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Friday
22 Pages, 2 Sections
October 21, 1983
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The Wave in the last 24 hours
South Texas
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He told Port Lavaca realtors they
could support the movement by
contacting friends in the four re-
maining states, urging them to in-
fluence their legislators.
“It can’t be done overnight," he
said and recommended gradual ad-
(Please see Realtor, Page 2A>
An agent of the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department will meet with the
City Council at 7:30 pm Monday to
hear complaints concerning the opera-
tion of Lavaca Causeway State Park
Bill M Collins, head of the Conces-
sion Management and Contracts sec-
strengthened,"
White, addressing the 7th Annual
Conference on Immigration and
Naturalization on Thursday, said the
U.S Border Patrol currently has only
2.600 employees to guard the 2.000-mile
border between this country and Mex-
ico
Texas is hardest hit, he said,
because the state stretches across
1,248 of those miles
The federal government should in-
crease the number of agents patrolling
the border by 50 percent to 100 percent
to ease the related problems the flood
of illegal aliens touch off in Texas and
other states, the governor said
“The education of the children of un-
documented workers is a very, very
expensive burden to have placed on the
people of South Texas," he said. “The
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District Attorney Dan Heard said
this morning that his office has not
noticed a significant increase in the
number of recommendations for
early prisoner parole from the state
Board of Pardons and Paroles
A statement by San Antonio
District Attorney Sam Milsap. who
blamed a “complete breakdown" of
the state's prison system for the
number of parole recommendations
received by his office, has touched
off a controversy among district at-
torneys across the state on the
policy change since Sept. 1 concern-
ing early paroles
Heard explained that there are
and he held up a green poster board
stating that the lights will be on from
dark to daylight on Fridays, Saturdays
and Sundays.
Council members have also criticiz-
ed the condition of the pier McCarty
countered that he had made about 20
requests of the council for im-
provements and said that his requests
(Please see City. Page 2A»
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The statement also said a continua-
tion of the talks “presupposes that the
U.S.A, and its NATO allies dispense
with the deadlines they have set for the
deployment of new nuclear medium-
range missiles."
By MIKE DAVIS
Wave Starr Writer
By TERRY HAMMONDS
Wave Staff Writer
By MIKE DAVIS
Wave Start Writer
Calhoun County United Way cam-
paign workers have reached 27 per-
cent, or $29,269, of their $110,000 goal
for 1984 expenditures, says Kay
Dickey, executive director of the cam-,
paign.
Most successful in the campaign is
the special division, comprised mostly
of retired citizens. They have pledged
84 percent of their division goal of
$1,250
The only other division receiving
over 50 percent of its goal Is the ad-
vanvce group, which has reached 69
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percent of its $19,000 goal. This division
is mainly made up of corporate con-
tributions
A major part of the campaign is the
contributions pledged by employees.
At this point, the division is reporting
that 10 percent of its $73,460 go*l has
been reached.
Professionals have pled
cent of the their division’s
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Wave Staff Writer
By TERRY HAMMONDS
Wave Staff Writer
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The 10 Soviet bloc premiers released
a statement Thursday at the end of a
three-day session of the Council of
Mutual Economic Assistance saying
they are "convinced that the chance of
coming to an agreement at the Geneva
talks still exists.”
because the convention could be
called for only one specific purpose
An additional safeguard, he said, is
that Congress has to approve any
changes which would come out of
the convention.
Cawood is calling for a 3 percent
slowdown in the nation’s growth
rate, including social security,
military retirement and civil ser-
vice retirement.
He is also calling for reductions in
defence spending and all other
areas of the national budget.
“The deficit will consume 75 per-
cent of all the savings in this coun-
try,” he warned, and pointed out
that most home buying is done with
savings
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A man seeking office in the Texas
Association of Realtors told local
real estate agents Thursday night
that Congress should call a constitu-
tional convention to establish a na-
tional balanced budget.
Jack Cawood, candidate for State
Secretary-Treasurer of the Texas
Association of Realtors, said, “Only
four more states are needed to call
the constitutional convention," and
expressed concerns over the coun-
try’s $200 billion deficit.
Cawood urged local realtors to
support the movement during his
address to the Port Lavaca Board
of Realtors’ annual officer election
and dinner meeting Thursday
night.
"There is no such thing as a free
lunch. Someone has to pay for it,"
he said.
