Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 12, 1983 Page: 1 of 46
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October 12, 1963
20 Pages, 2 Sections
93RD YEAR-NO. 30
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Dodd takes judge election to high court
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cruise missiles in Britain and Italy,
unless an agreement is reached
One I S official, who spoke only on
condition that he not be identified. said
he expected the Soviet position to
become clearer today in a response to
Reagan's latest proposal He said the
administration had been considering
extending the current round of talks m
to next month, but the Soviets might
move to cut it short
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By LOUISE POPPLEWELL
Wave .Mat! Writer
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ballots ." or ballots tn which two votes
were cast for the same office, and
therefore were void
Buck Wood, Dodd's attorney who fil-
ed the writ has said that if the ap-
pellate court ruling stands, it is in-
dicating that the way ballots have been
counted ia the state for the last 15
years is incorrect
The legal battle between Dodd and
Wyatt has drawn the attention of both
Democratic and Republican party
memtters throughout the state
The decision could threaten cross-
over votes crucial to many statewide
Republican candidates for elective of-
fice.
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By MIKE DAVIS
Wave MbH Writer
CALHOUN cowmt COMA0
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hear the case, it will rule on the ap-
pellate court ruling and then, if it were
to rule in Dodd's favor, the case would
return to the appellate court for
retrial
Smith said that there are three ways
to challenge the granting of the wnt by
the Supreme Court, the first being to
assert that the appellate court junsdic-
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Calhoun High School students
who do not acquire basic skills in
reading, writing and math may find
that they will not receive diplomas
County Independent School
Superintendent Marvin Kirkman
told the school txiard Tuesday night
that beginning with the 1985-86
school year, "and that may be too
soon,” mastery in the basic skills as
set forth by the Texas Assessment
of Basic Skills at exit level would be
a requirement for graduation
It was unclear when the school
txiard would decide on the proposal
Under the proposal, students
would be given the test in the ninth
grade, and if they fail to meet the
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Iran reportedly tears the French
built warplanes will lie used by Iraq to
prevent the export of Iranian oil, either
by destroying u key oil terminal or by
sinking tankers Iran says it would
retaliate by closing the gulf
But Navy sources said II S carrier
based helicopters could clear any
mines the Iranians might place in the
M mile Strait of Hormuz, the hot-
tieneck through which much of the
West's oil [Misses in tankers
Such Navy helicopter* would be
escorted by fighters to prevent Iranian
interference with mine-clearing, these
officials said
There has tM*en speculation in the
[last that the Iranians might try to sink
ship hulks in the waterway to prevent
tankers from passing through
But Navy officials said there are two
(Please see Pentagon. Page 2A>
We would hope they don't walk out
and we intend to keep pushing tor con
tinued negotiations,’ tie said
Tlie Soviets have hinted at a suspen
sion before but renewed thv threat
recently at the tMirgammg table anti it
is being taken seriously he said
sibilities of athletic and music
teachers It has been proposed that
each coach and music teacher
director should lie licensed to drive
school buses
The plan, which would cover
travel in and out of the district for
school activities, would not mean
that that anyone would drive at all
times, Kirkman said He added.
"We just want two people on that
bus that can drive "
The board decided to give the
matter more study after Trustee
Ronald Stiegler pointed out that
there are several areas, other than
sport* and music, in which travel
mg is necessary
In another matter, the board
heard a travel summary report for
(Please see .School. Page 1A>
Former Port Lavaca Mayor John
Dodd has filed a writ of error with the
Texas Supreme Court contesting the
ruling of an appeals court which
upheld Dodd's loss in the November
Calhoun County judge election
Dodd, a write-in candidate for coun-
ty judge, is challenging the ruling by
district and appeals courts that he lost
the race by 54 votes to County Judge
Ralph Wyatt.
