Cleveland Advocate (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 22, 1987 Page: 3 of 22
twenty two pages : ill. ; page 22 x 14 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this newspaper.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Hwy. 59 North - 2 miles out of Cleveland
CLEVELAND ADVOCATE, Friday, May 22,1987, Section A - Page 3
Dedication, parade highlight Memorial weekend
Gpntinued from Page 1
Johnson said. “It’s time. And it’s
rfght that it should be held in Texas,
since we have the third largest
population of Vietnam veterans —
about 161,000.”
As both the assistant director of
fundraising for the “stand-down”
and the director of the Coalition of
Black Vietnam Veterans, Johnson
has appeared on several Houston
television and radio programs to
promote the event, and is now
scheduled to appear with Medal of
jtxHonor Recipient Roy Beneviendos,
®fthe father of a MIA son and a Gold
Star Mother from Houston on
Channel ll’s “Houston A.M.” at 8
a.m. this morning.
In Febrary, he was asked by Los
Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley to visit
that city to discuss plans for the
Houston event and to help with plans
for a similar event in California.
This month, he appeared on both the
“Steve Smith” show on Channel 11
and also earlier on “Houston A.M.”
as a featured guest.
The event has now grown into a
three-day itinerary, May 21 through
24, of which the two and one-half-
mile march beginning at 11 a.m.
tomorrow and culminating in
Hermann Park, is but a part.
Co-sponsored by Budweiser, the
Memorial weekend plans included
the erection and dedication of “The
Wall,” a one-half-size replica of the
memorial wall in Washington, D.C.,
which bears the names of those who
died in Vietnam. The Houston
“Wall” was dedicated May 21 and is
now situated at the Reaction
in Hermann Park, along with a flag
display of 58,130 American and
POW-MIA flags.
Houston Mayor Kathryn Whitmire
and Councilman Anthony Hall were
the featured speakers during the
dedication ceremonies, which were
followed by a POW-MIA Candlelight
Vigil in Hermann Park.
At the conclusion of the parade
tomorrow at the Miller Outdoor
Theatre, at 1:30 p.m., there will be a
free concert featuring such noted
Vietnam-era bands as “The Guess
Who,” “Buffalo Springfield
Revisited,” “Britt Small and
Festival,” and singers Richie
Havens, Johnny Rivers, and Holiday
and Martin.
“Living displays” of veterans
from World War I, World War II,
Korea and Vietnam will be stationed
throughout Hermann Park, joined
by Gold Star Mothers, Gold Star
Wives, military bands and floats,
and helicopter and airplane
flyovers.
Johnson said that one of the most
important activities planned during
the Memorial Day weekend will be a
computerized “Buddy Search,”
which will allow veterans to register
their names, units and current
location in the computer to help
locate friends and comrades.
“It is the welcome home that
many veterans never received,”
said Johnson.
Franks said that the event was
designed “to be a march of unity for
all veterans — men and women — of
all wars, and for the community to
understand and share the emotions
that go with being a Vietnam
veteran. This will be a time to
remember fallen comrades who
gave their lives for their country and
an opportunity to heal psychological
wounds created irt a by-gone era.”
In addition to Westmoreland,
retired chief-of-staff of the U.S.
Army, the march will include
representatives of the four Joint
Chiefs of Staffs, Congressional
Medal of Honor recipient Master
Sergeant Roy Benevides, and radio
personality Chris Noel, who was
“the voice of Vietnam.”
It will also include Johnson, who in
addition to being one of the event’s
coordinators is himself a Vietnam
veteran and winner of a Bronze Star
with a “V” for valor, a Purple
Heart, the Vietnamese Cross of
Gallantry and about four rows of
other combat ribbons.
Johnson, now a professional
watchmaker and real estate leasor,
joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1969
and became “the point man, the one
to lead the column.” His nickname
during those years was “Sugar-
bear,” a name he now uses in con-
nection with his involvement with
the Houston Foundation of Vietnam
Veterans and with the Coalition of
Black Vietnam Veterans.
Johnson’s career with the Corps
ended when he stepped on a land
mine and lost both legs in Anhoa,
Vietnam.
After the Houston Memorial Day
weekend, Johnson plans to organize
a reunion of area veterans and
former squadron members, to be
held in Cleveland at a later date.
River Bend is a successful nuclear power plant, said report
Continued from Page 1
in 1981 and modifield the Fuel Use
Act to say that natural gas could be
used in existing power plants but
prohibited construction of any new
gas-power plants. This law excluded
cogeneration projects planned by
industrial users.
When the River Bend project
began, plans included two units. In
1984, GSU canceled the River Bend 2
project.
The next year, a California-based
private consulting firm completed a
report evaluating GSU’S
management of the River Bend
Project.
The report concluded that River
Bend is one of the more successful
nuclear plant projects undertaken
by the domestic electric power in-
dustry in he past two decades.
Since the project began, GSU
management has actively par-
ticipated in the control and
management of the project, the
report said.
