Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 179, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1988 Page: 2 of 28
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Huge cocaine supply aided Mafia ring
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Port Lavaca Wave
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SHERIFF'S REPORTS
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set at church
Methodist sunrise
service changed
GOP women to
meet Tuesday
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vestigators believe the burglaries
were all committed by the same par-
ty who is using a scanner to time the
burglaries by monitiring the
sheriff’s channel
A patient was transported from
the Union Carbide docks to
Memorial Medical Center at 1:52
a m Friday.
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DON'T FACE THE
NEW TAX LAWS ALONE.
The state of Maine has towns named China, Norway, Den-
mark, Sweden, Poland, Peru and Mexico
upon making appropriate findings
on safety matters not at issue in the
hearing
will be distributed at the Senior
Citizens Center from 10 a m. to 3
p.m and at the Port O'Connor Com-
munity Center from 9 a m to 12
noon. The final distribution will be
held on Thursday from 9 a m to 3
p m. at the Ag building at the
fairgrounds
Second cUm poateg* paM
at Port Lavaca, Texaa
CATHY WALL
Classified Manager
TAMMY S. RUDELLAT
Lifestyle Editor
DENNIS BURG ART
Managing Editor
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when most members of that class
began school in 1975, there were 368
first graders.
On the state level, TEA noted that
White student enrollment had
declined from 53 17 percent to 52.46
percent, Hispanic students enroll-
ment from 30 99 percent to 30.42 per-
cent, Black enrollment increased
from 14 45 percent to 14.56 percent
and Asians enrollment increased
ing by Seadrift police on a Victoria
County theft by check warrant
William Arwin Smith Jr., 35, of
Port I^avaca was arrested Friday
morning by the Highway Patrol for
driving while intoxicated
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ed lor fuel loading and the conduc-
ting of low power testing up to 5 per-
cent of full power. Issuance of the
license followed extensive safety
and environmental reviews by NEC
Staff, safety review by the Advisory
Committee on Reactor Safeguards
and public hearings conducted by an
warmup set
Anyone interested in training for
the Calhoun County Classic 10K is in-
vited to meet at 8 a m tomorrow
morning at First State Bank and run
with the Calhoun County Joggers
Association. The run will start and
finish there For more information
call Skip Sockel! at 552-8261
which has been carried on since
1921.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
The board held the public hearings
in three phases resulting in partial
initial decisions on March 14, 1984,
June 13, 1986 and Aug 29, 1986
The latter decision authorized the
director of nuclear reactor regula
tion to issue operating licenses for
the two units when completed, and
The average worker In America 100 years ago made about
30 cents an hour.
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CAROLINE GRANATO
Circulation Manager
EDWARD HAWTHORNE JR.
Pressroom Foreman
GEORGIA HRDLICKA
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Although the Declaration of Independence was adopted
July 4, 1776, Congress waited until Sept. 9 that year to
officially change the name of the country from "United Colo-
nies" to "United States."
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Christmas Day, Monday thru Friday
by Port Lavaca Wava, Inc.
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Distribution
of produce set
The first USDA commodities
distribution for April will begin at
Point Comfort City Hall from 9 a m
to 1 p.m on Monday, April 4. The
next will be held at Seadrift Pct 4
Warehouse from 9 a m. to 3 p m on
Tuesday On Wednesday produce
And, here's another Interest fact...Our Mpact Is open all the
time. Let our folks at FNB direct you.
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1975 compared to 4,462 students in
October 1986 (1986enrollment figure
does not include PK and early
childhood enrollment). As of 1986,
CCISD had 589 or 12 percent fewer
students within an 11 year period
A CCISD report on the class of 1987
showed that there were 226
graduates in that class, although
Several of the defendants in the
new case ran clothing stores, and
FBI A^utunl Director of Um: Nww
York Office James Fox said the
heroin brought into the United States
was often referred to as “.suits’’ or
■ pants’’ by the defendants In other
instances, heroin was called ’ white
wine” or “red wine ’ by defendants.
Fox said
The Republican Women s Club of
Calhoun County will meet at noon on
Tuesday. April 5 at the Ocean Inn
Jan Crow, representing John
Culberson, State Representative
District 25, will speak on the
Edgewood v. Kirby case The public
is invited to attend.
ABWA members
asked to RSVP
All American Business Women's
Association members are asked to
contact Merrilou Russell to make
reservations for the Coastal Area
Chapter program and dinner to be
held at 6:30 pm on April 14 in the
Bauer Building at the fairgrounds
Reservation fee is $9.50 per person
Fee will include a steak, baked
potato, salad, tea and dessert Bebe
Burns, Channel 2 KPRC TV news
personality in Houston, will be the
guest speaker Ms. Burns is also the
daughter-in-law of Mr and Mrs.
George Fred Rhodes of Port
Lavaca. Anyone else, non members
included, are invited to attend
Please make reservations as soon as
possible Call Merrilou Russell at
552 3986
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In CCISD, the graduating class oi
1987 that began school in 1975 was 62
percent White on graduation day
compared to 54 percent in 1975 The
Black students in that class was 5
percent as it was in 1975 The
Hispanic enrollment had dropped
from 41 percent in 1975 to 32 percent
in 1987.
ing this today.”
The seven senators who voted
against the aid package were Sens
Brock Adams, D Wash ; Alan
Cranston, I) Calif.; Mark Hatfield.
R Ore.; Spark Matsunaga,
D-Hawaii; John Melcher, I) Mont ;
William Proxmire, D-Wis.; and
Robert Stafford. R-Vt.
