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Erath County committee on aging will hold its
quarterly meeting in the Community room of
the Town & County Bank, 7:30 p.m.
Representative of the State Comptroller’s of- ,
fice will answer taxpayer’s questions at the
Erath County Court House District Court
Room from 9-12 a.m.
Free Immunization Clinic will be held in room
103 of Stephenville High School from 2-4 p.m.
Parents without Partners will meet at the
Stephenville Presbyterian Church Youth
building on Harbin Drive, 7-9:00 p.m.
Tuesday
Free microwave oven class, homemaking
department of Stephenville High School, 7
p.m.
Stephenville
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CROSS TIMBERS BASIN-Partly cloudy and warmer
through Tuesday. High both afternoons near 100. Low
tonight in upper 70s. Winds southerly 10 to 15 mph. High
Sunday 91; low this morning 73. .06 of rain reported since
Sunday morning.
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Five dead after shootout
DAINGERFIELD, Texas
(AP) — Investigators say a
man who burst into a church
and sprayed the packed
congregation with rifle fire
was to have gone on trial
today for incest, and had been
turned down by several
church members when he
asked them to be character
witnesses.
Five persons, including a 7-
year-old girl, were killed. Ten
other members of the First
Baptist Church of this nor-
mally quiet East Texas town
were wounded by the gunman
during Sunday morning
services.
Witnesses said the assailant
had four guns, wore combat
gear and yelled "This is war!"
before opening fire. Af-
terward, he ran from the
church and shot himself in the
head. He was hospitalized in
The Rotary Clubs of Dublin
and Stephenville will hold
their annual intercity meeting
on Thursday, June 26, in the
Cardinal Room of the Tarleton
University dining hall.
District Governor Nominee
(1960-61) Noble Harris of
reflected ‘‘the prevailing
Texas philosophy, which is tax
anybody who doesn't have a
lobby representin&them in the
Legislature.”
"This is purely and simply a
student tax. They want to
burden those who are trying to
get an education when we are
not taxing uranium or coal
and are virtually giving away
our oil and gas in terms of the
percentage taxed," Schwartz
said.
Doubling tuition would
increase costs for a student
with a full course load by $120
a year, and Schwartz said this
would be more than some
could afford.
He said it made him "damn
mad" for state officials to talk
about raising state university
tuition when the state pays
part of the tuition for students
rich enough to attend private
colleges.
"We are subsidizing them
(private college students)
with the poor pv pie’s- sales
taxes, their nickels and dimes.
... Now we are going to go
back and tax the poor devil
who is going to a state-
supported school because he
can afford the tuition there,"
. Schwartz said.
AUSTIN, Texas AP -
Sen. A.R. Schwartz. D-
Galveston. says anybody who
wants to increase state college
tuition had better count on a
stiff fight from him
Another senator. Lloyd
Doggett. D-Austin. said he is
"not too enthused about a
proposal to double the tuition
paid by Texas undergraduates
and graduate students.
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, who
presides over the Senate,
heads a special committee
that recommended the tuition
increase last week. The
recommendation included
boosting medical school
tuition from $400 to $3,600 a
year and dental tuition from
$400 to $2,500.
Gov. Bill Clements and the
Texas College Coordinating
Board also want a tuition
increase but have not issued
specific proposals.
Schwartz said in a telephone
interview he would use all the
tricks he has learned in his 20
years as a senator — including
a filibuster if necessary — to
defeat a tuition increase.
He said the preferred tactic
would be to organize 11
senators to deny a tuition bill
the two-thirds majority
needed to reach floor debate in
the Senate.
Changes in the Senate, in-
cluding the retirement of Sen.
Tom Creighton, D-Mineral
Wells, and the defeat of Sen.
Bill Moore, D-Bryan, will
make it easier to block
passage of a tuition increase,
he said.