When considering rate increases
for GSU, some critics, with the idea
of disallowing a large percentage of
River Bend costs, sought out the
well-known firm of O’Brien-
Kretzberg and Associates (OKA)
who contracted two other firms for
assistance in conducting a prudency
review of River Bend.
After reviewing some of OKA’s
work, the Illinois Commerce
Commission (ICC) concluded that,
“While staff does not desire to
challenge the credibility of any
professional consulting firm, we find
Mr. (James) O’Brian’s (of OKA)
Property owners must file before June 30
Continued from Page 1
Robinson outlined the steps for a
property owner to file a protest.
First, the property owner must file a
written “notice of protest” with the
ARB. This must be filed by June 30
or within 30 days after the taxpayers
receives a notice of appraised value
from the chief appraiser, whichever
is later.
S
: However, if the ARB sends a
property owner a notice of any other
kind of change in the appraisal
records, the property owner has only
10 days to file a protest.
Official forms for a notice of
protest are available at the ap-
praisal district office. “A letter from
the taxpayer is also acceptable,”
Robinson said, “as long as it iden-
tifies the property owner the
property which is the subject of the
protest and indicates dissatisfaction
with some decision or action of the
appraisal office.”
Each protesting taxpayer may
offer evidence or argument either in
person or by filing an affidavit with
the ARB. Taxpayers should be
aware that the ARB has no authority
over tax rates or taxing unit spen-
ding and will not hear protests of
those matters.
The ARB will schedule hearings as
property owners file protests and
will inform them of the time, date
and place of their individual
hearings at least 15 days before the
schedule appearance date. Robinson
said that protest hearings will be
held twice a week and that the ARB
expects to approve the final ap-
praisal roll on July 20.
After the ARB approves the
records, it can hear a protest under
only substantially affects the
owner’s tax liability.
The State Property Tax Board has
issued a pamphlet called “Tax-
payers’ Rights, Remedies,
Responsibilities,” available at the
Liberty County Appraisal District
office, which explains how to
prepare and present an appeal to the
ARB. For a copy, contact the ap-
praisal district staff at 1820 Sam
Houston, Liberty, (409) 336-5722.
Survey team to examine
pr Continued from Page 1 said, “We are very optomistic that
.gA in the hospital to help correct the
tissues.
Monday afternoon, after receiving
the notification of the possible loss of
their Medicare certification, Watson
the survey team, when they return
within the next two weeks, will find
all cited issues in compliance with
TDH regulations.”
McGill stated, “We are proud of
the employees and medical staff at
hospital's compliance
Charter. As a team, we are areas. Our 46 years of service show
dedicated to serving the health cere our commitment to provide quality
needs of Cleveland and surrounding patient care.
More indictments expected
dontinued from Page 1
■ n •
means concluded and more in-
dictments are expected.”
He praised Sam Jacinto County
Sheriff Bob Brumley, Chief Deputy
Jim Lyles, Trinity County Sheriff
Kenneth Moore, District Attorney
Criminal Investigator Ron Don-
nahoe, and Liberty County Detective
Sergeant Larry Allen for the work
they have done in the case.
He said that an arraignment
should be set for the four men within
the next two weeks, meanwhile they
are all still in custody in the San
Jacinto County jail.
Vet found himself a symbol
W .Continued from page 2A
T> ,
3iis return to the United States, to
whose defense his period of service
,jiad supposedly been dedicated.
Confused, berated, blamed for
(creating and perpetuating a war for
which he was in no way responsible
and which he did not understand, the
Vietnam veteran found himself a
symbol against which a portion of
the American public could direct
their opposition to the war.
A recent essay by a nationally
syndicated columnist, also con-
(cerned with the movie “Platoon,”
makes this sweeping statement:
;“...The troops who went to Vietnam
came back in unprecendented
numbers, happily, and they were not
in the main addicted, stuffed with
guilt or relegated to the fringes of an
'ungrateful nation...91 percent said
They were happy to have served, 74
percent said they enjoyed the ex-
perience.” That the majority of
..veterans have in some manner been
•,reassimilated into our society is not
^[questioned; how many of them have
^ idone so “happily” certainly is. In
' (my experiences in dealing with
Vietnam veterans, and from within
my own emotional makeup, I have
found an almost universal anger,
bitterness and frustration which the
returned veteran does not feel
capable of expressing except to
someone who has shared the Viet-
nam experience and its aftermath.
The majority of veterans have still
found no outlet for these feelings; in
many instances they have been told
by friends, families and even by
supposedly competent professionals
either that they “shouldn’t” have
these feelings, or that they must
suppress and try to forget their
Thoughts of Vietnam and that thus
Their disturbing emotions and
flashbacks will eventually go away.
These procedures, quite frankly, do
hot work. Only an honest, forthright,
hnd searching personal analysis of
the Vietnam experience will help.
