The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 167, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1981 Page: 1 of 12
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According to Powell,
Western states production is
off 10 percent, while Midwest
production is down 12 percent
and Eastern production is
down 14 percent.
The vegetable marketing
specialist pointed out that
processed vegetables, both
canned and frozen, will be
down in supply some 12 per-
cent and "packers and pro-
cessors will be out to increase
“Lettuce acreage will be
down by nine percent and
production by 12 percent.
There will be an import shor-
tage of tomatoes from Mexico
into April and 20 percent less
production from Florida due
to freeze damage. There were
big losses of tomatoes and
green peppers in Florida and
the markets will be six to
eight weeks late as a result,"
he said.
"For the first time in the
last six years that I have been
The Knights of Columbus
will host their 5th annual
Pork Roast this Sunday in St.
Anthony’s Catholic School
cafeteria, according to
chairmen of this year’s event,
Larry Walterscheid and
Melvin Kalka.
The pork roast will begin at
11:30 a m. and last until 2:30
that afternoon. Tickets to the
event are on sale for $5 for
adults, $2 for children 6-12,
and children under six will be
admitted free of charge.
Thursdays...things like that,”
the officer continued.
“I worked five months bet-
ween day shifts because
Brush got upset with me. If
you cross the man, you pay
for it. When I spent two mon-
ths on midnights, it was
because some burglaries
were missed," the officer
said.
Jess Aguilar, former
employee of the Hereford
police department, also said
policies within the depart-
ment contributed to a “don’t
care” attitude.
“You go out and write
flagrant traffic violations and
stop something if you see it,
le up
ailed,
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room
the market but you’ll still
need luck," said Powell.
He pointed to a massive in-
crease in the use of potato
products, reporting that
25,000 hundredweight of
potatoes were used by the end
of January, 1981 while 27,000
hundredweight were used in
1980.
Commenting on potatoes,
Powell remarked that pro-
duction in the fall of 1979 was
11 percent less and prices in
the last quarter of 1980 were
expected to be considerably
higher.
their contracted acreage."
Powell predicted a much
higher return to growers for
tomatoes, peas, cucumbers
and frozen carrots.
Turning to prospects for
fresh produce for this year
Powell explained that an in-
crease in price is seen for let-
tuce and tomatoes.
He explained that onion
acreage in Texas will be
down by three percent and
production down by five per-
cent.
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like staying in your car if you
have had an accident. There
is a rapist in Houston who
deliberately runs into women
driving alone. The first thing
a person does is get out of the
car to see the damage and
this man takes advantage of
the situation and rapes the
woman,” Mrs. Dwyer con-
tinued.
In the event that precau-
tions do not work, and a
woman is in the situation of
being raped, professionals
have suggested several
modes of action a woman can
take to protect herself.
Hope, who has been with
the HPD for almost nine
years, said the best action to
take is not to fight.
“If he is going to rape you,
he’s going to rape you. Why
take a chance in agitating
him or making him mad,
possibly causing him to kill
you,” Hope explained.
Mrs. Dwyer agreed with
Hope but said if a woman is
trained in self-defense and is
attacked she could fight the
man.
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"That’s why the number of
burglaries is so high. The of-
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anything and cases are solv-
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(See POLICE, Page 2)
The committee sent the bill
to a subcommittee for more
study, and a similar action
was taken by the Senate
Finance Committee on the
companion Senate bill.
Gasohol is a blend of 90 per-
cent unleaded gasoline and 10
percent ethyl alcohol. It
reportedly raises the octane
rating of gasoline and stret-
ches the available supply.
Kubiak said if the
legislature doesn't grant the
exemption this year, alcohol
producers will build their
plants in neighboring states
that do have exemptions.
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day. Indictments were returned in incidents in-
the 222nd District Court grand jury ^re” WedieV- W”"” ”
15 Indicted for Food Stamp Theft
really knows how she will
react to a rapist but whatever
you do, if you come out of it
fear they alive, you did something
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -
Suspending the state's nickel-
a-gallon motor fuels tax on
gasohol is essential for the
birth of a Texas alcohol in-
dustry, the House Ways and
Means Committee was told
Wednesday.
Without the tax exemption,
gasohol cannot compete for a
share of the fuels market that
would make alcohol produc-
tion worthwhile, said Bovina
farmer Ralph Roming.
He spoke in favor of a bill
by Rep. Dan Kubiak,
D-Rockdale, suspending the
tax until 1990, then phasing it
back in at a rate of a penny a
year.
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won’t live through it. No one right,” she said.
if
(Editor's Note: This is the
first of a three part series
concerning rape, Its
ramifications and its victims.
This first entry concerns pro-
tection and prevention, the
second entry will concern in-
vestigation and medical ex-
amination after rape and the
third will discuss personal
counseling after rape.)
