Duval County Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 12, 1989 Page: 1 of 30
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Alaniz legacy will live on
by Alfredo E. Cardenas
Editor/Publisher
SAN DIEGO, Texas - Famed local attorney
Nago Alaniz died in a Corpus Christi hospital on
Friday, April 7. He was 75.
His death brought to end a legal career which
spanned nearly half a century and had brought to
Alaniz the satisfaction of having achieved a child-
hood dream. In those fifty years he touched many
lives and built a reputation which will endure for
many more years to come.
To the Sunday newspaper headline writers he
was “colorful” and a “politician”. At limes he was
both. But, to those who knew him best he was a loyal
friend and generous neighbor.
Much like his friend and neighbor. Dr. E. E.
Dunlap, Alaniz had come to San Diego at a young
age with a professional degree in hand. Like Dunlap
he spent his next Fifty years tending to needs of his
inty where they would begin their family.
Nago was bom in Berclair, a rural Bee
County community on Jan. 13,1914. The family
adopted town—one would take care of its health ills Count)
and the other its legal problems.
As an occassional politician and a successful! „ ___________________
criminal lawyer, Alaniz would make a few more later moved to Beeville where his father would
enemies than Dunlap but he had as many friends, become a successful grocer, operating two stores.
In December 1988 Alaniz gave the *uUal At age 13. Alaniz recalled that his father was
Count; picture a rare personal interview in which indicted for allegedly selling “home brew”. It was
he relived many aspects of his life. It was a mesmer- the custom of the day not to let on to the children
izing story, parts of which we would like to share about matters such as this, but Alaniz remembered
with our readers at this time. how troubled his father was about the incident.
San Diego, which would become his adopted He retained two of Beeville's best criminal
home, had played an important role in his life even attorneys and they won his acquital. It was a happy
before he was bom. It was here that his orphaned time at the Alaniz home when they learned the
mother had been adopted herself by the Briones news of the jury’s verdict,
family. Alaniz would always hold a special affection Up to that lime Alaniz had wanted to become
for the Briones because of this act of kindness to- a musician but his father wanted him to study
wards his mother. It was here, also, that his parents medicine. The joy that the two attorneys brought
had met. to his family on that occasion made him warn to be
Alaniz’ father had come from Mexico. His an an attorney,
mother taught him English and the two moved to Bee See ALANIZ Page 6
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Three more expelled in SD
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Freer
Rancher Clinton Manges says he
wants to sue the state for $4.5
million in oil and gas revenues
from a 1984 settlement of a law-
suit that was to benefit the state’s
Permanent School Fund.
But Land Commissioner Garry
Mauro, one of the parties in the
settlement, has blasted Manges,
saying that Manges is reneging on
the settlement.
“It’s bad enough Clinton
Manges wants to pick the pockets
of Texas school children, but he
wants to do it in direct violation of
an agreement he Signed on Jan 5,
1984,” Mauro said.
Manges, however, told the San
Antonio Express-News earlier
this week that Mauro was using
the attack for political gains.
‘ ’He’s trying to make some hay
out of it, trying to accuse me of
picking on poor little schools,
while Garry’s protecting them
Manges said.
‘’It’s pretty raw when you have
to go through this,” he said.
Manges said although the set-
tlement had been reached in 1984,
he waited to file suit against the
state because another party con-
testing the settlement, Exxon
Inc., had lost its bid for a rehear-
ing before the Texas Supreme
Court.
Manges said the court’s refusal
paved the way for him to chal-
lenge the state on his claim that he
was acting in the state’s interests
when he filed the original 1982
lawsuit against Mobil.
Mauro said Manges is attempt-
ing to use a legislative resolution
to abrogate the agreement negoti-
ated with the Land Office and
Mobil Oil Corp. in which he
waived all rights to revenue gen-
erated from oil and gas produc-
tion on a 14,720-acre tract of
Public School Fund land.
” I am outraged _ beyond out-
raged _ that a man who got a fair
settlement would go so low as to
attempt to steal money from the
Permanent School Fund today,
when education has never been
more important,” Mauro said.
In the early 1980s, Manges was
said to be worth $500 million dur-
ing the oil-and-gas boom and
gained controversy for his politi-
cal contributions to judges and
other Texas politicians.
