Mineral Wells Index (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 157, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 6, 1985 Page: 2 of 16
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Teacher test review.......
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Association is a 38,000 member pro-
fessional education association - the
only such association whose active
membership is limited to classroom
teachers.
The Mineral Wells Classroom
Teachers Association is sponsoring
the TECAT test review on Saturday,
Nov. 9 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the
Mineral Wells High School cafeteria.
The review is in preparation for
Statewide competency tests which
are scheduled for March 10, 1988.
Any interested teacher should con-
tact Carolyn Young at Houston
Elementary after 2:45 p.m.
TCTA-UT TECAT Review Course,
as the review is formally known, was
proposed by Texas Education Agen-
cy and developed in cooperation with
The University of Texas at Austin
Division of Continuing Education.
The Review Course will be offered
to as many as 100,000 educators
across the State during Saturday
PPC voters..
workshops scheduled through
Feb. IS, 1986.
According to the TCTA release, the
TECAT Review Course, "is being of-
fered to classroom teachers, ad-
ministrators, snd other
professions Uy-certified personnel.
Thomasine Sparks, TCTA presi-
dent said, “in order to provide all
Texas educators with a more con-
structive, positive approach to the
competency test issue, TCTA propos-
ed the concept of the Review Course
to The University of Texas at Austin
Division of Continuing Education in
the fall of 1964."
Sparks called the Review Course
“a critical service” for all educators
"regardless of the association to
which they belong.”
She asserted, "we believe this
Review Course will be the definitive
effort to help prepare Texas
educators for the (competency)
test.”
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veteran’s low-interest home loan pro-
gram was approved in Palo Pinto
County by 730 votes to 436
Propositions 9 and 10 both received
narrow margins of approval from
county voters, with Proposition 9
receiving 866 “for” votes and 523
"against'" votes and Proposition 10
receiving 899 favorable votes and 818
oDDoalna votes.
Proposition 10 also was approved
by the narrowest margin statewide,
garnering 81.27 percent of the vote,
while Proposition 9 was approved
statewide with 87.49 percent of the
vote.
Proposition 9 allows the legislature
to require state agencies to obtain ap-
proval before spending or making an
emergency transfer of appropriated
funds
Proposition 10 authorizes the is-
suance of 8500 million in genera)
obligation bonds to provide financing
assistance for the purchase of farm
and ranch land.
Proposition 14, which provides for
abolishing the county treasurer's of-
fice in Andrews County and in El
Paso County and the office of county
surveyor in Denton, Randall, Collin,
El Paso and Henderson counties, was
spproved 722 to 285 by local voters.
Abolition of moet of those offices
will also require the approval of a
majority of tne voters In a local elec-
tion.
Loos than 10 percent of Palo Pinto
County's more than 13,500 voters
went to the polls Tuesday for the elec-
tion, In which only the fate of the 14
proposed constitutional amendments
was to be decided.
Editor......................
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then contacted an OU assistant
coach, who passed the report on to
... you guessed it... Coach Barry
Switzer.
Right about here, the old
storyteller, Paul Harvey would
emphatically exclaim, “And now
... (30 sec. pause) for the rest of
the story.
Switzer, deciding he should
check out the story, tells his
secretary to get Dr. *A' on the
phone.
Secretary: “This is OU Coach
Barry Switzer's office. Coach
Switzer would like to speak with
Dr. 'A'."
Receptionist: “One moment
please.” (On intercom) "Dr. *A*
, you have a call from OU Coach
Barry Switzer.”
Well. Dr. 'A' figures it's Dr. *B'
up to his old tricks.
About 30 seconds go by and Dr.
‘A’ is listening to dead silence on
the other end. A minute expires
and he is becoming a bit impa-
tient. After all, he has patients
waiting. Two minutes have elaps-
ed when a voice says, "Dr. * A* this
is Coach Barry Switzer, how are
you sir?"
Dr. *A' (by now, totally put out
with the assumed prank): "Like
heck it is! Who is this really?”
Switzer: "This IS Barry
Switzer! “
Dr. *A’: "Yeah, well thia is the
President!"
Finally, the OU coach convinc-
ed Dr. ‘A’ that he was, in fact,
Barry Switzer.
After a pause, Dr. *A’, in a sub-
dued voice says, "Coach, your not
gonna believe this, but...
Davit undergoing tests
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sammy Davis Jr., is expected to remain in the
hospital for at least a week as doctors try to find out what is causing
severe pain in his hip, the entertainer's publicist says.
Davis. 59, canceled a Las Vegas engagement to enter Cedars Sinai
Medical Center for tests on Friday, his spokesman, Arnold Lipsman, said
on this week.
Davis' hip has bothered him for the past few months, Lipsman said. A
preliminary diagnosis had not boon made, the publicist said, adding that
Davis' condition is "very painful."
The singer was in fair condition Davis had opened at the Desert Inn on
Thursday and was scheduled to appear there through Nov. 27.
Caan subpoenaed in trial
NEW YORK (AP) - Actor James Caan, who played the hot-headed son
of a fictional Mafia don in the film "The Godfather," has been sub-
poenaed as a possible witness in the trial of 11 alleged members of the
Colombo crime family.
Caan said this week that one of the defendants, Andrew Russo, S3, has
been his friend for mors than 18 years.
"I never knew he did anything wrong," said Caan, who was served the
subpoena outside s federal courtroom after he visited Russo
"It's frightening," the actor said. Then he joked, "My son is 9 Maybe
he’s next.