By ALLISON RYAN
Women's Editor
A woman can work beside a
man in almost any field, she
can raise a family single
handedly, and many have
learned to accomplish both
with much success. However,
no matter how far a woman
progresses towards equality
she remains vulnerable to
rape.
Professionals in both the
law enforcement and per-
sonal counseling fields, agree
there are ways women can
protect themselves from a
rape situation, but none are
foolproof.
They also agree that at-
titudes towards the rapist and
his victims have changed as
Gordon Powell, Extension
fruit and vegetable
marketing specialist from
College Station offered his
ideas on the vegetable
market outlook, focusing on
onions and potatoes, impor-
tant items of produce for
local growers.
"Onion stocks are down 29
percent from last year. The
western area price is ex-
pected to be high into the
summer. Potato stocks are
the smallest since 1973, and
they are lower than they have
ever been for processed pro-
ducts. Exports are also up 29
percent. Things look better in
commission meeting. The
next regular meeting will be
held March 2.
"So far, I haven't been that
familiar with the depth of any
problem," Eades said.
Eades also said money was
a factor, and that while the
Hereford police officers get
paid a salary comparable to
anv In the area, the new city
budget proposes a ten percent
increase.
"I think Chief Brush tries to
run a tight ship there, and
any time that happens you're
going to have some
dissatisfied people,” Eades
continued.
Wes Fisher was also out of
town, and Ed Coplen declined
to comment.
Some of the “dissatisfied
people" work at the depart-
ment now or have recently
left its employ.
An officer currently
employed by the department
who requested anonymity
said the chief's policies had
affected his own job perfor-
mance.
“There is a lot of
dissatisfaction in the depart-
ment. They mess with people.
They won’t leave you alone.
Days off for example...if you
plan on leaving (the depart-
ment) or if you’ve done
something they don’t like,
you don't get good days
off...you get Tuesdays and
precautions, yet strongly
disagreed with the theory of
women's clothing causing a
rape situation.
“Rape is not a sex crime,
but one of violence carried
out in a sexual method. A
rapist looks for vulnerability.
In fact, rapists who have been
interviewed cannot
remember what the woman
was wearing,” she said.
Prevention methods en-
couraged at the rape center
include listing two names on
a mailbox if a woman lives
alone, changing the locks
when moving into a new
house and keeping a quarter
for emergency telephone
calls.
“There are other things
door after getting in the car.
He also suggested that
women who work at night
should consider traveling in
groups of two or three people.
Vernon Hope, detective
sergeant for the Hereford
police department, repeated
much of the same advise for
rape prevention.
"Rape can be prevented to
a point. I guess the number
one priority I have is a
woman should not walk by
herself after dark, especially
in a strange neighborhood. I
would also advise against
answering the door until you
know who is there,” Hope
stated.
He also warned against
obscene phone calls as they
could possibly lead to a rape
situation.
“Now, I don't mean to step
on anybody’s toes, but I think
rape can be caused from
women wearing skimpy
clothing in public places like
a park,” he continued.
Jo Ann Dwyer, director of
the Amarillo Rape Crisis
Center, echoed many of the
“But, if you are going to do
that, make sure you can get
away. Don't fight if you can't
get away. You can get over
being raped. You can’t get
over being dead," she said.
She also listed two other
types of action a woman
might take which are taking a
passive role or an acting role.
“Some women try passive
resistance or talking their
way out of it. You need to try
to find something that will
touch a nerve, because to a
rapist a woman is not a
human, only an object. The
thing to remember is to keep
your cool," she continued.
"There was a woman who
was at a bus stop and when
she saw two men ap-
proaching her, she climbed
on top of the bus stop, started
flapping her arms and cluck-
ing like a chicken. The men
left her alone,” she said.
“Rapists think craziness is
contagious and will leave you
alone. But, if you're going to
act, you have to keep it up,”
she said.
Mrs. Dwyer said what most
Tickets can be purchased
from any KC or at the door
the day of the roast.
Included on the menu will
be home-cooked food
prepared by the wives. The
menu will consist of cabbage-
slaw, beans, potato salad,
pies and cakes.
Proceeds from the roast
will go to defray expenses in-
curred from paving the area
around the KC building
located on Country Club
Road.
dieted were being withheld this morning pending
their arrest and arraignment.
According to Saul, the theft of some $54,000
worth of food stamps over a period dating back
to June of 1978 was involved in the matter ex-
amined by the grand jury.
By JIM STEIERT
Managing Editor
The 222nd District Court grand jury returned
indictments against 15 individuals for multiple
counts of unlawful possession of food stamps and
theft during a special session which lasted most
of the day Wednesday.
Two of the indictments involved counts of
organized crime, meaning that a combination of
five or more people was formed with the intent of
committing a crime, said District Attorney
Roland Saul.
Zulema Garcia, 37, a former employee of the
Texas Department of Human Resources office
here was named in all 15 indictments handed
down yesterday.
One of the indictments was against Mrs. Gar-
cia alone, and charged that she tampered with
government records, according to Saul.
