The Ingleside Index (Ingleside, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1984 Page: 2 of 23
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THE INGLESIDE INDEX
Thursday, Jonuory 26, 1W4
Opinion
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Editor
Lauro Simank
Associate Editor
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Cecily Parker
Staff Photographer
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easier and cheaper Just drive over than it
is to call.
They say in Aransas Paes that the new
EAS will be good for business. That’s
business in Ingleside too If anyone in
Aransas Pass can find better service or
better prices over here by calling, they’ll
want it. But who’s going to call long dis-
tance to see if you have Chow Chow Dog
Food in stock, or if you can work in a late
hair appointment?
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Alternative fl - Present Service (No EA£)
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this year, in particular the $1,800 it cost
us to return the depot and lay the founda-
tion.
And we’re looking at more outlays in
the future, perhaps, when we get the pro-
gram going to renovate the depot.
So your support of the banquet through
your attendance is greatly appreciated
Come on our Friday evening, visit with
your friends and neighbors and let’s
boost the Ingleside Chamber of Com-
merce. We’ll look forward to seeing you.
Everybody pokes fun at the weather
bureau when it’s wrong, but this time it
was right It reported that the past
December was the coldest December in
the history of the country.
It’s absolutely right about that and I’ve
got a heating bill to prove it.
What caused the historically low
temperatures is hard to explain. Some
weather experts blame It on the erratic
path of the jet stream, but what causes
the jet stream, they don’t say.
They’re like the ancient experts when
the world was considered flat. When ask-
ed what held the world up, they said it
rested on the back of a huge turtle. If you
asked what held the turtle up, they chop-
ped your head off.
There is a more civilized handling of a
Editor’s note: A man living out near
Old Ingleside who signs himself “J.A."
and says he’s called “Ihe Live Oak
Philosopher” has written us the follow-
ing letter and offered to write more.
We’ll let our readers decide If he should
keep It up.
ticklish problem like that today.
Ask a politician how he would reduce
the $200 billion dollar deficit and he’ll say
flat out he'd cut government spending.
Ask him where he’d cut and he’ll say
over his shoulder he has to hurry off to a
committee meeting. This saves heads
but doesn’t affect the deficit.
Nowadays we know the world isn’t flat
because turtles don’t grow that big, and
December was the coldest December on
record because we’ve been keeping
records too long.
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$10.15
$28 40
IMPORTANT NOTE: Rates shown are for determination of customer
preference Final rates and services provided must be approved by
the Public utility Commission of Texas
General Telephone
Please complete this survey card by February 3. 1984 and drop it
in the meH
Return postage Is already paid. Thank you
If you haven’t purchased your tickets
to the annual chamber banquet, time is
getting short because the big event un-
folds this Friday evening.
Last minute details were being wrap-
ped up this week and the banquet should
be an outstanding occasion.
This year, we have a special reason to
celebrate because the chamber was able
to accomplish return of Ingleside’s his-
toric depot.
This and other highlights of 1963 will be
Bentsen Clout
The whirlwind misstep
illustrates Bentsen's grow-
ing national clout, and his
noted and there will be an awards pro-
gram, as well.
Our guest speaker, Basilio Bachor, has
an excellent reputation and his message
should be of interest
This year, refreshments will consist of
beer and wine as opposed to other bever-
ages we’ve had in the past.
And we’ll be having a cash refresh-
ment area so that proceeds will benefit
the chamber.
We’ve had some mighty big expenses
The Editor:
Concerning the letter in last week’s In-
dex which I wrote, the wife of the council
member to whom I had referred contac-
ted me and asked me to listen to their
tape recording of the Gerri Villa hearing
on November 30.
I did listen to the recording of her hus-
band's statement and some following
statements, but there was no record of
the police chiefs responding as I had
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In 1974
Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic
Church was under construction ..
In 1968
First Baptist Church observed Men's
Day with Donald Bowen presiding at
morning worship . . ANDREA GORE,
LISA MIRCOVICH, TERESA RENS
BERGER, and USA KILSEY made All
A’s at O.T. Blaschke Elementary. . .
MRS. T.M. Vlasak presented a music
program for Ingleside Woman’s Chib. . .
