidates in local or
county races Those people are
well known to vou and their
performance in the past will
influence vour vole
If. at any time, we find that
there is an extremely im
port ant race where a definite
advantage lies with electing
the proper candidate, then we
will come forth with our en
dorsement. It so happens that
this vear provides us with one
of those choices
A verv important selection is
yours in the District Clerk's
race We heartily endorse
Winnie I ight for this position
She has served well and is
entitled to another term in
office You have the record on
both of these candidates and it
should provide you with the
desire to see the most qualified
elected There can he no doubt
that W innie Light is that person
on which vour confidence must
lie placed
Texas is booming' Why
change a good thing We en-
dorse Dolph Kriscoe for
Governor
About 1.5 million vtMcd in
1974. Oaks' office previously
had indicated as many at 2
million (stilt an unspectacu-
lar turnout! would vote Sat-
urday
None can predict accurate-
ly ihe Republican primary
turnout Oakt is sticking with
a 100.000 io 140.000 projec-
tion. but some Republican*
think the primary may at-
tract fewer than 100.000
Only 69.000 voted in 1974
when there were no spotlight
contests on the GOP ballot
Voting in both parlies shot
upward in 1976. of course,
due to the first Texas presi-
dential preference primary
There arc now about 5.5
Why1* Gov Briscoe is one
politician in modern time to
keep an election promise No
now taxes for Texas Our
state's finances are in better
-'fcape than at anything in
modern history Unem
plovmcnt is down and business
and industry is enjoying steady
expansion There is no chance
of a stale income tax under
Briscoe who has responded
with a sound fiscal policy His
conservative influence in
Austin most fully represents
the thinking of most Texans
One of our most enthusiastic
endorsements is for the young
legislator from Bloomington
His name is one that you w ill no
douhi hear many times in Ihe
luture Joe Wyatt We are just
naturally leery of politicians
these days Much that we read
and hear is had This young
stale representative impressed
me more than any man that
this writer has met in many a
day Jim- W \ ail is a young man
' we opinion1 with a destiny
He has Ihe basic
qualifications to do great
things lie has a sincerity, a
willingness and a background
lo >-erve his constituents well
lie is a new voice lo be heard,
one that has not been tainted
with big government and
Washington smell We don't
need a man lo finish a job at the
Capitol, we need a man lo do a
job with integrity and honesty
It is definitely a lime for
change We hope that the
voters of the 14th
Congressional District realize
(hat J»e Wvall is a man that
can do that job well We really
don't like Ihe alternatives We
cannot he loo forgiving when it
comes lo politics and Ihe
spending of public funds Vote
lor toe Wvall and a new voice
in Washington
million registered voters, ac-
cording to Oaks' staff esti-
mate Deadline lor register
mg to vote in Ihe Mav 6
primary was April 6
Absentee voting continued
through Tuesday of this
week It was reported about
average in Dallas but below
average m many other coun-
ties.
Rases Closing?
The Carter administration
has proposed closing Good
fellow Air Force Base in San
Angelo and trimming person-
nel al Fort Bliss near FT Paso
h\ 608 military and 41 civil-
ian jobs
The plan will he under
study by the Pentagon for
about 10 months, and could
he blocked by Congress
Gov. Dolph Briscoe has
urged lop federal officials to
reconsider the plan
Briscoe argued a strong
case can he made against Ihe
reductions, and said “cosl
cffeclivcncss of ihcsc bases
is such that they actually
merit expansion, not reduc
tion."
The Goodfellow security
training center would lose
Program Cleared
A 5209 million program
for JK7.7 miles of Farm and
Ranch hi Markel roads has
been approved by Ihe Stale
Highway and Public Trans-
portation Commission
The I97R program in-
cludes 80.1 miles of new
construction and funds for
completion and further de-
velopment of the remaining
miles. A total of 127 projects
arc included The all-paved
Texas system of farm lo
market roads now extends
more than 41.000 miles.
At the same time, the
commission also approved a
55.8 million 1978 railroad
signal program for the fed-
eral highway system, subject
to Federal Highway Admim-
siraiion approval It includes
94 projects in all sec lion- of
the state
IIA I \ R \ SPARKS
Tired of reading grim
headlines, watching
depressing nr violent TV
Wluii vou or anyone else needs
is a dose of Sadie Shapiro. Ihe
m«*l recent hook about her is
"Sadie Shapiro in Miami"
• author Robert Kimmel
Smilh).
Many of sou met the
refreshing and irrespressible
Sadie through her first story
"Sadie Shapiro's Knitting
Rook". In this hook Sadie, a
.yf jogging and knitting
practically "unhinged" the Mt.
Fden -Senior Citizen's Hotel,
published a best-selling
knitting book, became a TV
character, and raptured Sam
Ri*ck. a widower, for her
second husband -lust by being
tier honest, unadulterated self
In this delightful new hook.