To say that the veterans of Viet-
nam are not “different,” in the sense
that they are unchanged by their
experience, would certainly be
inaccurate. By the same token,
however1, to state that all the
changes that took place in each
individual were negative and thus
must somehow be eradicated or
exorcised is also totally wrong. Even
the variety of combat experience
depicted in “Platoon” can be
positive, in that it can lead to more
individual insight and compassion
rather than less, and to an aversion
to war and its excesses rather than
to a desire to see this nation again
engaged in so nationally divisive and
demoralizing an experience.
It is this insight and understanding
that I have found in each of the
Vietnam veterans with whom I have
spent any time. A recognition by the
people of this country is long
overdue that it is these qualities,
rather than a killer instinct and a
personality waiting to explode, that
lies beneath the carefully con-
structed exterior of the vast
majority of Vietnam veterans. Any
veteran has the courage and takes
the time for this exploratory process
will eventually find that his ex-
periences can serve as a reason for
pride, rather than for the shame or
fear that far too often exists.
John Burns is a Therapist at Tri-
County Associates who specializes in
treating Post Traumatic Stress
Syndrome. His experience in
Vietnam has helped him develop a
very compassionate insight to
working with veterans needing
professional assistance in dealing
with the impact of their Vietnam
experience. A seminar to discuss
problems faced by Vietnam vets will
be presented early in June for
veterans of the conflict and their
family. For more information about
the seminar, this article or services
available at Tri-County Associates,
please call John Burns at (409) 539-
4041.
Dr. Marc Spector
Foot Specialist - Podiatrist
PAINFUL FOOT CONDITIONS CAN BE TREATED
AND RARELY REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION
1. Bunions can result in pain and redness of the first toe joint.
2. Corns are causd by bone spurs and curling of the toes.
3. Ingrown toe nails can be treated with a painless office procedure.
4. Callouses are a result of changes in position of the bone in the foot.
FREE
Initial Consultation
592-5779
403 E. Dallas Street
Cleveland, Tx
Office Hours
Tuesday 9-4:30
Appointments made c/a//y through
are Humble office
540-2234
„ s k" s;\ \;v i
SMITH-CORONA CXL 4000 ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER.
Full-line correction memory lifts errors off paper with one
touch. WordEraser removes entire word with one touch.
Automatic relocate allows typing to continue from where it
was interrupted. Half-space key squeezes or spaces out
letters to appropriate fill space where error was made.
Other features include automatic carriage return,
automatic centering. International keyboard has foreign-
language symbols. Uses interchangeable cassette-type
Daisy wheel typing element. Regency 10 style element in-
cluded. Full-size carriage accepts 12-in. paper, has 9-in.
typing line. 120V, AC, UL listed. Warranted by manufac-
turer — wirte for copy, see page 36. From Spring ‘87
Catalog, page 612, 613.
„ _ Was $229.99
G 639-9034A ^ _
Dei wt 14.50ibs Sale $169.99
Sflj va*' . Shop Toll Free By Phone
1-800-222-6161
l ° 592-2651
JC Penney Catalog Sales Center
1823 E. Houston
Cleveland, Texas
Across from Junior High • Next Door to Cato’s
opinions as simplistic, unrealistic,
and contrary to regulation in the
public interest.”
After a recommendation from
OKA and the California Public
Utilities Commission, for a $1.2 and
.8 billion disallowance following
prudency hearings on the San
Onofre nuclear plant, the ad-
ministrative law judge concluded
that there should be no disallowance
at all. The commission voted for less
than a $350 million disallowance on
the $4.5 billion plant.
GSU is pleased that the Public
Utility Commission of Texas has
hired two outside firms to perform a
“fair and impartial” review of
testimony subhearings.
the Texas Commission will also
examine the findings of the com-
pany’s consultant.
Terry's Diner
Wecial
Buy 3 Catfish Dinners or
Shrimp Basket and
Receive OngJffll—•
Home Cooked Meals
592-8707
Great
For Grads
Select Group
Western Shirts
Long & Short Sleeve
$10°°
Ladies Cowboy Boots
$5995
Reg. up to $135.00
s2095
Western Shirts
Reg. $26.95
Now in Stock
-tfWranqler
A legend In W jeans
S-J795
Gift Certificates
For Graduates
•Knives ‘Wallets 'Belts
•Buckles ‘Silver Letters
•Ropers ‘Hats *Hat Bands
DR. GEORGE N.
STOKES, M.D.
AND STAFF
Front Row Left to Right: Darrell Bain, Sandy Stokes
& George. N. Stokes, M.D.
Back Row Left to Right: Donna Cole, Ginger Beard,
Jenny Sue Carpenter, Michele Hill and Jackie
Moulder.
are pleased to announce
the relocation of their office
to the new...
CLEVELAND
PROFESSIONAL
BUILDING
Located at the Corner
of Boothe Street and Bonham
592-2888
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View 20 places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Martin, Betty. Cleveland Advocate (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 22, 1987, newspaper, May 22, 1987; Cleveland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth852096/m1/3/?q=texas+centennial+exposition: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin Memorial Library.