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October 20, 1983
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of 572 Pershing 2 and land-based cruise
missiles in Western Europe in
December, unless U.S.-Soviet arms
talks produce an agreement on con-
trolling medium-range weapons
Reagan said the Soviets "may do
some things, they may try. as has been
rumored. ( to ) walk out and things of
that kind But we'll just wait at the
table, and I think they 'll come back.”
The president said he hoped that an
agreement could be reached by the end
of his current term, 16 months from to-
day.
During the nationally broadcast
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airport as an unsafe site for the recon-
ciliation conference that is intended to
end eight years of civil turmoil in
Lebanon.
Their rejection, announced Wednes
day, was accompanied by widespread
violations of Lebanon’s 25-day-old civil
war ceasefire in southern Beirut’s
Shiite Moslem neighborhoods and the
Druse-populated mountains overlook-
ing the capital. Both Shiite and Druse
militiamen, with support from Syria,
had battled the Lebanese army and
rightist Christian militias during the
civil warfare.
The hostilities Wednesday subsided
when the government canceled the
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going to be disappointed."
The president said the Soviets were
conducting "a great propaganda ef-
fort" in Europe to "persuade our allies
to turn back and not ask us for the
deployment of intermediate-range
weapons.”
"Well, we’re going to deploy, and
deploy on schedule.” Reagan
declared "And once they see we’re go-
ing to do that" and not disarm, "I think
they're going to see that the best thing
for them is to negotiate with us and in
good faith.”
Under a 1979 NATO plan, the United
States is scheduled to deploy the first
sonal legal difficulties since election,
his duties as top-ranked lawyer in the
state and the success of the
Democratic Party in the recent elec-
tion. (Wave staff photo by Louise Pop-
plewell)
Presidential appointee speaks
at credit union banquet
By TERRY HAMMONDS
Wave Staff Writer
reports pertaining to the Enterprise.
Killed was William Phillips, 19, of
Allen, Texas, one of three passengers
in the car that tore free He died of
head injuries.
His brother, Marion T. Phillips. 23,
was listed in serious condition Wednes-
day at Parkland Memorial Hospital
with various fractures and a concus-
sion. Michael Olivarri, 15, also of
Allen, was reported in serious condi-
tion at Parkland with a back injury.
Nancy Wiley, a spokesman for the
fair, declined to comment on the
lawsuit. She said the car had not been
tampered with since the accident
Engineers hired by the fair were told
to inspect the ride Wednesday
K L;
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL Jim
Mattox spoke before about 50
members of the Victoria Democratic
Club Wednesday night. Mattox called
his trip to Victoria as “kind of a educa-
tional program" and discussed his per-
Elizabeth Flores Burkhart is one
woman in President Reagan’s Ad-
ministration who is not critical of
the administration’s attitude
toward women and minorities.
With her presidential appoint-
ment to the National Credit Union
Administrtation Board in 1962, she
became the first woman and the
first Hispanic appointed to serve on
that 49-year-old board.
Mrs. Burkhart was in Port
Lavaca Wednesday to address the
Victoria Chapter of Credit Unions.
She said the administration has
many women, blacks and Hispanics
in good positions, however, “they
are not in their ususl perch in the
conference at the airport, where 1,600
U.S Marines serving with the multina-
tional peacekeeping force are station-
ed.
Police reported "isolated sniping in-
cidents" today in a street separating
the Shiite neighborhood of Chiyah and
the Christian neighborhood of Ein
Rummaneh, where one Lebanese
soldier was reported killed and
another wounded.
Marine spokesman Maj. Robert Jor-
dan said one Marine received a slight
head wound Wednesday and three
others suffered lacerated eardrums or
face and hand cuts when a car bomb
exploded as a convoy of four U.S.
a news conference that resembled a
locker room victory party, with dozens
of cheering supporters and nearly as
many television cameras crowded into
a small room near the Senate
chamber
Surrounded by her son Martin III,
King’s sister Christine, singer Stevie
Wonder, civil rights leaders and con-
gressional backers, Mrs King said:
"We want his birthday to be more than
a day of fun and games It must be a
time when all Americans and peace
loving peoples all over the world
reflect on the man and his principles,
which ring as true today as ever.”