Sadie responds to an invitation
i with a free plane lickpt for
Sam and her* lo go lo Miami to
help one I. I, l-awrence
< promoter' lo establish a
revolutionary Senior Citizens'
< 'enter (>ne reason she accepts
is that she hopes Florida will
gel rid of Sam'* presislent cold
which they have named
llarvev
This time Sadie creates
another public sensation She
almost becomes a public
enems when 1-awrence turns
util lo Ik* a crook The DA tries
lo implicate Sadie lo further
his own political plans, her
federal-aid urban system
street* Others .ire on fed-
cr.il-atd primary and sccon-
imhltshrr'H lawver tries lo keep
Sadie from talking
But Sadie needs lo jog and
thanks to a fellow logger, she is
caught up in I Ik* publicly that
tells her side of Ihe slory and
tier Ians, many of whom had
temporarily forsaken her,
< onto flying lo her side
She is still herself, full of
optimism and malapropisms
W ith the help of her public. Ihe
IVince of Pol Cheese (an old
will he funded 90 jvcrccnl by
federal mooes and 10 j>cr
cent from the slate highway
fund
Dante of hers) as well as a
lieauliful woman reporter, a
handsome architect, a 72-year
old lap dancer, and Ihe whole
mishpoca of her con
temporaries. Sadie triumphs
over the eops, the DA.
bankruptcy, a fire, and ruinous
publicity «and plays mat
chmaker on the side1
You have lo read it to really
enjoy it-and I do mean it's a
Ionic!
*- Letters To The Editor -*
Loam to Iht editor ora pubhthed In (6a PORTLAND NEWS with or
without the Uinta* t wgnatutt However In ujbmmng material the
ugnatura of the wrttar odd me and telephone number mutt be included
along with a ttatement not to pubhah the name If that M deaered Letter)
wlH be verified with the tendor prior lo publication The editor retervet
the right lo refect and letter
Each morning as I sip my coffee and look toward
Gregory across the several miles of beautiful grain fields the
only trees I can see are palms in the highway median That's
nice, but I would not mom their loss as I would a dear friend
I like, but have never loved, a Palm Tree
However. I attended a city council meeting and heard
some of the most "knuokel headed reasons for destroying
those trees one can imagine
We heard the figures of how many people were killed and
injured by hitting those trees in the past three-year penod
i there were no available figures for the causeway for the
same penod i It was pointed out that one of thoae killed was a
child 11 as was probably intended) felt the knot in my gut at
the thought that knot turned to anger that such an argument
would tie used for "pulling up the palms" - and to sadness for
the adult driving that car
We heard the weak argument that aluminum crushable -
no bounce back harriers were lo coatly because of the
repairs when cars and trucks rip them up Taxes are high
enough true, but what the heck was that kind of a barrier
invented for’’ A driver who walks away, even when al fault,
from such a crash I will galdly share the coat with him and
you.
At Ihe meeting we heard the ominus threat that Por
(landers would share Ihe coat of a three-hundred-thousand
dollar suit by the survivors of the next person killed by a "run
away palm tree "“it's sadly true that Americans are "suit
happy . but what's lo keep the same thing from happening
when someone bounces off that indestrucUble wall we've
placed in Ihe median from here to Corpus I'm no lawyer but
don't insult my intelligence by telling me that pulling up a
few palm trees will negate a citizens right to sue the city or
state We could build an eight lane road here to Gregory and
get sued for building a race track
l>et's slop "gaging at knats" and look at a camel size
problem lhat hasn't happened in my time but could Trucks
with dangerous chemicals roar through our town much above
the speed limit constantly The shopping centers on each side
of 181 filled with mothers and small children have little
protection from an out of control tanker And on the down
wind side (hey wouldn't have much of a chance al home if
IMiisonous fumes were loosed
Dewey Magee Jr.