He explained how fears that the
U.S. Constitution could be com-
pletely rewritten are unfounded
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) - The
federal government's reluctance to
beef up security on the U.S.-Mexico
border has led to an unfair tax burden
on Texans, who wind up footing the bill
for the education and health care of il-
legal aliens, Gov. Mark White says
White said President Reagan has
failed to back immigration laws with
adequate money and enforcement.
Legislation that would have caused
sweeping reforms in this country's im-
migration laws, the Simpson Mazzoli
bill, stalled in Congress after House
Speaker Tip O'Neill promised to block
it from ever reaching a vote.
“The most controversial part of that
bill has been the sanctions against
employers who hire illegal aliens,"
White said. “The least controversy
was that the Border Patrol be
Police appeared to outnumber pro-
testers at both ministries. No arrests
were reported, and both police and
protesters said the attempted
blockades were peaceful.
In London, the Campaign for
Nuclear Disarmament planned a mass
demonstration for Saturday
About 50,000 West Germans joined
protests against the NATO missiles
Thursday in West Berlin, Stuttgart,
Munich, Bremen, Hamburg, Cologne
and other cities.
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Calhoun County
The high for Thursday was 87
with an overnight low of 64.
Temperature at 9am today was
two reasons for the statewide in-
crease in parole recommendations.
“The Legislature has authorized
the Board of Pardons and Paroles
to move up the parole dates for cer-
tain offenses if they feel the prison
has reached its capacity, and they
would keep those dates up until the
prison population was down to a
number they deem satisfactory,"
said Heard.
“Also, they (the Legislature)
have increased the amount of loss
in a criminal mischief or theft case
which would constitute a felony
charge and therefore carry a possi-
ble prison sentence. In the past, any
damage or theft of more than $200
was considered a felony; now that
figure has been increased to $750.
This will allow cases under this
their play, using the parachute in a ball game.
(Wavestaff photo by La Donna Wooten)
drilling rights in federal wilderness
preserves, were drafted by House
Democrats in reaction to the pro-
development policies of outgoing In-
terior Secretary James Watt. The
Senate accepted most of the proposals
following a conference committee
On a second front, the Senate voted
56-34 to delay by six months the im-
plementation of an administration
plan to require prepublication review
of writings by some 120,000 federal
employees with access to classified in-
formation Critics charged the plan,
which would also apply to former
employees who once had top-secret
clearances, amounts to unconstitu-
tional censorship
WASHINGTON (AP) - Breaking
twice with President Reagan, the
Republican-controlled Senate has
voted to restrict the sale of govern-
ment mineral rights and to delay a
White House plan for plugging leaks of
classified information.
The Senate joined the House Thurs-
day night in adopting restrictions on
the Interior Department s sale of
seacoast oil drilling rights and federal
coal reserves. The restrictions were
contained in a $7.9 billion appropria-
tion measure for the Interior Depart-
ment and related agencies tnat won
final approval in both houses.
The restrictions, which bar the
department from selling oil and gas
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DESPITE THE RAINY weather today, students at
Harrison Elementary School are not using this
parachute as an umbrella. It was part of a group
Organizers of a LULAC-sponsored
Hispanic women’s conference say it is
expected to draw about 300 par-
ticipants from across the state to Port
Lavaca this weekend.
"Everything has clicked. We’re
ready to get under way," said Mike
Lopez, spokesman and one of the
organizers of the conference, called
"La Mujer Hoy y de el Futuro”
■ (Women of Today and of the Future).
The event is expected to draw area
women and women from as far away
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Sandcrabs fa face Lamar on the road
The restriction was tacked onto a
$6.4 billion appropriation bill for the
State Department, which would also
cut U.S. support of the United Nations
by 50 percent over the next four years.
The full measure now goes to a
House-Senate conference committee
where senators predicted the U.N.
money would be restored
The House, meanwhile, rebuffed the
administration's Central American
policy, voting 227-194 to cut off the
CIA’s covert military aid to rebels
fighting Nicaragua’s leftist govern
ment. Democrats charged the aid
amounts to an undeclared war on
Nicaragua.
The vote marked the second time
Council to discuss causeway park complaints
Wallace McCarty, who is contracted
by the state for the park's manage-
ment, said at the Oct 10 council
meeting that in March of 1979 the city
decided to no longer pay the bills.