“I think it's appropriate that the
(Texas) Supreme Court have the last
say in the matter,” Dodd said today
Texas gunman kills
five people in spree
tion is final and consequently the
Supreme Court has no jurisdiction in
the case Secondly. Dodd could direct
ly attack the allegations that there was
a Judgement in error at the appellate
level Also. Dodd could argue that
there were points of error that were
not raised in the appeals court
Attorney John Steiner with the
Secretary of State's office in Austin
said today that his office is not current
ly involved but is reviewing the terms
of the writ and will take appropriate
action if it feels it is warranted
Attorneys for both parties have in-
dicated that if the appeals court ruling
is allowed to stand, it could change the
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IT IS HARD to tell which timber belongs to which because of gusty winds and while caps in laiaca few days to take advantage of the winds from the
boat due to the shrimp fleet staying in this morning Bay . The fleet will more than likely be out in the next north iHnt photobv Keith Thompson*
Soviets may break off talks
behind '82-'83 pace
ly 9 percent of its 173,45(1 allotted
share, UW records show
However, the concentrated pledge
campaign drive in local plants has just
tiegun, Ms Raley said recently
There is one new agency receiving
funding this year, bringing the total to
17 agencies which are partially funded
through UW funds
The Child Study Clinic, based in Vic
toria, work* with the Calhoun County
schools to provide early diagnosis of
physical and mental handicaps in
children
In the general assistance category,
UW funds go to the Calhoun County
chapter of the American Red Cross,
Salvation Army, Need Organisation
and the Calhoun County Emergency
Fund
The aid to special citizens category
The United States, with the support
of its allies, has pledged to try to keep
the talks going if an agreement is not
reached by December According to
Reagan and other top U.S officials,
the Soviets will tuirgam seriously only
when they are faced with the
American deployment
If an accord is reached, the U S
deployment could be reversed scrapp
mg missiles already installed or barr
mg new ones depending on the scope
ol the agreement Initially. President
Reagan offered to shelve all 572
missiles if the Soviets dismantled all
the intermediate range missiles they
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Wyatt, who was unaware this morn
ing that the writ had been filed, declin
ed comment until after he could confer
with his attorney
The state Supreme Court now has
the option to either grant the writ and
hear the case or defer to the appeals
court and let its ruling stand
If the Supreme Court does grant the
writ, Wyatt's attorney, Jim Smith of
Port Lavaca, has indicated that he will
file an answer to that writ challenging
its validity.
“We probably won't know anything
until November at the earliest," Smith
said today
If the Supreme Court does decide to
includes the county Council for Retard
ed Citizens, Senior Citizens Associa
lion, Day Care Center, Crisis Hotline
and the Child Study Clinic
Youth organizations which receive
UW funding include Boy Scouts of
America. Girl Scouts. 4 It Club and
Sunlight Girls
State and national groups funded an*
the Arthritis Foundation. United Ser
vice Organization, Texas Mental
Health and the Warm Springs
Rehabilitation Hospital in Gonzales
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HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) - A lone
gunman was arrested after a 5‘i-hour
crime spree across Southeast Texas
that left a state trooper and four other
people dead, a woman critically
wounded, and six hostages released
unhurt
Department of Public Safety
spokesman Larry Todd said Tuesday
night authorities believe the same man
was responsible for all of the shootings
and the two kidnappings
Law enforcement authorities said
the man killed two people in College
Station at about 6 p m. CDT Tuesday,
stole a car and drove to Hempstead,
about 40 miles south, where he gunned
down a DPS officer who stopped him at
about 6:50 pm.
The man then drove to a truck stop
and stole another car, a Waller County
sheriff's spokesman said. He killed two
people and critically wounded a
70-year-old woman at a home in Hemp-
stead, drove 16 blocks south and ab-
ducted a couple and their three young
children, stole their car, then released
the farmlf and abandoned the vehicle
in Pasadena
In Pasadena, southeast of Houston,
the man abducted a maintenance
worker at an apartment complex and
took his vehicle The man was arrested
at about 11:30 pm at a highway
roadblock southwest of Houston near
Wharton, sheriff's officials said.
The man, Eliseo Hernandez Moreno,
24, of Bryan, was taken before Justice
of the Peace Frank Shannon in Whar-
ton and ordered held without bond on a
capital murder charge in the death of
the tnxiper
College Station authorities identified
the dead there as Juan Garza Jr., 30, a
mailman, and his wife, Esther, 31.
have pointed at western Europe and
Asia These include 351 triple warhead
SS 20s and about 250 aging SS 4 amt
SS 5 rockets
Neighbors said the couple's two
children, Jessica, 6, and Johnny, 1. ran
to a neighbor s apartment when the
shootings started.
The highway patrolman, Russell
Lynn Boyd, 25. of Hempstead, was shot
to death along Texas Highway 6 near
Cedar Creek when he stopped a car
believed to have been driven by the
suspect for a traffic violation, said
Todd
“He had not started to write the
ticket when the shot was fired," said
Waller County deputy sheriff H.
Lester
Todd said Boyd joined the DPS on
Oct. 8,1962
Hempstead Police Chief Randy
Johnson said he had talked to Boyd a
short time before he was killed.