The BENNIE DIEGEL s welcomed
NATALIE. ..
Thank you,
Wanda Casall
Have you mailed back your telephone
survey card yet? I have. And 1 marked
“ALTERNATIVE 2” for Extended Area
Service, too.
By paying a flat $1.70 a month for un-
limited calls to Aransas Paas, everyone
in Ingleside is going to save money in the
long run.
It costs that much to call on a pay
phone to Aransas Pass long distance
right now. The big joke for years is that's
Readers’ letters voicing opinions and
views are welcome. All letters must be
signed. They can be addressed to The
Index, Drawer EEE, Aransas Pass, Tex
78336
All letters are subject to editing for
spelling, grammar and libelous state-
ments.
Yours faithfully,
TA
TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
HIGHLIGHTS
✓
By Lyndell Wiliams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
Some say 81.70 is too much - but is it?
It’s about • cents a day, a little less
Cheaper than long distance Inglesiders
are paying now. I’ll bet, for every home
that’s got a telephone
The survey cards have been mailed by
GTE. Mark “ALTERNATIVE 2” and
mail it back. It doesn’t cost anything and
it means a lot
order for an emergency .
rate hike sought by Ameri-
can Telephone A Tele-
graph Co.
The Association of Tex-
as Professional Educators
called on the State Board
of Education to reject
recommendations by the
Committee on Standards
for the Teaching Profes-
sion on teacher preparation
standards. A spokesman
said the recommendations
are inadequate and ignore
the real needs of college
students training to be-
come teachers.
Bad Publicity
Temple's statement was
not all that friendly, as he
implied Mauro must be
cither "dumb or naive”,
and perhaps shouldn't be
in public office.
Mauro, angered that
Temple's remarks and re-
sulting controversy might
J. G. Richards and Richard P. Richards
Owners and Publishers
John Bowers
Advertising Manager
Larry Wittnebert
Contributing Editor
P. O. Drawer EEE — Aransas Paua, Texas 71336
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BebstiIpt^se Rates (Payable hi Advance)
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Bullock Unveils Plan
Comptroller Bob Bullock
last week told the select
committe studying the
state’s public educational
system about his plan to
importance to Texas Dem-
ocrats.
As chairman of his
party’s committee which
raises money for U.S. Sen-
ate candidates across the
nation. Bentsen has filled
the coffers and earned
widespread respect. Only
two years ago. he spear-
headed the Democratic
sweep in Texas, and they
arc ready to demand that
Bentsen get second place
on the ticket.
described it referring to that council
member. I had closed my paragraph
with, “No rebuttal was made to the
chiefs statement.’’
I apologize both to the police chief for
quoting him incorrectly in my letter, for
it is apparent from the tape that no such
statement was made by him at that
point. I also apologize to the council
member for doing so and adding the
reference that “no rebuttal, etc.”
There is no excuse for this error other
than to say that it was not intentionally
misleading. I actually believed that I
heard such statement at that point. The
council member’s wife was very nice
about the matter, explaining that the
words I quoted the chief as saying had
been earlier made by him in reference to
another subject in the hearing rather
than to her husband
Since it was over six weeks between
the hearing and the time I decided to
write the letter, no doubt I confused the
two.
Letters*
equalize funding for Tex-
as public school districts.
Bullock suggested the
Legislature prescribe fund-
ing according to average
daily attendence, then ad-
just state aid according to
the local tax base.
As a result, poor dis-
tricts would get 100 per
cent funding, while rich
districts would receive less
state aid. Cities like Dal-
las and Houston would
lose assistance, while rural
districts would gain.
Other suggestions pro-
posed to the blue-ribbon
panel included one which
would increase the school
day to nine hours, from
8:30 a m. to 5:30 p.m.
Financial Reports
Among expenses listed
in political finance reports
disclosed last week were
about $50,000 for mansion
accessories by Gov. Mark
White, and $50,000 by
Mattox for his legal de-
fense on a commercial bri-
bery charge.
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby and
Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Hightower spent the
least. Hobby spent about
$200,000 of the $630,000
raised while Hightower
spent $47,000 of $81,000
in contributions.