U.8.A.F Hetlrrd
Briscoe
For Texas
Texas is a great state, second to none
It stands proud and can rightly brag about Its resources,
its people, its growth, its economic well being
While other areas are sniffling and can only hold out their
hands lo Big Brother for repeated chanty in an effort to keep
the wolves from the door. Texas marches forward
During the past five years, some 1.200 industries have
opened here many moving to Texas to escape the outlandish
tax structures in other areas
This alone has meant 250.000 new jobs It is an )11 billion
impact on Texas' economy
For six years. Governor Dolph Briscoe has given the
leadership and Ihe wisdom and foresight to this remarkable
growth and prospenty
He has done it through fiscal responsibility He has led
Ihe state in the type of atmosphere which industry, business
can understand
Briscoe has (ought for better education, for better high
ways, for better law enforcement, he has given expertise and
aggressive command to the state's energy leadership
And. he has led this state forward without new taxes,
without an income tax. he has not stabbed business with
corporate taxes
And. to go yet a step further he is recommending ways to
bring individual tax relief al the local level
Without levying any new taxes. Briscoe initiated a
gigantic highway construction program which will give
Texas a source of pride for years to come, adding 38.000 jobs
to Ihe state's work force
Since he was a member of the Texas House from 1949 to
1957. Briscoe has taken an aggressive lead in the insistance
for educational excellence in Texas
While Briscoe has been governor, an additional $4 billion
has been pul into public and higher education in Texas
Teacher salaries have risen 53 per cent in the same
period
In Ihe crime prevention field, Briscoe prepared a tough
package and gave it to the legislature which responded by
approving vital legislation such as additional courts, a stat-
ewide probation system, mandatory supervision of all in
mates released from prison and discretionary authority to
deny bail on a felony committed while a defendent is free on
hail from a previous felony
Programs for the aging have expanded 200 per cent
under Briscoe He fought HEW guidelines which threaten lo
close many rural hospitals Medical education funding is up
280 per cent
Briscoe organized Ihe nation's governors for
deregulation of natural gas. against more controls, against
consumer taxes on energy He spelled out a detailed positive
energy a|>proach to Ihe President and Secretary of Energy
He spoke as Governor of Texas and as chairman of the oil and
gas subcommittee of the National Governor's f’onference
Briscoe is an avid believer in expansion of foreign
markets for Texas farm products
lie points with great pride to the fact that Texas has had
a balanced budget for the past five years
Briscoe leads Texas in a quiet, dignified manner, getting
Ihe herculean task accomplished without the ixilcrys of
hysteria
His re-election is imperative if Texas is to march for
ward with its head held high, with a fiscal soundness lo
project Ihe added greatness this is yet to come, and without a
new heavy lax load
Briscoe for Texas
In Portland —
This Week
THURSDAY. MAY 4
TOPS 638 - 7 p.m . St Christopher by the Sea Episcopal
Church
Gamma X) chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha 7:30 p m
member's home
MONDAY. MAY H
Rotary Club 12 noon. Community Center
Lions Club 7 p.m , .Shep's Chicken Shack
VFW Post 8933 - 7:30 p m . VFW hall
Omega Epsilon chapter of Beta Sigma Phi - 7:30 pm,
member's home
Xi Mu Gamma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi - 7 .30 pm,
member's home
TUESDAY, MAY 9
Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting - 12 noon,
Shep's Chicken Shack
G-P ISD hoard of trustees meeting - 7:30 pm, school •
administration building. Gregory
Masonic Lodge - 7:30 p m Masonic building
Volunteer fire department 7:30 p m fire station
Coastal Bend Breakers CB Club - 7 30 p m . Land's End
social room
Alpha Delta Mu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi - 7:30 p m ,
member's home
Planning and Zoning Commission - 7:30 p.m, city hall
WEDNESDAY. MAY to
Kiwanis Club • 12 noon, Shep's Chicken Shack
G-P AARP chapter - 1:30 pm.. First Presbyterian
Church
Portland Sea Gulls Square Dance Club • 8 pm, Com-
munity Center
THURSDAY, MAY II
Parent-Child Communication -9am, Community
Center
TOPS 638 - 7 p m , St Christopher by the Sea Episcopal
Church
Jayeees - 7:30 p m , Community Center
Band Box
By
Linda Snodgrass
This story is written on the chalkboard in the band hall:
mixed choir-- sweepstakes girls' choir-sweepstakes, boys'
choir-sweepstakes, junior high band sweepstakes, concert
hand- sweepstakes, symphonic band-sweepstakes All of us
are patting ourselves on the hack for accomplishing a feat
lhat few even dare to dream of Hut. even though earning
sweepstekes requires musical talent, spirit, pride, and hard
work, sweepstakes would be a dream without the dedicated
persons who spend their days rehearsing with the students
and their nights worrying about Ihe outcome
These musical directors. Courtney Dugat, Joe Medina,
Bill Miller. Melva Sehesta and Jim Vanlandingham. are the
main reasons why G P's musical department is a success
today They have an unlimited source of talent that makes
the bands and choirs reach their full potential Yet, their
latent is only a small part of the gift they give to us They give
us an organization of which we can be proud Pride is in
stilled within us because we can participate in the major
aspects of the organization We can make some decisions,
thus the organization is everyone's, not fast Ihe director's
The directors also watch us grow and give us more respou
xibility as time goes by They always seem lo know how much
responsibility we can handle, bul are there just in case we
can't handle something They are constantly building our
spirit, motivating us In go beyond our limit and lo create a
new limit which makes us lietter musicians, and hopefully
lietler persons
Most important is lhat these people treat students not
just as students, hut as human beings who need help in the
field of life Mr Van once said lhat he wanted to leach music,
but his main goal was to help his students to become better
jiersons All these special people have shown through their
actions lhat they. too. have a similar goal In their desire to
help they liecome more than just teachers who have a for
mill relationship with their students, but friends This in
formal, friendly atluude creates the best possible al
niosphere in which to learn music, and lhat is why sweep^
slakes is more than just a dream to us Thank you for giving
us reality Mrs Dugat. Mrs Sehesta, Mr Medina, Mr Miller,
and Mr Van You are truly Ihe ones who deserve a pal on Ihe
hack
If You Ask Me
by JAMES F. TRACY, SR.. Publisher
Most of the project* in-
volve railroad crowing* on dary highway* The project*
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