“Thirty minutes before it happened,
we were talking on the radio about go-
ing deer hunting.” said Johnson. “He
said, ‘I’ll bring the ammo.’ That’s
what he said."
Dr W D. Baily at Memorial Hospital
here identified the two dead in Hemp-
stead as James Bennett and Allie
Wilkens Their ages were not
available Baily said Bennett was the
husband of 70-year-old Ann Bennett.
She was listed in critical but stable
condition at Houston's Hermann
Hospital where she was taken by
LifeFlight helicopter
Waller County deputy sheriff Ray-
mond Cook said the gunman kidnap-
ped Billy Shirley Jr., his wife and three
children from their home in Hemp
stead, stole their 1974 Oldsmobile and
then released the family unharmed at
a truck stop in Cypress, which is about
halfway between Hempstead and
Houston.
(Please see Gunman, Page 2A>
By TERRY HAMMONDS
Wave Stall Writer
Although Calhoun County United
Way volunteers have already received
pledges for 25 percent of their 1983 1984
campaign goal of 1110,000, executive
director Kay Dickey says, "We are a
little bit behind where we were last
year.”
The goal la a 10 percent increase
over the one set and achieved tor agen
cy In 1983
Campaign director Kathryn Raley
has said several times that the goal
will be tough to meet
Salaries are not rising at the same
rate the goal ia rising, she points out,
and employee contributions are the
largest portion of the UW budget
The employee division has raised on-
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WASHINGTON »AP> The Soviet
Union is threatening to break oft talks
with the United States if an agreement
is not reached by December blocking
the deployment of the first hatch of
American nuclear missiles aimed at
Soviet territory from European soil,
according to I1 S officials here
While the move is taken seriously, it
is seen as an attempt to influence
public opinion in western Europe
against the Reagan administration
"They’re trying to put the screws to
the Europeans,'' said one official Tues
day.
The current round ot talks in
Geneva. Switzerland, is scheduled to
wind up al the end of the month
Despite concessions by Ixith sides, the
outlook tor an agreement by
December is uncertain That is when
Pentagon officials say
oil gulf will stay open
WASHINGTON (AP) The US
Navy could thwart any Iranian at
tempt to block the entrance to the Per
sum Gull and cut off oil tanker traffic,
Pentagon officials say
The officials, who spoke on condition
they remain anonymous, regard the
renewed Iranian threats as
"bombast " The Iranians have uttered
such intentions repeatedly back to 1980
but never have tried Io carry them out
However, the Pentagon officials said
the Iranian threat conceivably could
serve to reduce tanker movements if
ship owners feared the risk and if in
siirance rates were boosted
The latest round of Iranian threats
stemmed from French sale of five
Super Etendard jet warplane* with
sea skimming Exocet missiles to Iraq.
Iran's enemy in a war that has lieen
going on for more than three years
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"I think it’s ap-
propriate that the
Supreme Court have the
last say in the matter.”
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High school could require
students to pass basic tests
required grade level, they would
continue retaking the test until they
do pass.
According to the proposed policy,
the district would determine
minimum basic skills set forth by
the Texas Education Association at
third and fifth grade levels
Exemptions to the policy would
tie made in the case of handicapped
students However, "the district
shall make every reasonable effort
to ensure that all nonexempl
students are tested," Kirkman said
"It Is necessary that we establish
our own policy regarding the basic
skills, and not zero in on TABS,
because that may change,"
Kirkman added
In another matter, the lx hi rd
discussed the bus driving respon
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way straight-party election ballots are
counted throughout the state
The central issue in the case is
whether a write-in vote for a
Democratic candidate, in this case
Dodd, supercedes a straight-party vote
for the Democratic party and
therefore the Democratic candidate
for county judge on the ballot, who was
Wyatt
Under election guidelines drawn up
by the Secretary of State s office, a
wnte-in vote on such a ballot would
override a straight-party vote by in-
dicating voter intent
However, the appellate court ruled
that such votes constitute double
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Calhoun County
Tuesday's high was 86 with an
overnight low of 64 Temperature at
9am today was 65 Recorded rain
at 32 inches at the Wave in the last
24 hours
Lower Coastal
Occasional showers and
thunderstorm* along the coast en-
ding by evening otherwise, fair to
partly cloudy through Thursday
Highs in the 70s Ixiws 58 south.
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Surber, Chester C. & Potter, Tim. Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 12, 1983, newspaper, October 12, 1983; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1288445/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.