Government prosecutors confirmed that Caan had boon subpoenaed
but declined to mscuss the matter further
Queen back from cruise
LONDON (AP) - Chilly weather but warm greetings welcomed Queen
Elizabeth 11 back from a 36 day tour of the sunny Caribbean
The queen flew into London's Heathrow Airport Sunday night, bundled
The monarch looked cheerful at the end of her eight-hour flight, shak-
g hands and chatting briefly with the crew of the British Airways
ristar before she Mt by Hol I.h Roy ee for Buckingham Palace
Her husband. Prince Philip, had returned earlier
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Challenger's astronauts took final
return to Earth today .
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Wednesday, November 6.1985
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responsibility ... so that in the end, no
one is ultimately responsible,” the
study said.
The committee cited three prin-
cipal reasons for what it said was the
prevalence of sexual violence in the
entertainment industry.
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DAV and auxiliary will meet at
7:30 p.m. today at the VFW Post 2399
A covered dish supper will be served
prior to the meeting.
DALLAS (AP) — A study by the
National Council of Churches shows
that the entertainment industry is
hiding behind the First Amendment
while invading the living rooms of
Americans with sex and violence that
leads to agressive behavior.
The ecumenical organization's
governing board will examine and
debate the study when it meets
Wednesday through Friday at the
Hyatt Regency in Fort Worth.
But the committee did not intend to
silence free expression, said James
M. Wall, editor of the news magazine
Christian Century and the study com-
mittee's chairman.
"The NCC has long defended gar-
bage in entertainment in order to
avoid curbing artistically valuable
presentations," Wall told the Dallas
Morning News. "Better to permit the
bad than to curb the good. ”
The council’s communications
WINNERS - These Lamar Elementary students excell-
ed in cookbook sales for their Parent Teacher
Organization fund raiser. Over 1.006 "Whoo's Cooking"
featuring an owl on the front cover and many Illustra-
tions by children with a wide variety of recipes inside
were sold. Pictured here are (left to right) Front row
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PAYING TOO MUCH IN TAXES?
"Why send part ol your CD
interest to
Uncle Sam?"
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with prizes: Brett Ehrlich, Susan Stephen. Erin
Phillips, Jenny Simonton, Lacey Self and Rachel
Holamon; and Back row with gift certificates: Nathan
Quinn, Keri Blue. Amanda Qualls, Jimmy Cox,
Margaret Pechacek, Andrea Hernandez, Jeanne Pat-
terson, and Anna Widner.
commission in 1983 began to examine
the use of sex and violence in movies,
in cable and network television and
in home video.
Committee members said they
decided to concentrate on the terms
“exploitative sex” and “gratuitous
violence” to avoid any attempts to
"sanitize" the dimension of sexuality
and violent action found in everyday
life.
In the two-year study, the commit-
tee conducted hearings in New York,
Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.,
with authorities in the fields of
psychology, research, behavioral
science, government, public educa-
tion and entertainment.
Panel members said in a 48-page
report to the church council that
"laboratory studies have shown con-
clusively that there Is a causal rela-
tionship between viewing violence
ono television and subsequent ag-
gressive behavior.
"For the media industry to de-
mand absolute proof of such a rela-
tionship before action is taken is self-
serving and unprincipled," the com-
mittee said.
The committee said, in a hearing in
Los Angeles, individals who were
asked who could do something about
the problem of exploitative sex and
gratuitous violence placed the
responsibility on someone else.
"The committee discovered that
people working in the media in-
dustries are part of a vast and com-
plex system which parcels out
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Back To The Future
7:00-9:30 PG
The Millsap Voluntary Fire
Department and its ladies auxiliary
will sponsor a Turkey Dinner beginn-
ing at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Millsap
Community Center The menu In-
cludes turkey and dressing with all
the trimmings, dessert and drink for
94.50 for adults. 92.50 for children 6-12
and free for children under 6. Ladies
of the community are asked to donate
desserts All proceeds go towards
upkeep of the Fire Department.
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placed on six months deferred ad-
judication probation. He was fined
350 and 9115 court coots to be paid in ;
^^dd Wayne Cunningham pleaded
guilty to DWI and was given a
i ho day suspended jail sentence, pro-
bated for two years, and was fined
6250 and 8130 court costs to be paid in
90 days.
Deanna B Nickola pleaded guilty
to unlawfully carrying a weapon
(UCW), a 22-caliber handgun, and
was fined 850 and 8115 court costa
with 60 days to pay.
Nell Briscoe pleaded guilty to theft
of services (csble television) and
was fined 650 and 8H5 court costa
with 10 days to pay.
Joaquin Duran pleaded guilty to
DWI and was given a 18O-day jail
sentence, probated for two years,
and was fined 8250 and 9120 court
costs to be paid in 30 days.
Bryant K. Sieber pleaded guilty to
DWI and waa given a 18Oday Jail
sentence, probated for two years snd
was fined 8250 and 120 court costa to
be paid in 90 days. .
A DWI charge against David K.
Walters waa dlsmiased and bond was
forfeited when he failed to appear for
trial. Walters reportedly has left the
state.
Billy Wayne Hoke pleaded guilty to
DWLS and was given a 30-day
suspended Jail sentence, probated for
six months, and was fined 9100 and
8115 court costs to be paid in 60 days.
Hoke also pleaded guilty to drivng
without liability insurance and waa
fined 850 and 8115 court costa to be
paid in 60 days.
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