"The only thing the geniuses
over at the Coordinating
Board or in the Legislature
can think of to raise new
money is, Why don’t we ex-
tract more money from
students? They are no great
political force and it’s easy,' ”
Schwartz said.
He said the tuition increase
Joint Rotary meeting set
Abilene will be the featured
speaker and will officiate at
the installation of new club
offecers. Serving begins at 6
p.m.
All Rotarians, their wives
and guests are invited to at-
tend.
critical condition. Doctors
said he would probably sur-
vive.
The sounds of the shooting
were broadcast live on radio
station KEGG, which nor-
mally carries Sunday ser-
vices. Police confiscated a
tape recording of the incident.
Capital murder charges
were filed against Alvin Lee
King III, 45, a former high
school math teacher who holds
a doctorate in psychology
from East Texas State
University. He quit teaching
seven years ago and was a
farmer at the time of Sunday’s
shooting.
Witnesses said the gunman
kicked in the front doors of the
church about 11:20 a m. while
the congregation of 350 per-
sons was singing the hymn,
“More About Jesus,"
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conservative
Speaker
Lewis, who attended the
state Republican convention
in Houston on Friday before
flying here Saturday, denied
having deals with the GOP.
“You can’t afford to make
any enemies by helping their
opponents in the primary or
general elections," Lewis said
Saturday.
Now is not the time to play
“party politics" when the 1981
Legislature faces such tough
issues as redistricting and
state government financing,
he said.
“I’m not going to get in-
volved in any one (legislative >
race. As presiding officer,
you’ve got to be fair,” he
added.
Bryant said he asked the
party's resolutions committee
not to endorse him outright.
Stephenville womens softball tournament. The Stephenville
Johnny Os finished fourth in the competition. More details, plus
extra pictures can be seen on today’s sports page and headlining
the Afternoon Break. (E-T staff photo)
Sen. John Tower, R-Texas;
Rep. Bill Archer, R-Texas;
and former ambassador Anne
Armstrong took turns in
lashing out at President
Carter and the delegates gave
them each numerous cheers.
Clements brought the
loudest response from the
crowd, which interrupted his
speech at least 50 times.
The \qntroversial anti-
abortion reltofiTtttfii called for
a constitutional amendment
“protecting the unborn child
at any stage of biological
development.”
I ala Rehkop of Athens, a
member of the resolutions
committee, said she opposed
the final version because it
made no provisions for special
cases and “there are ex-
ceptions to everything. ”
Debate on the resolution,
one of 19 passed by the con-
vention, was stopped before
Tower said the president
'“has brought about the
humiliation of the United
States.
LFITLIEST PLAYER-Stephanie Thiebaud tries on this fielder’s
mil for size but finds the fit not quite right. Stephanie, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thiebaud, was among the
crowds of spectators who viewed the action this weekend in the
opponents had presented their
arguments.
The convention also ex-
tended a rule providing for
presidential primaries every
four years. The rule had been
in effect only a temporary
basis for 1980, but now is
permanent.
Others resolutions opposed
the Equal Rights Amendment,
the life-long appointments of
federal judges, forced busing,
and supported the reduction of
taxes, and the right to bear
arms.A The delegates also
called for the abolishment of
the Department of Education.
A question that could have
spoiled the quiet of the con-
vention never came to the
floor for debate. Some
delegates wanted a resolution
setting standards to be applied
to potential vice presidential
nominees, but later decided to
scrap it.
Clements told the delegates,
"We must seek what is right
for Texas in Washington,
because the man sitting in the
White House today is not right
for Texas.
"Not one Texan has escaped
the disastrous impact of
Jimmy Carter’s policies. We
cannnt take any more of a
nw ’ io answers ck>ljcngos
by creating more
bureaucracies like the
Department of Education and
the Department of Energy.
."We can take no more of a
man who doesn’t know what
he is doing or where he’s
going, so I say it is high time
that we tell him where to go —
right back to Georgia."