McCarty said, "We operate on a
margin of profit, and it has not been
profitable." However, he then told the
council that a decision had been reach-
ed concerning the lighting of the pier.
Local United Way
reaches 27 percent
tion of the department, was asked to
come here by the council to consider
the management of the state-owned
pier which is operated in conjunction
with the city-owned Port Lavaca
Fishing Pier Park.
A major area of complaint has been
the use of lighting at the pier and the
question of who is responsible for pay-
ing the electric bills
White: border patrol too small
guvernmem should enforce the laws
Their failure to protect that border has
led to the cost of educating those
children There should be federal
reimbursements to state and local
governments."
The political upheaval in Central
America has stepped up the flow of un-
documented aliens across the border
Reagan has expressed concern over
the situation, but continues to balk at
spending more money to beef up the
border, all the while racking up “enor-
mous outlays for national defense." he
said
"If they're not going to do anything
at all. enforce the laws we have now."
he said. "It would take a small amount
of money We've been given lip ser-
vice, but very little real and subatan
tial improvement is coming forth."
Heard: no big rise in parole bids
amount to be handled on a local
basis," he said.
Heard said that the recommenda-
tions from the parole board are sent
to the sheriff, district attorney and
the district judge They then have
the option to support the parole,
protest the parole or make no com-
ment at all.
“I think the recommendations to
the board from local authorities
does impact on the prisoners'
chances for parole, and I ap-
preciate the board giving us that op-
portunity," said Heard
The controversy over early
parole started after Milsap stated
that he had received recommenda-
tions for early parole for a man con-
victed of two murders who had
(Please see Heard, Page 2A)
Organizers are hopeful that the con-
ference will become an annual affair
that could move around the state, giv-
ing women who might not be able to
travel a chance to become involved.
The conference will begin at 7 p m
today with a reception at the American
G.I. Forum Building on Highway 87
State Sen John Sharp Saturday will
deliver an official welcome to all the
delegates, and at 9:30 a m. the various
workshops will begin and continue
throughout the day
The workshops will deal with sub-
jects such as women in non-traditional
jobs; women in business and how they
(Please see LULAC, Page 2A)
Senate votes to limit oil drilling rights
this year the House has moved to sus-
pend funds for covert aid to the anti-
Sandinista forces. But the Senate is
unlikely to go along with the cut-off.
Reagan received more favorable
treatment from the House Appropria-
tions Committee, which approved a
$246.3 billion defense spending bill.
Although the panel voted 28-22 to
eliminate money the president sought
to produce new chemical weapons, one
administration supporter was
satisfied.
"We haven't done anything in the bill
which gives the administration total
heartburn." said Rep. Jack Edwards.
R-Ala.
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BERLIN (AP) — Soviet bloc leaders
say they are confident a U.S.-Soviet
arms agreement can be reached if
talks in Geneva are extended, but they
insist that NATO first scrap plans to
deploy new nuclear missiles in
Europe.
Warsaw Pact defense ministers and
10 Soviet bloc premiers made separate
but similar statements Thursday in the
latest of repeated demands that NATO
forego the missile deployment that is
scheduled to begin in December
The two meetings in East Berlin of
Kremlin leaders and their allies came
amidst an escalated protest campaign
in parts of Western Europe by anti-
nuclear activists opposed to the
missiles.
In Bonn, riot police dragged away
some 2,000 anti-missile demonstrators
who had gathered before dawn to try to
block the entrances of the Defense
Ministry. Several miles away, at the
Economic Cooperation Ministry,
helmeted police pushed back some 750
protesters who wanted to prevent
workers from getting into the building
Parachute play
project on (he school playground during fair weather
earlier this week. The students are innovative in
• days and cool to mild nights Lows
low and mid 50s to near 60 south
Highs near 80 north to mid 80s
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Lopez pointed out that the organizers
of the conference have noted two wide
ly held misconceptions concerning this
weekend’s conference, the first being
that it is aimed only at the working
woman, and the second that the con-
ference is limited to LULAC women.
“We are trying to encourage all
women from all walks of life to par-
ticipate,” said Chacha Lopez, LULAC
Women’s Issue task force chairman.
“This conference is about being a
woman in general and feeling good
about being a woman. Also, we want to
make it clear that men are also en-
couraged to come out and
participate,” she said.
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