The former TDHR employee remains in Deaf
Smith County jail at the present time in Ueu of
$60,000 bond.
Bond was set at $4,000 on each of the 15 charges
against Mrs. Garcia.
Also indicted Wednesday was Sylvia Barrien-
tos. She was arrested yesterday and remains in
Deaf Smith County jail at the present time.
Among others indicted Wednesday by the
grand jury in the food stamp fraud case was
Felipe Hernandez, Yolanda Montana and Elvira
Herrera.
All of those individuals were indicted for theft
over $200 and each posted $4,000 bond.
County sheriff’s officers were making arrests
in connection with the remaining indictments to-
day and names of those other individuals in-
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women fear most about rape
is dying.
but there is no desire to do
anything more,” Aguilar
said.
“It's bad enough to have a
problem with the criminal
world, but internal problems
make it really bad.
Psychological pressures
from the inside and the out-
side hurt. The ultimate vic-
tim is the citizen-they’re the
ones losing the .security,”
said Aguilar.
addressing this conference,
things look a lot better for
vegetable markets," Powell
remarked.
“Making a prediction now
on vegetable markets later
this year is still rather like
putting your head in front of a
buzz saw,” he quipped.
The vegetable specialist
advised local growers that
they have a job to do in pro-
moting their own region as a
vegetable producer.
“Most families in Texas
are unaware that you have
vegetable production here
and that's your fault,” he
stated.
“You have excellent, good
quality vegetables. What I'm
suggesting is that there is a
way you can promote this
area itself as a vegetable pro-
ducer. You need to let people
know you're here and when
you’re marketing. Toot your
own horn and get the fact that
you produce top quality
vegetables before the
public,” Powell advised.
Officials Give Prevention Advice
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Vegetable Crop to be Down,
Improved Market is Projected
By JIM STEIERT
Managing Editor
Overall vegetable acreage
for 1981 is expected to be
down four percent and a shor-
tage in supply should mean a
better price, growers and
packers were informed dur-
ing the West Texas Vegetable
Conference held here Tues-
day.
May be Investigated
By CHERI WARD
Staff Writer
Hereford’s city manager
has asked for and received
employment records of the
Hereford Police Department,
according to chief of police
Don Brush.
Dudley Bayne, city
manager, said in a Wednes-
<toy morning interyew, “I
don’t anticipate any in-
vestigation into the police
department," but apparently
an investigation into the high
turnover rate and its causes
has begun.
Bayne was out of town at
Brand presstime today.
Emory Brownlow, city
commissioner, said he saw no
reason for an investigation,
but that commission
members would find out what
the turnover rate is.
Brownlow also said he
thought Hereford had no
special problem, and that
other places had the same
things happening.
“The man that started this
problem resigned. If he didn't
like the department, he could
resign and he did. He's just
stirring up trouble and that's
all it amounts to,” Brownlow
said.
Bud Eades, city commis-
sioner, said he was sure the
turnover would be looked into
but probably wouldn't be
discussed until the next city
Women Always Vulnerable to Crime of Rape
more is learned about why
the violent crime is commit-
ted and how the victim
reacts.
Deaf Smith County Sheriff
Travis McPherson has done a
great deal of rape investiga-
tion through hypnosis.
“Women need to take all
precautions for safety in any
situation they are in. For in-
stance, when they are home
by themselves, the doors
should be kept locked and the
blinds pulled. Research has
shown that window peepers
and spontaneous men will
often rape a woman when
they become caught up in
their own passion," he ex-
plained.
“Most of these violent
crimes are committed by
these men who never learned
how to handle their fantasies
as a boy. Finally, they begin
to act them out,” McPherson
continued.
Other precautions include
parking a car at night in a
lighted area, looking in the
back seat of the car before
getting in it and locking the
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Involved in the indictments are charges of
falsified applications for food stamps with in-
dividuals who were ineligible to receive food
stamps obtaining them, according to Saul.
The district attorney reported that an ap-
parent kickback scheme was in operation con-
cerning the food stamps.
Records concerning food stamp eligibility
were allegedly being altered by the TDHR
employee and a portion of the illegally obtained
food stamps may have been re-sold, Saul
reported.
The food stamp fraud matter came to light
following a months-long investigation by of-
ficials of the Texas Department of Human
Resources and the district attorney’s office here.
Saul reported that all of the charges stemming
from the indictments involve third degree
felonies.
If convicted of the organized crime counts,
suspects in that matter could face a state
penitentiary sentence of from two to 20 years and
a fine of up to $10,000.
Suspects convicted on the other counts could
face a penitentiary sentence of from two to ten
years and a fine of up to $5,000.
Names of additional indictees in the matter
were expected to be released to The Brand today
following their arrest.
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Steiert, Jim. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 167, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1981, newspaper, February 19, 1981; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1348309/m1/1/?q=a+message+about+food+from+the+president: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.