GOP convention delegates united
HOUSTON (AP) -
Listening to a call from state
Republican leaders for unity
in this election year, the 3,875
delegates to Texas GOP
convention settled most of
their differences in caucus,
keeping them off the floo’Fand
leaving with no major
divisions in their ranks
There was a brief flareup
over a tough anti-abortion
resolution that eventually was
approved. Some delegates
grumbled.about the fact they
would be represented at the
Detroit national convention by
those pledged to George Bush,
who has unofficially ended his
campain for the nomination
. But that was settled in a'
May primary when Reagan
won 61 delegates and Bush 19.
Bush has said he would ask his
supporters to vote for Reagan
on the first ballot.
Gov. William Clements;
.SAN ANTONIO,Te as(AP)
— Texas Democrat* went on
record for strict par.y loyalty
at their weekend state con-
vention and stopped short of
- telling legislators who to
select as House speaker.
"It will probably have little
effect on the speaker’s race,”
said Rep. John Bryant of the
party's action.
The Democratic liberal
from Dallas is seeking the top
House post
Democrats usually leave the
speaker’s race to the 150-
member House, which elects
its presiding officer at the
start of each legislative
session. Speakership can-
didates collect pledges in
advance of the actual voting m
January.
House Speaker Bill
Clayton’s indictment on
bribery charges and
Republican Gov. Bill
Clements’ involvement in the
race brought the speakership
issue to the convention floor
this year.
Clayion has said he would
not seek a fourth term as
speaker if his legal problems
were unresolved by
November.
One of his "inner circle,"
Rep. Gib l^ewis of Fort Worth,
says he will run if Clayton
drops out.
Lewis, a
Democrat, and Bryant both
claim enough pledges for the
job. However, Lewis has
angered some liberal and
moderate Democrats by
claiming votes from
Republican nominees facing
Texas Democrats stress loyalty
Democratic incumbents this
fall.
Clements says it would be
disastrous for Texas if Bryant
were elected. The governor
wants voters to make the
speakership an issue in
November legislative con-
tests.
The state Democratic Party
adopted a resolution on voice
vote opposing any speaker
candidate who “endorses or
aids the efforts of any
Republican candidate to
defeat a Democratic can-
didate for the Texas House of
Representatives or who
makes prior commitments to
the Republican governor or
any group of Republican
legislators in return fbr
support in the speaker's
race."
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The meeting was convened
to discuss economic issues but
In his address, Carter also
said the challenges facing the
free world "are both political
and economic in nature," and
said the nations were
“resolved to break the link
between our economic growth
and our oil consumption."
British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher called the
occupation of Afghanistan a
new manifestation of the old
difference between East and
West.
VENICE. Italy tAPi -
President Carter ended the
Allied summit today with a
declaration that the
"ruthless" Soviet intervention
in Afghanistan would be op-
posed with "our combined
strength " He called this a
moral and strategic im-
perative
Carter s statement came
one day after the Soviets
announced a partial with-
drawal of troops from
Afghanistan
Allied leaders already had
expressed skepticism over the
significance of the Soviet
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Carter and leaders of the
other six industrialized
nations — West Germany,
Great Britain, Italy, France,
Canada and Japan — gave
individual speeches as the
summit closed with
agreement on energy and
economic issues.
move, and Carter said today,
"We have committed our
combined strength and our
influence and our voices
against a ruthless power's
invasion of a nearby defen-
seless neighbor which
threatens the stability of a
crucial area the world."
As the two-day summit
concluded. Carter called the
Soviet move into Afghanistan
on Dec. 27 "a profound assault
against the laws of nations and
a grave threat to the stability
of that vital region. •
“We pledge to oppose this
Soviet invasion with the
Carter assails Russians,
summit conference ends
means at our disposal,"
Carter said. “We. do this
because it is a moral im-
perative and also a strategic
imperative.”
was dominated by
situation in Afghanistan.
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