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cookoff trademark
DALLAS (AP) — A group of
Californians, contending they hold
the world championship rights to
the fiery state dish of Texas, have
filed a federal lawsuit against a
founders and organizer of the an-
nual Terlingua Chili Cookoff.
The California-based Interna-
tional Chili Cookoff Society con-
tended in its suit filed Wednesday
against Frank X. Tolbert that it
owns service mark, or trademark,
for the phrase "World’s Champion-
ship Chili Cookoff .’’
The phrase is similar to the name
of Tolbert’s non-profit Texas Cor-
poration and, until this year, the
name of the annual cookoff of
"Texas Red" in Terlingua, a ghost
town located near the Big Bend Na-
tional Park in far Southwest Texas
“I figured they'd do this," said
Tolbert. "They are suing me for
what I origninated They steal your
idea, then thev sue you.”
Some members of the original
Texas promoters moved to Califor-
nia in 1975, said Tolbert, and at
tempted to take the chili cookoff
with them.
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tree. They are not in the glamour
spots, they are in the spots where
they get experience. Women and
minorities are there, but they are
not seen.”
She said the women in Reagan’s
administration have a joke that
says, "We are too busy in the kit
chen to go out and meet everyone.”
Mrs. Burkhart does not see any
woman in line for a vice-
presidential nomination in either
her Republican party or for the
Democrats in 1984.
“I do not see anyone on the
horizon,” she said, and explained
that things of this importance are
talked about a long time before they
happen.
“Right now is the time for women
(Please see Appointee, Page 2)
Grenada Prime Minister
assassinated by soldiers
BRIDGETOWN. Barbados (AP)
— An army commander says
soldiers killed Prime Minister
Maurice Bishop and three Cabinet
ministers during a showdown at ar-
my headquarters and warned
citizens to stay at home today or
risk being shot on sight
Witnesses said Bishop, leading a
crowd of supporters, had put his
hands up in surrender before troops
at the headquarters started firing
Wednesday afternoon. The
followers were part of a crowd of
some 3,000 that 2'j hours earlier
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stormed the prime minister’s
residence to free Bishop from a
week of house arrest.
The army had said Bishop was
put under house arrest because he
refused to share power with hard-
line leftists in the socialist govern-
ment.
“It actually broke out the metal
when it came off,” said Wayne
Gallagher, general manager of the
fair. “We won’t know why until the
engineers study it We don't know if it
was under undue stress, pressure put
on the metal or if we had fatigued the
metal.”
The popular European ride revolves
in a circular motion while rising to an
80-degree angle. The Enterprise was
going full speed and at its maximum
angle when the car began pulling free
from the frame, witnesses said.
Dudley inspected the same ride last
month at the Oklahoma State Fair in
Oklahoma City as part of a training
session for amusement ride inspectors
WASHINGTON (AP) - President
Reagan says the country will know in
about 35 years” whether slain civil
rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
was a communist sympathizer, but,
meanwhile, he will sign legislation
creating a holiday honoring King
Reagan, speaking at a televised
news conference made it clear he
would have preferred something less
than a formal national holiday. But he
said he believes "the symbolism of the
day is important enough that I will sign
that legislation.”
Reagan’s comments touched on a
debate in which conservative Sen
NEW YORK (AP) — Research sug
gesting a link between the toxic
chemical dioxin and a rare form of
cancer in humans who worked with
herbicides has been challenged by a
federal agency in five of the seven
suspected cases
But Marilyn Fingerhut, the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health epidemiologist who released
the findings Wednesday, cautioned the
new analysis "doesn't eliminate the
concern and it doesn’t exacerbate it.
“The bottom line is we need larger
Mattox said that his legal problems,
"Don't bother me a bit When it is over,
people will understand what we’re
fighting. ”
He added, “I’ve been charged
because I'm trying to do something for
the people.”
In speaking of the duties of his office,
Mattox said that there are 200 at-
torneys working for the state of Texas
and that there are over 17,000 cases
pending
He said that his job is to represent
state agencies, and often to interpret
laws made by the state legislature
He added that one area where he is
most interested, is in consumer protec-
tion. Two cases, he said, the largest in
history, resulted in the cancelation of
about $3 million in liens drawn up by
two aluminum siding companies Mat-
tox said that the cases dealt with a
wide assortment of improper acts and
that the companies had attempted to
(Please see Mattox, Page 2) •
Index
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Hospital notes
People's voice...............