The current controversy stems
from a settlement that Manges,
the state, Mobil Co. and Exxon
Inc. reached over the distribution
of oil and gas revenues from
mineral rights on lands in Webb
and Duval counties.
Under that settlement, Mauro
claims, Manges received 49,340
acres of private land and Manges
agreed to waive his rights to oil
and gas revenues on 14,720 acres
of state land.
In the past four years, produc-
tion of PUF lands far outstripped
Mobil’s past efforts, contributing
more than $3 million to public
education.
During the same period, pro-
duction of the 49,340 acres de-
clined 93 percent.
Estimates of how much the fund
would receive have ranged from
$150 million to $15 million. So
far, the fund has rccci\ «*d $3 mil-
lion from that settlement.
Manges said he is entitled to
half that amount, plus half of fu-
ture revenues, totaling approxi-
mately $4.5 million, said state
Sen. Hector Uribe, D-
Brownsvillc, who filed a resolu-
tion last month seeking permis-
sion from the state for Manges to
sue the state.
Uribe said he was not represent-
ing Manges in the case, but said
he was approached by the oilman-
financier to sponsor the resolu-
tion.
Uribe said he has represented
Manges in other issues, including
a case about six weeks ago over
foreclosure on some of Manges’
property.
(Editor's Note: Uribe appeared in
a Duval County courtroom re-
cently to represent the Manges
family in an effort to move their
trial against the First State E ank
out of Duval County because 'hey
feared Manges could not get a lair
trial locally.)
SAN DIEGO, Texas - Three
more San Diego High School
students have been expelled as a
result of an incident involving the
smoking of marijuana on a school
bus. A fourth student was ex-
pelled last week.
High School Principal Man-
uel Solis, Jr. hesitated to release
the students names before check-
ing with the school's attorney. All
three have accepted the 30 day
expulsion and have waived their
right to aq appeal.
The first student expelled
appealed the decision to the
school's Board of Trustees, bring-
ing the whole matter into the
public eye. He charged, at the
time, that he was being singled
out for punishment.
The student named nine other
students who he said had smoked
marijuana on a school field trip to
the San Antonio Stock Show last
February.
The latest three expulsions,
said Solsz, came after at least two
students identified the offenders.
Moreover, those accused admit-
ted to the infraction.
The students will be out from
March 30 to May 1. During this
period they will have no grades
recorded, but they will be respon-
sible for the material covered.'
Semester grades will be based
on exams taken before and after
the expulsion and on the semester
exam which will contain material
from the expulsion period.
Solis noted that the investiga-
tion is continuing.
Perez guilty of
involuntary
Thieves take from little girls manslaughter
SAN DIEGO, Texas - Local
criminal types here have gotten
quite daring of late, they have
taken to stealing balls from little
girls.
On Thursday, April 5, un-
known perpetrators broke down
three doors at the San Diego Little
Miss Kickball Association con-
cession stand and took some
$2,000 worth of equipment and
supplies.
Duval County Sheriff San-
tiago Barrera says they still do not
have any suspects but arc expect-
ing a break soon.
"Someone will start using a
ball," says Barrera, "and we will
get a lead."
The thieves took some 20 in-
flatable kickballs along with
other items. Also taken were two
electronic controls used to run the
field's scoreboards, an amplifier,
a microphone and a speaker.
"The only thing they didn't
take," says league president Betty
Lou Garcia, "was the popcorn
machine because they couldn't
cany it, it's so big."
It's going to take the
community's support, adds Gar-
cia, to replace what was lost. The
league currently has an ongoing
candy sale to raise funds and the
community is being asked to re-
spond generously to the girls
when they are approached with
candy.
At least one business has al-
ready responded the girls’ dilema.
Joe Brown, owner of El Mercado
supermarket has donated $100
and various candy items to the
league.
Brown has also offered his
store location to coordinate fund
raising efforts. Anyone wishing
to make a contribution to help the
league, says Brown, can do it at
his store and they will make sure
the girls get the gift and the name
of the person who contributed.
The Little Kickball league has
over 125 girls participating, ages
six to 18. Some 30 adults volun-
teer their time to league
operations.
AmLll absolute last day to file
Income tax deadline fast approaching
NEW YORK (AP) - Having
trouble getting your act together
in time to meet the April 17 in-
come-tax deadline?
Consider joining the 6 million
or so of your fellow citizens who
arc turning for help to Form 4868
(Application for Automatic
Extension of Time to File U.S.