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Texas Republicans
Although Texas Repub-
licans have been relatively
quiet since the '82 shellack-
ing, they came out with a
new strategy last week
based on some lessons
learned from Bentsen.
Texas GOP chairman
George Strake said his
party was openly discour-
aging potential Republican
candidates from challeng-
ing in Democratic strong-
holds.
“All it does is kick the
red ant bed. We just stim-
ulate Democratic voters
to come out against us,”
Strake explained.
Actually. until
Clements won in '78, Tex-
as Republicans carefully
picked their targets, and
that's what they'll do in
'84.
As a result, the Texas
GOP will work strong to
re-elect Reagan and to re-
place John Tower, but will
ignore some 10^ congres-
sional races, 13 state sen-
ate races and 84 house
races.
Last election. Repub-
licans fielded two candi-
dates against Bentsen,
Temple, Mauro
Railroad Commissioner
Buddy Temple and Land
Commissioner Garry Mau-
ro exchanged media pot-
shots last week over how
much revenue the state will
receive from its lawsuit
settlement with Mobil Oil.
Mauro, who lead nego-
tiations which resulted in
the Mate's taking back
about 15,000 acres in oil
lands, predicted state cof-
fers would eventually be
richer by about $100 mil-
lion. Mauro is in the pro-
cess of leasing those lands
in order to realize the $100
million or however much
it turns out to be.
Temple told reporters
Mauro's figures were
wrong and the leases
weren't worth the $100
million. He based his fig-
ures on '83 production,
while Mauro based his on
reserves.
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Recently, the City Council ot Ingleside requested that General Telephone Company conduct a survey Io determine customer interest in pro
vidlng Extended Area Service (EAS) to Aransas Pass
If approved by the Public Utility Commission nt Texas. EAS would be a toN-lree service between Ingleside and Aransas Pass A flat monthly
FAS rate would he billed In addition to the present local rate
We have completed our cost analysis and will file with the PUC al the rates indicated below If the results of this survey dictate th.il Ihn prn
vision of EAS Is m the public interest
Alterne tlvet
1. PRESENT SERVICE (NO EAS): All calls to Aransas Pass would
be charged at the appropriate long distance rates Chock box 81 H
you want to continue the service as Is.
2. ESTABLISH EXTENDED AREA SERVICE: Unlimited toll free call-
ing to Aransas Pass Chock box #2 If you want the service chang-
ed
AUSTIN—Texas Dem-
ocrats last week paused
briefly from their primary
election sparrings to de-
fend U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bent-
sen us the vice presidential
choice.
In other events at the
Capitol last week:
— Railroad Commission-
er Buddy Temple and
Land Commissioner Garry
Mauro exchanged media
shots over the Mobil Oil
lawsuit settlement.
—Comptroller Bob Bul-
lock, candidate for gover-
nor, proposed his public
school funding plan to
even the gap between rich
and poor school districts.
—Gov. Mark White,
Attorney General Jim
Mattox and other state of-
ficials filed their quarterly
financial statements as re-
quired by law.
The rally-around-Bent-
sen program began after a
Washington. D.C. syndi-
cated column reported the
national labor union lead-
ership was opposing Bent-
sen for the running mate
slot this year.
Bentsen was not accept-
able to organized labor,
particularly AFL-CIO na-
tional president Lane Kirk-
land. according to the
Evans and Novak column.
The stir was over almost
after it began. Kirkland’s
aide phoned Bentsen the
next day to deny the story,
but in follow-up news in-
terviews the group has not
openly supported the
Senator
prompting him to become
highly active and lead a
unified get-out-the-vote
program.
Short Takas
The Public Utility Com-
mission approved a seven
_ per cent rate increase for
rain the deal he is working Dallas Power A Light Co.
to lease the land, respond- District Judge Harley
ed. “1 thought Temple and Clark refused to issue an
I worked for the same
people (Texas citizens).”
Despite the bad pub-
licity, Mauro is going
ahead with his efforts to
lease to a Florida-based
group for $100 million. In
the meantime, political
watchers are trying to fig-
ure out what prompted
Temple's attack.
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