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Wavelenghts...............
Tides
Tidal information is based on
computations for West Gulf tides
For tidal corrections at Indianola,
add 25 minutes to highs and sub-
tract 15 minutes from lows For
Port Lavaca, add 40 minutes and
subtract 25 minutes
Low of 0.4 ft at 5:54 p m Friday.
On Saturday a high of 1.7 ft at 2:51
a m and a low of 0.5 ft at 6:57 p.m
On Sunday, a high of 1.7 ft. at 3:16
am, and a low 1.2 ft at 9:42 a m
Also a high of 1 3 ft. at 12:12 p.m
and a low of 0.5 ft at 7:55 p m.
Sunset at 7:00 p m today
Sunrise at 7 :29 a m Saturday.
Weather
Calhoun County
Thursday’s high was 74 with an
overnight low of 58 Temperature at
9 a m today was 76. No rainfall was
recorded at the Wave in the last 24
hours
Lower Coastal
A small craft advisory is in effect.
Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots to-
day, tonight and Friday. Winds
locally gusty near shore during the
afternoons Seas 5 to 8 feet today
and tonight. Widely scattered
showers and thundershowers.
another 35 years
Reagan's commitment to sign the
bill caps a 15-year struggle in Congress
to honor King, who was assassinated
on April 4, 1968 The final act was
played out before a hushed gallery,
with King’s widow, Coretta Scott King,
looking on
Although King’s birth date was Jan
15, the holiday will be observed the
third Monday in January beginning in
1966 Federal workers will have the
day off, with many state and local
governments and private employers to
follow suit
After the vote Mrs King appeared at
Two of the deaths originally at-
tributed to the rare soft tissue sarcoma
are now being attributed to other
forms of cancer. Ms Ms Fingerhut
said. She said three other cases have
been discounted because followup
research failed to prove the workers
were ever exposed to dioxin
contaminated materials or worked
regularly in buildings where the her-
bicides were made or stored
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The story which ran in the
Wednesday Oct. 19, 1983 edition
under the headline, “Group oppos-
ing toxic well seeks donations for
fight ” said that the Calhoun County
Citizens Opposed to Toxic Waste
“received 825,000 in federal
revenue sharing funds from the
county". Group members have in-
dicated that they want it made
clear that they did not receive the
funds per se, rather the court has
earmarked those funds for the
group and will be the proprieter of
' those funds. The Wave regrets if
anyone was misled by this
discrepancy.
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“We have made great progress
there,” he said
The president said that the United
States was trying to make the Marines'
positions on low ground near the Beirut
international airport safer Seven have
been killed, including two hit by sniper
fire since Friday
"I know the Syrians are dragging
their feet” in Lebanon, Reagan said,
adding that about 7,000 Soviet advisers
and technicians in Syria “are con-
tributing to the disorder and the trou-
ble.”
But, he said, “if they’re doing it with
the idea of wearing me down, they’re
Gemayel proposes Swiss conference
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Presi-
, dent Amin Gemayel is asking
Lebanon’s warring leaders to meet in
Switzerland for a peace conference
canceled before it could convene this
• morning at Beirut’s airport, official
sources said today.
The sources, who requested
anonymity, said the United Nations
complex in Geneva now appeared to be
the most likely site acceptable to the
eight leaders invited to discuss with
Gemayel a new formula for peacefully
dividing power between Moslems and
Christians.
The main three opposition leaders,
who are backed by Syria, rejected the
in that state, and found it safe, the
Dallas Times Herald reported.
“The Enterprise is one of the better
constructed rides on the midway. It's
always had a good reputation, so it sur-
prised me when 1 heard about the acci-
dent,” Dudley told the Times Herald
Federal authorities began their in-
vestigation Wednesday.
“Our job is to come up with an
answer as to why this accident happen-
ed,” Larry Blend, acting regional
director of Consumer Products Safety
Commission, told the Dallas Morning
News.
Blend said the agency’s first tasks
were interviewing witnesses and try-
ing to obtain all safety inspection
Federal agency challenges
dioxin link to rare cancer
sarcoma incidents was more than 40
times the expected rate
studies to confirm or to refute these
smaller ones," Ms. Fingerhut said.