Individual Income Tax Return).
Complete this form properly,
mail it to the Internal Revenue
Service, and you’ll get four more
months, until Aug. 15, to com-
plete your annual accounting
with Uncle Sam.
There’s one catch to this, how-
ever. Extension of time to file
docs not mean extension of time
to pay.
With Foim 4868, the rules
stipulate, you need to enclose a
check big enough to ensure that at
least 90 percent of your eventual
tax bill for 1988 is paid.
If you don’t meet that standard,
you can run into a wide variety of
woes, including penalties for late
payment and a possible ruling
that invalidates your extension
request altogether.
So if you’re uncertain how
much your tax is likely to run, it
makes sense when estimating it to
err on the high side.
The trouble is, that means
you’re probably going to wind up.
giving the government the frccV
use ol some of your money for at
least several months
Drawbacks notwithstanding,
the IRS says 5.7 million taxpayers
filed for extensions in the tax fil-
ing season last year. For this year,
it is projecting that 6.2 million
will do so.
There used to be another way to
duck the deadline, and to post-
pone the need to pay as well.
All you had to do was be out of
the country, defined as the 50
states and Puerto Rico, on April
15. That qual i f cd you for an extra
two months to file and pay.
' This was the easiest extension
to get and particularly useful to
some taxpayers who were not in a
position to determine what their
tax liability was going to be,”
observed Steven Holub, manag-
ing partner in the Houston office
of the accounting firm of Lav-
enthol & Horwath.
About a year ago, a clever
thinker in an airline's marketing
department hit on the idea of
promoting its flights to other
countries as a way of getting this
break.
But the idea was too clever in
the eyes of the IRS, which imme-
diately began a crackdown. Now
the only people eligible for the
extension arc those who live out-
side the United States, including
mrmhrr* of iHa
tioned in other lands.
”It eliminated a very handy
device,” Holub said.
For people who will be travel-
ing abroad this year, he adds, it is
now necessary cither to get your
return in on time or file a Form
4868 before you depart.
Some lax mavens advise .jet-
ting an extension even if you can
meet the original deadline, as a
way of reducing your chances of
being audited. No. say others. H is
best to file in April, when there is
safety in numbers.
Ignore this debate, counsels the
Arthur Young Tax Guide: ‘ ’Both
theories arc oversimplifications
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SAN DIEGO, Texas - Nearly
two years after Francisco Gon-
zalez was struck to death with a
board, Jose E. Perez has‘)fle acted
guilty to involuntary manslaugh-
ter. He will be sentenced on May
22 after a presentencing investi-
gation is complete.
Perez had been indicted in
1987 for murder by a Duval
County Grand Jury after he alleg-
edly felled Gonzalez at an Easter
get together on April 19, 1987.
On Monday, April 10, the
district attorney's office agreed to
the reduced charge of involuntary
manslaughter.
The plea bargain involved no
recommendation on a sentence to
State District Judge Ricardo H.
Garcia. Perez could face a sen-
tenced from two to ten years in
prison and a fine of up to $5,000.
Assistant District Attorney
Rudy Gutierrez noted that Perez
could also be required to make
restitution for medical expenses
incurred by the Gonzalez family.
Grand jury
indicts 17,
many are
repeaters
SAN DIEGO, Texas - Seven-
teen men were indicted by the
Duval County Grand Jury on
Thursday, April 6. Many are not
new to the criminal docket, hav-
ing been convicted before for
numerous offenses.
Roberto Pena faces two
counts resulting from a theft and
later escape from Sheriffs per-
sonnel. Pena was indicted for the *
Jan. 22,1989 theft from the Rudy
Zambrano residence.
Pena also faces a second count
for escaping the custody of Duval
County Deputy Tommy W.
Stanseil. He has two previous
convictions in 1983 and 1981.
Jose Alfredo Alaniz and Larry
Adams were indicted for "appro-
priating stolen property" from the
September 2,1988theftofa 1986
4-wheel motor bicycle belonging
to Ismael Vidal.
Also indicted as a result of the
4-wheelcr theft were Joel Garcia.
Alberto Pena and Omar Litchen
berger. Garcia has had one previ-
ous conviction, Pena two and
Litchenbcrger, one.
Felipe Arredondo. Jr. was
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