Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1979 Page: 6 of 8
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Texas Agricultural Prospects For 1980
Texas farmers and
ranchers face prospects of
lower net incomes in 1980
than during the current
year, an agricultural
economist with the Texas
Agricultural Extension
Service says.
Dr. Carl G. Anderson,
marketing economist, says it
simply boils down to costs
increasing faster than farm
prices.
He notes that cow-calf
operators generally will fare
a little better in 1980 than
most other agricultural
producers. Fewer calves
and strong demand are
expected to help hold prices
near the level averaged in
1979. An exception would be
those ranchers of South and
Southwest Texas who are
hard-hit by the current
summer and fall drought
and are dispersing their
entire herds.
Higher feed costs and the
likelihood of a sluggish fed
cattle market may mean
that cattle feeders may find
profit margins slim over the
next 12 months, Anderson
points out.
"I^arge supplies of com-
peting meats, particularly
pork and poultry, will likely
dampen any big rise in price
of fed beef. The expected
economic recession will
increase unemployment and
add to the cooling off of
demand for beef," he
predicts.
As a result of abundant
supplies, hog, broiler and
turkey prices are expected
to remain low until late in
1980, when a possible
reduction of output could
bolster markets.
Lamb prices may run
slightly less than in 1979 as
total meat supplies are
expected to be sizable,
particularly in the first half
of 1980. A small increase in
U.S. lamb and mutton
production is likely in 1980,
with the inventory of sheep
and lambs expected to be up
SANTA VISITS- A visit from Santa Claus thrilled the students of the Early
Childhood Development Center during their Christmas party held on Wednesday,
December 19. Pictured holding gifts distributed by Santa are the students of Orpha
Lopez and Dora Wagner.
Roma Students Send Cards
To Hostages In Iran
The
Consumer
Alert
by Mark White
Attorney General
The Roma High School
Student Council, in an effort
to show patriotism and
respect for the American
way of life, is sponsoring a
very special Christmas
project: sending Christmas
cards to the hostages in Iran.
The four high school
classes are cooperating in
this project, and students,
teachers, and ad-
ministrators have brought
many Christmas cards.
Each person includes his
name, address, and personal
message. Once the cards are
collected, the Student
Council Committee, led by
Cynthia Gonzalez, will mail
the cards to the American
Embassy in Iran.
Roma High School wishes
to show the fifty Americans
that people in Roma, as
elsewhere in the United
States and all over the world,
care about them.
There is no easy solution to
the energy crisis. That is one of
the lessons to be learned from
an investigation conducted by
attorneys in my Consumer
Protection and Antitrust
Division which resulted in our
filing suit against Arnold L.
Burke and others in Bell
County. Burke claimed to have
invented a machine that
generated energy without the
use of any internal or external
power other than the
' circulation of water and
named the machine "Jerimiah
33:3" from a verse in the Bible
that reads "Call unto me, and I
will answer thee, and show
thee great and mighty things,
which thou kncwest not."
During a trial for a
temporary injunction against
Burke. Judge Clawson
permitted an expert to
examine the machine. The
expert discovered and
testified on Thursday,
December 20. 1979, that
Burke had concealed in the
machine a standard electric
pump which utilized a hidden
external power source.
As a result of the expert
disproving Burke's claims the
judge granted our request for
a temporary injunction
against Burke which prohibits
further attempts to market
the device and freezes the
assets of three companies
controlled by Burke and co-
defendant Steve Prentice of
Moody. The judge also
appointed a receiver to take
charge of the a. sets of the
companies along with Burke's
personal assets Burke was
arrested Wednesday night
after the machine was
examined and ha been
released on $50,000 bond.
Before Burke wa exposed
by our lawsuit, over fifteen
consumers invested in excess
of over a million dollars to
promote the device. These
investors, like most of the rest
of us, were no doubt impressed
by the idea of an easy and
inexpensive solution to the
energy crisis - the ability to
generate energy simply
through pumping water
Energy saving and gas
saving devices are currently
being advertised throughout
the country and frequently the
promoters offer great savings
to consumers at little cost For
example, as of September
1979. the Federal Trade
Commission stated that
approximately one hundred
ga.s-saving devices were on the
market and not one of the
devices tested by the
government so far has show n
it can achieve the desired
result.