Rachael Lynn Hewes, 21, ot
Seadrift was arrested Friday morn-
While deputies were busy
assisting the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission agents with
prisoners Friday burglars broke into
the Eagles Lodge for the third time
this week.
The burglars stole a quanity ot
beer and other merchandise In-
Dallas, Tex., oddly enough, was named after a mayor of
Philadelphia, Pa., George Dallas.
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The First United Methodist
Church's sunrise meditation
scheduled for 5:45 a m at the
Bayfront has been changed The ser-
vice w ill now be held in the church at
7:15 a m. Breakfast will follow at 8
a.in. Sunday school and regular wor-
ship hours will remain the same
Children are especially urged to at-
tend Sunday School on this morning,
balloons w ill be released
The tax W
deadline is
almost here.
America) will dictate whether
there's maintenance ol this bipar-
tisanship ”
Sen Christopher Dodd, D-Conn ,
noted that the aid bill tell short oi the
desires oi Contra supporters, who
would have preferred to send
weapons to the rebels, and also
bothered rebel opponents who op
pose sending any aid
“This package strikes a balance,
and is for the sole purpose of suppor
ting that agreement in Sapoa,” Dodd
said during a harmonious floor
debate on the measure “It not for
that agreement, we wouldn’t be do-
about calls from members of Con-
gress for him to resign
The attorney general repeatedly
refused to answer any questions
other than those about the drug case
The 69 defendants in the United
States include 38 charged in New
York City, six in Los Angeles and
BusUmi, io in LltadoUe, N.C., eight Hl
San Juan, Puerto Rico, two in
Cleveland and live in Washington.
D C , the FBI said
U.S. authorities seized 6 kilograms
of heroin and 4 kilograms oi cocaine
along with cash, weapons, vehicles,
fur coats, paintings and jewelry dur
The First Presbyterian Church
will hold its traditional Resurrection
Morning service beginning promptly
at 6:30 a m. After the service a lull
course breakfast will lie served and
then the children are invited to par-
ticipate in an Easter egg hunt Each
child should bring a basket. There
will be no Sunday School and regular
worship will begin at 11 a m
The public is invited to share with
the congregation in this tradition.
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sioners Under current estimates.
Unit 2 is expected to be completed by
December 1988
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By Thursday evening. 38 people
had been arrested in the United
States and 64 in Italy, the FBI said
An additional 14 were already in
U S. jails A total of 69 arrest war
rants were issued in the United
States and 164 wen* to Im* issued in
Italy. S.. t i -N Bull! COIN-
TRIES. THE FBI said
Throughout a news conference
called to announce the arrests,
Meese was peppered with questions
from reporters about detections
from his department lM*cau.se ol his
own mounting legal problems, and
WASHINGTON (AP) Plentiful
cocaine supplies in the United States
helped a major Sicilian Maha drug
ring that exported massive quan
titles oi the drug to Italy and traded
it lor heroin to sell to U.S. markets,
the FBI says
The FBI and Italian authorities
said they cracked the ring on I’fiurs
day. arresting more than 100 people
in Ixith countries and charging
dozens more
Attorney General Edw in M«*ese 111
said trading cocaine tor heroin was
“a simple matter of economics.”
Because ol the plentiful supply and
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ing the course ot the investigation
the FBI said Italian authorities said
they seized 25 kilograms oi heroin. 5
kilograms of cocaine, and arms, am
munition and counterfeit currency
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Francisco R Arrieta. 24. ol Port
IsalM'l was arrested on charges of
public intoxication and unlawfully
carrying a weapon on licensed
premises
Teresa Ramirez Estrada. 35, ot
Port l^ivaca and Reuben Mario
Martinez. 25. ot Brownsville were
arrested for public intoxication
Toninuc Garcia Gaitan, al. oi 1‘ot t
laivaca was arrested and charged
with allowing an intoxicated person
to remain on licensed premises
All live remained in the Calhoun
County Jail Friday morning pending
bond.
Not voting were Sens. Joseph
Biden, D-Del.; Albert Gore.
D-Tenn.; Edward M Kennedy,
D-Mass.; John Kerry, 1) Mass ;
Warren Rudman. R N.11. and Paul
Simon, D-Ill
Taxpayers are still confused about the sweeping changes in the tax laws.
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leveled till consumption in Hie
United States, cocaine is less expen
sive here, about $20.imm) a kilogram,
than in Europt* where it costs about
$50,(MX) a kilogram, he said
Heroin, on the other hand, is more
expensive and therefore more pro
triable in the United Slates than in
Italy Two kilograms ol ciKiimv can
Im* exchanged lor one kilogram oi
heroin in Italy, FBI
spokesman Gregory Jones said A
kilogram equalsi ,,'act on hemin
imports into this country from
Italy,” but he said he could not say
what volume of drugs has lieen al
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houses ot Congress was an abrupt
change in the tenor ot a U.S. debate
that began with the civil war seven
years ago
('ongress had rejected similar aid
packages twice earlier this year. But
the March 23 truce reached in
Sapoa, Nicaragua, changed the
political climate in Congress
“One can always hope we may
have learned this partisanship is
unhealthy,” said Sen. John McCain,
R-Ariz., after Thursday's vote.
“But let’s have no illusions.” he
added. “Future events (in Central
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Surber, Chester C. & Burgart, Dennis. Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 179, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1988, newspaper, April 1, 1988; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1298195/m1/2/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.