NIOSH is studying 6.000 workers at
10 plants where herbicides were made
during the last 35 years The expanded
worker study is expected to be com-
pleted by mid-1985. Ms Fingerhut said
in an interview after she addressed a
Rockefeller University symposium at-
tended by 200 dioxin experts
Statistical data connected with some
of the original cases — the only ones
reported thus far in the United States
— had suggested the rate of soft tissue
Congress OKs King holiday
Jesse Helms, R-N.C., had claimed
King was a communist sympathizer
and sought to delay action on the bill
until secret FBI files were released
Asked whether he agreed with
Helms about King's alleged com
munist links, Reagan said. "Well
know in about 35 years, won’t we’’ ’
Reagan added he doesn't fault
Helms’ “sincerity with regards to wan-
ting the records opened up "
But at the same time, the president
said there is “no way " the records can
be unsealed.because “an agreement
was reached between the family and
the government” to keep them secret
Reagan firm on missiles
WASHINGTON (AP) - President
Reagan, standing firm in two key
foreign policy areas, says the United
States will “deploy on schedule" its
modernized nuclear missiles in
Europe, and that if Syria thinks it can
wear him down by delaying peace
talks in Lebanon, “they’re going to be
disappointed.”
Reagan, calling Syria “a roadblock”
to peace in Lebanon, said at a news
conference Wednesday night the 1,600
Marines deployed in a multinational
peacekeeping force will remain "as
long as there’s a possibility of making
the overall peace plan work.”
Gen. Hudson Austin said a
"revolutionary and military” coun-
cil had been established to rule the
Caribbean island and all schools
and business would stay shut until
"normality is returned ”
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military vehicles passed the Kuwait
Embassy on Beirut's southern edge.
He described all the injuries as
minor. State radio said a Lebanese
police guard at the embassy also was
wounded.
Witnesses said the bomb, planted in
a blue Mercedes, shattered the win-
dows and flattened the front tires of a
2‘ 2-ton truck in the convoy.
The area is across from the Palesti-
nian refugee camps of Sabra and
Chatilla, and Jordan said Palestinian
women and old men ran to help the
Marines
The car bomb attack brought to 60
the number of Marines injured.
Mattox addresses Victoria club
The firm is representing Mobil Oil
Corp, in a $1.67 billion lawsuit.
Mattox said, "I fully expected to get
into some fights, if you fight with the
big boys, you’re going to get bruised."
He said that the suit against Mobil,
filed by the state of Texas and rancher-
oilman Clinton Manges, involves a
"major piece of land where Mobil has
been producing since 1932." Mattox
said that the land belonged to the state,
and that the oil company had not done
any drilling during the term of the
lease, and “seemed offended when 1
said they ought to get off the states
land ”
There are five law firms working for
Mobil, Mattox said
The allegation of the threat stems
from Mattox’s attempts at stopping
Fulbright and Jaworski from getting a
deposition from Mattox’s sister, in the
hopes of showing a political link bet-
ween Mattox, Manges and the Laredo
laywer assigned to hear the case.
Suit filed over chili
Attorney General Jim Mattox,
Wednesday night, told about 50
members of the Victoria Democratic
Club, that he, like Lyndon Johnson,
“seldom think of politics more than 18
hours a day.”
Mattox was in Victoria on what he
called an educational effort to explain
the problems he has faced while in of-
fice, outline the duties of his office and
discuss the parties success at the polls
during the last election.
Of his legal entanglements, Mattox
said, "The only way you can unders-
tand, is if you’re hanging upside down
from an oil derrick.”
Mattox was indicted by a Travis
County grand jury on charges of com-
mercial bribery for alledgedly
threatening to ruin the bond business
of the Houston law firm of Fulbright
and Jaworski.
Investigator to probe State Fair accident
DALLAS (AP) — An amusement
ride inspector who works for the State
of Maryland has been summoned to
head an investigation into an accident
at the State Fair of Texas Monday
night that killed one person and in-
jured 16.
Fair officials said a thorough probe
led by Dan Dudley, supervisor of
amusement ride inspections in
Maryland and a recognized expert in
the field, would get under way today.
A support rod that connected a car to
the frame of a ride known as the Enter-
prise tore through its metal casing
about 8:05 p.m Monday and sent the
car hurtling into the midway crowd 50
feet below.
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Surber, Chester C. & Potter, Tim. Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1983, newspaper, October 20, 1983; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1288451/m1/1/?q=war: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.