The emergence of consumer
frauds frequently can be
anticipated by a review of
current national problems or
crises like energy and gas-
savings. The Economic Crime
Project of the National
District Attorney Association,
last year, anticipated swindles
capitalizing on the energy
crisis, such as promotion and
sale of worthless fuel-saving
devices or services, diluted
gasoline, inferior insulation,
and perpetual motion
machines. Monitoring of
complaints filed with my
Consumer Protection and
Antitrust Division has shown
that numerous complaints
relating to fuel-saving devices
for homes and inferior
insulation jobs have been
received during the past two
years and that these
complaints are increasing.
One "Jeremiah 33:3"
investor told reporters he is
convinced he has lost forever
all the money he invested in
Burke's machine. All Texas
consumers should take a
lesson from the Burke case
and be wary of fantastic
claims to meet our energy and
fuel problems.
If you are solieitated to
invest in an energy savings or
fuel savings device that makes
revolutionary claims be sure
to check it out. Ask to see
independent test results,
contact your Better Business
Bureau and the Attorney
General's Consumer Protec-
tion and Antitrust Division
nearest vou.
Ms. Rios Hired As Interviewer With
Texas Employment Commission
Ms. Rebecca Rios, 1703
West Main, Rio Grande City,
has gone to work as a
temporary interviewer with
the Texas Employment
Commission in McAllen.
She received an ap-
pointment after passing a
competitive examination for
job applicants for ten state
agencies. The agencies
select new employees from
Americans today are eating over four times
cis much fresh broccoli today as they did ten
years ago, says the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
"All great truths begin as
blasphemies."
George Bernard Shaw
RIO APPLIi
Scientists Predict California
Quake Within Decade
SAN FRANCISCO
An earthquake of
devastating proportions is
expected to strike California
— probably in a populated
area — within the next
decade, two seismologists
say.
The chance of such a
quake is now about 50-50, and
"every passing year these
odds will steadily increase,"
says the report by Bruce A.
Bolt, director of the
Seismographic Station at the
University of California in
Berkeley, arid Richard H.
Jahns, professor of geology
and applied earth sciences at
Stanford University.
They said the quake will
probably have a Richter
scale reading of more than 7.
The Richter scale measures
ground motion, and a quake
with a magnitude of 7 is
classified as a "major"
earthquake, capable of in-
flicting widespread damage
Bolt and Jahns, writing in
the journal of U.C. Berkeley-
Institute of Governmental
Studies, based their
prediction on measurements
of strain along California
faults, and on historical
records of earthquake oc-
currence for hundreds of
years.
They said the next large
quake is likely to strike a
populated area, mainly
because of the state's in-
creasing urbanization.
"In fact, of California's
principal urban con-
centrations, all except the
Sacramento and San Diego
areas appear to be exposed
to fairly high levels of
seismic risk," they wrote.
The only major earth-
quake in the United States
to occur in a heavily
populated region was the
San Francisco quake of 1906,
they said. That quake, which
occurred before the Richter
scale was devised, was
estimated at 7.9.
But "metropolitan areas
in both Northern and
Southern California are
certain to be hit by major
earthquakes in the future."
they said.
The seismologists say
California's response to the
danger of a great quake is
inadequate.
Residents have "totally
unrealistic ideas of what
they will be able to do during
and after a major quake,
including such normally
routine things as making
telephone calls or driving
home in their cars," they
said.
Forming the California
Seismic Safety Commission
in 1975 was a positive step,
they said. But they see a
need for greater awareness
of the risk of an earthquake,
and more emphasis on
educating the public on how
to cope with that risk.
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from a year earlier.
Crop farmers of the state
can expect 1980 price levels
to remain near those of 1979
Little price change is
foreseen in average prices
for cotton and grains, but
soybean prices may weaken
slightly as increasing world
consumption failed to match
this year's increase in
production, says Anderson.
The economist says
vegetable supplies are up,
causing market prices to
weaken. And the plentiful
supply of fruit and tree nuts
points to moderately lower
prices for producers until the
1980 crop size can be
determined.
Anderson says production
expenses for U.S. farmers
moved up about 16 percent in
1979 and will probably in-
crease another 11 percent of
more in 1980.
"For irrigated farming in
Texas, the increase will be
much higher because of
rising fuel and energy
costs," he points out.
No let-up is foreseen in the
rising price of energy and
climbing inflation rates.
"Early this fall, prices
paid by farmers for fuels and
energy were 44 percent
higher than a year earlier.
Prices for tractors andother
machinery were 11 percent
higher, and for building and
fencing, prices were up 10
percent. Interest rates on
farm mortgages had jumped
25 percent during this
period," Anderson notes.
We hope that
this new year
brings peace
and happiness
to you and to
your family.
GREETINGS
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Silva, Marcelo. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1979, newspaper, December 27, 1979; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194747/m1/6/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.